LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 217, 7 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Air. J. K. West, the well known. Oakuui carrier, wliu lias been niissin" smcc Wednesday «rt'aing last, turned »p at his home o;i fctoiurday uWil. His mind i.s a blank as to liis wunderlnßs Jlw-iag the past Jew days. W«. arc pleased to state Uiat .Mr. West appears bright and well. althou"h verv Weak, and should be C| uiu l lis f oll ,ioV sell with a I'viv day-.' re-t. 'l'lie lati'nl news irom the llnrkriizio ' country is to the ollVet tl.at tile snow (.low almost ice) is slowlv liicltiii" l'roiu liurke's I'as, to Teka'po (Here still a,bout an,| over four in,-lies on the l-oad, and it. -;!ij.j,iin-y- i,ial;,.< tm ,.i !.'»!•' r lw - ' n; " ,v »•«p"«i <i™i or U ' K . fouulry' now uu tlic snony liU'i.s (i| {||f> lower -Jiii]'". \o <!' 1 iillj' < 1 eol van v l>t |, L , , j{ (]| , |(| . s of Ill' l chairman of the Sfu-i-j provemeu. ( \ h . Tuj|) Ms leeched til-.' lollouiii;. comma,iicat'on Jroni ill;- 1 'reiiii ll l' : "Willi ivf T "'I' 1 ' t» yvnr letter .i-ki,;,, • f,,,ship to \i-il New I'lviiiouili ||„, ()C _ easion of (In. seaside carnival. I i, ;l ve to sllic ||l»f bis iJie .Glovernor J w . m-ch,-d a reply from tilie Admiral to if, i-i | stances |K-ri.iif iuTaii.»c mi ..iU will be 1 made as rcijtioslod.''

Pimple l -, eni;,|io;i-. blob-aes. scales ulcers. and eczema are all cans,.,! 1,,bad blond. Chaniberlaia's SloinnelV and Liver Tablets are wonder workers ill tlie cure of all dwoydcis can-cd b;v bad or impure blond. Tiny oliisiin-ifc all poisoaou- m.i 11 ,m- by enridiiujy blood and enabling it j (l niiike" n,>«- ! and liWlHiy (issue-, Pure blood means ! perfect health. mid if von will use Chamberlain's Tablels they will c.i vo vnu frond licaHli, and a pure clean skin free from pimples and blotches. For sale by all chemists und storekeepers.

Cargoibroaching is becoming a fairly common occurivnce. A New Plymouth sliopkeoper recently received from Canterbury, aino;ig other goods, three tins of coiifectioneiy. On arrival lie discovered that all liarce had been broached —one was empty, another- was halfempty, a.id Uie other was damag- d but the contents were intact. And the shopkeeper lias no redress, lie .simply has to grin and bear liis loss. t tile Clii'ton County Council meeting on Friday tiie clininnan remarked tliu.t tlie comity roads were in exceptionally good oilier for this scasim of the year. He doubted whether it was -o much due lo the. cure exercised by tllie Council as to tile vi'ry tine Heather. ,\lr. .101 l thought the Council was entitled to the credit, ilad ii hl't'O a, hail winter. a;id tlio mads sulVered

accordingly, the councillors would have been blamed Jill round. Tlio chairman remarked oa tile peculiarity whicili made, the. councillors responsible for bad roads, but robbed them of any right to take credit /or an irnusiuilly ! satisfactory state of affairs. A lather and a la uie child confronted the Onehunga school committee on Thursday evening, in response to a query from the chairman, the parent, -\ir, C. IjOuthart, said he hail a complaint against a teacher at tlie scnool. On the day previous, he said, his sun had readied the class line a JittK- late, whereupon ill-;treatnieH was meted out, and the child, who was of delicate eonsi itlui.ion, had to be treated hv \)v. \Y. O. Scott. The lalher *aid l u .' } m \ a a information against the teacher, to be heard next Court day. The committeemen inspected the"marks on the child's body and condemned them as brutal. ]( was resolved that further consideration of the matter be deferred until after the Court proceedings.

tlie annual rcpoil on .Maori land purchase operations luis been presented ■to Parliament. The total area completely pitrciiiased uadcr Hie Alaori Land Settlement. Act of JDOf) was 203,001 acres. Summarised the areas purchased arc as follows:—Auckland, 121.(70 acres Ir 34 2-3p; Tarauaki, 127,821 acres 2r '3sp; llawke's Bay, 13,2114 acres 2r 23p; Wellington. lot) acres. The price paid in the Auckland district ranged from 5s (id to ;C2 an acre, or an •average for the whole of J:is JUd per acre. Da Tarauaki the average price ranged from 7s fid to ,C 1 per acre. The report says tiliat a good dea! of t'lro area purchased iu Taranaki being only medium land, tile average price was a very fail' one. From ,cfi to £7 per' acre was the average price paid for llawke's Bay land. In Wellington the price was €1 i>s per acre. The Surveyor-General (.Mr. T. Humphries), in his annual report, makes a 'reference to the movement of the -New Zealand coast. U(. says the mipouauce of provision being made for its detection and determination at a later period lias been brought under notice ' of late years, hut up to the present no steps appear to have been taken to secure and permanently record reliable iilionmiiion as to uxisliiitr conditions, i-'o a* to afford data for the dolonnijia-

lion ill some future time of the slope, elevation or subsidence of different parts of tlie const line. This knowledge, apart ivoin its scientific interest, is an important factor in the construction of marine works. As a preliminary to a more comprehensive scheme in tlia future in a wider distribution of tide guages and mean sea level determinations, it is the. intc-.Uion of Jir.; Humphries to have the zeros of all existing tide euuges in tiie various ports of the Dominion carefully connected to permanent beach marks in secure positions on the slioi-p, which can be effected at very small cost.

When Parliament enacted iliat 'any industrial union, or association, or employe r 01' any worker taking part in a 'strike or lockout or proposing, aiding or abetting a strike or lock-out" shall Ire guilty of an ollcju-c, it palpably imagined that a strike meant a strike in accordance with the dictionary meaning (says the Time*).* The lawyers-' and I lie Courts say that the Legishe'lure didn't imagine anything of the kind, or that if it did it didn't say s.n explicitly enough to Satisfy the cult of hair split. A theft is a 'theft, and «' murder is a murder, both before and after the event, but it strike is— well it is something instantaneous like a dose ■of prussie acid, the fall of a guilotine, or a llasll of lightning. A strike is aibout the most precipitate tiling a notoriously leisurely tiling like tlie lawhas ever had to ileal with. It remains for tlie Legislature to take up the mangled remains of clause 1 .T. on _ deavor to tie it together with terminological strings ami slay-bands, strong enough to enable it lo resist the ings and prisings of the hosts of the law.

'Hie new coiirlhou-e at Waiiara i.i now nearly ready I'or occupation. 'j'h,. building lias a pleasing appellantv< but is rather inconveniently situated, lllilsllllKll lis li js bilill hai'll"up agaillsl il IIUSy atl'Vl'l (loU'll tile sill,. OF Wliicji runs ilie railway siuwg to i.iic wharf. It is also close lo the ireezmg -works, and this proximity brings with it 1 indonhle disability of tile sometimes contimicil bvllowhiji from the cattle yards, and (li j almost overpowering odor wafted across in particular breezes, 'lln; building ij most vonvenieinlv nrlanded, except Hint the courtroom, particularly tin- piece railed oir for (lie accommodation of tlie public, is Scant v. rile public .office and counter should meet the rcijiiirenients for some time I'. Ice trie light is Uivisldy installed throughoul. tlus'e Ill's being fixed 171 a zoom about the size of a small bedroom. '| m . ventilaiion arrangements are ample. The furniture is now bvin" sniiphed The work of const n ,ci ion was faithfully carried out by th,. contract- • ' l ' ll ° l l,a ' !l ' 's substantial enough, the weather-boarding being 0 f twoincli timber. °

The .Magistrate's Court sees some, strange characters at. limes, but il is not OWOII treated to such an exhibition us it was at Wellington on Friday la°l when a woman applied for an order' against her husband f ol - the maintenance of t'lieir children. During crossexamination by ller husband's counsel—a particularly mild and unoffending member of tile profession-tlie woman got worked into a temper, which at, last became too much for the, Iln»is-' Irate, who tried to get her to talk/ ttl i T " S S, I C r ° fl,S " d t0 *e had to be or.lered out of the box. But she had her revenge when the debnn|nn 1 S "v ° l,l>m!<l - A * S<) ® husband or his counsel said a woril sll( . d ''jubilate, ••Thafs a lie," or lies a har, until hi s AVorship intimated llliat unless she was silent lie *oul.l dismiss the ens,, t!" 0 money, was the retort; "if Ull ! won t give me anvtlilng I'll (] „ wi fho,ifc Ith l ! JU y<m ' To 1 tile next, ipi.'stion ttv oouusol (I K . ,| c . fendant replied Hint he had lived hj! nl»lv with 'his wife, "(ih! What a lie'", ejaculated complainant. ||; s at. once 510],,),.,] ( | u , ( , ISI , ay another informatioii," | h - snid to the complainant, "but these eases -ire dismissed/' The woman stalked out V'h he,; Mead in the air . "T won't „p. p v .gain; keep your money." ~\n , i — l 'times" l V ° l ' a ffgli of relief.

Tire "ii.m:d tiuks" pu^. 'Til-I as iniiclt sense in » dairyman ' , ,7'!fr '""'"'TV on a, .omif n| .shoj'fucvs l\< [jmi> 111 ,ici,;;. ~ ' n,( ' In 1)1,til s l Tc'Vt',V , i illl ' c ' , , ll -i l,nlll casi,s ,I ' i " re is a ceiuinly ol |.,.s ~a t) t , one hand, and health on l|.„ other. Tn bolli cases there s a cure for the I rouble - io installation 0 f an "Alfa-Laval" I her ] S "' ,: ; ril 7' I' ' m fI,V----10-is t"° (hiirvinaii and fW n-.. ! o'n L ' w[ UIC for, fWVIt » , r »f Th'JiUli, i il , : r iihi -'''Hod cata"f" '■ I v, " < ' 11 V" <"» yon I.OW TO get your share o| f.... „, », Whirl, "Alfa-l.aval" users ire o ' Solo X,,v Zealand !>;:;,!« "''S' 't 1 " *"*'• (■'rilliihs a:-d Vv. x, w

-JJ rs. I!, n.idd. .'lO7 y ]Uln< . >."i'Hi Clirisl.-hnrcii V/ M"Ti''Uliainberlahr.o c.,,,,4, "'•"I '"liwliie modi,-hie. [ ') "'s ill in',. no.iu. I liavi: recommended il i„ "i;iI !';'Oplc and have never ass^--

•Mrs. L. Peters, .Mirauiar. \\V||j |.rfo M ! rhoea llemcdy to ,inyo„,. I'nnii pain-- i„ t lk- A •'"•V my ,IUK ' ««wl six years, a siH criug agony with /I' ll ' ll - I "Illy savo linn a few doses" 01 (Hiamlicrla ill's Colic. 0), Diarrhoea Remedy and 1„ "ell and has not been tr.nil.'.M 1 think I his remedy should be every h'nno.'' For sale I,\ ill fliomi«Y« and srorekpTipers.

every well-dressed mall. They're the nearest to tailor-made, in cut, stylo n,vl finish, (ban any roady-toW can buy. Prices 45s to C"s (id at "The Kasli,"-Advt, J

A few days ago a resident of WindHliiiia, iu tlie (joulbura district (Isow boutli Wales), made a curious (li-i'cncry. JI U had poisoned a lox, and was anxious to fhd out if Die animal Iliad been responsible fur the destruetiou ot' any lauibH. Ik: therefore held a post-mortem c.vaniinalioii on tliu ol tlie fox, but instead of finding any tracii of slieeji, he came across tile b ul ii pigeon with a ring attached,. I lie riii;,' having the following engraved oa it:—".5.11.1., J-.1-Oli."

i in- (.'lunauiau h uotorioiisily mimusical, and tlie appcaraucß at tlie Londuii Collisuum recently of ] jt «c Tung M, ' the only Chinaman who can sing like a white mail," wad therefore something of an event. Mr. l r i has a resounding bariluni' voice, and he prtved his versatility by singing lU i Knglish ballad, a % (>Vrmau.song, a'iid an up-to-date Francoiiritisii Exhibition ditty. Mr. In iu--I'urmed an Express representative that llio Chinese had no notion of voicc-pro» iluetion. ''Some people say the Chinese liave no music in them. They are right. ; 1 gut my training in San Francisco," he added, "from a Onuan lady -who was once a great prima donna." The American banker Mr. <T. Charles of Boston, renowned as a keen | piotorist, will be well remembered in New Zealand. A correspondent at Boslon .states that he is now at tlie head of a new concern in that city, which has luvn incorporated under the*title of the American Aerial .Navigation Company, object is declared to be tlie immediate construction o-f powerful airships for the carriage of merchandise .'lid passeii'ters. It, is predicted by the •promoters that within eighteen months •the company will be running a regular uivd practicable service between New •York and Boston. They will iirst utilise a dirigible balloon, and then develop an aeroplane.

It is said that the cupressus macvocarpa is a more valuable tree than is geueniily supposed; that trees live, or mx years old will make fence posts that will last. longer than tolara. if correct, this opens up a wide field for enterprise. Many persons have long advocated planting these trees and pines extensively on farms to provide shelter for cattle, and suggest I hat they should be put in about a yard apart, and thinned out when they are a suitable size. Close planting ensures straight trees with no bottom branches. In view of the fact that before many years are past fencing posts will be bard to get, it will be easily seen what possibilities there are in the macrocarpa. The trees can be bought .very cheaply by the thousand, or even raised at home. A stationhohler in the Mackenzie Country, Canterbury, recently carried a sheep—a four-tooth—tlwo miles on his

■hack, taking it to the homestead in the hope, of saving its life (says the Christchurch Press). It was in a very weak state, 'having been live weeks and four days without a bite to eat. On getting it home, the owner commenced to feed it on tho- diet o£ the days when it derived sustenance from its mother; from milk it got on to more solid food, ami is now doing well. In tlie ordinary way this was a sheep which was so far gone ;i.s 'to will-rant its despatch, but the owner was so taken with tlie pluck of his woolly 'ward in Inn ing lived for nearly six weeks without food that he determined it should lie-given another chance. This incident evidences the great powers of endurance which a sheep possesses. ■ Speaking to a. Post reporter 011 sculling matters, Dick Arnst said that ever since Weill] went to the, Parramatta and defeated Towns junior, Australia's interest in aipiatics has been stimulated. "The game is booming there now," remarked Arnst. "You can see 15 or IS sixteen riggers out at once 011 the I'arraniiilta." Young men are coming forward to equip themselves for struggles ■with the present champions, but it is Arnst,'s belief that New Zealand should be aide to retain the chief honors for a while, lie thinks that the young New Zcalanders that are. now coming into aquatic prominence are of a better stamp than the Australians. While he was in Australia, old heroes of the river gave Arnst the benelit of their advice.

"They nil fell me I've a lot lo learn," he laughed, "but if 1 learn a.s quickly as ■Webb did after he went lo Australia, 1 would do all right." 'Thomas Stott, who was sentenced to five years at tho Invoreargill Supreme Court- for shooting at a girl with intent to do grievous bodily harm, is said to be a half-caste Australian aboriginal, and his appearance (says the Southland Time,-.) lends color to this. There is, however, nothing unusually repulsive about him, and as he stood in the dock', tall, lathy, and loose-jointed, and perfectly self-contained, he showed an unexpectedly lively intelligence by the manner in which he conducted his own ea-c. In a low-pitched, but clear and almost gentle voice he questioned tlie chief witnesses for (he prosecution, and later, when he addressed the jury, he showed that he had grasped-the fact, that the crux of the question was intent to injure. He put his ease clearly and without either sullcnnoss or defiance. Miss Drown, the unlucky girl who was wounded by (lie gunshot, w;is still in a nervous condition, but she retained composure fairly well till Stolt addressed her «ith questions, ,She then became pa ill I ully hysterical, mid eventually Dr. Hendry found it necessary to carry her bodily from (ho Court.

A iwell-10-dii \e! n - Zeahindcr who has been 1 l ying to induce his brother to ciniS Ti ile lo .New Zealand has met all astonishing example of good old KdrlWi conservatism {says the London correspondent of the IjVttelton Times). The New Zealander in question is over here on a holiday, and I hciid the story from Ins own lips. |lis brother is a joiinieyman carpenter in London, earning' about ' I'2 a. week, on which ho supports u wife and one daughter. His pay leaves 'liiiu no margin for amusements, lie has not been to a theatre for years, lie 'cannot all'ord holidays. If he lost his 'pi-went job be admits that lie. would probably fail to find another, and he lias 110 other means of support. 'The New Zcalander ollered to pay (he fares ot 'tlia whole family out. to' New Zealand, ami undertook to get his brother steady' and lucrative employment in the Do■minion at more than double his present, tneagre wage. If (ho work in question proved unsuitable, he could follow lis ■tiiide as a carpenter in Xe\y Zealand, ■ami earn more money than he could e\ery hope lo do here, and have more leisure ami cleaner, brighter, and happier .surroundings. The brother listened and ■seemed impressed. Tie thought lie would like, to go to new Zealand. Next day, •iowcvit. he returned, to say that lie. Hvould liavo to decline the oll'er. His wife would not. hear of going a loll" sea voyage. She had once been 011 a steamer fiom lo London and i hud had enough of the sea! And her husband meekly accepted this view 01 the matter as final. It sounds almost incredible, bill, unforlunalelv there lira plenty of people Ike tint in Kngland. "I am one of you." the Rev. W. 1. On it Smith told a clerks' union meeting at Sydney recently, and lie proceeded to explain that lie. was a clerk*—in holy orders. 'The part lie had taken in similar social movements had caused, lie said, members to "society" to give 'a snill' and a snort'' when his name was menli The popular name applied tp a clergyman, lie said, was a "ski*, pilot"; lie was supposed to soar aloft: and to have 110 knowledge whatever as lo what went 011 on terra lirnia. But he was a. Christian minister, and believed

il. lo be bis duly to show his sympathy with nil who were being illtreu'ted. lie said fearlessly that (lie saying of the l.ord's Prayer once honestly In' every oil" would put Hip whole World right to-morrow. 'l'lip words ''dive us (ids day our daily bread" meant, (bat tbov should receive u J'air wage themselves, lint if. at (lie same time, hi' were to | sweat 111.' woman who made his shirts, I he would he an arrant, humbug and unworthy to be called a Christian. What liip.v hail to do was to parry thpir Christianity iitlo the practical work of everyday life. i He (bought, the clerics' union ■nas making an extremely moderate demand in regard |o wages. and he hoped that would only bo a temporary standard. One item in (heir claim thai especially earned his approval was tha( di'iublo way should be given in respect of overtime and Sunday work. There was u great deal of work anions lie lawyers in his dislrict. They did not imagine that he saw them slinking into I heir ollices on Sundaes. Hut he did.

OfOAXTfC CO.VSPTRACS'. J "lis a gigantic conspiracy of Cough-t ) ami Oojds against you. Koil it w-iili Or. Sliehloa's Xi>w Discovery for Coughs. Colds and Consumption.' Price Is. fid. and -Is. Obtainable ovprywliTP. When a man is in want of a suit or •i pair of trousers, he naturally turns to ''The Kash," that well-known store in Devon-street, Xew Plymouth. Thc've the biggest assortment,'the newest materials. and the best cut suits—we speak of the "Prestnvell"—of any store in I'aranaki. Trousers 4s lid to Ids fld 21s to fi7s firl.-Advt. No old-world success has Siecn grander Than that of Miss Lalla Miranda. She sang "Kigolct.fo" Without a falsetto, A champion singer tlioy brand her! No voice conlil lie truer, More clear or more pure (Her standby, we hear, is Woods' T'. opovmint Cure!) 3 Woods' Great Pcpre-mint Curo for Coughs and Colds never fails. I/O and 2/0.

"Where are wc to get our irrigation experts!" asked Dr. Chappie, in Ui u House of Kepreseutatives. "l<'rom Bellamy's," was the reply of Mr. Ngata. in accbrdancu with tile advertised promise of a theatrical company, a large motor car, containing uniformed members of the company, drew up at the Union Bank, Brisbane, one day recently, to procure a'large box of coins, ranging from a penny to half-a-erown, wiiic.li were to lie thrown broadcast through the main streets of tile city. Long before the car arrived, fully 2001) people congregated at tlie bank corner, and the proposed route was literally packed. Soon everything Mas ready, but a sub-inspector of policy stepped forward and informed tiie principals that, as the nccc'ssliry pcrnn:sio>i liad not been obtained, he could not, in the interests of the safety of the public, pcriTiit the distribution to take place i'n the eity. Outside the city boundary a few liandfuls of coins were distributed, mid the manager of the company decided to hand the balance to the hospital.

Let 110 one imagine that he can curry favor with these manly, plain-spoken •seamen by displaying himself as a weakkneed Briton (writes Sir. Donald Mac'tlonald, of the American lleet, in the 'Melbourne Argus). v In Auckland a man 'wearing the volunteer uniform told a United States lieutenant, whose name is perhaps the best known and most honored iu the United States navy, that \ew Zealand was going to "cut" one of 'these (lays, just as the United States tlid. ''Look* here, my friend," was the quick retort, "■you'd iicttcr change your clothes or change your talk. 1 don't like it." "1 don't like the way you talk," said the volunteer resentfully. "That means the same thing in New 'Zealand as it does in America," remarked the seaman warmly; "we've got to finish the conversation in the backyard." lie gave the lead, but there was no response. The sentiment of the American navy upon that subject is, we have no use for renegades, whether they Wlong to us or other people.