LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 28 October 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Moa lload Board. 011 Saturday allocated its moneys .for metalling on various roads. The coat had to bo cut according' to tin: cloth, which moans that Liu* district could do with about four timed much at nut; as can be purchased out of the Board's revenue.

A special appeal to the congregation of the Wliiteley .Memorial Church to re.duce the liability 011 the circuit account was liberally responded to yesterday, the collections totalling £SO. Aa a result of the previous Sunday's appeal to the senior Sunday-school scholars to become members of the church, a very gratifying response has been made, in some eases whole classes having signed the •"decision" cards.

Search-parties have been out in the last few days searching for Air H. Bridgcmau, a well-known farmer on the Dudley road, near inglewood. He left home on Umrsday morning to go to ■"the clearing' at the back of his farm, and, not returning in the evening, alarm was iell. Up till {Saturday no trace of him had been found, lie had been ill for some days' with influenza, and was very weak in consequence. "What penally are the auditors liable to it they certify to a false balancesheet?" asked -Mr. J. Brown at the Moa Farmers' Union meeting ou .Saturday, lie had l>een iiring oil' some pertinent qij'Tirs, and this one fairly made the shareholders stare. The chairman advised him to consult a solicitor. ]\lr. Brown then aver re-] that such an act had been committed. Tjje profit and; ; loss account was a penny out. The: meeting breathed freely again. The . manager said it was a "printer's error"! 1 Here are a few examples of the keen price-cutting going on at the Melbourne Clothing Company:—Nugget polish 'id tin, Nugget outfits Is ftrl. women's chrome two-bur shoos Gs I Id, men's canvas shoes with double soles 7s lid, men's bluchers 4s lid. women's enrpet slippers 2s lid. men's flannels 2s 3d, men's cashmere socks Is, men's merino pants and shirts is lid, men's Samson braces Is, men's grey denims 3s lid, men's blue and gold denims 3s lid, men's moleskins 5s lid, men's cord trousers 5s 6d, men's celluloid collars 9d, men's chrome bals 10s Od, youths' kip shooters 6s lid, youths' strong chrome school toots 89 111

In an Otago country township tho other .lay two weddings took place, in which both brides wore widows, find each married the other's son.

In W.iJiganui on Saturday evening I the chomißt shops wore noticeably, crowded—jnore crowded that the fruit Bliops. Influenza! At a largely-tittcnded meeting of the iS'ew Plymouth branch of the Amalgamated Society of Bailway Servants held 011 Friday last the following resolution was unanimously carried: —"That the Covernment be strongly urged to grant to all members of the Public Service in the Dominion of New Zealand full 'civil and political' rights." •Some lnglewoud youngsters were ha;ing a Uuy f'awkes' Day on Saturday, having acquired some squibs and rockeis —the ooys didn't look anything like sixteen years of age —they repaired to the railway line opposite the liank of New South Wales and had a little jubilee. The clicks from the rockets descended in dangerous proximity to people and buildings sometimes.

Such is the demand just now that there is not a single roll of bacon ready for sale in the Inglewood bacon factory. There will be a supply this week, but orders are coming in faster than the pigs. There is not the same run oa hams. The rapidity with which the factory's output is snapped up is suliicieut testimony to the faithful work j'. the manager, All'. J. Allen, and his stall'. A "bonus li'ee" was planted at the Inglewood llacon Factory on Saturday week, to commemorate the payment of the iirst bonus in the history of the company. The "brave old oak," raised at iiguiont Village from an acorn live years ago, was set in the soil with all duo formality, and is doing well. The only harm that we wish the shareholders is a whole avenue of oaks planted under similarly happy auspices. Mr Cruiekslitink, of Messrs Collett and Co., dairy produce exporters, has received cable advise from the firm's Australian agents that the dry spelj of weather being experienced there is interfering seriously with the dairy produce output, particularly that of Kew South Wales and Queensland. The Victorian output is affected least of any. It i.s

expected the Commonwealth dairy supplies will show a marked decrease this season, which will be a disastrous one for dairy farmers there. Witness: "ilany men are liars." Mr Beerc: "Do you mean all men are liars?" Mr Wilford: "He does not mean that, for some are lawyers.' Dr MeArthur, a.M. (smiling): "Aren't the terms synonymous!" Mr Wilford.: "Well, sir, you yourself arc a lawyer."—Dominion. Lord I'lunkct quickly and neatly scored off an interjector at a meeting the other night. "Don't you forget it!" was the rather irrelevant advice tendered by a racuous voice during a passage ol his Excellency's speech. "1 don't know what he says," commented the Governor, "but I quite agree with it." The people laughed, and the voice was apparently soothed by the good-humored retort, for it disturbed the peace no more. k

Patrons of Fuller's show at Uie Pn-u----cses Theatre, Duucdin, hud a real sensy null ou Monday lllgllu 1U.31. it Wets literally a luur-raising experience. Two Druthers named iiamam are nightly appearing as phenomenal marksmen, m one ot their acts tile elder .brother fires trom his shoulder at the triggers of three rifles that are lixed in a vice, thus discharging three rillca of bullets thai pierce targets, one of which is ou his ins head, and the other two on lus shoulders. On Monday night Barnard miscalculated by a trille, and the upper bullet scraped his scalp, ploughing the scalp front forehead to crown. The injury was not severe, but it necessitated prompt attention, and Mr G. lloskiiis, the manager, determined to stop this part of the act in future. According to a special representative of the Daily Express men ot all parties auu all men ol experience are agreed that Sinn Fein is formidable and growing. The armjr and navy are boycotted. In many'districts recruiting has ceased. All the large towns have been placarded with appeals to Irishmen not to join -the "alien" army. ' Even Irish girls have been appealed to not to speak or to walk with any man wearing a British uniform. Tlie league claims I that Protestants are coming ill as well as Roman Catholics, and the Express correspondent notes that the organisation started in loyal Ulster, and lias many adherents amongst Ulster Protestants. The language movement is spreading. Erse is spoken to-day in towns and villages where it has not been heard for two or three generations, and many of the urban and county councils make a knowledge of Erse a necessary qualification of applicants for appointments.

lu .view ol the recent ''bottle war" in New Zealand, it is interesting to note that latterly there has been nil extraordinary advance in the Sydney market for what is known aa "chimi. quarts" which are used must largely by mauuuiciurers ui beer. The cliurge on imported ales ill botJ.Cs, consequent upon the increased duties, has curuuied tuose imports, and Australian manuiaclurer.s are said to make very few of this certain sort oi bottle, the reason being . that tile cost of manufacturing would by too high. This had kiu sonic ett'oct of pulling up prices, but tiic cluei reason for tlie great advance lias seemingly .been due to the action of local brewers lighting exports of those second-hand. " buttles. Under the fear that they might be left with an insuilicient supply of bottles if exporters still shipped large ijuaniilos, iumv that the supply, was being reduced, they have put the price up week by week, so that whereas some tune back these beer bottles, or clmm yuar.ts," were worth Ss lid p«r gross, they are now said to he worth per gross, , ~ ... ii - * ' tne lolloping item appeared in 6c. Janie.-,' budget mat luuiim, (Tabled from Washington:— "A large contract, lor tinned meats lor the Jiritish Army has been placed with the Libby, AlcxNeill interests, through the Director of Suplilies' Department of tlie Uritish War Ollice. '.the contract, it was reported was a competitive allair, England, Canada, Australia, ami iirazil entering with tenders. Quality and method of packing and healing got Chicago tlie business. Laules irum London slate that the Uritish CovornnienL is highly satisfied with tiio l'ooilsLull's supplied by tiie Chicago packers, and that the War Department Ims every confidence in stockyard turns of repute. The foods for the British Army, according to one correspondent, will be packed under the supervision of Uritish representatives— at the invitation of tlie packers—although the authorities were willing to rely upon the new Pure Food Regulations recently inaugurated in the United States." An interview with a War Ollice official Printed in a semi-ollicial paper says:— We liad to go to Chicago because the quality of the foods is superior to any on the world's market. They give us what we require in weight and size, and agree to pack our products in new buildings that are spotlessly clean." 1 Tlie animals presented to the Emperor i of Austria by the Dominion Government . arrived in good condition at jSchoenbninii, and have been placed in the Imperial Zoological Hardens there. Referring to their advent, the (Jrazon Tage- ' l ,osl > Grata, Austria, says;—" They are exceedingly valuable, because of tl|cij' rarity. Tlie birds include three kiwis, three; .Mauri heus, three nestor parrots, or keas, some New Zealand ducks and geese. The birds were carried In a ( heated express waggon from Ostcnd, i liclgiuin, straight into Scliociibrunii without change. They attract considerable attention on the part of the general public, as well as scientific men. The gardens are fully open to the public. With tin' birds were sent six tautara lizards, which are of special interest to students ol Darwin, as they constitute a link between binis and reptiles, they are the deseemlanls of the giant saurians of ancient tinien. When the specimens arrived at Scboeiibrunn they were liberated iu the Tjerrarium, where a tepid IX'ii'l was already in waiting. Tliov made for the water at once, and have <-ou( limed to haunt, it ever since. This is the tlrst time that the Schoenbrumi Hardens have possessed any representatives of the unique fauna of New Zealand. It will lie remembered," concludes the article, '"that our Emperor made a iif chamois to the New Zealand Iloveniiiiciit for acclimatisation ill the Southern Alps of tluit country." Members (if the Equitable lliiTl.lin.fr Society of Mew Plymouth (First and Second Croups) are notified that flubseripi ions will be due and payable on Monday at the Secretary's Ollice, Ourriestreet. trom !i a.m. to 12.30, from 1 p.m. lo .1 p.m., and 1 p.m. to a p.m.—Artvt. A TENANT DISPOSSESSED. A tenant which is quickly dispossessed by Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery is a Congli or Cold, Cure 3 when all else fails. Price Is <!d and 3s. Obtainable