LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 78, 28 April 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Central School will he closed o: rhiiMiliiv and Friday afternoons of ncx veek. Tin- mails despatched from W'ollingtoi m llareh llllli, via Naples, arrived ii ..omlon on the afternoon of April 25tn Tlie New I'lvmnnth Hockey (.'lnliha. leeided to liol'd a dance in the sceonc ,veek in .May. A strong combined com nittec of Indies and gentlemen has heel

formed to carry out the function. ■Major Saudford has beeu authorise by the Education Board to make ar rangeinents for the cadets to take par in the unveiling ceremony on .Uarslauc Hill on l'rklav, Alay 7th, provided tlia satisfactory arrangements can be made

Saturday was the first time the Avondale Jockey Club lias held a "no-license" Hireling, the racecourse being in the Kden electoral district, where no-license was carried at the local option noil last November. It was noticeable that in the absence of n bar many ot ine patrons took their own liquid refreshment with them.

A Svdncy paper wrote before the Whelcli-Fog'ivell sculling race that the fonner-'s work was not quite satisfactory, and his watermanship left a trifle to be desired. This remark is invariably made in regard to Xew Zealand scullers, but they get there all the same. It is understood that Wheleh will (■nine to Wan-amii to pace Webb in the linal stages of training fur his match against Arnst, which will be rowed at the latter end of May or early in Jon'-'.

A well-known PalmcrtsOn North business man, in conversation with a Manawatu Times reporter recently, stated that when on a trip to Napier and the surrounding district hist week, lie. was struck with the extraordinary slackness of business in those parts. After pausing Ormondville and leaving the dairying district behind, trade decreased, and when he got into the agricultural and sheep districts, he found business simply stagnant. This slackness was particularly noticeable in Napier, Port Ahunn and Hastings. • A new registration card system is being introduced by the Department of Labor for dealing with applications for employment. It is being run on the lines adopted by American bureaux of labor, ami it is expected that a ileal of clerical work will be saved -by the introduction. % The adoption of the new system will enable references to be made with greater facility, and will also do away with the present registers. The system, which is to be applied also to applications hy employers for workmen, is to be tried in Wellington, and then adopted throughout New Zealand if it proves a success.

' At the Magistrate'* Court yesterday morning, liefore Mr. 11. S. Eitzlierhcrt, S.M., judgment was entered by default in the following cases:—-Taruiiiiki Oil and Freehold Company v. Mrs. E. A. Speed, claim dM 10, and 8s costs; ,1. F. Frith (Mr, llutchen) V. Frederick Ciias. Hills, of Morrinsville, claim £l3O Mis 3d, court costs £2 12s, solicitor's fee

£i 10s; llonnor and Clark (Mr. Wright) v. Leslie .Steele, claim ill 17s, and costs (is; Newton King (Mr. Wright) v. Gilbert A. 11. Stevens, claim AMS 2s, and costs CI 10s fld. Several cases were confessed, paid into court, or otherwise disposed of. One judgment summons had been settled, and another was adjourned for a week, At the conference of the Young Maori Tarty at Auckland, a paper on Maori farming, written by (Sir Robert , Stout, was read by the lira. A. T. Nguta. It referred to the former style of cultivation which met existing necessities, but pointed out that to enable th 0 Maori to live now he must adopt tlie ideas of the pakcha; otherwise they would sink into the position of s laves to the dominant race 0;- perish altogether, lie suggested co-operative 'farming, as already tried in sheep farming and dairy farming, should be followed on certain lines as indicated al Nuhaka and one or two other places. A number cf young natives should be chosen, and sent to experimental farms, and also to places where trades could be learned. th ( , trained men to afterwards imslriict tlie others. Fruit fnrmhg was also suggested, and a plan on which it could be carried out was indicated. The paper urged the necessity of undertaking open-air work, whieli would be the only hope of saving the race, as sedratary occupations were unsuitable. The evil of crowding the towns was pointed out, as was evidenced in the European population, which was forced into slums and insanitary surroundings. These evils would deteriorate the whites unless steps were taken to counteract their influences, and the sanu- results would follow in the case of the natives unless they pursued the more natural life.

Mr. Hogg takes a vcrv dill'erent point or view from his southern eolleamies when looking over the North Island. |says the New Zealand Herald, llaviii" I no ignorances to overcome he not only I sees the natural advantages of |),',• North, but puts his linifcr at once upon .the weak spot in our land admini-dra-tioii. Speaking j„ Auckland of the possibility of loading, improving, and making the King Country ready for population with the help'of its' harilv settlers, he touched fearlessly uooii. the Native Laud problem. K-iiil |'|„, Alinistcr for iioads and Bridge: -Tlie Native dillieiilly, of course, stands in the way, and it seems a pity that oceans of splendid land should he growiu.r nothing but bush and bracken. " The sooner, in mv opinion, that the State places (his land in the hands of the thrifty settlers the better for the Dominion, ils wealth, and ito exports. Such is flu> character of Hi,, soil that I think it lamentable that (me single acre should be locked up against The landless settlers now suffering from lb,, earth Imager." So impressed was the Minister with the possibilities of the country tlmt he expfe.es himself -,« satisfied thai there would be'a. -eiionl exodus from the South if the "people only had a proper Idea of the character of this country. It is Impossible to think that Mr. Hogg will allow til,. '-Will oa" policy of the Government upon the -Native Lands question to continue.

WHY pV™£PP *. SOIVS ' WCALYVTI y\ IKACI superior to any of/ier Eucalyptus product? Boca use it is the result of full ex puionce and of a special mid careful process of manufacture. It is always safe, reliable, and effective, and tiie dmifrors attendimr the n«e of the irresponsible ureiiaratioas which are now palmed oil' as' "Extracts'* are avoided. A death wjs recently reported from the external use of one of these concoction?, and in an action at law a sworn witness testified that he suffered the most cruel irritation from the applicu tion to nn ulcer of n product wh'ch war cold as -'just as goad as SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT." TL.reiV.ro. beware of.s.ich deception. Insist upon the preparation which was m-Ovcd hv experts at the Supreme Court of Vic Jnria. ami liy numerous authorities dur■ll? the past 3") years, to be a prepnra don of genuine merit, viz., TIIK JENTITNE SANDER & SONS' "UDt yTOATTLE EUCALYPTI EXTBACT.'''"iilsts mid storekeepers.—Advt. Tor Chronic Chest Cnim>Hin« Wijqdj'

Tin' Western 'Morning Xews sii.v. " New Zealand is beginning to booi herself in England, not to be ouldon l)y oilier colonies. Her attractions ai manifold. All visitors to the Shepherd 1 Bush Exhibition will recollect the ham some New Zealand pavilion last yem Jit the forthcoming Exhibition a larg area has again been secured for the l)t minion, and there is no doubt that Xe\ Zealand products are better known an more appreciated in England now tha at any other period in her history." Tile question of Sunday concerts i agitating the minds of a section of tn public in Wellington. Tiie Council o Churches wrote asking inuhicipnl'cand: dates their opinion on the questior One candidate (Jtr. W. H. Hampton has replied as follows: "lie Siinda, concerts. 11l the words of Josh Billingyure inquiry stumps me the darndesl The more I think on it the more knnt tell. As near as I kan rekolek now I think 1 don't kno. Much mite he sni both ways, and neeiner way be riti Upon the whole, I rather reckon I wn or I wuddent, jist as t thought best, o otherwise. I'ardon the plagiarism." "A great deal of the hush land ii vites the sawmiller, and there exists i the King Country <i (|uantity of rcnll, fine timber,'' remarked the Hon. A. \\ Hogg to an Auckland Star interviews ''Owing, however, to the absence n roads, and the long distance from tn raillways. most of it is at present, ti ill intents and purposes, virtually im practicable for sawmilling purposes. 1 many parts there is an abundance o hard white limestone, and this, whei crushed, will make a very good roa metal. The only difficulty is that i; some places (as, for instance, betwee: ICawhin and Awamutu) it will have ti be carted for miles. I am conlidcnl however, Unit \fitli stone-breaking mil ihincry and suitable machinery for haul lge purposes, these (Wficulties will dis ippear. The. making of the main road: ivil) be a Cod-send to the settlers specially those settlers who have gone 'rom the llain Trunk line works on tin 'arm settlement .blocks. I met a gboi nany of the settlers mid talked witl hem concerning their prospects. Thej iceiipy sections varying from 101) to 25(. icres. Their chief coniplarnt is that hey require better roads to get then irodnco and cattle to market. In tIK vinter time they have to carry everyhing on ]iaek horses, and it costs tliem rom t(i to £8 per ton to carry stores cueing wire, etc. In the Country here is a limited number of dairy faeories, but owing to their isolated posiion, and the state of the roads, they re. only aide, in the milk season, to iay from lid to 7'/ 3 d for butter-fat, rfiich is about half the price paid in Wellington districts this season."