LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 107, 27 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

dm' ill I In' iiiiilur '.blisses lor tlii- New I I'hlliotlth suburban service in u> be shipped at l.yllclton 10-ipon'ow. The English mail ilcspiitrlu-il from Sydney viii Vancouver "ii 17th March arrived in London mi il»- 21st insl. .Mr. I-'. C. IMlriugcr. candidate lor the Miivoriiltv. has decided to address tin- burgesses' in tin- 'L'lit'iilri- lio.viil tonight, instead of Hi.' Town Hull, as previously notified. ! Una, who lias only right wives, ivI marked sadly to a pakeha aojuainlaiuc. |'-| am it poor man compared with SoloI moil.'' II is a mistake even lor a prophet to set his ideals too high.

During the year ended March :ll»t. I'.lllS. the amount of Customs collect, u „l tne port of I'atea was Dill.il ll« :,,| as against .CVUS los 7d received m the previous year, being an increase ot V.7IM 2s Wd." During the past year (writes the 11awera Star corro-pondent) US building permits, representing buildings valued at C 10,000, were issued by the Kltham Bo rough Council. Notwithstanding this, there is not an empty house oblamuoic in the town. We have received from the I'" 10 " steam Shipping Company a copy oi ■ I Handsome, uooklcl entitled "'i'lu'cc Wonderful Nations," selling forth the attractions of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga as holiday resorts for winter tourists, and ..iviti" an interesting and picturesque account of the wonders of the South Sva Islands.

\ draughts match between the juniors „f ihe Coper and Lower Carringlon road clubs »- played at Mr. 11. Sponco'.s on Friday evening, and resulted ill a win for the "Uppers" by live games. Details of the scoring:- "t p per" team: K. Cilbcrl, :i wins 2 losses; .1. Waters, :i wins 2 losses; C. Gilbert, 1 wins 1 loss. "Lower'' team: \\. I lllookcr ;; wins IS losses; 11. Spciice, II wins, :S looses; 11. Jordan, 2 wins -1 losses.

11l a, letter to Ihe Evening Post on billiard playing and its surroundings the Key. J. ■). North considers there can be hut oue way to deal with this question, lie .says:-"The city should run its own saloons. They run a library; and they run outdoor groun,.-. lor alhleUts. There is no .sound reason why they should not run billiard saloons. The handsome prolits of the venture would speedily make the silicons recognised places of comfortable resort; and tlie game which is m the lirst rank ol "nines would enjoy Lie purity which belongs to all nniat.i> sport."

It is reported that there w. re no icwer than 2-3 marriages m Duacii.n on Wednesday last. Every carnage was m use, also every hircable motor eaiy during the day, and Imm early iii'liie aiUTiinon until the departure of the second express for the South in tlie evenii," there was ;l continual proce-siun oi bridal parties to the railway station, which was literally strewn with >:...'. The number of marriages for tne year to dale in Duiiedin is 212, against 2> for the'same period of last yc.u; Mil Eastertide seems to have brought dii.itorv wooers to the point, and tor the fortnight preceding (loud Eriday Ih.-re have been, thi- year, o.S weddings solemnised oi' authorised, of Id more than lor the same, fortnight of 1!">7. An advance party of Waikato nali c-,

liuiiibering considerably over 100, is at. present "on the march" to i'ariiiaka. The contingent left their Waikato homes on Thursday . under! Mahuta's brother, T'e Where" Whero, ami .-lioiilu pas.s through New l'lynioulh to-morrow or Wednesday. Another large parly, preferring nioderii ami comfortable means of locoinolion to the diseoinlorts of the nuii'ch overland, is expected to arrive by boat from Onohunga at the same lime. Very extensive preparation- have, it i- understood, been made h\ Charlie Waitara to convey toe ii--r l.'ierii visitor- I rum here to I'arilitK.i. where a great meeting is lo he held with the object of -settling the dill'creiiccs between the followers of the lite prophets Te Wliiti and Tohti. If 1 ingathering comes up to expectations, the past "glories'' of I'ariliaka promise, if but for a brief space, to he revived. It will be deeided whether or not a n.-w chief is to be appointed.

"A Cable Worth £3001)" is the lilie placed to the following paragraph m the current issue of the Dairyman:—As the result oi the recent cable sent to England by the secretary of the National Dairy Association,"Mr Joseph llarkuess, to Air. C'llas. Alackic, lite Association's agent in London, the price of butter jumped up ten shillings a huudredwe.ght between Saturday and Monday. Un receipt of the cable, ilr. ilaekie communicated the contents to every one in the trade in London, and the It'll -hillings rise was the result. Apropos 'Of this il is worth while mentioning tnal when a factory ha.< an increase in iis

supply, it usually rushes the fact inl" print. This is playing right into the 'hand, of buyers, who use the information gained against the sellers. \\ii.u the factory at this end wants to ro.-n into print is a decrease in the fnelory output. .News of marked decrease makes every merchant in the nude a keen buyer. A Jbmcdiii resident h.i» brought forward a device to ilo away with the need for nightly putting out a jug or billy for the morning's milk. The idea is to have a small hole cut. in the back door, dust below this, 011 the inside, is suspended a tin cylinder, Jlattcned on one side to hug the door panel, and covered with a lid hinged to the door. The milkman comes roiind in the morning armed will, a small funnel. II- J lilts a ,niall slide covering the hole, inserts the funnel, atid pours through it the desired quantity of milk. He withdraws the funnel, down tall., the |i,| "lide and the slide outside, and the milk iu the tin cylinder is reasonably safe ."'"in Ihe dust -born gem, or the "t hirst - impelled cat. 111,, inventor waited on tl."- Minister for I'ublie Health in Dunej dm wit 1 a model sltowng his invention. """'' hA< J»--i IMteiilcd throughout y« Zealand. Mr. FOwlds coiihl not tfivc nun much encouragement in regard lon modest request tlmt tile use of tllc■WnilH. >Iio„ld be made co„,p„l.„,r v 'iii milk consumer,, but advised him to !|;™ ilnl /'!;.''! I <<> tl.o Chief Health Ollieer at W elKngtmi.

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Tile Tukapa juniors' second euchre party-social on Friday was well attended. In the euchre lotiviiiuiient tne ladies' prizes were won by Mi's KuSscll and .Mrs. l'otier; -and the gentlemen's l).v Mr. 10. Lovcridge and -Mr. Xoddcr. Music for the dancing was provided by [Mrs. \V. Woods. Messrs. W. Way. 11. iStaiidring. and fl. Hunker were the ! M'.sC.

Swimming sports fur bovs were io have been held at the baths'on Saturilay aflcrnoou, the prizes being presented by Mr. W. L. Newman. Probably owing to the lateness of (lie season the entries were small and only one race was swum, the lili vanK for'lads under 13 vrars. A. Ilacon (lllsec) was first, and W. l-Vjincis (scr.) second. The linish was a close one. four of the entrants (Whit''. Stohr. Dovvling ami Waka) dead-healing for third place. Xo better tribute could be paid to the success of the handicapping. Whenever assisted immigration is mooted thai immigration for lack of which industries are being, hainipercd, Ihe clearing of the liiml delayed, ami prog-es. generally impeded--a cry goes up from short-sighted ]„bor organisaliVns thill- an attenr|il is being made to injure the workers. Nohodv woit'.d wi-ih 10. inlroduce immigration when ir i- nnf required, but lo block iminigni- , lion when il is required is not less in-

pirious. The tlovernmeiit ought to have Ihe courage of it* intelligent opinion and should take steps to encourage an 1 immigration next season which will as- | siM towards thai prat-liral occupation so absolutely essential to our secure po-sessioii of this dominion.—New Ze.r l-ind Herald. Some of the New York clergymen have been moved to diseonr»c against the practice which seeks to obtain in certain of the country districts against the kissing of young' women of their congregations liy nitoiisters. One eminent divine says': "Tliere may he some who kiss the older women of I heir congregation. This is not so bad, nl course, as kissing young women, but the whore thing is at' least very indiscreet.. T do not believe in tlie kissing of brides hv clergymen unless flip clergyman is a relative or a very dear friend and very close personal friend of the families. N» >inuu should ever tal-'e advantage of his position as a pastor. T'aslors have no more right to kiss girls in their congrecnlions than liave hiyinen." Scented hairpin* are the latest novel ties exhibited in West End hairdressers' windows. The kmoli at the top.of the hairpin .is fitted with a spring wh'.h at tin- -lighlcsf touch releises a miniature ,-pniv of perfume. "'lhe idea is always lo ensure absolutely fresh perfume, the hairdresser explained. "We havelound that however line a sceut may he il is apt to 'become stale alter being exposed to the a ; r for a couple of hours. Even scent ~achel lS fail in this respcel ; am. nothing is more aggressive than the odottr of stale perfume. It i« quite easy for a woman to pat her hair or replace, a hairpin, and this is all that is necessary to release the perfume. Hairpins DTf' made in gold fur blonde-, tortoiseshell for brown hair, dark amber for aubiini-haired .women, and -.diver for gi-ov locks.

Howling is not generally regarded

a strenuous pastime, but one lover oi the ancient game found on .Monday (says the l.yttelton Times) tnal it can on occasion call for unwonted vigor, lie was .sealed on the bank thai skirts the bowling green, and had his feel resting in the ditch, when he discovered a bowl making for him at a fast pace, lie hastily struggled to remove himself from the bowl's pa til, but in his eagerness quite overlooked the narrowness ol the ditch, with the result that he was momentarily stuck. 11,. made a final ami Her Il'ort. to get free, and his fel-low-players were astonished to see him disappear with his heels in t'ne air as the bowl bounded into the ditch. The episrtle was greeted with prolonged laughter, and play was suspended for some minute*.

A hooting, yelling, a ntl Iraniie crowd greeted Ihe judge at th t . Tauliei'enikuu races when he emerged from his hov. alter giving his decision , m the last rai> (says the Wtiirarapa Daily News). The follower* of Xauinai danced on the lawn ami in the bitrtl-cag,. ronntl the scere tar.v's ollice. shaking their lists and tearing their hair, howling like wolverines f<ir the blood of the judge who dared to give a decision ~,n a race in accordance wiih his own perceptions and not agrceahlv to favorle backers, •'('oiue out here." they vocilernnslv wailed, "we'll tar and feallter vnu! 1100-00-o,,!" The .HiiiL'e an.it.il.lv declined t]„. ,„,„.„| i„. citation, and betook himself ctHnilv t„ the refrcshinein-r i, where he 'proceeded to regale himself, thereby in-. creasing the wrath of the hooting, gesticulating crowd. "Xaiiiinii!" responded with _ a cry of "Tuinut, Tiiinut, was Iir~t!" 'Tlie only jicople' ib the crowd who appeared in any way satisiietl were the followers of Conquer, which was accorded lirst place. These hitler dcparled peacefully 'ami smilingly jingling sundry coins for- each ticket in fearsome glee. From the nmnncr in which the three placed horses passed the post it was absolutely impossible for a spectator, im the lawn or stands to tlelinilelv say whifli horse actuallv passed the misf. lirst. ' '