The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL, 15.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 15 April 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, APRIL, 15.

Tlu! Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid meets to-day. The animal dinner of (In* New Plymouth Kin' Hrigade will Ik; hold to-mor-ro\v evening.

The length of tlu* dry season this year has hpolt ruin to such pardon crops as broccoli or cabbage. the Hy having been mum destructive than usual. The Stratford Technical School opened its woodwork class with ten pupils on Saturday, under .Mr. l<\ \V. Sandford. There were fifteen pupils at the cookery class muler Aii>s Tilley, who aho commenced her tuition there mi Saturday. Dunedin U the 11 vat eityjn Llle Australasian colonies to undertake the establishment ol winter gardens for the cultivation of tropical and sub-tropical plants and tre**s, and a building for tile > purple will cost .I*looo.

One unwelcome fact for w<<>ol-growePs ' arising out of iiie tires on New Zealand wo-1 ship-, s.'.vs an .\ncklaiid p.iper. i* that in-uram-'' premiums on wooi now lx'ilii: sliipped Nome an «i\:iimouK increa.-e over the rale- ruling formerly. Tlie d'ceCon of promiries for Ihe new paper ha- b.-en commenced. The site i* on (}uay, '.!"ar the Trocaiiero, on a .section cleared by the recent disastrous lire. The promoters look forward to pulilishinti the now paper in duly or August next.

The Uev. A. Drake.' of Wan-aimi, conducted the services at the Queen sheet Primitive .Methodist Church yesterday. The lew gentleman is the second of the who will occupy the pulpit until the arrival of the i'ev. Mr. Harding from England, 1 Whilst so much is being said of the need for extending the tarred footpaths in the town, it may not be out of place to mention ihat footpaths within a minute's walk of Devon street have not even a bit of gravel to hide the yellow clay, or to make walking safe in wet weatlier. It is quite a piece of legerdemain to negotiate sonic of these mod-ern-toboggan slides in winter. The loss of the turnip crops is producing many anxious laces the farmers, who foresee a shortage of winter fodder. A blight has attacked the fields in all directions, and many crops seem to be absolutely ruined. The damage seems more severe along the coa>t and on the low lands than on the higher country, and a well-known tanner tells us that llw worst sufferers are those whose fields have been previously under crop. The maiden bush soil seems to have produced turnips that withstand the ravages of this scourge.

Harry IC. Thaw, SPltyslmrg millionaire, tile accused in thr? groat murder ease, is thus referred to by the Pittsburg Lender.—"He never earned a cent in his life, ami never did anything useful of whieii lie conH claim the slightest reward. The money that was poured into his lap was to him merclly tlie melius for the pursuits of guilty pl.'.isures." The • Washington Star proclaims: —"Such a life as his is an utter waste, whetlier it ends on the gallows, in an insane asylum, the grave of 'i suicide, or t lie elianee bed of a lodginghouse.''

A visitor who ]ia<l only a tew minutes to spend in Nrw Plymouth the other evening was taken within sight <>f the four large blocks uf two-storied buildings now being erected in tlie middle of th j town, and went nway with ft glowing impression <►!" our progress. Folk who haven't seen the town I'ov a few years are quirk to notice the change v.l'i.st '"old hands,'" reluming al'lii any extended absence, are complctelv nonplussed by the line buildings that have been ereded in recent years on the levelled laud where Blount Kliot ami other unsightly clay lulls onto reared their heights near the railway station.

Tito Ifawera Star -;iy r ,:—lliere has been an all-round deel ne in the prU-cj of horseflesh in this uisUiot. and .in-' deed, throughout the colony. Heavy draughts constitute au exception to this rule, and they fully* maintain their high rate-. The big' rNc some few years ago was due io the South African de- 1 mand. hut contemporaneously wiili the cessation of thai demand there has been a big increase in breeding (stimulated by the good prices offering), the net result being the present d.'ciiiic in prices. Speaking 1o a Star representative, a' stock salesman expressed the opinion that vendors generally have to accijit a lower ranjje of values.

MY. l'\ M. W. Fisher's iio-lieensu lecture ill Heel'ton \v;is delivered under somewhat imiijiio eonditious, Mr. Stevenson, the County Chairman, presided, and in introducing tlio speaker said that his position that owning, as chairman of Hi!' mooting, was somewhat iniii pi Lea - ted owing to llio fact of his being tin' license? ill' an hotel. and as such could not lie regarded as in entire sympathy willi tlu- objects of the prohibit ion party. It was the fact, however, that lie numbered many esteemed friends aiming the party anil certainly, us chairman of the coun'iy. it afforded' him pleasure to welcome tlieir distinguished visitor and to preside at his meeting.

Editors of a number of Australian and New Zealand newspapers were askud by Life lo express an opinion on the value of a leading article (has it lost its value?) and the class of news that most interested the average reader. Summing H]> tile replies, ■which appear in the March issue, it is fonml that there is an almost unanimous judgment that the editorial article was never more valued. The majority of the twelve replies (seven of which are from New Zealand editors) state that the essentials of a leading article are honesty, clarity, brevity. and decisiveness; and three out of five of the writers express tile opinion tliat sport is the chief item ofintercst. to tile general reader in the colonies. Tf the truth must be told, says the Singapore Free Press. Australia is the spoilt child of the Empire.

W'liile New Zealand is content with 1.1-pounders in her field batteries, the Commonwealth early secured samples of the IS IS-pounder with which the British lield artillery is armed. The gun itself arrived in Australia a year ago, but, with the usual circumlocutory process, the whole of the accessories are not to hand yet. Tor one tiling, the range arcs have not vet come out from ironic. It is explained, however, by the authorities at headquarters that even if the range arcs were here the guns wouM still 1m necessarily out of action, because no ammunition carts have yet been provided. These IS-pounder guns have special ammunition, and it is so sensitive that to handle it safely special ammunition cart* are necessary. With the ordinary 10-pounder at present in use any cart can he used, one of the advantages claimed for tile weapon being that, the transport of the country can be utilised for the carriage of ammunition. With tile IS-poimdor it is different, and the special improved type of cart is eeseu-

ft i- about time that buyers of f«w raised some practical protest against tiie ridiculous method of dealing in these useful aids to cookery. Why on earth eggs should be sold hv the dozen and apples and potatoes by the pound is hard to explain. If a man put a sack of tiny potatoes into an auction mart for sale, and ti l;e relied on gelling the same price as his neighbor who was ofl'ering good, large, sound tubers, he would be laughed at. The man who expected (he same price for under-sized apples as for a good sample ol' the '■\ortheili Spy" would be dubbed a little oil' his head. People would not stand it. And tlicy would not stand apples or potatoes at a fixed uniform rate per dozen, irrespective of quality and size. Tint tliev put up With it in buying eggs. Why?' Perhaps some reader will answer. A local resident bought a dozen eggs at Is !)d on Saturday. Five of (hem wore a fair sample; the other seven weighed altogether eight ounces, which means thai, those eggs cost (wo shillings and a halfpenny per pound. .Vow. if a man ..rows small spuds, he gets small money, "if he grows small eggs, he should be similarly treated: or when earth is the use of breeding and feeding good hens that give large eggs'/

While and Sons stock Uorroekses 1 [ Flannelettes, at all prices, in while. cream, and stripes.—Advt. There are woods of high mercantile value. Tinro woods of great beauty and price. And wof ds or, such eolso grain and luminous As resist all white ants, rats, and mice. Isnt rli;- "Woods of all woods to bo -iifdcd. all "ivill agree, I nni Miroi, Is the Woods ly whom mankind's indebt< d. For the only Great Peppermint Cure. 16

The following extracts fivni a farmer's letter to a Ciinadiau newspaper ivnnUl almost suggest iUormomsn]: ".Dear sir, it .vou see any women wail want to get inariied, send them this wav. 1 wani a wile myself, and a good ii'iaiiy more." !Jix handsome young men have been provided by the management of ihe Lyric iheatrc, New Vovk, to act, singly, as c«rts (0 women who am prevented from Hating tlic theatre at night because tncy have no escorts, am! there was an immediate demand for their services, according to the Xew York American.' ,T ll V l, " ,u -; s uf »t l««st three prominen. stock dealers in the southern part "I be south island are being mentioned a- baung made enviable prolits during the recent drought scare. One "elltleman, in particular, is said to hav<Tcleared wet. oil to live figures in value liv Hd;y, and possibly shrewd, transactions m sheep.

| A delimit parent residing at, .\lan"a;Weka who ill spite of teacher, truant m-pector, committee and Education boar, , ivtuses to semi his bov to ••'-liool. has been lined 20s, with 7 S cos|. '"id informed that, a penaltv „f L -j 0 n Week will be ex-acted for the future un-l".-s lie complies with the iaw.

r TI,; ' '-'"'"her of \'es>els 1ean,,.,I'i innt during the vear «-is 'iilii U.«. I til ni tonnage being •oils Itl'.vllll [„| W ports and exports amounted to being an increase ever I<m,j. their J-Hiie lloreign.and intercolonial onlv - e Irnix mi i,. ( .,i h | | IV |[ j, J)l ;l'i»;l'nenl of the value of the < ".istiil trade) being ,Ul,:!J;| :)•>.")I (CI :;i«M>B7 for imri).

In I'iply (o a. deputation undni' the vhieb'T"" 1 U ' I'"* 1 " tl1 " ' ' in T !,sm " 11111,0 Kii, s >} "t an alarming rate, largely n, oeked-up native lands, the Minister for s said the onus was on private hone of Tl B ' !lS " 0t ll,c sli S'''est Hope el the t.overninent sienpin-r in as II universal rabbit-killer or slartin" a eauiiing laelury. The liovcrnnicnMiad »• p»wer to buy netting an,t sell it to "'tlieis on terms, but it was a practical granf'eil Il0|ll! a '"''"S

,t I t 8 ? district sin lie , Fi/ileged few, for the 5 nple leason that the only deer eount \ is privately owned, and the permission of the Owners has to be obtained , il legitimate shot can be tired Ihcrc is absolutely no land a person 01/. aming a license can staik over williout obtaining permfssion from the owner I'or tills reason most of the visitiii" stalkers cut out Wellington, and either go to .\e] So !i or to the bigger field in Uago, where there is stalking for all In \\oll ! ngtoii district no stag is supposed to be shot having less than len|»int antlers. The. deer are said to be "o """"-'''"l'S that they are shot down by the score in the off season by the owners sis a nuisance.

In (in interview with a Now Zealand limes representative, Dr Chappie, who has just relumed from a tour'in the Id (onntrv, said lie had met some of '"liter "manufacturers" in London, one of whom bought all the New Zealand butter he could get hold of, and candidly admitted that he made a. verv profitable income by blending it with inferior brands, the quality of our butter H'Mff so gooti that m spite 'of the adul(oration a very palatable article resulted. lie declared it was impossible to buy ion 1 Xew Zealand butler in a shop M all snapped up immediately it arrived by blenders. He asserted that this was to the interest of New Zealand because the suitability of our butter for blending enabled them 1o pay verv nlgli prices. The British public seldom tasted pure New Zealand Imttor. But the reputation existed amongst the ttfmiders, and that was whore it concerned _us most. l)r. Chappie expressed the opinion that we would prefer an opportunily of establishing a reputation with the consumer. ])r Chappie added that the same 'deception was practised with out mutton and beef.