LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 27 November 1907, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

there un„ grcal dillkilJty klsl night ill securing ucoluiiiodillion ;U Hie hotels m the lortli, ".al.akodowus " being lte order ui the day, or, rather, of the niglu. *cnooi, in me iurjiuihi tducaiiun uiauici. liiaj, ai. me uiacrciion ui tiie colnmUUVa, oc closed 10-IUuITUW (ljiumUayj I""' 'r'cop.Ct, lAly ill lm . _w n . cuuurai SHow. me essays uu Luc . suow may Uu written in seliool hours under uie leuchera' aupervision. i" our report ui u,e jiurougu Council * Uiacllaaioll l.ultiiC;ilor 1,101,11 c »ai lUilue i« =ay Ul.a Lie clccuic iig,u Ul , iMiv men. uouki i* ..oie to liay , 11L .. IC3i Uli any Jiu.iic wan, i„r nll.u nc liuciiucd ».i, u,ai U e ClUilm ,, lw ,„ ~ ol Lie aip.u Ljuelii vtaa illd'coin" ai sUcn a rale mat, aiiur raising m.a wan, any luriuer extensions will oe proviueu ■or oui 01 revenue. Dr. roniaic, i„ t . .\i iluri , io , tol We .uaoll „ uoulucd, 1101 iu cuillelioi,, "Ui to absorption, ik- tidus: -WC'iiny ou per mil, ui me bouui island Jiaona Hon naie curopeau Uloou ill mem, while me --.onii rai.md .tiaoris nave alao a dirge aunii.Uurc ol pakena blood.' lit) diu not, however, believe Hie -Maoris would entirely uie out, but the luiure would Hint a new raee, iii whose veins >voiud ue commingled the blood oi Angio-Su-\on and .Maori. A meeting oi liie eoiuliiillee ol the -New riyniouili Su ninning liuo was neid la.il lllgiu. -iliaiigciiiiiiila Here eoi ■- plH.il jor tiie onciiing ciiicrUuiiiueiii under Hie auspice's oi the club, vvnicli will take place on Thursday, December 12lh, a capital programme being compiled lor the occasion. H was resolved to a,k .Mr w. Ji. Atkinson, oi Wam-a-|iui, to represent the New -Plymouth Uub at the meeting of tiie Centre Mr Mandish was elected vice-captain in place of .Mr \y. .Null (resigned]. The remainder of the business was of -i routine description.

The report of Friday's District Court M'lsode was capable of being misconstrued. It js necessary to cxnlaiii I bit eounsel for the plaint:?!' wa,T„o ' v responsible for the lateness of the nro-'hu-tion of the amended statement 01 delemc by the defendant. The claim "as forwarded according tu the rules, and the deiencc liled i„ Hie prescribed lime. Later however, some facts came to the knowledge of t li« defendant, and be wished !o incorporate this in an en, ,1 deleuce As it was 100 late to hj" tl.« in the ordinary way, it could be admitted only by consul of tl:c other side As the i.siic W;ln unimportant "lid tiie principle of the rules was uppernio.,t m .Mr. llutchcn's mind, he declined to consent to the admittance of .Air. Boy s informal statement.

<'""ig to the agricultural show' '■omg to take the missis? Then what about a new suit? May as well get it or then and look as well as your neighbors as to wait until later. If you want a good suit at a moderate fi-ure .von can't do belter than visit 'the elotl.es specialists at "The Kash." J hey re the people, to dress you well, and they don t charge too much, either I'heir suits are always well cut and made, especially "The Prestwell" suit. 'I Ins is the suit you want them to show you. Ask them to show vou a worsted suit they have at 55s—it's the best we've ever seen. And when you've selected a suit you'll want a new hat. They've straw hats from 2s lid iii Brazilians and Tuscans, Panamas from 15s to 555, boaters from 2s lid to 8s (id, hard felt hats from Cs 115 to 13s Cd, "The Kash" is just below Nolan's, auctioneer, Devon-street, New Plymouth Advt - ----- -. .-.-:-- :^.:k

It is autieipiited that HuirOa section of Hie Stratford-Ongarulrue railway will be opeiied shortly after Christmas. Stratford is agitating for electric gongs at the railway crossings to signal the approach of trains. The New Plymouth Fire .Brigade's card team has won the rubber against the I'ituroy brigade. The decisive fames were played on Monday night, the"town team winning by fair margins in both cnbhage and euchre.

A return presented to the Legislative Council shows that 500 medical" practitioners were registered in the Dominion in 1!K)1. and 087 in 1!)00. l„ um] there were in New Zealand 121 medical students, who had passed tlieir preliminary examination, and in l!ll)(i the number was Mil. At the end of last year 507 mimes were registered in the Dominion. There were 522 hospital nurses at the end of the year. The Government apiarist staled in a lecture at Wangauui that the Dominion was one of the finest countries in the world For carrying on bee culture. He estimated that 500 tons of honey and over 2,) tons of beeswax were produced in New Zealand last season, worth nearly £IO,OOO, and he believed that in the course oF a few seasons the value of the annual output would reach £IOO,OOO. He knew of four people who produced between them 1)7 tons of honey and a large quantity of wax, of a value well on for £OOOO.

The following from a Japanese paper s interesting:—"The Azuma Pasture .ompauy in Azuma-gori, Joshn (Japan), lias recently received a proposal from :i millionaire of New Zealand, Mr. Donald Grant by name, to invest a sum of ton millions yen for the development of the company's business. The pasture was started by the hile General Prince Ivitashirakawa years ago, but later, on Ihe death of the Prince, it was purchased by the company. Tlic promoters having accepted the proposal, negotiations are now going on between the two parties."

A large crowd of Okahune residents assembled in the main street on Friday night (says a Taihape telegram), to hold an indignation meeting and demand an apology from the writer of alleged slanderous statements contained in a recent issue of the Ilittt and Pctone Chronicle insinuating that the population consisted of grog-sellers, spielers, gaol-birds, and thieves, besides deprecatory statements concerning the town. Ihe consequences might have been serious for the man, he being threatened with "the river," hail not an apology, written and signed for publication, been received. The man in question left town on Saturday. Mr. 11. Wcstland, of Kangitikci, must think that liawera is a good place for him to keep out of (says the "Star"). A lew months ago, while hunting, he broke his leg, and was compelled to slay here for three months under doctor's care. Yesterday he was the only person on the ground at the Show to get seriously injured, He was passing Mr. Jlikaka's horse, when the latter kicked out and struck him on the thigh, inllicting a nasty llcsh wound. Curiously enough, Mr. Westland's horse was entered for a competition at that time, and, lying on lh e ground, he had the questionable pleasure of seeing his horse strike the bar and partially paralyse his leg, fortunately only temporarily.

A correspondent of the "Otugo Daily Times" states that some dairymen show more consideration for their cattle than for their children. He describes the practice of hiring out industrial children to South Island dairymen as disgraceful. In some instances, although these children may be worked very long hours, they are otherwise well treated; but in many eases, he believes, their plight is a slid one, and requires a rigorous system of inspection—a much more thorough inspection . than is carried out at present. "If the dairymen wish their children to remain on the farms," he adds "tiiey will have to make them some recompense for their long hours of labour. Up-to-date dairy farmers who know how to manage their stock are doing very well, and can well all'ord to pay their children something for their help. Unless stringent legislation is passed New Zealand ami child slavery will become as well known as the Congo and its atrocities." Some years ago a pakcha with considerable experiences of Parihaka a its natives, and particularly of Te Whiti, paid the seer of Tai'aiiaki a visit. It was at a time when one of his March meetings was proceeding. To Whiti was orating and prophesying in his usual way, telling his patient hearers, in the allegorical maimer peculiar to the. sage, in a few days thence that the pakeha would disappear in some mystic way, the Maoris would return to their pristine poiver and glory, the -Maori dead would be resurrected, and that he (Te Whiti) would rule over them. The pakeha smiled; he had heard it all before. He attended the next meeting. Te Whiti unburdened himself to the same effect. The pakeha, who is a master of the native tongue, rose and addressed Te Whiti. "Last time," said he, "you told us of the Maoris being resurrected in a few days, and of the pakeha being driven away. Where are the resurrected Maoris 1 ; Where are the pakchasV" He thought he had floored the wily old tohunga. Te Whiti surveyed him in a benevolent, pitying fashion. "Ah, friend; you do not understand. A day is as a thousand years with the Lord; a thousand years as a day. I am the Lord!" The pakeha was crushed, while Te Whiti's niana increased in the eyes of his followers !