LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 30 September 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Timaru Chamber of Commerce is collecting information as to the prospects of establishing new industries which can profitably be carried 011 there. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Timaru professional man who has been carrying 011 business there for the past few years The charge is one of embezzlement. The man has disappeared. A vendor on Saturday offered three broods of ducklings for sale by auction, placing on them a "reserve" of (is (id for each brood. Ducklings were evidently the popular fancy, for one lot brought 110 less than half-a-sovercign, or nearly a shilling each—a fair price for little "(lul)'ies" apparently only about a fortnight old. Mr Sandford, woodwork instructor under the Tarauaki Kdiication Board, 1 'iid the Teachers' Institute on Saturday that '"experts" without proper training as teachers. often and generally made tile mistake of taking a class alonsr at a pace set by the smartest boy or girl. Rubbing up against teachers find en;'.bled liini 1,, ..e,. that tile pn.por way was to get hold of the slow or backward pupil and bring him along, keeping the rest of t'ne class with him.

THE "HARTNETT" PATENT MILKING- MACHINE. Yes, tlie "HartueU" milksrs have certainly come to stay; there is no room for doubt on that point. They are being installed in all directions. Ev<vv plant erected seems to he the forerunner of fresh orders. Inquiries leid to speedy convictiou that the "Hnrtnot J " has no equal as a simple, safe and fual Milking Machine. Its pfltated improvements are <3? a very hlO and substantial in character. Tho*o who have used t(io machines longest are the loudest awl most frequent J'n their praises. If. will he well for all iTibuyers to get their orders promptly booked; the new season is at the doors; delay means trouble and loss when the cows come in if farmers .ire tot ready. For full particulars apply to C. Dfihl and Co.. Ltd., Pnlmprsfon North: or TnranaM Farmers' CX>„ Ltd., Kcw Plymouth. '

(ieiting up to (lute: A hotel now Mug erected nt Kiipongu is to be called (lie Dominion, The measles epidemic h'.s reached Xew Plymouth. lullueiiza and whooping eotigh .still have Lneir numerous victims. Several local volunteer olhcers go •Souih tiiis morning to attend tne School of Military instruction which opens at Wellington to-morrow. A short-sighted fmrglar entered the .SliMitt'urd premises of Alessrs Suiait Bros. on Friday, broke open the till, and stole tile sum 01 28 shillings, leaving several pounds in the till* | A letter from asks when i the local Horticultural Society's cata--1 logue i« to be issued for December show. Wo have made enquiries, and find that the catalogue is in, course of preparation. According to a telegram published by the Indian newspapers, the Nobel prize for "the most distinguished work oi' an idealistic tendency in the field of literature" has this year been awarded to Air. Rudyard Kipling. In an editorial on the coming fishing season, the liawera Star says that duiing last year the rivers in that district diu not yield an abundance oi' spoit, but it is hoped that the season, now approaching, and future ones, will gladden ilie hearts of anglers.

Dr Erenglcy h;is telegraphed to tie Town Clerk that he and the Crown Solicitor are at present engaged in the matter oi entering proceedings against I a xM'W Plymouth doctor ior tailing Lo j notify a case of infectious disease. Proceedings will be taken in due course. There was aullicient variety in the weather yesterday to satisfy even the most fastidious. From bright and warm &unsnine there came rapid changes to cold winds bearing on their wings rain, sleet and hail. The latter played havoc with budding fruit trees. Quinces sullered considerably. "Jiaiiuei's' asus: "if tiiree women (i was going to say ladies) are aoreasl 011 a narrow footpath, and meet ;l gentleman walking in the opposite , direction, should they force him out , on to cue road, or should they depioy i ,i little in order to allow him a share t oi the footpath 7'' Perhaps some lady i will answer the query. J Despite the wretched weather, titrat--1 lord, iMtJuun, Opunakc and luiponga 1 have iieid successful exhibitions of spring llowers. New Plymouth, much J, warmer, and more suitable for the culture oi e.uly biooms, has in this lagged behind. let there arc spring llowers " r here that would equal anything grown in any part of the province.

The -fvirmess" matinee on Saturday was largely attended. Tne dross circle was crowded to such an extent that extra seating had to be provided. The programme submitted was of th»3 usual excellence. The eil'oct would have bcen» enhanced by the darkening of the interior of the building, for the sunlight streaming in through the windows seriously interfered with the brilliancy of the limelight,

The delay caused to shipping by the state of the Alanakau bar caused inconvenience in many cases. Amongst these it may be mentioned that Air Nolan, of Alessrs Wilson and Nolan, was prevented from returning to New Plymout in time to conduct the firm's usual Saturday sale. Air Newton King very kindly came to the rescue, with the result that the sale was proceeded with as advertised, Air Fred Watson wielding the hammer as though he were "quite at home."

The significance of "Dominion Day" is not understood by many of the older settlers, one. of whom, seeing some of the shops closed, put the query to a local business man: "What is this here Dominion Day anyhow?" "Well," replied the Dtlier, "it 19 just Now Zealand coming out of smocks and going into long pants." "Oh, I see," said the old settler, and then in a hurt tone, after .1 pause, added, "But Joe Ward ought to have consulted the pioneers before he did that."

With cheap cables, cheap postage, and swift- transit, there would not only be a more active maintenance by the entire community of the social connections, which are very apt to lapse when intercommunication is slow and costly, but a very desirable and profitable interchange of population would be encouraged and increased. By telegraphic wire and fast mail toute we may weave the fabric of empire, drawing through them the "crimson thread of kinship," without which 110 empire can endure.—New Zealand Herald.

'We are in receipt of the first number of Wellington's new morning paper, The Dominion. Slaking due allowance for defects inseparable from the initial production of a big daily, the latest addition to the growing ranks of Now Zealand newspapers is distinctly creditable. Establishing a daily paper in a place like Wellington, where opposition is so formidable, is one of the hardest of tasks, and one involving tremendous expense. To undertake it, the promoters of The Dominion exhibit great faith in themselves and the district they are catering for, and are not deficient in enterprise and pluck. They have a particularly row to hoe. And they will deserve, as they undoubtedly will earn, any success achieved. We wish them well,