LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 154, 20 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The English mail despatched from Wellington, via Brindisi, on Bth May, arrived in London on the 13ili inst. The Railway Social Club's euchre party last night was one of the best 'of the series. There was a very large attendance, some thirty tables being occupied at the progressive euchre tourna ment. The prizes were won by Mrs. t. Callaghan (a handsome silver-mounf'pH. vase) and Mr. t. Bullot (a silver-backed hairbrush). At the conclusion of r plentiful supper dancing was indulge in to tile excellent music supplied by M:s George. Messrs .T. Jfoskin and E. King were M.'sC-. Dancers declared the tloor to be just about perfection. At the last meeting of the Otago Rugby Football Union, Mr. McLaren said be hoped a New Zealand team would not be sent away for four years. He supposed the next proposal would be tn send a team to Soulh Africa. It would, he a question-for employers before long, I and in addition to that, they were aimlily encouraging a floating population of voting fellows, who became very unsettled, and looked forward, to a great xbecome members of travelling team». He considered that lite more the union looked to local football, the hotter il would be for the game. A correspondent wrote stating in the Melbourne Age some weeks since that the national color of Ireland was blue, unit not green, as was generally believed. The following paragraph from ail English journal touches on the question: "The most illustrious Order of St. Patrick. which figures in the missing Ilegilia of Ireland, was founded by King George TIL, 120 years ;,u, and is therefore of more modern instil ul ion Hunt the Orders of the darter and the Thistle. Although green is the national color of Ireland, the ribbon of the Order if fit Patrick is blue, while that of (he Thistle is green." Some novel bidding was witnessed ,c Waverley -the other day. when an impounded horse was put up for auction to pay the expenses of "his board and lodging. Bidding was started at "a hob a leg." From 4s the figure rose t.f( (!•■ hy sixpenny bids. Such wild speculation. however, could not last, and threepenny bids were resorted to. These w ei e abandoned when tile price reached Ss. and a cautious penny a time was indulged in till 12s was reached. The appeal in (he animal's eve fetched tiie crowd ngain, and a rapid tile of halfpenny bids was directed to the auctioneer, who, amid great amusement, flnallv knocked the horse down at the fancy price of 14s.

1 Review quotes a private letter from Canada from one "who holds a very prominent position in the dairy trade there and is thoroughly in touch w'lth the trade." He gives it as his opinion that Canada, "will not have more than enough to supply the Canadian ileinauih and a further reduction in ihe quantity of cheese made is likelv to take place. In 11)0,"1 the Canadian butter sold in the United Kingdom was as much as •«K.ll7ewt, but in 11)117 it was reduced to •34,7j3nvt'f and it is "on the cariU that she will have to import some New Zealand butler (she is already consuming a little). ()t ohcest she contributed last year 71 per .cent, of the entire output, and if her imports are much reduced this will atl'ect prices in London, and materially affect our trade, to the benefit of our dairy farmers. The harbormaster, Captain IlOod, reported to the Harbor Board yestenliv that in the past live weeks tiiere were 03 steamer berthings at the wharf, the aggregate gross tonnage amounting tn iiB,OS7 tons. Imports were 7511.5 tons, including 1239 tons of railway cOal, and !M)(i tons of private coal. Exports were 2074 tons, bringing the total cargo handled to !)!)(l!l tons. During the five weeks there had been experienced roti"h stonily weather, and heavy rain ami high seas at times, hut no delay to shinping had hcen occasioned . The dred-'e. worked 21 days, making 14.1 V, trips, removing 8730 cubic yards of "sand am? Silt. Since may 2«lh the dredge had ; been working at the new berth with short wrtion-pipe, the silt in this portion of the harbor being very diflieuil to dredge, and caused a. reduction i„ (,],« average number of loads from eleven to three loads: poi- dnv. tri\ T' y }" u T sU "Z ""'et'ing of the ■"te ei J,and oi Hope was held on I burs,lay evening, the Rev. Mr. Brooke '» • c I'hair. Instead of an a,l- ---| dii - Mr. I.rooke read extracts I'rom a i ministers diary ,v the carries of housekeeper. , v |,o was Tond of the gla- thnt -he got into no end of trouble. 'l'ltlit|j> njuio' very subtly Tiikc Mother's Advimv' ' Mss 1 Vl' "The An<r ( >| of tlir fnu-k witii Ai'ter II piiim.r.irtc solo liy .Mi,s Cleiimieo. u W;,s wh'll receive,i, Master XorMian l.uckiii.ui snnjr "Mv Shadow'* with the n.ssurnmv of a veleran. .Mr. J?esitord an aih!re.s< on the niiiiuifaclure oi iiueinM (ju. lii'story of the fjotlie fno'u its im-epfum jjj ijn» nieitin ; L r |>] - ii'.'es> in th r furnace til) it left (he hands of the idower. a tiiin«» of iieantv to ln> admired when il left tiie IniiuN n| the iiuisher. Miss I'laneholt then <»;ive a piuioforte solo, aftor which ; Miss (.wen Ulanchct{, s;thit a pretfy son.L'. "Always in the Way/' so s\ve<Mlv that the audience wanted more, hut .Miss tiwen w;i< too nioih'st tc respond. This brought the programme to a ;il p.m. 'I hern a very good audience.

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