LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 123, 15 May 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

ihe mail despatched from via Naples on 3rd April arrived at Jxnick.u on the afternoon of Ihe iOtli instant. At a meeting of the Western Park loinmittee oil Weilnesday evening .Mr. t>- . Hrowne was re-elected chairman and .Mi 1 . |-., i'. Weljstcr vice-chairinan. An npiiiiaki' deputation wili wait upon the Harbor Hoard to-day and further exemptions from the proposed -Sew I'lvnioutii Harbor Mill. lo thos" who are complaining that the Recreation Sport-, Croiind will not lie properly drained and lit tor football, ail enthusiast remarks that it i s fair to withhold criticism until the ground is announced by the committee to he lit lor use.

the Inglewuod Library Committee has a substantial credit of Cl2l 10., Id. With a view to agisting the establishment Of a manual and technical school ill Inglewood. the Library Committee lias asked the lloroiifih Council to trail-', f.'i- Section t„ ii,,. |-,ducation Ucparlincnt I'm -it,- i„i- t |ic buihliu"

! 'he tailing »i y11 irlcv-siivcI If, 'givo to Park i> fully appreciated. 1 lie loolpalh.-, liowcm-l-, are not all that they should b.-, and the aeecßs to their sports ground does not compare at all favorably will, Ihe concrete kerbing and channelling and wellmade footpaths which-lead lo the Koci'eation Sports (Jround.

Ihe Pack docs i K ,t apjiear to nave been overloaded with delicate a'teutioiis s inee last football „ea.son. The entrance is ,i..| a( all creditable, and the sod- or lurfs have i n manv places 'alien I'rotn Ihe «iving Ibis liu,ground a very inni.lv appearam-i-. The football seai-on shimid bring iu a little cash, which may well be expended in some very necessary improvements.

One of the motor omnibuses lor iis» in the Mew I'lymoulh suburban services arrived by the. Comma from Christchurch, and was landed yesterday. Trial flips will probably he made ' 10-dav. The ear ''ears the nam.' of ihe "Clirisleliurch .Motor Omnibus ( 0.." and will be recognised by the visitors lo the Inhibition <-il>. The 'bus lias seal in- I lor 25 paseen^crs,

The pruwtli of tlio in,,,,,,! | n „|,. „r P™ I'lvmnillli is VCIV 111:1 r I;<■ 11. \>s. t unlay tlie wliarf hand- and niiluav ritaff were fully <.<■■-!ipie<l. lai-v i-.r-0..,. liein« handled. And to-dar Hie I nion | Company's lino steamer Flora „ ill 1,. ; , - Ijimrdin with a full , % , rK o for Wei j linpton and New Plymouth. 'l'lii- may l«; looked upon ,-|s iilidoiilil n | proof of j the progress which is luakini; ill- present faeilitio:. a! tin- liarlmr ali-ohilely I inadequate.

For Children's lhickhi<*<'on<.<li nt night Woods' Ureal IVjipiTiniiit C'niv. la (Id ' and 2s (id. I

Men's 12- lid cli Tonic for i» s (id at the la-t week of tlm Melbourne I'lotliin? Company's bargain hoot 'l'lnV is an otlcriio.' that ttiii pause a -tir ainoiex I lie ndail traders of Tarinaki. • iii-l pietnre to vonr-elf a -marl dre.-y -olid-wear elironie boot for '!-■ lii| : i||,. i; tome and buy a ]»tJiv ,\ dvt.

ilu; erection of the new public library iu limaru. the cost of which will be covered liv a grant from Air. Carnegie, lias been commenced. It is stated tliat Cambridge Uoroiigh Council intends shortly to submit proposals to tliu ratepayers iu regard to , raising loans lor the purpose of erecting up-to-date s wiii:ning batlis and a town liall and munic:; ;il buildings.

A party of y. nng laditfe ami eliildren, K»"-|> and Clarke, visited the Old People's Home last, evening and ciueitaiued the inmates to a programme ol musical items, the children dispensing supper. Those taking part were Airs. Fullers, .Misses Karp, Clarke, Alclsaacs, i (.Vomer, Davidson, Blair, dilbcrt, yuinn 'lhompson, and others.

J?uinu interesting and valuable spoil h.ifj recently been brought up by the Auckland Harbour Hoard's dredger 2so. 121. Some \\~) years ago a collier, eoalladcii from Newt-unllc, sunk at a spot oil* what is now the eastern .side of the liailway \\ iiarf. 'J.ho vrittci was never raised, and ha* remained u ith her cargo at ihe boiioin of the harbour. Tli.ha* been working over the spot lately, and besides portion* of Ihe wreck has brought up aowie 200 tons of the I coal. i lie value of which, at the rales' at present ruling for .Newcastle eoal, i* nearly OOl). The coal is in excellent condition, thus proving that it ha* in no way deteriorated liy ity long immersion.

A .Japanese named K. K. Tsukigaua, who is employed as a deck hand ou the Molyneaux ltivei- steamer Clyde, seems to be possessed of a fair share of progressiveness. lie has been studying navigation for some time. The result was that he was able, to go up for examination by (Jap h* in N. jieauniont, the superintendent of mercantile uiarinu and examiner of masters and mates for Otago. lie has now been notified that he has secured a master's eertilieate. ! entitling him to navigate in harbours, | lakes, and rivers. It is probable he | will be appointed mate of the Clyde, but lie does not intend cease his* studies, his ambition being to qualify for a sea captain's certificate. • The destruction of Mr. Lovegrove's house at Kpotswood on Wednesday evening was caused by the overturning of a kerosene lamp. It is supposed that , the accident was by a little boy pulling the tablecloth upon which the lamp was set. -Mrs. Lovcgrove smothered the. blaze and threw water oil the cloth. Mr. Lovcgrove was in New Plymouth at the time, but some neighbors came to Mrs. Ijovegrove's assistance, and it was thought the lire had been extinguished. Less than half an hour afterwards thei\> was an outbreak in the roof, ami thi< time it took control. Insurances were .C2DO in the State office 011 the house | and CIOO in the 'Sun office on the fur niture. Mr. l/ivegrove estimates his loss ' at £l3O above the insurances.

A Chicago museum is negotiating with Assouan for the bodily transfer of au ancient tomb weighing 2.>0 tons. The tomK is that near the pyramids of Sakkara, which lie some twenty miles from Cairo. ;tnil is a favourite re>ort of toiir-i-tn. who usually make the journey on camels across the desert from the great pyramids at (Jhizeh. The Chicago museum authorities wish to remove the tomo iu its entirety, and to that end it has been arranged that a whole goods train shall carry the tomb in sections from the nearest point of the railway Lo the coa*t. The sections of the railway will be carefully packed and placed 011 board a steamer at Port Snid or Alexandria. Another special goods train will convey it from the American coast to Chicago, where the sections will be put to- I gother again.

The southern members of the llarbor Hoard have sometimes complained of the system of appointing a committee of three to act an a Works Committee, on the grounds that the special information gleaned by the committee during its visits lo the port should be the common properly of all members. lit reply it has always been urged that the 'other members of the Hoard were quite wclcojuc to attend the Works Committee meetings, and the chairman invited the southern members particularly to visit the port with the committee on the dTiy prior to the Hoard meetings. Ihe. invitation,'it is pleasant to note, has been accepted by Mr. Marx, [he newly elected member, who yesterday visited the harbor with the committee. I hits showing a desire to become fully acquainted with the needs and the working of the port.

Evidence of the fact that the American ••invasion'' of the meat Irade of the world is extending to New Zealand is supplied by a paragraph iu a letter' just received in Wellington. This paragraph states that the Swifts Company is sending to New Zealand a special bag in which to forward their mutton and lamb. The material of these bags is said to be of a much superior quality to anything now used in New Zealand. The writer of the letter says that the Swills' stalls, at either Smithfield, Liverpool, Manchester, or other places, are always distinguishable by their superior cleanliness, and by the manner in which the meat is dressed and shown, lie thinks that the better packing of the meat will ensure a higher price than that which is commanded by other consignments. It was understood that samples of the bags were to be sent out to our Department of Agriculture. "When we started this physic business," said a gentleman at the twentyfirst annual meeting of the Dunedin United Friendly Societies' Dispensary 0:1 'ihurtsday night, "we reckoned that out of every shilling taken for medicine ll%d would be prolit; and y t d would pay tor the raw material. We soon got , an eye-opener." The "eye-opening" edit- ' cation, however (says a Dunedin paper), seems'to have been conlined to the belief concerning the profit. After the lirst year, when there was a loss of .til 25 18s, the realised in the business ell'ceted by the dUpensary steadily increased to remarkable totals. The lowest profits earned were in 1880j when the ruun of U3I) 18s was gained. Jhe highest profits were obtained in l!H)4, when U108!) ]ls was realised. This year the credit balance of .£7270 12s 2d was carried forward, representing almost six times the subscribed capital ( £1351 10s).

1 _At a sitting of the Stratford District . Court on Wednesday Henry flames [- Jones, of Stratford, rngine-driver, applied tor an order of discharge from his bankruptcy. The bankrupt, who \va? • present, was represented by Mr. 11. Spence ISpeuce and Stanford). Jlis Honor granted the order as prayed. I rederiek Close, of Stratford, also applied for an order of discharge from hi.s bankruptcy, Mr. Anderson (Malone. Andeison, and Johnstone) appeared in support. 111'. 1 bankrupt was preset] 1. Application granted. Probate was i!iant.'d ol tin 1 will and also of a codicil to the will of Frederick Cook, late of Leaconsfiehl Road, llidliirst, farmer, demised. to Edward Wright and Edward Cook, tile executors and trustees. Air. Sialice appeared in support of the application. Probate was granted of the last will of F. livers, del-eased, who was resident at Huiakama. to Joseph .UcCluggage and .lolm Make', the e.veeii- I tors and trustees duly named. If r. j . s |tenee appeared in .support of the application. - Post,.

Nesti'i ilay I lie]-.- w ere lour steamers lit Ihe "lied Funnel'' Heel i„ |, ort "wing, however, to ihe iiwullicient wliarlni" accouinioflation only three of 1,0 berthed. These were tile enguin from Wellinglon, the Itotoiti li'om Onchunga, and the Corinnn from soiithiirn ports, the eonWadeii Kotiiku "iff in the outer anchora«r(.. The disHiurgn.jr of th„ forinna started at

•1 0 clock in the morning, and before noon over (111(1 ton,, of merchandise had been sent fonvaru lo U„. goods-shed in town. \\ ,th the arrival of the first rank 0 tmcks the goods-shed stall' and ae--1 omniodation was overtaxed, and the hopeless task of coping »itli the stuff ; ; rew more and more hopclcs as train

, after train steamed in. The crush an-1 | muddle is likely to last for days yet, tor the accommodation is entirely insufficient, and every day brings its own trallie. .Meanwhile the stall' which was I'll! on to enlarge the good*-shed is tinkering together the dismembered parts of (he statioiiinaster's residence.

mid importers right through the district arc humbuggc(|. l.npn D !J 1 !, S ' ON ' S GENUINE 1 Uli K VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX-

>U was proved I.- experts at the iNipmm. Court of Victrria to posaow curative properties peciwarly its own | and to lie medicinally absolutely safe, pi ....■tiyo, and reliable for internal use. t lioictorc, do not aggravate your complaint by the use of one of the many I M< -.Mi'ith jUtIS oils which flip now (>!iimi»rt off as "Extracts," or tin lor

fancy names, but insist upon 'he (••KNI/rS'fl SANDKR Ai;D SONS' UU nll' A], ''l EX ™ AUT an(l reject all oil,era. tor wrrakre., sunburn, pimples | lilnckheads, freckles, cracked h-,.nd« dry ind inflamed skin use SANDKR A Mil WS- STIPBRIU SKIN FOOD. No without it. Aiiay, „. ri oil: 1.r1t.2, to every fne'o ,ind j «ano Vhemlsts and stores.

if \vu want your furniture removed carefully, expeditiously, and economically. employ flip New Zealand Exnre" Company. Ltd., ivlio make „ Jeeinl real MIT of fliis class of work, and wlio aiv al-.» able to supply lirst-eln« drv ■"•'commodaliou. CustoMw wul'i; in .ill iU branches,—Advfc.

in Kin •'* are Wry COmMO " ' ;" ul m,la y of ll "-' u>ntmental countries, hut they arc very selhere Hi New Zealand- but Hie frequent visits of Americans to the OKI Whl has recently led to a dM in thi' .States fur trained tree ri for plantiii" mil side Fences, trellises, and walls can 'Uijjh advantage be used lor the sunnort or many kinds fruit-luring L'ees, ami when properly attended to lrnit o! larger size anil of heller quality ean be produced Iroin trees planted in such a «ay tlnui from trees grown in the ordinary way.

A Paris physician,. Dr. Mairut, has loniuilaled the startling theory that jealousy is .simply a physiological dis ease, lie *a,vs ii ought to be treated like other ailments, medically, and that if so dealt with it can be cured. He considers there are three forms of jealousy lirst, jealous hyperaesthenia or excessive morbid excitement Of the with deep feeling of uneasiness. Second, jealous monomania, wfliich is closely akin to a mental I

iualad\, cilice it li'cqueiitly engenders a fe. ling in the alliiv.cd pc'rson that lie or she is pcr.-.ccutcl, Thirdly, jonloiw madness, or the last and ac'ule stage 01 jealous hyperaesthenia, which should l/e treated as a lorin of madness. The doctor's opinion is that sulTerers from acute jealousy .should be treated by daily and frequently eidd douches. Jle has proved it to be a valuable treatment, frequently bringing a complete, cure, and nearly always a great alleviation.

According to the Eyttclton Times I here-is a very strong feeling amongst linancial men in Uiristchurch that thoremarkable proripcrity which New Zealand has enjoyed for 15 years will receive a check, and that it will come before the end of thi s year. "There is no doubt that the hanks are feeling the strain of tile lightening money market," continues the article. "The sums of money that they have lent have been greatly restricted, and it is known that in some eas.-, s they have asked good clients with excellent security to help them by leaning upon them as little a3 possible. One financier believes that the full force of tho change will be felt iu four or five months, and then hi says 'We will. go through comparatively hard times for a year or so.' While he U convinced that there will be a temporary cheek, he sees no reason why .the Dominion should not get back into good years later on. fie places conlidcncc iu the North Island, where large tracts of Maori land Will be opened up."

Kel'erring to wheat-growing in the Dominion. ilr. Jame 6 liny stuted to the Coneilialion Unai\l hist week that New Zealand was approaching the time when no more wheat would he grown than is required for consumption in the Dominion; and. conse.(|iiently, the time was coining when (he price u! wheat will be ruled, not liy the London market, iait Uy tlie. :Ne\v Zealand market,. Ask- I ed liy the chairman. Mr. W. .Minson, jl the area would be lessened as the result of an award in the farm labourers' dispute, ur as the result of fattening sheep and lambs lieing more profitalile, Mv. Ilav said that of the two t'aclors the more potent one would be the great prolitableness of sheep. They might yet see Aew Zealand importing wheat, though it would be a great calamity if New Zealand, with its soil and climate, did so; when that time came farmers would grow wheat, and pass on to the consumer the increased cost of production, which would result if an award 011 the lines of the demands of the Farm Labourers' Union were made.