LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 109, 29 April 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The estates of ..< persons were plaee.l miller the d,ar K e of the I'ublic Trustee j lor management iluiinj,' Alareh. Mr. 11. tlkey. J1.1'.. has nm-iveil from tin' Hon. Mini>ier of Agriculture an as suram-e that a clerk will be stationed at the New I'lvmoulh cillices of the Agi'i cultural Department,. A repoii has gaini'tl curreiuv that two lar!;e firms of l.otllcrs in New Zealand h ' lv '' s " s l leil" their contracts for bottle- for some uiiinths pending the re-ult of the forthcoming no-license poll. A \ew Xealander who has just returned from •lohamicsbiirg says that Taieri and I'cniusula Dairy Co'nipany's butter (Dunedin) is selling 'in Johannesburg at :)s a pound, and that it never .vlk beluw 2.-.

The iinsuitableness of steel bridges for Taranaki, on account of the climate, is annually demonstrated in the ease of the W'aipuku bridge on the mountain road. At present the rust is eating into the structure, and the Stratford County Council has asked the Tarana';i County Council to have it attended to. There are on view in Air. N. Ilreiner's

window several of the medals which ar,. to be presented lo the members of Hie Harrison Jiand in recognition of their success in the niarc-hing contest at the recent band contest, There are thirtv medals in all, twenty-nine of silver and one of gold. They are of chaste design, ami the workmanship relleets credit upon Air. C.reincr. At a. meeting of directors of the Oakura Dairy Company it Has men tioncd that the erection of the new bridge over the Timaru stream on the main South road would lessen the width of the stream and probably interfere with the company's 'water-wheel. The | directors decided to ask Ihe County Council to take the necessary steps t) prevent auy chance of this occurring. The preparations being made at Varihaka l'or the reception of the Maori* from the Waikato and elsewhere, and numbering some hundreds, who are now on their way to attend a great meeting ;il the home of Hie prophets, are on a scale beside which the arrangements of recent years pale to insignificance. A large parly of Waikato natives, numbering over one hundred, was camped la-t night in various pahs between New Plymouth and Sentry Hill, and to-dui" march Ui Puniho pah. making their entry to Pariliaka on Thursday.

.Messrs. D. Jlcrry and S. Hill, Justices, presided over the usual civil session of the Alagistrate's Court yesterday morning. Judgment- went by default in the following eases:—J. Myth v. AnnTe Lynch, now lyiuisson, claim tHi os 101, ami costs 1.1s; Smart liros. v. (leorge lb-owning, claim .C.'i and costs 17s; I'.raiind and Tunbridge v. Mr-. A. Johnson, claim Oi !'* and cost.-(Ss; A. lleorgc v. L. W. Priest, claim tl7 3s (id and costs CI 10s Oil; M. Rninson v. Edgar litissell. claim CJ 10 s Oil and costs 10s. In the absence of the Stipendiary Alagistrate two defended cases were adjourned till to-dav.

"Any excuse is better than none," was characteristic of a number of applications for transfers from one club lo another presented to the Management Committee of the Canterbury Hugby ITiion. One applicant stated that r. ccrt-iin club's rooms were too far out of town; ' liesides." he added, •■there are no billiards there.'' Another young enthusiast, after explaining how hewished to ,-ise in the " football world.'' -tated thai if a member wished to get into a team, he would have to knockabout with the clique or he ill the gang. "(If course.'' lie added, '■the captain only picked his friends, good or bad. ol which f wa.s nol one."

We are sometimes tempted, and yield lo the temptation, to write of Kllhai.i as a '-progressive town" (says the Argus), but when we see the wretched glimmering kerosene lamps with which an attempt is made lo light the town, the miserable apology for a town ball, and the tradesmen's windows iso poorly illuminated we are inclined to doubt the prngrcssiveness of the place. Were it not for our asphalted streets and our vuiev and our drainage system there would not be niucli lo lie said about our progrcMiivcucss, but tluf-e conveniences are something to boast of. Is it no! time that our lforoiigh Council got a "move on" and took these mailers into serious consideration?

In a parting sermon at .Masterton the i!ev. A. .M. Johnson, who has been transferred to St. .Mark'-, Wellington, told his listeners that he did not then mean to bid them ••farewell.'' The church was not the place and il was not the time tor farewelling, "Bui," lie remarked, " I lave a lew words for tlu.se I am leaving. Do not treat inv successor as you treated m.\ To-day I have conducted live services in dill'erent places. Since last Sunday 1 hav" preached nineteen sermons. I have a bug,, parish, and 1 have done my best, but it is hard to overtake the work. I appeal to this large and wealthy congregation, Do not starve my .successor. I'laiv him in a position lo pay the stipend of a curate." fiev. F. W. Isiti arrived from Wellington !a-l night, and met the workers of the No-License League at the Primitive .Methodist Church, the Rev. J. liny presiding, lie laid before I hem cwrtniii proposals lor revised legislation as nflecling th,, licensing question, saving I hat (hey had already been submitted to some s ixty or 'seventy committees in dill'erent p„rN of the' Dominion, and that 'when rccommendationn had comein from all districts (hey would be sunmilted to (he provincial councils and

',' ex-plained that it might prove to bo im .' practicable to liavc them dealt will during the approaching session, but tha there was a very strong feeling in th, [ great majority of cases that bare , majority rule .should he demanded ii , regard to the licensing question. lb [ spoke of the outlook as being exceed ; inply favorable, and that there would . undoubtedly be a strenuous conflict. The .Mayor and several of the elder of our City Fathers grew reminiscent at the conclusion of the Borough Council meeting on Jloiul.iv evening. The Mayor stated that when he was first appointed to the Council the annual value oi I lie borough was in the vicinity of Cr,,lll)ll. Dming the succeeding years the valuation dwindled clown to under task to administer the affairs of the borough. Affairs assumed such a serious aspect that the councillors as a body had to give a ■•joint, and several" to the Hank lo obtain money. Afterwards th,. tide turned., until at the present time the valuation o'f Hie borough wa,* some where near C.J4,()11(i. other speakers grew relied ivc. They could remember | the time when the first four-wheeled [ vehicle .nill,. to the town. 11l those, d.ivs IK -e I hail hnll'-a-ilozi'ii I w..-wheeled yel.ieb's ,-aine to town on nuirket-dav. The lir-i huguv was drawn bv a couple „f bollocks. The days of the surf-boa Is were recalled. Said one councillor: "Do you remember old 'So-and-So' and hi.s wife, who came into town in the bullock dray every SaturdayV "Yes," replied "i f the parly, -'and every time they came in they got blind drunk, crawled

or were put aboard the dray, and take, safelv home by the bullocks." "I re member." cpinlh ;i councillor, "liow w, used to go picnicking. There were nc roads, and bullock drays were the onlj menu* of transit. We were :i happy lot then. Tt used to take us three days lo have a picnic at 'Karaka Hat,' near Wait lira—one day to travel to the scene of I he picnic, the second day to hold lie picnic, and the other day to Ret home. I think we were much more salblicd and happy under those eircum--I.miccs than we are now." The days of barter were recalled, one speaker relatiug how he had a house to build for a.Maori. The native had agreed lo pay part of the contract money when the framework was lip. On that day the .Maori came on th,, scene of operations niili his dray loaded with pumpkins, ■ino tendered the vegetables as payment for the work done. '"I hiew it was no I iir.e arguing I he point," said the speaker. "mi I impounded the liorse and cart until T received the payments due/' j ■Several other stories of an interesting I iiauire were also told. SANWW AND SONS GENUINE ri!KK VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX- ■ uas proved 1/ experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess ■illative properties peculiarlv its own ■nd to 1.,-, medicinally ausnlvlclv safe. tl- n;e uid reliable' for internal use. "" ■■ "■"■ do not aggravate your com- I davit by ill" use of one of'the many •■'■■ i-:i-i!yntus oils wloeli are now .•'"cd oil' as "IMrncts" or tin ler ,■ i'aii.-v nain.'.s, but insist mum lie , ; RNI' I \ K HANDi':!! AJ.'n SON'S' El'- I 'ALM'TI K.VI'HAiIT and reject all 1 lilacs. Km- wrink.e», sunburn, pimp'cs t da.khcads. Ireekles, cracked h„ m Js. dry f md iiill.il I stiii -.iso XANUKR AND ,1 ;<WS' SIHMCRUA KKIN Ft)OD. No „ ule should be without it. Allays irri b .1 p.; brings beaut*- to every faee aaid s , ami Chemists and stores, q

l'or the sixth year in succession the town clerk of Foxtail lias collected the wnole ol the rates, n ot on c penny being outstanding. ' | A imui in lierlin, who stole a horse «km troui a dealer's shop sold it to the owner next day at a moderate price, "lien the buyer discovered that he had bought his own property he declared indignanlly that it was worth four times I lie sum he paid for it. I he editor of a .Milan paper organised a competition, and announced that a Valuable prize would be awarded. Not until the competition was closed did* he -tale Iha I the prize was himself. As Ihe winner, proved to be a married woman some dillieulty has now arisen. Owing 1.,, the V ast increase within the |>ii«t lew years j„ the vv i ee of nmV oOil. tanners, particularly in the Jlannwatii district, are devoting their energies tc wholesale stumping, and besides deriv ing a good profit, from rood wood an at the -..line time clearing their farms. flic l.or„ii.qii workmen are at prcsen engaged in metalling l.iardet Street I , its lull width between the sports groom . gates and (filbert Street. This will n ■ a decided improve H, in view of th exceptional wheel traliic there when hi . foolhiil) inat.be- and other sports are i progress

Indications point to polling being verv „ heavy for the Mayoral election to-da'. „ The polling-booths Town flail, "Mr. [„ (rocker's store (comer of Devon and i. Elliot streets), and Mr. Corncy's resi- ' deuce (corner Devon and Mt. Jidgeeumlie streets)—will be open from 0 a.m. ti.l <■' 7 p.m. <' New Zealand legislators are fortunate ', in other ways beside* being paid for their patriotic .services. Usl mouth , the Hon. Mr. Uoyd-Oeorgc, in a Parlia- ] mentary reply, informed a member that the Board of Trade would not ask the ' railways to extend cheap tickets to M.P.'s for their week-end visits to their homes. Mr. Nikola "tela, the famous electrician, in an addrc-s at the WaldorfAstoria, New Vork, predicted that twenty million horse-power of electric i I'fJ.v would he drawn from the waterfalls of the I'nited States, giving a loree sullicient to destroy an entire army in a few minutes by electric waves projected through the air. In connection with the Saturday classes for teachers, th o management have been fortunate in securing the services ot Dr. Fookes, who has kindly consented to deliver a course of lectures on Physiology and First Aid. It is hoped . that the teacher* will show their appreciation of the doctor's services by attending in large numbers. [ "The prospects in the fish-canning in- . dustry are distinctly belter this year Pi . the far north," said Mr. Jacpi'es, the (lovernment Cunning Kxperl, to a Wellington reporter. •• It is just a question ■. whether the close season for mullet, f has had a beneficial effect. At anv rate - the fish is good and plentiful this vear, ' and there are fewer sharks than'ilur- ' Tug the previous season. .; Interest in the Stratford municipal 1 elevvion seems to be exceptionally keen. ' A motor car has been engaged from New -Plymouth to convey the supporters of 'J one of the candidates to the pollingr booth. Last night Mr. Join, Tavlor, . of Pungarelui, and other "down ' the '; coast' settlers who have landed interests |j in Stratford arrived in town, and go on to the inland town this morning to record their votes.

Ketitrns so far completed show that relief ha.s OH.en granted to burnt-out settler* in the following districts' by the Covcrnmeiit in. the matter of grassseed:—Auckland, 11)4, £7,(150; Taranaki 111. C1,5»5; Wellingtn, 302, £12,317: total application granted, 007, value ■■U2l,-|<i2. Iu addition to the above, large areas of Crown hinds have been sovvn with grass-seed. The returns for llawke's Hay and the South Island arc not yet to hand. March made a record in the matter of wind in Wellington, that is so far as a single blow is concerned. The greatest velocity recorded during the month was 1042 miles, registered during the 24 hours that ended with the morning of the 20th. The following 24 hours showed 1018 miles, so that in the 48 hours that particular blow rushed past, Wellington to the tune of 2000 miles. This is the highest record that has ever been made in Wellington, but it has to he borne in mind that the anemometer is now in a more exposed position than when the observing was carried out on Observatory Hill.-Kxchange. Tiie Church Family Newspaper habeen .seeking to ascertain by (he votes of its readers which are the'most popular ICnglish hymn ti for children. Over 20.1H.111 voting coupons were sent iu, and more than 350 hymns voted upon. The lirst six favourite hymns were as follow:—(1) "There's a Friend for Little Children," 2257 votes; (2) "There is a Creeu JI ill," I'M); (3) "We are but Little Children Weak," 1015; (4) "Once iu Royal David's City," 1480; (5) -Now the Day is Over,'' 08!); (0) "All Things P.right and Beautiful," 877. The author of the lin-it hymn, Mr. Midlane. is still alive. The hyuin wa* written in 1859, and published iu the same year. Apropos the lighting of the French, a letter from a doctor with the French forces in Morocco relates a unique incident that occurred near Settat, during a lierce engagement. A soldier of the Foreign Legion was struck bv a Moorish bullet and fell flat on his face. "He is dead," said his corporal, leaning over him. Lifting a battered face, the Legionary groaned: "No, corporal, not dead, but badly hurt." "Where is your pocket lint?" demanded the corporal. " I have forgotten if," said the soldier, Irving lo wipe, away the blood. "Two days' nrrost," shouted the corporal, and lifting the wounded man on to his back he staggered to the nearest doctor amid

c- .Mr. 11. A. Millies, 1.5.A., Principal of .- Ihe Training College, addressing the .1 Auckland Educational Institute, said it .- was a great treat to come to New Zca- - land, and see the people healthy and i happy, with time to laugh. In some t Home schools it was painful to sec the > ■siill'eriiig of some little children, who - had often to be provided with breakfast i before any attempt could be made to > teach them. New Zealand pupils in the • Stale schools were of a lietter class, and I possessed more intelligence. He regretted a strong movement in England in favour of the abolition of corporal punishment. In bis opinion it was impossible to do without it. In New Zealand, I c. nlinued Mr. .Miln.es, physical geography was overdone, the singing not. properly attacked. The teachers' status here was better than in England, but the salaries were about the same here. 'File teaching of infants here required special attention; to place 120 infants in one class was little short of criminal. Since Ihp year of Waterloo the number of soldiers on the active list in the llrilish army has nearly doubled, but (lermany's total forces outnumber the total military strength of Great Britain by four to one. These figures are given in a While Paper issued recently, which contains lienros showing (he respective si remit h of the land forces of Crcal lliilaiii. France. Austria, liussia, and licrinauv al various periods between 17112 and 111(1(1. (Ireat Britain, in ltlOfi, ' could muster nearly a million .officers and men. the exact figures being 1)1)3,427. Of these 445.731 comprised (he active and f>47,(ifl(i the reserve forces, while of the troops on the active list 180771 are , native soldiers cither in. India or the ■] ...lonics. In 1545 Kngland had at her

command 303.007 troops, 250.170 c 11 I which wore on the active list, wliil '• i'rancc iu (hat year had .".13,740 officer (; I and men. Kngland had never before ha 0 at her roinmand iso many -soldiers as ii V 1000. In. lnim the total number o *' troops was nearly 20,(10(1 less, ill IK.") 5 il amounted to little more than half '' while in 17(12, us far as figures can In ' obtained, the uuiiil)er was only 00,003 ' or about one-.sixteenth. The followin; L liirures show the comparative strength ii ! 10116 of Great Britain's total force* an I ■ (hose of other power*:— Great Britain 1 003,427: Pranre. 3.240.000: Gerinanv, ■ 4,010,000. Russia in 1000 had tlie largest standing ariuv, her soldiers on Hu-m-live list numbering 1.225,000. The comparative slr-'ugth of Ihe French and Genniin armies in 1870. the year of the i'ranc-o-Priissiau war. was—Germany. j !l,"i.l.0(llli France, 007,000. | White ami Sons' collections of dress I good ri are always on the increase as each year rolls on. The charming newpatterns that .have arrived for this I nut iMDii and coining winter are no exI ception to the rule—as choice as they have ever had 'before. And there's always a. continual range of trimmings to I match the materials l that for Iwi'uty and variety are hard to excel. Ladies who appreciate the necessity of making an earlv selection and securing lirnt pick would do -well to look at White and Sons' assortment. —Advt. DR. SHELDON'S NEW DISCOVERY for Coughs. Colds, and Consumption is a prepnral'uu that can he .relied upon '-.*' cure ill lung troubles. It has proved .-1 hi 'ssing in thousands of homes, and has been energetically endorsed by many if the most prominent citizens and professional men in Australia. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery is not a patent medicine or an ordinary cough mixture, mt a scientific discovery that will make IOTe lungs well. Prhe Is 6d and 3s. }utainabl e everywhere,

The total cost of taking the census for I'JOO was £25,807 IDs id. The price of butter in Wellington Ims fallen if penny. It now retails at Is 2,1. Wliile there were 300,000 Roman Catholics in Scotland in 1874, there are now 1315,000. A Paris cook sprang info tli e Seine, using ln'r umbrella as a parachute, an) rescued two people from drowning. A movement is afoot in Stratford to conduct a series of euehre parties in aid ot the Stratford Hospital funds. ''Married people seem to live Inn.. >r than single ones, therefore my .„|vii-" is 'get married,' '>,j,| ]),. Ntens.m Hooker at a recent lecture in louden. On the luglewoad Howling (.'lull's "recii he -Calgher medals" have been"won by Messrs. <i. W. Bennett and 11. (•„(. Her, and the champion singles by M'■l. Wilson. At Steiiibenville, Ohio, (1'.5.1, a woman gav e birth to live children, but three of them died ijuieklv. Tie. remaining two are said to be progressing ipiite --atisfaetorily. The mother weh'h" ' cd only 7»t. 21b.

Klectrie lighting |, ils been introduced into Medina. The famous mosipie of Kl llaram, which has remained wholly tinenangeil since tile close of the lifteenih century, and which is one of the most sacred spots in the holy -ritv. has recently been installed with 301) electric lamps. Work still proceeds apace at lh L , Recreation Sports (.'round. Men are now engaged in the construction of Mights of concrete slep ri In the various terinces and in building up portions of the roadway which gather the water in wet weather. The playing field is showing beautifully green, and some of the worst depressions have been levelled up. The Eginont Village correspondent of the rnglewood Record is evidently behind the scenes, and certainly not behind the times, for he views with prospective alarm the passing of motor'liuses through Kgmonl Village twice ■weekly bound for the Mountain House, No doubt this is a freak of someone's im-

agination, founded iiiion tt remark made at tlie Egmont National Park Board's meeting concerning the possibility of motor-'buses running to the Mountain House.

".lust look at this," -said the Fede:

Minister for Customs, as h L . cut a strip oil n celluloid eye-glass anil applied a match to it. " I am considering whether I shall nut prohibit the importation of Miich articles. Combs, collars, cull's, and toys for children are made of this inllammable stull', and some of thcin go oil' like a detonator when they come in contact with the lire. They consequently come within the category of things which the Minister has power to prohibit from importation,'' and as he concluded his experiment and explanation he practically made up his mind that the order should be issued.

Messrs. Nolan and Co. will hold a great auction g nle on Saturday and following days at tli e Store Company'! buildings Devon-street. The goods to be submitted include a splendid lot of Irish linens, curtains, woollen goods, serges, carpets, etc.