LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 36, 8 March 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The boiling-down works which it is proposed to erect at Opunake are likely, to take delinite shape in a few days, i says the Times. I Tlii! Taranaki (iarnson itaiid played an enjoyable programme of music on the

esplanade yesLerday afternoon, before a large and appreciative audience. The, value of certain Wellington seaside property is apparently one thing, but the selling price of the same property is unite a ditl'c.rcut matter. A 1 witness in Court, who owns property at one of the hays, which property be valued at .CSOU. recently stated that in the present state of the market he I could not get WOO for it.—Dominion.

A charge of assault will probably Ite I preferred a native named Monga as the result of a squabble with a pakehu in Kgmont Street on Saturday night. Tile European i* alleged to have attempted to kiss Mouga's wife, being unaware of Monga's presence. This was soon painfully brought home to him by the native, who ir said to be well up in the "noble art."

In conversing with a newspaper reporter. the Hon. A. W. Hogg stated that lie was introducing to Xew Zealand, from England, soilio up-to-date Toadmaking machinery, including a nioto" lorr.v. which would a( once nietal the roads and consolidate the nietal. its its broad wheels woulil act in tile same way as a steam roller. Jf this macninery proved successful, more would he introduced for use on roads in various parts uf tin' Dominion.

In (lie current number of tliat interestni<r Australasian magazine, llu 1 tame I lln n<!, a copy of wliieli is forwarded liy I Messrs. Gordon iinil (lotcli, the first instalment of Madame Mellia's liijiliv appeal's. Tile tricks rif I lie cliemists ' trade are exposed hi an article under Uie section headed " For til l ' I'utilic (I,„„l." ami forms instructive reailinsr, as do the articles on spiritualistic mediums ami alleged consumptive cures, flic illustrations include some unique views of Papua and a colored frontispiece I>V A. DaUilo-Rutdto

After all's said and clone "The Prestrell" suits arcs already the best known suit in Tmanaki. Made in New Plymouth by experienced workmen they have tlie style and fit of ilie be;' tailor. ! made suit. 'You'll be wanting a Christmas suit, better call at "The Kash", and nsk one of the salesmen to show yon a Prestwcll suit and you'll te moTe than pleased with the style in j Tt. . ; :E:s^

It happened quite recently that a resident pastoralist ivas wdrried by the misbehaviour of one of iiis dogs and decided to destroy it, wlien « passing drover saved its life by accepting it as a gift. On the following afternoon an offer of £l3 was made to the new owner by another who was intimately acipiainled with tile dug's character, and si quick exchange resulted. The transaction proved that it is not always wise to hang a dog when lie gets a had name llawcra Star.

For soiuu time complaints have heen made by visitors to the Mouutuhi that' the various tracks (Bell's Falls, etc) were haphazardly indicated by fingerboards. As a consequence, many visitors have spent hours in vain endeavours to localise the Falls, though their proximity to them was quite evidence from

the roaring of the waters. After an inspection, the chairman of tiro North] Eginont House Committee, -Mr. Colli*, 1 lias arranged to have a number of additional Ihger-posts erected. Instead of the pah-nt deep-sea sounding apparatus which is in vogue on Xew ; Zealand vessels, it is said that a new I apparatus aiow being used hi oilier part* of the world should he given a trial. It is towed like a piitent log, but owing to the angle of the " tins'' the apparatus swims along at n considerable depth, which may be regulated as required. If it strikes bottom it conies immediately 1 to the surface, and simultaneously a bell is rung im the deck. Any invention which contributes materially to the safety of life and property should commend itself to steamship owners. Many people are asking wliy, in viewl lof the comparatively low rates ruling at the markets for fat siicep and cai/tle, there has not been a corresponding reduction in the price of butchers' mutton and beef (says the Lyttellon Times). It is urged that many of the fat sheep sold at Addiugtou and elsewhere recently

have changed 'hands* on a basis of less than 2d per lb., while the average price charged by butchers has represented quite 100 per cent, on this price. The average price of beef, it is stated by those in a position to know, is less than 3d per lb., hut the muul price is approximately twice this amount. A movement is on fool in Wellington to establish a hostel for women clerks I and typists, to which end a meeting of I representative Wellington ladies \vas

held the other day. The venture is as yet only in the chrysalis stage, but there are indications tl»svt it will not long remain so. The proposed institution will lie run on similar lines to the Women Students' lloslel which lias been such a signal success. It is intended that it shall be entirely self-supporting, and there will be no appeal made to the public for subscriptions for its inception. The building will be started as soon as | the preliminary arrangements are concluded The need of such a hostel is imperative.

The matter of free school books was mentioned to the Hon. G. Minister of Education, by an Auckland llerald representative, and the Minister replied that lie was aware the Auckland Board of Education hud complained that the books could not be provided out of the sum allotted by the Department, but several education boards had managed to find the grant sufficient, and r mul started on the system. The Education Department required a very large sum yearly to carry on its operations, and, naturally, he could not grant as much money fo'r many things as he would like to. The grant for free school books should be sufficient to enable a good start to be made.

Writing to his impel', the Jlanganiahoe correspond™!, ol the Eketahuna Express states: "We hear iv great ileal about the unemployed nowadays. Now, 1 have just returned from a trip to North Taranaki, where work is going begging, at the highest wages, too. O.ie of Hie road contractors up there, hearing a great deal about the unemployed, went, to Auckland to see if lie could get some men. Hardly any that he spoke to wanted to leave town. At last he got hold of a dozen men and arranged to meet tlion at a certain train, pay their fares and expenses, and personally conduct them. However, when lie wont, full of hope, to the station, not one of them turned up. In Central and North 'iaranaki and the King Country there is work for hundreds going begging." The Fitzroy school picnic on Friday at Gtenaron was an immense success.' An excellent, programme of sports was gone through. Mr. Tiseh, the genial and indefatigable chairman of the school 'omniittce, was in liis element, tie was ililv assisted liy Messrs. Colson, fius■ott, Nairn, liichardson, and West, ivhile Mr -Tolnison, the headmaster, supervised generally. After tea, Mr. .1. I'iseh took the opportunity of thanking hosfi who had contributed in any way o the success of Hie gathering. Tie minted out that the annual elect ions vei'c not far oil', and trusted Unit as lie number of school pupils was gradiiill.v increasing, and that many improvenents were urgently needed, the botiseloldcrs would be present in large numicrs anil return a committee desirous of iromoting the welfare of the district.. There is another outbreak of typhoid ever at Cisbornc. Dealing with tile nubicak ilie local Times remarks:—' ' It is only necessary to take a walk unongst tlie residential streets of the own and suburbs and investigate the ionics of the people to realise that (iis>onie is so far behind other New Zenami towns in matters affecting sanita.ion lhat special liability to infectious liseascs might be expected to follow as a matter of course. A house with a bathroom is quite an exception, and there are practically no facilities for dealing with household slops. In the ease ol a people who do not wash themselves, who permit their household slops to be thrown anywhere to breed fever

genus in tile hot sua, who have the iiUliiest known method of disposing of night soil, and who live ori'lhe edge of vile-smelling river banks, it would indeed bo contrary to all human experience if they did not have an unduly large share of infectious diseases." Shop-lilting anil pilfering at auction sales are ever an annoyance to business people and auctioneers, and the losses by some linns per year through this source is sometimes a very large item 131 the year's operations. The Wanga--11111 Herald states that 011 Saturday last, in Messrs. l'aul aad G'o.'s drapery establishment, an elderly woman Was detectcu in tlie act of transferring a pearly necklet from tin; show stand to the I , sl ' e . ciin ' i( ' o \ J Motive Siddclls

Willi (.'illlul ill, and further investigation revealed the fact that she hud also liftel 11 pair of gloves Areused, after annexing (he noetlet, took a second, a cheaper one, from the box lo fhe counter and paid for same. At the lolico Court she was charged with the ollenee and lined .(m in nefaiiit one week s imprisonment. In imposiiiVr the penalty llr. V. Kerr, S.AI., said it" was deplorable that a womra in accused's j

circumstances (she being possessed of pioperty and having a previous good character) should ho guilty of such on net. It was evident that shoplifting was a too frequent occurrence that I>usiuess people in Xew Zealand iiad to eontend with, a-iid lie could not see his way to only convict and discharge defendant. It's in the country that the word hospitality carries its full meaning. We townsfolk hardly know what life word means amongst ourselves, and the farther we go from the places where men do conjugate the more do no understand tho tonus. Jlospitalitv. tlio veal hospitality, involves inconvenience to the -'rr? ot lllis ""' sl valneil comniod- ' ■,) .Llii.i was tlu> lnnntl served out to iosc who visited inland Turaimki with the Ministerial j.nrtv Ujjs week. Tiip banquet committee must lie complimented upon tlio excellent provision made tor thy vjitevLaininent of its guests. The . | ' was at Slrathmorc, and

or V was found every provision that could surest itself (or the eomfort of Uio visitors, Jfr. anil Mrs. Calvert unci laniil.v .loin;; their utmost for the iittino entertainment of the large parlv. and siueceding far beyond the expectations of tin; travellers. Thou away to monioaa. j 7l t)ll , nestlinnj between steep busii-elad hills, Haps and terns mmgled tlieir beauties in a bright display tlint {.'lowed in the mellowing li'i " Aml lllf ' n 1 1 t Abbott of the \\hanjrainoniona hostelry, by a'process of mental arit linietic ' disproved Ihe school-mann's saying that " two into one \wm t go. Two into one had to gotwo visitors into one bedroom, into one bed sometimes. .Hoarders freely gave

I up their rnoins to the risilors. and domestics shared ill till, sacrifice. But c\cii tin; elasticity of the accommodation there had its limits The temperance hotel was crowded out. The township was full of settlers, and many of these punjr the night auay in the nail. It was a " slorions nifjht "in more A\avs Ilia 11 o;ie. The hotel Is fortunate in having an export J divf de engine, anil 11,1 one had a ivord oilier Ulan of praise lor (he excellence of the dining-room altendance and service. How the lniillitndc was fed. and so excellently feil. in ihal ivav-lmck bush Inwnship was the marvel of'all who behold The Chinese preserve vegetables by coating thorn with salt and drying them I in llic sim.

On Dit, says the Marlborough Herald, that Mrs. Matthews, of 'Spring Creek, him presented Mrs, «). llannan with-£SO, as it recognition oi her assistance to Master Ellis Aiatthews at the Penguin wreck. ! Mr. iJ'odd, a toinmwcial traveller, informed a Press representative at Jllen* heini, that when tru.velliii<r in the Waij kare from LyttelUin to Wellington they I juiced closely to the derelict Uio Luge, and Captain Slewad, of the Paleeua, is of opinion that the ill-fated Penguin ■aever struck a rock, hut ca-me in contact with tfliu derelict in Cook Straits, which caused the unfortunate steamer to founder.

immediately following the recent fire, j Taihape was visited by quite an army of Wellington commercial travellers, who practically booked up orders for the replacement 01 the destroyed goods while still Lin; embers wore smouldering. Such business enterprise is said to have been Hie result of the keener competitive influonce introduced between Wellington ami Auckland by the opening up of the | Main Trunk line.—Dominion. A hole in Dunedin's commercial armour has, it seems, been swiftly penc-1 trated by a Wellington javelin. A J)uneilh correspondent advises that as a result of the boycott by Fijian fruit- 1 growers of Dunedin fiuii'brokers (on account of what the planters considered excessive commission charges, 10 per cent.), a Wellington firm recently commenced business (here, having obtained the ])iniedin agency for Fijian bananas. This linn charge 7VI* per cent, commission.

(Questioned in regard to financial mat-| ters by an Uuardiau reporter,! the Prime Minister said lie would make a statement after the end of the financial year from the public platform ~i ii the meantime,"' lie continued, " 1 am not saying anything to anybody on the .subject.' 3 lie also refused tu give anything for publication in respect of the Lands and Agricultural Departments, and declined to slate whether lie would con-, tinue to hold these portfolios till the. end ol' this year's session. It was his intention, however, to speak oh lite land (jfucstion from the public platform, but he would not do so till after he had dealt with linuncc. There would be no licensing legislation this year. A sudden accident befel a (Jartertou resilient who had intended travelling to \\ elliiigton by the 0 p.m. fast goods train iroiu Carterton the other night. His residence is not far distant from°tlie line, and as the train was passing the passenger went out on the platform to wave adieu to his wile lie waved and she responded, but tlie operation evidently unsettled his equilibrium, for he suddenly fell headlong from the train and rolled down the stoney bank like a shot rabbit. Fortunately he was not | hurt beyond a few facial abrasions and bruises elsewhere. The train stopped, and the guard hurried to the fallen passenger, reaching him at the same time as his wife, who had witnessed tne accident and rushed to the scene. The passenger went home instead of to Wellington.

.Several visitors to the Wangiuuii races accompanied Mr. W. K. Tuck down lo Castlcclill', at Wanganui Heads, on Friday last Mr. Tuck was always a game speculator. His latest venture is the purchase of the old author steamer diaries Edward, which went ashore on the western side of the river entrance oa December 15th. At present she lias her nose stuck between Lwo piles of the breakwater, and at high tide is full of water. Iler stern is, however, always afloat. .Mr. Tuck purchased the wrecked steamer for JJ2S, and has already removed a winch and donkey worth .C3OO. He is also confident, if' the present line weather holds up, of extricating the steamer from her position and getting her oaee more afloat. The process of lightening hei- fur'aro by tile transfercme of some '21)0 tons of coal in baskets along i\ cable lo the breakwater is now proceeding.—Times.

Some idea of the importance—to IV tone at least— of the local meat industry may be obtained from the fact that at the present lime the Gear Company is paying out just about KOIIO weekly in wages. Over IiUOO sheep are being killed daily, constituting a record. On some days, however, the company has disposed of as many' as (i.i()o sllicep per day in former seasons, but for weekly records the present season stands out by itself. The splendid condition of the sheep, as a representative of the company pointed out, shows that the feed in tile country must be very good, hast, season, however, was a poor one. 'I be bulk nf the sheep are drawn from the Wairarapa, llawke's Jfay, Taranaki ami Tailiape districts A few. however, come from the South, as instance a recent shipment from Takaka landed at the Petone wharf. l r rom the foregoing iigures it will be readily understood how a bad season allVcts the local com-

nmnity. I In- Taihape correspondent of the WaKtfanui Chronicle savs:—The .sawmillcrs ol the district licit) a very important niiM'lin«f last wr»ck a and although the mailers discussed were not revealed to the public it i s ihnuglil that the, very existence of th« Association was threatened. It appears that owing to lh« depression in the timber trade it is found very diflieult to keep a controlling hand owr some of the fid«reTy sawmiller£ as no rule or regulation is bcinor observed by sonic of them. The result is that the Association is disorganised. One tiling, is, however, <juite certain, that one at least of the largest millers has severed his connection with the Association, and is now acting as a free lance, together with—though in further opposition—the several other sawmillers who were never in the Association.' I limber is now being sold at many mills i below cost of production—as the accumulation of the past few months' iiittinjf with no sales have left no alternative to some of the strug«liu" miHeis but to unload at any price.

. ;i ltliougli a year has scarcely elapsed since the To Ami estate, acquired from all. lr Ifamlall Johnston, was thrown "I"" 1 b y fur settlement tile property to-day presents a seen'e ol transfornmtim, (says the tWty Bay Jit laid), llit'iv arc h>rlv homesteads, each with its dairy herd, sheep llM d uops, A twelvemonth prior tu -p. sumption „f tl,o to t |,„ ..roncMv was «ii'r.nii£ 111,(>01) sheep ainl about'2Bßo cattle, 'this season* official limires however, show that there were "li ;m sheep depasturing on tin: estate 'to'pother with 21(17e„ttle. Whilst the 01 ''"s diminished, it should he mentioned that those now on Te ! "n-,l."'' ,eUeill| y ■'!! of the d;iirviii" class, ihis season there are a150'545 acres under crops, whilst the scttlonio'it IS estimated to 1,0 earryki- a populutain ol nearly 20(1. Hllen the re-valun--1011 ot the Arai riding, at present in i.ind, is completed, Hie improvements effected by (he tenants will amount to a consu (M-alde hKure, so Mie district valuer I. I'. Lewis) intornied the Herald leporter (lie amount represented by hose who have applied to the Advance's

to .Settlors' JVpvl.me.it, hit added. alK'ady represents about C4OOU. One canaot help fet'linj,' sorry I'm- the 1 nine -Minister when he visits' this eitv [says Hi,. Kveniug .\t-ws, UiristcliiKvlii. "«m the tune he arrives until the moment of his departure Hi- is regarded as I lii- lair yaiiii- of tiio politician. the d'.'putit and the \'o hvi utliing spate is yi VL . u liinli w j l(m om , seeker ht favors or m ., vs goes out of the -Ministerial room, another pops i„ Vi'sii'i'tlnv morning Sir Joseph Ward I was engaged in this fashion up to the tune of leaving his hotel (o catch (he Noiilli ''"liwss. On the still ion platform waiting 1 to receive iiini were the usual "lotlc.v gathering. There were no less than six pressmen, several of the .-oniitr.vs legislators, and two deputations. Ihe time hell rung, the railway porter \elleil All seats 011 the Soiihh express'" with impatient reiler.ition, but (he Prime -Minister could not ,lelaeh himself. One »f tlii- ileputalionists— a little ohlerlv lady—presented Sir Joseph with li blooming lmtfon-liole. perhaps hoping that this appeal to the Ministerial eye would incline (he .Ministerial ear favorably (<> her petition. Tile Prime "Minis-

lor Wii- suave and courteous to Hie last, Imt ]io must have Ihmvcil a l,iwsigh of relief when tlic I rain carried him out of sifrlit |ii<> six pressmen, the poiiticiurs, am] the <le|>ulationi^ts. SAFE!. RAZORS. Bengal razors, higli-ciass pocket cut len, all the latest on hand. Boys I .'.'belies (gDo.I tiniciicc.jcra) cm be obtained at 5s oaeli at J. Avery's, tobacco* I nisi. Devon street.—A(M. I

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