LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 May 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Sydney banki-p; stated the other day that lie had received about £IOOO from his cousin, but when lie became bankrupt his only assets wens a gramaphono, a cow, and £l.

The dairy factories in the lnglewood district will mike payments as under today:—Moa Dairying Co., £2073 Its 3d: Tarata, C 32! Us lud: l.epperton. £033 (is oil; Maketawa. £BOO 10s lid; Waituhi, £2OO 5s sd. It is not oiten that ratepayers recognise tliiil the rates levied on them arc not enough, but a member of the Mo;: Uoad Hoard said on Saturday that (hey Were recognising that ill order lo keep the roads in repair a higher rate will have to be levied in future. Mis- B.anciie Ainil's in New Plymouth will not talio. place, the steamers having been delayed ' to such an extent that some of the Auckland and the New Plymouth dales had to be cancelled. However, it is pro ali e that the singer will be brought here later on.

I'arnell was laughed at when he said, "T am very ignorant; I have read but little." How much or how little tie knew only himself could say, lnifif he were as ignorant as in private he wished to appear, then he had in abnormal measure the faculty to which lie did lay claim, that of quickly getting hold of a sifbjeet. He was due at S o'e.'oi.'.;' one night on a platform in the city of Cork to deliver a lecture on Irish history. At 7.45 lie said to iiis host after dinner. "F really do not know anything about I l'i-dt history. Have you got any 'books I could read?" 'lie shut, himself up with his hooks until I).IS, then went to the platform and held his audience spellbound for an hour with the subject into which lie hail just been for the first time seriosly dipping.

A Devonshire paper, in publishing a photograph of Sir Joseph Ward, describes, not without some unconscious humor, the -dillieiilty of snatching a moment of leisure from the Premier's bu>y day. "Sir Joseph," we are told, ''was ill the middle of one of the multitude of interviews which he Jias to give every day and try at the same time to cope with the 40.000 letters that he has received recently (sonic of them he got before lie leit New Zealand, but Ins not yet had time to deal with them). Our photographer was allowed lo pose liis camera in position, and when everything was ready Sii: Joseph stopped iiis business for a moment and the photograph was made. This picture was taken at eleven o'clock in the morning, and up to that time Sir Joseph had not had time lo have his breakfast."

ihe ' backer" of the late tour of the Exhibition orchestra was Sirs John Prouse, of Wellington. When it became evident that the Government did not intend to scud the orchestra through Xew Zealand after the close of tile Exhibition, Mrs Prouse decided that it would be a great mistake if peop • who had not been able to vHt the Ex--hibition did not hear tile orchestra, so she set to work, went security for any loss that would be-made—in a word engaged the entire orchestra at salaries the Exhibition authorities were paying, and Van it through the colony, playing at Jnvercargiil, Dtinedin,' Oam'un" Christcliurch, Wellington, Palinerston North, Wiingnnui. New Plymouth and Auckland. A slight loss was made on the tour, owing lo the lick of interest met with in Auckland

The publication of the particulars of n demonstration by a Wellington citizen of the fact ihat potatoes may lie produced from the stalks of the potato plant suggests (says the New Zealand Tillies) the possibility that this little known principle is providing a means whereby potato growers niav be victimised. An agricultural scientist has assured us that the people interested ill the sale of a new variety emanating from Tasmania have been making use of the principle in order to be able to advertise abnormal yields from their Seeds. By planting two stalks of the parent plant two additional lots of tubers are obtained which, added lo the yield from the original seed, give an abnormal produce compared with (hat secured from a set under 'ordinary conditions. The danger we would warn a rowers of is in purchasing seed which may possibly exist, whole or pari., of! tile product of Stalk's, which would he very liable to have lessened vitality than seed grown direct from n sol. lend- I ing to lower productive power, and liability to an attack of blight. Seed | should never be purchased except from reputable seedsmen or reliable growers. I foods' Great Pepmyrmint Cure for Coughs mid Colds JJfvqr fails. • Is 0d • 7 nd 2s Gd.

Tlie current number of the Xew Zen- | land Trade Review states that import j houses report generally a good volume | of trade for the season, though in sofue ' directions there are complaints of quietness. Bankruptcies have of- late years been few u'lid unimportant but later!}- there lias been a little increase in the number of insolvencies ami private arrangements. Tile explanation gener aliv given of this feature is that Hie prosperous conditions that have ruled now for some years have led to an undue number of new retail shops dicing opened, and tlnil those who are finan I tin fly weak lind themselves unable to carry on.

The judgment for .£IO,OOO given against Bi-liop Neville, Primate of New Zealand, is tile Sequel to the recent marriage on the occasion of his vi*it to England a short time ago. It witt be remembered that, to the surprise of most people he was wedded to a young lady, daughter of one of (lie Duuejin wlio journeyed tn the Old Country for the ceremony. The llishop's former wife was a Miss Penny, a wealthy lady, and the claim on which judgment has been given against him is based on the terms of her tmirria-;"' settlement. It is said to be the int"ir (ion of the Bishop to appeal. Ten thousand pounds is too substantia] a sum to lose without a struggle.

Lord Plunket infracts plenty of fun out of his ollieial meandering*. lierecently he arrived at a township in the Taieri florge, and was immediately appropriated by the "leading citizen." wlio bore him oil' ill triumph, and proceeded to all t lie other citizens. Unfortunately the leading citizen got somewhat excited, and his memory was quite unequal to remembering the names of tile introducees. Those who were not within the scope of his immediate acquaintance he introduced by the cognomen of Macpherson. Some were Maephcrsons and some were J lac Something Else, but that made no dill'erence. They were introduced to his Exeell -ncy as a job lot of Macphersons. tint even after his strenuous feat of introducing, the leading citizen's energy WIIS stiU unexhausted. He orated, ami concluded the ell'ort bv congratulating llis Excellency on the arrival of a little I'lunkef. The Governor grinned gubernaiorially. ''Yes," he replied, "but even now we are not so numerous as the Then the audience and the leading citizen collapsed collectively. Shortly before his death Dowie wrote a vigorous sermon lo he read at his own funeral. This course was not adopted, but the text of "Elijah's" last message, which breathes curses and damnation for his enemies was published fully, "i shah- return," said Dowie in one passage. "fully armed and panoplied, in the golden mail of right. 1 shall return, and with ruthless hand shall; I exterminate the vipers and dogs of hell that hold high places in my City of Zion. They dreamed, and ill the grossness of their dreams they thought they had prevailed over the first apostle. And now priests and elders of Zion, 1 shall l return to strike ye down. 1 shall return in another form, brighter and more beautiful, and 10.000 times more terrible, to cut ye olf in the mid ■ t of your sins, and win back Zion for the truth, and for them tliat held to the word, and did no evil." It is recorded that a young woman, who as Dowie lay in his coffin, touched the hem of his garment, hoping to be cured of locomotor ataxy, suddenly shouted, "I can walk!" She tried, and for a few paces succeededj tlien fell, hurting herself seriously.

The value of winter feeding of herds has been amply verified :by results, wherever the practice has been adopted. Turning out cows on grass pastures alone, during the winter months, is unfortunately of too frequent occurrence, And though a farmer may save a. few pounds in fodder, he will find himself much poorer in the long run. To get the best results it is necessary that a cow when coming into profit should he in good condition. She is then likely to give a greater supply of milk, and continue to do so for a longer period. As mi illustration of the foregoing remarks, Mr John Jolly of Ba'llance, who, during the past season, has had the satisfaction of heading the record per cow in that locality, attributes his success not so much to quality or breed of cattle, bin to winter feeding, which consisted of cabbages and clover liav; the former proving an excellent mi.'k producer, and the latter a preventative of seour. His returns from November to March indu-ive n.r<T as follows: —November, 30 days, 15 cows, la 2 2-ud per cow per day; December, 31 days, 10 cows Is 2d per cow per day; January, 31 days. 10 cows, Is per cow per day; February 28 days, 17 cows, ll'/ 2 d per cow per day; March, 31 days, 17 cows, rid ped cow per day.