LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 289, 1 December 1908, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Boulton's well-known hunter Alpine was submitted to auction at Mr. Newton King's Hayiuarket yards, but the reserve placed upon him by his owner was not reached. Yesterday was St. Andrew's Day. The llags floating from the i'ost Of lice tower and the Bank of New fc'outh. .Wales flagstaff, and the fact that tiio banks were closed, announced that the day was sacred to ttve memory of Scotland's patron saint. The cows m:_e milked as usual.

The Kgmont i-iodgi>. No. 112, 1.0.G.T , held its usual weekly session ill St. Mary's Hall on Monday evening. After business a concert was held, and a very enjoyable evening .was spent. Refreshments were handed round, and a vote of thanks was accorded lo those who had helped to make the evening a siic-

At next Monday's meeting oi tl.e 1 Taranaki County Council. Councillor I Carter will move to rescind the Covin- I cil's resolution in which it was decided to proceed with the erection of Hi.Hemii bridtre ui ihe Avenue lUiad.' Councillor Tate will move that owing to the position of the county fun-Is -ill works in connect inn with the Ilenui bridge and deviation at same be stopped.

The county el: rk, Mr. U. Kllis, has prepared a return of the year's cost of stone-crushing for I lie county roads. The plant worked on Ir>7days, crushing 11,427 yards. The crusher stall' worked six days on the roads. The cost was lid per yard. This return will provoke a little discussion ill Monday's meeting, some councillors thirsting for information as to bow (lie crusher stall' spent the other l.)l'/- ; working days.

A Soutli Cauterluiry correspondent of tlie l.vileiion 'I hues stairs that a farmer in South t anteiiniry. v. liu was refused money on good sceuriiy at n high rale of interest before tiie election, was sought out by n iwiik manager the day after the election, and tillered the money at a lower rate. In another case a man who had been refused money on firstelass security before tlie election was I offered the advances the day after the election.

A dramatic incident recently occurred in the Palace of Justice at Bcziers in the middle of a thunderstorm. A witness whose veracity lmd been questioned by the Judge lifted his hand and exclaimed: " May I be struck by lightning if I am not telling the truth!" The words were hardly out of his mouth before lightning struck the building, and witaess | fell on the floor in an agony of fear, .lie was unhurt, and. rising to his feet, he confessed himself guilty of the crime of whk-h he had just accused another man. Uproarious scenes occurred at the sitting of the Bohemian Diet at Prague o.i October 14, culminating in a free fight between the (.ierman obstructionists and the Czech Deputies. The German Deputy Wolfe started the encounter by attacking 1 and belaboring the Czech Deputy Karta, whereupon a number of Czechs made for the (ieriuaiis, who climbed upon their desks and threw book* aud other missiles at their Czech colleagues. The light lasted more than a quarter oi an hour, when the sitting was suspended.

On the arrival of the Kilties' Ito nil here on Thursday by the 10.45 a.m. train, they will be met and played to their hotel by the Eltham Brass Hand.

At '2.X) a will ne formed oi the Turanaki Garrison, Strafford Municipal, and Eltliam Hrass JJ;tnds, under charge of drtuu-major Lister, and piny the Kilties through the town to th:Sports Ground, where the matinee will commence at o pm. Prior to the Kilties opening number, the massed bands, under the baton of Mr. T. P. McConnell,

will probably reader the selection " IngoniaiY'

The decrease in bird life in the bush of New Zealand is a melancholy fact. The destructive übiquitous .sparrow and starling are always with us, but the beautiful tui, the kaka, wood pigeon, (or dove), the paroquet, wood hen, robin,

and mnny other-, are now becoming rare. In many parts of the bu*h it was oiK-e possible in see thousands of kakas iu a day, and pigeons by the hundred. The lovely par-on bird »warmerf, and his cheerful note could be heard at any

hour of the duy. Now, thanks largely to imported vermin, all these birds are disappearing or have irone entirely. The ilopc of Kgnnmt Juvenile Tempi-', No, 2."). 1.0.c.T.. held its tiMiaal weekly

me.'iiu.i} ia M. Man's Jjal) last night. The temple was opened in due form at IL'IO o'clock by the Chief Templar, JSro. Gii* liandley, There wa> a good atiendanee of memlieis. After the genera? business the brothers look charge and gave a good programme. Headings were given by Hros. 1,. Peppcrell and X. Wiii te. iiro. .f. Alidrige gave an exhibition with his dancing dolls, in a competition one of his beautiful dolls was won by .Sis. L. Allan. After lighl refreshments the temple closed at 7.30. Mr Wilbur Wright recently accomplished a flight in the presence of the Dowager Queen Margharita of Italy, who visited Lc Mans, with her suite, on purpose to see the American aviator at his experiments, tier Majesty complimented Mr Wright warmly. According to the Daily Telegraph, she spoke in Knglish, and said "You have given me

j an opportunity of witiicssing the most astonishing tiling I have ever seen, Jt is wonderful ; j-eally wonderful." " I 1 thank your .Majesty,'' .Mr Wright said. ■" Would your Majesty foe tempted to take a s-sit beside me "Oh," she replied, "It Is vpit tempting, but there are too many people about." A good eleeLiou stury comes from an inland town in the Stratford electorate. On a recent Saturday there arrived at the district store a flaxen-haired lady ot' ample proportions. "Well,' 1 she said to the storekeeper, l 'dc election vas over now." "Yc-v' said the man; "1 suppjise you got your man in';" "Well, ,\es," she replied; "1 vote for Mr. lline.'' With a meriy twinkle ink is eye, ami

thinking of the fondness of her spouse for his irothiiijf "pint" (lie storekeeper

asked her if she voted f'-r no-license. "No, J never vote for that," she said. "1 vote for de reduction, though. I tliiiik this—tin price of beer vas too high. 1 think (here vas ought to be reduction, eh?" It's it new phase of the "reduction" -proposal, but there

ao reason to doubt that this view is taken by many who have not made themselves conversant with the law.

it is reported that Robert ilart, who i* at present in Kuglaud, had a bigger mission than was generally understood. Though his health was in itself sufficient reason for his trip Home in May last, it i> currently reported on very authority th:it it .served to cloak a greater reason fur his felurji to Mumpe. Jt would appear that Kir Hubert Hart, who in 188.) was offered and declined the British Plenipotentiarvnliip at Peking, but who, all tin* .same, has been ipiictly behind the scenes mixed up with and confidentially consulted upon each diplomatic move of China —with the one e.\c< i ption. that the Kmpress withheld her confidence in him prior to the trouble of 1 !H)(>— car- I ried wilh l|ini to Britain the draft copy | of a proposal i'tr an Ajfglo-Americau-Chinese alliance. It is even repo*U'd that. Sir Robert, having successfully negotiated tile treaty, will be bsiek at his post before the end of the year. 'The luspecof the Chinese Customs will thus have takeii the wind out *>f the New York Herald, which, if the report lie \rue, advoeatod just, three months too late it* Cliino-American alliance. And (he Herald is speeding plenty of mousy in the east <»u cubles j„ the booming of the alliance and anything thai, is antf- | ■Japanese,

WHY Ts SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any other Euca lyptug product? Because it is the result of full experience and of a special and careful process manuxaeonre. It m always safe, reliable, and effective, and the dangers attending the us 3 of tba irresponsible preparation? which arc now palmed off as "Extracts' 1 ire avoided. A death was recently re- | sorted from the external use of one of [ chc&e concoctions, and in an action at ! law a aworn witness testified that he r |uftered the most eruc\ ; rritation i ihe application to an u\c2r of a product wti&h was sold as "just as good as SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT." Thereftrc, beware, of such deception. Insist upor. the preparation yhich was proved by Rxnerta at the Supreme Court of j Victoria, any by numcnus authorities during fif past 55 years, to be a preparation of guanine merit, viz., THE GENUINE SANDER A$D SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.— and Stores,—Advt,

indicative of the splendid dairyhg season that is being experienced, !.lr> llauera Dairy Co.'s milk supply is now 1.1,000 gallons per day as against til \ highest daily total last year of barelv 10,000. About toUs of cheese are I being made daily.—Star. The Farmers' Union claims to have in ' the new Parliament no fewer than lliJi-1 teen 01 its members, including the Pro-1 vincial President of Otago (Mr. K. Scott), the ex-president of tiie Auckland I'roviuce (Mr. 1(. Phillip I, a'al a prominent member of Ihe Wellington district branch (.Mr. E. Newman). More than one-half of the total members of the House have ■ expressed their sympathy with tlie platform of the Union, and it is believed that there is a majority of members in favour of freehold option.—Standard.

Some few years ago there was quite a romance of true love in a millionr-ro marrying an actress. Here's the result (according to an exchange). Mrs. Howard Gould, who before her marriage was Miss ICatherine Clemmons, an actress, is suing her husband for a separation. He has brought counter charges of a remarkable character, accusing ii> i of drunkenness nml of outraging society and humiliating him by her extraordinary behaviour. Pending the trial. Mrs. Gould applied to the Court for an order directing her husband to provide alimony at the rale of .C2OOO a month.

Mr. Siiearn stated (hat Mr. Howard Gould enjoyed an income of C HO,OOO a year, and commented in indignant terms on the fact that the paltr. CSOOO allowed to his wife did :iot amount to one-sixth of ihe ainou.it annually 'expended un one of his yachts. In yesterday's reference was made to the electioneering tactics adopted in the J'aunianinui electorate to disI credit the Government. It is stated that misrepresentation was not altn-

gether absent from the ladies used, not necessarily officially sanctioned, by some of the advocates of no-license. Either that or ignorance of the licensing law. A gentleman who is considerably interested in the trade had occasion to ask of a neighbor if she had voted for nolicense, and she answered in the aflinnativc. He mildly remonstrated that it was hardly neighborly, ile reminded her that he had oftentimes been of use to her. and now, by way of gratitude, she hud given her vote ill favor of a movement' that, if successful, would have caused him a loss of .C7OOO. The | lady said it was no such thing—that the owners anil licensees of houses would be fully compensated by the Government. .In the course of further conversation she stilted that a lady had called at her house to ascertain if her name was on the roll, and the visitor urged her to "strike out the top line." The voter said she did not like to harm her neighbor, and the temperance advocate solemnly assured her that everyone wdio might sustain a loss as the rei sult of no-license must, be fully compensated by the Government. Upon these representations another vote was

scoured for no-license. The Tokio correspondent of the San Francisco Argonaut writes:—A dislike for Americans has lieen slowly filtering | through J) 11 classes of Japanese society for some time, but not until this year has it reached the shopkeepers, who, devoid of the tact and polish of their )>et- , tern, frankly confess it. There are several reasons for this animosity. In the - first place, America, justly or unjustly, ■ is held responsible for the present hard ' times in .lapau. The recent Wall-street 5 panic, besides cruelly atl'ecting money - markets the world over, has impoverl islied anil kept at home the majority of . those wealthy Americans whom .lapauI' r-e dealers have long considered their - natural prey. Worse still, it has taught the few millionaires travelling abroad I in spite of adverse circumstances caution in spending their money. <jime are the l ' good old days when oil king, and poritI packers bought one-dollar Iravs tor one - hundred dollars, when iaili"ail magnates found everything "too cheap'' because ~ the gold dollars'they brought over mvsv teriously doubled by the subtle rulings of exchange when turned into yen. Now II globe-trotters from ''the States" declare everything is "too dear." They have I learned to commit the unpardonable sin I of bargaining, and bring a shrewd business instinct into their pleasure. Used in moderation, this shrewdness would be justifiable, even praiseworthy; hut overworked, it sometimes prove* disastrous in Japan. A case in point happened a few weeks ago, vhon a rash citizen from .Missouri saw a pair of exceptionally line vases in a Tokio exhibition and l ' priced them. The artist, their creator « an!'a man of reputation, said. "Two s thousand yen/' '"Well. ! guess Til give s fifteen hundred. replied tin- man from Missouri, winking at his wife as if 10 * sav. "You don't ealeh tin* old man >' napping." Hefore he could dr;uv out his • v pocket-hook, the irate Japanese, indig--0 nant at the idea of bargaining over these beautiful children of his hands, '> like another Virginius, struck them y down on tho spot and turned away with i. such a look of contempt ;w only a dap* t anese can summon at need.