LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 31, 2 March 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Newton King has received 1 following cable from his Sydney agei "Hides iirmer."

The largest estate on which probate duty was paid last month was that of William Saunders. Otago, £l2B, The only New Plymouth estate wa9 that of Charles Clovenlock. £1398.

At the quarterly meeting of the Pali Licensing Committee yesterday the p lice reports were all favorable.' A trail fer of the Coronation Hotel, lilthai from Pv. 11. Campbell to 11. Weakley w, granted.

There was not a large audience at the Theatre Royal last night when the | talented Cherniav.skis gave their iv.Uuu | concert, which was in every way a.* en-

joyable as the musical treat all'ordcd on the occasion of the earlier visit. The Plunkot Nurse. Committee if a j present endeavoring to secure a suitabl i consulting; room, where the nurse ma; : be consulted at specified hours, to '?> notified later. Meantime mothers am others desirous of consulting the Pluii ket nurse should communicate with th

| president, Mrs. Dockrill, or the secretary, Mr*, Matthews. The New Plymouth Amateur Boxing Association, at a meeting last night, decided to extend the date for receiving entries for the championship meeting on March 21th, to close- on March 15th. Jt was aJsu decided tu include in the pro. gramme a novice event, weight lOst 7lh and under, entries for which will be received .up till the date, oi the* meeting.

A highly successful gathering is assured, tile best talent already nominating . I A sviidica to iu Christchureli had obtained a lea,so of 30,000 acres of bush i la'.id in Westland for the purpose of utilising the wood ill the manufacturing of paper. Experiments ou samples sent to pulp factories proved that the wood found in the country will suit for paper making. The land leased is alongside the Midland railway, 25 miles fvojil Greyinouth, and water-power is avail able a few miles off, whence it can be transmitted as electricity.

Tin*. Hsual fortnightly of tin? Loyal Kgmont Lodge was held last evening. JJro. J'. A. Newton. M.fi., presiding. One candidal to was initialed, and lour ladies were propo-scd as honorary members This is a siew departure in tliu history of Oddfellowship in Tarninaki. The district meeting held at Stratford last Thursday nlfirjned the

: principle of electing female members. | Two letters of recommendation were j granted to brethren leaving l the dis- j iriet. Two visiting brethren attended the loilge and were accorded lodge hon-

The farmers in certain districts ii i Otago complain rather bitterly of tin maimer in which they are treated by members of a disreputable class of town loafers, who occasionally make a journey into the country. These gentry will turn up at a farm during a wet day, and will ask for employment. If the farmer wa.tts a man for harvesting, as many do at present, he engages the stranger and provides liim with food and lodgings during the time the weather remains bad. Then, when a day suitable for. work comes, tlu: new hand asks the amount of his wages. "One shilling an hour," says the farmer, and the ma:r promptly protests that it is not sufficient ; he wants Is 3d or Is lid per hour. If he does not gel it he marches off, leaving the farmer to think over the fact that he had had decidedly the worst »f the transaction. A number of such cases arc reported.

YI01IIX(illilvl!(l. VIC. .Miss Hazel t'. I'otler. P. 0.. Vcvingbrig, -via Coldstream, Vie., wrilos: "For about two years I suffered much pain from indigestion, aud tried all sorts of j-Miicdies. and used to study my diet, but nolhing gave, iiie any relief. I saw Ur. Sheldon's iDigestive Tabules advertised, so I thought T would try them. After only one week's treatment I got rid of the. pn in, and have much pleasure in recommending the Digestive Tabules ' to my friends." T)r. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are an unequalled preparation for the care of Indigestion and: all Stomach Troubles. Price 2s Od per tiu, Obtainable every-1 where, '

At u large meeting of the ladies of Christehureh last week, the folio win;; resolution was passed:—"That a monster jielitioii from the women voters uf New Zealand be presented to Parliament for'the. restoration of State free immigration of single women suitable for domestic service."

The Rotorua Times says : We understand that there is every likelihood of considerable development at an early date in the Urewera Country. A syndicate has obtained control of about 100,0110 acres. It is their intention to survey the land into blocks, which will ultimately be kept for the Maoris and oll'ercd for settlement and sawmllling, according te the clais of land. As Opotiki is the natural centre lor the Urewera country, this proposition, if carried out, should give a great impetus to the business of that thriving town. The provisioning of a Maori tangi is an important matter. At the Kaiko-hu tangi last week 50 bullocks, 20 sheep, and innumerable geese, ducks, and fowls were consumed. On the first day nine bullocks were killed and eaten. Then there -were vegetables, kumaias Sim! potatoes. These came in big waggon loads from all parts uf the district the whole time the tanjii was on. Tiie chiefs and distinguished visitors dined in one eating-place, and the ordinary natives ill another. In the latter place 200

could ho "sea.ted ami in tile former (10.1 Dinner consisted o( plates of cockles,! beef. million, vegetables. and pastry. The tea. menu was much simpler : beef ami bread and pastry. The killing and quartering of lite beasts was done close lit liand. The vegi'tables were prepared in huge quantities by the women. Water was brought by an adjacent well, and the only drink apart from that was; tea.

Charles M. Soliwab, drcssod as a working man, recently paid his big South Bethlehem plant a surprise visit. Later in the day Mr Schwab, in conversation with a reporter, suid of a college education':—"A college education is a good thing. J don't under-rato it. I don't, on the other hand, over-rate it either. A degree from a college, you know, does not make a man a scholar. It only indicates that Ire has laid the foundations of scholarship." A reporter visited Gobsa Uolde on the occasion of his linn's liftieth anniversiuy to write up the old man's life. 'And, or course, yon are a college man. Mr (lolde V said lhe reporter, a man himself. (Jubsa bit his lip. 'Not me,' said lie, "but my head porter's a college man. and ho's I one of my oldest teamsters, and I believe our new elevator boy is, too.'"