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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. Thi' price ui butter aL Wulliiigluii li.i--been iiu-ren*ed io U rid j*or puiniti i'ur brands. — Press telegram.

The east wing of the prison at New Plymouth is gazetted a-, it. reformatory prison for the detention of habitual criminals and habitual offenders.

Five years a crematorium was •reeled iu Adelaide. The Iwenueiii reniation took jiiace tile other day, s"

that it has only been u-cd oil an average once in three months. The following were elected as a committee for the lluriuioana School on 22nd in.-t.: —.Messrs. W. li. West, John Ostler, Robert Shewry, Waka Taranui, and F. 11. Synions. Air. F. 11. Symoii.v.as re-elected chairman and secretary.

The Northern Steamship Company has kindly consented to delay the departure of the Rarawa on the night of the Tara-naki-British football match, in order to allow the British team to be present at the Recreation Sports Grounds Committee's ball.

It is probable that the County Council at its next meeting will Ih> deputatioutsed by ratepayer- in the Barrett road district, this move following upon the Council's acquiescence in the Car-ringloii-Franklcy-l-.lliot districts' rcque.t to be formed info a separate riding. The earnings on 'the. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth section of railway during the four weeks ending 23rd .May amounted to C1i0,513 12s 3d, against £54,152 7s Id for the corresponding period iu J!H>7. Passengers accounted lor U23.390 lbs 3d, and goods £30,455 Bs Bd. At tile Water Police Court, Sydney, recently, Captain F. .Muis-eii, oi tlie steamer -Manila, was tilled £2OO for having allowed two Chinese to e-eape from liirf vessel into the Commonwealth. Captain (1. W. Ecdy. of the steamer Changsha, *'As fined £IOO for having allowed one prohibited immigrant to escape from his vessel.

Alt unusual spectacle was seen at a Nelson theatre. The jury which is en gaged ill the West port murder trial wliS inarched in under Sergeant Duggan to witness Ma.-inalioii liro-.' pictures display. The jurymen are locked up liigli! ly. As they had been in eonliiieineni three days, they expressed a desire to attend the theatre as a reli"f. The -fudge saw no harm in this, and the request was granted.—Press telegram.

A Palnierstou North dairy-fanner whu is spending i\ holiday in this district v\-prcs-es sin prise ; ii tlii' amount of fml in this locality. He states thai (here is nothing like it to he x'cn in the districts south of tiiU province. Another tiling thai impressed itscll' upon him is the simplicity of gardening operations neets>ary here to get prolific and rapid growth in tln* kitchen garden. lie Iris nev.-r seen anything like it in the still' cl.>;.ey -..iils of hi* own district.

Tho>.e school teachers who in the past h:\ve devoted inni-h time to the organisation and of swimming classes and ao added to their profe.-.-,iiuul datii without fee or re ward will lie pleased to know th,it. as a slight token of appreciation of their ell'orfs, the Wellington Education Board has decided that up to 7o per cent, of tin; capitation earned by such swimming classes will ill future be divided among the teachers who have acted as instructors, ".Dominion.'*

Pelorus Jack proved a >ource of int'Tcst and aniu-ciueiit to (In- members uf the Briti-h football tram. '"Shall we

s-e Uie ii>h';" \v,i> ;\ <|U<'-tii»n asked by sev< i ral bifore tin- .Mapoiirika staried, and rr«' rclirin;.' to t!i<«ir cabins ibey made arraiiLifmcntx tn b.' called at Un» l-'rcn-b l'a>s. In additiim to tlie icini. a lai'i:.- number of utlier pa>->en<:ei> lined the railing at tlie bow, and all wen* rewarded with a good performance by old .lack, who swam alongside, diving and blowing, for a long distance. Many reasons, more or cogent, have been urged for the introduction into the schools of tlie "Ten Comman 1inents." The rea.-on below, urged by a New Zealand Board, is w'orthv of being rec'Crded, if only for its originality: —"The Commandments should be introduced if only for their literary merit, particularly becau-;e of the preponderance of monsyllable*:": nnd as a ease in point he rpioled: "Bring up a child in tile way he .should go!'' (Jonijijeiit i>J superfluous. A new method for maintaining tlie Ireshii'Ns oj milk without the use of pivM-rvativv* has. -ays an English heahh journal, jiM been discovered. The milk is sprayed through a series of line nozzles, with the result that the fat >s broken up into the smallest possible particles, and their separation is rendered impossible tur some hours, in spite of the churning effect of a long railway journey. This is expected to increase the possibilities of milk transportation h\- hundreds of mile*.

The Miingaweka Nutlli-r says: "In all probability there will be a new eightpage daily evening paper published in Feilding prior to the general election." Thc Fcilding Star playfully retorts: "A company with a very large capital, mostly foreign, has ln>on in process of formation during the past two years. The promoters reipiire from '.Clti.oyO to QU.OOH. The chairman of directors will be the proprietor of the Settler, who is understood to be easting a political eye 011 Ornua. and the directorate will be formed e\elu-ivelv of members of his election commit tee.' 1

The result oi' inquiries points to the laet that the sti'es- of winter is not likely to fall as hard on the laboring clas-es of tlie Ijominioji this vear as last year. The number of important works in hand in the way of railway cou<truction, the erection of buildings, and --o forth, is such us to absorb praetieallv all surplus labor, and there is really' nothing existing in the way of stagnation or dearth of labor and' the hardships which are attendant on such a state of Jitl'air-. Then' are, of course, those who will not go into the country, but prefer lo remain about the towns, but there is wink in both places. A few unskilled laborers have of late been sent to engagements in tlie eounlrv hv the Labor Department, and iu fact there is almost at nil times employment for a tew. at any rati', 011 one or other of tlie iail\\a.\> under construction or 011 private contracts in t| lo eounlrv.—Exchange.

speaking at ilie Daiiv Secretaries' Association .linii.-r, ,\|r. Johnston that he had (ravelled eight thousand miles in Xew .Soulli Wales and Queensland. New Zealand was very small, it uas very good, lie visited (In- cNperi"lontal farm, at l!alluir-l, Wa"gi Wagga. and Ilawkesbury, and he had'lo Siiy that the Covcrnnicnt of New Soulii Wales n;h doing more ill this direction lor the binning eonimiiliil \ than here, but It was only of late : ,ears that it had I'een taken ii |i here nil I, a , (ll great deal had l.een dune, although more could anil should lie done f,,j- d),. ],en ( .t|t "f dairying. Experiments over there wen' tarried out mi a large -*.«!<>. |,nt not in greater detail than was ilone at Momoliaki. If tlit- districts eonhl be compared, the Dominion was a !mi" way ;l 'iead. and its farmer, eonhl teach tile fanner of New South Wales a good many lessons. It. was a great mistake for any man to sell li is property in this country (o g„ („ "t..iht-v side." Ifc had visited iwenl'--tivo A. and P. grounds ami had -cen nothing Mtev than tliev hail in Palmer,ton. At the -ame time then, wee manv wrinkles of value to tie picked up.- M.D. Times. The preachers al Wliilelej- Memorial f liurcli to morrow will he—ln | |n> morning the Ilev. 11. .1. Ililder. and in the evening the licv. T. (!. Brooke. Tile Subject al service will 1>" "Liie: Ts i[. Worth Saviiic?" Visiiors are cordially invited.—Ad vt.

Tlicyo is jinfliiii" morn nnpropratfor smnrl wcnr mi Uio=p. C..KT days flian nnr palclnts. Our stylos in tlii* yoar'« (hape-i nrc :m r>\ia>|i{innal sclrcfion, fa«liir.nnl>]<\ warm. ari'l -"nice,able. Son lliom for voiiiT'clf.--WliHr .-aid Son» Aclvt. IMIErMATIxr.f. Dr. S'i'^l'Ton?.Ta!xnHir Lininirnf cairos jimrc f.'S'v of I'lionrnali~ra nvnrr year than a 1! iV' .=o-.'-alV<l rl»rMiinati=ni mi'ili omnliini'il. It will In vniir vfi'v limifs: cf>. Hip anil snlnlno Iho na>ll. Tile first np;il!--n 1 lon will relieve an:l continued use ellVrt a permanent cure. OunranU'fl In euro, or money back. Accept no substitute. Price, Is fid I

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 2

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