LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 218, 8 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Too bloomin' many holidays," was the growl which greeted the telegram of Sir Joseph Ward to the County Council witty regard to the proposed celebration of Dominion Day. "I think the only chance of getting rid -of them is to advertise them outside the district. They are so well known here."—.So said Mr Tate at yesterday's County Council meeting in respect to a couple of trucks the council wishes to dispose of. The opposition to the formation of the lliirworth riding out of the Omata riding of the Taranaki County lias faded away. Yesterday the special order dissolving the Carrington, JOliot, and Franklcy road districts, altering tin 1 boundaries of tile Omata riding to admit of the constitution of tile llui worth riding, was continued by the Coiimy Council without a dissentient voice. The three road districts "will cease to exist as from 31st. March next.

At the i'almerston North l'olice Court yesterday morning, E. 1). Uoben, editor of the Manawatu Times, was lined 3s and costs for committing a breach of the Lotteries and Gaming Act by publishing the settlements in connection with last Wellington races that "Sir Frisco should be much fancied in the Parliamentary Handicap," and tliat "Dawn and Seaman should also be handy when the winning-post is reached." The Magistrate (.Mr. A. 1). Thomson) held this to by a contravention of the prohibition against publishing lips. This was the first ease of the kind in the Dominion. ft is not very often that a Prime Minister is seen fighting hard for a measure that is being piloted through committee by ail Opposition member (remarks the Eitham Argus). But on Friday night Sir Joseph Ward acted very generously in regard to the New Plymouth Harbor Bill, which Mr Okey had charge of. Having first helped the Opuuake measure through committee, he then battled right valiantly for the New Plymouth Bill, and although quite a number of his supporters were against him on the voting question, some of them going so far as to taunt him with helping the enemy, he stuck to liis guns, and the measure passed in tile form desired by its supporters. Sir Joseph is generous in polities and avoids petty personalities, taking equal delight iu dealing fairly by political opponents or political supporters. What a loss it will be to the hotelkeeper and stablekeeper, to the blacksmith and the wheelwright, to the railways and the post and telegraph revenue, when, if ever, the dairying concerns of this district abolish the present system of deciding upon the method of disposal of their produce. Jusl at present there are in Taranaki about lil'teeu gentlemen careering up and down the district roads in hired gigs and buggies or putting up it the hotels in the various centres, all a search of butter and cheese, fin? iiisineSs entails much correspondence ind many telegrams, one colonial heesc-cliaser estimating that telegrams ost him about .€1 per day at this .cason. With a view of conserving he time of these agents some of the.,

<-oinp:«;ii('-i uro arranging that tluve or four will liojd their meetings in the same tmvn mi I In- same day, but, on ilie other hand, some directorates do not decide until they have been harangued liy the agents on three or four dill'eivnt occasions. The directors have a good deal to consider: Shall we sell, or shall we consign'; If we sell, to whom: lII' we consign, through what bouse? JAUKSTOWN (SOUTH AUSTRALIA). Jlr. \V. J. (.hiigley, proprietor 01 the Jamcsiown Hotel, writes as follows: "for many years I liave fullered from Indigestion and Dyspepsia a ad was unable to lind anything to give nre relief until I tried Dr. Sheldon's. Digestive Talii'.lcs. 1 read in the paper the advertisements about tlie~e TabuleS. and noted that, tliev were highly recommended by mi'.ay well-known people throughout Australia, and decided to give them a trial. 1 obtained a tin of the Tabules from the local chemist, and from ('he tirsl felt like a dillerent inaa. I was able to enjoy my meals as never before, and could eat w'hat-evcr I desired: and sine" starting to take llreni have never had an attack of indigestion. J. n]l | now tlmroui.'hiy cured, an 1 heartilv recoup | me'.'ld Dr. Sheldon's Digestive' Tubules 'to anyone sufTerin-r from indigestion or dyspepsia as T did." Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tahnles are sold at <M. per tin of Bft tabules. Obtainable everywhere. , YOT7 CAN OKT IT C'P.TjAPRIi A'' \ THE "ED X)?T. ! ,

According to the Ureymouth iStar's eorresponuent the Utiiu tunnel is now in olu leet. Tlie luce very wet, ana (inly .six Jiour siiii are being worked.

"1 believe there are members who will follow tile Minis leva like tii.'ir shadows, and ii is a very pitiable spectacle.' This was a statement by .Air. Hogg regarding certain members who Jiitti voted ioi the system of plural voting in the New Plymouth Harbor Board Empowering Bill.

If tlie tour ami a halt' millions of the population ot Ireland clothed themselves "s laeir lauiers iiid, in Irish made garment*, and nourished themselves on Irish products, the looms would hum and the nulls roar in a way to make music in the ears of lovers of Ireland.—J. Harding, in the Mew Ireland .Review.

"You would guarantee a motor car, 1 suppose?" asked compel of a witness in the CJisbornc Court. '\No, thank you,'' was tiie prompt reply. His Worship: "lou wouldn't guarantee a motor ear to run for twelve months without stopping?" Witness: "Not much!'' "L think you are very wise," remarked Mr Barton, B.M.

Tlie will of the late Mr. Benjamin Rose, tlie multi-millionaire merchant, of Cleveland, Ohio, who died suddenly In London recently, has just been liled. Mr. Rose lias left the sum of .11,000,000 for tne purpose yf founding two muchneeded institutions in Cleveland—an asylum lor the aged poor and a home for crippled children.

" Tlie recent commercial crisis has taught American manufacturers the importance of the export trade," says the international Board of Trade, New York, in a letter to tlie Wellington Chamber of Commerce, and led to the adoption aiming them of a decided change of business policy —looking toward tlie fostering and protection r I any foreign commerce they now have or can obtain in the future.

A correspondent of the Nelson Maii says: "J saw a return tlie other day for 25 cases of Rhymer apples at Us per case, anil the grower assured me that they were picked off one tree. Oil mentioning this to another orchardist 1 was informed that he had picked from one tree 33 cases of the same variety. Both -of my informants are reliable, so that there is little wonder that extensive planting is going oil.''

Referring to the carelessness of some people, Sir Joseph Ward, in a speech at Wellington, said tlml during last year no fewer than sli letters were posted with money in them, and without a shadow of address, and the man who did so could not understand why they had not been delivered, believing that the fault lay with the Post Ollice—that someone had taken the letter out of tlie addressed envelope and put it into one not addressed. (Laughter.) llr. Poole, M.l\, has given notice to, ask the Prime Minister " What steps, if any, are to be taken to consider the question of compensation as it relates to the case of the two young men belonging to tlie Auckland Post Ollice who were before the Supreme Court charged with stealing, forging, and receiving postal notes and dismissed'i' This case, says Mr. Poole, ' has been particularly unfortunate in that the young fellows were handcuffed and kept in prison awaiting trial, bail being refused."

llarband, of the London Missionary Society, aippeuls to 2s;;\v /icalanders not to count the failures but the successes of the Indian mission field. In illustration she tells a story of an Irishman who had tin; luck to iiud a sovereign, but on going to get it changed found it underweight and only worth 19s 3d. Some time after ire was fortunate enough. to chance upon another gold coin, but this time let it lie. "No," he said, "I'll have no more of ye. The lust sovereign I found I lost ninepence on it."

Referring to the necessity of exhaustive surveys before tlie construction of railway .lines is entered upon, Mr. llall .1 uiies stated to a deputation that the Rinuitaka incline (which is frequently referred 10 as one of tile great, railway engineering feats, liut is ill reality the greatest consumer of railway expenditure in New Zealand) should never have lieen Imilt. (surveys since made have proved that an equally serviceable route without grades of any kind, and shorter than the existing route by six and a half miles, could have been built.

11.11. Consul at Tahiti reports the discovery oil Society Jkland, in the j (South Pacific, of enormous deposits of phosphate of lime of an extremely rich character. Jt is estimated mat 011 one island alone there are at least 30,000,000 tons of the material, ine analysis of which lias shown from 05 to 85, and even 00 per cent, of pure phosphate of lime. Unfortunately the islands belong to France, although they were discovered by J'higlish exploring and were, in fact* named by Captain Cook the Society Islands, in honor of the Royal Society of London. Tile liginont Lodge, No. 112, 1.0. U.T. held its weekly session oil Monday evening in st Mary's Hall. Bro. J. C. Lcgg, C.T., presided over a large attendance.' One candidate was proposed and one initiated into the lodge. The committee in chaige of arrangements for the anniversary "At Home" reported that tliev ■had them well in hand. Sis. Mrs. Bruce, S.J.T., handed in her resignation fro n' ■that ollice. The resignation was accepted with regret. Jt was decided to hold an open night on 27th September instead of the "Trial by .Jury." The Rev. Leonard Isitt will speak on that occasion to temperance workers and friends. Hie item fur the evening was "Single Members' Xight," and a good programme ot musical and vocal items was rendered.

A young iiiiin nit mud James Washington was seen standing at a ,street corner in Wellington the oilier day, and in his lialids were a pair of slippers and a pair of hoots. Constable Hodgson, whu noticed (lie phenomenon, asked Washington where he got the articles. Washington. with 110 desire to emulate the truthfulness of his famous mime,sake, said he had bought them, and the man, the constable, and the footwear, were proceeding up the street to the shop where the beets and slippers were supposed to have been purchased, when on the way they met the owner, Mr. Timothy Tracy, who quickly proved Washington to be a perverter of the truth. Before Dr. McArthur, S.M., accused pleaded guilty to unlawfully uppropriating the boots and slippers, and was sent to gaol for seven days.

In conversation to a. "Daily News" reporter yesterday morning, Mr]). Cnddie, Dairy Commissioner, said that the dairying season had opened auspiciously in the Auckland district, and that t'hev;> would be a small huttei export from there at the end of this week. Asked if he had any information or comment concerning the proposed co-operative marketing scheme, Mr. Cuddie said that the duties of the Departmental oliicers did not embrace the commercial side of tile dairying business. His opinions concerning the marketing of our produce at Home, founded upon personal experience during liis recent visit to England, would,he said, shortly be published bv the Department. He was at Home dill-

ing the season when the bulk of the New Zealand produce was arriving, and had every opportunity of seeing that which he went to see.

I" Progress" for September contains, as ■usual, a great amount of interesting' ■matter for tlu» scientist, mechanic, architect. ami 'builder. There are articles >n ■the Patent Uw of Great Britain, the ■Navies of the World. and the latest in regard lo Hreiinan's Mono-rail. In the ■Kleetrieal Department we learn of a new phase in modern warfare, Electric , 'Artillery; and to this interesting section must be added some notes oil a •new "Wireless" and an account of the great desideratum of all electricity ■users, the ideal Primary Battery. Several pages are devoted to Bnildiug and Invention, while the achievements of tlie pioneers in aerial navigation find (fitting acknowledgment. In addition to literary merit shown, excellence of paper and printing go to produce a number highly creditable to the publishers, Messrs. Baldwin and Ravward.

1 Speaking at. .Hastings the other night, Mr, A. K. Joel, a candidate for the Hawko's Hay scat, himself, a brew V'H, utltomiM'e to ttnni? ideas regarding the t|ueslion. There was a monopoly in the issue of licenses, and lhi> people in the business bmiHited, lie saiii. Take, for example, Hastings, where the number of hotels was no larger stow than 20 years [ The population had ineroased and the business had increased, to Hie benefit of those iiiivivsled in (he trade. ,v;id that because the people did not wish !he 'number of hotels (o increase iri the town. Tf lie had his way, every three years bf would hnve the properties only valued and thou (he value with licence adiled. lb* would then plaee an additional 5 per cent, on in(•Tea-• ><l vain ' due to the license. The people would then get a legitimate return and conserve their interests in the monopoly which they themselves were responsible for.

There is not a particle of opium 'or; other narcotic ill Chamberlain's Coiiffh Remedy, and never has been since it was first offered lo the nulilic. Tt is as sure a medicine for a child as for an ndult. This remedy is famous for its circs of colds mid croup, and can always lie depends] unoii. For rale bv 5 nil chemists and storekeepers.