LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 141, 5 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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11 is estimated that over 15,000 Americans will visit London by August next. i J'atea has decided, by 165 to ;M, to hold the shops and factories lmlf-holi-iluy on Wednesdays. The Cliristchui-ch I'res.s states that it has been decided that all horses owned by the late Mr. Ceo. Htead will be sold by auction in Christelim-eli during Grand National week. Ju all 74 lots will Ire oll'ei-ed. A daguerreotype of a young man and gill taken from the btj'dy of a soldier on the hatllclield of Chanc'ellorsviHe during the American Civil War has been returned to the girl in the picture, .Mrs. >\\ W. Stowe, of .Milford, Conn., after the limler had searched for her for thirtvlliree years. The Kawhia correspondent of the Maikato Argus slates that there is great scarcity of labor in that district, and Government; grants for road works cannot be expended, owing to the impossibility of getting men. It is expected that the Imslifclling-therc being some -rilld acres to come down this sea- . sou—will also be greatly hampered from the same raiise. .Mr. Ileaton Ithodes, M.R, who iceenl- . Iv shot in the Bakaia (Jorge two red ■ deer carrying exceptionally line antlers,' . is sending the beads to ihu-leay. of ln- [ verness, Scotland, the eminent sporting , taxidermist, to be mounted. Thev are . to he sent to the Franc-o-Itritish Kxhibi- : thai I'm- display, ami will, no doubt, at- . Iraet the attenlioii 0 f British sportsmen i- to the Stalking possibilities in New Zeaa I land.

A Yankee tourist i-eeentlv arrived in liotoruu, having travelled from Wclliuglon via the Wanganui river (says lite l.otorua Times). Being asked what he thought of the scenery of the ltliino of .New Zealand, he replied:—"Waul, we paddled up a hit - 0 f a crick, with a lewbushes grow-in' on the. embankment, and here and Ihar a doodrop trit-klin' down a jock. I didn't see lunch Khine. Whar do yon keep it bottled up, anyway V JM'crrhijr to potatoes, the Wellington I'osl says the market is well stocked at present, and prices are ranging f ruln 1.-' los to .ill per 1,;,, wholesale. A number of merchants laid in slocks, earlier in the year, in anticipation of a use m values, ,|,„t eo far (his has not been realise,,. The quality of the potatoes this year is very much belter than in recent years; in fact, the present season is th,. first in which excellence of quality has been reached since the bbghl attacked the New Zealand crops some font- or live years ago.

J-'orty-live years ago yesterdav morning—namely, on 4th .Tune, 1808—the first attack was made by the British in the second war at Tata'rainiaka (Johnnie's Flat), Taranaki. The attack was made in consequence of the massacre of a party of the sth Regiment a month previously, -when Lieutenant Traggett, Assistant Surgeon Hope, Color-Sergeant Ellens, Sergeant Hill,' and Privates Ryan were killed. The British casuallies totalled three, and the Maoris lost about fifty, (lovernor Sir George Grey anil General Cameron were spectators of th,« attack, which wits led bv Colonel Wane. CI!., afterwards Sir 11. 3. Warre.

I Tlm' oommilloo (.f the Tiirniinki Poultry. Pigeon and Canary Society met on Wednesday night in the secretary's rnoins. It was decided to ask the headmaster- anil headmistresses of tile town ami suburban schools to meet anil arrange regulations regarding the con.pctil inns fur children. Prizes will be given fur llie host essays on the slmw. "jfrs. Tiseh (Mayoressl anil Mrs. .Malono will lie asked t„ net as judges in the dollc petition. S\ r . Sandford inm.'d. and Mrs. drunks seconded, that tlie press cif Vew I'lymontli be accorded ii vi.le nf (hanks for thy prompt anil oll'cclual reports of last year's show. A ui'ij.'lil-j!U('sSii|ir competition was decided upon, but the subject is to be dealt with later on. Anion;, hose offering to enlist hi the lliitisli Army last year it was found that. j;.!iji unskilled men came forward. against l:;.(i±) skilled tradesmen, in addition to J.'i.ili:) men classified separately, such as fishermen, boatmen, stewards, barmen, and clerks. About onc-f'iiii-tli of each category was rcjoetcil, the unskilled having a slight advantn.'o m the numbers of passing. T|„. "town casuals'' without calling provided the groate-l number of recruits (l];2;S:i;), and second clinic liliS:) agricultural laborers. In theanuv Englishmen predominiile; there are 175.2411. against S.WK Welshmen, ]S.l2!> Scotsmen. ■>■>,!»<; Irishiueu, !|l)14 colonials, illu | ■>:, ; ,|j enSi As to religion, 1(i2.7."i4 are classed as Church of Kngland, :w,04» as Koman <alhi,lic.s, 17.2..1 ils I'resbvterians, 10.. SliS as Wesleyans. ;j«47 as Jiaptists, tm an Mohammedan, and l!)Ii as Jews.

Ihc bandit chief, Anlonio Paulino who has terrorised Eastern Portugal for months, and committed inanv atrocities, was captured near Venn, close to tile tn-nlier, on April'l3, (| lu tr<-.-i----<Hery ol a nii'inber of his band. The "";,"•'"."';. wl'o was j,ai,l .cm bv the •"»'"'■'>>«. N Ihc companvof soldiers lo the brigand's fortified home in tile deleuded himselt Aalianlly, wounding hree soldiers. Tho siokli.M.-s finalhbiohe down (he door, however, where'l'oii laulmo tried to blow out his but ll„, m ,,lver mis „ t Altera desperate hand-to-hand light | K . ""■". lll ' ,1 11 «-'f.'' ''»l"'H and conveyed ,«, n', ,'l , t """", \' Ml wm " li «'''l inanv dels nnJ rchberics, Mvl hilll ,„„,;, I ~"' '"!'''«"■*■*. A lew weeks priMi- -'• -I ly ,. 0 , )k ; all three. «'"'«• illul Ull '» sliot wool,l ~,.„„.. " ' l ' ,i '' . v<l " uill convey „,y reipiest to the people S '' ll '.''y vetrain front furnishi,,,, "■" »t Ik.; ">et with intoxicating rivo. r'if .1 ' l T""'" il « Iwr-oiwV Iv 1, ■n y W °" ld ,l 0 ■"»■ Jt»M«ir.. H .ibia.is the case, -when on,-men reach '')'»''«;. I'o.t. that some „f tin, people «'o 'ni'l.ned t„ „ ff( . r , hom y \ { I ; •ln','r,';,'l " T- "' t "" t, '"" I'wJ'Hw it is; but it works a bad < ... Il "' ]»<'" affi Ihus induced to d' nk. and dnnk („„ , llllpll . (I|] , , ship Inpiur ,s prohibited, and tl„. „„.,, .-"'<■ iinamist,,,,,,.,! t„ its ,„,.. w,,,.,; I '.-■ f' 1 ~sl" "'c lh<> ''" is "» Mich rc;tia,nl. C>, 11,,. way round .South licet has made ;,,, enviable «oul,l 1,, exceedtngiv rcgrettalde if. ~„. '»'. r "'"- | »»S »l- railed stales again 1l"s .Will reputation should be dim,,,,.,) ' ;M'I»'«t;i«l.- Hint most peop,,. ~„,,. , h ,; -t .unlives only ,„ ollering Hip,,,,- fr , he enlisted „,,„. |„„ j, wf)l||i| |)fi ])()) _ I' I '' for-llie men and fo r the navv in tteneral it it „•,.,■,. „„t „.. | 5i,,^,.,,. l.v trust that it will not be."

A further-length of eMilccn mi'e '">'<"" Uataroa to Waionru „., ||,],' souther,, extension „r ,1m- Main Trunk by ihe IbiilHay- 'lieparl nu-ni"" si, i"-'"liu-New Zealand Tinic>|. Thi, means ,l "- :l l"-'- !b>-"»Jlli rales for the saw'"fad l l , i!!.v"u''„r i " """'■' ' ,l,y '""'■"" "■ ,; ' >■ Ii ! 1 "; P1 | , o„!;k Hn , i ! , r eve„„.,.„ m,!cs furl her north. 1,,,,,,;,-.' >"< »"!■" made by a Times ,, ]lIIN „., ,iv * » ill ' ■< view of nscertaini,;,, « : ''»']d"""do l ''; ['hf'su™'"'' 1 -" U{ 'i ,Ari ' wnl a through rale on 'the timber instead oMcaling with the trallie as local, terninnihug at their own terminus' but this is impossible. The Departmental view is that the trallie cannot 1-,. cnu<l'i''i"d o» unopened lines except at great incnnvciuVncc. and it won ,1 no' pay even a I a higher rale. The) Hnrge the liailway Department's own rale, a- gazelteil. !„,( „„ through rales can be quoted. A heavy culling north "I Wiiioiirn is now completed, and rail-l-'-vl "'-; >< I" 1 "- ling. When this is dim« and minor work is completed, the line will be handed me,- | 0 the working railways, thus bringing the sawmills -wilhin n lew miles of their Ihrough-ralc p„i„[ and starting a trallie which is destined I" make the Alain Trunk one of Ihe most profitable of X cw Zealand's milways. ::, r

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The train returning from the breakwater last night run into a horse on a crossing near the freezing-works. The horse was, seriously injured, and had to I* destroyed. In London, the other day, was exhibited the new wool bale, which can be either wool or paper lined. A woollen string will be used. This will obviate the loss manufacturers have been subjected to owing to the presence of fo- ' reign substances in wool. i Quick word on the Pacific cable. The 1 special representative or the Australian Star, with the British football team, cabled the result, of tile Otago-Hritisli match on Saturday to his paper iu Sydney in a fraction over a minute. The. • result was known in Sydney before the players left the ground'. It is stated that a Wellington family who had booked passages by the ionic had their furniture and personal belongings slowed in the hold where the lire took place, and their toss is in consequence a very heavy one. A stamp allium valued at 1)2000 was amongst the cll'ects; it is said to have been insured for £IOOO.

The annual meeting of ratepayers to the .Barrett lioad Board was to have lieen held yesterday morning, but at the lime appointed the only persons in attendance were a solitary ratepayer and a junior clerk in the secretary's oilier. Lack of publicity probably was responsible for the apparent apathy of the ratepayers. "There is a lot of talk in this city about keeping the Chinese away from New Zealand, but while the speakers at dinners and oilier functions are saying: 'We must see to it that the Chinese do not get a footing here,' the speakers' wives are buying vegetables at the back door from a China-man," said one grower at a meeting of the Market Gardeners' Union at Auckland. The Poverty Bay Herald has been going into ligures on the question of the cost of living, and states that compared with other .North Island towns it limb) that out of 80 items quoted Gisbornc is cheaper in 3-1 items than New Plymouth and equal in 22; is cheaper than AVangauui in 17 items and equal in 2-1; is cheaper than Masterton in. 81 items and equal in 20; and is cheaper I ban Palmerston .North in 19 items and equal in 31.

•'Sir." said one of the speakers at the Elthain Literary and Debating Society] meeting recently, ''the Government have been nursing a frozen snake in their bosom, which will turn to dust and ashes in their mouth," and by the time the audience had fully realised the horror of the situation (records the local paper) the speaker had soared to other realms of oratory. Mr. Poynton, the Public Trustee, who was accompanied by several other gentlemen, haß (says the Nelson Colonist), returned from Golden Bay, where they have been inspecting the iron deposits at Parapara. Mr. Poynton is acting in the matte r of the late Sir Alfred Cadman's lease. It is believed that ere long a company with sufficient capital to take, up the work of actively developing the valuable iron deposits at Tarn para, will he formed.

.Messrs. Webster Bros, had a very busy time yesterday at Mangorci, when they held a clearing sale on acount of Mr: H. Ivey, who has sold his three farms. An early start was made, at 11.30, and selling without a stop till 4 p.m. saw some SO dairy cows, some springers, weaners, pigs, 'horses? implements, and house furniture disposed of at satisfactory prices, and without the slightest hitch. Dairy cows showing quality and well forward ranged from a 15s to :CS 2s (id, which for this season of the year must be considered satisfactory. The firm is to be complimented on the up-to-date and efficient arrangements made. I'-arly yesterday evening there Mas considerable commotion outside a tishshoji m the centre of the town. Two men, evidently liushmen who had taken a glass too much, oecame obstreperous, and the proprietors of the shop essayed Ilia task of bundling them outside. This they eventually accomplished, though only at the expense of herculean effort and strategy. Once, outside, the lisliyendors had their, work cut out iu defending their position, namely, the doorway, for the bushmen, swearing ana cursing, attacked it time after time, declaring, between lurid explclivcs, that British blood was equal lo anything in the foreign line, or words to thill ell'eet. The defenders, however, could nut Ix. moved, and evenhmlly the revellers had to retire, thoroughly beaten.

Xlu> Itotoruu trout-lishing season | closed last Sunday (lilst May). The JloL Lake* Chronicle ut' Saturda,,' says: "Although no record has been kept ibis season, as was the ease during the past three st'iisdii--., I'ruin u knowledge: of the lisli taken Irani the lakes and .stream-, una llu- quantity despatched dail - by the express, we leel we are quite sale ill saying Unit the lake' duriii; Ihe season has quite equalled that of last season, (•rlaiuly not less than ill tuns of I rout have been taken from the lakes and streams about llotorua, including bake Tarawera. Our estimate of Ihe quantity of fish may appear high, but it must be remenilH.red that tile season has extended aver seven months, and in addition lo this a large number of lisli have been taken from Lake Tara wera, the average weight of which has been seven pounds." "Are. the men and women of this fonnlry fulfilling their first and primary duty in the Slater" asked Father isirry in i.ln- course of an eloquent oration on ihe duties of patriotism at St. ■Mary'.-, Cathedral. Sydney, on Empire Day. "We have it on oilicial record," mi went on, " that there are thousands 01 empty cradles in the land, and in this we see a. young people in a new and prosperous country already poisoning' the fountains of national life. We boast of our civilisation, we proclaim our Christianity from the housetops, we are a young nation, but let me say it, we are old in vice. We are buried deep in the vice that disgraced I'agaa Homo. The viper that sucked the lifeblood out of that mighty people already hns_ his fangs in the vitals of this young nation, When this country culls a muster to the last man the empty cradle will tell its inevitable Imt terrible story." Writing uncut Ihe gift of money to Xoble, tlie Australian 'cricketer, the' Dominion remarks: "We all remember—and try to forget—the hysterical absurdities that followed upon' Webbs defeat of Towns, affiPwe all feel a little afraid that if a national subscription had been set on foot for Webb's benefit, it would have yielded move in a week than was collected for the Seddon memorial in a year. But it. is unnecessary to marshal! evidence to support the' notorious fact that (he Australasian public thinks more, of the successful athlete than of the men who really make the country. Ihe public pares less who makes the laws than who makes the record. We arc certainly not, „r ilios,- who would have .port done away with, or the pubbe loudness lor athletic prowess in any way lessened. What is wanted is ',, great deal more regard for large achievement. j„ other arenas than that of

'<>«t ™ iihoi.t. 1:51)0 Australians « )<■ helped t„ return ,-,.„„, Solllll • I'li-.i i,y the Commonwealth (lovcrn".en», the Nta.es, at a cost of nearly LnnilO. It was arranged that II..; (',„, i. >'""wealth should bear will, each Slate tlu' c 0.4 of advancing the funds for il,;'. .■lL.tnatio,, of these people, and that >'.* should, as soon as possible. repav ''' '"<>"<W spent. Over 41)11 Victorian's «'■»■ !mM.;rlil back from South Africa llll « 1 '''- HllS scheme, aild the cost per '"'|'<l varied fro.,, *; to .fill. The •secretary of the Closer Settlement '"""'il »as given of the arrai."c- ' "» iK'l.iilf of the.Victo.iaii Govoni'"'■"l- It. is now about a year since tiicse \ iclonans returned fro... South Alnca. but the Government has. so far succeeded in collecting kit a small porl'»n of the money which it advanced. of the men have disappeared, and |'» "uyiy cases the assistance of 11.,. !">Y« Ims had to be sought. The moncv i>. However, trickling into the Treasury "'!"" il lllll »'"''- of the repatriated men. «ij" i.iv ridding themselves of their li- ' "l/.ly to the C0ver,,,,,,,,!. |. v a. system "I t.me-payment in small sums.

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