LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 128, 21 May 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The popularity of the electric light as an iliuininant is indicated by the present activity of the eloctrir.il firms in the town. Every one of them.ia fully occupied in executing orders.

In connection with the Friendly Societies' Hospital demonstration at* Stratford on Sunday, it had been intended to hold a battalion parade of the Tart'iiaki School cadets. The project is 'off," however, the Under-Secretary for Education having notified Major Sand ford that he does not think it' an occasion to grant full passes on the railways. We Lave to thank .Mr. Fabian, of Now Plymouth, for a sample package of "Kyi-Kid," a mixture that, it is claimed, saves 25 per cent of a householder's coal bill. It is sprinkled over the coal, consuming all (lie vitality there is in it' as well as preventing smoke, etc. We have tried the material, and found it docs most "of that which is claimed for it.

The Borough Councillor is advised hv Hie solicitor ty lh,. Mnncip.il ti«n) I hat i! is permissible l 0 t .l uv ,„. tj"' <"" P">' cm. penalty „p„„ Mh, '•""-"- '", !"'• ->tl.ui-l«ni water and 1 , 1 -'""' li-l" •-'■'■' i • Tin- „.|vi,,. | W . '"•'•'i I" "cured with a xi ,„ t „ ,„„„.,!„,, prompt payment of wale- i 11,,,..,., i„ the suburbs. The Cmim-il has, of course, another form of pcrMiusi„n -ii,c cutting-ofT of supplies.

'Hi,. Barrett Jtoad Board hum v.--t<'i--diiy, when Cut,' wit,. present: Messrs <i. lilaucliard n-lmirniiiii). A. .1. Uussoll. and I'. Leillaii.l. 1| W as decided to , -pond C"> on repairs lo the approach of I 111' I'.elt niiiil bridge. Six or eight loads ol gravel are t„ |„. procured from the tflol ipiarry lor -/ravelling (he footpath, in Devon sheet and Outfield and llelt road«. Accounts amounting to .UtiO Us ud were passed f or payment. The Rev. James Flanagan is conducting' an evangelistic mission in Auckland at present. Large numbers of people are attending the meetings, and a widespread interest is being created in his work Tlie rev. geiilleman will be in Nnv l'lyinontli on Wednesday next to deliver his lecture on ••Snap-shots in the London slums." J|r. Flanagan has had -peeial facilities for studying the problems of the poor of south-east London, having lived for fourteen years in their midst. This lecture will 'be illustrated with photographic-pictures taken on the spot of the conditions 0 f |jf ( , j„ lb ,, t „,,. fleeted dislrut u f (1„. capital of the l-'nipiro.

An oratorical compelition i, lo be 11,,|| l '" connecl.ion with lh,. I!„h,nd (iul, "II Tllc-day cveninc. Ten entri... have -o far been received. r 'l'is the ploughman who fellows |l lf . plough, While the dairymaid i, milkiii" the coii»h! Ami 11,,. dear liltl,. ],,,,|... << !;., ran after lh.- .:,:.,!... -'hi!,. 11,,. i,|.:. ~;,. ..■„.:„„ (: ~;,..,., And I',.- fa,-,,,., . ;,,' i , , .... .•';. , liM ...;- , \..r. v ■. : .-. ' c!i Irv (~. ; -;.,■ I.i■ v:■ . • 1 ni . si;, : :„d v,'.,i V.;V'r,,''V''i' . no, A it. OL'ta.i.able everywhere.

The roadhig of tti« property known as ''Shuttlewonli's.'' at Kit/.rov, is proeeeding. (Jim road runs right through from Devon road t 0 the leaeh, and there arc two cross-roads. Upon completion of the reading the property is i„ be subdivided and oj r m ,,i for sale. ..■«!•■ W. H. Hawkins has announce! lus eiindi '-iture for the I'ahiatua .-eat. i'lie ntliei candidates arc Ak.ssi's. Cooper U'ariucr-' I'nionJ anil lloss (present member). Mr. j{. c. lirnce, of jlunlcrvil e, is nieutinued as a probable can'lxlaU- for thcUiaki -cat. It is stated that Dr. Chappie, if defealed for TnaI'eka, will also contest the lllaki seal. A very elderly Maori, at a settlement not a great ilisiance from here (savs (be Waimarmi) Call) wa,-. while (lisenssi"S social matters with a pakeha. overheard |„ say: " I'akehn work, jdeiilv km; piikeba no work, no kai; .Maori work, plenty k ; ,i; Maori no work, picnic kai all .-am,..-' That, il will be adniil'led, is a liuisin, ami ...hows that tlie old chap is wise in his own generation.

Mi"t men have a hobby of some sort, v, bcther married or enjoying the pleaMUVs of siiiglcblesscdness. Mr. MrNab. , Minister for Lands, all'ects the early history of Maurilaud for literary work in -| are moments, and Live-planting as an outdoor recreation. Forestry is one of the .Minister's hobbies, and at his Knapdale estate, near Gore, he lias a nursery and plantations for his own private use.

One very amusing example of Ihe new spirit in Japan Mr. Kcir llardie gave to an interviewer. A railway contractor brought live thousand labourerfrom China. There was a great outcry. The Government were urged to send tnem back. Hut j n view of the position of t'he Japanese in California and Uritiish Columbia they could liardly do this. So japan has its Chinese labor question-, too!

Ratepayers as a general rule are not over-anxious to record appreciation of the work of their paid officials, who usually receive the lime-honored and much-quoted "more kicks than ha'pence." Still more of a rarity is a ratepayers! meeting which unanimously recommends a road board to vote a sub stantial bonus to its clerk. Unique in many other respects, and chiclly for (he great interest taken in public all'airs, Carrington road has taken this further unusual course. At Tuesday night's meeting the ratepayers placed ,'m record their appreciation' of the manner in which the clerk, Mr. T. -IS. Uhiuchetl, had carried out his duties, especially in view of Ihe largely increased work last year, and recommended the Cariiugion Road Board lo grant him a bonus.

'hie of the mosl miraculous escapes from death we (Alangaiveka Settlor) have been called upon lo report in this di.lnef occurred on Saturday eveiing to Mr. Kraigcr, sen., and his son whil.t driving home lo the Kawatau. dust as limy were passing under the stcen pap:, dill's on the edge of the llangitikei river, a huge slip came down a few yards in front of the house. The terrilied animal made a plunge, and before the occupants led lime to realise their danger. Ihe vehicle, horse, and occupants were precipitated into the river below. .Mr. Kraiger and his son were thrown out oi the vehicle as n toppled over, and rolled into the river. The hitter was in Hood, and it was with great dilliculty both men managed to regain the shore. Air. Kraiger. sen., being almost exhausted. The horse was drowned and the vehicle washed down stream, and. with the exception of the wheels, smashed to pieces.

Five years ago a 'Paris doctor obtained a divorce from his wife, who deserted her home anil her three eh!' (Ireii to elope with another man. Tiie. doctor recently received an appointment as one of the visiting physicians at a public sanatorium 20 miles from Paris. A few days afterwards, while he was examining new patients, a wan. eoiir suniptive woman, still young and with the traces of past good looks, was brought into ],is consulting room. The doctor looked at the woman, and recognised her as his divorced wife. The woman turned pale anil trembled violently, but the doctor gave no sign of recognition and quietly prescribed for her. Later he went to the ward occupied by his wife, am! had a long conversation ivitli her. Ticcoiiciliation followed, and iho woman has left for the Swiss mountains in the company of tilt doctor and her eldest son, to be nursed back to health.

The "St. Paul de Vincent"' Society visited the did People's Home last evening and entertained the inmates. The following programme was submitted:--■Jauiboiiriiu dance. Mi-cs Dw.vcr ami licnnel: song. "(iencvieve,'' Miss O'Brien: '-.oil", "A Woman's Rc-sobi-liim." Miss Van Dvke: song, "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me'still." Miss M. Jones; pianoforte duet, "Sunday," Misses 10. and D. Beimel; song. "Island of Dreams," Miss Foley; pianoforte solo. •Come Hack to Klin," Miss OTVricii: trio, "A Bunch of Irish Shamrock. .Misses llemiel and Oliver: girls' hornpipe, .Misses Dwycr and Rennet; song. "Won't Vou liny .My Pretty Flowers?" Misses Van Dyke' and E. licnnel t: chorus, "The Did Folks at Home," the companv. PluiiioL'raphic selections were ■liven bvthe lii'V.'Father McManus. Two j'inmates of the Home (Messrs. Mayne and Haves) contributed recitations and a song respectively. The party supplied and dispensed slipper, which the inmates greatly appreciated. Mr. .T. 11. Parker presided. The chairman of the Board IMV. Rcllringen, on behalf of the inula'os and hospital stall', returned thanks to the party for the excellent evening's entertainment they had provided. The pavtv were subsequently entertained to supper by Mr. Farrar and his wife.

Contrary to general expectations, the meeting of the Moa Dairy Co.'s directors on Monday was the most orderly held for some months. At the previous meeting Mr. llerlihy had a resolution carried, says the Record, to the ell'cct that the manager be instructed to give the Knimula. creamery manager thirty days' notice to leave the company, and in "the event of the manager refusing to do so, the. chairman was to obtain a legal opinion on the position and report at Tuesday's meeting. There was no report whatever at the meeting, yet if was an open—very open —secret that the manager had refused to give the necessary notice to Mr. Mackie, and that Mr'. Mackie still retained his position undisturbed; in fact, the Record rather inclines to the opinion that Mr. .Mackie was by far the most undisturbed man in the whole circle ol "interested individuals." The directors found that Mr. Mackie could not be dismissed before the end of the term for which he was engaged. The directors decided to invite applications for the positions of manager for the company, manager for the Kaimata creamerv, and a secretary in place of Mr. W. K. Pcrcival, who refused to continue to hold the position, so long as Mr. Hei'lihy remained chairman of directors.

Deputations protracted the Hospital Hoard meeting on Monday. One of the interviewers wjis a woman who demand, ed that the Hoard should luind back to her the children entrusted to it- care when she ua- Hl,aid,' lo keep liiem. eniiscpieiil u I„t husband's alleged diserlion. She failed, however.' 1 i-pre-s the members with the idea that -he could give \ln> youngster-, as good a home a- they bad „ow. and the" request was declini'd. And then the members got her opinion of them. -There's not a man amongst you,'' she darted "ill. -If- disgraceful („ ,„,( llu . „j,.| out (here with all those others." ° \ remark by the chairman that her children were lieing well cared lor concentrated her attention upon him. and she bestowed upon, him a withering look. "There's not a man amongst you," she reiterated. ''Things happen out'there at that home tint I don't like." i',| lo chairman instructed the Secretary to lake the next business. She broke in again. "I'm not satisfied. I'm .>oing to have the children. I'm quite capable of looking after them. I'm not going to have my children neglected out there with their health ruined for life."' The Hoard stolidly proceeded with other business, whilst the tirade continued concluding with -,, repetition 0 f Hie charge that "there's not a man amount you." And then she left, and tne building lii tiled as the door banged -a slight expression of her boiling'" rage "She must have been a railway guard at one tune," quoth n country member and the Board proceeded with its business.

You are earnestly urged if sick to try, without dangerous loss of time, tlie merits of that successful remedy, ]),-. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, ami Consumption. U will without danger to you destroy every variety of these weak-eniiijr, dcatli-dealing germ's and drive iliem quickly out of your s y stem. „o thi't life becomes more rosy. I' is a jrrerl mi<| ;l | ; .. ( I; . ? i|-..,.. i)i,,; ;: . '■ f.'"" l ' ■■-: '.o , rh away umlistiirlieil n ,■ -i uv::.::lc hrouhial tubes ami -,,,„,, ".,-■. n-.en bol a iW .i-,c, of i.liis > !• '■"■! <■■'* of ll,,:'!M.'a,iu'','e-i, ! 'vc V y,M : r stem from lice- bauclul ~Lli,icm - o. kc lb-. Siciecn's \,.-,•.• liiscover. j ,r ' i,gh-. i'-.iils. ami <Viisiiui|:lior,.' and - ii wiil never ve;:rct : . If iinsatisf.u- , ry. money heck. Obtainable every-

iiw new organ of St. Andre is Church ut Auckland lias been dedicated. It cost £IOOO, to which Mr. Carnegie, tiiv I'iltsburg millionaire, contributed :C3(I0.

A (lazette notice published last week lorlmls money-order,, and correspondence addressed to the "JJr. Austin Klcc.trie Belt Company," Christihureh, boin« delivered |, y e.| u . ,„,„( ollice of Xew '/A land.

Shccpfarmcrs are not having a particularly rose t,ime thw vear. It is stated tli.it there is scarcely a farmer '" " lii- district who has drawn on the Bank fur wool sent Homo who will not have to refund.

Dii the 2.-) th instant the Sentry Hill and Leppevtou station* will be closed. The new junction, midway between the places named, will be known as the Cepporion .1 unci ion.

A Maori named Makomako, ove,. Ill) \cnj- o| age, died at Kaiapoi pah on Monday. Deceased claimed to have ben alive when 'IV Kuaparaha invaded Kaiapohia, and was connected with the old Kind transactions. it is stil (, ed „,. a deceased witnessed the execution of one oi the early deeds for the sale of a large block in the South Island.

Ihe Oaniaru Mail explains: -In •.•oiiiiecLioii with the Tiniaru Heralds I'iaylul reference to the records of crime in our unlicensed town, it will interest the public, and, perhaps, our contemporary, to lie reminded that the ten couv.clmns fur wilful damage to properly were amongst the roistering p:c mckiaiis who visited Timai'u on an occasion which was made notorious bv the bacchanalian exhibition which ' they lirought with them from our sister town. It was not our no-license, but Tiniaru's license, that was responsible for the mad orgy of di'structivoiiesa which resulted in the ten convictions. . While digging the trench for the new* traiuway ollices at Tliorndon Quay, Wellington, flic old beach level \\\\- iounii only in.in two to lliree feel below the level of the existing footpath. In olio place the level of the wave-wash is delined by a stratum of solid pipi shells from eighteen indies to two feet in thickness, and extending almost the length of the trench. That was (he old beach itself before any kind of a road wn„ formed along the water-front. Old Wellington resident* still refer to Lumblou and Tliorndon Quays as "The Meach." Since that lime, 'the waters of tile harbour have been forced back by the ingenuity of man, and Ihe water's edge is nearly a quarter of a mile away

from the strand of the former generation.

A settler in the llawera district, who left Australia at the time of the great drought live years ago, states that Victorian fanners are having a bad time (say,- (he Star). Letters received recently report that things are looking almost- as had as at the time of the Ia si great drought. His experience lyp'lies the marvellous contrasts seen in Australia. The year before he left (which was-the last of the drought) he got thirteen sacks off his 250 acres. Next year the man to whom he sold got seven hundred oil' 200 acres of the farm, •lust before the rain came he ran over to Taranaki to spy Out the land, lie was away a month. When he left his paddocks were like roads, as hard almost as cement, and when he got hack there was three inches of grass.

A pathetic letter to his wife was written bv Mr. A. 11. I'ennv, formerly of Wellington, whose deatli at Ash burton was reported the other day. The deceased wrote:—" My dear wife,--I am hopelessly s-involved in money troubles, and have been for a long time. 1 have been struggling ami trying to pull through, hut it's no good, and I have tried to put a good front to you and the children until now. 1 feel I cannot stand it any longer, and 1 think you \\-i 11 get on far better without inc. Try and think the host you can of me, for I love vou and them all. I do not think of anything that may come after, but- whatever it may be it cannot lv> worse than what 1 have had to lieaiand worry over this, last twelve months. (Jooil-bve to von nil. for I cannot face vou.-Alf."

I European convention does not trouble the -Maori of the far North in the matter of christening the piccaninnies. • There are no liigh-falntin'. English i Christian names of the '" Adolphus-Fit/,-clareiice" type, but some exceedingly (plaint things are perpetrated occasionally. Two young Maoris living near Hokianga are just getting old enough to comprehend that their loving parents bestowed upon them Christian names, life-long labels, of the most embarrassing description. In ISHii the Waimea rebellion occurred among the natives, and soni'i were arrested for treason. While one of the prisoners iay in Mount I'.den tlaol, Auckland, awaiting his trial, he heard that his wife had presented him with a son. Not long afterwards the trial took place, and another prisoner, always simultaneously with the n.".v. ; ol his sentence, two years' hard labour, received tidings that he was the father of a baby girl. These births occurred opportunely as a means of carrying down tu the nexl generation a reminder of their parents exploits, so the boy rejoices in the name of "Mount Edcii." after the gaol in which his father was incarcerated, and the girl answers to the extraordinary title of "Hard Labour." Writing to hv, people from .Vokomis, North-West Canada, on April Ist, a former resident of the Feilding district says: "We are still having cold weather here, and there is no sign of a thaw yet. It ia going to make things bad if we get a late spring this year. It certainly looks like it.now. The country is poor enough now without yet anodic:" frozen crop. There are several men going from here to New Zealand this summer. Young lellows that have any sense won't stay here. I think you will see quite a number from this country over your way this year. Last' year's crop has sickened a lot of them, and you can't wonder at it. if I had to depend on farming I would have been dead by this time. We arc getting lots of Chinamen in this country now; that is about all it is tit for. The (luvernment are laving an awful time with the Dhourbouks (peasants from Russia). They started out on a pilgrimage this winter without clothes. I guess they found it a little cold. Several died. The dead were rolled in blankets and taken out in the bush, where they would be devoured by the wild animals. They' don't believe in burying them. They are certainly corkers. 1 don't think they want any more in this country." The editor of Mie Agricultural Departi icnt's publications has received the following letter, which was sent from Fuglaud, addressed to "The Editor of the public or farming paper, Wellington, New Zealand; very urgent":— "Dear Editor,--\Yc three English subjects are not at all satisfied with our present mode of life. Our nature is of a wild, as farming, or as a. cow-boy'* -life, the latter particularly. We should be greatly pleased if you would kindly advertise

this in various loca) papers. Our present occupation v that of a clerk in :\ large lace warehouse, which does not -nil 11- much a- a wild life would do. We -h.Ulhl ;,|I HI;,. i„ W „ r |; „„ |1„, Sil „„. farm, a- wo have all I i chimin Hie greater pari of our life. If any gentle'man fanner wishes to take an interest ill us we should like liiin to pay our passages over I here, and we should fully reward the gentleman with small instalments from our wages. Any gentleman that may need us, I should lie very glad if he would write to me and let me know full particular.-, including wage-. It would suit us to earn a proportion wage, and live in together. Please state in letter what port to land at. and kindly meet us on coming oil j the steamer. Our ages "re respectfully n« follows: Twenty, twenty, and eighteen. Hoping you will look favourably '. on our letter of application," etc. The Labour Department is replying that farm positions are obtainable in Now Zealand, but that the positions of Dominion life do not include the riding of wild mustangs, with pistols in one'* bell, and that petting up at 5 a.m. to milk cows is not entirely enjoyable.

The lime is fast approaching when men will want warmer uigHtcluthcs. Pyjamas are the real thing. More and more men are constantly becoming acquainted with the pyjama suit as the most practicable for' iiigbt wear. We have the proper material ill our pyjamas for wearing these eool nights. It is warm and serviceable and will stand hard wear. White and Sons.'-Advt.

Now that the winter is here in earnest don't by any means neglect your winter clothing, .fust as oil is cheaper than machinery, so is clothing cheaper than medicine'and doctors' bills. Now. the best place we know of ill Tarnnaki for men's clothing is ''The Kas'ji," just be low Nolan's auction mart. Thov'v-t always a splendid assortment at moderate prices—honest, dependable goods. ~o Tlie.\\o : let of eoKmi.il heavy .ux.i nmlivnants :,!■ :U I'd. singlets to ■Mitch '■ '.!.!. ::>o'. - .- l-.cavy •.-.'(■oilcn ■ .>v , men'- goo- honest colonial wool

,a,!,11c tweed trousers at «s fid. and (he , *(. assortment of men's overriats in i iranaki. These range from 22s (id In :( s (id in the ordinary make, from 45s • fills (id in "The Prcstwnll" make.

' :cse overcoats I hey make themselves llic premises. Give them a trial.—