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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

His Worship the Mayor, lion, treasurer of the Marsland Hill Memorial Committee, has received a donation of two guineas from Admiral Sir Oharl.-f Holtham, (J.C.R, fJ.C.1i.0., London.

Largo number* of bowlers were passengers last night for Auckland, where they wilt take part in the North Island tournament, commencing on Monday. Other parties have booked through by to-night's steamer. There are loquacious members on some local bodies. There is only one "silent" member that we know of on North Taranaki local bodies. Yesterday at the Clifton County Council there was a long clint going on concerning some minor works, when an impatient mcmlier chiplied in drily, "I don't want you to take offence, hut it suggests itself to me to ask whether you couldn't grade these pint's of road whilst yon are deliberating aliout them." °

Some folks in the L'lenui district iiad an exciting time recently. Two men were returning home in the evening, when one sighted a couple of wild pigs. They had only one: dog, but lie win not a bad little chap, and they set off to catch the pigs. To reach them a. narrow and deep creek had to be negotiated. One man had just crossed thin and was climbing up the far slope, when a shout made him turn tail. One ol the bush marauders was charging straight at him. He cleared the creek at a bound. Doggie grabbed the jug by the throat, and together they rolled down the hill »plash into the creek. Having despatched this sow, the party set oil' to hunt the other. He proved to be an old stager, and he defied the dog. Another one, well-known as a pig-hunt-er, was brought, but the boar tossed both aside. And he treated three others with equal unconcern. Then, darkness falling, a man was despatched for a gun and a light. Two came on the scene. When quite close up, the boar walked towards the light. The pair shinned up trees, and the pig bolted clear, for the man with the gun was up one tree I and the cartridges and the light were -afely carried up the other.

Cralitude is not yet an unknown cpiantity. i lit? other day a local commercial nian was travelling in the country districts, driving a horse with a load of samples. The horse must have become tractions, for about mid-day the folks at a farmhouse heard a furious "eoo-ee'' from a creek close by, and hurrying across they found that the home "hail gone down a sharp declivity near a small bridge, evidently choosing to cross the creek without the use of the bridge, duly a rotten bough seemed to bo keeping the whole concern from dMivpivi;! about fifteen feet into tl»i stream." Af° t.e* *.vme difficulty, for the usual dangerous half-hitch had been used in buckling the breeching-strap, the horse was free£ and he fell forward into the creek. Then the gig was got back to safer charters. l!y dint of nmch clearing of the track and undeniable persuasion of the horse lie. too, was extricated from bis awkward position. Not even a strap was , broken. The farmer and his four helpers thought no more of the incident, until at Christina* time there came live silver match boxes with a little note repressing the gratitude of the wayfarer for Jhe assistance so promptly and skilftillv rendered.

| The wrvicos at Whiteley Church tomorrow will he conducted by the Rev. T. (J. lirook'C, The subjects for the day will l>e—Monlln", "The Year of JubiI lee"; evening. "Tlie New Year's Message to fhe Young Men and Young 1 Women of New Plymouth." Strangers I cordially invited-—Advt. THE ON T LY SEPARATOR IN THE WORLD. The "Melotte'' is the only separator nnil" witli enamelled how] casing and : milk and cream outlets. Of eouvsc. tli's j i beautiful hard glazed finish on the parts j j that come in contact with the milk must j cive the "Melotte" an immense advan- j tage over other separators in the matte* 1 of cleanliness. The difference between I the enamelled bowl of a ''.Melotte" and I Olher machines is n« great as between ! a ehina tea-cup and a tin pannikin. We I also claim that the '-'Melotte" is the | easiest separator to turn. That's be- j cause it is made on an entirely different principle. We_cr:ild explain this to vou In n few moments if you would call in.— 1., A. Nolan and Co. (late Wilson and I Nolan), agents, New Plymouth. ,

Crops along the railway line towards Waitara are looking well. The examinations for .the Bcnior Civil Service and for tlie teachers' D and C certificates will commence on Monday, (itii inst., at the Central School. The English moil despatched from Wellington via Brindisi on 22ii(l Nov., arrived in London on the 27th December.

The Town Clerk has received a further £ISOO from Mr Andrew Caruefeie being the balance of the £2500 grant 101 the erection of a new reading-room and library.

The New Plymouth Homing Club's race from Timaru attracted six entrants, from five lofts, but only_ Mr 11. W. Dixon's Firebright homed in the time limit, arriving on the fourth day.

Miss Rose Fritz has beaten the world s record in typewriting in New York. She copied from a manuscript 5019 words in one hour, or an average of just over 1)3% words per minute. The Clifton County Council was discussing the question of paying workmen for holidays. "Yes, certainly, said one of the members. "Pay them for the holidays"—a pause—"when the farmers get paid for theirs." That clinched it. The Rarawa was delayed at the Manufiau Heads on Thursday night , and failed to connect yesterday morning with the Wellington express. The passage down was on the rough side, a southerly gale being experienced. Mr J. Smith, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, supplies the fo! lowing summary of the vital statistics for 1907:—Births 308, deaths 104, marriages 125, showing an increase of births, 41 death#, and 21 marriages as compared with the figures for the previous year.

At the Waverley saleyards a pen of ewes and ft few lambs were bought by a dairyman during the winter, when feed was scarce, for 3a each. They improved wonderfully, grew a good ileece, and have now been Bold for 17b 4d each, lambs in. These numbered only about forty. 6till, it was a nice little deal for the second owner.

An Klthani resident took advantage of the holidays toMfoct some repairs 10 the root of nis dwelling. On removing a Blieet of iron he secured suuicieni straw, feathers, small birds and eggs to fill a potato sack, although the bumlmg had only been erected about live years. A Manaia resident, who Had recenuy oc casion to repair a ceiling, took no less than eight and a-half sacks of birds nests from between the root and the ceiling. The building had been a nesting place for starlings for several years. The I'ostinaßter-Uenerai, the Hon. K. McNftb, has advised Mr. Ukey, M.P., in reply to a letter from the latter asking for postal and telephonic facilities al Kaiauai, that the opening of a post and telephone office in charge of Air. Harry Peters has been authorised. The mail service will be twice weekly. The name .of the otlice will be Kaimiro, Kaiauai being put out of court by its close resemblance to lvaiaua, an ollice in the Auckland district. The new office will be a great convenience for Mountain House parties, and we hope it will not be long before the telephone is extended to the House. ;

Messrs Barker and tfarr netted a peculiar iisn til Moiuroa me oilier uay. j>ir iiisliop, of the 'iai'iuiatu Hotel, Jiao preserved it, und It will l>o handed to ine local museum authorities, Tlw stranger is übuut Zi luelies long and la indies In girlli. Its snout is pointeU, and the tail not unlike that of ft mackerel. The markings are very line. The inside ol the mouth and the tongue are of a bright silvery blue. The upper part of the body Is a deep slate color, shading oil auto a lighter-tinted belly marked with silver stripes ruuning the whole length of the body. Some people are .of opinion that It is & bonit, or stripe-bellied tunny.

A simple accident which might have caused great inconvenience, or wuisc, is reported by the llawera ijtar. ( Whilst out driving the otliei evening, some miles from Haweru, tho trap lump went out. The driver, a young mau well known locally, thrust his linger into the candle socket to see if it was empty,

and upon attempting to withdraw his finger found that it had been trapped by the flange. Try as he might he could not release his hand. Fortunately he was still seated in the trap—what woul u have happened had he been on the ground can only be conjectured, as the lamp could not be removed —no that ho was able to drive into Hawera. Arrived in town it was found necessary to cut the lamp to pieces to release tha finger. _ It was alleged at the time of the rc-

selling of the crew of the Dumlonald that the stores at the depot at the Auckland Islands had been depleted. .Speaking to a Southland News reporter, Mr Hutch, who is prosecuting the oil trade in the southern islands, indignantly resents any insinuation as to the depots having been visited by some callers and depleted. Certainly, lie says, It was not borne out at the inquiry ru the Dundonald wreck, and in the absence of sonic stores, nsks : "As In the case of the African war stores, does the Government take all precautions necessary for an ollicer of the Marine Department to see the stores ordered properly packed and sealed down, and, perhaps, receive the Broad Arrow brand as a certificate that they were properly supplied and packed for transit to th 0 islands?"

Utiring Ui e recent luilii.ry manoeuvres al I' il/loj Colonel ilaneUop, uili-txT-UHuniaiidiiig, warmiy conipmnciHMl Captain Jielinnger and jjeuteiiam lioon, of the laranaki Kitles, upon Uie excellency ot their lield notes, lie took them with liini, saying he would like to bring tnem betore Uie notice of Colon,/! lxobin, Chief of the General Staff. This he didj and in a covering letter mentioned that both of the ollicei'B had attended the instructional classes in Wellington. He added: "These reports have struck me as being -the best 1 have seen ill the district-clearly defined ideas and well-explained methods—and are undoubtedly the result ol the instructional class." Colonel liobin's reply is even more complimentary, for he'writes:— cry pleased to know that work like this is being curried Out. The attached messages and orders are distinctly good These officers have grasped the value of covering fire. It is encouraging to, know that any knowledge gained at classes is being put into practice."

the ordinary estimates of expenditure lor Germany for the current rear include C5.710,3(10 for new ships, an increase of C1,422,50(1 on this item as compared with the estimates of Inst year. The estimates also provide t2,45.1,000 for artillery. The estimates passed by the ]!eichstag in November totalled seventeen millions sterliii" for the cum nt year, anil for future vears nineteen and ahalf millions. The' constructive programme provides for three warships of the Dreadnought type annually until lUI2, and two afterwards until 101(5; also for one mammoth cruiser anil twelve destroyers annually, besides submarines. Kxtreme advocates of German naval expansion urge Prince Bulow to llu k const ruction programme four battlesh'ps and a large cruiser Nearly. with a view to sreurinj; liv ]fi)4 complete double squadron" of' modern ships. Colonel.(|ai,',l;e, a well-known C.erman writer, a f.- •■ !,, V s a«o pointed out that the e.vtv ■■ for additional construct'on wei -a? since after 1012 the meiv i|- of

keeping Covernment worksh l|M > employed would mean that fur ships should be laid down annually. In +ho course of a specrh last month Sir Kdward I.rev. Brili-h Foi"i<fti Minister, declared that Itritain's position was secure for a year or Iwo, and there was no need to be rushed at present. If, however. other Powers increased their naval expi lutitures, then Britain would have to do the same.

Surely old lirinclle was not created (n be iin expense to her owner, but many rows' owners seem to think so. We (rust yon Rre not one of this elas*. If you ;ire, ask yourself these questions: ■A*h I giving my eows a square deal? Am I securing all the wealth their mill; eonlains, or am 1 deliberately wasting a big part of it? If you arc not using ■ an .Ufa-Laval cream separator you are wasting from 25 per cent, to 50 per cent, of your milk profits. "Every separatoruser—and there are hundreds of thousands of tliein—still tell you the Rame thing. Why not take steps at once to secure an Alfa-Taval cream separator, the machine that all others are compared by? Butter prices are high, and will be still higher this winter. If you buy now. the separator will pay for itself before the spring, so why delay the matter? It means just so much money lost if you do. Catalogue "T" mailed free. Sole New Zealand agents, Mason. Struthers and Co., Ltd.. MalnNfrcef. Palmerstou North. E. Griffiths and Co., New Plymouth, local agents. I Gas stoves on hire h 6d per month. Path heaters 2s per month. With the | return of summer instal one In your homes. Write to Gas Company, New I piymouth.—Advt.

A freezing works company has been formed at Nelson, wtih a capital of £50,000, to carry on operations in the surrounding district. The Harrison Hand concert arranged for Sunday last, and postponed on account of the death of the late llr. F. Rock, will be given (weather permitting) to-morrow afternoon. The steamer failed to connect with the train at the Breakwater yesterday morning, but notwithstanding the express consisted of a large number of crowded carriages. There were about three hundred train passengers oil the boat, for whom a special train w.an provided.

Individualism, tliic panacea fur the Maori land question advocated by some people, will not work in some pirts of the Waiapu (says the Povery Hay Herald). For instance, ther,c is a subdivision of the Tikapu Block, on the ■coast, near Awnnui, containing 150 acres, owned by 9G owners, whilst another subdivision of 1H 1 /. ucres has been aw.irded to 102 persons, and would , pan out at a little over an acre apiece. Several Haxmills have lately closed down, owners preferring to suspend operations rather than work at a loss, while in one or two cases the mortgagees have foreclosed, and ill one case on'millcrs of long experience and recognised an among the shrewdest men In the business. A large number of men are now in enforced idleness —men who.

having no trade to wliidi they can turn, will only 1* callable </f undertaking less remunerative work in unskilled branches of labor.—New Zealand Times.

The Tourist Department commissioned Mr. J. McDonald to kiiiematograph the departure of the 2\imrod for Antarctica from Lyttelton. The event is one of considerable importance, as it is believed that no previous expedition lias ever attempted to find the South Pole undei such advantageous conditions as those which favor the Nimrod's party, 6 nnd the animated views of the vessel leaving the last point of a civilwed land to proceed direct to the southern ice belt are bound to lie interesting, both here and in other parts of the world. J.lie wupvam ut the Fijian cricket team, now in .New fcioutli W»les, effected a daring rescue on the Newcastle ueach on December 23. A number oi bathers were enjoying themselves in the surf, when one oi tneir number w.16 carried oil his feet by the backwash. A companion went to assist him, but he also was caught in Uie current, £rid; both were being swept out to sea when their predicament was observed by i'rince Jtlatu Kadavu Lcvu, the Fijian

captain. He at once plunged into the breakers, and swam out to the two men who by this time had reached the uttermost line of rollers, lie seized hold of the men, and after a hard struggle brought both safely to land, when no was the recipient of the hearty congratulations of the assembled batliers. iloth of the rescued men were thoroughly exhausted, but under skilful treatment they soon recovered sufficiently to be able to proceed to their homes. In a review article on Thursday the Feilding Star sayß: —"The farming community in this district are coming out of their spring troubles much more satisfactorily than was anticipated some two months ago, for to-day every prospect appears to be pleasing for the man on the land. True, wool has had a neckbreaking fall, but it must be remembered that it went up previously to a

dizzy height, and none of our pastoralistscrocked their necks in watching the prices climbing up like an American skyscraper. 'Up like a rocket, down like a stick' is peculiar to markets, but Feildhig'.s district docs not live bji wool alone. There are other things, and Whilst dairymen are getting good returns for their

butter-fat, growers of grain are smiling at the upward .tendency of rates for their produce of the soil. Shearing has been successful, hayuaking is of the best possible nature, the harvest pr'oßpects are bright, and, to use ail apt colwquialisin, 'Everything in the garden is lovely' for the opening of the new year." A telegram from Gisborne the other day gave in brief the story of a sensational episode in the life of How Chow, a well-to-do Chinaman of the Gisborne district. The I'overty Hay Herald furnishes further particulars, to the effect that Mr. Vincent Pyke, manager of the Bank of New Zealand has just received a letter signed by How Chow with his usual signature, dated Hong Kong, 13th .November. The letter reads: "Dear Sir,—Your esteemed favori dated 27th November, 1906, only reached me some time last month, and contents noted. I regret to tell you the reason why I did not receive your letter before was that I had been kept for ransom for nearly a year in the brigand's den, and suffered a lot of trouble until last month when I was released. 1 beg to acknowledge receipt, of your draft for £• , which was duly collected when T returned to Hong Kong. Thanking you for your trouble, and hoping you are getting on' well." Advice received by Mr. Pyke from the bank's agents, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Hong Kong, states that the money was paid to How Chow personally. The information contained in the above letter was communicated to Mrs. How Chow (a European), who bo far had received no letter from her husband to tell her of the experience he has undergone. A Danish girl, living in her fathpr'i home in Denmark, having probably" heard something about Sydney, and anxious to add to her collection of postcard views from ifew South Walk's, hit upon tt plan, the success of which will probably astonish her. Having selected a card with a very pretty rural serene of the home in which she lived, the little maiden addressed tlio card in English, "To the cleverest girl in the biggest school in Sydney, and would she please send a curd in return," The mail duly arrived in Sydney, but the postal authorities were perplexed as to whom they should deliver the letter. However, the card was delivered by the postman to the Girls' High School, in Klizabetli street The judgment of the postal auhorities was evidently wrong in this matter, for while the High School, judging by their successes of th,e year'

may have some very clever girls in it, yet it is not the largest school in the [ State. The receipt of the card by the girls in the High School aroused a spirit of emulation. The pupils, liiimliering some 500, are going to each forward a card to their unknown Danish

friend. She will therefore receive 800 postcards. The onus of selecting the cleverest girl will b c thrown on herself. Ihe London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, writing under date f"". November, sa.rs:-"The recent defeats of the .New Zealand professional football team, their narrow margins of victory, and the more than respectable ''•k'gregate of points piled up against them generally to date have not surprised those who watched their opening games. In point of fact, their defeat

had been predicted with confidence some time before it actually eventuated. They wat Mcrthyr a wees or two ago, but the critical Welsh crowd lookiii" 011 •summed them up very inferior to the amateur team ot last year. Their forwards have boon so outclassed in many games that the admittedly excellent three-ipiartor lino has been unable to ' " lt -" action. Mocewvr y lVt ; J; (ief ene( . has proved none too -trong when opposed to more than ordinarily fierce attack. Tlie defeat at Wigan was comI'cnsiited f«r,_ to mine extent,, by the ;v'e' the biggest of the tour so far—am ut, 2.1,000 spectators being present. On the same day, at Stamford Bridge (■round, ill London, 70,T00 attended an

important 'association' club match, and the aggregate attendance a.t ten association games in the Metropolis on that day was upwards of 200,000-efl'ective witness to the hold of the winter game "I thi* country. The Combined Northern I "mull team is expected to vanquish the New Zealandem easilv, and, altogether, whatever the financial result, the first professional touring venture has not been the lootball success that, was anticipated. The .amateur Rugby bodies are naturally elated, as they hope that this result will give the profession.il movement a set-back, or, at least, prevent that spread of its inlltienee which might have beon feared from a triumphal tour of these New Zealandors in any way resembling that of the 'All Blacks.'"

TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES. The famous SANDER AM) SONS' ■rn'wL VOLATILIi EUCALYPTI EXJRACr was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess dilative properties peculiarly its own and to lie medicinally absolutely safe' effective, and reliable for internal use.' therefore, do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the macv crude eucalyptus oils which are now aimed off as "Extracts," or under ancy names, but 'insist upon the GENUINE SANDEIt AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT and reject all others. For wrinkles, snnlnirn, pimples blackheads, freckles, cracked tends, dry and inflamed skin use SANDER AND SONS' SUPERBA SKIN FOOD. No lady should be without it. Allays irritation j brings beauty to every face and band. Chemists and stores.

Silver spoons and forks which are in daily use may be kept bright by leaving them once a week in strong borax ami water for several hours. The water Khould be nearly boiling when the silver is put into it. Boiling water to which a little liquid ammonia has been added is also excellent.

New York (says the Jewish World) contains n remarkable Jewish centen-1 arian in the person of Barent Volinski, who lives with his son at 238, Thotfordavcniic. Brownsville. In spite of his 105 years, lie is still- vigorous, and recently daiiced a "C'amarinsKa" at the wedding of one of his great-grandchildren. Mr. Volinski remembers Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. He has been married twice, and is the father of twenty-seven children. Altogether, his children, grandchildren, and groat-grandchildren number fl2, and H* remembers nil their names. He rises every monvng at four, drinks a great deal of tea, and smokes I a pipe.

Mr. Julius Knight returned to Sydney « few days ago after a tour of Australia and Xew Zealand. He relates a unique experience which occurred while lie was playing recently at Broken Hill. It had become necessary for him to push on with the rehearsals of the "Scarlet Pimperel." The only place available in the town was a platform in the centre of the Hippodrome, usually used for boxing contestn. During the rehearsal one of the Barrier's notorious duststorms arose. To the hero of many desperate adventures in the face of the limelight it seemed undignified to have to retreat in the face of nueli an insignificant incident-; so Mr. Knight decided to go on and brave the gale. But Mr. Knight was not aware how severe these storms become, and he soon found it was a more difficult matter to rescue the ladies from the platform than assisting Royalists to escape from France. After that the rehearsals took place in the cellar beneath the theatriP-"where it was quite cool, and there was at least no fear of the dust," said Mr. Knight.

A gruesome "exhibit" was shown in iiie ouuili Australian Assembly the other uay, speaking on tho Uaming Bill (repui'ts the j-Ueiuourne Age), Mr, DanKel »aiU lie would like to see a State lottery in Australia and a Government "tote/' .nr. Roberts was proceeding to cast doubt on the statement ol Brigadier V eal, of the Salvation Army, that a mob of gamblers had nipped off the finger of a companion who had joined the Salvation Army and sought to leave tliein (the gamblers), when the Premier dramatically stretched out his hand, with a j uottle in it, and exclaimed, "Here is the tip of the linger, and here (holding up a document in the other hand) "is the letter which accompanied it." A great sensation was caused by this act, but Mr. Roberts stated that the production of a piece of a linge'r was no proof that it had been pinched off in the circumstances named. He refused to believe that the event happened in Australia, although the statement of tho Captain was that the incident ocurred in Sydney.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 4 January 1908, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 4 January 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 309, 4 January 1908, Page 2

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