LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 120, 12 May 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I'lie railway statio-uiuaslvr'a ri'sulcjur, ulucli Ix'iujf rcuiuvod from Litirdcisireet, ir> tu be R'-orucied in jhjw liuve l '- Stll'L'l.

A ciw« is jx'irling iu whuli tUu iUii Wiiy iKjpartiiß'i . is being sued for the value di goods iost or taken from the cloakroom at th.: >,e\v Plymouth blatiuii.

"x'vui'iU members ot tins jMusoniu fratcniiiy irom tlio unuuul comuuiuicatiou oi tlw Urand Lodjje in Auckland wore in .New Piyinuutli yes* lerday.

Lll i-oiiaetiiK'nce of tile representations made, the Heads of several bank 8 have tfivin Dr. .\iason, cluef Jieakh Ullicer tneir that their uilicers liave ayjin Ijfeii iiistnicUHl to withdraw nil duty notes hum circulation as they are pit rented.

A borougit councillor last night stated thai yesterday afternoon a motor-car | passed through the town nt a speed of 40 or ju miles an hour. In answer to Councillor iiellrijiger, the borougn .-u----g'Heer »aid tlwt there wao no doubt tliaf, the motorists were travelling too last through our streets. In a vegetable garden ill IVndarvcsMicet appears u notice that •'trespassers will be prosecuted." This duesn't reflect \ciy creditai)i\ upon the lionesly Ot the neighbortiooil. fShould Lire l)oard not have the eli'ect desired, the Owner of the plot should consider the advisability ol "dosing" the crop —and the thief. Folk who have not been in the neighborhood ol the old railway station at Eliot-street lately have no idea ol' the change in the appearance of the locality caused by the removal of the unlid\ oid passenger station and of the hideous teiicc iliat Used to divide the sheep from the goats, or the railway from the street trailic.

A man who gives hi ri name as Thomas Knld behaved in an obstreperous manner 011 a train fi'oui the south oil Saturday, ife got oil at Elthuin and cleared oil' into the paddocks beyond the stationmaster's house. On information supplied Constable Wade arrested the man. lie tva,* examined by the local doctors yesterday morning, and at their instance lie was committed to i'orirua.—Argus.

Complaints reach us frequently that copies of the "JSews" are stolen front | the doorsteps aud from under the doors 1 ol bus-mess premises in the town, and even abstracted from the buudles delivered at our agents' in the early hours of the morning. Thtwc thieves would doubtless spurn the pickpocket who abstracts the coin unawares from the wayfarer. If the practice is continued an example will be made of the oli'ender*. Tarannki Petroleum shares were decidedly weaker at Wellington on Saturday, with buyers at ot yd, ami seller* at 7w (id. Anticipations as to the successful elimination of Lhe water from the bore have not been fultilled as quickly as was expected, which accounts for the drop in values, says the Dominion. The shaves are highly spcculalive, and it must In? expected that the slighf - ch adverse information »vil] depress Uu* share*.

The u;%ua 1 forlnighlly meeting of th 1 Loyal Kgnioiil Lodge, J.0.0.F., AI.C., was held last evening, Bro, L. F. Webster, iN.tl., presiding. It was resolved to invite the Wait.ira brethren to a friendly game of eriblmge and euchre on Bth June. A letter of recommendation was granted to a brother who has left !h;: district. LM.i. Archie Hooker was appointed a delegate tu represent the lodge n-l a meeting to lie called for the formation of a eribbage and euchre association.

The EgniOnt Lodge. Xo. 118, 1.0. G.T., held it* weekly session last evening, Bro. <J. W. Hartnell presiding. After the usual opening ceremony Bro. K. Stokes, L.D., then installed the Chief Templar, liro. .J. C. J .egg. Bro. Upton, L'.C.T., Unity Lodge, Wanganui, paid a visit aud conveyed the greetings from his lodge. Bro. 11. STtffces brought greetings from various lodges which he had visite;! while in Chrislchurch. A programme of musical and vocal items brought a most enjoyable evening to a dose.

The paragraph in yesterday's "News' coni'erning the possibility Of the return of Mr. W. W. Smith, curator of the Uecreation Crounds, to Balmeriston North was mentioned at the Borough Council incr.ling last, night by Councillor Bellringer, who said that he thought the Council and lhe citizens would be studying I heir own iniere.ils in making an clloi'l to eiiMire the retention of Mi. Smith'- servicer-. Coimeilloi' I'olMk agreed, aud suggested that the Council might, in increasing the subsidy lo the Recreation Grounds, stipulate that portion of thf increase should be added to the curatory salary, mid that he might then be allowed to act as a sort ol "advisory counsel" iu lhe laying-out of the Council's reserves.

The enterprising proprietors of Lh.i I well-known anil highly-appreciated medicine designated "lanes' Emulsion," have jusi opened in Oamaru an cxtenI siou to their already large premies. | 'J'lic opening ceremony was attended li.v tlie -Mayor of Oainavu, the Hons. ff. ■Junes and T. Y. I Juneau, and representative business inenof the town. In a humorous speech Mr Lane briefly stated that the combination of cod liver oil in an emulsion had occurred to hiiu long ag", 1 >IIL much material went down the sink before lie happened oil the present formula. The output after it was put 011 the market increased rapidly, and lie would now be able to produce four lime, the quantity possible i u the old factory. ■ln an article on the Otira tunnel the Lyttelton limes says: "To be exact, the length of the tunnel will be 5 miles 25 chains 12 feet. It will be 17ft high and 15tC broad. It will be quite .straight, with a dip from the east to the we.,:. The eastern portal will be 2435 ft aliovc sea level, and the western portal 1585 ft, giving an incline in tiie a miles of 850lt, or lit in 110. .Messrs. John McLean and ■Sons have contracted to make the tunnel lor CoOll.7!)4. Extras will probably bring the total com! uji to C(i00,000. l"t ha* been calculated by a person fond of figure- that the tunnel will be 332,M0iji long, and it will cost nearly £2 ail inch along ils whole lengtli. The. workmen inside tin* tunnel will ln\ on the average, ■ ""It below t lie mountains, but at Ihe spot- beneath Warwick's Knob tlicv will burrow at a depth of 1 lOOt't."

,\ deputation appointed liy indiguaI '"11 meetings held at Drury'waited on I lie Minitscr for Justice, the Hon. .Mr. Mdiowan, yesterday concerning the case i"l .Mr. Di\on. who was imprisoned for lailure to obey an order of tile Court for back payment of wages to an employee. Tlie deputation said It considered no punishment should have been liillieteil been use Mr. Dixon employed the man as an apprentice, not as' a journeyman. In any case, tlie sentence l«-o months was too severe. JJ,-.' i.c.owau promised to give due consideration to the arguments brought forward. Jlr l)ixon had been allowed evenconsideration. y[ ( . admitled he liu'd means f„ pay the line and declared his I"lelil 101 l not 1„ do >ii. The Minister 9111(1 be (lid not think lie had 'either power or right. (l> interfere, but promised to reply as early as possible.

A (■'iitimrix-ijil man „„t unknown in 1 tllf " ll "'r ilny. Possessed of a 1,011 /'O-lliiiifr Imt liberality. .IS somewhat surprised when |nliV--0" or • of (lie road" " •' *"l'l»'r and made Uim • lm'se,nation of a very line silveriin ' l " 1R '- lli» presents.n U,l> itecdllljliinicl |,\- :l 01110. S'slK- »l (lie 0 U ,..(- s pupnhu-itv an,l """'.v J?ootl (jnalities, and lie nervously "'T, \ "t'xt-door neighbor "udged In,ii and whi-p.-r.-d that he ""7 improve (lie shining hour by I>j .ii'ir liam 111'. aii'l he took the 'lilt. A dozen of 'small" soon filled the '"\\U with the sparkling liijuid, and ewryllmi" WiK rosy. \ext (]av the iiighly honored C.'|\ dUmvered thai a valuable pipe had -iieeu removed from hi* sample-room, and lie was thinking <>t calliti" in the police when the though! "truck hini thai (he prescntaiion pipe was similar to the one lie had lost. Ex-

amination showed them to he one an Ihe >ame. The donors had b v som

i""'i" J -■' in, d access to the .saniplc-roon and worked the rather expensive joke H was nearly lieinjf a serious joke, too 'V enraged victim was talkini

vigorously of entering proceeding fo' I llel'l.

SANOIiIi AND SON',} genuine PURE Y'OLATILE EUCALYPTI EX>.;i3 proved 1/ experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possose j curative properties peculiarly its own ind to be medicinally absolutely safe, eflective, And reliable for internal use. Therefore, do not aggravate your co*nplaint by the use of one of the many ■•rude eucalyptus oils which are now palmed off as "Extracts," or unlcr fa'"-v but. insist upon 'he fiI'AI'INH SAN DEM Al,"n SONS' EUOALWMI. I'.X'l KAUT and reject all others. For wrinkio, sunburn, 'pimpios blackheads, freckles, cracked h„nds, dr.v ind inflamed skin use SANDER AND SONS' SUPEIUSA SKIN FOOD. Mo lady should be without it. Allays irri on; brings beaut» to every face and Vani) €liemiats and stores,

fiecenlly (.s;iys the Southland jMews) it whole tajnily of eleven, who were suffering fioni scarlet fever, arrived at tin- hospital oil out! journey of the ambulance. Never before has the local hospital had such a number of lever caiius as during the present epidemic. A resident of liuutcrvillc, who is rather mi uiioOphiHiiatcd sport, was jjh;seut at the I'cildii.g races, ai"l ■

friend what tile look-out or "crow's nest,' ivas for. "Oil,'' replied his friend, ''they're for the stewards to watch the stiff 'uns 011 tin? first day so as to know what to put their bit on oil the second day!''—Star.

Evidence of the fact that the American ''invasions" of the meat trade oi the world is extending to New Zealand is supplied by a paragraph ill a letter just received in Wellington (says Uie Dominion;. Tlii- paragraph states that the Swifts Company is sending to \ew I Zealand a special bag. in which to I'or- , ward llii-ir mutton and lamb. The nia- | lerial ol tln-so bags is said to he of a much superior quality In anything no.t used in ,\'ew Zealand. The writer of tilt! letter says thai the Swifts' stalls, at, either Smithlicld, Liverpool. Manehes. ter, nr other places, are always distinguishable by their superior cleanliness, nml by the manner in which tile meat is (lres-ed and shown, [fo thinks thai, the better pa eking of the meat will ensure a higher price than than which is '""I by other consignments. It was understood (hat samples of the bag* were to be se.nl out to .air Department of Agriculture.