LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 August 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ainc alleged participants iu the (Jpu liake disturbance will iigme iu the | Plymouth Magistrate's Court on inday, 30th inst. lhe Argils learns that the f,llii,.ju JJacoii Co. ha» had a most successful half-year, tile l'esiill of the hist six months' trading showing a very substantial prolit, A mccling of the council oi the 'i'ai'aMiisica: ."sucieiy was ncid ua 'luesii.iy cieim.s, me Pa'siuuK (Dr. t. A. \\ nkoij iicnig in viiiVir. iUere umo ib liiciiiuei's picsetil. Tne rules w.'ie read and adopied, and a very siicee»>U,l practice was ueld aiterwardo. J Adininitratioii arrangements ha\c

Slow U'-i:u in ale Jul' a bi-ttciijy sciwce ;oi' A.iienc.iu cabligrauu) to oc pooled uum iiuiuiivia to anil uJcgtaoj.ed to their destination iruw the Uuter point. Menage,-; by Lin- means can uinv 'it accepted ut sellers' ri».v, and object; lu iixd'.-iiiiiLe Lr-:!,!v between beanie I'.lld d'VjnaU'JJl. O/i-LiiiLli V tllL'a W ;J..tiuu oi dc-t.nation will aud : Li.tnaj iv^;, : U'ivd auuix-.-.u-i udl be avau-i able, .Viuvntau cubic for uuubimsaiou oy hu, mean., can be accepted a i lianilicid. up 10 I.:iu a.m., Svff Zealand ll.ua to-day (Thursday;. Time of mail transit ii.iniueid iu tacaille is th'.ee u 'o i.'ui tlier advice of subset|u.;jt mailing dates from Uumlield will be notified- I

iu reply to a correspondent the Post I says;—'-Webb and Welch have metj twice, Iu tilt 1004-5 season at PetoueJ "WcJt-Ix tat Webb; and in IUOS-U, at Picton, Webb beat Welch." These were, of course, in amateur events. A \V,mguiiui enthusiast the other day was olfcring £lO to .U1 tlmt (he two ;.'Ki> had met on occasions, and Ui.it Webb ilad won two of the races. Tile anti-H'anganui wan refused to steal the other's cash on such a certainty. "•Regular Header" supposes it is too late to expect ail improvement iu the newspaper tables in the public readingroom, and asks us to suggest to lie controlling committee that a bettor slope be given to the tables in the new building. The suggestion is a good one,| and we hope to see it acted upon iu tli','l new reading-room lit.Lings. Iu his report to the Commouwcati'i (■'ovcrnnieiit on patent medicines, .Mr 0. 0. J Scale makes some startling statements respecting drugs commonly said l'or "southing" infants The analysis disclose the fact that the basis of the majority js either opium or morphine in doses dangerous to infants. In legard to another form of intuits' soothing powders, containing a highly poisonous drug, but not opium, tile Commissioner states that upon analysis it was discovered that some of the powders contained none of the poisoa. while others had a double or triple quantity. Tile inference in this case is, he say's, that (/!<• powders were so carelessly mixed. a soothing syrup prominent on tile nuii'ket. the Commissioner says:--"Here we get humbug. lies, and T!:is nostrum must rnjee hetaroinbs of ( deaths in every country -where it is sold | and it is one of the most lucrative of , nil the secret drugs." (

"'.VIM-re's a good place to buy some clothes?" is a common query. In Taranaki the invariable reply is "Go to the Melbourne, you'lll get what yon wanti there cheaper and better than anywh-'rej else." The Melbourne is the grcat'stj and best known men's and boys' clothing store in Tarauaki. If you're not a customer becomo one to-day. Ml pay]

At last night's meeting it was feinted Hint Hit! iiVfil year's coJluoLiotiri in the O'liaui Anglican Church amounted to 2 tfrl. The Kquitalde Uuilding Society held ; ballot la.-si night. Two appropriation | in the liivl group "were secured by JVlessr IJ. Kibby *(-174) and J. Ala the sun (.>l4 ropectivclyj and in the second yrouj Air L. II LuTle (2UB) was successful Tenders reulUed ,C2!) la* and *C2S (is li< ! ctu-li for two appropriation-: in the lirs i group, and .Cti-i i'or two in the sucom I group. Prominent horse-breeders in Taranak complain thai* the Agrieullurat Societie jliohl their annual parades too late in tin .ear. The primary object of stallioi trades is to ailuw breeders to 100ß ove l'o sires before Ihe season commence:')nl the parades are not held until wel ..u in September, by which time man; breeders desiring to secure early foal have made their selections. This is ; malier fur the Agricultural Societies t< t onsider without delay, as the time fu the annual grades is approaching. The oUieial list of the butter an cheese-making establishments of i.'U Milony, revised to June 30th last, i'a p.tst bi-en issued. This shows a larg increase in cheese factories, and a v#»r light falling off in hotter factories. . r> r vate cheese dairies are dwindling, f.n private butter dairirs are again on t'h i increase. PacUiug-liouses show a sligl fallhig otl'. The figures are given j'ci each year since 18'Ki. A comparison r the first mill the last two years of til period covered is interesting. Th"V wt'iv i)l bnlter factories in 181)0, 211 i IDllii, and there are 212 this jear, In cheese factories in the same years Ik ing 7", 82. and 10!). Since the list wa compiled, however, fully ten cheese f;n lories have sprung into existence, f tint, there will be running tills sense llfi cheese factories, an increase ov» last,year of 37.