LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 93, 8 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Last night every member but one ol the Carrison Band expressed his intention of attending every practice. Attention was drawn to the one dissentient. The bandmaster said that if all did as weil as he (tile dissentient) did, there would be nothing to growl about. The Maori* of the Xoriniiuby and Okaiawa districts an- putting their heads together with the object of holding a race meeting. His .stated that already a «ood amount of cash has been .subscribed. A inciting is to be held on Saturday next lo appoint ollicers. All the ollic'e, are lo be lilk-d by natives. ChrU'.iiia- .carols on Cuiislnias morning, besides being more plcis.int for the general public than midnight carolling, seems to be belter also for the carollers. 11l lllljli the Cariison Band earned CKi Is lid with two band out all night. Last Christmas, despite the heavy downpour of rain, which caused the withdrawal of one band, .Clfi lis Oil was collected on Christmas morning. Willi two out during the greater part of a line Christinas Day the result would have been verv much better.

Years ago there were in New I'lynioutli several boxes of \uir relics. 'J'li.'y were lying about a-, useless lumber. No one wanted tlicin here. Wanganiii started a, museum, heard ~f tlii- unnpie and valuable collection, and marvel! got it I'm- asking. Years have passed. An energetic coip„ is end.--miring v collect for itself some relics of the eariv days. This is the Taramiki iiillcs conipany, which saw service and helped to make historv- The orderlv-room. a writable gallcty of valued curios,'and one of tin; linest orderly rooms in the Dominion, would he complete were those. W'angamii relics available. lint they're nol. They were given awav hv short--ighte,l p,,,,,h. i„ Xe„ l>lvmoutli''s short, sighted day-.. Year- ago there was ■l'll'' a choice Xe„- l>hin»ulb mus.niii. II w.i- disinanlled. Tin- exhibits, priceless m many ca.-c-. were stored |,ere,

there, ami everywhere-aiivulicic. Civet Oils eyes WOIC sc(. (in (hen, I,- i,f:„and line l>y one I In- voMi-i'l inn (hat wti'•(l l<i remind u - of tli«. cailv davs am,' the curly singles, were ..i'voii ' away. Ami the present iim-cuM! N the poorer for their absence. Vcrilv. \,. w |.| v . mouth in ||,o past ha- been line of the 'Mtcoict ninl nuc of (lie most shortand non-progressive of (owns. A change lia- cmiic o'er the scene. |;,,t whilst it in possible for the wide-awake people to iircvent a repetition it is impossible to fullv retrieve the i-rmra of the past.

Church cones all (lie wa v from Kimlaml. If you want to take him down Call mi him fo r laid ami houses. liccanse h c . has the best in town -Church, Estate Aecnt. New I'lvn Ili 11. Callahan. Manager. A.lvl. ' 1)1!. SHELDON'S NEW DISCOVERY For ("ouedis, folds, ami Consumption is a preparation that can he relied upon to cure all lun« troubles. It lias proved .1 blessing iii thou-amis of homes, and has been energetically endorsed by many }f the most, proniinent citizens' and professional men in Australia. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery is not a patent medicine nr an ordinary eolith mixture, bnl a scionlilie discovery that will make sore hint's well. Price Is (id ami lis. Obtainable everywhere.

On Sunday afternoon the New Plymouth Garrison Hand will give an openair concert on the Esplanade. His Excellency Lord Plunkot lias forwarded a donation of .Co towards the cost of erecting the Marsland Hill Memorial to the men wlio fell in the Maori wars. Despite the cold weather last nigh'.' there was a very good attendance at the Ucv. .1. Flanagan's mission in the theatre Royal. The missioner preached an eloquent address from the words, -Wherefore He is able to save to the uttermost." Mr. W. Hill, a New Plymouth boy, appears second on the list of bowling averages of the whole of the Wellington senior elevens, with the following record: IT wickets, 21)11 runs, average 12.11. The best was E. 0. Hales, with an average of 11.21.

A special review of the trade disputes . of the vear occurring in Canada shows j that altogether 14!) trade disputes (ill'octiug :il.ti!)4 woiKinen, causing a loss of lil:!,!)Sli working days, occurred in l!ll)7, compared with 13(1 disputes all'ecting _i>.nl4 working people, and causing a loss of 45!).77-"> working days in HMMi. Why the position of the Mayor of Wellington should he so much coveted may appear perplexing (says the Master! on Times), but it is hinted th;u I here is a possibility in the near future of the civic rulers' of New Zealand's chief centre being elevated lo a more distinguished and dignified position, the senior councillors becoming aldermen and the Mayor a Lord Provost.

'l'll,, commiltee of the Civil Servants' Association met last night to arrange the agenda paper for the animal meeting to be held on Monday next. Amongst other matters to bo discussed will be the Classilication Bill as regards travelling expenses, right of civil servants to reduced fares on the railways when on holiday leave, and the desirability of bedding a civil servants' reunion once a. year.

The new county of Whangainomona, which has been cut out of the county of Stratford, has been divided into four ridings. One member will represent Tabora riding, two the Central riding, one the Pohokura riding, and three the Stratmore riding. The first election will take place on Wednesday, 22nd inst., and the first meeting of the new council will be held in the town hall at Whangainomona on the following Wednesday.

Two anonymous letter-writers tried to influence Magistrate Northeroft in his judgments at the Onehuuga Assessment Court the other day by forwarding him certain instructions and advice. When the Court met Mr. Northeroft strongly denounced the action of the writers as

blackguardly and altogether against British justice." The letters were then handed'to Sergeant Rogers with instructions to, if possible, discover the writers. Says Tuesday's Koloniu Times: We are informed that a prospector in the Taupo district, who is engaged by a Wellington syndicate, has discovered gold there; the prospects in some flnces, evidently pockets or patches, running half a pennyweight to the dish. It is evident that there is a belt of annlcrinis country about Lake Taupo, but Ihe prospector' in question found that the Maoris, who own all Ihe lamL declined to grant anv mining areas. The place I should be proclaimed a goldlield.

At a well-atleuib'd meeting last night of the Taranaki branch of the Liberal ami Labor Federation the following resolution was unanimously carried:— •That this federation most emphatically protests against the action of the olli'cials of the Stale Fire Insurance Department in depriving Mr. Hickman V Russell of his position as agent at New Plymouth in such an abrupt and autocratic manner, and appeals to the Minister of Internal Allah's to see, speedy justice done in reinstating Mr. Kussell to his former position."

Speaking at a social at Patea th.other evening, Mr, Major (the Press reports) said the great subject that was exercisim- the public mind at present was the "Blackball strike, and a number of people-paruicularly if'they were in opposition to the Covernment—were assailing the Minister for not putting the law into force-. If the Government sought to enforce the law at the present time it would mean spending one million of money in building gaols, and more monev would lie spent in paying men to look after them. Even if the Act was abrogated now it would still have Hone an immense amount of good. 'There will probjbly be a feast for the lawyers one of these days in connection with the New I'lyniouth borough's bettin" hv-law, which absolutely forbids

bet lins; in a public placoV.n the borough. t'nder recent IcgislnlioiNrhc T..1.C. is empowered to license belting men on the racecourse. But ]iart of that racecourse is a borough reserve, in the "prohibition area." Possibly the Jockey Club's license will be confined lo its own properly. In that case, should a bookmaker station himself on the borough's sections there may be trouble. Does the Act of Parliament over-ride the borough bylaws, and if so, why? A Waimate beach fisherman, to overcome the dilliculties of easting a line far enough out, made a large kite and after several experiments got it to work perfectly, carrying out a huge number of baits. A few days ago he paid out no less than Sol) yards of line, joining up line after line. Just one miscalculation was made, and that was in regard to the drag of the line in the water when it was desired to pull the kite down. When pressure was applied the line parted at a knot. The curious part comes next. Held by the line which trailed on the water, the kite kept steadily going, and at 300 yards in the air was visible for four hours, when it was lost to sight.

" The Japanese are born imitators " said Dr. Mackin, of Wellington, who has just returned from abroad, "without a scrap of originality in their composition. They had a "...teanu-r called the Koanii .Main built on the Clyde and brought out to Japan, and there at die Milsti dockyard built one exactly like her. No one, not even if they lived a lifetime in the country, would understand the Japanese. He is a liar from the start, and when he says 'Yes' he generally means 'No,' and" as business is placed upon tin- lowest scale socially he considers il his business lo cheat as much as he can. A Kuropeanised Japanese will go down to his business in :i frock coat will have his telephone and typewriter, and even' "Western convenience, yet, mi going home, will make a complete change of costume, and will go back :iOO years in his style of living. The average Japanese has no religion, lb- laughs al Ihe hiitl, of his ancestors - Sliinioisni anil Buddhism- and is allowing their temples to fall into decay, and, a I the -aim- ti lU e, keeps a wary eye on Ihe missionary."

| Mr. C. Pickford, who was for some time a leading member ~f the llroughFleiuniiiig company, has written lo ihe British Ivmpire Review his impressions of Australia. On the relations of that country to Great Britain he says:—"lt lias been my lot to travel in many countries and to know many peoples, but I say emphatically that of all these Australians stand apart. They arc

haril-workiiiL'. -iiiccic. kiiiulv. and'clean living, while their liospilalily is alnuwl

{ a vice. A „t ranger in the country meets every possible kindness, simply I'm' his own sak.', whether he lie rich or | •. and all ihey ask in return is commor. courtesy and a little interest in their country. Little enough in all conscience. with such a country a nil such a people, have seen englishmen behave"out there in such a way as to make one ashamed 10 call them countrymen. It seems the ness you can and I lien come home and abuse them. Thov are not faultless, but because they may lack the highest polish, becau.s,. thei,- pride in their country and themselves is almost an oh scsH.m. why throw siciies at them? The polish will come, and Mirolv the pride of a young countrv In itself is a great deal heller lhaii the reverse." i

| 'L-.K.G.'' WOHTII DOUBLE ITS COST. An "L.K.G." will save both time, and I labor. .Mr. VV. Weir, Stirling, writes: I "It is with extreme pleasure that I testify lo the splendid results I am obtaining with the "L.K.G." milker. The longer | use it the more pleased 1 become, for the results are in every way extremely satisfactory. Tt is a ' great labor-saver, for with'three attendants 1 can milk -10 cows in 50 minutes with

three machines, and peace and contentment reign over the whole establish- | inent. With the latest rubherware, I find the upkeep of plant a small item, and the upkeep for the past four months' continuous running has only ] cost Us fid. T am so pleased with my plant that if T were offered double it's cost, conditionally that 1 would go hack to hand-milking. T would not accept." agents, Egmont-streot. New Plymouth. ■I. B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., sole I Aiivt,

If you want your furniture removed carefully, expeditiously, and economically, employ (he New' Zealand Express Company. Ltd., who make a special feature of (his class of work, and who iiiv also able lo supply first-class dry -loragc accommodation. Cus.toms work ii all its branches. —Advt.

Many people are under the impression that Die! only cause of the pipi imt being so popular in New Zealand an the clam is in America is that no one has been enterprising; enough to place it uii the market. The Star stales that a Duneilin lady was successful recently in producing from pipis an "oyster'' soup, which delighted the diners at her hotel. Imt she had to give up further experiments for the lack of supply. I'ipis exist in almost unlimited quantities around the entrance of Otago ' harbour. When dredge 222 was recently opening the new channel near the Kaik she cut through a practically solid bunk of diem, removing hundreds of tons daily. Apart from their edible value pipis are said to Ik- worth ;C(i a ton delivered at chemical works in Duneilin.

About a fortnight ago a young man. named Feicken hired a ho'rse, saddle and bridle for a day from a liverv stable keeper at Dannevirke. He stateil he was only going a short distance into the countrv to gd his swag, I'nfortnnnteiy for the stable keeper, he gave the young man the bo-t hors,. in the stable --a horse that was a favourite with everybody, either in riding or driving. A week passed by, and as the horse was n ot returned, the stable-keeper put Ih alter in the hands of the police. Feicken was traced to Woodville. and Ihe police s discovered that he ha I

been riding the hoise all over the district looking for work. Last Saturday he returned lo Woodville after a hard day's riding in the Kumeroa district. I he horse had been turned out into a paddock, where it was found dead on Sunday morning. As Feicken had no money lie parted with the saddle and bridle for the burial of the horse, but whether as security or to recompense the gravedigger for his trouble will be found out at the Dannevirke Court a week hence.

Striking comparisons between the relative mortality of war and of consumption were drawn by Dr. Lawson, the medical superintendent at Banchory Sanatorium, in Glasgow,' recently. In the great wars of the eighteenth century U,(l()l),000 lives were lost; in the same period die "white death" slew 3(1.000,0(111. Annually, at present 5,000,01)0 throughout the' world—l,ooo,ooo in Europe alone—die of pulmonary disease. It is, however, gratifying to know that during the last ten years a marked fall in the mortality has been manifested. A fearful tragedy recently occurred at l.eiria (Portugal),'a. cathedral city noted for its surrounding pine forests. An old man named Marques aged seventy-six, belonging lo a much-respected family, had a dispute with his son. Both lost their tempers, and matters went to such a pitch that at last (ho son seized his old father bv the throat and bore him to the ground. The age.l wife, of Marques, entering the room at the moment, and fearing for her husband's life, seized a chopper with both her hands and brained her son. On ilnding that her husband was dead, (he old woman lost her reason.—Central News.

The following throws an interesting though belated light on the famous Dogger Bank incident:—" W.P." writes from Luckiiow, under date .lanuarv 10. lo the Aberdeen Free Press a series of articles entitled "Humid (he World." lie says: "Before closing I will give your readers a very interesting incident, iln board the Macedonia I mot with a Mr. Leslie, of the firm of King &. Co., of Bombay anil Loudon, lie told me thai some' years ago he had given Hall. Kussell & Co., of Aberdeen, an order for a powerful tug with powerful searchlights and two funnels. When ready for sea a crew of some 20 Japanese were got from London to take her out to Bombay. Mr. Leslie said that in the | bay at Aberdeen she experimented for a week, and then left for Bombay, the crew being told to exercise themselves with the searchlights on their way out. They did so. It was the time of the Russo-Japanese war. The boat went by the Dogger Bank, no doubt showing her searchlight outside of it. It is supposed that they had been seen at night by some of the Russian cruisers, who at once advised St. Petersburg that a .Japanese gunboat with a crew of some 00 Japanese had lieen seen oil' the Dogger Hank. The incident came to be magnified until the admiral was advised to look out for a whole fleet of Japanese gunboats. Hence came the great Dogger Bank smash, which cost Russia some C 70.0110, also the cost of an expensive conference at Paris. So much for Aberdeen and the Dogger Bank incident. I saw the boat at Bombay. She is called the Pose, and is giving great satisfaction."

Mr. Price, the Premier of South Australia, who is now in Umdon as the represenlalive of his State at the Anglo-l-'rencli L'xhibition. was employed on the erection of the J'arliamenl House in which he now sits as Premier. He is described as being a man of the people, a Welshman, and an orator. He is quaint in his speech, with more candor than culture, hut he is animated with a rugged fervor, and he sways his audiences to a remarkable extent. He was bom in Denbighshire in 1852, but grew up in Liverpool. Education he obtained at a penny school and at a night school connected with the Presbyterian Churehin Shaw-street, Liverpool. "When 1 was about twelve years old," he said, while giving some reminiscences lately, "someone told me 1 should go to Sunday school. 1 had no coat to'wear, but i saved sixpence a week until 1 had enough to buy a second-hand one from a pawnshop. The sleeves were rather too long. I went to the school, and was placed in a class with a number of older boys—sons of landowners and wealthy men. One of them made remarks about my coat-sleeves. When school was coming out 1 struck him on the jaw, and again in the eye, and down he went to the bottom of the stairs. Next Sunday the boys produced a bigger boy to 'flatleu me out'; I finished him. I kept on at that school until 1 became teacher and then superintendent— a position J held for three years. Then I married the prettiest girl ill the school, and she is my wife to-day. I was Tom Price when I went to school, Tom Price as superintendent, and I am Tom Price as Premier."

" It is lli« relative value of lands that I cannot quitu reconcile between New Zealand and Australia," said a Queensland visitor to the Hastings Standard recently. " You practically get the same price for your lat lambs hero and Hie same net return from cows as wo do, and, even allowing that we take, say six aees to Joed a cow on natural grasses only, as against your three acres of arlilicial grasses, our six acres would represent a value of .CIS 15s lor an unimproved farm at ,Cl 2s (Id per acre, ami say CJSIi to L'lo for an improved farm carrying about 150 acres of eultivatioi I (lucerne), n s against your three acres representing anything from ,C!) ott .C 125 for your best dairy farms. Tin •iiiinc comparison applies to sheep farm nig; our country, which carries a shee] lo the. acre on natural grasses, whiel ore heavy-carrying and fattening, can b bought for ;t:i is (id on very libera terms, and your country, highly im proved with artificial grasses, carrying say :i sheep to the acre, will cost raaip limes C) Ids. Jf mir \ am \ Wil3 sow ; with lucerne or grasses as is done n Xew Zealand it would earn- cquallv a, many sheep or cattle as your country

and lite difl'preiic* l in price is very con■ddcraldc indeed. Whilst appreciating «'iy iniicli indeed the wonderful pro-

ductivoncss and prosperity of your Dominion, f cannot help but "feci that with nnc-lhir.l (he capital necessary to acquire land in this country, we 'could got tin; same results financially on tlie Darling Downs, which is justly regarded as flic 'Garden of Australasia.' All we want is an addition to our small miniIkt of good practical, progressive fanners, who will cultivate lucerne, etc.,ami j thus largely increase the carrying capacity and productiveness of our" rich lands.-' SANDER AND SON'S GENUINE PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXT w.i.-, proved 1/ experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own and to he medicinally absolutely safe, effective, and reliable for internal use.

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THE ONLY SEPARATOR !.N "!• WORLD. The "Jlelottc" is the only sejurato made with enamelled bowl easing aou milk i,nd cream outlets. Of course, ihi< beautiful hard glazed finish on the parts that come in contact with the milk must give the "Jlelottc" an immense advanI tage over other separators in the matter of clcarlincss. The difference between the enamelled howl of a "Jlelotfc" and I other machines is as great as between a china tea-cup and a tin pannikin. We also claim that the "Mclotte" is the easiest separator to turn. That's hecause it is made on an entirely different principle. We cqjild explain tin's to you L. A. Nolan and Co. (late Wilson and Nolan), agents. Ne ■• Plymouth. ''

Jjsitc ill the Parliamentary session of 1!)(I7 Mr. Jennings, Jl.L\, asked for a return showing the number of deaths

due to the administration of anacstheties registered in the Dominion during the past ten years. The return is now to hand. It shows a total of 5S deaths from 1897 to lflOli inclusive. Tin; largest number in one year was nine, in 1902. There were only two in 1 !)()['>, and seven in 1905. Deaths from anaesthetics defined as "self-administered" or "suicide" are not included, A llasterton constable was told some interesting things respecting himself by a "clairvoyant" whom lie visited ill | plain clothes, and who was afterwards I charged with fortune-telling. The lady

-aid the policeman hud two admirers, one dark and the oilier fair, and sho strongly advised him to have nothing to do with the brunette, who was some, what designing. She also said that the guardian of law and order would make a splendid Government ollicial—in fact, an excellent policeman! He was, „hc averred, dissatisfied with his lot, but all would eventually come right, and a trip home to the Old Country and the inheritance of a substantial fortune would lie his ultimate destiny. Her reward for such valuable information was a summons.

A somewhat notable victory has been gained by the farmers living in the halt Lake Valley in Utah, U.S.A., against the. Utah Consolidated .Mining Company. The company was enjoined from smelting sulphide ores carrying over 10 per cent, of sulphur and from discharging into the atmosphere arsenic in any form. The farmers complained that 1000 tons of sulphur dioxide escaped from the smelter uaily, "causing destruction of trees, cereals and grasses, and products of the farm, and so poisoning them as to render them unlit for use." After the injunction was issued the smelting company took the ease to the Supreme Court of the United States, praying for a rehearing of the suit. This has been denied and the injunction stands.