LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 99, 15 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A South Taranaki party has chartered •rw t ? mi t0 ' ail lrom Pat<; a on lbursday for a cruise in the Peloni. hounds. The excursionists expect to return on Tuesday, 21st inst. "

The egg market in Dunedin is showina brining tendency on account of i„ c ynnes from the North Island, especially from Wellington, where the bakermissed the opportunity of prcscrvinheir winter supplies. It is not anticipated that eggs will be dear in Dune-

It is reported by the Hawera Star mat a titty-acre section recently sold h „ ,e , t " H "'- tli,n(lS " ™ le llas d W<l i , a rise of £3 10s per acre. At the Hawera horse fair on Saturday «o niaru f (in foal) realised 2s «d and Isrcspecttvey. When entry fees, eon.- • n. 8 >ion and halter charges are deducted, the vendors' accounts should not be hugely m (- ref jit. *<■«■ Zealand is reputed to be the most newspapored eountry i„ the world. Ury soon alter the general storekeep- ..,( «• mWher.aud the blacksmith have established themselves irl a settlcuivnt ;' "" ws l.'; l l"'r f«lluH-«, ami the print! «'"»s with the people. Kot long ago <>'<' Imol.yp, clicked nowhere inVw /'aland except ,„ the lour t-entros. but soon the machines began to invade the xszr- T "-" st lied "Mr' I.'" u™ Z, ' i,laml »' "«i." ■ ;, i, ~ Ki " ii,;} ' at th ° (-:,irisi--11 »-'»>? "' U..- Conciliation '"' ''■ ;"'<!. Mmve n-ver left the shores »■ the Dominion since. During all (hat penodl have ba,tied away and helped .V' : W what it is.d.ditt stick to eight hour-- work » ''a.v V- queried Jlr. 11. ,I„ u ,k -v.,"■plied the witness, -forty »■',.-„■/ ~."„ Ihe day ua. „„ t ].,„ u , cnou-h."' ~ -'Ch >■<» wauled .. .In-luia i„ t |„, M , ( •, ' marked Mr. Wheal. ' ' li';cemly a .Uastcrtoij business linn | ['-■•' iv.-d from a Sydney eoimiierci.il ■ '"< i«; u receipt for mouev paid to"(l,.- ! t'ci. the receipt being tmstani.ted «as returned for sianip duty to he .Hbxed thereto. They Sydney linn has icplied as follows:— "IVrinit „ s to |'"in( out (hat the document was in or<b'i- owing („ (|„. jNt .;v South Wales do"■'■iinient having abolished duly stamps f.'i receipts. („„. Uoverument ~;.,. iiuiKing so much nionev that they do '"" know what lo d„ with it. and are "llowuig tlte tinlorltinate merelianls lo J.;.r1,,- M , :1 f. ii, t|„. prosperity |, v ,„.,,,,!,. ling them lo issue unstamped receipts, -

. »''■•" ,-tr.k.., ilri . supreme the Ac |'- '!«.".: lor ,f the conciliation that load I'M' to arbitration is inolloctive, of wha '•'III.' is Hi,. machinery t!| . lt tht , sta(( »"• created to settle nil industrial dis !""<'s? When tli.- Act came into ox isteni-e we believed it would achieve ; great purpose, because wo expected tile worker, to loyally abide by U„. („■»,< hut in that we are mistake",,. The employers, hke Mr. Dixon, have |„ ~1,i,1„ I'.v its terms, became U,ey canno |„ ! h.....-..iv.. K . i.„t ,i„. w „ rk ,. rJ . „„ t ,„. „-,.,'. I'»!.'l»ii 'Jiados and Lab,,,. i;„,incil as--■rts, are justified in strikiim when n„. award does not suit them. I'nder these peculiar industrial conditions the Act should spcedilv prove a dead Idler -North Oliiiro jimes.

l-'AJSMKIiK Who are Misliiinhij.' losses from abortion are surely unfair to tlicit- own interestil they neglect, the II f r.-iiu-.lie- II, al are reasonahly sure to erndicale 11,,.,. troubles from their herd-. Alain- slockI owners, have tried drenches „| 'various I kind*, and have found them um-Ics-. Hundreds who have had this experience have sent lor Svkcs's Drench and Sykes's Animal Abortion Cure, somelimes as a hi-t re-orl, and have found them elfeclivc. licit,.,- us,, (J,ese remedies first, before wiislinji time and money esperimentiim'. They tire doiue; the work. They arc saving money for "i l»'i -. Tliev will save money for von I —Ailvt. ' ' !

The Harrison Band will fall-in tomorrow uight at 7 o'clock, not at, 7.30, a- previously stated, preparatory to entraining for the Easter encampment at l'areniata.

Tin- cantata. "Under the Palms" was <ivcn at the Suuth-roa'd Methodist Church on Monday evening by tins choir, j Thorn was a fair attendance, and tho J audience were well pleased with the' evening's music. There was a brief sitting of the Magisliate's Court yesterday. Judgment went lor phunlill liy no fault ill the Auckland Clothing Coinpanyls claim against J. Skipper for 1.5 18s U. In the judgment .summons ease Murray v. Judge an order was mad e for payment of the ' debt in seven days, in default fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labor. A traveller of a well-known Wellington wholesale drug linn informed a representative of the Patea Press that on account of the increase in freights to l'atea, a number of his customers in South Taranaki are now getting their good- via New Plymouth, and in some instances prefer dealing with Auckland instead ol Wellington linns. A general complaint was of the charge made for "empties," the freights via f'atea being in excess of those via New Plymouth. Pearson's Weekly, a London periodical, gravely announces that Lord I'lunket recently put on a sweater and went I out and did several hours' navvyiug at the Home of Compassion, Wellington. No wonder people at Home get the nle.i the idea that New Zealand is largely inhabited by savages. If the (Governor goes about clad only in a sweater, it is only natural to suppose that the commoner portion of the population are still more lightly clad.

Jlr. (.!. YV. Urowne, the .New Plymouth Borough Council's representative on the Hospital Hoard, is being credited with tin l criticism of the Hospital nursing stall'. His shure of Monday's proceedings was in righting for a lower rate. The complaints concerning the management of the institution came from Air. J. Brown, of. Jngleivood. As there is ionic resentment in some nuartcrs, it is luirdlv fair that the blame, if any, should Ik; placed on the wrong shoulders. The ipiautity of milk being delivered at. the Kaupokonui dairy factory has *u far not shown any appreciable drop compared with the supply since the recovery from the dry- season took place (says' the Witness)". Before the dry weather set ill the quantity totalled 28l)(llb, the continuance of the drymonths sent it down to 230111b, and for time now it has kept in the vicinity of 2(10011). It is probable that the directors will decide to revert to buttermaking at an early date. Japanese physicians declare it is impossible for internal poisoning to occur if powdered charcoal be swallowed as soon as the gastro-intestina! disturbance is felt. French physicians have tested the power of charcoal and proved that it is the most active of all known antidotes. The charcoal must be taken as soon as the poisou begins to show its effects, and the dose must be large. Charcoal is in no way injurious, and as

much as a sonpspcionful may be taken in divided doses mixed with water.

At various times ii h:is been alleged by Trades L'nions that the Salvation Army, by employing cheap labor, undersold the 'ordinary producer and interfered with legitimate industry. It is understood that the books connected with the lishin'g industry conducted by the .Maoris in the Auckland province under the supervision of the Salvation Army have, been examined by a Government ollicer and it lias been found that the late of wages received by the Maoris is greater than that received by other fishermen engaged in the industry in that district.