LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 2, 27 January 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It will be an evil day for us if we ever forget it in the years that are to come, mid'palter with the great trust that has been reposed in us. There is a. very perceptible decrease in the ranks of the architects and builders along the sands. School recommenced on Monday. An ell'ort is being made to secure the services of William Webb as trainer for tleorgc Whelch, who is to row against t'ogwell at Akaroa daring Ihe Easier holidays.

The all-pervailiag spirit jti,t now is oiie. of vcvcrcnro for the pioneers of Taranaki, and the old soldiers are receiving a good deal of al.lcnii.iii. N'ot so the exterior of that antiquated pile, the drill hall.

Attention is being drawn to the humpy nature of (he roadway in Devon Street, central. The trouble sceais to be thai the water-cart and the sweepers are tearing out the softer portion.,. But (hen, what a rumpus there would be if there were no .-weeper and no walcrcari!

There arc reports of property changing hands in tile vicinity of Moiuroa, in anticipation of a progressive turn when the harbour works have been completed. In Die meantime, holders of property in other parts of the town complain thill it is impossible to " sen a stick." January isn't, a property-selling mouth, anyhow.

New Zealand limber is likely .to have another competitor besides Oregon pine. It is reported that an Australian syndicate has purchased timber rights in Manchuria, and they propose to open up relations with users in the Dominion, landing .limlier suitable for butter boxes. The timber can be worked at a price, it is said, that no white miller could look at. Consignments of timber, have already arrived ia Victoria.

l''or the last, three years the Invcrcargill gaol authorities have cleared C2OU |ier annum out of .the market gardens worked by prisoners, and this year th'ev exiiecl to make .l"i()0, and shortly t'o make Ihe gaol self-supporting. There is a lug demand for garden products, and recently a Northern bluer offered to Imy the whole year's output. The oiler wa- declined, as there is more than enough Jowl demand.

« c are K ivcn In understand that the deleave ,-adet i-orps movement is inter'•stmj; Liu- llif.li School authorities iiiul IIHTO is II |l,wsil.ilitv «)f a ,-„|M ]Pi ,„v |,,. lilg luriiual ,-iL the school. At present tl»' lio.vs altm.liug tlit'vo have no opportunity ui' slmukloriii" tile rillc or liiiiriuii" to shoot. In several of the lli'sh Schools of tin- Dominion the ,-;ul;'t.< have reached a very liiijli -st-siinliii- t l of clljeiency, even us compared with the ailull forces.

j The Post ()||i,. T ollicials hiive M „t ,|,.- livcrcd :. cnnplc of important Christmas I li:llt-i's posted ivitliui lln- last ~.„- davs | (says tin- *vdiwy Mornin.. Ileraldi ()i u . [is addressed to " Santa Clans. (;,-een-la-.ul,' - and liom Hie calijrraphv tlir- writ'■l- 's I'viilently a child. When the "real hi'lii'f rliikhi'ii have in the ;Tei| to v ilistrihntor isremnnhered. itisnoi.'dillj. cult to■ muHiilKT Hi,, nature of Hi, <,,„- teals. Mi,, m.,.,,,,,1 |„ U er is even more remarkable n,id is also apparently from •I II lc child. It is addressed to (!0,1. »»'l lias allied to the envelope „ hil!! . I'l'iiii.v -N<'«- South Wales stamp, it is ras.v «> ptess some poor little so„| |,,vmj; sent the epistle. |,„| j ts p „r,,ori is iii»iv dilliciilt to conjecture

- a niiTlni" „f tlic- Auckliiiiil ('hainl,<-i----"J ( Olllllll')!-!.. I, I *1! 1 L(| j(| [•)' til,, maiu'i <i> a nty firm which funned itself intu H pnvale comiMii.v for tile purpose 0 f fJiviuj; debentures over its business l„ "lie «il the linn's creditors, it was minted ""I Unit il debentures were exercised '• v l "' I''"', Hie assets inijrbt lie .lis'l sacrilice, ami Lli<> rcniaiumj! "editors and shareholders receive notlmiK. This, it was aliened. opened "'!■ f>»r for fraudulent preference (,v I'livate companies. Furlher: A hill (if sale was of no value until registered luI ' l :- v llil . v N lull under the Private ComI'anies Act it became valid immediately it was registered, 'riiislirin.it iva< said. Ini'l Iktii persuaded to form itself inlo a limited liaI»1111v company in order Id f ',a, vl """ ll ' il 1,111 It was oeclded In nail, on file .Minister of (111 s ■ life in regard tu the matter.

I.oll,l,lcniijf tliat Hindi tiic smiie | ("litmis iirc wade f or (Yearn Si-pnruf.oi-, it is not surprising t„ «„,[ inexperienced l»i,vc.> enmplelely ll( , s , it !ts , 0 whi( .,, iii:ii'jiiiH- if Die best. An eartlnpiake "'"I'l i" ,L "I"' faith in (lie "AlfnLavals' superiority over all iinit.itinseparators, ami to prove our claim, we will seiul an "Alfa-Uival'' to work nloii"side any of its competitors, ami if it liuls to beat it ,it every point—we make no reservations—we will lake tile iintclmie back ; l'ree of expense to ynt|. I - ' less yon invest in all "Alfa-l/iviil.' OitaK'lies mailed free. Sole. U.JS. agents, Mason, Strulliei's anil Co.. T,t(l., Jlaiu street, iPnlraerston North.' rJocal ajpats, 15, Griffiths and Co., >few. Plymouth, ,

The total number of arrivals in the Dominion during December was (according to the ■l(cgistrur-Gciicrul) 5012, as against. 2533 departures. In the cones-1 ponding mouth of lIID7 there were J.tjjl arrivals and 22IHS departures. The new companies formed in the United States in the hist il month* of last year represented £200,000,01) I of capital, as compared with .CiHO.cj-.)!) OUO in the corresponding period of IWr.and with .0400,000,000 in that of 100«.

Another vUa in the cost of liviny in Wellington U to take place at the end or tJiis month. This time it is the Jiuiudryiuan, who is going to charge the people who cannot do without double collars &l a-pioce for washing and inning.

The plans of the new Wellington I'ost Ollice arc now being mudilied by the Government Architect to bring the cost to under i 1011.1)00, and it is hoped to call for tenders for the work hi the course of a month. The lowest tender previously received was 1100,001). Tenders for the new Auckland I'ost Oilicc are to be invited in 11 few days' time.

A party of live frum Midhirst who <n--I(>imU-i1 a iiiuclion at Inglowoud In 4 week had a long and arduous U'alli|> home owing 10 their conveyance breaking down near Durham Koacl. One member nf tlu> pnrtv who lives nearlv iiiLo Stratford, tesliiics us l» havim; leached home in ii sore-footed i-i>;nliiiii'u at about live o'clock in tin- morning.-•• Stratford I'usl.

'l'lio following not,, was received i.y a local re-idcnt from a wi-11-kiiiiivn Maori (savs the I'alea Press):—"W. I'.

—. Ksip-. Dear Hir— Would yoti iniml lo come and Hurry a horse for me died yesterdaj no smi'i! elose to the House, tin- wile shown it to you, I've dug part of the hole I hi., morning torn,. „t once like a yood fellow I. give you 7s for the .lob. lin.i't. fail before too many people about there is the, shovel there. Vulirs Truly, •' .Mrs. Annie I'xsant, writing in the Theusophist of her recent Ausirulian tour, says: "Jt may interest friends of Ihe cause to know'the linancial „idc of the Australian anil New Zealand tour.

The receipts in Australia and Tasmania amounted to Clulll IDs lid, expenses deducted leaving a prolit of .CIOO 4s Bd, 1.0 be divided in the proportion of I to 2 between myself and the. Indian and Australasian, sections.'' The Xew Zealand details have not yet come to hand, but £l-111 is saiil to he the Indian share of

the. profits. Kichard Arn.st, champion skuller, accompanied by Fogwell and Floyd, reached Rotoruu on Thursday night. They cycled through from Wanganui via New Plymouth, Waitara, Mokau and Te Kiiiti, having in some cases met heavy travelling. The party will stay in Rotnruii about a fortnight. On Friday Fogwell signed an agreement to row Whelclt for the championship of New Zealand at Akaroa on Easter Monday, for C2OO a-side and half the gates. A deposit of ;t!25 has been made to the editor of the Akaroa Hail, who acts as stakeholder.

The unemployed trouble is growing all over the Wellington provincial district. The travelling correspondent of the Dominion reports wholesale cutting-down of working stall's, especially on farms.

Ai the same time the siumbcr of immigrant,, tail in quest of work) is, of course, increasing. Maslcrlon seems to have sustained a heavy invasion 0 f the latter. During the past few weeks over 101 l iiini and women have applied at one labor agency. The applicants comprised carpenters. c7igiucors, printers, bricklayer.-, and plasterers. .Many of these were willing to enter the held of unskilled lalmr, but openings were few. The Napier breakwater i- sometimes referred to as a "white elephant/' but Air. Vigor Brown. .M.l'.. sav, that the other day a wool .hip had berthed at tin- Breakwater wharf, and had taken away OS!) bales of wool. The captain of the vessel had slated thai a ship .illft longer than his could lie comfortably alongside the wharf. The lighterage o'f lO'/odalmlehadbccn saved oa that wool.

and as about :ia,ot)o bales were exported) the full total .saving to farmers would amount to several thousands of pounds.

That showed the immediate benefit that would be derived if ships could u-e the wharf. A useful sort of white elephant. Considerable interest is being evinced in the coming licensing election for Maniikau. but, so far, both parties are keeping quiet over their "tickets" (suvs the .Herald I. The sitting committee co'n-

sists of .Mcssis. John Howe, D. McLcniiaii, Angus W. (Jordin, Daniel Xcilsom

aad William Wcstnev. The first four named are "moderates" while Mr. U'estney is a No-license representative.

Three hotels will be closed if a Nolicense ticket succeeds, while the minimum number that may be dispensed

witli is two. It is considered certain that the four sitting ••moderates," together with another to be chosen, will comprise one ticket, while the Maniikau No-license League will meet at Oneliunga on February 2 to select their candidates.

After another visit to the timber country, which he proposes to tap by tramway, Mr. W. 1,. Keen has returned to (li.-hnrnc. "I have no reason whatever." slated Mr. Pees, "to modify the

very favorable impression I. formed when 1 was up there. J have no doubt that at Tahora and Motu there are inexhaustible supplies of timber. There arc thousands of trees lying on the ground-great big logs, perfectly sound.

Some of these trees have been down for years, but were well clear anil sound, and will cut up splendidly. We saw many heaps of posts that have been split for fencing, mostly from. these logs, and they all showed the timber to

be sound, whilst the standing timber also bears out all that 1 have said as to its line quality. The timber at Tahora is something wonderful." Mr. John E. Gulliver, teacher of the Tongaporutu school, had the following impassioned appeal before the Education Hoard J hope you will pardon me for once more troubling you re the building 1 am forced to inhabit. Early in November the place was visited and inspected by the health officer, who

in no measured terms denounced it as "unlit lor habitation.'' saying he would not o-,i any account, allow any child of his to live in it. lie also gave his opinion on the "residence" to others with whom he came in t ontact. This. ils far

US I. Inive lien I'll, appears tu lie an end of tin* matter. . . Perlians you -will kindly lot mi? know what is to he done, mi Unit if necessary 1 call pet good tents I'm- use. After what Dr. Kre,).»lcy said I did I'.vpi'ct 1 lie Department 'would make a move in (lie. matter.-The IV pnrtlllenl will lie asked to make a Jilailt for llii- erection of n new residence. Discussing the sluni]i in t lie timber industry, an ollicer associated willi the Forestry Depart inent. placed an interestiUpt sidelight before, n 'times reporter on .Monday as to some of the real causes to Ihe present position. "In IS!I.V lie pointed out, "there were

:!!)!) Illilk in N(. u - Zcillilllil. •II1.V) liamk ami liii-liiiif; rail 1111.d.1i-liiii sup. 11. of sawn timber. liv 111(17, the number of mills hud risen to 111. with 1 71:«) bands, i-ntliii^-Hl'2.o:il,lil Ift of timInn". I'l'i>lll these lijrtll'is Vhll will SCI' I tlliil till' immbi'i' 111' mills lia's bee.i |ar«e----!y incrciisiiiLr. Many c ,f the mills liavcbeen diniblitijr tln-ir eiittiiin eupaeity.

Inn- c\;tiii|>li': A linn in Jhu'il>orou»li was <ntliiy cuoiijd* timlwr t« moot prartirallv tin- wlicik' of llu- buildin": l'cfjuii'ciucnN of ('lnistc-lmri-li, yet i| stiirtcc'. iinutliov mill going in the sumo district, witli ci]ii;il cntthif;' t"a]>;n-il,v.

Where there it good iliarkcL for t'lic supplies from uuc mill, tili'ic was not for two. ])urinir tile lnjoin time there was a lii'cjtl demand for tinilier. ami. templed. liy I mom prices, tlmse who could secure ii "Ooi! piece of lmsh immediately erected mills. Tims larjic lilies of tillllier have liccll cul (plitc ill excess of reipiiremeiits. The increase in the sawmills lias not l.ccn -<> inKn K - on so much in (lie Xorlh Island as in the South. o|' late. too. in tin' eliief centres, tlirn> has. ( no doulit. lieen over-liuildinjf. N'ow we I have pit hack to Hie normal condition.

Tim closing (if some uf tin* mills is in limny respect* an iiilviuiiiiiji' to tlie |)»- iiiiiiion, liecause it will save tin- ilennrtatiira Kit <mr I'oresl.s to a large extent, especially as at tin- existing rate of eonsiun|itinii Sew /,calami's supply of |imlu'ii w ill liccomc cdiaibti'il in lifty I years.''