LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 37, 3 February 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| I In' Taranaki (.'nun! v (otineil ha- been inlvi-i'il Hint the loan of twin for (|u> j -Matijiam.iw ln-to 1, in fi'vio-i-oiii i'i'ti' ; 1111 - been approved. | I hi' .1 mount of Cl 7• jiJ■ hun'uwed from I tin- "l'il'jisiHry for |li<! iibiittoir extension, '.ha- l» ''it paid liilo tin- Xew Plymouth ; lioroiiLili < olMli il'r- It<*riHll|t. i ,M of Mr. I. Ilopkins, I ( iiii'l I'h'i- lApi't 1. tin. -moke in : ilMri* n «Imt.. »h»li Sir.-- arc rajrfnjf will liave n Jiri'jitiiii-ial I'll Cii on the .Jutput J of honey from thi'r-r i|iiarier-. j Hi'' l ' '» l"«H "II Salurd.iy uaj tli-phiyi'il a liroad hint te Hospital Sali in.lily I'olh'i't ors. It roii-isti'i] of a |,j„ j "l!e<l (Yo--- plai-artl. eiulil.t/oiied wit'ii Ilic Honk ■•{ a-1, in bainl. nil." i Mr. . I'alnier. lotal ob-erver. in i his monthly report.. -tales that dimim | iaiiiiary there |e- s than half ail j ''l'll "f rain, the aeltial Mauri's boiii.. I H.M.i iiii'li. I'ain fell on live dav-. fhe maximum I,ill tieiijo ll.;js itiehfts nn the i h. la -miliary of la-t war 7.2 j ">■ 'Klwn ilav-. tiie titavitlllllll licilt" -i.'JS illl'iil'- Oil the l.'llh. An Am-klainl l.u-iiH— man sivs: - "I eonhl jiut in a (hrei' line ailveniM'mi'nt for a jjirl to work in niv ollir'li'partment al 12- liil a week, ami i-houhi «i-l any nimilier of iippliY.int-. while if I jiilverti-e ilaily for a eouple of -core of eir|- tc oceii|iy my faelory benches I jji'l ir \t to no ro-ults. Vet. mark von. tliiisi' ma.'hiiiist appuMitice- I ailvertisc for lieoin in a few niontlis. sum-po-in 2 ihey -how any aptitude for I heir trade. to i am a- ii.ucli as las tn 17< a 'Vii'k yiiiuii too. who barely mtmi.er as ninny years us tliey earn sh'.iluigs"

The Xaronaki County Council meets this morning.

The inquest concerning the death of the native Apuilii, .who broke his neck by a fall iiom a iorse at Waitara sevi eral .weeks ago, is to be resumed this morning nt Waitara.

The test .selection, -(.Jem® of Schumann.' to be played at the forthcoming •conte t, is admitted by all musical autlu rities to be one oi' the liuest band Select ous ever written. Tile Xarauaki public are fortunate that the ehoice for this contest has fallen ou such a lino select on.

A j.inner in ihe Wairarapa found a kiwi> jirht under a clump of fern in the bush the other day. '1 hey only lay a cou de of egg.s, which are ot enormous nize. Lhe bird is not much bigger than an ordinary hen. but the egg is bjgger than d goose egg —very long, and quite round al each end, and a very pure white. The cock bird does the hatch-

Mr. (jieorge Jiendall, a farmer in the Ouiaia district for some years past,'died at tlio hospital on Saturday as the result of injuries received by an accident on F:iday. Despite his advanced age of OU yuii'S, he was iu the liabit of always taking his milk supply to the dairy factory. The cart was found on the road, capsized, on Friday morning, with a l>n ken shaft piuning the horse*to the ground. Mr. Kendall was lying some yards away. An inquest is to be held tlih morning.

Acting upon the advice oi the Audi-tor-t.'eneral, the Taranaki County Council has increased the amount of .special rate payable liy. Lhe ratepayers ill tho Eltham road special rating district, levying more rate than is necessary to pay the current interest. As some of the settlers objected to payment of this larger amount, and gave notice of their intention to light out the matter ill, Court, the Council referred the matter : to Mr. Martin, solicitor to the Municipal Association, and his opinion is in line with that of tlie Auditor-General. An old woman has been busily victimising the fanners in the Lgmoiit road district. Her plan of operation?-, appears to have beeu the plea of thirst and poverty—but she was insulted when offered a glass of beer. Other charities, however, were accepted, and she was not backward in taking a shilling or two. due settler, with a view of testing her lale of poverty and her desire to get away to .Napier, gave her a letter to the cluurnian oi the Charitable Aid Hoard, but so far the letter has not been presented. Enquiries have revealed that the old lady has been living reeeutly at Kgmont Village, and goes out periodically on these begging expeditions, choosing a new road on each occasion, and inventing a new tale of woe for nearly every farmhouse.

A special meeting of the Dorough Works Committee was held on Friday evening to consider a complaint that a member of the waterworks stall had turned up late at some special night work and in an intoxicated condition. This had beeu reported to the engineer by the other workmen. At the enquiry the evidence was that the employee iu question had been affected by the gas exuding from a gaspipe in the trench, and the case was cited of another of the men who had 'been rendered ill from the same cause. Taking the whole of the evidence into consideration, the committee accepted the explanation, but, in view of the importance of the work, severely censured the olFender for not notifying his inability to be on the job a* instructed. Subsequently the engineer was instructed to report upon the organisation of the waterworks staff.

The sea serpent has turned up again, on this occasion at Norfolk Island. About 4 p.m. on the 12tlLult. (writes a correspondent of the Sydney Telegraph), a young son of Mr. Godfrey Christian was out on the cliff, when he saw what he supposed was a large rope drifting about. Upon informing his parents, they, with other members of the family, went to see .what it was, and Mr. Christian pronounced it to be a sea serpent. It was carefully watched, as it was expected it would come ashore on the beach, but it was lost sight of after sunset. It was estimated to be over 500 ft long and about 2ft in diameter. The head was about ten yards from the bench, and the serpent appeared to be feeding. The head seemed very hairy, underneath bushy and long. It" was of a grey color, intermixed with lioth black and brown. Three pilot tish were seen, one on either side ot the head and one in front.

Writing <»n tiie subject of the scarcity of domestic ludp, the i'ost sapiently remark*:—"The vigils ol me times indicate that mistresses, will have to learn to be housekeepers; if there is any "scarcity'' at all, it is more among mistresses than servants. The heads of housekeeping departments will he obliged to learn domestic economy, and put their knowledge into practice, if they desire to retain any semblance of home lite. Mary Ann's revolt will necessarily hring about some popularity for the simple life. Unfortunately even the study of domestic economy will not provide more than twenty four hours in the day, and unless the simple life mean* the abolition of children it will do little to solve the problem."

if the new tariff has not yet started new industries (says the Post), it has revived ail old one which fell iuto disuetude soon after th e tariff was altered ou the previous occasion. This consists of the exportation from New Zealand to Australia of previously imported goods for immediate re-exportation to New Zealand. A number of warehouses were unable to quit their stocks of certain goods within the few months of grace given thein before the tariff alterations took effect, and they are now exporting these to Australia so as to receive the customary rebate of duty. \\ hen reshipped from Australia they are allowed to come in at that reduced duty. It is estimated that in the last lew months the Customs Department has paid out between £40,000 and t!o(),()()0 in rebates upon euch shipments, in the quarter from October to December between .UIiOUU and £7OOO was paid out in Wellington alone.

"When seeing oil' the last party of New South Wales settlers," writes the London correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, "1 heard a pleasing order given by the captain, and one which says a good deal for the class of people which are being selected for New Wouth Wales. After saying a few friendly words to the emigrants, the captain called some of his officers aside and said, "It must be clearly understood the word emigrant' is not to be heard on this ship. These young people are 'settlers' ■-'new settlers,' not 'emigrants.' There i* always a certain amount of opprobrium attached to the term 'emigrant,' and new settlers' seems a happier term. 'Referring editorially to the Main trunk line, the Danuevirke Advocate savs:---'-As to the quality of the land through which the lin c passes, the feel- :

ing will certainly be one of disappointment, especially by those who have been used to travelling through the splendid pastures of the .Manau-atu and Uawkes Kay di-tri«'tri. Th L . King. Country has always been represented as good'land, but this is not borne out by inspection from a railway carriage. It is true that there are localities in which the appear, anees are favorable, but after passing le Kuiti there is absolutely nothing but a dreary mass of fern and stunted till ee growing on pumice to meet the eye until I aumarumu is reached, where the hue touches the bush."

At present there is a company being funned, with, very fur-reaching moneymaking powers. Amongst its objects are the buying of estates in New Zealand, pulling down old buildings .md electing new ones, (leafing in mra) lauds, advancing money on mortgagor discounting promissory notes, billy oi exchange, debentures, bonds, etc. The company lmvc a splendid asset to start operations on in a, block "wliich will return the shavohoiders a handsome profit, considering that sub-divisions in part of this block arc selling at six times above the purchasing priir. Land considerably I'iirjber from this town has -><>ld at M-vcn times above the cost of this block nnd subdivisions in its neighborhood art realising 14 times nbove the price the company arc securing for. The share* in the company arc a little conservative. so the calls are made so as not tc

Ik* embarrassing to anyone. The number i- limited to 200 sharps, of which 35 arr reserved for local investors. Already among its members are many outside prominent men. The shaves are hcing taken up freely by those who recognise that with proper management, good buying judgment, and shareholders being content with small dividend", and creating n big reserve price, in the course of time a share will become a valuable asset. and almost unpurchaseable. That Kew Plymouth will receive ! the greatest benefit from" this company is a certainty, because it affords the he*t field of operations of any place in New Zealand, and will do so for some tune to come, with its harbor prospects. Outside investors can wc ]] afford to in-ne-t some hundreds of pounds with safa* ty. Mr. TT. Callaghaii is receiving applications for shnrcs. and will be pleased to book locally. Prominent brokers estimate that, these shares are going to reach a big premium, and when filled will be hard to get, Tt will pay the local people to Milord this company all the support tUey can,—Adyt',

According to the teachers' superannuation iinaneial report for the quarter ending December 31st, the net accumulations during the time were £6,000. Tim statement showed that £55,000 stood to the credit of the fund, Nearly 8000 teachers are now contributing to the fund.

A rather unusual cast; was heard before the magistrate aL Wanganui. A ] woman was charged with having al- 1 tempted to send a letter to a prisoner in the Wanganui gaol, the case being brought by the gaoler (.Mr. K, T. !Noblc Beusley). It was alleged that in the course of a recent oa*e before the Court the woman said she had given a letter to a man, who said he was an actingwarder, for transmission to her uncle, a prisoner. Mr. Beasley said lie had brought up the case as a warning to people who attempted to communicate with prisoners.

At an up-country wedding recently (nays the "Wairarapa Times") a party of guests from an adjoining station arrived in state. The mode of conveyance was a decorated two-wheeler, drawn by four .steady-going oxen, which were also decorated with red bows and bands, their horns being painted red. The team were under complete control, the clever young Jehu simply guiding the animal* with word of moutli and with the aid ot a long-handled whip. The whole turn out was unique, and reflected groat ercdil upon the promoters. The incident caus ed much merriment at the function.

Harvesting operations arc not devoid of interesting episodes. The latent hails from Feilding, where a fanner was so delighted in getting his hay saved in dry weather, that he presented the young men with a few gallon* of sparkling ale. It was greatly Appreciated. So overcome, however, were those who partook, that on the following morning the fanner, on going out into the fields, i was surprised to see the men shaking tlie ha .wed out of their necks, \vhil* t.he horse* were quietly feeding at tlu» haystack with the harness of the previous- day *till on. "Next lime I turn mi beer.' -aid the farmer to the "Dominion*' representative, 'i will take the precaution to deal it out myself."

Writing ou the subject of sport* generally, the following reference to football in New Zealand is made by a contributor to the 1-ioudon "Times":—"[n New Zealand all kinds of experiments in the reduction iu the size of the pack were being tried. The linal result in this country was the appearance of a fourth three-quarter, and of the modern r-ystem of combination, which, as so brilliantly in the play of this season's Oxford Fifteen, neither subordinates the forwards to the backs, nor the backs to the forwards, and practically bringfl every man in the team—including the full-back—to the support of an attack. In New Zealand they have gone a step further and reduced the. number of forwards from eight to seven—a change which necessarily involves a complete . reorganisation of the back division. Except in Wales, the New model has not l>een accepted as embodying a strategic improvement, and, even there, experts are by no means agreed as to its value. The saying of a Welsh player of repute, 'ft is good enough if you can get seven good enough forwards sums up the controversy for the time being."

The meannese of some people pusses all comprehension. After the wreck of the Elingamite the Marine Department established a food depot a<t the Three Kings. When the liinemoa visited the place recently it was lound that the depot had been broken into by some miserable creatures. A wooden box, containing a gun and ammunition (placed there so that shipwrecked people might be able to shoot the goats o* the land), had also been forced open. The gun, however, was originally placed in a tin case inside the wooden box, in order tlial it might not be rendered useless by the effects ol the weather, and this the miscreants left untouched. It is a pity (saya the "Post") that the people who commit sucli wanton acts could not be adequately punished, for this is not the only case of the kind. It has been found that oil has been stolen from the reserve store for the light at Jackson's Head on more than one occasion.

The lion. R. McNab, who was at Hamilton the other day, was questioned by a " Herald" reporter in regard to the recent removal of a portion of the vineyards at W'aerenga. in reply, he eaid: " When 1 became -Minister and looked into the work gf this experimental station, 1 found that it was developing into a wine-producing station, and the question then arose as to whether the Government was to become a wine producer, or to confine itself to the experimental work for which the station was primarily established. 1 considered the question carefully, and 1 decided that the station should lie worked purely for experimental purposes. i found that the work at W'aerenga had passed that stage, and that it was being run on a calculation of the receipt of a large revenue from the regular sale of wine. The work was accordingly cut down to the experimental stage. The scheme of wine producing,'' added Air. MeNab, "had no friends. Some people appear to have thought that it was opposed only by the temperance people, but really its greatest enemies were those iu the trade. They were horrified at the idea of the Government entering into competition with theiu."

'the difficulty of procuring labour is making itself keenly ielt m Wanganui. Employers Of skilled and unskilled work, men are being made to suffer great incuiu'einence and loss through lack of men to cope with orders. One manufacturer states that his linn was prepared to spend from £SOOO to '£()00U iu installing new additions to its factory, but as there were no hands to work u, they were not prepared to run into any unnecessary expenditure. There are several other business houses in Wanganui whose businesses, it is said, arc at a standstill owing to the same cause, Steadfastness in the time of trial, coolness in time of danger, the English pos«es3; and to a degree that brings tJiem, on occasion—in an easy matter-of-course way that stirs one's heart to the very roots in admiration of it—to superb sublimities. In sternly grave matters I they can hold themselves in very nobly. But, when it comes to small matters, and I notably matters iu which the action *6 by groups and there is a chance for j contagion—as to a general scramble for a laihvay train in a crowded station, or even to the scramble of half-a-dozen determined Britons for the same oniui-bus--these brave, self-controlled, resolut e English lly oil the handle into a state ol excitement that would be appropriate to (only then they would restrain it) fires and earthquakes!— Thomas A. Jauvicr, in Harper's.

ANJJ SOira tHSroKE PUHL VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX- ■ ■■>' I was proved ly experts at the ..upreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be medicinally absolutely safe) elective, and reliable for internal use. Therefore, do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many mide euc'idyptua oils which are now palmed off as "Extracts," or unjer fancy names, but insist upon '.lie r.'^. 1 r T i NE SANDER AND SONS' EUu I EXTRACT and reject all others. l f or wrinkles, sunburn, pimples, blackheads, freckles, cracked hands, dry and inflamed skjn use SANDER AND bOiNS' SUPEKBA SRDJ FOOD. No lady should bq witlvtyt it. Allays irritation; brings benuty to every face and j hand. Chem-.-i-: scores.

! , . k■i rroNS. Execution . 'coming more rare day by day. .* i «j number of people ou Saturday - n.-ased the executions at the Cuaii Valace, fcJuch a slaughter ha s never occurred in the history ol iaranaki. W e may mention that Ue executions were in connection with the great auction sale of drapery, clothing, and boots, crockeryware. etc.. how lu '\"S ,l(,I d at the Cash Palace. Private sales every day. Next auction sale Wednesday, sth February, and Saturday next. Kth February, at 1 p.m. No reserve. Xote.-A. d. Whittaker, Auctioneer. Hotelkeepers and boardinghousekeepers who want rugs and blankets for Hand Contest week, call and see our goods just out of bond.

I The A.B.C. Boot Company are holding their annual disposing sale, commencing Saturday, Ist February. A few t(ents glace kid bals, 10s 6d per pair: chrome bale, light, 9s« 0d; chrome shooters, heavy, 13s 6dj boys' chrome bala, 7s 3d; mens carpet slippers, 2s 0d; ladies' glace button boots, 10s Od; glace shoes, button, os (jet felt slippers, lOd; carpet slippers. Is; children's slippers,felt, 7d per pair. All goods greatly reduced. Call early. A.B.C. Boot Company, Devon-street.—Advt.

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