LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 255, 21 October 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The. chilling-room at the abattoirs is practically completed. Owing to the s.s. llarawa undergoing repairs no mails will be received from Auckland on t'riday, Sard, and no mails will be despatched to Auckland on that date.

A short civil session of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday. Judgment by default was entered i u the case T. King and Co. v. ,1, .lillctt. claim Kit 3d, and ,C 1 18s (id costs.

There is lo lie nn innovation hi yachting in Wellington this vear-ti. "race for yachts steered bv Indies. Xe\t year it is hoped to have a race ior' ytitlhts '•manned" entirely by lndi#s. -An influential and representative meeting at Waverlcy on Aloiulav nMil unanimously decided to 'support Xcw Plymouth in any action taken to resist the alteration of the railway time-table. 'there is a fairly large nmniber ol ■shearers at present in Alastemm awaiting the opening of the various large sheds, reports tile Age. The farm abor market otherwise is fair, milker* wing in most request. A full rehearsal of the gymnastic carnival was held last night. The elasses are quite as good as ever, and several novelties are being introduced in set pieces, inarches, and drill. The public arc going to get their money's worth on the 20th.

A Pahiutua man having a bad cold, obtained twine medicine whkdi he hurriedly took as lie left for his work; lie was promptly cured, but his wife was in a feverish .state all dtiv-slie dis*< covered that he had taken a dose ofl he hair-wash in mistake for the oOlier sluir.

One of those incidents in which a. witness making false statements is at' once detected occurred at the S.M. i Court the oilier day (reports aire i<end- | ing Ktar). A jndguic.it debtor was being examined as to his ability to pay a debt. Counsel asked if he were in the hahit of carrying an old watch and chain, to which the debtor repfod in the negative. ''Have you a watch now?" asked the solicitor. "So," replied the man on oath. "But you just now (lulled it out to see the time," remarked counsel. The man then admitted that lie had a watch, but said it was a Brununngon one. "Let m e ,s P <> it," said the lawyer; but the debtor refused until asked for .it by the Magistrate. Then he .reluctantly pulled out of his vest pocket an American Waltham gold watch with a heavy geld chain atlach-

■ The fruit industry of California long ago outstripped in value that Slate's product of gold. The State of Washington is rapidly developing on similar lines, and is encouraging the development with a munificence thai is bound to make the whole world "sit up and take notice.'' 'The columns „f •■Horticulture" of a recent, date refer to tho great apple show at Spokane for which plans are nou being made, «herc upwards of U. 30110 in premiums is to be distributed, ami an appl ' -olid goal given for the -i, beautiful specimen apple. In the Stale of Oregon a "Cherrv fair" of great magnitude was recenUv held. All over the great \orlh West hybridisris are at work trvine to evolve hardier, more vigorous.' ami more Jo-emus fmUs. The horticulturists of the Paeilic slope, are turning hundreds ol thousands of acres of splendid land """ :l J-"' ll '' l ' "'l''!'" -lull as the world has never known.

A controversy ~,|„„ lt Xew Zealand, under the liendiii- "I'mef „f ,|„. |.,|,|. din«." is -oingoi, ill the columns of the Moruiii" Leader (writes a London correspondent), line of the I,.iters published this week purports t„ |„, ~ ..,., )|>v ,„■ ~ has taken up fannin,". i„ \cw"z'ealau I." The writer says : -\\\. n lh | ,| H , Wl<t , (f living liisfii. with Ihe b|c,siu„, ~f , IVO . lection: everything is cry dear: bread is Sd per -lib loaf, and whatever vou w,,ul thai would in a s|,„, (i ,| - ~. H i- I- liere.. and souiciiuies more.' -All ounce of lael i. e.eii!, a Inn ,„ theory." runs tin- editorial conimeu! Auoihcr letter written from Ycoul. Somer-ci. says: "Your corespondents, who criticise the price, of commodities 111 New Zealand, omit to mention one i»!]"»'tii>il poinl- that in thai country there }■. i. inijiiinuni and a maxiiniiin number of hours. ■Tl l i.s docs awav Willi a jtreat deal of cninpctilion'in t'h'c labor market: and if the people hive to pay a little more for their , M io,|s llMlf !)e do in (1,,. oh| Ciiuirv.'lheir

friends of mine who went' out are dnlne well and enjoying heller health than I l.j->- ever had before," The l".iiwrence-Keiiiiei|v-(.iitlies .Mil!.iii". Machines u ,,t only ;,ive satisfaction I" our ire,' clieuls. bid lhie.e wl|,. have had I hem installed for v-ai,- cannot ,llc:it too llilihlv of llii.il, o.;..„;|e.|| ipialili.'s. <.,„■ ..real edvaulau,. i-. 11... lln.el.illc operates ..„ t1u.|,,0-. I„ „ , i ncr - closely ,-,..,., .:,,., ( ~||. le'.iou that Ihcle is no ] ibililv of i..jiirv. -I'll!.-., ia ii.l.lllioii lo Hie machine ~,.,r en eccuo.ni-c 01 1et,,,,.. lon-. al|.| 'i v. <:.:> 1., il mccsarv He,l till dair\ fa r- .- 1.1 in vc.l iealc (lie ucrils of |he L.K.C. Milkiiie Machine. I. Tl. MacF.wan and Co., Ltd.. sole . t s>ls, New Plymouth.

The hotel runners lor aoine years past have been permitted to solicit patronage on the Wellington wharves in lusly, tones, but the Wellington Harbor JS'oaj.l lias lately deckled to invoke the aid of by-law 175 to- prevent the men from addressing the passengers. The by-law reads: So porter shall, on the arrival of a. vessel, stand near to or obstruct the gangway until engaged; anil slni'l stand at least six feet from the vcs.-cl land its .gangway until engaged; and shall be silent' and orderly in lieluiviouv." It is not often (say, the -New Zealand

Times) that the police, are canicv.'y i thanked by a prisoner for having loeked him up, but such a thing occurred ;il the .Mount Cook station (Wellington) .ml Wednesday morning. The previous night n -1111111 had been discovered in a statu of helpless intoxication, ami of course had been removed to the station! for safe keeping, ,\vliere it was found that he was in possession of the sum of 1 i: 124. Yesterday lie was lined 5s or, twenty-four hours' imprisonment, but before departing on liis way expressed I his gratitude for the kindness jhown j him in putting him where lie could not be robbed of his money.

Tlic Taranaki Dairy Employees' Union has now deckled to "wait till the Arbitration Act Amendment eoini'a into operation at the beginning i>f next year I before it applies to the court lor Ml award. The I iiimi some time ago had a eonfereiiee with the Employers' Union, wliieh rejected iis demands, and airangements were accordingly made for takhig the formal ballot of its members and complying with the other prclimmaries laid'down by the old Act befo.e taking an award to court. It has, however, been found that the new Act so simplifies the procedure that very little time will lie lost and a good deal of trouble saved ny waiting till .htnuary to take advantage of its provisions.— Eltham Argus. The lamcSis .Maori guide, .Maggie Papakiu-a, who is to give a series of on- \ tertainuicnts in Sydney and .Melbourne, under the management of Messrs. .1. & X. Tait, leaves .New Zealand this week to that end. With her are a company of twenty-two poi dancers, as well as her sister Bella, who invented the canoe poi dance. It .was Bella who, not so long ago, experienced a great shock at i Rotorun. She undertook to entertain , a prominent Christchurch citizen, and, • believing that he knew no other lani gnage but his own, sang several native < love songs to him to the vast amuscI meat of her country-women. Imagine • her consternation when he thanked her - with a prettily-turned phrase and in s faultless Maori for the treat she hud i) afforded him.

Final arrangements for the opening ceremonies in connection with the Ma'n Trunk line were made on Saturday as follow:—-A dinner, given by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, at which the Prime Minister and Ministers will be guests, will commence at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November-3rd. The celebrants will then eatcli a special through train leaving for Makatote at 10 p.m. At Makatote, on the 'following clay, the ceremony of driving the last spike will be perfr'omed. The party will then, go on by the special train to AucklanJ, where there will probably be a further function. Members of' the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, northern members of Parliament, and others will be asked to come south to meet the Wellington party at Makatote. At the banquet to Mr. Major at Ka-1 ponga on Friday evening Mr. D. J. Hughes, in replying to the toast of "Tlie Dairying Industry," ffuoted figures to show the growth of the industry in Taranaki. He gave tlie following figures relative to the value of the products of a number of factories in a very liniited area in the province:—liivi-r----dale: 181)4. UiisS lis 2d: 111118, JC4.5.0<1'.» (e-tinwled). Kaponga: 18118. U780); 11)08. 'U:t.").Ot)D (estimated). The ligur-s for Kattpokonui were: 181)8 Ci.iOO paid for milk. HKIS CT.iJIIIll; 18118 output 80 tons hut tor and (i tons of ~heese. 111)8 lti.Vi tons of cheese. To show I lie amount the dairy companies paid in discount. Mr. Hughes mentioned that Kan ] pokouui paid % per cent, or 7s fid in the CIOO, or .C 375 on the'season's o\Uput.-- Argus.

The opporlunitv given to electors hy the Second Ballot Bill of rectifying errors in the first polls may, in the opinion of the Lyttelton Times, pvovo a very real source of danger to the Liberal cause. "Moreover," it states, "we cannot be sure that the second ballots will be uniformly in favour of Liberal candidate*. The whole tendency of the system is to weaken the ranks of the more .powerful party, because it appeal's at lirsl blush, to lessen the dangers arising from idle voting on purely personal grounds and from parly divisions. Where the feeling between two sections of the Liberal party is at all pronounced the second ballot will encourage the friends of a rejected candidate to e.vpress their disappointment by voting against their own political convictions. The measure lias the natural weakness of an unscientific system of election, and its operation cannot be anticipated with any confidence. We can only urge the Liberals to make the best of it by remaining absolutely loyal to their 'principles and by concentrating their votes on the best-equipped candidate in the Held."

A correspondent ofc the. ( liristcliureh Press, who signs his name, has discovered that dishonesty is the best policy, ami gives hi s reasons as follows: ■' I have been over •thirty years in J\ T ew Zealand, and have always striven to he an honest man, and to pay twenty shillings in the pound, and up to the. present I have been able to do so. But at the present time any man who is a wage-earner can live, upon the confidence and credulity of his tradesmen, and need not pay a penny. All he has lo do is to go into Court and confess judgment, and state that his wages are so many shillings a week, that he has a wife and live children to support, and that it is I not possible ifor him to pay his debts. Those of us wGio are foolish enough to I pay cash have to pay at least 10 per cent, more for our necessaries to compensate the tradesmen for their i>ad debts. This is a hard task upon Hie honest. Why cannot all tradesmen eoubine and insit s upon cash down from everyone? If they wilHiot do this, why should not cash payers combine and get certain shops to 'supply us for cash? Cash shops have no had debts, no accounts to send out, and no books io keep, and could give us who pay cash our goods at less price." Tile fame of the Christmas numbers of the -Weekly Press is not a tiling of to-day only, having been built up steadily by successive issues, each beating live preceding one in' excellence, until it seemed almost impossible '.n,\t it could go higher. As an art production the Weekly Press Christmas nuni-

her takes premier place in Australasia, and indeed there are few that beat it ill the world, if w,. aic to judge !,v tic trSmtes which are conslantTv l.Mi" paid by the leading journals of I lie old World and of Aiiiedea. ibis Year's number which is published lu-ilnv. follows the precedent in making a'ji adwuuv step, and as we look Uirougn il-

pages we are templed to think the. \crv apex of the pinnacle of illustrated newspaper beauty and interest lias now hocn reached. Willi page after pa,.e of charming photographs and drawings enriched with artistic decoration, it is dillicult to pick out anv special one for prai-e. but we feel sure that lhi.se dealing with seed-time and hancst will be halted for closer perusal. The siipplenienU issued wilh the number under notice are three, iae principal being a very li ■..product ion of a

spirited .picture enlilled ■'Coaching in New Zealand: A Christmas Trip." bv that distinguished anisl W. tloims liyh's. It.lU. 'J'he other two suppleincuts appear siihdueil after Mr I'fvlcs's jd'wiiif! production, l.ui still Ihev will appeal to an equally hiri?,. public' liol'h pictures are from phnloarnplis bv )lr Clin.,. M. Phillips, entitled "He Taiuani I'ikau" and "My Confidante.'' AW un-

derstand Huil the i.--iu\ allhoiifjli a 'liuae one. anil far heavier than tliat of last vear. lias been lar-nelv anticipated by I'lirlv orders from ail parts of \™ Zealand and Australia, where bv the way. The Weekly I'ress Christmas number is as niuclh a favourile as it is in

its' home.. II will he Ihoroforo lie well for those who wi-li to possess a copv lo place I heir orders at mire, ren.einborin- the old ada-e. '-he who hesitates is Tos-I.'' ami in this case lie will prohal.lv lose Ins chance of securill..; o ,f Hie lhe,l illuslraled newspapers of the eenturv.

Just arrived, at llnek'-ll's, rievnh street Central. New I'lvmoulh, an in dent of Allan's famous gents' l.ools. aU'A C. and .1. ('hike's superior ladies' boots and shoes. In slock, a lame assortm-nt of Ike best ladies', i'enls', and eliild.-:-;i's colonial loots and shoes l.v reliable makers All Mm al.ny.. are offered to the ...tl.liiMit pvi'i"? that can't bel.eatm. --/iilvt.

The new scries: of men's 1 tilor-inado, suit,, :i ; I lie. '•Mclhouriie" involves several shli-di models in every approved fabric. ' Suits, Unit by their very cli.-iv-aeler nresent slvmi"; arguments in their o.i'.i i*ayor - arguments (hut will convince, you of their worth. Come and se« our mas-nlhient outside display of I these goods! Every glance will reveal nnofliev clement oi superiority. Prists' 4Ds fld to fJSs.—AM.

Eight sleeping <au's arc in courses of luiiUliug at the railway workshops at I'ctone, near Wellington (*ays the 'Doniiiiion"'). ijjiko the present'"bird-cage.'' carriages, these .sleeping-cars comprise several compartments arranged down the side of one long corridor. 'Jjhcy are capable of being ilitted with twenty bunks, arranged as in a ship's cabins, J''(Hir of the compartment* have each four berths, and in each of the rem.lin-

ing two there is sleeping accommodation for iwo passengers. The upper bank is formed by lihe swinging out of the ba-k

of the scat. The car, are therefore in tended to be n,ed as ovdin.iry lirst-clav

accommodalion during the day, and when night comes down the attendant* have little to do i„ mate them comfortable bedrooms. The curtain rods and other Hitting, are to be electro copper plated, and the furnishings will ensure for passengers comfort and convenience. The intention. i s in dispense altogether with blankets, and to pnivelc onlysheels and rugs, which will he carried in lockers under the seals when not in use. For many years Maoriland (says the

Sydney JSullctiii] has been staggering under a number of ]>i'-t - each of which] was introduced by s ome dc-l'i^litt'ul lunatic, willi tlio object, of eradicating soiiuother ..supposed pest, hi ilic early days sparrows were brought from tile On.l roiinlry to gobble lip grasshoppers; Inn tlii! sparrow preferred wheat, and eonscipiently fanners with straw in their hair are pursuing Hocks of sparrows with shot-guns, jwison, ami luiiip» of road iiu-t.nl. '.Now another eseaped luniif.it-' suggests importing owls to ik'iil with tire sparrows; but Alaoriland has learnt a thing or two, and consequently the I l>ad points 'of the owl are being CTrcfnlly iiiijiiirpil into. Years ago bunny was let loost! in the South Island, and in record time became the worst |K'st in the Dominion. Weasels ami .stoats were imported to deal with, bunny, but re/used to take on, the job. instead they attacked Mi is .native birds and the spring j land). Alwut Iw'enty-live years ago some ' madman liberated a couple of 'possums ~ at Wanganiii, and if flic sculling township could gel hold of that gentleman it would lynch Jiiill on the «pot. The, gentle 'possum is playing havoc in the orVhards, and ilias made successful fruitgrowing almost impossible. Apparently tiie only thing to be done now is to import <>v<erytliing, from the driver flat to the grizzly bear, anil let them light it out.

Quality is the silent, salesman that talks loudest and persists in recommending "Alfa-Laval" Separators. When you put your niimey into an "Alfa-Lav-al" yon can rest assured you will get the very best possible value. The l>est evidence of their superiority comes from the story of success in actual working. Mr." W. 'J'. May, Itangiuru, writes under date Kfh Juno: "I have done some good work with this little machine, skimming .01 with tempera- ( ture of milk 85 degrees, which 1 consider cannot lie beaten. This trial was made in the presence of several persons, including the manager' of the liny of 'Plenty Co-operative Dairy Association, and two samples of the skim milk were taken and tested then anil there. There was over 100 gallons put through. I consider the machine an ideal one." Sole New Zealand agents. Mason. Struthers and Co., (Ad., Main-street, Pulmorstun North. E. tiriffiUis and Co., New Plymouth, local agents.