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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 199, 12 August 1908, Page 2

Labor is plentiful in New I'lymouth inst now. The local representative ol ihe Labor Department (Mr. 11. Willis) KlatcH Unit tin' supply i« rather more thar.i 'i"l»«l to the demand. Auckland's supplies'"oT spring ilowrs are nui equal to tile demand during this festive. li Jleet week." Mr. J. Buttimure, of .New Plymouth, forwarded no less than a thousand lovely yellow liai'eissus ciiid datl udil blooms to Auckland on Monday night for the decorations at lust night's•'gubernatorial function. The -Stratford Tost understands t'luit a party of surveyors lias been instructed to proceed with a further nine miles ot the Stratford-Ongaruhe railway, commencing from Huiroa. the plans should, be ready within tluve months, and the work will then no doubt proceed expeditiously. A Mr. Lindsay, who was present at the Klthani Co-operative Dairy Company's meeting on Saturday, speaking with some experience of the Home Country. gave his opinion that people had no idea of what consigning to the Home market meant. There was nothing to prevent the buyers from forming a ring and ignoring the New Zealand produce if sent on the co-operative selling scheme. The London buyers were past masters in the art of '''bearing" down a market, ana under any scheme the butter had to be disposed of. A local legal light jocularly remarked yesterday morning at the conclusion of the Magistrate's Court sitting that one small oHice-boy could cope with tlie clerical work in connection with the Magistrate's Court in Xew Plymouth, whose principal business seemed to.consist of granting adjournments. It's a good sign, though, for the remarkable paucity of civil business in our courts seems to indicate that our business people can collect their debts without recourse to court proceedings. Yesterday there was only one decision given, judgment being entered for plaintiff in Ihe undefended ease W. I'olK'l ts v. AY. lllake, claim £2 JO* (costs ss). An announcement was made in Chambers on Friday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Cooper, at Wellington, that the case between Taare Waitara, ol'-f'ari-haky, and Thomas 11. Tlarley, of I'etone, had been settled. The main action was for possession, of brewery premises at I'etone leased by the plaint-ill' to the defendant. The ground was non-pay-ment of rent and rates. Since the suit had been instituted the sums owing had been paid into court. The panic* had finally agreed that the relief against forfeiture should be granted upon the defendant paying ;UH) as compensation to the plaintiff, with law costs, within two months. His Honor adjourned the hearing of the main case until the November sittings. Mr. Leere appeared for tiw plaintiff," and Mr. .Fell for tlm defendant. Mr. •!. A. (lilruth, Chief Government' Veterinarian, has written to the Borough Council in regard to public abattoirs where the contract system of killing is adopted, lie points out that ill the majority of abattoirs the killing is done by the employees of the Council, as is the case in Xew Plymouth, fn 1 several other places, however—notably at the Chrislchureh, Tiniaru, and ilast- , iio abattoirs—the contract system of, slaughtering is in vogue. As to the success' of Ihe contract system, there is no doubt thai', while ai Timaru the bul ehers wit h Ihe aid of a hoy do ail the* work sali*fnHori!v and keep the ;ilni f<iii" ill a vi'iT eili<ient .-(ale of el< a nline-.-. yet ,i | Ciirislehi.nvh, wheiv there are tour eonlrael or--, kiilim:, he is md a I all siliMied wbh i| i; . eilivien-y of the .-.ystehi, l! one contractor only was employed and In* weie responsible [n the abattoir ni:tnager, fairly satisfactory results might be expected, but v/heiv more than one ind"uer,d<Mii eon- j irai'ior i- employed the re mlu ;( i sn „ I j nit a'-alloir as \ew S'lymoi'lh could not i j be eNpeeled to lie satMV-lovv, f T!ie-e men's M - f ; d {o (us tui!or-ni;.id 1 ' -ui! . ' I lie Melbourne" are made un of precisely the fabrics as iliose •old and supplied ;• to-nieasure tailors j for at leasf. i'2 more. The stvle. cnlJ and tMiish. of these soils are above re- , proacli, and no matter whether you aie I proportioned on the generous, medium, or slim side, wo can fit you, and fit you j well. Come and see the sampled.—Aclvt.

A first - offending inebriate, was brought before ill*. 11. S. Fitzherbert, ] S.M., yesterday morning, convicted, and discharged. A runaway horse in Stratford vesterday afternoon collided with a cart receiving-'injuries which caused' death almost immediately. It is said that several dairy factories m the district have disposed of their output of butter for August month .it the satisfactory ligure of Is 3d This ; ligure was on oiler to the Eltham Dairy Company on .Saturday, but was not con- ■ sidered tempting enough.—star.

A serious and at the same time ratliur curious accident happened in Timaru a day or two ago. Two children uudu-r live years of age, sons of a local doctor, were playing "Jici-J'eep'' in their home. One child put his eye to the; keyhole of a door ami looked through,' when the other one innocently shoved a hat-piii through the keyhole. The pin ran right into the bail of the eye that was peeping through and completely destroyed the sight. the passing public seemed to take a keen interest yesterday in the operation |

of carting, discharging, and placing in position the large panes of plate glass in Messrs. Ambury Bros.' new sho|>Iront. 'J he clothing department is now being brought into line with the drapery and millinery side in, the matter of window frontage. The doorway is being altered to give better access, and this has the eilect, too, of adding to the glass space. The entrance doors will be set back farther than now, and the recess will be Hanked by plate-glass windows. Electric light is replacing the gas lighting arrangements. The whole of- the men's department of this up-to-date establishment is now being rcmod- | elled and enlarged. King Edward has been known to sing only once. This was tile occasion ot a 1 ■■wine" at Oxford, and he chose tine-long-forgottell ditty "Ever of Thee."

One who was present says Uiat the Heir-apparent hrfU a moat boisterous Hi earing. The lute Diiko of Edinburgh did not sing in public—although lie occasionally sang some of .Sullivan's nuiat tile ihu. of the composer in Yic-( luriu .street, London—Cut he Jmri a line ipubJic reputation a* a player on the violin. The oi U'ales wings wnliin hvr own family circle. Queen Maud of Norway has a voice of good 'quality. But tilie lincst Royal vocalist is the Empress of llussia, who is a trained singer, and once ?ang in public on behalf of a Jlusshm charity.'

"Wi.sh I were back where i came from/ 1 said a plumber from London to a Post reporter, "Why? Can you not get work'i" queried the reporter. "Oli, yes, 1 got work all right; but look at the cost of living. Wellington is alljright for an unmarried tradesman. lie can make out a good enough time for himself. Jkt i am a married

man wirfi two children, and Wellington I is no place ior me. W hen I was at* Home, f lived in the suburbs of Londojf, and I paid six bob a week for a brickbuilt house that was far better than anything 1 could get here for twentylive Shillings. 'linen all the common t'onimoditi'es are far dearer also—even the bread and-, butter cost more. Clothes and furniture are robbery. 1 cannot even get a drink or a smoke at a reasonable price. 1 could do more with thirty bob a week in the Old Country tihai J can with three pounds here. It cost, me over £SO to come here, and it may be 'God's own country,' but, if 1 had another £SO to-mor-.row 1 would pack .up willingly and return.''

Sir Robert Stout, speaking at the sitting of the Native Land j at MasterUm on Friday, said tlu 1 Maoris in the Wairarapa and llawke's Hay seemed a far lazier L-rowd of people thanthose I'unher north. Here they seemed to be quite satisfied to lease their land and live on the rent. "If," .said his Honor, '"they are only going to live the lazy life on the rents they receive, and come into towiraiul spend their money in the public-houses and playing billiards, then the race is done for. Unless they farm their own lands and lookto the sanitation of the pas there will sdon be no natives left. All-they think of now is to spend their money. They sell their land in order to buy motorcars and presents; to Have plenty of money to-day and to bo 'broke' in no time.'' lie instanced a case that had come' under his notice in the north of a native who sold his property Cor €BOO. Of this CSOO went in a motor-car, £2OO in a present, and in less than a twelve month his remaining cash was "cut out" and the motor-car was gone. This seemed to prove an old that a Al lori should not be .allowed to have money of his own. As sure as he made a cheque he would "knock" it down again. Live in the open air. work hard. J save money, and look after the children, was his Honor's advice to the natives, if I hey wished to preserve tlr* race.