The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15. ON THE FOURTH PAGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 316, 15 January 1908, Page 2

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15. ON THE FOURTH PAGE.

On the fourth page of this issue will be found an interesting summary of the trade at the port of >iew Plymouth during the past year.

There are also the full text Of Hie borough electrical engineer's latest report to the Borough Council containing some important recommendations; a report of the discussion ill the Borough Council concerning the reduction of the dog-tax; and cabled commercial news.

The Ellham school excursion will be held on a Thursday (luring February, the objective being the beach at New Plymouth.

The water-lilies in the Recreation Grounds are spreading into the lower lake. The lily-pond is a beauty-spot just now.

It is rumored that all the bookstalls on the New Zealand railway stations will at the termination of their present leases in March next be brought under State management. A visitor who haa just returned from Hawke's liav states that everything is looking exceedingly dry in that district, and that many of the fanners are suffering badly for the want of rain. In some cases ripe crops were noticeable, which had only grown about lOin or 12in above the ground. Seventy-one of the workers' homes have been built by the Government throughout New Zealand. The total cost of acquiring the land upon which they have been erected was £31,280 Os 10s. Most of the houses have let very readily. The authorities have had no difficulty with their tenants. There are no rents in arrear.

The steamer Rotoiti was unable to steam direct to the wharf yesterday morning upon her arrival from owill unga, on account of the thick fog which hung along the coast. She came alongside, however, at about half-past six o'clock. Tlie express train was delayed to suit the convenience of passengers,

One of the benefits of the dry weather is noticeable in tile potato fields. In the muggy weather at Christmastide the blight laid hold of the shaws and blackened them. Many growers gave up all hope of digging a "crop at all. But those not abdly effected are recovering and sending out fresh leaves.

Mr. F. Black, electrical engineer, speaking at a meeting of the Eltliam County Council on Saturday with reference to streams for water-power, said that as regarded the rivers of Taranaki generally they unfortunately were very small streams and of very little use. If we had the whole water from Mount Egmont flowing in one or two streams then we might have a valuable asset fir electrical purposes. "I believe Tiyanaki to be the best yrovinee in the world," writes Mr. W. fl. Malouc to our Stratford contempirarv. "Its one and a-quarter million acres of occupied land have even now an output of products economically justifying ami requiring a deep-sea steamer harbor in lieu of an open roadstead and in addition to .coastal steamer ports. It Ims yet one million acres of Government hind to lie occupied and made productive. A deep-sea steamer harbor o'n its coast will add greatly to its prosperity and therefore to the prosperity of its individual settlers. It is therefore all-im-portaut that such a harbor be made as soon as possible. To get it made tho whole district must be of practically one mind that it is required and that a roadstead port will not do."

According to Mr. J. R. Corrigan, of llawera, the farm laborers of tlie present day are of two classes, as near as he can reckon up from experienceseventy per cent, are "practicals" and thirty per cent, are "trying planes." The "practicals" are satisfied with present conditions, so they do not trouble to join any union; hence the "trying planes." although in a minority, try to rule the roost, and they will do it if the farmers do not wake tip and look after their own interests more than they have done in the past. He goes on to say in a letter to the Star: "I don't object to .the farm laborers having a union, r think they have a perfect right to have one, but I would like to see every farm laborer belong to it. so that the ma jority could say what conditions th»y would work under; not as it is at present, the thirty per cent, of 'wasters,' fanatics,' and 'agitators' running it."

Townspeople arc so used to modern conveniences that it has probably never struck tliem to consider the present spell V.f dry weather in its relation to the residents in the suburbs which have not yet a water reticulation scheme. When the housewife in town wants \va. ter, she goes to the tap, sure of finding what she wants. And she may waste it ami splash it to her heart's content, knowing full well that there's plenty more. In hot weather the dweller in town screws the hose on to the tap. and every evening pours a refreshing stream on to his plots of vegetables and flow* era. But the suburban resident who depends on the rain to fill his tanks has to lie piore cannv just now. Water is sparingly used in tile kitchen and laundry. and the garden goes thirsty. The dry weather is *rtiiiiih- a matter of some concern to people living beyond the leach of the borough water system.

Most of the oat crops in th» Waitara road district have now been saved, and the yields are satisfactory. There is still a great dearth of labor, and settlers arc assisting one another in turn ■Some people are shpt-sighted enough to complain that the invention of laborsaving machinery robs the laborer of his dues. How would the present harvest be -saved without modern ap-, pliances? Men are rtlmost unobtainable. But fewer men per acre are required than in years past. A farmer with a hundred acres under crop, had in the old days to pay and fee a small army of reapers, who afterwards set to work to "carry in'' and thresh out the grain. \ cry often some of the gang 1 would pass on to the next, farm to take part in the reaping there, leaving the first employer to arrange as best he could for the threshing. Now a hand, ful of men with lip-to-date reapers and binders make very short work of a big field. But all the fun of the harvest is a tiling of the past, Xo longer do the womenfolk bare their arms and

take part in the tossing of the hay, and the "harvest home'" is now but another stage of a business transaction. The sentiment has been left behind with the scythe and the sickle.

Considered from "every point of the com]).ss," so to speak, "Alfa-Laval" separators are truly the "World's Record Machines." original inventions, in skimming efficiency, and important improvement", in durability and ease of operation, the "Alfa-Laval'' lias 110 competitor or one that even approaches its record on any one of these points. The "AlfH-Luval'' was the original cream separator and by such all-important inventions as the "Alfa disc" system and "split wing" device, it has always led, and is to-day from live to ten years ahead of all other machines. In "close skimming durability and ease of operation it shows an unbroken victorious record covering more than twenty-eight years. Thousands of tests have proved that it will save £1 per cow each year of use over other separators. Nearly: 800,000 machines have been sold and arW used in every conutry by dairymen who' nave had real separator ex|ieri«nce. The! latest "AU«*Lml n models are ideal in every respect, and represent the ex-, perience of over a quarter of a century in building sparators. Send for our illustrated catalogue "T." Jfason, Strutters and Co,, Ltd., sole New Zealand agents. Main street, Palmerston North; Taranaki agents, E. Oriffitlus and Co,, New Plymouth.

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! Tan or black Nugget polish Mat "The Melbourne." Nugget outfits (brush, pad, »nd tin of Nugget) Is 9d the set; fine ginee kid shoes with patent fneings, 5 s lid; girls' 3-liar glaee kid shoes,"sizes 7 to in. 5s lid pair, sizes 11 to 1, 6s lid pair; women's fine chrome Svard shoes with rubber heels, 5s lid pair; women's I cV*ome 2-bar shoes, Ss lid pair—Adrt.

We are in receipt of a copy of the Statutes for 1901 from tlie Government Printer,

Old Sol had yesterday to pierce ai ;reat hank of smoke from bush fires in ;he district, and everything took on a ruddy hue.

A special meeting of the Harbor Board will be held to-day to consider the question of the wages paid to the harbor staff. The business will probably i'i taken in committee.

Owing to Mr Hutchison, M.M., having prior engagement, the farewell from

the Law Society had to be abandoned, yesterday afternoon, and will take place, to-day.

At tlie Stratford Police Court yesterday morning, Ueorge William X'errott was charged with resisting the police and assaulting a woman. He was fined £5 on the first charge, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment, and £2 on the second charge.

There was a small civil list at the Magistrate's Court yesterday. Judgment was given by default in the following eases:—W. Kupe v. U. Patterson, claim £1 Ws 2d and costs ss; H. West ton v. C, Gill, claim £3 10s, and costs 10s; J. Aroa v. G. Carnell, claim £8 , Us (id, costs £1 4s Od.

The secretary of the Band Contest Committee has received word that amongst the Waihi Brass Band's team of supporters at the forthcoming contest will be some athletes who intend competing at the championship sports meeting on Wednesday, February 26.

Some youngsters with a desire tq emulate Blondin have been amusing themselves lately by walking across tlio pipe-bridge over the Huatoki stream. If they're looking for a bath, surely tlieyi can find a cleaner strip of water in which to splash!

With the temperature of the water at 74 degrees, and freshly filled regularly from the hen, it is little wonder that the municipal baths are being well patronised. The new water-chute provides endless amufwnieiit. Last night there was a big crowd of bathers, who disported themselves under the glow of the electric light.

A young gander disappeared from the Recreation Grounds when Christmas was looming but a short distance Knowing ones asserted that he graced the table of someone who knew how to procure ci>eap luxuries, and this belief, seems to have been general. But tho bird has now returned to the ponds, looking plump and well, so that once more the knowing ones were at fault. '

Arrangements have been made for the I accommodation of the following bands during Contest week:—lmperial Hotel, Slasterton Jluncipal; Red House Hotel, Nelson Garrison; Criterion, Wanganui Garrison; Taranaki Hotel, Woolston (Christchurch); Chatsworth House, Morninfton (Dunedin); Coli'ee l'alace, Marton Town; 'Jrociulero, Manaia Brans. Arrangements lire now being made for the Palmerston North, Auckland First Bat-J talion, Auckland Mounteds, and Kara-, ngahake. The Palmerston Band will probably be located at the Grosvenor Hotel.

, The British dairyman must look to his laurels, for he is threatened with a very serious competition from Germany in the form of frozen milk, imported in blocks. Instead of measuring out his commodity, into jugs or cans, the future milkman will drive round leaving pint or gallon blocks of milk at his customers' doors. The American Consul at Chemnitz, in a recent report to his Government, deals with the many advantages of frozen milk over tlie liquid article. Apart from the increased facilities of transport, frozen milk, he says, preserves unchanged its original properties for weeks,

Mr J. Skinner, the county engineer, informs us that an entirely wrong imfrcssion is being conveyed by the report of the works committee of the borough anent the new Henui bridge on the Avenue road. The committee asked that the "necessary section and locality plans and particulars" should be supplied by the County Council, and the chairman said the delay in arranging the

conference was due to the non-appear-ance of these. Mr Skinner says that three weeks ago he forwarded the plans of the bridge and of the sections, and {■p. approximate locality plan to the borough engineer, and also showed him over the ground. Those plans have now been returned to him. The county engineer says lie is at a loss to understand the attitude of the borough authorities in this matter.

Marsland Hill lia9 now been stripped of its rank growth of grass and weeds, Mr Millington having placed a gang of prisoners at the work immediately upon his return from Wellington. The prison gang is still engaged in cutting away the South end of Marsland Hill overlooking the gaol. Some folk, .who) must think prisoners are incarcerated only to provide a sort of entertainment,' have acquired the habit of frequenting this portion of the reserve and looking over into the prison yard whilst thq tnen are at exercise, thus evincing theia own morbid curiosity and their lack o|, consideration for the feelings of t'ha men who hare been unfortunate enough to be found out in' their deviation from the prescribed road. The spoil from the hill is being used to extend the flat used as a garden at the rear of the gaol. The removal of the point of the hill will also be an advantage in allow-; ing the morning .sun to pay an unae; customed visit to the gaoler's house.

Complaints have reached us that young men have been offending against} the law.s of decency by bathing with I too scant apparel on the beach between! the town and Moturoa. Enquiries by Aj "Hews" reporter revealed the fact thati young men from sixteen to twenty years of age are in the habit of disporting themselves on the beach, "in the nude." Ladies aro thus debarred from using this stretch of -sand, which is about the best piece of beach promenade we have. Whilst not wishing to unduly interfere with the liberty of the holiday-makers, w'ould recommend the sergeant of police either to -stroll along there occasionally or to detail one of his constables to prevent the beach gaining a name notorious for indecency. If this is to be a holiday re-sort such exhibitions as these are to be forcibly discouraged. There is a strip of beach on the on side of Paritutu, perhaps the best bathing place on the beach, whither these bathers might repair.

Bad luck hut attended the attempt to establish the white swans in the Recreation Grounds. About a year ago the two males had a tight, and one of them was killed. Then the other two sought to replace him. Three eggs were laid, and by unremitting attention on the part of the two birds the incubation

proceeded very satisfactorily. Two ugly little grey cygnets were hatched, but one of these .soon passed over into the swans' fairyland. The other youngster met with an accident, and now propels himself by means of but one leg. As though that were not. sufficient disaster for one family Swan Perc has now handed m his checks, leaving a widow and crippled orphan. Let us hope that thq luck will change now, lest the race become extinct so far as New Plymouth is concerned. The graceful white swan seems to put a classic finish upon tli. grounds, and the ponds will look bare and deserted if naught but grey ducks remain.

j MILK FEVER IN DAIRY COWS, o' . Copy of letter from Wanganui Chrone| icle, 22nd December, 1904:—"Sir,—As it .1 may prove useful to other dairy farn,- - ers I send you the following:—On the ' 10th inst. one of my best cows calved, I- her third calf. On the morning of the i- 13th she gave me a three-gallon bucket 1 of milk, and looked tip-top. At 3 o'clock , that evening, cc(ming home frqjm the i> paddock I noticed set body tckel up and her hindquarters stiff. I tried to milk her, but the milk was gone. As the , above were indications of milk fever, X . g avc her a dose of Sykes's Drench, and , remembering that oxygen pumped into , the udder was a remedy, I got a blcj'cle pump and with tho part that fits in the , tyre of the bike added, I pumped the four quarters! of the udder full of. air. We had to support her in the bail while doing this. When we left her out she staggered a few yards and fell down. About twenty minutes afterwards, however, to my surprise she was on her feet again, and much better. By 9 o'clock that night she was resting comfortably. Next morning at 4.30 o'clock she was up and feeding. That evening I got 1511>s of milk from her, and she is now back to her usual flow of Biilk, and as well as she ever was. I have now had eighteen years' dairy farming, and have seen cows die, and cows recover in time, but in this instance the quick recovery was simply marvellous.—l am, etc., J. W. McLarin. Waverley, December 18, 1904." 1

ÜBe only Sykes's 'Drench, because it is the best. Price Is 6d packet, or 16s |by the doze* Better buy 5t by the doze*. Write for bOQkI& -Si® jsfg)

The annual conference of delegates of the various Master Bakers' Unions of the colony which are alfilia-ted to the United Master Bakers' Industrial Association of Employers will be held at New ' Plymouth on 3rd March next. The Eltham school committee has declined to close the school on Tuesday, February 25th, and Thursday, February 27th, as requested by the North Island Band Contest Committee at New Plymouth.

A Horopito correspondent writes to the Taihape Times:—We have now ten hop-beer shops all doing a roaring trade. The last two opened about a fortnight ago, A few make it rather strong, which has affected the heads of many.

A return of the receipts and' expendi- ] ture by the Patea Harbor Board for 1!)07 shows that the receipts were £lio;j more than the expenditure. The receipts showed a falling-oil' of £l3l asi against the figures of the previous) year. i The acting-secretary, Mr J. Elliott, ia receiving enquiries from all parts of the colony for programmes and nomin-i ation forms for the forthcoming chain J pionship athletic sports meeting. No-| I mirations are already coming in from' South Island athletes.

Writing in answer to a letter from Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., concerning tlief unexpected "thirds" in the King Country, the Minister for Lands says that he intends making a full enquiry. He adds:—"The difficulties arising generally in connection with 'thirds' are chiefly in regard to local bodies. Therel is, however, no objection to giving information relative to the monies in hand to the crtdit of the various sections to tlie settlers in question."

Not every abattoir is as happily situated as that at New Plymouth. Locally the earnings are so good that tho Borough Council has never had to collect the special rate to pay interest on the abattoir loan. The abattoir is now working excellently. The .Stratford Post of yesterday states that "in view of the present state of the Stratford abattoir finances it has been decided by the Strati ford Borough Council that the present, arrangements as to managership be terminated, and that the Town Clerk bo appointed manager from March Ist) next." . ,

The local branch of the Liberal and Labor Federation met last night. There! was a, good attendance of members. It was decided to ask the Government to establish a State coal depot in New Plymouth. The recommendations of the sub-committee with reference to organisation were adopted.

During the hearing of an assault case at Stratford yesterday a man owned up to having swallowed seventeen drinks, but said he was not drunk as a result.

The Agricultural Society has received many tokens of practical sympathy with

their misfortune over the last show.'i One of the most pleasing, perhaps, waßi from little Hlla liarp, aged 13, of Egmont School, who won the third prize in the children's essay competition. She expressed her desire tc a) comiiiitteemfm 1 that she would like her prize-money placed into the Society's funds owing to the loss they had sustained through the wet weather. The child's action was much appreciated by the committee.

The Railway Department has refused to erect warning signals fit the Fentott street and Regan street railway crossings in Stratford. The Borough Council and the school committee will now probably unite forces in urging the necessity of the work upon the Minister, the Fenton street crossing being only a few yards from the school, i

The New Plymouth Fire Brigade met last night, Captain Bellringer presiding. The resignation of Fireman J. Sadler was accepted with regret. He located in Auckland, and put in fivo years' useful work with the brigade. Fireman W. Way was appointed the! delegate to the New Zealand Fire Brigades' annual conference to be held in Masterton on March 9tli.

The object of the German Navy League is to induce the people to accept the policy ol naval expansion. Exaggeration, and sometimes misrepresentation, of the armament and motives of foreign naval Powers is often regarded as the shortest road to that object. The League took a prominent part in winning the last Reiclistag elections for tlia Kaiser's world-policy, and the Socialists allege that public money was illegally used in forwarding their campaign. Radium so far has been regarded more as a scientific curiosity than as having any special value. Still, the Scientific American remarks, it lias some use. It kills bacteria, and even very small animals. Physicians have used the substance with some success in treating certain diseases, among them cancer and : ipua. Living tissues of the body arc strongly affected by short exposures to the substance. Sores are produced, like l;urns, which heal only after weeks have elapsed. A fortnight ago it was announced that cases of cancer had been cured in St. Petersburg and London. ;