LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 125, 18 May 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is probable that the Tuapcka bv eleeuon will be held during ttfiVt week in June. The Moa lioad Hoard did not meet a hoHdav Ul " ,aU b, ' i,,g abs " lt ""

It has come to the knowledge of the Agricultural Department that a low-:-re^i,:,tt! U ' mCTSS " UU,dte ™^

-is yet the manager of the Moa Dairy Company has not given Mr. Mackie. th* K. >na a creamery manager, notice to ■1 e the company's employ, as instruct- >" M he directors. Another perform- «»>* "I 11..- "More-Comedy Com any V "tars is to be given to-day.

A leading fruitgrower in llasliii" is convinced that the codlin moth "and «>';•>■ IH'-ls ~.• a real benefit („ i|«*o '■■••liiinlwU who know (heir business, the presence oj Hie p(>t3 , ~ u "'■■«*<"•>- Dial (be trw , should be and (he ,es„|t is, he says, that ll"-' orcl.ardists obtain about twice as much 1,.i- (l„-i, fruit

1 The WaugMNiii Chroiiiel,. ,uv. (h,| ■, ""■'"'"•i- "f it- Stan- i,., s iM i; is ;,„.; Mona Idle,, from M„ Ediso,,, i|, e f!ll „. "us inventor, slating I hat the „,,„„., Ihaf he is about to bring into Opera ion hj . ,;„; " ,1, '■■■*' ai ""- ii "« ••< U) hold a c0n,,,,,mi,-i,;,,.. r ~ son sl,(i,„ """""•"" u fl '" m A! '-- Edi- •„" s ' ll "K l,,! " I"' is about |.o p„l f.1,,, invention on the market «'),.,, ' truth? "MiMl. What , s the I

«"..iw: The main .street in „„„ , lf janakis 1 ,, ll ndto„,,s. during ;'":,, ■showei of ram. (In the footpath ,„, pn i,,ed fro „, ,ho w-eathe,^' 1 o g I„wf1 : ' 1 " is she beaug aden with an umvieldv ,„„•- ixncith the shelter of a shop verandah «« imcoulh-looking Scandinavia, .J' [-i.wagr'Ti,, ~,;■,,•;;'v,,.;\,,^ I ! "" ul, .«' 'y in hj» manner., and IhMsl one instance of his tailing.

The_correctness of the followin,, incident is vouched for l,y a well-known settler i„ the ftiglewood district A young man. 22 years of «»,. w ho i,-,d lived practically' the whoh" Jf |,is |jf„ "" ■?,. "."■"'■ '••■""« ''»<<> Iho market town on Chn, n,as Eve. ral,„l»,„l v rich, for , lie had Ikvi, j.i V ,.n a silver half-crown l""ce 'to M „.,id a. ho liked." And. in 'hi- besi siore -„ii. |,„ u ,,„dored ~„„„,,

i'";' r " 1 "" 1 '"'•' -l-l-- .HI tlio ~|-t»n...0.i, !'»< ~'«■ n-.tliiii- thai (in,,!),, will, I.N "cas. It W;l- .ill ill Vilill ||,,t Father till' Window ~f || M . f;l tt.-V" "nods' J,!,!" anil lli<. man from the waiCeks lel'in' v.inuili water vainly as he pns„ed ai„, re'I passed tlic ronfecMonerv -Imps. \ t r ,j„|n he arrived home with Iml I a crowns worth of turnip seed! Yet u„, v sav ~,,, colonial is lavisl, witli hi* ,-asli. ' SANDER AND SON'S RENUINE PUKE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX-

• i v.;i! proved t- exports at the Supreme Court of Yirtrria to posaesp curative properties peculiarly its own and to he medicinally nlisolulcly safe n/ftrtive, ,lnd relialilc' for in'crna! use Therefore, do not. apMruvn'e vour comi- j ! plaint hy the use of"one of the many •rude eu-iilyptus oils wl.icli nr"> now I palmed off as "Extracts." or mtlcr

I fancy nanus, lmt insist upon "lie KE.VnVE SANDER Ai;n "ONS' EUCALYPTI EXTIi.VIT and rojoM all olhers. For wrink,e>. simhtirii. pimp'ea thickheads, ireeklcs, cracked h„nflii,'dry ind inflamed skin ;isc SANDER AND SONS' ei'PRHHA SKIN FOOD. No lady slionld he without, it Allavs irri uu; hennt* to every faee and I tand Ciemists and stores. '•Tlie Uidlmnrne - have opened up s,. v . cral liundred pairs of neat, unity l;id evening =hoes wliidi were intended to l.e -,M at :>» fid pair. During tlio last week nf their haryain Loot sale thev will sell them at 3s lld.-AdvL ' !

After a period of eighteen mouths' | checSe-making, the Awatiina Dairy Co. has started butter-making again. A contract has been signed for the construction of the memorial which is to surmount the late Air. Scddon's grave on Observatory Hill. The contract price is ,V.2741>, and it is expected that the monument will be completed i within twelvr months.

In. the Kaia'iii district, the potato crop is turning oul very well, in spite of the very long spell of dry weather. In the months of January and February the tubers were growing in soil which was entirely without moisture, but lately

the crop Inns improved, and fair yields are expected. He was a Ihiori and he was giving

his experiences in connection with a sly groggery away up in the King Country. -I go til te place." ho said, "and ask ie feller for te pottle o' whisky, he take me for spy. and sell me a pottle of

colli tea for ten boli, and the mean no pul any sugar in it." Messrs. Dowdall Brothers, in a recent issue of their Butter Review', state that the home production of Great lirilain is estimated at SIO.OOU tons annually, while foreign and colonial supplies nccording to Hie Hoard of Trade returns, figured fo r 2111.277 tons Hp to -luue last.

'hi tea wa ri at tile head of the ports "f tin- Dominion for the quantity ot cheese exported during April, shipping ld.-H"> pwl. valued at '.Ci!>,l(i:l! N<'W I'l.vinniith came next with 7-lllewt, valued at CIB.SSO. Then follow the lilulV wilh «:)!)4cw't, valued at ,-C 18,348; Duneilin, 2S(ilcwt. valued al £77tM>; Wellington, IjlSlcwl, valued at -C4317; l.yttellon. 12lilcwt, valued at C.'WS.'i.

The following story is vouched for by several of the prominent settlers oi Gladstone, and beside it all IKn yarns fade into insignificance (says the Carterton News). A man, owning a trotting ilier, Set out from Masterioii in a light buggy to reach Gladstone. He proceeded at such a pace that he left the buggy behind, and when he reached (Hailstone post office and pulled up. he dropped to the ground. The buggy was subsequently found five miles back at Te Whiti, the last five miles of the stage being accomplished with the man retaining his sitting position in the air. The strange part is that the driver was unaware that the buggy was not under hint:

What is a worker'; The other day a Wellington medical mall and two or three typical manual workers alter some diiliciilty found places on a crowded tramcar. Quoth one of the said laborers to the doctor, calling him by name: "It scenis presently, Dr. , there won't lie any room on th.vse cars at all for the workers." -Well," said the doctor, "T am a worker as well as you" "You!" replied the other; "you never did n dav's work in 'your life.'' Said the doctor! "1 have done, and am doing every day, more Irving work and tor longer' hours than you ever did." The passengers were amused, ami the "worker" was (-oiucwliat confused, but | the incident shows thai, according l» some people, there are no workers outside of llieir own das-..

The police have located Hie mudi-di.- | eus*c.| hidg'T wlm stayed at the Stirling j Held on the night- of 3»lh April l*:>.vs Hie Duiiedin Times). This person is known n* Soudan Sandy, and was stated i in various witnesses ul the in.piest on the bodv of lira. Cornish to have occupied No. 1 bedroom on Hie Thursday .„„! rridav nights: l» have been slop pi„g at the hotel on Friday only: no to have staved at lac place at all; and to have otiived Hiere three days, ami ihen In have left without pnvmg >''* bill. The police find that the individual referred to did spend the night ol Tlmrsdav. :«)th April, at the hotel, and

' 11,,,1 1„. went further sonlli for throe ,|;,vs before returning In Dunedin. Tile police have obtained a full staloiuout from tliis man, l>ut arc extremely reti--1 cent ii.-. to its nature.

Australian papers to hand on Wednes- , day report the arrest at Melbourne last v.cck of James Brown Alholwood, an uelur well known in .New Zealand, on ] it charge of bigamy. Accused was annealing in '••lolin Glayde's Honor" at Her .Majesty's theatre. A warrant for liis arrest was issued at the instance of Klhel Kngliy Yolverton Alholwood, ami alleges that' the accused was married to informant at North Melbourne by the Kev. W. Craekctt on 28th June, 1807, ; and that on 2lith May, VMi, he went through the ceremony of marriage with Ulias May Townscild, Hie informant being then alive. Accused was admitted to bail, and appeared before the. City Court on I lie following day, when the <ase was adjourned until 13 th .May. .Mr. Alholwood uas last ill .New Zealand with the "Brewster's Millions" Compuny.

Included in the contents of ;i liook recently publUied in St. LVicr-lmrg, comprising a nvimbe,' of article* on >u . lit) subjects b\'liU:-sian wrilcln. is uile by Ur. llarold' Williams oil 'The Kiglil with Now Zealand." Dr. \\ illiams. who is 11 New Zealander, the son of tlic Kev. 11. Williams, a \ve.llkilown .Methodist minister, is an extremely able linguist, lie has a remarkable command not only of Bus*i,ui, but of Herman, French, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, and several other languages, besides u wide knowledge of the language ami dialects ot (lie Soutn Sea Islands. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Pres s quotes it as a proof of Dr. Williams's familiarity with Russian that Hie article, referred to was written originally in that language, and was not first written in English and then translated.

The difficulty in securing good milkers is forcing some farmers who depend on hired labor to instal milking machines. Some good pi-aetical farmers have had milking machines running for the past two. or three seasons, and others have been anxiously awaiting their verdict before installing milking plants. The verdict of practical farmers is in favor of milking machines, with certain (nullifications. It is admitted j that hand-milking gives the best results, also that machines are not serviceable for small dairies-say, under HO cowsnor are they altogether profitable at the beginning and end of the season even where herds are larger. In the full Hush of the season, however, the milking machine gives fa,. greater returns ban by haml-milking, and farmers wilh large dairies who have had machines ~i iw. would now give „ p dairying if thev "ad lo discard milking niii.-hiiics The ,hooting *,,,„,„ d „.;„, t| I w.dhamValley b„sb. A partv of nine. :"">!";« H.at t|„, ~-iM l,„ H r which had

, ecu i.v so severely mauled Mr. John ', , " " l,s ,'»«""' i» Hie vicinity 0,1 IcUuon Bros.' farm, went out o„>ri- ■■ """'""'i-'. and were successful in M-lunng Ihebrule at about !) o'clock. » lien cspi,, 1, (! | 1!1( , jIM; SOl hiMiiH , jf '! "™l "beep , carcase, and was not '. l " """: l 1 ''«"'• The great size of I'.v the I..llowmg ,|i lll e„si 0l ns „ f ,„•_, ( . iU .. <.ise caicllllly l„k,.„ : _ i out 1,, I nil. 7tt Jin; „irlh round the '."'f 1 - ; ,l . t :!l »; I'WRlit, ;ifl 2in: widlh of «>-t,:i^.n ; Unckncs.s of feet,.•!,-,,: thiek "ess ol skin. iin. The boar was endowed with a magnificent pair of tusks, which make a complete circle of Kjin. It was Mr. Kemp's rifle thai bowled him over, but by unanimous consent the tusks are |„ be handed (o Mi. John McLaren, who. no ihmlil. will treasure I hem as mementoes ~!' a hunting inci- I '!""• from which he was indeed a' luckv man l» escape with his life.

Dunn- tii(! past few mnntlis the Fod- ''■,, , : l:<l ''''Partmenl have lurl mtb'"'tied to (hem several inventions designed either to autmnaticallv stamp letters when (he amount of postal is l'h'ced in (lie slot or to sell the required postage stamp: but die most interosliii" i* 0110 just received from a Victorian 1:1(1 01 Ifi. The nl;>c l,i, 1( , ; s une „,!,(,,,, '""J" '"■ attached to post pillars, and anv l"' !s "» wll » 'loos not possess the neces-

sary slump has only |„ place a nonnv i" Hif "lot and !1,0 1,.|t,.i- is slainpo,! villi ihe fad (bat poking,, has iwn paid. Mr. Soon. Soerolary |« (ho Central Postal Administration. SIIVS „>c boy's model , Vi K made of pi,,.os of tin and who. and was very rough, but it an-l-wered pericolic lo (ho (osl K which worn ' apidied. Ii would not take a halfpenny or a -.hilling, lmt only pennies. It is . inl "" 1 '" liiive n proper model made in the deparlment. and if this is found '•Hertive the lad will |„, .s,„'tali!v rewarded. Ihe hoy ,' s anxious to ohtaiii I :l , l"'"" "i the de|iai'tmeiil. and Mr. >-i'"ll ,ny.. he intends In do „n j„ his pnimr |„ secure i( for him. as the doimi'liiieiil could do willi inanv sueli moI'lnimeal geniuses. |

Del you over realise il„. g rP nt danger ol iiegleeling yourself in the matter of winter ol,.thing? It's a very vital quesImn lo yon. as your health i s far more precious to you than anything else in f ie world. _ Once begin to be careless ''""il pulling on proper underclothing, and you are layfng yourself open to every ill. flood sulwtantial warm underclothing, and, when driving, a <mod oven-oil. j.lcnly of fro-d, air, and we'll 'b'lv you to eatch cold. Don't put off gelling vour winter's supplies, but <*o -li-'igbl |„ "The Kash" ;,, Dovnn-strect, New Plymouth, and ask to see their slock- of underpants and singlets nf :is lid. anil then see their "Prostwcll" oveivoals at 455. and you'll be one of (he mo«t comfortable men in Taranaki -Advt.

Although Mr. George li. McClcllan has held the Mayoralty of New York in the lace of much litigation and other oppo- I silion sitae V.m, ami lii s term of ollice expires next year, it is yet to be decided whether lie wa H lawfully elected, immediately after the election his opponent, Mr. W. jt. Hearst, set the law in motion to have the votes recounted, alleging that the victory for Mr. McClelhili ffit- declare,! on improperly handled uallot returns. L'nlil recently Mr. McClelhin has successfully resisted such a step. Now the Appeal Court at Albany has decided that the ballots may be recounted, ami so finally determine whether Mr. McClcllan or Mr. Hearst is legally entitled to the ollice of Mayor of New York.

In conversation with a local resident recently, a rcprcrsouiative of the Stratford Post was informed that some numerous in Hie Maiigaotuku district, ami became a considerable source of annoyance to farmers. In one instance the vermin went so far as to attack the young sheep, one flock of hoggets bej lunging to a well-known shcepfarmer J siihoring seveivh. SI range to say, it j was invariably the »trunge»L ami not the weakesi animals that were attacked. i'h'sc were invariably found to be bittenin the neck in dose proximity lo the juauliir vein, anil in a few cases the Hies had got lo work and added to the sufferings of the injured animals. l!eI'cHtod washings with a kerosene emulsion cured the wounds in most cases, iand (he depredations of the vermin

cca.scd as suddenly as they had begun. After the ilclinilc promise made by the Premier at lleeftou the other night we shall surely not have to go through another general election under the present anomalous system of representation (remarks the Lvltelton Times). The Cabinet i H determined to secure majority roprosi rotation, but it is evident that the members arc at variance as to I the method of reform. Sir .loseph Ward I himself has lavored the second ballot, | which has always -seemed lo us a clumsy means of arriving at the desired result. Mr. McNah, on the other hand, must be faithful to the principle of his own. Absolute Majority Bill, and we have little doubt Hint when the Government comes to consider the two methods the Minister of Lauds will be. able to convert his colleagues to his way of thinking. There can) be, no shadow of doubt as to the need for reform. Our electoral system is .supposed to give us majority representation, and where there are only two candidates to a seal it works well enough. But in constituency after constituency the electors are called upon to j make a choice from three, four, live, or I even six candidates, with the inevitable I riwult that a very large proportion of those elected are minority representatives.