LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 330, 23 January 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterday was Wellington's fifty ninth anniversary day.

i The tui, New Zealand's "parson bird," (which has disappeared entirely from muiny parts of the Dominion, is to he 'found in large numbers in the district inland of Uruti.

A Hag was Hying on the Government Buildings llr.gstair yesterday, in commemoration of the accession of King Edward VII. The day was also the eighth anniversary of the death of the late Queen A'ictoria At the Hireling of the Recreation Sports Ground Committee held on AVedn'esday it was decided to run an evening entertainment in the grounds on March 23rd, the evening preceding the first race day It was also decided to organi-e an afternoon entertainment during March.

The-Garrison Band has informed ,us that owing to unforeseen circumstances the band 'will lie unable to attend the baud contest- at Hastings next month. The money collected will be expended in providing some new instruments, which are badly needed, renovating the hand room, and to improving tile hand's position generally.

The elder children of St. .Mary's Sunday School were entertained at West's Pictures on .Thursday night, in place of the usual picnic. The change from the ordinary routine of picnic appeared to be keenly relished by the children. , This afternoon the kindergarten department and the remainder of the school are being entertained at the mati- ' nee of the pictures. One of the most remarkable proposals made by the Young Turks Party for the regeneration oE Turkey is that which aims at ridding Constantinople of its street .dogs. The dogs will be taken away in barges, and males separated from female's, and deposited in two desert islands in the Sea of Marmora. There they will be kept and fed until they die of old age. Sir Joseph Ward told a Lyttelton Times reporter at Timaru last week that Sir John Coode had promised to keep his eye upon new points in railway construction and equipment during'his travels, and he had just received a letter from Sir John Coode giving a first instalment of notes on the lines promised, which should prove very useful to the Railway Department.

Some enormous figures are contained in a report upon the construction of rabbits in Victoria. For the Inst fiveyearly period 41,423,000 frozen rabbits were exported, in addition to' which 98,242,000 skins went into local consumption, making a total of Allowing for imported rabbit skins for five years has been 07,838,000, or a yearly average of 13,507,000, which represents rabbits that would consume as much grass as 1,500,000 sheep. In one way it is very probable that more will be heard regarding the Alasterton licensing poll, says the Wairarapa, Daily Times. The evidence adduced at the hearing of the petition brought to light two or three irregularities in putting people on the roll who were not entitled to vote, and after the court lias made its report, it is quite on the cards that the Registrar of Electors will be instructed to,institute .proceedings against tile persons concerned. In yesterday's issue appeared a paragraph concerning the Alarsland Hill liiionmneiit, and crediting Mr S. Hill with holding the secretaryship to the committee. This was a mistake. Mr. W. F. Gordon, who was so iudcfalig-

ablij in the earlier and more dillicul't phase of the work of collecting thp funds, is still the secretary, and stili evinces the liveliest interest in the ob- ' taming of the memorial. Mr. S. I/ill was appointed an assistant secretary to aid Air. Gordon when required. In addition to the information supplied yesterday, we learn that Mr. Parkinson, contractor for the erection of the memorial, is expected here shortly to arrange for the construction or the base of the memorial, for which beach stone "ill be used. impounding will probably never be popular with the owners of impounded stock. One of the most unique ideas for refund of fees was made to the Stratford Comity Council on Thursday, when Air. Hurron, Tuttitawa, asked for refund of ten shillings poundage fees paid by him on a horse which, the writer claimed, he had been obliged to run on the road on account' of th'ej slowness with which a bridge was being reconstructed, thus preventing him from taking the horse across the. river. ] Councillor Thomson thought the Council should receive the letter and leave it alone. It was " too strong." Councillor Maxwell said the circumstances in 'the ease were a bit hard, as Mr. Barron had had to use the cage to cross the river, and to leave- his horse behind. The refund was refused. To arrive in a. City like Cbristchurch and find, despite the fact that you left home with .£2O or £3O, you have not sufficient coin of the realm wherewith to pay u tram fare js a rather disconcerting experience. It Well a bowler from the North in Cliristeburch on Friday morning. He had provided himself with a railway ticket from Lyttelton to town in Wellington, and in the hurry of leaving the steamer on her arrival he left nn his bunk all his available capital, some .C2O or I'iiO, in notes and gold. On realising his position, the bowler, immediately communicated with the police authorities 'here, who in turn got into communication with those at Lyttelton. On boarding the steamer the detective was informed tliat the money was safe and intact, and within an hour of discovering his loss the howler's mind was set at ease.

A week or two back the rallies announced that the " missing li-.ik " had been discovered in France, and :i great many i|iieries were raised as to ilij value, of the discovery. It is not very clear, indeed, to the lav mind wluit tile so-called missing link is; but Professor Kerry, of the Melbourne Vnivcrsily, contributes » clear and informative article on the subject to the. February issue ef "Life" just published. Charles Barrett, who accompanied tin- recent expedition to liass Straits islands, in the Jul crest of Mature-stud,', tells, in the tirsl of a. series of beautifully illustrated articles, bow the members of the party fared, the hardships! they endured, and the treasures they secured. J!y way of contrast to these ■open-air articles "IJfe" prints a second chapter from the autobiography of John I) Uockefi'llcr. who writes this month on the subject of Sentiment in Business. Dr. Filchctt contributes the i first part of a line article on the Ku- J reka Stockade, a contribution to his- I torical literature that should be read I by every Australian, young und obi. I

v There are just two kinds of cream il separators, of'which "Alfa-Laval'' is the j ( , one and all other makes the other. The v difference is simply the difference between a certain particular machine recognised the world over as the leader rf '. its kind, and other machines built for . the same purpose but which have failed to even approach the efficiency of the leader, and depend '.solely, so to spt.ll;. 1 u)ion their "fifth wheels" and "would- ' be" invprovementH for talking points ' with which to attract buyers. To-day the dairy farmer who wishes to buy a separator may he said to have the choice of but two machines—the AlfaLaval and the other kind, whatever that inay be. If he buys the Alft-Laval he secures tile world's standard seaprator. admitted by every unprejudiced judge to be worth in actual cream separator efficiency and practicability from 100 to 500 per cent, more than any other machine, fash or easy terms. Sole New Zealand agents, Mason, Struthcrs and ( Co.. Ltd., Main street. Palmerston N. , Taranaki agents, E. Griffiths and Co., j New Plymouth. j Just arrived, at Dockrill's, Devon f street Central. Few Plymouth, an to dent of Allan's famous gents' boots, al* C. and J. Clarke's superior ladies' boot '! and slmea. Tn stock, a large assortmin I o? the best ladies', gents', aad children' colonial boots and shoes by reliabl* makers, All the above are offered ti I"V tbe faMto ft * P l ** s a *i canlt lx»'Vs»tT» 1