GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 40, 6 February 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

i # The liieymouth corn-pondont of the ; 'Lyttelton Tiiue- ' writes:--Coal n j Naming, and the demand exceeds the ! •'Kiply. We are daily increasing the >n,i- ---; jdy. ua a ery prevails for inure. The : Mali- miiit' i* tin* chief exporter, and ( lie management i- pressing on its eu- ! deavour to cojH* v>it.li the ready market. | jiy the end of the year the State mine ! -diuuld Ik? iu a position to Almost doiililc j its output. The Blackball mine i* fairly j br ; -k. .iud is likely to improve. Tyneside i- luueh in demand, especially for «g.v making. lor which it i- the host in llli- eolmix. it is more than likely that. : tiie w>fk is ended the public will I hue U*ture tnem a proposal tor re-open-j ing the WalNend mine, and working \< j in conjunction with the Tyite>ide mine. | Th- I'aparoa Company >hould he on th- ! market by the end ol thU year, and for lull the*e there is an ample and ready I market. The "black diamond " outlook • for 1?M»8 is pleasant and encouraging. • for limber the demand is very keen, and j priecti have an upward tendency. The j indusiry has a good future before it. an 1 1 with the completion of the railway to ] Kor-t there will be more sawmills ai » work. In other part* of the Dominion j timber is getting *<ar<-e. while the d j .;- ! inand i< >teadily inerea^in^. • hi impie»s'mjr ( >n a bankrupt at a J meeting of creditor" (ray.s the Pivsm the peeiiliaritie- of tlv law rrgardinjr pretor. | en'ial payments, the Ollieial Assirrn«*-e | at. I'liri-trhnrc-h rited a rase whore n r--1 sou. day or two before ho \va- eon.* j poind t-» liie. ha-l *ri»t a (juantily of Hour jon eredit "Despite tiie jaet that nothing j had Im»hi pa id in it>peit to the Hour, it j wa« included in bankruptV assets, anii j tho per*«<»ii who "Uppiiod it -.imply ranked j as an vrdinan credit*.r. I One recent occasion i- recorded ti.i | which thf. (iernnn Knipei'»r did not • make a spn-ch. VN'itli the kindly feeling | which marks many of his actions, hn I provided a -umptnoii- tea for two hundred children attending the Miool near the hou-e at Uournemouth where lie was residing, lie *al at table with them for some time, and then, laughing heartily, cut the r.»ke which decoraiod tho centre of tlie room. but. says the wondering reporter. 'The Emperor did not make a speech. Aij exciting wcid-nt. happrnr-d at Watsou 7 * Hay <Sydney) the other day. when two liny- in a small dinghy rowed a ra.'e tor life with a largo shark. The boys while paddling about opposite Gibson's beach noticed a school of sharks cruising on the surface of the water. A monster, measuring about 13 feel in length, eaine dose to t he frail craft, accompanied Uy a couple »t young sharks. One of the boys accidentally toitche<l the big fish with the scull, whereupon il momentj ariiy disappeared, but instantly returned headlong towards the l»oat. The lad", realising rlu»ir danger maintained their pres.nee of mind and pulled for th* ihwri, ivitli the •shark elo-o alongside. The cha-e ireporJs a Sydney j>aper) did not end until the I*\vs reached the beach, when th* l <diark rejoined tin* *chord :n deep water.