LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 138, 2 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hospital Hoard meets un Thursday, the dale Having l.een altered on account- of tin- conference of Hospital J!oai\V delegates and tl|e. I'nlinci'stoii show.

11 is a common practice with sctibrs to allow trimming,, from hedges to fall into the water-iabics of I lie public roads. Foreman Walker veslenlav reported lo the County Council a ca.-'e in which a settler on the Avenue road was throwing the stuff' into the water-table;-, lie will receive notice to cl - the watertables forthwith.

At yesterday's uf llio t'ounty Cuiinei] there wcri' len;;lliy I'XjilannUiiii's anil 11111' or two aeeu-ation- in eui|W"tii.n witli Ihe iilli'jH wn.ir.'l'ul removal of limher taken from i!.i. old T.ipnae liridjii-. A„ 1 1m- matter will jtr.-imi-ly Infnrllii'r in red diiiinj' '!. i' pi-acre— of ihi-aiinomii.-eil liiii' l a-lion iiii-iiii!; oui <j ( oninilhn- .\,llam'. i-i-pon. 1 }.=- n-iiiar: • in,' i,.fl iiii..iil,iMii-<l.

Mr. S, Mill hi, i-i niph'l'..l the l-.-v.ihl iiiidii ol th» liii-ivl; i-'i.a.l IlKlri,-.. uiih I hi' n-iili lli.it j in- ciipiial value It;: - Ih'pii imim-.I he I 3!.:.:;"; fnitu eilT.o.il tu CI:WMI. ' A- Ihe ieoy M'n ..Lie.-

limi- wi-tv agreed to after i.\|r(aii:i!ion. n.'iil no —illiiiii" of the A--.i'"iiii'iil ( uiirt will lie hold! it niav he a ■-me,.',! thai tin- inei-i'iue- are ouihn'-ed ny |iro|ierty"HiiiT-. \.. . 1 ,.-i--nii'Ul (im it ha- si I ill New I'l.Mlli-lUll ,il collllei-liiill wilh lor three year,.

llclwcen (id ami (10 iiicnil<o;--' "i the j Xgaire branch of the Xew Zealand l'arnii'i-' I'liion intend visiting the Mom >• j lmki Slate Farm to-day. ' \ "Communism 1 believe to be the only i rational lite on the face of the gicbc.'' j was a remark made hv Professor (Sick- [ orton at the Trades Hall, Christcliurch. : In ten-year-old Jane's advice to] housewives (tboiit milk, a Xowtown teaelier found the following:—" T» keep! milk fi'Om turning sour yon should leave it in the cow."

Two Inglowood boys found an acetylene gas generator, tinned the tap, and got it llaiiic. To get a bigger Ihime they shook up the generator, and presently there wa s an explosion. The generator was blown to pieces mid one of the buys, named liishell, had his face badly cut. The other, Massicks, escaped nnliurl.

The Wanganui Chronicle rfporls lliaf il rather unusual, aud at the same tine startling;, accident happened as (lie mail train from Xew I'lvinoulh was pns-ing (hroiigli Hie .Mnnawapou culling on l-'i i day" A iree slump became hawiied and rolleil down Ihe face of I lie eult ! :ig. : hiking anil breaking the window:- of n carriage, (he occupanU of which were naturally much alarmed. Korlunatcly iiobodv was hurt.

The Feihling Star reports that .Mr. .V,c(,iiieeu, who secured forly-eighl, acres by ballot in the Aorangi settlement eight years ago, has sold his rights for 12(1 IDs an acie, J| r McQueen depastured :« head of entile on his holding, and Urn richness of the feed is indicated by the fact that 25 of his cms brought him u return of .CI3 12s JOd each last year with their supply of milk.

To-morrow, the Prince of Wales' Birthday, will not he observed as a holiday in Xeiv I'lymouth. The day will he a feast-day, however, in the Okato district, where Mr. 11. Okey, M.P., will perform the ceremony of opening (lie newly-erected bridge over the Stony river on the Carrington road. The committee in charge of the arrangements intend* making it a day long to be remembered in the history of the district.

Extra eard-tabl»,; had to ne provided for the large crowd which attended the "soral" at St. Joseph's Hall lasl nigh'. Over one hundred took pari in the euchre loiiriiaineii!. The prizes were won as follows: -bartics: First (bandsome liindcarved Irav). Mi-- Foley: second (pair vanivs). Miss Ireland. Cenis. First (umbrella). Mr. O'Brien: seci.nl (silver pencill,. Mr, SI hv. Aft -r sup per dancing was indulged in. Owing lo (he increasing atlendances at ill l --!' ionnightly "socials," if has been decided ti start the card parlhv punctually at N o'clock in future.

Referring in his Grey Lvnu speech to the criticisms of the management of Te Orangit Home, the Hon. G. Fowlds said that «ome anonymous letters on the subject hail been occasionally sent to Mrs. Fowlds. "Now 1 wish to tell you." he said, 'that Mrs. Fowlds is not a politician. IT she were to push herself forward in these matters this intrusion might, be pardoned, but she devoles herself to her home and her family." He asked anyone who had any communication of this kind to send to forward them to himself as he had a capacious waste paper basket ready to receive them.

"Some of the hind syndicates are beginning to feel that prices of land have reached a dangerous point,** remarked the Hon. fi. McNab to a southern interviewer, "and they are showing some anxiety In unload. ] have two in my mind at this moment, (me of these, in a measure, intercepted the Government in i(s negotiations for a certain estate, and the members of the syndicate are now trying to sell to the 'Government. Another syndicate which purchased a large properly is showing the utmost anxiety for the Government to take it over, and would, 1 believe, take considerably than they gave for it."

"I bel'cve," said the Englishman to the colonial, "you have had rather a severe drought out here recently.' "»es," replied the colonial, verbosely.

"we did that! and my wonl, the Iced was scarce. Why. one'man I know hail nolhing hi feed his fowls wilh. One day. alter cleaning up the roost, he sprinkled the floor with sawdust. To lii> amusement (lie fowls ate this with relish, and throve wonderfullv. Later on one of the liens became 'cliieky,' and the man set her on a dozen'eu»s/' "Well." said the Knglish i. .''is "ilial al':'" -No," was the an.-.wer: "Hi,. -lialiue pan is Hi..l eleven of the elrck, wen- halelied wearing wooden legs!" The Englishman staled. '•What, became of the twelfth';" he asked. "Well." drawled the colonial as he drifted awav. .••Hint wa, a wimdlicn!"

The 'lVriki mail is in a peculiar posi | 'lion just, imiv, The district through ! nlii.h part of the road runs is a white [ pine swamp, and the M ettlers there have I In-iii draining the land so that the j ~wainp wafer, mi) into the side-channels of the road. J'hesc channels have not been made to carry, so much water, of course, and in wet weather the drains have overlloweil on to adjoining land-!, dim landowner has notified the Countv Council that lie will bold flint bodv liable fur Kiirt'iuv damage („ his farni. The county chairman remarked that, it wasn't fair that the county funds should bear the expense ot draining the block, and suggested the formation of a drainage district owr which a special rate should he levied for the purpose' ot •an in" out drainage works. The Council, he said, had all the powers of a drainage board, but could act only upon I lie pel it ion of the ratepayers. The following exfrael, from \\Vddels lasi dairy produce circular makes gradI'ving r< -uliiijr: —■• Tin- Danish committee liave again lowered the Copenhagen quotation by two kroner, but have noi yet iounil a firm market, nor are they likely to do so until the committee restores conlhleure anion;; the buyers. They knocked nil the stuffing out of the market last, week by unnecessarily reducing the (|Uut:ttion. and ill consequence they have the honor, for the first time in exisicnce of the trade, of placing Danish a good 2s jicr cwt. below New Zealainl. The present reduction has not alfiiieii the price of New Zealand, which is .s.Olini; at 110s to 112s out of (he next -tearner. Danish butter on our markets is less in [|Uiintity than last year, ilic arrivals for the last, six weeks averaging Klocwl. a week below the same tini- twelve months since. The price js ■ts per cwt. more than last year, while New Zealand is 12s mure.'' "Old Journalist," writes to the New Zealand Times: -1 sec (hat Sir Hubert Stent is anxious f,,,. j|„. university I ruining uf journalists. Sir Robert evidently does not know that lirst-class journalists are born and cannot, be created. 1 know of a number of nnivcristy men who have been arrant failures at newspaper work, aml'onlv one or iwo-mostly leader writers—who 'have l.een of any uSe in the profession. The best working journalists are those win. have been •through the mill.' and gone upward and onward from made to grade. Sir Robert seems to Oiink thai university education has a broaden-, ing and liberalising tendency. Such is noi the case. The mest proficient journalists are those whoso minds 'have been matured by contact with all sorts and conditions of men, whose stele lias been fashioned by study, and ' whose thoughts*have been leavened by a jmlicum, course of leading and independent im ■stigalion.

Complaint was made at the County (iium-il meeting yesterday .(hat some drovers were in the habit of driving stock along t| K . county road:; after |„ f| K , ~ase „f the mobs of "In uers" brmiglit in to the borough abii'lolis there was a very serious aspect of the question, in tiiat liiaiiv of the animals were (oo feeble to travel any great distance, and they had to be left, sometimes „ u ,],,, road', sometimes by the roadside, to die, thus constituting n iiu-iMce to (lie travelling public. It was pointed out by the chairman that persons driving cattle at night without a permit from an auctioneer, justice of the peace, or stock inspector was liable to a line of not less than .CI nor more than Uoli. and it vas decided to advertise a warning. Councillor Andrews sugecsteil I hat Ihe Council should not be to., hard on the drovers of •■boners,' for lliev were really public benefactors in r'Hilig these obi cows and bulls out of (lie country; to which remark I here wa„ a chorus of assent.

YOU CAN LET IT CHEAPER AT THE BED HIST. TTIE "L.K.G." VERSUS HANDMILKING.

An nxUact from Farm Note*, llniiiiwalu Standard, of March nth, l!) 08. will iii- of iiilm-H to many farmers:- -'-Tiilkuliaut mill; that lias liecn taken frnii! the "o\v ivllli machines, as rompared willi I hat lakcn liy hand, an pxpprt iiifm iiiial n.'Standard'raportpr that some fairly pxltaustive tests had lippii niailp by n, farlory manager with milk Mipplicd In- different sheds, some of wlrili incil T/.K.f!.' Milking Machines, while llio others milked by hand. The result was doejdedly in favor of machines, the milk drawn liv tlioni Ixiing of first-class quality." "Us/:." Sola Agents. MarTCwan and Co., Egmontslrept. New Plymouth. I'nr Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Hreat Peppermint Cur«. 1b 6d and 2s bd.

Alter living twenty-five years in a mum in .New York which ho permitted in' w-miiiii tu enter, Jlenrv Bergman re'•'•ll llv ilinl. He bitterly hated all woji.'ii because ul' trouble early in life t.'.Ji hi* wife.

A schoolgirl, aged thirteen years, re- <•:•«;.■. voted in an election of Guardians at iicywoud, Lancashire. Her name had gut mi (lie list of voters as a joint occupier of a dwelling house, and she claimed a ballot paper and recorded her vote. The Avenue road Card Club play the fire lirigade dub on Wednesday evening at Mr. Kichard's residence. Avenue road will bo represented by—Euchre: G. Dickinson, J. Simpson, 8. Ilawko, F. Gordiui, C. Harvey, A. Richardson, S. lloeliottoin, M. Pattison, W. Richards, and •Ins. Harvey; Cribbage: W. and P. McKov, K. Lowe, J. Blewman, G. Plimpton, A. Parsons, A. Marsh, S. Main, 11. Richards, K. Kibby. Emergencies: 1). Johns and A. Clow.

'•Miin-liauU have been simply gninbliug with the weather as far as the butler market is concerned," said a leading Auckland merchant to a Star representative. "There is more grass and better feed at the present time than there was i» the month of January. Many of the lactones which had practically decided to close down in .March took* a fresh lea si' of life, and as a result of the phenomenal weather conditions they are still working at a good pressure. Herbage is plentiful, and so far no really cold nights have been experienced; h e we have in cold storage HUM) boxes of butler, which quantity snllices to make it a certainty that we. will easily tide over the winter. ■ The export season closed in March with -i few thousand boxes in the freezer, add it was feared that with the winter we would have to face a shortage, but we are nowstill turning out butter in our factories, while the quantity in storage continues to increase.''

The sad case of a Crimean veteran came under the notice of the.Charitable Aid Board (says the Lyttelton Times) when it was reported at the meeting of the Hoard that a man had had a paralytic seizure after having been discharged from the Masterton Hospital. He was quite helpless, and his wife, Over 80 years of age, could not, attend to him. i'r. P. Froiigloy. in reporting on the case, said the old man's old age pension had been cut oh", but he was receiving (Is a week from the Charitable Aid Hoard. The old man was reni'Oved to Wellington, no person being available to look after him in the country town where lie. had lived. Subsequently he was returned by the Charitable Aid Board to that town, where he will remain lintil there is a vacancy for hinV'at Victoria Home, Wellington' Hospital. The story of the recent experiences of Sergeant Whohm, stationed at tJoen, North Queensland, shows what a wayback life is peppered with, says the Bulletin. He left Coen on 4Ui January to collect rural statistics; he had with him liv«i trackers and twelve horses, equipped as if for some exploring expedition,A Hood swept down the Archer, which, lor a start, meant much swimming of eiccks and wading across plains. five weeks out, he received a wire bidding his patrol to go to YV'eipa Statiojr and annex » "wanted" black. When the party got to Mein telegraph station with his prisoner, murders were announced among the Archer river natives, and the sergeant was side-tracked on to that job, After fording and swimming many flooded rivers, he wired, on 22nd March, that he could not reach Archer, but had' gone to Pascoe to assist a white man who was said to be in danger. While there he got word by telegram to investigate the cause of Paddy Fan-els' death at Balavia, All this time the statistics were waiting. Officialdom then lost trace of Sergeant Whelan amongst the llood-waters of the rushing Gulf rivers, but it was aftorwards learned that his camp had been washed out of existence and the twelve torsos lost. Latest accounts of the party were very indefinite, for the rain persisted in putting up a record, and it was reckoned that it might be a couple of months more before Vyli el an could get back to a change of clothes and a dry bed.