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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 59, 28 February 1908, Page 2

At the garden party to Ik- held in lbRecreation Sports Ground this afternoon the prizes won so far will be presented to the winners. The presentation will take place immediately after the playing of the massed bands. We learn, in view of the anticipated congestion of the trallic on Saturday morning, that the Railway Department purposes putting on an extra express train at ti.3o to-morrow morning for Wellington, on which the Rands reiinning southwards will probably b c accommodated. The Mornington lirass Hand had lell the Recreation Sports Ground yesterday before the massed bands played, having overlooked the fact that there was lo la- a massing nl" the bands (hen as well as at the garden party to-day. Several others were in the ael of leaving, and others hesitating, whin an official ni-s-----age detained them on the grounds. "No bu-li land for me!" -aid a settler to a Taihape Times reporter. -| have -ecu something of the hnckblurks, and I am oil back to 'Canterbury." This man mi- in quest of some bush land, but .Tier hi- brief experience of the Main Trunk lire., he ha- become a convert to the advantage of the more open country. Accosting a friend on Hie toad near ohakune. the reporter enquired how (he lires ailVetcl him. "This is all that is lel'l me." he -aid. looking down ■it :> seedy pair of old penis. -'| nm -, j ,

Standard reporter was informed that. following the action Liken in HawkeKay. the I'almerslo illcr- urn! -a-h and door factories haee raised the prices of limber at the rale of Is per lull feel. I This was cllielly due 10 losses su-taine,l I rom lire-, although other causes were j aNo responsible. The demand for timI tier bad been steadily increasing until it j wa- ".renter than the supply, and un- | lorliinalely Hie supply had' been dej cci-iiig ,„ ~ ,„,„ewhat alarming exI tent. Wages, il wa- staled, had' al-o ] ri-en considerably, and the different fac- | lor- o].i-rnting had tended to make a j rl-c- iiccc-sary. Reverting to the fires I again, it was slated that one miller in I Hi- llawke- |iay dislricl lost ' £SOO j worth of limber, another lost from j L7oU l» Ciooii n-i.rtli. the total losses I in thai dislricl being i-oii.jhlv couiputed '■■•"! Llo. |„ 11„. liangilikoi di-iiici ai ilie pre-eut time Ihore wer" "ill.' iil'oul live mill- win King out ot about 2.>. and the millers-there have de- | lidcd io raise (heir prices front the end I

"f (hi- month, both locally and outside | A-koJ a- to whether u further ri,e we I likely to take (dace in I'almerslon be j von.l the amount already quoted, it was J stated that it depended entirely on the

.■ii-tion hi" die sawmillcis iii (1,,, roni'er-ni<-i- wltiili mcts lioxl innnth in Xcw I'rynioiHli.

r.iiEKDKiis A\n srork'-owxEns. AVlio are MiMiiinin... fi-.mi a1,,,r

lion ;u'P surely unfair In their own inW<l=; U (liov ii,';:lorl tin- u-r ..f viik- ■ Mi- Hint ,'ir» 1T:.,;,,,,.,),!,• <„,.„ („ 0r.T1i- .,!!,. 11,,,.,. f,»ii,l.- m,ii, lliriv hn;h. Winy sf*-k-,.\' .;,■.•- !,;,,,- in,.,l ,], vl i,i, .= , f various kino's. ;in,l liny fmuirl I lion iuimVi". llnmlp.,l* win. linvc. Innl llik .■.,„.ri,.ivr> 1,.-.,-,. H.ni r,,r Kv!.- ( .„\, n m vh >-\:\ Animal \l„>rfi„n Cnvc. .•<..ni<.'iim?s n« n ln-l mid l mv( . fowl (lion clTivl;■,«. 1!,.||,.|- ~,„ |]„,.„ ' V"* fi'-l. W"IT WllM'll? fill!,. .1,1.1 ,„.::,.v T|„, v arc M;-. iv„rk. T!ht an> = iviis-r moiiov for

~ll,'tj Tlior will =ll- in.,ii"v for vnii. V.'i'l llii- coivinci' you*

Ah an instance of how a little rain increases the milk yield, a farmer near Opuiiake reports that after the rain on Saturday night his milk increased by lonibs. the next morning.

The Inspector-General of .Schools has, it is understood, stated in a letter to the Auckland National League that the scheme for the establishment of outdoor rifle raugea for all public schools is tinder consideration by the Education Department, 'hie or more 01 the light-lingered gentry haw plied their calling with »»'<•" success on the ilanawnlu Company's railway platform at. Wellington •lining the rush of passengers to Hie big sculling race. One man is reported to have lieen robbed of as much as Ho. anil another lost US.

T'he Perth (W. ; \.) -.Morning Herald" has taken a plebiscite of its readers to ascertain who in their opinion are the eleven greatest Australians. The list is headed i,y Sir John Forrest, followed by Mr. A. Deakin and Madame -Mellia. Wonderful to relate, neillier Triimper nor .Noble are in the iirst eleven.

Uisl month 4!ij; pcrson-i arrived in i In' Dominion. lir.jujr aIl excess oi' 1 :»«i over ilk- number landing on these shor-.s lining .liimiiu-v of last vear. Of tlicl!i.")7, Kll «vre children, and 1401 adult females. Persons leaving lln- j) ininii during tin- niimtii totalled iXU. an eM-e-s over tin- corresponding period .if last year „f 222.

'I In: attendance hi lln- championship spoils meeting on Wednesday included representative competitors from every province in tin- Dominion. All tin- delegates from tin- various centres, at pp.' sent attending the annual conference of the -New Zealand Athletic- I'hion in town, were also present in their ollic-i----ii 1 capacity. A representative of I lie. New Zealand U-agne of Wheelmen also ' took an adivo part in the management of the sports.

During the hearing of a black swan poaching case at Invereargill. the defendant's counsel insisted that the swan was not a very edible bird at the best of times, and was not in itself sufficiently desirable to tempt a shooter In break the game laws. On the authority of a well-known shooting man, he declared that as an article of sustenance tin- swan required to he buried for two years, to be boiled for throe years, and then it took the "rest of one's life (o digest it.

The liritish consumer ■must eat bread, and every loaf he eats is a grain of gold in the Canadian farmer's pocket. That is why the financial crisis has not really toadied Canada vitally.—Canada. Dot those who imagine that t.lie .British seek the ruin of the country correct their notions. It is true that the roar of the liritish Lion is enough t" frighten all enemies, and it is easy for our rulers, if they are. so minded, to cause us to weep. Hut they can cause us to smile ipiiti- as easily. It is folly to imagine that we eouid ever think of rising up against Mich a Govern-ment.-Hindu paper.

While some of the Auckland ministers have been protesting against cadet camps two clergymen at I'etone have be.-.n encouraging Iho cadets in their work, and impressing on them what beu-.'licial results may follow a perio I of camp life. In the' course of an address at St. Augustine's Church the R<v. .1. I). Russell (Anglican) said lie was not one of those who saw any danger in allowing boys to go into cadet camps. On the contrary he was of opinion that much good had been done anil could -till be done by such camps. This view is also taken bv the liev. A. Thomson, of Si. David's 'l'rcsb.'tcrian Church. Petone.

Farmers are having a .-ort of picnic down South, before the Conciliation

Hoard. The following extract from the latest report in ' the - Lyttelton Times" i, suggestive:-'-At this stage of the proceedings a number of farmers in the body of the hall addressed the chairman with a view to ascertaining when their evidence could be taken. Mr 11. .M. Anderson slated that he had been cited, and desired to be heard in Waikari or elsewhere, lb- considered that

the making of an award would be ruination to him. and he desired to have an opportunity of proving his opinions. He Irnl attended th" Court for some da vs. but s„ far his evidence had not been be-ircl. Similar statements were made by danics Douglas. 11. Holland. <;. Aires. William Karl. Thomas Murray. John Jones, and Richard Wrisiht. The . b.'irnniii said he would mile the ap.

; Vi'idesjiicad sympathy is being e\- | pnssod hi Kiiglaud wicii Ceneral 'liooili [in hi- In,-; phy-ieal dilliculty. In 1 more Hum one of his public utterances j during the week (says the London ' •rhrislian World of Januarv Otlil he | has referred to the failure of hi., eye- . -piraiioii - real to platform "speakers j that of witnessing the ell'ec-l of bis | binning eloquence on the crowd before him. The Ceueral can now only see the ! front three or four rows of liis'audience I beyond that all is confusion. "It is I months since I read a newspaper.'' lie j says gaily, -but I don't think I'm ! much the worse for that.'' The (ieneral jean read bold script belter than type. The blindness may become- more acute I mi a h'.w weeks, and then if is hoped

j that the oculists will be able to remove I the cataract. . I Tobacco is popular in the l.'niled j Ivngdoni ;,s it has never been before, j hut it is tobacco in a form which would j he- unrecognisable to old-time smokers. I Kach year now the people of that connI try are spending .€25,0011,01)0 in tobacco. Ail expert's estimate how the money goes shows that in cigarettes U: »- .<««> is pulled away; pipe toha<™, .L!UK)0,000; cigars. £1,000,000. I'-if-'hty per cent, of the men are, it is calculated, users of tobacco in some torm or other. The average consiinip-

I lion oi eijrareltes is eight by each per- | sou each day. Pipe smokers consume lat least six pipefuls a day. Assuming Hi-'! a cigarette lasts ten minutes, and a pipe of tobacco twenty minutes, it is possible lo estimate the* time which SO per cent. „f (he men of that country spend in smoking each day. The figures arc: Cigarette smokers. I hour 20 minutes; pipe smokers. 2 hours. | An interesting fad in connection with an old - world's championship" sculling male,i concerning tlix- communication of tin; result in Xew Zealand, is related by ■•■ -Maslertonian, who wa, a telegraph operator , n Wellington General 1W (,li "<' "1 Hie time. It was one of the i "''es between Beach and lianlan. rowed "'! I lie rarramatla river (Xew South \ alcsisoiue twenty years U g„, ami "' < ", l I'ost master had instructed

' ,'' "'"V 1 "' »"«■"«■'<» ahout due all ""•''■ work should be suspended. The operators eagerly waited at

'heir in-l,umouts f,„. the receiving machine t„ -click- ,„,( ( | |o inic11ig,.,,,," 'htre «a, great excitement in the """'" c,v '' l ' tl vent. as. indeed, there wa- everywhere, and all nerves wei--trained wiili,,,- l„ ~Hcl, ,|,e lir-i "el-ek.- II wa- a "li." and the deliglil-

Ed operators .waited for no more. " \ scon- oi machines instantaneously |h,s!i. e' l '' l>each to all corners „f t i H . ~„„,,. I >■>■■ and Ihe re-„lt was km.wn evcrv«'liei'e i.raetically before the h ", a , t lli " 1 I'ulleil np-a smart piece of

I cable and lelcgraphic work. A gmi toman prominently associated ■» 111 ' l'ic milk business in We gl,„, was con-iilieil in regard lo Hie much- !",'|;,> l ; ,!l . "" ,| "I't-posipom-it ipie.siio,, ~ j

" eleining lions,. f ( „. Wellinglou's milk '"l'l'lv. lie n-enl as far as to say ||,, lt '" llr!l ' l ,' l '' approved of (he idea of a ; l "i;»; «;»<,-,. an ~.iik sh„„id i, e tost o,i. ""' n: ' noiihU if the inimicipalilv could , " •"" ri ' s ' i »f the distribution. The ""'Pot aullioritics could oulv assure illl"',,,il' "'-Utile milk was pure and 0,,„,i when it left the*clearing house, l,„i lis 111:, l| v connected will, the bn'ne.-' know. 50n,,., manipulation ~.„„ld (~-.,. j place behvecii the depot and the ,',.;,- I sumer. whi.-l, if practised would 1,,,,,,. I the en.,'n,on- much as thev are ar pre-enf. 11-.. .„,,,,. ( „ u (~.,( „,;.,, ~„„, I -leml.i lr- i-eco-ed by the ( j tv Co„„:':i. I

"'" 1 1,;. I :l f„„,„| ,„;!,,. ~, 1!11V t)i| ,, | " :, '[ y '■■<■■*"><>'"•:■ 1.1.- li.'u,., 1,, in .: caiieelle.l. Th,. appointment ,jf " '-""P'o dl' smart inspectors, empower- I "'' '"J ■'!;'• sample* from any milk-enr '"' l! 'iil<-vi'niliii s shop, on tin- tin) i, tlml. ivouM iirnolienllv a.-snre („' ili('"y 11 pure milk supplv. Tiie -elienio j. worthy of consideration.

RELIEF WOiiK. . "'R <lory of Dr. Sheldon', l)i ,(;..<■ I i'il"U<--ciin he (old in a word. Tlicv .-„•- | inally do ill,, work (he wt.ik and waslel ■'loniaeh is unable to do. a,',l allow it 10 reei,|H>ra(,- „ud regain it, slieicih jl'P.v c.nlain all (he cssenlial properties I 'J'"' Hie g.istri:.- juiee and other digesj live limds do, mill tliev digest (he food j put a- a and woll stomach would I Ihey relieve (lie slomach |ust as one I "'sled and refreshed workman relievos die other one on duly that is tired and worn, and nature does her own work of resloral ion. It is a simple natural process that n child can understand. You can c;it all von want without fear of results. T),.. fihehlon' digestive Talmles are sold al 2s (id y h hn of SO J abides. Obtainable evervwfore.

The .North Island Brass Band Association has a credit balance of JCIS» ltis l)d.

The annual meeting of the North Island Brass Baud Association was held in New I'lyanouth last evening, Mr, 31, Cohen presiding. Our report is unavoidably held over till to-morrow. It lias been decided to hold the Band Contest for IIJUS at Hasting*. The Hastings delegates at last night's meeting said that accommodation could ne tound there for thirteen or fourteen bands.

According to Sir Robert Stout, at least three-fourths of the dairy farmers »l this country in making estimates of their returns, never take into consider:!lion Ihe value of the labour of fheinselves, their wives, and children. As to the sheep farmers, he holds that il their history were written it would be found that one-half of them have lost money. •Speaking at the lirass Hand Association meeting last evening, the president, in referring to the present contest, referred in eulogistic terms to the. action of the Manaia Band in faking part. Jf hailed, he said, from a community of about -1110 or ->OO people, and considering thai it |, il( | „„| v | lt .,. n ,„ existence for about a war, its perform anee was a creditable' one indeed. Itappearance at the Contest «-,,., mllHi commendable, end more pretention-: places miglil well lake a leaf oi: oi lit 1 le-. llanaia's book.

The Attorney-General was asked in l-'hi-isU-linreli whether if was iii| ( -nde<l t" appoint any more. Kin-', Comi-cl in Uie near future, or '„ lill 11,,,. vacant, in Cliristchurcli (iuispd hv the death ,'.| Mr. T. I. Joy.it. "Then- have been several applications sin,;, the last K.CVwere appointed," said Dr. Findlnv in re ply. ''but (he Chief Justice has ex pressed the opinion, without rellceliiu.

on the suitability of the applicants, that no further appointment- should l,e made for some fine,.. To create fresh K.C.'s so soon after the original appointments had been made was. in the Chief Justice's opinion, neither'expedient nor in accordance with practice." In six of the smaller towns of the Dominion polls have now been taken under the Factories Act Amendment Act or last session, in favour of altering the weekly/ half-holiday for factories from Saturdays to the days observed bishops. The towns are" I'ahiatua, Hunterville. Timiiru, Geraldine, Oainaru, and Laurence. A poll taken in (iisborne iv. milted in favour of continuing the present system of separate weekly lialfliolidays for shops and factories. uf

those places which have decided upon the change, I'ahiatua, Hunterville, and Timaru enter upon the new system this week, and Geraldine, Oamaru, and Lawrence will do so next week.

In the course of an interview i Hon. Dr. Fimlluy said that the tour

season promises to be one of the best the Dominion ever had. " 1 believe." he said, " that at Kotorua this year it will be a record, but that might 'bo due to the carnival which is now proceeding. The Christmas holidays, though there was no special attraction, saw more people at Kotorua than ever before. When I was at the Hermitage the number of visitors at that time was the biggest ever recorded, and f don't think that even the Exhibition year will beat the present one. I cannot speak with any certainty in regard ,'o Hie southern tourist resorts, but I au conlident that taken all round the season has been a most satisfactory one everywhere."

The enlistments in the United States Army have so greatly fallen below the average in the past year that new methods of recruiting have been adopted. The recruiting authorities are now using the cinematograph for the purpose of illustrating to possible soldiers the advantages of the service. A large number of lilms showing moving pictures of army and barrack life in all their brightest aspects have been sent to proprietors of all the cinematograph shows in the Stales, with special inducements to tne tliem as frequently as possible. After these pictures have been shown for a few days » recruiting party moves into the town where they have been exhibited and drums up all the young men of the place. The scheme is working well, and enlistments are becoming more numerous. At one place one hundred and eighty young „ien were recruited m I bice days. The pictures show the life of the soldier in garrison, in camp, and '< 'l'!- and exhibit him at nlnv as well as at work.

j Mr. M. Cohen referred at last. ni»lil's ! meeting of the lirass Hand Association j in the dissatisfaction that had been oxI pressed re the appointment of judges. j lb' absolved all bands but one or two. j Hands should, he said, learn to observe (lie Association's rules. They were entitled to take action re the apiiointme.it "f judges. ,but if they had grievances these should be aired before, and not after, appointments had been made, lie trusted that no further "unsportsmanlike" action would prevail, but that bands would work in unison to the furtberanee of the Association's interests, in passing, the speaker referred to the responsibility of a town or community •which saddled itself with a hand contest The arrangements and responsibilities were usually undertaken by a few- enthusiasts who had to work liard without reward, and who were not e.t all certain that the contest would he a financial success. It behoved bands and bandsmen to work bard at a contest and do all that was in their power to ensure success. Touching on railway privileges to bandsmen at contest times the president expressed the opinion that it representations were made ro Sir Joseph Ward the same concessions thai were enjoyed by other institutions could be secured.