LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 285, 26 November 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterday Mr W. Stanley secured the lirst lady member of the Taranaki Agricultural Society. Through an oversight, Air. J. Mitchell's draught stallion "Empire" was omitted in class IS, which is to be judged to-day. Vor October month Hawcra Dairy Company paid £5528 5s sd, being Is per lb for butter-fat; Normanby Company paid out £1749 Ss 3d at the rate of lOd per lb for butter-fat. Cab-drivers yesterday were complaining that there was far too much loose road metal in Over street, rendering it dangerous for the rapid traffic to and 'from tlie showgrounds. At the Education Board meeting last night, it was decided to hold the annual camp of the Taranaki School Cadets No. 1 Battalion (Central, West End, Fitzroy, Bell Block, Waitara, Urcnui, Okato, and Opunake Corps) in the last school .week of the year, viz., 14th to 21st December. The pony stallion Sandfly caused some mild on the show grouni' yesterday morning. He broke the 'chain by which he was being led am .made off round the ground, cvcntuulU becoming the centre of a mob of gallop ing horses, lie was caught with dilli culty, but not before being considerably kicked about.

In advocating a system of scientific forestry for New Zealand lo meet the lirst diminution in the Dominion's timber crop, Air. (i. Laurenson said at a Christchtirch meeting that native forest produced IO.iMIOIt to 2ll,(KMlft, or an average of lj.HOOft super, per acre. Properly cared for plantations would produce no less tliati (iUIUHBft of timber. Tiic following reminiscence of early | days was told at a reunion of old Auckland volunteers the other night:—The camp was at il'apaknra. One rainy day an orderly galloped into the camp with the news that tifty men were required loir,, to the Vvairoa to bring the women and children ill. The expedition was considered to be dangerous, so the licit men were desired. Those willing to go were asked lo stand mil, and every man in the camp stepped forward. Then it was said that those who were ready lirst could go. The veteran who was telling the story had an arm injured, and was unable to sling his rifle on tlie usual sith., but put it on the wrong side. When the officer came round to inspect the men he noticed this, and told the man, who was then under twenty, that he could not go, as he was on the sick list. "Let me go with the other fellows," pleaded the volunteer. "All right," was the reply. The fifty went, and after a very trying experience accomplished the journey of eight miles. . . But only forty-seven returned, and the curious thing was that the three who deserted were the only ! ones to receive medals in respect of the ] expedition. The others returned with the women and children, but received no such recognition. Dr. Trilby King- has intimated to Mrs, -.atthews, secretary of the Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children, that he has been fortunate in engaging, as interim Plunkct nurse for Taranaki, Airs. Garr?tt, who at one time was connected witi. the Karitane Baby Hospital. Airs. Garrett will be succeeded by Nurse Warnock, who is now commencing a cou'se of three months' training at the KiUitan'e Baby Hospital, near Duuedin. Alius Warnock is already a fully qualified hospital and maternity nurse, and is spoken of by the Christcluirch doctors *isi the

highest terms. Before adopting the profession of a nurse she was a school teacher, and for a time had a school of her own. She thus has the double qualification of a nurse and teaehe-, 'which .should prove of special value in her new sphere of work. The mission of the Society for the Promotion (if the Health of Women and Children is ■• health crusade, in which the laws and '.iceds of healthy living plays as Important a part as actual nursing. Thus in the matter of ensuring the best food for any baby which cannot be breasted the Vlunkel mirsc needs to show not only all about the preparing and keeping of humanised milk or other baby food, but she must know how to impart her knowledge in a simple way, so that any mother iu any house may'easily curry out the work'for herself.' The 'same thing applies of course to the ventilation of the 'home, the clothing of the baby, and a hundred small but essential requisites which make the difference -between health and debility.

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VWiat aiv Hie best show towns in -New Zealand?" That was the questio i put by a reporter to Mr. iiert Roylc The answer wasi ■•That is a iiincli-ve'xcd question amongst theatrical managers. Tlie North Island towns rank very iii«li' particularly Wellington and Auckland. Hie Empire. City is wonderful, this 'Wing, I suppose, to its floating population, and Auekliind runs it so close aad sometimes surpasses it that 1 would declare these towns a dead heat. Then the small towns of the North are very good." "lias tlie erection of municipal theatres not hud something to do with tins?" asked the reporter. "Oh, I notice that when municipal theatres are erected a great improvement in the show business follows. One has only to mention invercargill, Oaniaru, Palmerston North, and Wanganui for an illustration. I am a great believer in municipal theatres."

An omphalic denial to the allegation ■ that political appointments have been ' made ill the public service of the Do- - minion was given by the Hon. W. Hall- ! Jones at Wellington on Monday in uc- ' knowledging a presentation fi'om the Wellington l'revinrinl Industrial Association. "1 have been using every effort to push the work—the Main Trunk line —on with the means at my disposal to get the best results for "the expenditure," he said, "and 1 am satisfied from

niy long association with my colleagues illat they work on exactly the same lines. My position as Minister'of Railways has been referred to. When 1 had tiie Hallways, i'nblic Works, and other departments under my charge, I hud something like 20,000 men under my control. At the present time I believe 1 have some 17,000. Let me say I can leave o/licc, after nearly thirteen years' experience, and challenge anyone to point to one political appointment in connection with the department. I can say more than that, and say it conscientiously: 1 do not know of any such appointments having been made by my colleagues. At election time always a great deal is said without, sometimes, foundation for the talk. I do not believe in this. It is commonly called electioneering. 1 know my colleagues

have never appointed men to any department for political reasons. Their endeavor has been to get the best men to till the positions."—Times. The way in which SI. Alberti, the Danish .Minister of Justice, worked his fraud on the firm o( Wilier and Riley, and thereby brought about its financial dilliculties, was explained by Mr. Julius Wilier, chairman of the company, at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders held on the sth of last month at Manchester. "It was about a year after we started in business, viz., ia 1888," said Mr. Wilier, "that the Denmark Fanners' Association was formed by some of the dairies in Denmark for the purpose of exporting thoir produce direct to the retailers in England so as to save all intermediaate profits. M. Alberti, the president of the association, came over and appointed us agents for tile North of England. There is no doubt the novelty o'f the idea and the splendid butter thcs»' people slipped formed the groundwork upon which our large business has sprung up. Everything was in perfect order and satisfactory for about two years. At the end

of that period 11. Alberti suggested Hint | it would be a good plan if lie could make I some advance to the farmers, who often required some extra money, particularly at the end of the quarter. We demurred nt first, but when he pointed out that every dairy and every farmer belonging to that dairy was responsible for the money we assented. From that time these advances have grown larger and larger—but also the business as well — :iiul when this calamity occurred the debit against them was £!)2.532."