GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 19 April 1907, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

br 1 lio t ° ui has iv ' ai ' ht ' d ihu 'u' 1 -' ot seventy-eight. ZT* ay °' Sti " fuil of to'min 1 Ulc ' Work «•»«»« a.b S . an ' l C W, S Of JKiolllc. u til,. Knl'l 0 ""-'" 1 h ° ' S W1 a lu,,r eontiiienV t' Ui(; ™'th of the 41 ° iUilOUV '' l '. "hence 1.0 U t0 and ifom .there 011 U) Si u im 'T k l .° hugluml viil *»«*■ oi'' ,' (i rm ' iv,Kl 1,1,11 wi(h ° 1 his nulling* t i l|t Co "" tr} i b,lvi "8 ijl ' ( ' n of a Ju« e l .•ntliusi•istic diameter.- Jap.m promise hi,,, t'nv wannest w.-leome jet accorded ■">) Jvnglishman. The Army lmve unl»u..J taith ami cuniidem,/ in in h i " Ud W ° I°'" " ''l' tIICIU in ileal tiest congratulations.

A chimney connected with a ..-oldVii I <-'«»ipany 5 colters t.v ?out)uol thmmcy has been li.lin., up f 0 " (|... post year, and limuly became so troubi'wine that the managers of tim plant or- ■ eied it to be cleaned. The refuse was afterwards treated in tii.. gold room and was found to contain ~-old Jusworth (OOOdol. inc diiector., .'V ul ' dL ' , ' ,l appliances attached to the ciiinneys to prevent refuse from passim' out mto the air. This small b,„fau Sl £ t lesult of one year s acciimiuu!alioa. IK i* not known lunv rniu-h w;is lost.

Andrew Carnegie is famous for the excellent advice that he gives to poor joung men. "In considerable tear, ' sard a New \ark millionaire, "J once consulted Mr Carnegie aliout a new venture. Tile business looked as if it ought to be profitable. There seemed to lie a public need of if. Mtill, theHu was some risk involved, and 1 wicci' afraid. But Mr Carnegie laughed at niy fears. 'lf it's a thing, in, he said. Tear is old womanish, tear is what keeps untoiil millions from makiDg fortunes. When Benjamin I' lankliii thought of starting a pan<jr in Philadelphia his mother, greatly alarmed, tried to dissuade liini. She pointed out that there were already two newspapers In America.'-"

Russell, the famous war correspondent, v,ho died in London on tebruurv 10, was an Irishman. He began life *a"s a reporter of Repeal meetings in tltc forties, and in later years gave the following account of how he came to report for the Times:—"My brother-in-law was m 1841 a reporter for the Times in Ireland, the election was coming on at Longford, and niv brother-in-law wa«i ill, so he said to nie, 'Billy, you've go't* to report the election for tiie Times Well, I was under 20, and I had never' written a line in my life; but my Irish wit told mo that in an Irish election! most, of the free and independent electors generally had lo come to hospita.lf So I sat there until they ail came in to get their heads bandaged, so I got quite a dramatic account of it all and posted* over to London with it. When 1 go : (» to the Times office, and was waiting in a dark passage, a man came out of" al room. 'Are you the chap who wrlbte tl.us!' and I said, '1 did, sir, but it was not my fault, and I'll apologise'; but he then and there offered met' 4 a'week nnd from that day to litis they've never stopping paving me liberally more than I was worth.*'

Oeorgc Thompson, the Lurgan recordbreakcr, who earned for himself the title of "the laziest man alive," for having remained iu bed for twentv-nine years, has now resolved not to „iiy in bed any more. Thompson has reached the mature ago of forty-tw'O. The sight of the green fields and the busy oild during his walk- home from the workhouse has completely changed his dream H,. is determined now to make amends for the years misspent in bed.

An amusing story is being told in Jamaica of the (iovornor, Sir' Alexander Swettenham. Special correspondents and photographers from America swarmed into Kingston after the earthquake. One of the latter managed to get a snapshot of his lixceliem who was fir from pleased. Driving down the street he saw the same man with u camera in pusition. The carriage was stopped, footman jumped out, and—so the story goes—handed the Governor a stone. The Governor raised his arm to throw, the camera clicked, and the photographer dodged the missile and (led. The next mail carried to his paper a picture of the Governor of Jamaica in the act of hurling a stone.

The story of a Hamburg schoolboy's romance is amusing the people of the Gorman seaport. At his father's house during the holidays the i.j-year lad met an actress ami tell in love with her not daring to tell I,is parents. In due course he returned to school. One day thi! headmaster met the boy's father a rich merchant of Hamburg—in tip street, and inquired after 'the sun's health. "He is quite well," answered the father. "lie has not been ill." 'But your son has been absent for the last live weeks, and your wife herself wrote Ihe letters excusing his absence." There was surprise oil both sides, am 1 , inquiries were made into the mystery, it appeals that the actress and her boylover had been faced by a great obstacle m their romance. She had to go to the theatre at night; lie had to go to school in the daytime, and thus they could rot meet. But a way was found out of the diliiculty, and' the actress wrote letters of excuse to the headmaster, signing them in the name of th» mother. I'or live weeks this plan was successful. The father in bis wrath has instituted a prosecution against the actreo tor forgery.

That the Wairoii f, r <'.v.sev is not any niore partial to fountain jkmis that it is to soap, was exeniplilicd oil Sunday last (says the Hot Lakes Clmmide). Mi. Baverstock, a gentleman who is visiting hotouru at present, with others, was at Wliakarewarewa oil .Sunday to witness the eruption of the gevser. Just prior to the lid being removed" from the mouth of the geyser, this gentleman had •ecu peering through the holes in the li<), and white doing so his fountain pen slipped out of Ills pocket on to the lid and loniid its way into the geyser. The lul was almost immediately" removed, and the soap applied. Alter beim. immersed 111 Waima's I,oiling water I'mover three-quarters of an hour. .Mr. Ilaverstoek's fountain pen was shot aliollt laillt into sjiaee. ;!Ceuni[unieil iiv a beautiful stream of boiling waler -mil eventually descended to earth, with'the' cap oil'. The cap was !ir,i discovered by the Owner, and later of the pen was picked up. The cap was broken, but the pen, beyond (he gold nib being lienl, was in good order.

Interviewed oil the spread of the fruit dv in Victoria, Mr French, Government bntomologisl, *iid: "Perfect inspection either at the ports, or on tile border, is an absolute impossibility, m every one admits. 1. think I have succeeded in awakening the orehardisW to the seri-ou-ness of their po>ilioii, lor it means absolute ruin to them if we cannot succeed in checking tile progress of the llr. Instead of discouragement we want all tlie help we can geCand I frel sure thai certain growers now regret liaviu" so persistently thwarted the Minister in his endeavours to help them with all the means at his disposal. Within a cucumber of Queensland we found 110 less than fifty-three larvae of the fruit Ily." The Argus comments: Although orchardists have to face a serious position in ihe advent of the Mediterranean ,fruit liy, which has been found within the past few weeks in many different districts, they have apparently the satisfaction of knowing that other pests which in past years were feared just as greatly, have been to a large extent overcome by strenuous efforts on their part, assisted by the directions of the experts as to the best means to be adopted Lo meet the danger. It is claimed by the (lovernment Entomologist. Mr. French, that the ravages of the borer have )be:'ii largely checked in f]n> last few years I'nlike other pests, this one is unfortunately indigenous, and as most of th-- Victorian orchard* are in thickly - timbered country it can never be en-\ tirelv got rid of, but will probably be in evidence >o long as forests remain. The codlin ninth. Mr Trench thmks, has been fairly beaten by Hie us: 1 of acetate of lead, as will be shown by th,; present year's exporU from Tfarcoiirt, the fJoulburn Valley, and Sonierville.

hi reference (o the itiition of hoys for as household workers a Melbourne paper writes:—Tlie supply of boys awl men trained in domestic duties is liy no means equal to the demand. It is found that they do their work much (pricker than girla. Two boys can, as a rule, take the places of three and the former receive from 10s to 12s per week. Boys from 18 to 20 years are preferred, and the genera] opinion is that they are far less trouble than pirls, and do not want to go out 30 much.

Some twelve .swarms of boos have settled down to work within the open cap of tile cylinder supports of (lie waioh:ue river railway bridge. A rather cruel practical joke was perpel rated upon a local resident, on .ill Focd's Day. lie received a letter inviting himself and wife to a social function. which (he writer said had been organised in (heir honor prior lo their departure on a holiday trip. The letter purported tu be signed on behalf of (lie citizens by Ihe Town Clerk. Jn the course of the day appointed in (he note, Ist April, (he recipient fortunately met the Town Clerk and mentioned I lie function, expressing pleasure that his loin; residence was to be marked ill such a friendly way. The genial borough otlicial had lo inform the old settler that lie knew nothing about the lcUer or (lr tuuelion. and it w;h sadly remembered that it was April Fool's Day.-Waira-rapa News.