The Daily News. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 16 December 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10.

Settlement is developing very rapidly on the Main Trunk line. A gentleman who has just returned from a visit aloii" the line, states tliat at Oakuiie (here is a sawmilling population alone „f huh or 7W people.

A courtship which began nearly half a ecnturv ago, and was renewed a lew weeks lwek. ha» been happily ended |,v the marriage at Tiverton, England, ~i Mr. John Manning with Mrs. Sarah Williams.

J'oulLrv-lancierri will be interested m a local auctioneer's delinition ol a pullet. "Here vim are, ladies and gentlemen, he -aid, "some line pullets; laid any amount of eggs right through last winter " The snulc was an uproarious one.

An iiii[twUiit- siiU' uf niiil''' order o£ uiorlj-iigce i« Cui-now * ha* tiiki'ii place ill Mr- -Xc\\ t< l ll Kmy * jiwvt. !■"> sieit's 1 roi)il sold for t'.HO. The is situated in I lie lioi'iugli. Mi-. !•'. \V. \V;iku was the buyer. Anotlii'i' iirojiiTtv of a yviiii-Lt-r acre will live-i'ooiued house thereon was :-oM !oi AU77, Mr. W. Ilodgcmau llie buyer

smsl . hint meeting 01 tiie Harbor jjuai.i two new auctions oil tiiti Jjreitivtt'ilttl' vMcilSlUll luivu been c-jii i[i u_- LO'.L during last ivi'fk tile loremaiis sUilI il• m"od in ncrili stone over uie eat" 1A the wail, and next week lliey Will manulacUire a lurtlier suppiy oi conci'de bloekri. Xlien the tiding ctoiu will bo continued up to uie nulluavo. L poll resuming work after leal" another section will be laid.

Une oi liio attractions at tuo iiecieatiun Grounds is the peacock 'wiucn is pCUUed linjix*. Jurit iiUW Uio [). lllililge of tlit' bird, is gorgeous, showing a wealth of coloring only re..ched_ at this season provided the bird is in good health, The spread oi llle tail is ipme eight feet, each leather being splendidly grown. The head and back of me bird are respectively resplendent Avitii rich blue and bronze. It is suggested that this beautifully-feathered bird should be ! placed in more commodious quarters, i and brought nearer to the main path.

i'he -New Plymouth S\vinimm«j Club has a challenge shield, allocated lor water puJu toiirnameiiis. It is now iu _\ir. Lints' possession, and was last won by tiie Last End team. iiut polo's extinct as the dodo, and if the shield is used lor no other purpose, there's little likelihood of any turther plates being placed on it. It in now suggested that the shield should be re-allocated for relay races, for teams of live, the idea being to hold such a race at each sports gathering under the auspices of tiie club.

Mr. J. T. M. ilorsby, M.P., addressed U meeting Ol l'iUivYuy ii't-'il U1 Llle iviUiway [Social llall oil Saturday mglu. Mr. E. King, president of jMjw' riyinouLh iii'ii ucji ul the Amalgamated fcueiety ol llailway Servants, occupied the chair. The address, winch was more oi the nature ut a one-sided conversation, cleared away some of tile doubts and clearly explained the dilliculties that had H arisen between the Kxccutive Council and Mr. Uornsby as editor of the "-Railway llevicw." A hearty vote of ill inks was accorded the speaker, and fitting acknowledgment made of the manner in which Mr. llornsby had espoused the cause and advocated the rights of railway men throughout the Dominion. Subsequently Mr. llomsby was entertained ut supper by the local branch, and a very pleasant hour was spent. mc obstinacy of an old breeding a ow caused iier owners some considerable uouoie and liertie.f sonic pain on daiiiiday afternoon, and,'incidentally, pa:.-eii-by were treated to an exhibition 01 tnaL cruelly wiucli is mans prerogative m dealing • with an an.mal Uiat rciUscs to do nis bidding. Xlu now, to unose hmd leg wore ailached a lupo and two men, stubbornly reiUaed to cross the I'uwderiiain street bridge, despite all the cajoling and pummelling ana kicking and puiiing the pair eouid administer. The proper way to get |vig-> aboard rliip, according tu one ui I lie leading character* in "Our Hoys," is to point tneir heads in the required dim-lion, and then pull them backwards. But- this particular poryine specimen refused even under inis treatment tu cross the bridge. The application of this device seemed likely enough to pull her hind leg out of joint, but stiil she declined to tackle the bridge. Eventually the drivers were compelled to travel by a more circuitous route, in order to avoid the bridge. J. lie last UlltMiiU I.alii train lor fiawera on ix-iore tins page is .-.canned by liiuny vi ui.r Uic ill'st cngJiie wUI nave j>acs<.Q o\ei' railway uciiauon on lis u.tj , to WaipuliU. xius engine, lernud «a " enipiy ji'uui liie laci m.a u goes on witnuut any van. trueK, or car auaciicu, L'«;\es u.oOj and lu it belongs tne nono-ii' Ol hr.H traversing flic new Hue bound U'l' u diatom beyond. .Mill it w left iur I Ilia nuu'ning's express to formally open the line, drawing its long load of passenger and m.:ii freignt. Tile main line was conncekd dui'jiig S.umday night and {Sunday, and yesterday a ballast train was senl over the new way to test the bridges and general construction. So oilicial notice of the change was received by the railway working stall' till late on Saturday night, and no notice has been given to the general public that- Ihe old line, and with it the Eliot Street Hag station, is i no longer to be used. -Mr. William Weir, of iiichcluilia, UkJgu, j., tlie largest dairyman in that district, tiiva the Alikon .vLtirur. Ik i» at present milking cows, a number I which he expects Lu increase this wcuk to iUU. Mr. \\ eir was tile lirst in tlie district to instai milking machines, u little iiver 11 your ago, lliul ~Jr (, acli' lie lmds the plant tu the expansion ol his lieril. Ho has three La «l cMce-Keiiiiedy-(_iillics machines, mid lately lell i'or Dunediu to procure two others. With live machines, each milking two cows at one operation, Mr. \\ eir eonsiilers lie will have a plant filial to doing th e work of twenty hand milkers. Quite recently his three machines .L r, 't tJlrouph 7U cows in one land lliree-ijuarter hours. Mr. A\',.j r a- great believer in the Ayrshire tor [ijiuutity and quality of mill;'production, ••mil on Friday at the show hero he piVehased the iirst. and champion Ayrshire <w, the property of llr. ,J. IS. Walla - *''- Clinton; recently he also procured ifiven line animals' from Messrs. MelMmil Bros., the well-known Ayrshire breeders. This enterprising dairyman's I original hei'd was nearly all Ayrshire, ! and he hopes' ill time so to weed out and add to the .present one tliat it will I lie wholly composed of the «time lireed. I The uiie.Njieeted Iran hii]i]icned ft Home ' —nothing less revolutionary than a

Strike lII' JIH'JI fur less money. The tinsmiths employed at the Daimler Wm ks at Coventry—an industrial centre where the bicycles are built in England actually struck work, according In 1 lie lalc-t' liles, because the company iiir-isled 111iiin paying them 100 much! 11 appear* that all the workmen are paid un the honiiH system, under which Ihev receive hnnii-: 1 - in addition lo their

regular wage-. This appears to be again-t the principle- ol' trades unionism, thmiLtli ihc arrangement worked nut so well lor the men Dial, with the e\ception of the tiiismiilis. the unions did not objeci. The Tinsmiths' Cnion remained true io its principle-, says the Autocar. and did not allow iu members to

accept till' linniHos. Till'firm meanwhile ei.niimicd to credit tin- mull with the Immi-os til tlii-y were entitled. and went so t';ir an t» Diicii separate baiikhiLr accounts fur eiieli. so that tin' men eoulil have the imiiiey nt any time, if permitted liv the union. At last the iieeiininlaled fun,ls presented ton stroll.!; a ton piation. Hill two thirds of the Mien decided to nave their portion I'ffjanMciss ~f the enn;ei|iieneos. They were at <mtr ox piled 'nun ilu* union ;ind tin* rc-i of lite till*mitlK cnlli't) dill nt the Tin 1 ! nvn vim tm>l< \ht> lxunw. however. shirl.- ■<] a iiille union oi' tln*iv own. find, at att*>t i'llvicc-. wnv tindin- ftood tinmil lis io replace those who have preerred to stick to the union and refuse lie.eNtra money. Gas stoves on hire Js Oil per month, iaih heaters 2s per month. With the [•turn of summer instal one in your omes. Write to Gas Company, New lymouth,—Advt. f _ 1