LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 108, 28 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Maiitn'ii bakers have decided to -eli liread for cash only as from Ist .May, nnd announce that after that date there will lie no booking upon any con--ideration whatever. "People say the nurses have a tin." time. You conic w'ath me for 2-1 hours, and I'll show you them at actual work. ... I -ay all honor to them in their noble calling (applause). »\'o man lias any right to question ine right of those girls to lake a lui.e open-air exercise,"' said ilr. licllringer at his meeting last night.

An cx-faiuier who has been travel ling about the district a good ueal lately, stales that the farmers are looking joyful, for they can't help it. Not only have they had a good season, but they have an abundance »l feed in most eases to see their slock well through the winter. And the grass is still growing. As the result of the 11107 practical examinations of the Ii.A.M. and It.C.M.. Loudon, Mr Henry W Morris, violin student, of Invercargill, has been award ed one of the exhibitions offered annu ally to candidates at the ljuard's exam inations in Australasia Mr. Norris will accordingly be entitled to a free course of tuition" of at least two years' dura lion, at the Royal Academy of Jlusir, Loudon. The Hoard's practical exam inations this year will lie conducted by Jlr. Thomas F. Dnnhill, who is already very favorably known in New Zealand, having carried out a portion of the work in l!)05-li.

IVu HH'ii wlio went out on a fishing excursion liojii tin' breakwater ou Sunday hud an experience which will proliaMy prompt a close investigation of the weather indication before embarking upon a .similar excursion in Ihe future. They found it impossible to , row liome, and after a couple of hours' hard (oil without making much head way, they decided to run a-horc near l'ariliitu. Thf occupants of another boat conveyed this intelligence to the people waiting on the wharf, and thev repaired to the landing place just in lime to rescue the bu listed boatmen from the breakers into which thev \v.u\ ■ been tossed by the capsize of their'little craft. They had a \i<vy narrow escape. The ellort that, is irm being made to raise funds for the purpose of sending Marry Kerr In London to rcprcson' the Dominion at the Olvinpiaii game should meet with liberal support n Tnranaki. Kerr is a Tarauaki i„ (l having come from Tariki lo make 1/1 mark in ||„, world „f sport. Kn , m ~„ -'"■ all I".- eti„,,- he „■,.,,! ~,, n-Hi '"' a..ne\ed Ihe \ew /calami and .\u' lr;i'.n,ian walking el, „„„;,„. VVi,| a" his bi*ian»iu,ee,s, 1,,,,,,,,. ,„. ; lhl ' -■>»"■ 'IT Kerr as of old. ,|e seabed by a prominent ollicial as •■„ white man and a good sport.'' Mr (ircqn, wlio managed the New Ze:ihim, amateur athletic team during their ve cent victorious invasion 0 f ".Australia considers tliat Kerr has not vet I u fully extended, and that he should hold his own with the very best of the world's amateur walkers. New Zeakuidcrs. we think. , v i|| |„. ho-kiii" i„ •li'ty to the Dominion if the,- tail m -end Kerr to compete j„ t)i ;. <Wviiipic world's |,est. r The "neeels'irv" I'omls were raised to 5,,, d ||. S |. A .M„rrav, lie 4s.li yards hurdle champion, 1U1( | |i,. has already left for England. Any of our readers who feel inclined tu 'jjive "■"■ry Kerr the chance „f hwomi„ n ")„. «»rlds champion amateur walker, can "'■' l' by sending along u donation l»;;»"ptly to .Mr. L. 11 Webster who will forward if to the proper (|iiarter. While „„! Sous' collections of ,1,-ets """;'- "'' ">«'"\s on the increase „: I '■"'•l' \ear rolls „„. The charmi,,- new I'ullcrns thai ■„,,.,. ;m .j v ,. ( | f,,,." !,,,-._ I autumn and coming winter are no exception to t1,,. nile-as ehoiee , - thev ' [have eve,- had before. ,\n,l there'- ;,]'. I j ways a continual range oi triniim'ii",. to I '"•''■• li "»' materials that f„r he'iutan.l variety are hurd to excel. |, ; oli:'s who appreciate the ncecssiu- „f makiie. an early selecl ion and sen, in- |i,-„V pick would do well |,. loo!, at ' While and Sons' assort. t. .\dvl. Willi (heir alterations :l \\ ,|„„„ ilM ,| their new plant installed, that eiilerprising elolhin- store -The Kash." „f N '"W I'lyn Hi. is in a better position I han ever lo snpplv their well-known "PlVsluell" suit-. T'llev're .miking 'l'"-" -nil- iii-elve--. and cu-loine,', I Tl'o-e ''l',es'h>vll''^, l il,s''''" l -e'''sj!e'h,|lvi lai'ored. slvlishlc cm. and nieelv made I ami il would be worth vour while lo ...ive them a call the next time you're wanting a suit.—Advt. '

A chopping match took place at Itahotu on Saturday between 11. Wing and Smith (a recent Tasmaniaii arrival). The block was lft, and Young won easily. Time, 37, sec. Professor 0. Sheets is at present

eiagiug a ijivmg w.lnst anil Kirmess jhow in Timaru similar to the recent production lie i', and il is meeting with capital patrol.age. The Uune.liii municipal gasworks is a prolitable concern, and it is now proposed to reduce tile price of gas to os per thousand feet. The pnilits from gas have- been largely ns-il to keep the rates down. Mr. Doekrill, the- Mayor, wrote to the chairman of .Mr. Ilellringer's meeting hint night thai irwine; to the meeting of the lime.ugh Council he would be unable to lake the clinir. •'However," he lidded. "I hope- yon will have a good time, and 1 have no hesitation in saying l'r the eNpi'iience I have- had of yen | on Ihe- Coum-il, that if elected to H» I Mayoralty yon will lill th,, position ii a capable' manner. Wishing ye.u success

An i-xti'aiiriliiiary case oi suake-poi-soning is repi.rteil from a country hospital in Victoria. An old man was brought in in a comatose state arul showing all th ( . symptoms of having bi'i'ii bitten by a venomous snake. But on investigation it was found he had lii-en bitten by a dog, which died almost immediately afterwards from snake-bite. Medical treatment wa» successful, and the man gradually recovered from the snake-poison which the reptile had in- I directly transmitted to him,

I The Klthain Argus reports Unit on I Saturday e-vcuiug, just e.n closing-time, there was a narrow escape from an outbreak of lire at the Melbourne Clothing Company's premises. Mr. Kyle, manager, was turning clown a kerosene lamp in the shop window when by sonic means the lamp clipped through it- support anil fell to the lle.or. Fortunately the lamp lauded right side up and went out. and the damage was confined lo the burning of a few jerseys, which were insured.

Can the residents in the neighborhood throw any light upon the following paragraph in the report of the borough engineer:—"Rubbish depot: This has had regular attention, and the number of rats has considerably decreased." Students uf economics will have an

opportunity of hearing a lecture on the. -ocial problem and its remedy by Mr. Tom Maun at Hie Theatre Royal on Thurselay night, when doubtless the ejueslion' will 'be attacked from Hie socialist point of view. Mr. Muim is a champion, of the cause, and those wishing to become acuuainted with Hie view's of the socialist party can do so at first I hand.

Mr. Walter Syines, JViJl 1 ., has received the following letter from the Hon. W. Ilall-loiii's:—"[ leave the honor t<J acknowledge receipt of your Idler of-the 15th instant forwarding an application from the Executive Committee, United Friendly Societies' Hospital Sunday, for an ex-ciirsioii train lo run on Sunday, proximo, in connection with Hie eli'iuoustration to be held at Stratford in aid of the local hospital. In reply, I have plea-lire in informing you that, in view of the levortliy oliject of the; demonstration, I have approved of a special train from New Plymouth to Stratford and back, running on the day in epu'»t ion.—Post,

A largelv-attendeil meeting of the Taranaki Teacliers' Institute was held ill Stratford on Saturday last, the New Plymouth end of the' district being strongly represented (reports the Post). A very able paper on -Nature." ami

-Agriculture" was read by the president. Mr.' .1. W. Maile, of Midhirst. Th c enormous increase in expenditure under the head of ''Education in the Dominion of New /.calami" was fully dUcutscd. and it mas pointed out that while the cost of education on the whole in the Dominion had almost, doubled within (he last live years, the amount, expended tm primary education had increased but vcrv little. It was decided to draw the attention of the members of the district to various inequalities. 'l'hi' raising of Angora goats is proving a most profitable industry in Oregon. I .S.A.. where there are 125,000 of the animals. They lire hardy and live on rough feed, cleaning up brush land and making it .suitable for pasturage. The price of imibair has ranged from 22'/; to .'IS 1 /:, cents a pound, taken in large quantities, while individual clip* have lirought 10 cents a pound. The average per llooie of Oregon Angora goats is from '-5 to V/:: pounds. Common Augoija lem.i!" ii'ials bring from four to live dollars, while common males for breeding bring from Len to twenty-live dollars. When it is known that the United States consume* j.OOO.OHOIbs of mohair annually. J.IHI0.0ll()lb rt more than it produces, the signilicance of the industry i = easily seen.

liccuguilion of the rapidly improving siinitiivv condition of Hit' lawn was made la-t night at the Borough Couni-il meeting in 11 letter from thc'nightsoil contractors, who again asked for the enforcement of bylaw 203. which eonlines the work of removing vuWiisli nml refuse (n (he siinil'.uy contractors. At present the various eiirriers do such work, and the contractors claim that it rightly conies within the -cope of the contract. In nuking the request the contractors asserted that their income from th<' scuvcngoring, never very large, was now fast approaching vanishingpoint, and the reasons for this were found in lh,. high price of labor and hoise-feed, aiul, more particularly, th" great loss they had sustained and were

-till sustaining by reason of the expedition and rapidity with winch the Council hud laid down sewers in many ol tin' longest and most congested streets in the borough, flu,, connection alone had caused a loss |o them of C.'iO per annum. Tli e matter was referred to the Drainage t'oiiiniittee.

A prominent farmer who has just relumed to New South Wales from Queensland slates (says the .Sydney Morning Herald) that 'ilf our llovcriimi'iit wauls an object-lesson in the wonderful results of a vigorous policy of cli'-er settlement, it is to be founil on the Darling Downs. Since the passage of the Agricultural bauds Purchase Act some twelve years ago the Queensland liovcrnnicut. he stiites, has purchased lor settlement no less, than thirteen estates on the famous Darling Downs. They comprised lh,. pick of this line plateau, and totalled over 22(1.2110 acres, which were formerly only used for grazing. All thi rt land was eagerly sought after, and taken up at piik'es varying Iroin Lis to C12.0r an average price of Ci per acre over the whole area. One I thousand and fifty families have now j -cttb'd on it.diul S7 farms, comprising 13.73(1 acres, have been made freehold. Hut these are (lovcrnmenl sulxlivisions only, and I heir success has caused larg" private Owners to follow their example and cut up (heir estates. The result is that another 2-10,(100 acres life being utilised by oyer another 11100 families for dain ing. wheat-growing, lanvb-rais-ing. and agricultural pursuits.

. | A New Zealand Herald representative J yesterday obtained a statcinciil from the employee ot Dison "lies,, elaiin for ' back Hae.c- ha- b-d L" Dixon's inearccra- ' lion in na.,l (-ay ri the Auckland eorre- ' .-|i..ndeiii of ibe iltago Daily 'l'iines). I !He (b I having ever been apprenticed jlo Di i. but -aid lie had been working with lib. father previous lo to liim ill the building iradr. lie a-scrtcd thill I be co icikcil willi Dixon as an jnI prover. 'l'be i|iiesti(jn of apprenticeship j was never mentioned. At the time the , employee co lenceil workine, lor Dixon lie wa- 11 year. old. not 111. nor did |,c ! ever tell Dixon be was I!), lie denied | also having asked Dixon for a job, statI ing that it was the opposite way about. lie agreed, lie added, to start at 8s a | day. not 7- a- alleged. He was never I fully [inid his wages, because J)ixon was alnay H giving him advances. He never I paid him mages in any shape or form i until Ihe job was completed, and then | lie 11 be employee) discovered when Dixon settled up with him that he had only paid him at the rate of Ts per day ! instead of Ss. lie denied, further, havI ing ever agreed to accept the smaller | wage. "When Dixim did pay nie 7s per ; day." lie said. "I canie into town and I reported the matter to the secretary of the Carpenters' Union, and the Court I pi'oe lings against each of us followed. I was advised (lint under the Master anil Apprentice Act, 18lir>, which my solicitoi inform-, me is not overruled by the carpeuler-' award, I could not continue to be an apprentice alter 1 luul attained ' the age of 111. 1 bad been over four year- at the trade before working for Dixon.'' '

I Your winter clothing is a very ini- | portant tiling to you. Those cold days ! remind you tliiil your niidorrlolhin;; I needs renewing, suiil ivhcii y»u think 1 ol' clothing ot niiy kinil von'naturally J think of -The l\imh." Iliat'olothiiig stove jin llovon-strcet, Now Plymouth. It's a | very economical store to ileal at, anil it's a store noted for honest, dependaide goods. 'They've a new lot of Kainpoi woollen singlets at 3s fid, under pa ill; to match lis (id. ;md they have ;i heavier line at >ls (id am! 5s fid.' flannel viiiL'lels thov leive from '2s ;id to Cs fid. I.lue Ihllinel singled .| s fid to «s fid. Flannel shirts they liave ill a great variety from 5s (id to Ss fid. You all know the store in Devr.n-slveol, jnsl lielmv Nolan's auction mart, Now Ply uth.-Advt.