LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 173, 13 July 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

"'Local industries Week" iu New Plymouth opens to-day. Several of the retailers have put forth special efforts, and some very line window displays are made. This should give a valuable object-lcsSon to New Zealand's manufactures, and as there will he thous-' -ands of visitors to the town this week the effect should be widespread. The preparations have of necessity been hurried, the promoters recognising that "British football week" is the best time for such a display. Nevertheless, the exhibition promises to be of a very high standard. Tlie shop windows should be well scrutinised .'or a few days. '■r taught a school of foriy pupils for C7O a year, and thought I was a. millionaire at the time."—A remark by one of Taranaki's school teachers on Saturday. It forcibly illustrates "(lie good old days." Education leases are not eagerly sought after. At the last luccling of the School Commissioners, Mr. Simpson, Commissioner of Crown Lands, remarked: "I'll put your education leases and Crown lands up side by side, and they'll -nap the Crown lands. Tour

leases don't seem fo go oil'." An objection was raised that trie comparison was unfair, for only the '•fag-ends" were left by the Crown for education endowments. "Mr. Simpson said tint was not so. Tile chairman acknowledged an improvement in this respect recently. Thus "Dr. (.hariiy." the wit of the l'ATiiinjr l'"~l: A canard mentions that the town was startled 1111 Thursday with (lie news (hat the Cabinet had struck for ail increase of wa«es, better cigars, peerages. ; iml (lu. rioht to raise million loans without consulting Parliainenl. Bir .Joseph was promptly interview;',l. and hi? said:—"lt is far from Hue tii.it the 'lovernmenl intends striking in sympathy with the bakers. All eavesdropper merely heard a stray remark bv a .Minister that he could do with mure pay, and this was I wiMcd into an allegation Dial the Government was 'gidng on 1 .? ll we have any grievances about and hours, we will go before the tribunal, which is Mr. Andrew Collin* and Comrade Tom "Mann."

Whether resulting from a sprain or from rheumatic pains, there is nothing so good for a Jnme shoulder as Cliam--1 berlain's Pain Balm. Apply it freely and rub the parts vigorously at each application and a quick core is certain. For sale by all chemists ind storekeepers. .14 LUMBAGO. That stabbing pnhi in the small of the back, which accompanies every movement of the body, has its euro in Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment, Ob-

It is stated that the condition of dairy herds in the Mastertoa district at the present time is very poor indeed. The Age believes this is accounted for by the lack of dry feed, the stock ol' winter feed having been pretty well nil consumed during the fiiwl stages of the drought.

Tiie return furnished by the Turaiiaki County Council to the Roads Department shows tlrat there are in the county 47 bridges over 12 feet ill length, with a total length of 3079 feet. There are i>B miles of formed roads. ar these have to be maintained, and the county funds even now arc overdrawn almost to the hilt.

According to the London Standard, a new paper is to appear in England with the special object of defying the law of libel. It will gossip and scandalise, and criticise with absolute frankness—particularly in its commercial columns. Where other papers print that a bank is shaky, it will give names and reasons, ft will be sold in Kngland, but not printed there. its ollice will be somewhere on the coast of Jielgiuni or I'rauce, so near 10 linglaud Unit it can lie delivered early in Kngland, and its writers will not be known,

The lifth animal conference of the I\ew Zealand Acclimatisation Societies' Association is to bo icld in Wellington on 15th .Inly. The. Tariuiaki Society :s to move in the direction that the 1111111liei' of birds Unit may be shot, purlieularly dncks, lie limited in the same way as the number of trout is limited. The society is also to urge that united ell'ort lie made to influence (he (lovernment to make |iroper and necessary regulations to prevent tlic wholesale netting of trout at the mouth of rivers. The Waimate Society is to move that acclimatisation societies lie allowed to fix lees for lishing licenses in their own districts. Butter lias gone up quickly iu spite at' the storage of bulk (says the Farmers' Union Advocate). But the South African trade seems to have given it a start, mil now bulk butter is worth Is in Wellington, and for one lot we hear Is O'/Ul ,vas oll'ered. Many factories have sold :heir output light up to August, and rerret it. This all points to laying down 'onie rule and abiding by it. One should •itlicr sell every year the winter output, ir only sell by the month. The latter ieems to us the best way; for in a large lerceiitage of cases the price is in favor if the seller. It is expected that the liglier prices will continue till the uidille of August, when the cows will be oining in and the supply will overtake he local demand.

•Air. W. A. Quinn writes to the U

wera Star:—"in your yesterday's issue you re-print from the New Zealand Times a series of remarkable assertions purported to have been made by Mr. Bobbins. I can only lrope for Mr. Bobbins' sake that he was luisreportecl,

for, as i have pointed out to the Xiinei

there was 110 foundation in fact, so lar as 1 am aware, for the statement that ■'the (Opposition) party had waited on him (Mr. Bobbins) with a view of geting liim to contest the i'atea seat.' Mr Kobbins' name was not even mentioned, I believe, at tile conference of the par-

ty's delegates at the Foresters' Hall, and if a personal friend of Mr. Bobbins (whether connected "with a political parly or not) did suggest to him the idea of candidature, that is 110 justification for the statement that 'tile party waited 'On him,' etc. it is up to Mr, Bobbins to explain. As for Mr. Hobbins' other remarks tliey are in sufficiently bad taste as not to merit castigalion.''

Mr. B. C. Bobbins, ex-Mayor of 11awera. who recently went to reside in Wellington, in the course, of a semipolitical conversation with a New Zealand Times representative stated that the Opposition party in llawera had made a great blunder in their selection of a candidate to contest that seat against Mr. C. E. Major. Mr. Driver was, Mr. Bobbins thought, a good mail, but not capable of wresting the seat from such a strong man as Mr. Major. The party realised they had committed an error, and hail subsequently waited upon him (Mr. Bobbins) with a view to getting him to contest the seat in their interest. The reply he gave was to the effect that 011110 account could lie entertain tiie proposition, his main reasons being that lie contemplated leaving the district and that his views concerning the Government liad been considerably modified. The Oppositionists in llawera were of the rank old Conservative typ '. and he had no feeling in common with them. A.~kcd what be thought the result of the election would be, as far as llawera was concerned, Mr. Bobbins said: "H will simply be a walk-over for Mi. Major." "It would be it good thing if these men were clearer! out of the world; tllev are juSl wasters.'' This is the opinion .Mr. Justice Itogciv expressed at Sydney la it week, at the Quarter Sessions, of men who frequent public places and use bad language 111 the presence of women. The citsc being heard was one in which a young man named Ivel'iiiii was cJiargeil with maliciously Mounding a woman in a (ish shop at Loiehardt. it was shown that one of the young men concerned used some foul language in front of the wife and daughter of the proprietor. The Crown alleged that the necuSetl thereupon threw a bottle at the man who win swearing, and missing him struck Mis. Loaney. The accused denied throwing the bottle, and was found not guilty by the jury. 111 discharging the accused, Mr. Justice Rogers said: "If you had been found gniltv, as I would have found you, I should not have sent you to gaol. 1 would have released you under the provisions of the Crimes Act relating to first offenders, or f would have Suspended sentence, for the reason that 1 believe you threw the sauce bottle in disgust, and proper disgust, fit the vile language used by that man. Still, you should not have Mil-own the bottle. If you liatl given the man a thorough good thrashing you ought to have been applauded for it. jt j s „ pity the young men there did not give tile man a sound beating and lilirow him out of the shop." . Lieutenant A. 0. Dcwar, H.N?, writin" in the United Service Magazine (ling." says: '.Japan is at present the only great naval and military Power in the Pacilic, but the discrepancy in population clearly illustrates that if England were unable, 011 account of possibly European complications, to detach a sutlicicnt naval force to control Ihe Pacilic, Australasia and Canada arc immediately exposed to oversea invasion. If the strategical positions of Australasia be examined the principal feature is the great distances involved. These distances make it clear that Australasia must depend upon herself for defence against a divisionary expedition or raid On the part uf any Pacilic Power. Even control of the Australasian seas would not protect it from sudden attacks of this kind, lor its coastline is so extensive, and the Pacific so vast, that an expedition of 12.000 men on the part of a Pacific Power would probably escape discovery while at sea. It is essential tnnr, Australia and New Zealand should possess an organised systimi of coastal defence and an army snllicicntly strong to ensure the defeat of any expedition of less than three divisions (-15,000 men)," and finally, "England can guarantee Australasia against, any menace from Europe, but Australasia must protect hrrscjf against Pacific nations in the only way Jcasiblc lor a small nation—'he provision of a national army or trained militia.''

For lirom-lual Cough., ( M | vV Wood's Ureal: Peppermint Cure. 1/(i and 2/,fi.

J The result of the football match, Britons v. Now Zealanders, came as a surprise to most of us, ami it will be fill , the nioro interesting to watch our match against them in New Plymouth on 15th July. Vou']] go {,) see the match, of course; but whatever vou do, don't Tie"leet yourself in the matter of top coats. Better get one at oueo and get the use of it right through the winter. "When you speak of top coats you naturally think of ''The Prcstwell" overcoat, and weean assure vou that its the best fitting overcoat you can get. It's stylishly made, "well-cut. ami it's sold at a moderate price—42s ii,| to Oos, Other makes in Mod; from 22s fid at The Kash, iliat well-known store in Devon street. New Plymouth.—Advt. As for wit and Humor gr.rtd, Bet a hit ami Hack Tom Hood! And as Hood's great .Humor's pure, •So i y Woods' orent Peppermint Cure!— Adv Mr, M, A. MeFarlane, tobacconist, Maryborough. A r ic„ writes: f, Mv boy had been troubled with bronchitis for some time, and though I had expert opinion and their prescriptions lie stilJ seemed to be getting worse. I "was really a fraiu that he was developing con. sumption. At length I concluded to n've Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial, and can truthfully say the result : was wonderful. Front the very first he commenced to pick un, and is to-dav cpiite healthy. At (lie least symptom of an attack [ now give him a few doses, and it always checks the complaint at once. Have also given Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my other children when attacked with croup, with the { same good results." For sale by nil < chemists and storekeepers, 10 *

The price x>i butter is to be raised today to Is ;id per lb. Ihc English mail despatched from Wellington via Naples oil the 20th May arrived in London 011 the 7th inst. On Thursday night the chairman of the Taranaki liugby Union, Air. A. Humphries, telegraphed to ill 11. Okey, M.P., asking 'h; m t 0 endeavor to arrange for the closing of the Government buildings on Wednesday for the Britishiaranaki football match. On Saturday air. Okey replied a s follows:— I 'Minister has given instructions to close Government buildings on Wednesday afternoon on the occasion of the football match.' A very interesting event in connection with the industrial week will be the visit to be made by the senior scholars of (lie day schools to the foundry, boot factory, and joinery mills of the town, the proprietors of each having very cordially consented to this being done. .Judging from the window displays already completed and the interest being manifested by the public, a most smressfnl object lesson ill colonial industries will be impartial, and its ul-

tiniate object in demonstrating what can be done bv local manufacturer?

should give a great impetus to goods 0 New Zealand manufacture.

.Matters ill connection with tile re-eently-formed New Plymouth Chili are progressing as fast as possible, with a view lo completion before the end of this month. The contractors lor tne alterations and renovations at the rooms have a big stall' of men at work, and should be able to linisb their contract this week. The orders for thci furniture have been placed, and will be completed next month. It is expected that the two new Alcock fables ordered for the club will arrive from Wellington about the end of the week. MU>seriplions have been received from 100 members, and the committee are anxious that all outstanding subscriptions should be paid to the secretary within tile next few days.