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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Locals. The " Taranaki Daily News" will publish as usual on the Dtli inst. (King's Birthday). Some very welcome correspondence - more pleasing than lirst of the month correspondence sometimes is- linds its way to New Plymouth just now. The Advances to Settlers Ol'liee is "paying out." Owing to the holiday on Monday' (King's Birthday) the Chief Postmaster has arranged for a delivery of all correspondence over the New Plymouth Post Cilice counter between half-past eight, and half-past nine on Saturday night. Cn Monday an enquiry was held by a committee of the Education Board into the complaints made by the residents against the school teacher ?,( Hird road. Mr Wade, chairman ot the I Hoard, presided. The result of the enquiry will not lie made known before the committee reports to the Hoard. At the S. M. Court yesierdav morning Frederick Alison who had been remanded for medical treatment was lined ."is and costs on a charge of drunkenness, and a similar amount for procuring liquor during the currency of a prohibition order. On a second charge of this nature he was convicted and discharged. A female inebriate was convicted and discharged. A local settler who lakes a keen interest in watching the customs of birds in the Dominion (repurls a Masterton paper) says that the Pi-pi Whararo:!, the.advance to the Australian cuckoo, and the recognised harbinger of spring, dtas arrived in the Dominion, after wintering in Australia. This means that the migratory Kohc-kohc-a, or longt ailed cuckoo, will arrive From Australia in about a fortnight. St. Beliefs Church, Cambridge, has just had restored to it a Black"Letter Bible, "presented by llobson, the carrier," hi 1U27, which was printed bv Barker in IUI7. For many years this Bible has been missing Irom' tile church but was recently discovered in tno University Library. Upon representations being made for its restoration to the church, the Library Syndicate at once complied. lit is a perfect and valuable copy.

The relations of a young- man named John Patrick Jones liavt been occasioued a- considerable amount of uneasiness. He left Gisborno some little while ago with the inti'iitioii of going into the Wellington Hospital for treatment, mil put up at the Albeit Hotel, "Wellington. On the J7l]i nit. lie left the hotel, [using with him only a .small parcel', ami leaving hi s more bulky luggage behind, lie did not go to the hospital, and nothing has been heard of him since. Jlr. J-:. Grillitlis last night received a private telegraphic communication to the ell'eet that the butter-fat competition at the t'almerston Show had been won by .Messrs. Griffiths and Cornwall's "Granny's Girl." Ko details were available. The wni is a meritorious omi, tor "Granny's Girl" was entered under the severe handicap of-having been five months in milk, as against only five or six weeks in the 01 so of some' of the other competitors. A cow is generally at her best from the fourth '(o sixth week, and- when the local animal is good enough to heal the next best under such conditions her c|ualilv is most conclusively proved. The consternation (hat was (-rented at Royal Ascot, in ,l m i,. „,- v when live Hold Gup, (he trophv atlaVCi! to the principal race of the'year, wa - stolen from under the very ' iii>-.i ! tire d-lceliw-. J,ml repri'-entaiive-, of Ihe manufacturers. N hardly forgotten IW is (he juke cracked 1,, " - ; „ i Twain when he assured Kin-''Ediy.i.-il Hiai lie had uol clapped eves 071 (.In trophy. I'l-om Sheffield tWc'.low cine a reinarkiilile story that Mm :U 'l,-r til, audacious (heft was |iei-pe(ratp,l a hrm of gold .-.ml siher rrliiiers in thatcity was called on l.v a inaii, who wished to dispose of an „„\ t i '|i was ol unusually pure „„],(_ . |lh | t | |( , ( . became suspicious. Thee found the gold was 20 carat, coi-rcip.rading will the uniiMial curai of (lie Ascot Oii| ami that the ingot was within two ana half ounces of the weight of tii.i Irophy. liii)iiiries were made, and th-

mini's story thai he .m|, tj u . gold j, Abyssinia wn< ultimately accfpic.l. 1)11llio head of the linn in,\v believed that i was the Ascot t'liji melted down Opium smoking is ~-ipullv bccoinin.' la>hioiiab!o craze in h,Yi s . fumeries have bcv:i rcccutlv opened wiinv. 10 11,.. ncoinpammonl' of music. Uiu Wealthy and aristocratic mcinb.-s of Uiu French capil ■,,, diealiihM and most dangerous f l!( ]. ,\ f„, v die number uf niiiiiin smoke:'? in Paris »as v.'i'v limited, and wis mainly <->>iiti u:-il u> nrtisN-ainn n>

tlH'i.i many famous men. , v l, 0 took the '!'■»« f'"' ""' «i«k ■ e.v,,erie.,ein K a "new so-iisatioir"' -.'.ml t„ aeti-e.se., aii.i dancine,- (,'ii-ls. To-day. however, til ve are hundreds of opium .lens in Paris. Tlie authorities are seriouslv con-id.-r- --- tliu matter, and are eiideavourii" io stop the spread of the fatal ,|,ahit. °\ During the hearing ~1 Xortl p1.,,i (K'nj;.) of a chare;.. o« windnw.-lircnkm;.' against a man named Malone il win "tilted tliat he gained ids Ihhi", hv jt'iiiijr from town to town, oxhibitin;: freshly catlglit rats. .These he lolhered to a table with string.' Kivhi" them a certain latitude, and (lion "villi his hands teid th-lilly behind him h • fought and killed a rat with hi.-, le'-lli. Nine times out 0 f ten he was said to •.H.:,.rcd.-liiil fmpnmllv the rat hil iiim severely Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Jli.'"rhoca IScnicdv is the nio-d, sueeessF'il medieine in the world for liowell com-' plaints, both For adults and children. I Pleasant and safe to take, prompt in it? action, and effectual in results. For . (suit; by nil da-mists and storekeepers. '

Speaking at Palmcrston South, Mr Jas. Mitchell gave several instances of anomalies in the railway charges. The other day, he said, a; man went to the Waiareka Junction station and wished lo book a parcel for Oamaru. The clerk said the charge would be !)d. The man replied that Od was too much, and that he would not pay it. And he did not. Instead he took out a ticket for himself at a cost of 3d, and carried the parcel with him.'

The present railway tariff in regard to music pupils travelling to places -at a distance has beeu found to work inequitably. Cabinet has therefore decided to further extend these privileges. The 60-mile limit concession ticket cannot, under existing regulations, be used for distances in any way beyond tint mileage, but now pupils journeying further than 01) n'iiles are ti> be allowed lac concession up to that limit, with the opportunity of paying' ordinary rates for any distance exceeding the 00 miles. It is reported that, provided suitable areas are available at a reasonable ligure. a party of Victorian farmers possessing X40.0U0 in hard cash will settle I in the Waikato (says the Auckland j Herald). A representative of the party was in the Dominion some months ago and formed a favourable" impression of the. capabilities of the Waikato for dairying purposes. He has written to a Wellington resident staling that the possibilities of the Waikato for small farmers are very great, much more so than ill Victoria.

".Mother's iiiiii[ilinii'jils," said a youngster to a butcher who keep* n shop in ii busy suburban ihormiglifarc, " and she's scat jut" to show you till! big 1)0111! brought with the piece of beef this morning/' "Toll your mother next time I- kill a bullock without bones in it I'll iniike her a present of a joint,'' said the man of meat, with a grin. "Mother'* compliments," continued the boy, '\llll she says next time you find a hit of sirloin with a shoulder of mutton, bone in it, she'd like to buy the whole earease as a curWsity." ' j According to a London correspondent! " Tire stall of the New Zealand Hitfh Commissioner's office in London numbers 27, of whom 9 have bad New Zealand experience. Their salaries aggregate £0.700. The High Commissioner gets £2,1)01); the secretary £800; the accountant £275 (and £265 as audit officer) ; the produce commissioner £445, and hi» assistant £2l(i; clerks and messengers' salaries total £2,1154. The total cost of the office, including salaries is ' £9,032. Of those holding responsible positions, the only veteran is Sir. Re-a-na way, -the secretary, who is 72. His knowledge of Anglo-Colonial finance extends over 30 years, and his experience in financial work of this nature is unrivalled at the present time. At £BOO a year such mi officer is very cheaply secured. One of the subordinate oflici- ■ als in the immigration branch is over , fifty, bub he has had over 30 years' • experience of immigration work, and ! the High Commissioner regards him as - an extremely useful man. As for tin ■ suggestion that the otlice is over-staffed f hotb Mr. Beeves and Mr. Kennawi.j ' stated that so far from the men beinf • under-worked, they are over-worked. .". ■ very considerable amount of ovcrtimi ■ is found necessary in order to cope witl ' the work, which grows constantly froit • | year to year."

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 268, 5 November 1908, Page 2

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 268, 5 November 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 268, 5 November 1908, Page 2

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