The Daily News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 17 December 1907, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17.

The Relocation Sports (1 round Committee desire us to acknowledge, on their behalf, a donation of one guinea from Messrs. Burgess and Eraser.

A new pharmacy is to be opened in the Coll'ce Palace Buildings shortly in the ollices recently occupied by Messrs. E. Crilliths and Co.

In a little church on Banks' Peninsula the other day a double wedding was celebrated. The two bridegrooms were uncle and nephew. To make the story complete they should have married aunt and niece; but they didn't. Yesterday was about the hottest day of the summer to date—or, at any rate, the beat wu.s most oppressive. llelice the afternoon saw brisk business at the saltwater baths. The town is fortunate in having such an up-to-date bathingplace.

An unsatisfied demand for Christmas fruits caused some youngsters to break into Mr. J. Whitnker's grocery establisnment some time between Saturday night and -Monday morning. Very little booty was secured. The lads are reminded, however, that it is dangerous to steal, even near Christmastide.

The following will represent the Railway No. 1 team in the tug-of-war competition which takes place at the ollicial opening of the Recreation Sports Ground: —Hardgravcs, Ryan, Seabriglit, Treeby, Tobb, Dull', Loveridgc. The committee will be pleased to receive the names of the other teams competing.

The New l'lyinoutu Caledonian Society acknowledges donations of .11 Is each from Dr. Walker and Mr. James Sanderson (vice-presidents). The society would be pleased to hear from enthusiasts or .supporters generously inclined in the direction of donating one or more of the three gold medals required for the Sew Zealand championship running events.

The report that the scheme for floating the niinerally-rich I'arapara property and the ironsand of the iaranaki foreshore had collapsed is, according to the Public Trustee (acting for the estate of the late Sir James Cadman), entirely without foundation. The negotiations have merely been delayed owing to the stringency of the money market occasioned by the financial upheaval in America.

At tho usual monthly meeting of the Fitzroy Fire Brigade it was decided to enter a live-men team and two threemen teams for the competition at the opening of the Recreation Sports Ground. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. and Mrs. Wales for their kindness in supplying refreshments to the brigade on the occasion of the recent fire, a similar vote being pissed to Mr. L. (.'hirers for his donation to the brigade funds.

The Tar.inaki Kille Volunteers held a very enjoyable nueial last evening in their orderly-roum, the occasion being the entertainment of the remainder jf the company by i\o. 1 section. Captain licilrjngci' presided and delivered a most instruclivc address on that most important military subject "Scouting.' The remainder of the e'vcuing was taken up with draughts and cards, the right half company winning from the left division by !) to U. Supper was then served, and'a most pleasant evening brought to a close, the innovation having proved a distinct success. Mr. S. mil Icll lor U cllinglon this morning to lie prencnt on Ucdiicsday at the opening of llie kiln at .Uouut Cook .mere .ur. Jeniiaon iias been engaged during the past live weeks working up i lie clay irom the kaolin deposits at jSmai'i-ruud, Mr. Jemison writes that lie has Had a succcosful burn. There io ill ail about a ton of dimples burul consisting of lirebricks, fancy bricks, drainpipes, channelling, and tiles of all defecripuons, besides fancy articles and telegraph and electric insulators. Air. Hill and .Mr. Jemison return on Saturday, and during the Christmas holidays the rcults of the test will be placed on exhibition here.

The Factories Act has been amended by the Factories Act Amendment Act, luU7. .In this amendment it is now provided, amongst oilier things, that the Saturu.iy half-holiday fur boys under eighteen and women may lie changed in any borough or tuwn district (outside of the combined districts of Duuedin, Christi much, Wellington, ami Auckland), on a poll of the electors being taken, to the day observed for shops. Any information as 10 Ihe procedure necessary can be o.ilained at I he" office of the Borough Council. L'util the above provisions have been carried out and apoll taken., the half-holiday must be observs.il on .Saturday, and Inspectors of I i-'actori.-s have been instructed to sec that that day is given accordingly.

it is reported that Colonel llobert M. Thompson, a lulled States financier, retired naval officer, and lawyer, has made arrangements for a tour" round the world 011 a record „c.ile for a private individual, and has chartered the Briti-h s.s. Mincoia (of -11177 toils gross, built I by Sir .1. Laing and Sons, Sunderland, 111 11)00. and owned liy Messrs. X, jlogauaiidSous.Ncw Vork), to be specially lilted up for the trip. It is stated that the cruise will last IS months, and will cost about .UlliyjOO. Alterations and decorations arc tu be carried out in the vessel, on which i12j,000 is lo be expended. The vessel, it is said, will probably slart on her cruise on the Ist of December, and will call at Gibraltar, then proceed through the Suez Canal' to the Far Fast, and a call will be made bit Now Caledonia, where Colonel Thompson has nickel deposits.

'J lie largest swindle is being perpetrated in Pennsylvania by a man who is disguised an a minister, says a late message irom C.S.A. He is in the habit ot calling on wealthy farmer, at night. and explaining that lie has lost bis way! The farmer usually invites liini to remain Co- the night, ami the "minister" holds |.,,i:ly prayers before reitirinjj pari, a young man and woman drive up in a trap, and hurriedly a-k where thry can find a minister lo marry the in. The young man usually displays a roll of bank-miles. The ••minister'' performs the marriage ceremony, and then invites the farmer to sic»n (he marria"e eertilicaie as a witness. Some days later the farmer receives word that "a bill bearing his signature for a large amount r, in a. bank awaiting collection. The "minister" has discounted the bill and lied.

mi'; liusir von Mn.Rixc-iiAcniNES I Now tlint tin; "I.awrence-Kemiedv-IlilliW -Milker lias, after five seasons' use mi miiiiliors of dairy fariiin, proved ! an unqualified success. there i„ a heavy i and increasing demand for tliis popular I niachinp. Thrmi»l]oul Australasia a trpnipiidniK iniinlicr of machines are | lipiny hooked for (lie poniin.™ season, and in Xew Zealand alone some thousands will bo required. On all sides one liears of people froiii" in for the "LK/i." machine. If yon wish |o gel a plant installed in anythiii-r like time for the j comiii" season book up your order with- [ out delay. Plants will only he supplied in priority of application. J. B, MacEwnn, Ltd., Agents, Egmont-street, New Plymouth. 1

A Uiuifslin citizen who lias just relunii'il from Canada states that the inhabitants of Fields have erected 'i monument in honour of the late Sir •lames Hector, who discovered the pass through the nioimtaius over which the Canadian-Pacific Railway runs.

'l'liore were 252,83U passengers carried over the Wellington-Napicr-Ncw Plymouth section of Government rail\vajs| inning the four-weekly period ended November 11 last, as compared with 211,1»7 passengers carried during the corresponding period of lust year. The number of parcels carried was 21,775, as compared with 22.21(1; goods, 35,113 (2i1,-l(i!>); goods (lolls), 1i2,111 ,'52,!131); and the revenue was £57,27!) 3s Bd, as compared with £52,175 Is 7d. "A good man is always a little discontented. He must necessarily lie so if lie wants to get on in the world;" so

slid Mr. Aelaml at Timaru, when Mr. Thorn was endeavouring to show that discontent existed among the workers. Mr. Aeland's remedy for discontent—

"Call it ambition' said one of the members of the Hoard—was for a man to get into the country where he could make money every time and all the time.

The Southern market is still heavily iverslocked with obi potatoes. At this time of the year the condition of the potatoes will not admit of their being stored for any length of time, and sales are being made almost at any figure. White potatoes are meeting slow sales at 35s per ton, which is a striking contrast to the fill i>er ton ruling some six weeks ago. Neiv potatoes are supplying the want, and iy,d per lb is readily obtained for Auckland shipments; '

A Carterton resident ha- a cat which is mothering a young rabbit. which was caught recently, and was given to the cat. which, it was thought, would devour it, say.s the -.Yews." Instead, however, she adopted it, and bestows on it the same attention, asds given to her own kittens. .This is .remark-able, in that the cat is the natural enemy o f the rabbit, and old settlers will doubtless leniember the time when hundr.-d.' ot cats wore lib-rated on rabbit-infested areas to exterminate the pest. President Roo*ev.-l' is reported t-.. have told the following incident at a dinner of the Gridiron Club:—Two men, he said, were discussing some new neighbours, who bad movd into one of the most sumptuous houses in the city.

"They, seem to be very rich," said the first" 'Oh, they arc," said the s.icorc.i. "Shall you call?" "Decidedly." "Ynu are sure, are you. that they are quite correct— quite good form?' "Oh, ny

:leav. I'm iptite sure —Miev lmvb M set vnnU IS horses. 12 dogs, II atltorao ci'es, ami one cnila."

The Chinese appear to be in a fair wav to become the ruling race in Greytown, writes a Wairarapa correspondent. There are now thirty almond-eyed Celc-tials doing business as market gardeners and green-grocers in the place, and more are coining. One European fruiterer, who entered into competition with the foreign element, had to close bis doors; another, who was iloing fairly well, and buying from a European farmer, came home one day and found that his supplier had sold his crops and leased his land to a Chinese co-operation.

Dr. Cockayne has been successful in liberating on Kapiti Island (lie subAntarctic birds brought from Auckland, Antipodes, and other Southern islands. The flightless ducks were liberated on the count near a patch of kelp, for which they have a great loudness. On2 lot, however, went oil in a northerly direction, and the remainder stayed where they wore deposited. The parrakeets, after ascertaining the lay of the land, -so to spealc. made for the thick cover in the heart of the island. Dr. Cockayne look the opportunity of visiting Motu Ngarara, an old whaling .sta( inn', where he found a fine rookery of the Antarctic tern. ITe also collected a large number of botanical specimens. Ohakune residents held a meeting the other evening to discuss the Chinese question. The chairman (Mr. A. W. Could) said he had already refused two applications from Chinamen for leases of premises, whieli belonged to some or' hfe clients. Two Chinamen had managed to buy a freehold in the town, and something should be done at once to prevent a further influx. Once they allowed the Chinese to obtain a hold in the town there would be no stopping them. After considerable discussion it was decided that all the residents present should pledge themselves n«f/to deal with Chinese, and use their influence with their friends to join in with them. Resolved. That Messrs. Gould and Wilkingson wait on the Chinese and inform them that if they insist on opening up in Ohakune, they will be boycotted.—tt was further resolved that those present form themselves into an Anti-Asiatic League.

In an essay on burglars sent tu the •To.-.l" recently, a 1-1-year-old boy wrote: •'Burglaries are when one man cnlcrs another man's liouse, and takes away money, jewels, or other articles of value. The man who enters .the house is generally n poor man (not always, though), and the owner of the house that is entered is usually rich. Therefore burglars seek for something which rich men have, and where do these rich men get this money, etc., from? To use their own words: business. Vet it would look pretty if everyone had a business of his or her own. Well, the rich men get the profit from the poor people, and therefore the burglar his own belongings. When a burglar gets caught by a policeman, what happens? He gets sent before a judge and jury, is convicted, sentenced, and sent to prison. And he gets sent to prison for trying to steal that which he helped to earn. Therefore, as policemen are kept by Government, and Government by the people, the burglar gets tu prison, by the people, for trying to get some of that which he earned."

.in hour a day spent in study will do wonders lor almost any man. After a man tias worked hard all day he 111,1 v nut feet like studying. The natural tendency is towards cumplele relaxation, and it is not tu bu denied that a certain amount of relaxation has its distinctive value. But it is also certain that moat men waste sonic time every day—a iitw hours a week al jca»i—which if spent in the right kind' of study would cuuip-them greatly to increase their earning capacity, ami perhaps attain a posiliuli where life has mure opportunities and larger compensations. A man advanced himself from .17 a mouth to £■& a month in two j curs' time by studying a -certain technical branch when his day's work was done, Another man is drawing live limes as much salary as he did two years ago because lie spent part of his evenings studying draughtsmanship. For men employed at certain kinds of work a little daily study is a pleasant recreation. H is oltcn more restful than many other pastimes, Studving to eiiuip oneself for a higher position ought to be a refreshing diversion for any man. it is the chief avenue of escape from a nonprogressive ami unsatisfactory hie.—Knglish exchange.

L it will be remembered Unit a your "i- two ago, when the StatuFire Jnsur- _' anec Department foiiiim-iii-cd doing pub- , lie business, the private companies, by virtue ui a resolution of a mating of | delegates, Jk-Icl in >N--.]]!n s ton, decided . nut to insure with the State Depart- , meiit (says tl,« Wellington -Times"), that is, the companies would J10 ( accept any risks ou lines tliat Here partly insured Willi the Slate Department. As it NWlll of this deeision, the State Department h;ul |o make other arre ■-•- ments, and terms yyt)i\u arriveii :, ' through Lloyds, with «. combinatio); of i I'.nghsh underwriters, under which Hi" department has lieeu working vcrv •' satisfactorily for the last year or two. \ 'I he conditions that were when the Slate I Department accepted n rmk, the English "iiderwritcrs automatically accepted he saim' line, 10 tlie oxl.'iii of perhaps I "m slo'cascs ' I deal iiMire, according lo the nature 'of \' j th- bil-hiess. This i| l( ,. ult t|l . l( . jf „ |C department wns asked |o rover for sav C-Jliti!) on a line on which the Kiudish ' underwriters were willing to co-op "rale I ' ! lo the extent of four to one. (he State '" DopartmcnCs individual risk would be T L-Hi'l. and the English .underwriters' ( risk would be .-cliioi). • The business I

earned on on lliese terms has been sol rtitislaclory lo the English underwriters that Hie Cnvcrninent lias now been advised, through the Uigli oouiinis3ionor, that Hie English investors would like loj'xtend Ihe proportion of their cover. 'fine -jiai;tnett" patent milk--IXO MACHINE.

lias certainly come to stay: there is no room for doubt on that point. They arc bring installed in all directions. livery plant erected seems to lie the forerunner of fresh orders, inquiries lead to speedy conviction that the 'Tlavlnctt' has no equal as a simple, safe, and effective Milking Machine. Its patented improvements are of a very high order, and substantial in character. Those who have used the machines longest are loudest and most frequent in tlieir praises. It will be well for all intending lmyere to get tlieir orders promptly booked. The new season is at the doors; delay means trouble and loss when the cow's come in, if farmers are not ready. For full particulars, apply to C. Dalil and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North,' or'Taranaki Farmers' Co., Ui,, New Plymouth,