LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 64, 10 April 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

II > It is reported that a lode of payable silver sulphide ore 'has been unearthed near Maratoto, Auckland province. It is reported that tlie new valuation •of the Masterton County discloses an I advance of half-a-million of money on t'he old one.

A party from Waitara recently visited the Buteshire, at (present lying in the roadstead, and were compelled to remain aboard for live days before a landing could be effected.

The Timaru Herald reports that an applicant before th/is. week's Old-age Tension Court was found to have property of the value of £IOSO, and from it he was getting 6 per cent. • The night porter at a Dannevirke hotel received a severe fright the other night, when two draught horses wandered into the hotel from a saleyard at the back through a door which hud been left open.

The Dunedin City Council and the Dunedin Fruitgrowers Association are protesting against the Government's action in stopping the Tuapeka-Roxburgh railway. The Mayor, instructed by the Council, is to call a public indignation meeting, if necessary. The two headquarters companies of volunteers sent strong contingents by special tram on Thursday night to the Easter manoeuvres at Oringi. Large numbers of friends assembled to witness the entraining of tlie troops, who included members of the public school cadet companies. , The appearance of Devon-street would be much improved if half the verandahposts were removed. This would necessitate heavier beams, perhaps, but the borough by-laws could deal with that. A certain amount of uniformity of design -of -verandahs in the main street would not be unwelcome.

Messrs George Wills and Co., the largest creditors of tlie l'erro-Coiicretc Company, have oll'ered to advance the company £3OOO if the Auckland City Council will advance a similar amount to complete the Cemetery Bridge. The Council agreed, subject to Willis and Co. giving an indemnity under the Lien Act and guaranteeing to complete tile contract.

I A "scene" occurred at a meeting of stile Barren Sliiro Council, Queensland. iWliilc Councillor Claellerty was 'speaking, Councillor Keeble called him a liar. Councillor Clacherty ipfckcd up a tumbler and threw it at Councillor Keeble. A flglut conuneqpcd, but the combatants nvero separated by the other councillors. It was some minutes before order was restored.

A fine waterspout .was witnessed by 'those on the coastal steamer Rimu when oil' .the Tai'anaki coast on her run to JWanganui from Onehunga the middle of last week (says the Wanganui Herald). Tlie waterspout was about four miles seaward from the vessel, and rose to a good height. It was seen for about twenty minutes Iwfore disappearing from view, and is said by the mate of the vessel to be the finest waterspout he has ever seen.

By last slight's train Colonel Knight. ol!iccr»in charge of the Salvation Army's operations in the North Island, arrived in town, and with him the Salvation Army Palmerston North Brass Band. The baud played an inspiring march from the station to the barracks, whither they were **-orted by a considerable erowd of people. The band •will play in Brougham-street this evening, ami 'will take part in services throughout Sunday. .Oil Monday night a public meeting will be held in the Theatre. In connection with the Whangtimomona meeting, Mr. J. B. Hine, M.P., informs the Stratford Post that he received Mr. MeCutelian's invitation by registered letter on -the same day as the meeting was held, and tluit the following telegram was sent in acknowledgment:—'"W. A. McCutchan, Kohuratahi. —Please inform meeting to-night your invitation by registered letter was received to-day (Monday) at noon. Do not consider it necessary to attend, ample opportunity being offered last November when before electors.—J. B. Hine."

Air. Masisey recently said at liutlund, re gift of Dreadnought: "It was well known that before making the announcement Sir Joseph Ward commuuicated with editors of t-lio principal papers, and if it was necessary to do that, it was surely necessary to consult the representatives of the people." The l'remier 'replies to this as follows: "Tin's statement, 1 regret to say, is absolutely contrary to fact. First of all, 1 did not communicate with the editors ■ of the Press before making the announcement; second, 1 did not consult an editor or editors of any newspapers in any portion of the Dominion. 1 sent a confidential telegram to the editors of the Press 'sinmlta'iK'Ously with the offer, but there was not a suggestion in that confidential telegram of a consultative character.'' The removal of the overhead railway bridge from the lower Carrington road, which is just being -accomplished by the Railway Department, alters the whole a 111wa ra'M'e of the landscape at this point. Thursday was the first day lor many years upon which has been obtainable an uninterrupted view of the /street. A resident in tic locality, noticing the lutrdwood piers which had liera taken out of the bridge intact, suggested that the Borough Council would do a wise thing if it purehiised tile piers and established them as the uiiderstructurc of a footbridge to connect Brougham-street with Victoriaroad, more gem-rally though incorrectly called the Carringt'on road, presumably at Davy-street or Fillis-strcet. There is no doubt that such a short cut from Vojfcltowii to a. business centre of the town would be welcomed by large numbers of people, and its utility can hardly be 'questioned. Apart from other considerations, there is the fact that it would connect with the waterside walk, Haines' Terrace, which his Worship the .Mayor intends to haw reopened for the use of ithe public. It seems a pity that Brougham-street, leading out of 'the centre of the town, should attract the visitor or other promcnader to—the craol quarries! WHY Is SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT superior to any ot'/ier Eucalyptus product? Because it is the result of full ex pericnce and of a special and careful process of manufacture. It is always safe, reliable, and effective, and _ the daugers attending the use of the irresponsible preparations which are now palmed off as "Extracts'' are avoided. A death was recently reported from the external use of one of these concoctions, and in an action at law a sworn witness testified that lie suffered the most cruel irritation, from the application to an ulcer of a product winch was sold as "'just as good as SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT." Therefore., beware of sueh deception. Insist upon , the preparation which was proved by experts at the Supreme Court of Victoria, and bv numerous authorities during the past 35 years, to be a preparation of genuine merit, viz., THli fENUINE SANDER & SONS' r>URE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.'.hoiuists and storekeepers—Advt. Mr. L. fireiian. Maekay, Shortland, Thames. NX, says: "There is no question about it, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy is the finest medicine that anyone cs.n use for Colic, D'iarrhoea. or any similar com- , plaint. I have, used it and know that it gives every satisfaction. I have recommended it to my friends and acquaintances and .have never known it to fail." I For cale liy all chemists and store- < Keepers,

Ratepayers in tin* Hur worth riding I arc reminded that nominations for the 1 position of councillor will close 011 Wednesday next. 1 The Eaeter railway trailiu lias been very heavy. Last night and the night before, long -trains crowded with pa®* , stingers -steamed into the iN«w Plymouth station. Outgoing trains and strainers have been well filled.

The delegates to tlie New Zealsuid Referees' Amnual Conference are -staying at the Criterion Hotel. This evening they will be icntertained at a dinner at the Imperial Hotel by the local Teferees and. Rugby Union, acid on Monday will attend; the Caledonian sports as the guests of thje Caledonian Society. i Mr. Bland) Holt, the weill-knowa actor, -recently ©hipped a valuable horetj for Sydney by a New Zeal-and boat, which arrived there last -week. It was consigned to Eppstein's stables in Williamstreet, and on being removed from the steamer was <put in charge of a stranger, who agreed, in 'return for the usual t-ouplc of shildings, to lead it safely .from the New Zealand wharf to the stables. Neither t'lie horse nor the stranger has since l»en seen or heard of, and an empty stall awaits it. The animal is -a. dark chestnut, about 14.3 hands high.

A resident of the Af>libtirton district -two years ago imported a -st'am ploughing phmt. which lie has extensively u*ed an ploughing operations in and around •the district. It has been discovered, however, that the repeated roiling of the soil by the heavy engine has jnadc it too soiid for general purples, and ploughing by steam has therefore bwni /discontinued. At the same time, for freaking up virgin soil, ji cheaper or more etVwtive system than steam ploughing i*ouhl not be adopted.

t The last Zeppelin airship was constructed at Manzell, on Lake Consignee, Geneva, and was ready for its trial on doth March. Zeppelin U. is 136 metres long and 13 metres wide, with a capacity o!f "15,000 cubic metres, and its two motors, each of 200 h.p., weigh 100 kilos. 'The "cabins" are more luxurious and .more comfortable than the former airship. ami will include a bedroom (with a real bed) for the Count, and another with hammocks for 'the crew. The Count's '•'cabin" is also luxuriously furnished in order to receive Royal guests.

During an .interesting interview with iiii Auckland Star reporter on the propent state of tlie Maoris, l)r. Buck, \\ ho succeeds tlie late Hone tteke as M.1., jivas asked if tlie -Maoris-would ever regain the. magnificent physique of their ancestors. "There is nothing to prevent it," he "Scientists Bay that there is a mean average physique of a •race. If conditions are bad—had nyffieue. etc.—the race -will fall below it, but when tlie conditions are made good attain they will recover it, If you got the Maoris in regular work and carrying out sanitary reform, and living regularly on proper food, there i« nothing ■whatever to prevent them recovering ■the physique of their ancestors. The mail train oil Thursday evening was about an hour late, and last night was similarly delayed. The delays were due. to. the extraordinary holiday -trallic. In conversation with a railway oflicei last night a reporter learned that i the public would learn to travel with less luggage there would lie less disturbance of the timetable, which was framed to meet ordinary conditions. l>"t. 110 continued, "the average woman travelling must have four or five trunks and about .twelve parcels; and when f>l« leaves the train she swears there alt thirteen, and keeps three or tour porters hunting f» r 11 I> arcol thllt , ~ 1 . exist, and slw volubly aml gratuitou»l> "ives her opinion of the railway sei viu f„ general." He went on to say that lie could travel the Dominion with l»» belongings in a handbag. But fane) to-day's fashionable hat in a handbag. In addressing -tlie jury at the inquest at Chr.istchurch concerning the death ol an old man at Richmond, who was eupiposed to 'have been run into by a motor-car, -the Coroner, Mr. 11. W. Bishop, said that it was extremely unsatisfactory to be faced with the possibility or the probability that such an occurrence could take -place without anything being known about it. There were motor-cars and vehicles of every description travelling over all tlie roads at all hours of the day and night at speeds tliat were dangerous to file unfortunate public who did not ride in motor-cars or other vehicles. The ipublic were quite at tlie mercy of tho.se driving on the roads who had no consideration for pedestrians. Of course, a great ih-ai was unfairly iput down to motor-car*. They travelled at such,; a great- pace. People realised! that ithere -was something coming, and immediately it wan ipast, and they were left to congratulate Ithemselves that they were still alive. Mr. F. C. Scions, the famous hunter, has written to a London newspaper rcgretiting that Xew Zealand, from a deerstalking point of view, is 110 longer wliat it -once was. "In Xe„- Zealand,"'"lie sa vs. "the miagnificcnt red-deer lierds, once the envy of iliM'r - stalkers the world Over, are, it appears, now few and far between, and this not owing to the decrease of the deer, but rather because tthey.nre becoming too 'inime-roufi. mid tlu< stags ai-ci deteriorating in the size and symmetry of tli'cir untlcrs, owim* to the shooting of .th'e finest examples and the consequent propagation of the species through inferior animals, which are constantly increasing .in numbers. The iii'troduetion of wolves into the country, which would rapidily weed out all the old and weakly animals, would probably do a great deal of good to the 1 ace. but suck a measure might not 'meet with the approbation of sheepfarm'ers."

Two Norwegian lads. Signr Olsen, 'aged seventeen, and Karston Eornelinsnn, aged sixteen years, who on a rckvnt Saturday, night jumped into the Auckland harbor from their ship, the Triton, and after grea.t difficulty rescued and restored to consciousness an bid man named' Peter Jacobsen, were presented with gold medals at the Sailors' Home subsequently. The medals bore iiiscriiptions referring to the brave act, Mr. P. J. Ncrheny, who made the ■presentation, said that but for the bravery of the two boys tlie man must havo been drowned, and but for their knowledge, of first aid their efforts in the water might have gone for nothing. It was decided to instruct tile secretary of tho Home to mite to .the Royal Humane Society, recommending the ease of the boys to the consideration of that body. Speaking on bcjiall of the bovs, Mr. R. St. Clair, Consul fo,- Norway, 'said t'heir act had been quite spontaneous. hut nevertheless the presentation would be keenly appreciated. It was rumored in Masterton lately (says tli'o local paper) that Mr. lfarley Donald, of Jlastertonjiad.challenged tli'e coloTcd champion, Jack Johnson, to a boxing contest. The report proved to be t'l-uo, hut it did not appear quite so startling when the circumstances became known. Mr. Donald, who i;s at present 011 a visit to the United States, left Sydney in the same steamer on which Johnson was a passenger. W'lien about two davK out from their port of destination. 'a terrible storm was encountered.

anil a number nl' the .passengers, including Johnson, suffered so acutely from mal-de-mer that they were quite unable to leave their cabins. Mr. Donald, being a good sailor, suffered no inconvenience from the heavy pitching and rolling of the steamer, a'nd while strolling on the deck when tho storm was at its height 'lie conceived the idea -of writing out a 'challenge to Johnson. This he had sent 'down to him. Despite bis being for the time virtually hors de eombat, the 'World's champion boxer enjoyed the joke immensely, and sent a message in reply 'stating that under the circumstances- he had no alternative, hut to forfeit to his MialleSigcr. There has been a little controversy in Christchureh as to why the Antarctic 'exploration ships, tihe Discovery and the 'Xiinrod, .made Lyttelton their'base. Dr. 'Fan- claimed that "Lyttelton was made the base because .there was a magnetic observatory at Christchureh. and t'lie Lyttelton Times said there were other important factors. Dr. Furr, however, now states tliat when the Discovery expedition was being considered at Home ■the proposal was tliat, it should make Melbourne its headquarters, because that city had the most southern magnetic observatory. At that time it was intended to establish an observatory in New Zealand, hut although a fair amount of the .magnetic survey of fir.' Dominion had been completed, the ob-

Iservatory oxisl rd thvu only on pap* 1 )'. The Hon. (', [towen wrote to .his ln'other-in-law, Sir Clements Markham, r president, of the Hoya 1 (geographical Society. ts-MiuL' him of the jtroposal. and explaining what bad boon done .in New Zealand, and h'e received n reply stating that if an observatory was ready at {"'hristcluivcli by tin; time the expedition could reach Lytteltoii. it would transfer its liase from Melbourne to that port. JIY. Seddon allowed 1 IFr. Bowen to assure Sir Clements Markham that, the olxwrvalory would be in working order in time for the purposes of the expedition, consequently. T)r. Fan- mlds, the contention thai, I'll? observatory was the. attraction to Xvw Zealand is quite correct.

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