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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 55, 24 February 1908, Page 2

| ilj ' lire- en i uesdiiy -ipujJc.i ami u . ; - | nuiiaicd the J.epper road school piciiiv. i I lie children assembled un I'riihian.l | Imil m great "luck-ill." ui> tiisiipplies of refreshments. The Turauuki Carri-on Hand gave a concert yesterday afternoon at "Aotea." " good number of tl K . public and several members „f th,. visiting bands attending. A collection was taken up for the uniform fund, I lie ]'ntea I'l'css understands that one witter factory in the district has given instructions for the whole of its output to be stored in the l'atca trading Works lor winter use. It is probable that others will follow after the end of the present mouth. "How are you linding ihings in this part of the Dominion»" ijufried an Elthain Aregus representative to a Rowan Mmu dairyman who recently took up w lanu there. "Xot much,"* replied tlie laimcr; "last August and September I 'ly Hooded out, and u<nv the drought and heat just about conk me."

Several of t)>e Kgmont mail settlers have lost furlher cattle since the visit <>t our reporter to u Mt ll|( nesday. of the cows which returned home Irom the liunit ureas several have eitice 'lied, and it W reported ilmt one settler has now only six out of a herd "I thirty. Jlie drought has imnierou= methods "1 _ getting at the landowner. Sot '•'incut Willi (living ull tli,' ground, binning oil the grits*. anil eniplying il t e '■inks, it manages to hit hard in other u «vs. Air. F. Salway, of the Kgniont load, i- one of the many who during 111 1 ' pa>t tew weeks have had to cart waU'i'. (In Saturday lie journeyed to the lagoon, as usual, for supplies, and Imeked in. Tl„. hor-c hacked too far. "»d. getting Iwyonil his deplli. was iliowncd. Jhe lilies Served out to cadcU for shooting are atrocious. ('jj to 200 wilds lange fairly decent shooting lnav lie obtained—with Mime of Uicm." Iteyoml that, the majority are useless \ n oilicer of one of tin-' Taranaki ',ompaiiies recently put „„ •>- ;l( -0" yard", but with the -am,, ritle ,nilv put up :> in 28 at :!»il v.ink I'h-re ire only four rities t„ ( , u l, eoinpanv. ami surely they ought to 1, 0 rcliahl,. u, a greater degree than is reported |„,

Ihe rheumatic and tile "pet corn' ached to some purpose on Saturday. Karlv in the morning few ra i n . drops fell ill New Plymouth. Waiiara anil oilier places laid an hour's downpour. At night another start was made, and Sunday morning dawned on a country that seemed to have lieen hesprinkled with a heavier due than usual. At a limit eight o'clock 011 Sunday morning there was a heavy shower for about an hour, refreshing the grass am ] j ecp . oiling the water in the tanks. People with good roof area draining into the tanks received enough water to stave off a water famine for some weeks, llv midday. liowvvßr. it was hard to believe. from the appearance of the laudi'" 11 llu ' r '' h: "' ~w'«w '« any rain at al- Hie showers cooled the atmosphere and cleared it of th,. smoke which has lieen so oppressive lately. The shower was especially welcome and licnehcial ill tile fire-swept areas, and, unle-s a howling gale conies aloii" the danger may now lie said to have passed. I

I'or Hie next few Weeks we are nil'..;-- | in;r spreial concessions ut "The KasV to buyers of our ulothin;:. We're mill" [ Id take stock shortly. and in order to reduce I he slock we're splitting on.prices con-iderahly. For instance, we've a line lot of men's woollen sox-these «c are d&iriii" nut at three pairs for -s lid: six dozen dungarees we are sellitijr ■II -'s lid a pair; men's full-izod llaniiel sublets we are at Js -Id; men's trousers we are selling at -Is lid to Ills (id: mens Brazilian straw hats. i_'s 11,1: nifii'n nice tennis ,hirU. Js lid: men's white shirt-. Ss lid: men's celluloid collars, liest make, hid each: men's strong loaces. Is and Is i;d: lm>li iin>l a h"-l of otlier Them's no doubt nboul our si ore a popular one v.ttli keen liiivers, ami. jud(fim; frmi tin- sitislied remarks of our cusloiners. we're in for even a lmsier yen--11 mi 1:1 sf, year. Next time you're in Vw I*l \ in.nilli call at "The Ka-'.." Ailvt. 1

The platform at the railway station will he taxed to its utmost' to-night

Willi the arrival of a number of bands. In consequence of this the stationinaster I.Mr. (.'. F. Day) advises that plat form

tickets will not be issued to-niglii. The cash coupon system is being adopted by the Feilding and Kongolea bakers, and it is probable that other towns in. the district will join in. A.showing the general interest taken in the system, an inquiry has been received from the Patea bakers.

i.\fr. Richard liigg, who a, member for .North West mm eland was for some lime I hi' youngest member of the limine of Coiiiiuuiis in the lasi Parliament, and created some little sensation by resigning the scat he held ill tile Liberal interesl and niiiiiiiiiieiug his conversion to liiionisl principles, has now recanted iiiiil returned to the Liberal fold. Sol unlv has he resinned hiri old allegiance, lull he has agreed to light a Xc.rth Country -e-a at the lleneral Kleciion as a tlinroiigli'i.iing Radical. Mi. Keir llardie. M.l\. in a Idler.

dated 271 h November, from Perth. Westerii Australia, writing In Mr. Ilru.-e iilasier. savs: ■-•■ Looking back on India, tic whole thing seems like a bad iiijfht.iimre. The luiliaii people ale largely responsible for their condition, as they are 100 siirunissive, Jhil a new spirit :■; beginning to entliiise liie educated seclions', W hi,.h will make itself Tell in a very short time. Business is also developing rapidly, and the successful business man will not long remain content to be a 'nobody' in his own country."

The railway uirangeuiciiis for lh ; s week have now been'officially altered, and a more convenient service is the result of the agitation by the Caledonian Society and the Band Contest Committee. 11l addition to the ordinary trains, a special is. to leave Unworn for Now Plvmotilh at lO.jfl a.m. on Wednesdav and Friday, on the former day enabling southern patrons lo .arrive in time for the championship sports, the programme having been altered accordingly. (In Saturday evening the Mayor. Mr. F. Di.ckrilL received an iutiination from the Minister for Railway*, the Hon. W. Hall-Mones, to the effect that the night train on Wednesday and Friday, from New Plymouth to liawera. will leave at ll.lin p.'m. instead of 10.3(1 p.m.. as originally arranged. Ou Saturday night Mr. W. Linn had the misfortune to lose his iron-grey trotter, in a collision. Mr. Linn's account of the affair is that he was driving along Devon street at a smart pace, when he observed another vehicle coming towards him. He gave the one light a wide berth, he thought, but it was on the wrong side of the vehicle, and the shaft entered Mr. Linn's horse's chest, killing him almost instantly. Mr. Richards is equally certain that he had both lamps lighted, and explains thai, one wasextinguislivJ by the force of the

collision. The Taranaki Guards' team of twenty men selected.to try conclusions with a twenty-men team of the Wanganui Kille Volunteer Corps will leave by the 12..JU train to-day. The match, which is at I lie 20(1, 500. and tiOO yards ranges, will be lived to-morrow morning, and if time permits I lie visitors will be able to witness the sculling match in the afternoo'.i. The secretary of the Central School committee has received permission from the Uocreation Sports Ground Committee lo use tlie spurts ground on 'Thursday, itli March, being the occasion of holding afternoon tea and eiilertainnie.it of the Central School pupils. While nearly every farmer in New Zealand is troubled about the long spell of dry weather and its accompaniment of lires, it may be consoling to them 10 stale that this abnormal state of all'airs his enabled record progress to be made in the const ruction of new roads. The (ioveruinent Department which expends the grants for improving communication in the back-blocks has not sull'ered much loss through destruction of bridges by lire; in fact, as ulreadv stated, it has direcllv benefited from the continued line weather. Week after week since t hristnias additional men have been engaged for road construction until the total stands at MM. All these men-are working to make new roads or tracks, and there are 2,>0 more engaged ill maintaining old works.

Suncrintendouf Alfred Loch, of the. Convict Supcrvi.-iun Department, Sco':l.'ii.l Void, has retired owing to illhealth, after a I'iiinous career as a ■!•■• i-clivc. lie arrested ami established the case against .lames Caiiham Heed for tin l Southend iiiui'iU'r. traced llt-niiett. lli' Varniomh murdeier. to Woolwich, where !,i' effected Ids arrest/and also discovered and brought home to the brollies -\ilains the linitiil murder of an old female shopkeeper in Deptford. No ...her olliccr ai Scotland Yard equals Mr. ]/>(■! li's record for detection of crinrnils of all (dasscs. and perhaps his most daring exploit was when, with th.' aid of ono uniformed con-iablc. he effected ih.' arrest of a : _'nlis- of notorious liotisebreaker,; and burglar* in a pulilit in City lbia.l. London li'ijtht of whom »'"«' sent to peniil servitude!, and r<eiiveivil vanluads of stolen property. It lias heen obi ions to careful observers that there is too much targetshooting, ion Hindi stoniacli-ltriiig, and . 100 much pot-hunting amongst New Zealand riilemen isjya the Wellington Times). There is not enough marksmanship under actual service conditions. The Boers owed their marvellous success in the South African war to (he facts that they hail learned to -.shoot running' and to judge distances. Tli'-y could hit their mark on the Hat from the hilltops, ami from slope to slope, while Tommy Atkins was simplv tiring oil' his rifle in the vague hope of'hitting something. The deer-stalker knows how ditlieull it is to judge distance when he has marked down Ms stag, and a rifleman who can make records at the butts would often be absolutely lost if lie found himself tiring at animate objects on the hills. We i[o not propose 'that Colonel Collins or th P other members of the Defence Council should take a day oil' and give our marksmen a little animate (igiire practice, but we do think it possible that thuir brains may outpace their legs in devising some menus of making the practice of rifle-shoothg les- mechanical ami more effective. The announcement that the Rev. S. .1. Serpell was to take the services at the Wbiteley Memorial Church yesterday was siillicicnt in itself to warrant th'.' expectation of big congregations. When i" I his was added the fact that the Sunday school anniversary services were to I"' held, it was little wonder that there were exceptionally large attendances. •\t nighl (here were fullv five hundred in the congregation. The Sundav school pupils, assisted by the choir, and aecoinpaili.'d by the Whitelev orchestra, rendered special hymns, (he effect, particnlarly at the evening service, beiii" splendid. .Mr. (.;. I[. White was con" doctor, Mi,s M. f'aiinell organist, and Mi-s 1, Buekman pianUl. The lVv. Mr. Serpell preached powerful sermons! taking as his text in the mornin.. Hebrews 12-11: "Now. no chnsfcmV' for ll, f 1« Ht secmcfSto be joyous: but ynevoiK: nevertheless, afterward it >iel,l ib ll,c peaceable fruit of righteousne-- until them which are ccrcis-d I hereby." (In this verse he based all e!oi|ii, nt di-coiirsc on "unprofitable sorrow." M the evening service the ser- '""" ,Irall with 'T/,C> Choice." (lie Tiri'.ieher referring liis lioarers lo Cenosis l:iaul verse. 111 to 12. Offcrinirs. which "re to be applied lo (he management of "v s.-hool. totalled .-CIS for the da v. Hie annual tea and enlert'iininent (ak-'s "b'-e I Irs eveniiiL' in Ihe Whitelev Hall. The ,'o-i/cs W ill be presented, and the Rev. Mr. Serpell will deliver an address.

UEUKF \TOKK. The story of Dr. Sheldon's Di"estive Talwlc.s Kill he told in a mm i , u! . tuaJly do the work the weak ami wasted stomach is unable to do. and allow it to recuperate ami regain its strength, hey contain all tin- essential im.m-rti«* tjiat the gastric juice and other digestive fluids do. ami they digest the food just as n sound and well stomach would Tlicv relieve the stoniacli just as nv rested and refreshed workman relieves the other one on ,|„ty that is lived and "and nature does her own work of rc-toralioii. It is a simple liniuval process that a child can understand. You can eat all you want without foal' of results. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Talaile.s are sold at 2s fid per till of 80 Taboles, Obtainable everywhere.

KAXDEK AND SON'S HENUINE PURR VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXtI:A(T was proved ly experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria, to possess curative properties peculiarly its own and to lie medicinally absolutely safe, effective, and reliable for internal use. Tlmrpfiirc, do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many crude eii-nlypliis oils which are now palmed off as "Extracts,'' or unlcr fancv names, but. insist upon "he (JENI'JXE SANDER AKD SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT and reject all others. For wrinkles, sunburn, pimp'es, blackheads, freckles, cracked hands, dry and inflamed skin -,ise SANDER AND NOKS' SCPERBA SKIN FOOD. No i lady should be without it. Allays irritation; brings beauty to every face and bam', Chcmistß an ' stores. '

" Thei'i.' are some people in the community to whom children are amongst Llie articles labelled 'not wanted,"' said Dr Robertson, addrems.iij; the meeting in connection with infant life protection at tiovenimeat House, Auckland. "At the hospital," the doctor continued, "we constantly come across children who are Scarcely out of the institution before they are in again. Advice is given, but it is not taken. The children are simply not wanted. .Such cases arc not rare in (lie Auckland Hospital jusl now,'' he | declared. "1 would like to see the State I lake cur" of such children as these. We, ihe doctors, see .siillirient to show that is necessary to relieve certain parents of their responsibilities for the sake of their children."

It. is recorded of the late .Mr. David Kyme, of the Melbourne Age, that ou one occasion an inlluential deputation waited on him and asked him to allow himself to be nominated for a vacancy in the House. Mr. Svme could not s.'e

his way to accede to the request. The deputation «as in sore straits for a suitable candidate, and asked Mr. Symc's advice. The veteran journalist at once said that he could find just the man llril the constituents rei|'uired. There was on the nlall' of ih ( . Age a voiiimman who showed great capacity, and he recoiiiniended Hint the deputation should forlhwilh wail, mi him. The deputation accepted |h P advice, and the I young man was introduced. Thai was I the beginning of the political career of Mr. Alfred Deakin, who now lilts the post of Prime Minister of Hie Commonwealth.

W'aitaia's carle risers and light -lecper» were start led on Friday morning i,v a great Idas! of steam whistles oil' the port. When-the Manukau and Piloitoi made llie river mouth later in the day it was gleaned that the strange siren was that of the Rarawa. Captain Xorbury, sounding from :1.3D a m., followed what he considered to be ih" t.'orinna's whistle in n uordierly direction, but the -will-o-.tlm-wisp-' was the little .Manukau. heading lor Waitara. The Rarawa was within „ mile and a-lialf of j the Sew Plymouth breakwater at :l.3l). and, had there been a fog signal, she must have berthed before :, a.m. Should

the thick smoke return, it might be as wvH to order the Harbor Hoard's loco" "Driver" out at three o'clock eacli morning so that her whistle ran assist in directing a vessel's course. This will •■noil be unnecessary, lor no time is <o Is. lost In erecting the alarm bell on the wharf.

It is reported (hat Mr. Quimiell, M.K.C.Y.N., of Wellington, lias been appointed chief of the now Dairv Inspection Department. The. selection has not given satisfaction in some quarters, and n deputation of veterinary surgeons is talked of to interview the Hon. Mr. McNab, Minister of Agriculture, for the purpose of protesting against the nonappointment of Mr. J. A. Gilruth, Chief Government Veterinarian, to the position, as in their opinion his qualifications entitle him to it. Mr. fjuiimell was for. merly connected with the vetcritiarv division of the Agricultural Department, but resigned from it in order to take up private practice ill this citv. On the other hand, it is contended that in selecting Mr. giiinnell as instructor to the new dairy inspectors the Minister lias made a wise choice. ■Mr. (!. H. Sims lias a milter striking article iu a recent issue of the • lioferoe." in which he discusses ■'.Hygienic Chris, tianity." His point is that while 'Buddhist and Jewish religions inculcate certain rules regarding cleanliness, wholesome food, etc.. as mailers of personal obligation, Christianity either neglects such matters entirely or leaves'"them In Ihe municipal authority, which can •no more compel rlcanline..s in the home and cleanliness in the kitchen than it. can enforce the admirable Mosaic regulations and prohibitions with regard "t,i married life.'' One is apt to reflect that a good many of the clergy do inculcate the domestic virtues as a not unimportant part of true religion, but na a whole. Hi,, churches do not perhaps make sullicient use of their opportunities in this respect. Mr. Sims' article is a timely reminder 0 f (l ie j,. duty. A delightful story of the school life of Prince Kdward of Wales at Osborne College is related iu Town and Country, the leading American society paper! Prince Edward, of course, goes through I lie ordinary routine, and. among other things, has to take his part in lugging. -Not very long ago an elder cadet gave the young Prince a shilling, and direct >d him to go to the tuck shop mid get some jam pull's, 'the Prince went on his errand, and brought back the dcleciuliie pull's and threepence change, ''Keep the threepence, boy," said the cadet iu a lordly fashion, and the future ruler jf four hundred millions of people pocketed bis lip with'an unalloyed joy which was so great that he sat down promptly and wroie the details of his great success to his father, the Prince of Wales, who, desiring (o see his boys brought up i" u right and manly fashion, is said to have fully shared his joy with him.

A note uf warning was sounded by the Chief .Instiee in Wellington the olhi-r day against the assumption that wool will always maintain a high price and against the folly of people eonlidentlv predicting the future-in respect to the wool market. In one ease he saw witness after witness go into the box and say that wool would never fall, because, they said, the number of people in the world was increasing, and more people were getting accustomed to wear woollen clothing. He was afraid that some settlers who took- up land on a diflidi'iit assumption of the future, might regret it. and in tlie case of leasehold land, they might have to ask for concessions, as had been the case in the past in some instances. Mr. Skerret, K.C., remarked that some of those settlers who, it was thought, would have lo ask for concessions were now riding 'n the;r motor-cars. His Honor said it must not be taken for granted that wool would continue at its price of the past two year*.—-Post.

A writer in Everybody's Magazine dcserihcs Hi c romance of the reaper, and opens his subject by saying that for tens of centuries men garnered .their harvests by hand, stooping, and cutting them with hand sickles. It took three hours of a man's time to gather in a bushel. In 70 years the inechanjical reaper has reduced the time-price to ten minutes per bushel. In the days of the sickle a good man could reap and tie half an acre a day. The straw was cut about half its length and tied by hand. The scythe, with its attendant waste, was afterwards used. The reaper means, of course, more wheat, with its nttendant industries. Mr. Casson soyas ''To-day, when the human race is growing wheat at the yearly rate of ten bushels per family, we can hardlv believe that until recently the niaiil object of all nations was to get bread; (lint life consisted in a search of food. .... Merrie England was famine<\vont in I:U.-.. IKI. isfli), u.-js Us-j 'IV27. lli.W. Ififil. and 170!). To have enmi-h lo ~al was to (lie masses 0 f all nations a dream— a millennium of prosperil.v." Machinery in agriculture has made life easier and better for mvrinils of people. Tt b lls \ ol \ i\ w wav lo ~,., bn«h(cst era of peace and plenty that the hungev-bittei, human race has ever known.

The "Mclotle" is the only made with enamelled bowl' cmiii" aik, milk mid cream outlets. Of court? th'--beautiful hard glazed finish on the parti that come in contact with the milk nmsi give the "Jlolottc" an immense advantage over other separators in the maltci of cleanliness. The difference between the enamelled bowl of a "Melottc" and other machines is a 6 great as between a china tea-cup and a tin pannikin. We also claim that the "Melotte" is the easiest separator to turn. That's because it is made on an entirely different principle. We could cxplaii- liiis to you m a few moments if you wuM call in Tj. A. Nolan and Co. (late Wilson and Nolan), agents. New Plymouth.

lii thanking car you gave [gains i'm- you, and we know yon appro.i ciuto this, by tbe way you patronise us. Starting in a. very small way, we've worked up, with your lielp. one of the biggest clothing businesses in Taranaki. no. this by studying the wants nstoniers, buying in the very host markets am] selling al: cash, (bus making no bail ~,..u.t "Prostwoll" brand of clothing is be ing boiler known, every day. and the sales are increasing very quickly. By way of an introduction—that is, if you're iml already a customer—let U3 sell you one of those "Prostwell" suits, and you'll say that you didn't know that readv-inadi's could look so well.—'The Kash." Devurrstroot.-AdYt,

! umiurio. Thai slabbing pain in the small of the back, which accompanies every movement of the body, hn.« Uh cure in 'Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Obtainable everywhere.