LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 6 August 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain .Edwin wired yesterday at 2.5: Easterly strong winds to gale; glass fall soon; tides very high; sea very heavy; rain probably heavy; rivers liood after 30 hours. The Hawera Star is informed that 0 11-ltid is the best oiler that has been made ior butter, which would allow of about 7d being advanced to suppliers, lor cheese it is possible to get si/,d, which, according to a dairy company ciiairman, is equal to 13d per lb for butter. J h,i little piece of Lite llenuj road district jiiot induded in the jicwlyfoimed Mtzrov Town Board is in a peculiar position. Suggestions that this area should be handed over to one ot (he adjoining road districts have met with pointblank refusal, on acomit, it is alleged, that there is a hill ou the' road ill that district that costs a heap or money to maintain. The ratepayers are to he circularised by the county clerk, asking them to petition for meriilug into the county,

threc pedigree stud bulls tliat the Jljiuster for Lands, the Hon. li. i, i ' 111 *" s to the farmers at 1 almcrston Xortli during the late Winter !>lio\y, stated were being imported Iroiii England, will arrive by the I'apamii on or about Monday ucxt. Tiiese aniuuil*, which are of a guarantee! mjlking strain, ai'e intended for the purpose of improving tile dairy herds of the colony. Some idea of their value may be gained from the fact that thev are insured for £5-56. I li<' -Animal general meeting of the High School Old Boys' Association wis held on Saturday, August 3- The el;ction of officers resulted as follows:-I'lT-ideut, Mr 15. Pridhnm; viee-Presi-dnils. members of Board of Covermrs, pa-t and fire,sent, and Mr If. 11. Ward;' hou. secretin- and treasurer, Mr 15. Deacon: committee, president, vicepresidents, secretary and treasurer. I)r Fonke„, Messrs If. l;. Billing. It. il. 'l'oorjfc. 11. H. O'Lnughlau. AV. It. Artlnn-. P. fiiiifllam, an,l |„ Marnier. \ iii-artx vote ri| think.- was accorded * 71 \"- f ol ' li-is nor-

An experiment Immjijj HMidudnl ni Lincoln way described l,» dele pater- at tht; Agricultural Confemic! last" wi'ck by Studholmn. A jviddoek was laid down to grass, different varieties being sown over equal portions of it. When ready for grazing stock were turned In, nnd particular notice was taken of the grasses wont popular. It was found that the sheep took more to cocksfoot than to rye, but a jrrasft Uicv would not touch was Ohewinjr's Fescue. The experiment 'ams to be continued and more definite information obtained- Wli«n in Americi Kr Studholme found the most popular grass to be Timothy.

| Tlio Droprletor of T?e*nty«;Mne wtehe? ! ] 4 -pci'ia'ly known ihi 4 be !ir?? umv t W time sent out sample*. This floor rml ; -*b ?s fretting into pnVlir favor mor. ewrv day. it is en«*y. quick, brnntiful. Min<r and cheap, fr.- n M«j All stores »nd ironmongers ull IS,—

At the Police Court yesterd.ijy morning .a first female offender was lined for drunkenness. A report rent-lied town yesterday that ait Opmiake on Saturday night (lie populace took the law into their own hands and "tarred and feathered" an offender against the laws of society. The will of the late Joseph Swan, of Eguionl Village, was proved on the 30th lilt, before .Mr Justice IJonnistoii, and on the application of ill' Hughes, probate was granted to the widow, Mrs Catherine Swan.

I'rinee Runjitsinliji, though probably j lost to Sussex, cricket for over, has given j practical proof that he retains his interest in Lis old country. I t was stated at Birmingham that he had offered 200 guineas to the Sussex County Club, to lie followed by an annual donation of 100 guineas. Needless to say his niunili--Mit ode, has been accepted, and he has been made a patron of the club. The usual fortnightly meeting of '.lie Loyal I'.gmont Lodge f.0.0.F., M.U-, was held last evening, Bro. ArchHooker, N.< presiding. Apologies were! received from absent officers. The' Friendly Societies' report for 11)00 wasj received. One candidate w:w proposed' for membership. resolution was carried inviting the Excelsior Lodge lo a friendly cribbage. and euchre tournament for next. Lodge night, the lOt.i inst.

The petition of the Tarauaki Jockey Club to have its property included in the Maugorei road district, as it Ims no community of interest with the Carriiigtou road district in which the property is mow situated, came before the Taranaki County Council. The chairman of the Carrington Koad Board, Mr C. Carter, waited on the Council in conneotion with this matter, and suggested deferring consideration for a month, as his Board had not been supplied with a copy of the petition, and had no knowledge of the club's reasons for desiring the change. The Council adopted the suggestion. What should prove to be one of the most popular departments of the Technical School is that which commences this afternoon —the art class, painting and kindred subjects—under tile expeit j tuition of Miss A. L. Rhodes, of Auckland. .Miss Rhodes has the reputation

of being a most capable teacher, and till- class should soon fill. Lessons sire to bo given on Tuesday anil Thursday afternoons. Intending pupils should attend at tlio school this afternoon, or procure particulars from the dircettr n,t the Education Board office- In order to bring the advantages of technical education prominently under the notice of townspeople, Mr Pandford, the Eduealion Board's instructor in -wood-work, is to deliver a lecture at the school 011 Wednesday on "Technical Education sia applied to Trade." The .Municipal Council of "Braybrook (Victoria) boasts a president who can "rise to the occasion." His quick and ready adaptation of popular methods to civic duty was finely illustrated 011 a recent .Monday. The councillors of Braybrook, like those of other places nearer home, have at their monthly meetings betrayed an excess of friendliness, and their gatherings have most closely resembled conversaziones. Cr. Spoilt complained of the inattention of councillors present, and urged' thjit the presidont (Or. G. Mullenger) Bhould he provided with a mallet with which io compel order. This reminded the president of something, and ceasing a conversation ho was holding with thesccrjtary, he mysteriously searched his pockets. A second or .two later he dr.'jgged out a whistle, and "Hero is something that will keep order." The president then procecd-d to blow the whistle on every conceivable occasion, lie blew It when a councillor rose to address the chair, and when each speaker had concluded ilis. remarks- He blew it on rising to put a, motion, and after declaring a motion carried. He blew it whenever lie saw a councillor lean over to another to nay something in an undertone. Passcrs-oy fancied that a hotlv-contested foothill match was Ibeing played inside the hall. —Some such remedy might with advantage b'- tried to curb the verbose and out-of-order propensities of some of 'tor New I'lymontli councillors. The trouble would probibly be. however, that not only the Mayor, but every councillor would want a whistle.