LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 22, 19 February 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.— i The Kaponga correspondent of tlvi Unworn Star telegraphed yesterday .morning:—W. .1. lilaekstuek's shop was

entered some time on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and about t!7 worth of tobacco, etc., stolen. The matter has been put in the hands of the ponce.

The .Maoris in the (Jisborne district make great use. of the telephone, and a great gathering has just been held at Murinai, natives from all parts of the district being present, for the purpose of collecting funds to carry a private line through from (lisbornc to Wharerata. a distance of some :«l miles. Over

£IOO has so far been subscribed. "Let us hear what the debtor halo say," remarked .Mr. District Judge llaseldcii in the Court at Stratford yesterday, checking an explanation about to be given by learned counsel in a bankruptcy matter. Continuing, his Honor said: "I prefer the unvarnished statements of the debtor himself to the sometimes highly French-polished ones of counsel."—Post.

A rather exciting incident occurred on the Whangahiomona saddle tin- other day (writes our Pokokura correspondent). A lady was llecing in a gig to Stratford for the purpose of obtaining a separation order from her husband. The latter got wind of her intentions, procured another gig, and followed behind, catching sight of her on the AVha nga Saddle. They were both driving at a furious rate down hill, when the husband saw a man standing on the road. He called out to him to stop the lady's horse, but instead he stopped tlie husband's. In the meantime the lady turn ed round to see what was happening, and in doing so her horse took one of the corners u bit sharp, with the result that the gig was upset and the lady thrown over the embankment. The gig .was smashed to atoms and the lady just escaped being killed. She subse quently proceeded to Stratford, and thrhusband is wondering what will happen next.

I Boomcranging as a sport is the subject of a llnelv illustrated article in the March issue of the successful AuslralI nsian magazine " Life." just to hand. \'. Ji. Ilillyer, one of the'world's authorities on boomerangs, writes interestingly of their history, waxes 'eloquent over the joys of tile sport, ami gives minute directions for making boomerangs and throwing them so thai they will return. In the same issue Charles Barrett describes, wilh pen and camera, the scahirds of the islands of the Bass Strait; •and Ernest Poole gives a picturesque account: of how skyscrapers are built. The photographs illustrating (his article show the perilous nature of the task of building these skyscrapers, anil the extraordinarily dangerous conditions under which these "cowboys of the skies'' have to work. " Jlr. Dooley" finds a subject to his hand that exactly suits his style of humour, in Jlr. lioekcfeller's autobiography—or, as "Jlr. Doolev culls it. "An Atliuipt to Dclind a Blameless Life."

minion- Bth wa* the. 1501 h anniver-ii-y of (lie opening 0 f (h ( . British 3|«I'lim. It originated in a bequest n't Sir fans Sloanc, in accordance with which lis extensive collection of objects in uitiiral history, works of artj boohs, mil manuscripts was. oll'ercd in 1753 to he Government for the sum of £20.000 >r two-fifths of its original cost. Tin ifl'cr was accepted, the necessary fund vero raised- by a -lottery, and the collet ion, along with the Harleian and Col oiihiu Libraries, was arranged in Mor agu House, which had been purchase 'or £10,230. The new institutioi ;heneeforth called the British Jluscun iva* opened in 1759. rt is said tha .hero are twenty-five miles of boo!; Anlves in the Museum, and in, the prinl :d hooks depurtment, which is the lar f >st. i-n the Museum, there are about tw million volumes. The annua] increase r, volumes under the Copyright Act i roughly jiUMIO volumes. ' In the main script departmenrfflcro are upwards i .W.iW! volumes, not taking into accoun .-he flreefc. Coptic, and Latin pnpvri an .he charter* am! seals. Tlira th'ere ar frpurlnicnU for prints and ilrawiii"! .Irienlal antiquities, volus and medal Mil British, and mediaeval anti(|iiitie in<t- ethnography. The natural histor lepartinenl, which includes botany, gee !(igy. zoology, and mineralogy, wu-wc inoveil to West Kensington in IKBI, Th cost of the new museum (nciy V cr nearly reached the »nm of .C-100,000. Wellington has a someivhat notnriou reputation for high rents, induced h lb first instances by perfectly naturr causes—t)ie excess of demand over sui ply. Now, however, there is a cheek i Ibe commercial affairs of tile Doniinio and incidentally of the citv, which ha had an immediate effect on properti One land and house agent informed ,' Dominion representative that there wei at present sixty houses to let in 11, Island Ilay district, and lie could not re member so many shops being emplv in the city since lie had been in business There was. 100, plenty of vacant olliw aecoiuuiodiitiu-.!. Another house aw Ijiiid iiffont, representing ~„ old e.tali lisllcd firm of the highest repute, state, I hat never in his recollection bad ther been so little buying and selling i„ \\V| bngton. He thought that it was inevil able that the high rents ruling must .-., down this year if thing did not might i? change, and referred to certain unscriir ulcus practices which were bcine adopt e.l, and -wfliieh, he said, had come unde Ins personal notice, to keep up rent' Ine tenant in a block of houtca hai ecu given possession of u house at i ertuin rental on condition that he in wined, inquirers that lie was paving 5, icr week more, and to ensure absolute] Unit there should be no decentiun '• ]{ vas given a receipt for the higher <uni ;acli week. The agent said ho knew tha the same practice had been resorted ti in Hie letting of office accommodation ii the city.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has j proved itself, times out of number, to lie an absolutely safe and reliable remedy. Analysis Las n oved that it contains lio narcotics, and experience Ims proved Jits unfailing efficacy in coughs, colds, croup, influenza, and even in warding I | off pneumonia. Doesn't your common" I sense prompt you to purchase a bottle now and keep It in the house for cases I of emergency? If it doesn't it should. I Tor sale by all chemists and store ' keepers.

Here is an 'unique and unusual!v (.undid personal advertisement Liken" from tire Auckland Herald:— "Two young tradesmen (soft goods) seek life partners, from 25 to 32: chirk complexion; photos exchanged'.'' Soft goods! And ibargaia sales arc just, now in season!

On December 31st, at Foster's auction rooms, Pall Mull, London, there was submitted lor sale "one of tlie two original warrants issued for the arret I of John Banyan in 1074." The document had been in the possession of the Tamil v of the Rev. Samuel (lla.se (formerly rector oi Hauiwell) for nearly two hundred years. .Nearly live years ago there came up at- Sotheby's a' copy, presumably the duplicate of the present speci- I men, and realised about, £350. About j two years, ago it passed into the possession of .Mr. Pierpont Morgan, who, it is averred, paid £4OO for it. When Bunyan had transgressed, and a warrant was issued signed- by twelve magistrates for his consignment lo Bedford (iaol, there were without doubt several copies, but no one has had the temerity to 'put. forward that either of the present relics was th*.'. identical document which secured his incarceration. The sale, of

•the document look place in the most jirosuic way jn^ibb■. There was an opening bid* of a guinea, and by a few additional otl'e „ the „um of 4'/ 2 guineas was reached. There was no further offer, a.ud the hammer fell, there bring considerable sur|>ri,c, at the slight show of enthusiasm.

The Central School picnic was held yesterday in the Recreation grounds. There are those who contend that the cunnilttee should endeavor to give the children a trip in the train to Kltham or Ngaire. or even to Sentrv Hill. That view is mil shared by tho.,e who have gone fully into the question. There is, without exception, no other place in Taranaki so suitably as the Recreation . tlrounds for a school picnic, liven the popular seaside ha s drawbacks that do not) exist in the Recreation tlrounds. The youngsters, and the "oldsters." too, had a great time vesterdav. "Aunt Sally," and other" trials of'skill, foot races, and every form, of contest; swim- j ming, diving.sinil swimming races in the lake; boat rides for the little onesj lolly scranilbles: any "amount of fruit, cakes, etc., to eat; and any amount of lea and cold drinks; hundreds of children out for fun. and. a splendid team of teachers anil committeemen to put them in the way of doing it ; thai K:\>i about the programme. The day was perfect, and the whole of the arrangements 'were thoughtfully planned and excellently carried lo a snceesoful: point of completion. The "Tc Rappy band" of schoolboys caused some amusement and the only discord thati marked the day's outing. And. tlie discord of such a character could be forgiven.

A fanner near Waverloy ilie other day (says si. Dominion correspondent), "was complaining bitterly on account of the high, price of timber, ".fust think of it.,"' said he; "ordinary building timber is now 17s. lid .per hundred in Waverlcy; dressed 21s, and seconds 13s 'M, Tt is too mudi altogether." He said be would not think of building till the price comes down, and Tie knew oi other farmers who were feeling the same way. They would do without rather than pay these high prices. "What the man on the land wants to know is, if the s.wmillcTs are making such a. small profit as they state, who is to blame for the high prices quoted! It is only sonic seven or eight years ago wliea a mill situated twenty-eight miles from Foilding was putting 08. timber on the trucks at 7s !)d. It was Hie very best of timber, too. all hill-gnmn, with very beautiful grain; in Tact, The manager said it was a sin to put such timber to any o!ber use than the best rabinet work. There lias, not been tin- rise in wages or insurance since then to account for this tremendous dill'ei'i'nce in price. Then again, to go back to the early days I remember when Tic-art of lot's ra was only Is fid, andean point out bouses ill .Palinerstoit to-day built of that timber. T came across lots of farmers' wanting timdier, but who will not give the pre- , sent prices."

Some interesting statements in regard to Siberia were maue to a Dominion representative by Mr. Theodore Harper, who arrived' from. .Sydney bv the l.'limaroa on Wednesday. Mr. Harper is a New Zcalaiule-r and an old student of Christ's College. After receiving u course of instruction in mining engineer, ing at Thames and Hauraki, he left New Zealand to travel, and ultimately reached Siberia. There he represents' a mining engineering firm, and after a short holiday in Xew Zealand lie intends to return to his work. Of course agriculture and mining are tlte chief industries of the country, hut the former is chiellv in the hands of the Danes, who export it quantity of "Danisli" butler to the London market. .Mining is vet in its infancy. People are just wakiii" up to the possibilities of the large mineral deposits and beginning t„ work them in modern fashion. When the Siberian Railway is improved—and the Un-siaii (.'overnincit is now alive to the need for this—a great advancement should take place. Many people are under the impression that to live in Siberia one mu,t be constantly attired in Arctic costume to meet the 'extremes of cold which are experienced, but Mr. Harper savs that the Siberian winter is no worse than the English, lor the people there prepare for it. Another common misapprehension which Mr. Harper corrects is regarding the Hussion ollicials. These, he states, are very pleasant people, and treat genuine working in a manner as fair as can be desired.

A Viv Worker, laLuly a member of lift Kilties Hand, made application Hither ilny to tin* Wellington ]Seneviilo;i< rustccs for assistance towards .navm' us passage hark to Xew York, 'lli lory was to 1),,. eil'cel that while il, anil was at Tcuiuka he hurt liis kn» liroiigh wrestling with „ f e |l ow bund, nun. nml in consequence liad to spoil, hree weeks in a private hospital. Urn ng Ins absence his place in the ha-n his lilloit, ami wln-n, as lie was ncarin ooovcry from Ms accident, he wrote t' he manager stating that he. thought h ias not lit to continue on the tou nil wished to return to America, hi mte was taken as a notice of n-signi mil. The manager replied to this ell'ecl oiwarded three weeks' salary, and ilis laimoil any furilict liability, refusing t my the injured man'-, passage hoim I appears that the draft agroemcn Ira wn np before the tour began freed Hi iianngeinent from nil liability in case o ickness, |iu( even if tliis c-oiitrad wrr oid under Xew Zealand law it is doubl nl whether compensation could ,1 laiined umU-r the Workers' Coinpensa ion for Accidents Act, since the wre-l ing I'roin which the injury resulted coul lot come miller the headin" of cinplni ncnt. 11 was merely a pas~linie gol ii mongst the men themselves, and not 'art of their work. A member of lb loard askcil the applicant why his IV »\v bandsmen did not take up' his easi ml the man replied tlinl tbev bad pai is doctor's expenses, '■ lint won't the lub together and see that you giI'lmt you have a moral right, lo» Nii," was the reply; " twenty-live on f the thirty of llii-m arc American) ml they side with the manager.'' Th !u:inl instructed the secretary In writ ii the manager of tin- hand'c.-jplainin. he case to him. In the nieiinwhil dioiib! any temporary relief be rei|iiiri-i it will be granted 'by the histitnlioi I'lte man's position is not a bright om for he has a wife and three children a New York dependent upon tile remit taiii-i-s be might send out of his .13 I week.—Dominion.

Within the last twenty-live veal's the dairy Industry has been completely revolutionised. i;i that time dairying has developed from a. mere 'Vide issue'' to 'be one of the world's foremost industries. Once the cow was looked upon as a luxury. To-day she is a wealth-pro-ducer of (he first older. What lias been

"I the cause of (his progress? A single ' I meelianieal invention accomplished it—■the invention of tho ''Aiia-J,aval" Cen- : trifugal Cream Separator in IS7IV Kvev I since then the dairying liistorv lias been | "Alfa-Lnvnl" history. Soon'a farmer

who does not own a separator will be Uiu exception. Tt is simply a question of (lie cow-owners learning about the ■Wonderful benefits and advantages of 'the "Alfa-Laval'' machine. If you don't know what they are, ask an "Alfa'liiwal" user or write for an ''Alfa'fjaval" catalogue •'T." The ''AH'a'lAval'' stands as a. ch;unpio\i of lac dairying industry and (he leader in the separator field. Its interests arc your interests, and "Alta-Laval" success'can only como with your success. Masitu. Stnithers and Co., 1,1,1., iu i t , x,/. agents. Main s,(.ici>l, rtilinerston Xnrth. , Wai agents. 13. Orifliths and Co, Xew , Plymouth.

Mr. W. A. Kello.w, Taianaki-slreet, Wellington, X.Z., writes: "There is no question about it—Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is a fine one. T have used it several times, and it always gives me immediate relief. Sot long ago one of my carters came home with a very severe attack of ooilnand jHarrlinea, and it only took two doses, nf Chamberlain's Collc p Cholera, .and 'Diarrhoea licmody to fix him up h good shape. I never go away on a trip without a bottle of this medicine, for I find that change of water often affects one," For sale by all chemists and store'lepers,