LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 225, 16 September 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

[ A fanner who died at Mitternemvald (Austria) at t'ue age of eighfy-tnive. ! was followed lo the grave by 100 grandchildren. lln account of the weather, [he cantata "Clouds and Sunshine," to have been given at the Queen Street J'rimitive .Methodist Church last (.veiling. ha-, been postponed till Tuc.-d.iy nest, 22n I inst. On the motion of -Mr. ,1. E. Wilson (Wilson & C-rev), probate of the will oi the late -Mr. A. li. A. Clark was, on the lllh in-t., gran led to Messrs. Morton Clark and t'erev Clark, the executor named in the will. The succession of spring showers, with sunny days sandwiched ill to a very lair extent, is having a very noticeable client upon pastilles, orchards, and gardens. The colour of the landscape has undergone, a wonderful change ill llie pa-,1 week or two, indicating a tfuud gruwlh ol ! jjrass. Tiie I'VildUtg Sim* wnvn- ivdtL'iil* n'.i elderly woman who is collecting subscriptions for Ihe purpose of 'inline from Adelaide her in voided husband. inform.tliou is lo hand (hat this is an old trick of the

canvasser, oil whidi she has lived for years hi various parts of the country, says i!k» police. On Wednesday next a Clown lands 1 l>alU»l will lio conducted at the District : Lands oilice, New Plymouth. The lands ojm>ii fur sdectiou arc .seven lots, scattered over the Taranaki Land district and. of varying quality. Two oi tins areas are in Patea county, ami ai": weighted for improvements. There are also seel ions in the Whangainomona, CJil'ton, and Waitomo counties. Mr. 11. W. -jolly writes in thv Standard of tile Kmpjre: —" k l have resided in Nt i w Zealand on two separate occasions, and have made two visits Home. This one lias extended to two yvavs' wnndvrings in and around London and Mandiester. after two exhaustive journeys i,i the Argentine Kepublic. I re- j t inn 4 o New ZeahiTid some time in j August for the third time, satisfied I that it ollVrs more advantage- for such j as myself (very little capital. wirtt greater ambition) than either the Ar- ) gentine or my native land (On-al Hrilain). DON'T AYAIT TILL TO-MORUOAV. Tt's the little colds thai urow into l»ig cohU: the hiir eolds thai end in con-uni|ttio;t and d'-ath. Don't wail, (ill to-morrow to cure ihe litlle rohK for one dose of Dr. Saddon's New Discovery for CohU and Consumption will break nn a cold if takvn a'f. the beginning. Dr. Sneddon's New Discovery is a =afe and "never-failini.' remedy. Price U. fid. and Obtnhnhle everywhere.

"NWk ;in<l dr<'--= 1 m:\ki' i\ vi-rv L'uod slmw lit Wlijlc nil.] Sous'. T!ir>r- nr<» tlu* Inlost <apnu;» novoliic-. ami ]inv<' arrivci! .l»y post tiirnct. WJIUI I insert ioir- for Miuw IrhnniiniN nn nlsn sliowinir in profusion.. nml ilipse will Ijo most popul;iv L'nmls il)f ?w<v A cnll J will lie ni)prc(-i;iloil l»y ilif firm, wltclli.-r | vou are a present buyer or not.—Advt.

Tiiv other day Jlr Kettle said to a man who admitted that lie had falMi from the oonijja ra live afiluenee of CI 1 or Ul2 to absolute poverty since his arrival in Auckland from' the King Country a lew days before: "It is men like you who come down to tow'ii, have your fling and get stranded and then go howling about the country talking about the wa.it of employment."

'JLiic Oliuia .Medical Association sub-iintLv-d lo tiie l.aua Board yesterday lliat a i|iuii'U.T oi an acre was insullick'ut lor a medical otlicer's ie=uu'uce arid the necessary' outbuildings, and asked tnat the Izard's decision to sell only one section in Mangaroa towm-h.p 'be re-wnsidered, It was ueculou that section ;j, block 1, town of Mangaron, be disposed of to the Association for m The iHoat striking thhig about the earth treniora of last Tuesday (says tiie Hot Lakes Chronicle) was the rvstricLvd area over which they were felt. They were not noticed at Jlainurana, or .it Owliata, just across tiie lake from the baths; nud we are informed that some tourists inspecting Whakarewnnnva did not uotice those that occurred after 8 a.m. Tile. Ueinors, and tlk-iy cause, appear to have been purely local. The demand for State coal in 11awcra is growing, bi\t as iio stocks of tiie same are stored in tlw town, all orders for State coal are sent to \Vangunui. The ilawera Chamber of Commerce has been milking inquiries into the matter, with the result that a re- ; solution was carried there at a nveet- \ ing last weok, to support a movement , to establish a State coal depot at 11a- • wera. The Chamber will take in nand f tin' .signing of the petition.

'lucre is much feeling at the l. iw.-i Hutt consequent pon the decision of the Borough Council to uivct y.uworks and break from Pctone, the u'.j ii.iing boroitgth, which already has in inV-ipaj gaswoks. The Hutt Council do.-s not intend to take a poll of ivi. i,My«-rs, and many ratepayers strongly ihe Council's project. A me« ,! ' £ o. niU'payer.s last week pa>scd a \ lion of protest The Council on Monday decided to call a meeting of iu? public to explain the whole uatin;.. A motion that whole Conned ?!ioulu resign was rejected.

An interesting specimen of the North | Usland woodhen, or wwka, has been re- 1 coived at the Christuiiureh Museum. Instead of having a nusty brown plumage, as it ought to have, it is a dirty, ashy gray. In a few places on its back there are a few light brown feathers, but otherwise it is utterly devoid of normal colors. Apparently it wa.s on the road to complete albin- , ism, or 'white plumage, when it was killed. .Several cases of albino w<?kas have been recorded, and, perhaps, the most beautiful New Zealand bird with this normal development is an albino kiwi in the Auckland Museum. Its Soft, hair-like plumage is snowy white, and its eyes, beak, and legs are a bright pink.

i Tiic M.iori is au intelligent person. His i nowh-dge -.i lip English language is oil limes remarkable. JUit li.v what > a slender thread dues he hold his kuow- ■ ledge! Tlic mere sight of a t or a breath of air in a courthouse 'a :• sullicient to dispel all familiarity wiih - the language thai he has acquired in .* years of dealings with the pakelia. i typical specimen appeared in the S.M. .1 Court yesterday in answer to a sumL mou* issued by the Werekino Ko.ul Board for the recovery of rates dm. 1 "Do you owe the money?" queried the 0 magistrate. The native's face was a , study in lack of expression, Further r ijuesiions in the hated pakelia " lingo " n adduced no response, <«xcept that he as f serted, evidently bv mistake, "The land [ lie no mine.' ilr. Fitzherbert "was ,| equal to the occasion, and asked the. •- defendant in .Maori if he could speak c English. The reply was in the neg.t- ---\ tive, and he was advised to get an ii inlcrprelcr. The case wa.s afterwards ). withdrawn, upon .Mr. -lack, agent of v the Public Trustee, undertaking to satis- •- I'y the claim. •j, There is talk of some eouccssiou being ,o made to the Coveniment by the large o parly which voted in favor of inserting < a elau.se in I lie Kducation Hill providing it for uniformity of schoolbooks. Pressure v. has come from .many school teachers, [\ who fear that a well-deserved measure H . of justice to themselves may be hung up • r for a 'year over a matter not of such o vital importance as nmny others covered lfi by the Bill. The (iovernment, judging )1 by what members say who have interm viewed the .Minister of Education, is do,'c termined not to allow the. new clause — t, Hie preliminary to free schoolbooks—to >r l»e inserted in the measure, and many ~| members are hoping that some arrangew ment will be ottVeted by which the tjue-s- ---.,| tion involved in the new clause can be •r dealt with apart from the general incasure.—Times, n An interesting wedding was id tile Sydney Daily Telegraph) celebratts ed privately on August 20 at Ih? Ku■v man Catholic Catiioilral b Perth (W. Ie A.). The bride, Miss Dulcic Doainci\ ie aged eighteen, i>; the already well■il known authoress of short stories, and l«' file bridegroom,. Air Albert Goldie, was 1- formerly a journalist, and latterly a i- theatrical agent for Mrl). C. Williamif son. Miss Deanicr was commissioned V to go to the East to write up the fev male question for a Sydney magazine. ''' just as Mr (J oldie was engaged by Mr y Hugh Ward as business: manager fur ,;i the Loudon Comedy Company's touv n in India, China, and Japan. They had 1* been engaged for some little time, and y decided to marry and travel together. Tile bride's lather, Dr. Deamer. of "1 FeatlierM-ou. New Zealand, assenting, n she went to Perth in the Ii.M.S. Maee--1(1 doaia, met Mr Uoldie, and was duly Y ' married. Saddlers will possibly forget how to build side-saddles in New Zealand in the near future. There are natural objects more beautiful than a woman riding ,'n a man's saddle, but on the ground of utilitarianism the modern woman is mopping up all sorts of privileges th.it once belonged to man. in a recent trip to Taranaki a Wellington Times reporter had the opportunity of seeing some hundreds of women horse-rider?, anil among them there was not one who rode oil a side-saddle. The divided skirt holds sway in Taranaki, and it is of course only a matter of time before the divided skirt disappears and the ordinary masculine riding "kit" is worn. ( [ are rather glad, for aforetime girls used to borrow their brothers' or sweethearts' 0 hacks, put a *id<'-sadd)e on thein, and give them sore backs. On the score of kindness to horses the lady who rides 1 mail-fashion has something to her credit. 1 On the score of gracefulness she hasn't a great deal to he proud of. A lady "J who "rides astridft" usually sways like a schooner in a heavy sea, and unless her hat is well anchored wttli four liatii pins and a motor veil, .she is generally « using her whip hand to keep it on the i hair frame. Some Taranaki ladies wear spurs, Everybody remembers that Lady •- Florence Dixie was the Urst woman to ride to hounds astride her liorse, and i that the Duke of Beaufort followed the >• dogs sitting on a side-saddle. Why don't . the men of Taran.iki follow the Duke oi I Beaufort, seeing that their charming . female relatives have plumped for Lady . Florence 7 I Do you keep cows? If so. write u% and Wo will tell yen how to make them , keep you. Butter-fat, cream, and goi.l mean the same to n mail or woman who owns cows. If yen al'e keeping three or nxire cuus it will pay you to own an , "Alfa-LivaP Cream Separator. The three big advantages of an "Alla-Laval" are: .More cream, less work, ami fresh skimmed milk for feeding stock; an I these are sullicient to pay the cost of an •'Alfa-ljaval"' in a very short time. Don't trust to your setting-pans, those "da : ry thieves" that seal your profits, or Iks misled inn buyiiig a ''just-aji-good," for "cheap' and inferior machines are dearest in the long run, when durability, clean skimming, quality oi the cream, and cost of upkeep are {aken into account. An "■Alfa-ljaval"' means more money in the bank. Write us for our illustrated catalogue U T." Cash or easy (ernis. Sole New Zealand agenti. Mason, Struthers and Co., Ltd.. Mainstreet, Pnlmerston, North. K. (Irillitiis ( and Co., Xew Plymouth, local agents. A MYSTERIOUS EVENT. Many physicians seem to think it a 1 mysterious event when their patients j —whom thev cannot cure—are quickly restored to health by Dr. Sheldon's J New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and 1 Consumption; but there is nothing | mysterious about it. Dr. Sheldon's s ) Now Discovery represents the la test I knowledge of the day ia the practice of 'the .-<-i«'iice of heal ray;, and does not I follow any of the <ild-l'nshioned melh- $ ods of the materia mediea. Tt goes t right In line point of infection in all eases nf (hronl and lu;ilt trouble, and Jbv means lliat are nil ii.s own drives " o*iI", the disease and heals the affected 11 pnrK It U a safe. plea«ant, positive " cure for all lung troubles. Try it. Obtainable everywhere. Woods' G?ent Peppermint Cure for P 1 Coughs and Colds never fails 1/fi and £ 2/0.

See wli.it, cash will ( ',o at tie A.H.C 7s Pfl; Gent 3' Balmorals, wide-fitting, Is 6(1; Scotch grain water-proof fcnee hoofc (for tile stockyard), 22s fid; gents' dancing shoe 9, fis Od: ladies' felt slippers, Is; childrens', 7d; goloshes 3s Gd; footlolds, * fid: hoots. Ma Od: ladies' glace uliflos. 5s fid. Or'f hoots to order. All parcels earria e paid.—Ad rt.