LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 156, 23 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Al a -ale or tin- leasehold „i' VvnVntics al Wavcdcy <m Friday hi<>h pricewere secured, ihe average lomal per acre! lieine. JNs piT aiiiiiiin. At a m.'.-iijiijr oi' (lie council of the iaranahi Chamber <jC Commerce, there were inv-eiil: Messrs. T. C. Schnackcn !»■<■;.' (president). .1. li. Connett, C. Jt. Jiiir;;c«.-., \V. I. P, nil. \V. Amburv. S. W l>h;uv. and ,\l. I,'iidd. A letter was read Irum (lie Ucllinutuii Chamber remindiiif,' Ilia; there was a movement afoul to ;;et the Covcnimcnt grader to give a certiiicalc a- to the condition of produce at the port of shipment, and for this certiiicalc to he iinal ami bhidine; upon the consignee. II was decided to reply protesting against this proposal, and a.-kiiijr what altitude llicv intended to adopt. The chairman produced correspondence from Auckland. WCllin-on, and t'hiislchurch relative |o "Industries j Week" in I hose centres, and it wan dc> I cided, on the motion of Mr. \Y. Anilmrv I seconded hv Mr. V. 11. I'.urcoss. ||, ; ,| n,,,' Chamber, in view ~i [lie on-., ,s and j„ | 'Tease oi' 1,1|5i„,.„ ,!,,;[ |, ;! ,| sitl.-11.1..,! Hie Clirisichiirch and \\ ellijmloii display of -Vv: Zealand made eoods. s|„,i,|J ii.vi;.Hi- Kmph.vcrs- .U-„eiaiio„ i„ alT an K e :-ic'ilardi,p!ai.. hde. and li,„! the prcsi- "» "■•■•' <-■■ -»-.-«..■- =,.i-l iv,„<„,„.„„ Ili't it In- '.eld duun- lie- «ci i.- „.- ;:„, ! i'.li i-h I'eotlMil.-iV vi-it. j W;i ; le-s. Se,,„. ■.-..due. d 1(10 ,„.,■ eellf. 'in! me'e i0.,..| <■;■ a fr.v.l, lot. This is a i jiood opp"rlnivly 1° fist n. hlfe. blouse. Iluve :: look at them—!)d and h a yard. I -Advt.

Tim Knglish mail despatched from iuekland via Vancouver on 12th May irri veil in London on the night of the 17th instant. On Sunday afternoon there was a joupe of visitors to New Plymouth in [he shape of seven Mack swans sailing najestically along the sea-front towards the Waiwakaiho, Householders in the Upper Kent mail district have petitioned the Education Hoard lo take steps to constitute a separate district, so that they may elect their own school committee for the management of their school. The adornment of the Technical School grounds is proceeding. Yesterday l[r. U. W. Davies planted a large number of young native trees round about the building ami along the front of the new Education Hoard ollices. New Plymouth will iiguro in the welcome to the American fleet at Auckland. The liorough Council last night confirmed the action of the .Mayor in ordering from Mr. A. S. llascll a Hag hearing the words. "Welcome from New Plymouth," to form part of the decorations of the northern city. Police Inspector C.illics, of Cliristehurch. recently paid a visit of inspection lo the "iorce" stationed at the Chatham Islands. This consists of a single constable, who is also postmaster, clerk of court, registrar of birlhs, deaths and marriages, Customs olbcer, and agent for the tloverniucnt bile Insurance Department. Vet, says the inspector, he is not overworked. There arcno roads and no rates, no drunks, and no nuisances, except black swans on llu

Recently a Citrrington-road ratepayer ' complained that at a certain portion of (be road he went. "axle deep" in mud. The complaint was*to some extent warranted, although flic remark must have, referred to a go-cart axle. Now, however, the borough engineer has treated several chains of the road to a thick coaling of metal, and the improvement is fully appreciated. The next little item- on this thoroughfare for consideration by the Council is the cutting-down of the bill near Mr. Bauehohpe's and some much-needed improvement in the conformation of the. roadway. "Indignant" forwards a letter to the editor complaining that he went up to inspect, the lands oll'ered for lease by ihe Recreation Grounds Board, and found that I hoy are infested with gorse , and fern, and are in a state that does no credit either to the Board or the . Noxious Weeds Inspector. The road frontages are quite blocked by a strong growth of gorse. "Indignant" mentions ' that farmers nre heavily punished for submitting to auction cattle that are . infested with disease, and he asks how ', it is that, the trustees of the grounds j are allowed not only to keep this hot- , bed of weeds for years, but to put it ] up b<f auction. An amusing incident is reported from - Goulburn in connection with a parac chute descent there the other day. The f balloon ascent was from the Agricult tural Society's grounds, the weather t being stormy. Some two miles out a !, man was engaged in cutting wood in the e bush, and as he happened to look up lie g saw the parachutist descending in close l proximity to him. Evidently he had ,1 heard nothing of the proposed nscen', e nnd, being thoroughly scared, he dropped il his axe and fled 'for his life'half a mile e to the nearest dwelling, whore he asI tonished the residents with the hews if that the end of the world had come, y I The aeronaut landed in a tree, after a io I very slonuy passage, from a height of •s j sonic Willi) or VlHio feet, but without! d ■ sustaining mare injury than a few ~ i bruises. '■'- | Partly .owing to the cases of alleged " ! victimising amongst the employees of ■'' i the Mm, Daily Company, there is a "' ! si long feeling ainougsi dairy employees ■'■ j ; n 'i'arauaki that unionists should be ' s j pro,:■,-:•■..!. it was therefore decided at :l ' I a meeting of the Kmplovces' Union 'I- ; which was held at Stratford on Satur'■"'[day (sai, the Kltlmm Argus) to insist h ; upon a elan-.' for the 'protection of '° | unionists being embodied in the agreel>' meat with the employers which will take I lie place of the present agreement *' alter Jjlsr July. The Employees' Union '" o„ Saturday drafted the new'agreement "' which it will submit to employers. In '''' several important -respects it will differ |S from that now in force, notably as relv gards the classification of wage's, which II is greatly modified, many of the old ill's- ''<' factions being abolished. The .em!l' plover, and employees ivil! meet in coll--11 ference on the matter shortly. ', r A local resident called at our ollice . yesterday and asked us to make menr tion of the fact that the liecreatiun IU Mirouuds ainhoritirs were evidently not , v very considerate for the comfort and ( ; convenience of mothers of young chilin dron. and he based his remarks on ihe difficulty experienced in negotiating the 1 gale s with a |>eraiiibtiliitor. We replied u . that to Ihe best of our belief it was a simple matter to get baby-carriages in l'; by the „,■„• Gilbert-street'entrance, but ■ he said that the manoeuvring of his cart . on Sunday afternoon was too much for ;,'.' his good lady at that particular gate, whilst at Ihe r,iardot-stroet entrance t „ it was quite impossible to effect an e.n- , trance without lifting the carriage over n the gates. It appears that he has a very roomy vehicle for his offspring, and ( r as these broad-gauge carts seem to be ~ quite the "correct thing," the Board will ~ probably have lo accommodate itself to the. fashion and widen tho pedestrians' ■ entrance. , r ° The usual weekly session of the Eg,,l mont Lodge, No. 112, 1.0. G.T., was held j. in St. Mary's Hall on Monday evening. ,e Pro. .1. C. L/egg presided over a large y attendance of members. One candidate ,'l was proposed for.membership. Corre- ,,, spondeuce was read and received from f< (he No-License league organiser. After if | the general business had "been disposed ~ of. the sisters took charge and provided ~: a capital programme of musical items, -. songs, and recitations, also a compeli- .,. lion—namely: Aaine the business places ,[ from Post Ollice to Ambury's. Bro. rt . Davis proved the winner, and was pre- .. senleil wilh a neat little, jewel-box. The ~ sisters then haiuled round refreshments, c and a pleasant evening was brought to , a close at 10 o'clock. The Hope of Eg--2 mont Juvenile Temple held its usual ~ weekly meeting in St. Mary's Hall last „ night. The temple was opened at 0.: SO .„ p.m. by the Chief Templar, Bro. L. Pep--0 pcrill. Two members were duly ini- ,. tinted. The programme was "Sisters' ', A Night." The temple closed at 8 o'clock, j. The programme for next week is a p graphophone entertainment, r Plans of the seating accommodation 1 in the House of Representatives have ;- been sent to each iiioniVr. and a numr Iter of places have been allocated (siivs s the New Zealand Times). As usual, the s Ministry will be seated on the Speakers s right, while in line wilh them in the Il front will be .Messrs. Ilornsbv, A. L. 1). e Eraser, and Rutherford. Behind them c are Messrs. Ifacphcrson, Remington, !i and Jennings. (In the (~(,„(. fMis i' benches Messrs. E. G. Allen and FlatI man have taken I heir seats. Mr. .1. C. - W. Aitken. forsaking his usual frontt bench posiiion „n the (ipp.„iii<i„ side. - has take,, a comfortable place less pro--1 iiiinent. with Mr, W. Eraser as his companion. There is a comfortable position on the raised floor half-way down the chamber on (he Speaker's lei'l which has been secured by Sir William Steward, the Hon. (Ml. Mills, and Messrs. Barber and Wilford. who are practically in a posiiion similar to that taken by them m the ,dd House. This favorite spot has also attracted Mr. Field and the new member for Tuapeka, Dr. Chappie. Contrary to the arrangement at first made, divisions are to lie taken in the usual manner, though it will not be possible to carry out the injunction, "Ayes to the right; Noes to the left." Everyone will go out intu a passage, which is to lie temporarily closed for"ordinary : irallic, and the sorting process will go i cm there. Divisions will take a few i minutes longer than usual, because it I will lie necessary (o give members a , chance of coming from the Parliament- | nry Library, a process likely to make ] them fairly breathless unless they quiet ' ly answer the bell. WHY Is SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any other Eucalyptus product? Because it is tho result, of full experience, and of a special and careful maimfacture. It is always safe, reliable, and c effective, and the danger* attending the ? use of the irresponsible preparations {! which aye now palmed olf as "Exfracls" l are avoided. A death was recently re- f porlcd from the external use of oiie of t; these concoctions, and in an action at ° i law a sworn witness testified that he , suffered the most cruel irritation from a the application to an if, :;• of a product a v'lieh was sold r-s "lust, as mm.l as RAN- P; DKIIS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.-' There- " ; '"■■■ , beware of such deceiifion. Insist ',' ■o -i (!•.. preparation which was nrovo-l .'- I !■'■ ex-erU a'- (1„> Supreme Conr* n, V toria, auv bv mmierms authoriii"-* .ii I'm.' the ,c,,( •):, years, t" be a nreft.ici'o,, ~f .0.„„i,„.'„,„,-it. v i Z „ T:rn " I-:: '!M\'f c :A'V|)l'l! a\:j «(;--.• pr-o, >;i i'iiOTN.l'. EUC. LYI-'l'f EXTRACT.- "' Ad tc c-.e i-iiiiv -l-i-s! are her". Alwavs 1!l 1,.,..- ..,, ; e.,l,rella readv. ff you haven'* '' l: any. buy one at .Whiff and Rons'. Thev ' il have a lot of ladies' nod genls' at very i co moderate m'ices,—Advt, ar

A discussion took place at the Borough Council meeting last night con- ' ceming the fact that St. Joseph's Schoolroom, now used as a public hall and not as a day-school, was not licensed by the Corporation or made rateable to Hhe borough. No action was taken. At a meeting of Die Chamber of Commerce council last night a member exhibited a few potatoes which had l«en taken from the middle of a sack which : arrived last week from the South. The ° samples were of the size of marbles, and ' half rotten, and yet the tubers at the ' lop and (he bottom of the sack were ' capital specimens. Tihe samples were ' shown in connection with the proposal ' in some quarters that consignees should ' accept as linul the certificate of the ' grader at the port of shipment, and it was clearly shown that no grader could by his ordinary method of sampling detect the fraud. Gomplaints having l>ecn made of the manner in which some people seem to have taken charge of the East End bathing-shed, the chairman of the committee (Councillor Boon) moved last night that it be closed for the winter mouths. Councillor West seconded: Councillor Mills thought there might be some objection from season ticketholders, but Councillor Collis interjected that there was an average issue of "one ticket per annum, or less," and scouted the idea, of any difficulty. Eventually it was decided to allow the East End bathing-shed committee to deal with the matter. With the increase of motor-ear traffic comes the problem of controlling it. One of the remits to the Municipal Conference is in favor of having all .drivers of the cars submitted to an examination and not allowed lo take 'charge of a car in a public si rent until he has received a certificate of competency. This matter brought out the divided opinion of the Borough Council last night. Some councillors favored the idea. Others thought it all right to make the system applicable in regard to drivers of motorcars used for hire, but it was as unreasonable to expect the owner of every car, kept for his own private use, to ■ submit to such an examination as to ask every man to get a license or permil before driving his own horse along J the street. No decision was arrived at. The quarterly meeting of (he Loyal I Egiuont Lodge, 1.U.0.F., M.G., was held ' last evening, Pro. L. F. Webster, N.G., i presiding. There was a fair attendance : of members and visiting inembors, Tho 1 officers were elected for the ensuing f lerm as under:—Bro. L. F. Webster, i G.M.; Bro. C. Bond, N.G.; Bro. 11. NewI' lon, V.G.; P.G. Pro. W. H. Butler, Elec- > live Secretary; Bro. A. Duller, Warden; >' Bro. W. .Hook-ham, Guardian; P.G. Bro. » 11. Hooker and Bro. Milder, Supporters - to the N.G.; P.G. Bro. A. Hooker and t. Bro. W. F. Roebuck, Supporters to the V.G. ' It was decided that next lodgoa night should be a social evening for the . members and brethren of the Loyal Exe eclsior Lodge and the wives and lady . friends, the members to provide tea and r coffee, etc., and the ladies to bring a u dish for the supper; a progressive euchre c party to be the first portion of the evenc ii'K, folhtjved by a short programme of e dancing. P.G.'s McGahcy and W. H. d Butler were elected a committee to act i. in conjunction with a committee of th? d Excelsior Lodge to make all nrrangee ments.