LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 122, 21 June 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the shortest day. A Kill) eel was caught in'the Huatoki stream, near Deare's, on Saturday evening. Last week a 321b specimen was taken from the Waiwakaiho. The average test at the Stratford Co-operative Dairy Factory for the past month worked out at the exceptionally high percentage of f>.l)l. "T believe that in Wellington at present we are suffering from the booming of the land by the Valuation Department," said Mr. Wright in the How.

On the motion of ;«tr. Quilliam \Govett and Quilliam) Meters of administration ill thv estate of ihe lale William Hubert Cartwright have been granted to Messrs. M. ami \Y. S, C.irtwright. 'Taxation," said Mr. Hogg at I'ahiutua the oilier day. ''is much like a lauttige-maehitic." I'pon which the Casual .Chronicler adds in the Dominion: "Surely it is bad form to talk shop in this way,"

As an instance of existing "slackness,-" a Wellington, employer of about forty hands informed a representative of tire Dominion that his wages-sheet this time last yeai' was CKIO. At the present time it was C) 0, There was practically no work in hand, and little prospect of any coming in,

The parent* of a small boy in Gisborne arc regretting the day when the little fellow became the possessor of a whip-top. Last week the youngster's plaything was whipped so vigorously that it crashed against the plateglftfis window in a jeweller's shop, and did damage to the extent of • £25,

A visitor to the Great Harrier Island writes to a friend at the Thames that the large new sawmill at Whangaparapara will soon be in full swing with a complement of two hundred hands. According ti> the Thames Star, rafts of logs will be towed from the North and "ripped up" for overs'ea vessels of any tonnage. A substantial wharf is incourse of erection.

Despite all the cry about lack of employment at the present time, the Taranaki Land Hoard's ranger linds it practically impossible to obtain men for backblock work—at least he is unable lo get men at the wages he is oU'ering. viz., !)s a day. If some of the town men at pre.-ent out of work could be transferred the couniry the Dominion as well as they would benelit. and there would be less heard of the unemployed ijustiou.

Tin- following is from the I'almersto;] Standard:—The local ca'bmon an; very grateful fur the promptness and courtesy with which call*' upon their telephone are answered by t|u> ladies of the local telephone exchange. In a letter, expressing their feelings, I,he cabmen state that in wet'weather their vehicles will be placed at the disposal of mom* Iter* of tin l stall' proceeding to and from their work, a pleasing little testimony to t he elliuacy of the exchange that is much appreciated.

A wedding took place in Stroud (saye Uie Sydney Telegraph) which was accompanied .by distressing circumstances. -Mr. K. Cornell, a respected townsman and business man, of Stroud, had been engaged for Several years to Hiss Gertrude McXeill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A._ McNeill, sen., old residents of the districts. The wedding was, after one or more postponements, fixed for 24th May, jmt oil Sunday night Mr. Cornell, whilst in church, became ill. Medical aid was called in, but liis illness was at on<* seen to be serious. At his' request, however, tire wedding took place oik Monday. The bridegroom being unable to leave his bed, the ceremony was performed in the house liy the Rev. Mr. Benjamin, «f Dnngog, Jlr. Cornell, however, gradually sank, and died oil Tuesday evening. His wife has been an actiye worker in religions and charitable movements in this district,

Household bargains at the Melbourne's great "job" sale. Lovely carpet bedsides 3s (id; 72-ineh herringbone fiheeting lid yard; heavy :)(i-inch twilled flannelette (is lid dozen; heavy large Turkish towels Is; splendid 111-inch towelling 3d yard; grey twill sheeting, 72-inch, ltd yard; Irish lawn handkerchiefs 0 for Is. —Advt.

If you are suffering from DiHousiicss Const'iipaiiim, Indigestion, Chronic Tleadadhc, .iiiirosi omc penny (in a ppst card, send to Ohamberfoin Me'dicine Co., 008, HaaTis-sdrcct, Sydney, iwiibli your name, and address plainly on tlhc back, and they will forwaiy yon «. frefl sample of dfombc-rlfliii's S'tomiarJi eind Liver Ta r oIcis. For saio by affl cton'fete and storekeepers.

A succession. of cioids ox a protracted oold fe aljteast) certain to end k chronic ca&nrli, from wWA few persons ever wiioly recover. Give every cold illie attention lit .(leaeirves and you may avoid tilite-disfigrcwiMk) diiscaGe. How can you cure a, cold ? Why "not try Chamberlain's Coiigili Remedy? It is Mg'hJv reco,mimeindi?(L For sate by all chemists awd atoreli'cepcTß. Tlie first American pawr money was mado in 1740, , ;

.Marie, Madame Melba's French maid, was quite buvihlercd at the wonders of Whakarewarewa. "When I tell my mother," she said in her pretty broken English, "1 saw one pool in which you could catch a iish, mid next it one in whieh yon could boil it, she will• '.Marie, you are mad! ! " She earnestly | inlploreil Madame, if she saw her 1 mother, to corroborate her statements. The liev. Cole "was last nignt' 1 eterring to prayer and prayiag. He mentioned tJi.it tiie Sawour of mankind ! when lie had a hea\y day's work belor- 1 Him, used to spend" the previous night i.i pmcr. "Some of our Christian friends,*' he said, "when they get up t pray in public meeting, seem likely to pray all night sometimes. Now, friends, pray away as long as you 1W«in private, but bear in mind that ail of Christ's public prayers were commendably short."

(A Mauriceville farmer just returned ! froiu a visit to Taranaki's back country 1 says he is not impressed with the energy shown 'by farmers in bu<sh country in the parts he visited, where bad " burns'' hail necn experienced. He states (says the Wairarapa Age) that instead of making prepanu.ons and -having a second bum Ihe piactiee was simply to let the bush remain as it was left after thv burn, and sow what land could be gown. Jlo ! considered that in other details the farms he saw showed indications of much less industry in improvement than holding in the Wairarapa and Fort.*mile Bush.

There is nothing like presence of mind, says the New Zealand Herald, wh<h proceeds to unfold thk tale:—The eon-sl-'ilite <ni duty at one of our marine suburbs, while turning back from the end of his beat on the ferry tec. wits suddenly electrified into action by the appearance of a runaway riderless horse. Dashifig past him. the animal took u neat header oIV the end of the wharf i-ito the harbor. Taking in the desperate nature of the situation at a glance, the resourceful eonslable grabbed 1 a lifebuoy and hurled it deftly in the direction which the animal had disappeared. That horse was' afterwards rescued by a couple of small hoys in a punt, 'who. turning its head shoreward, ».it it with a paddle, and finally landed it into the hands of the law on the adjoining foreshore.

There is a 'burglar abroad in London who has 'exchanged the proceeds of his crimes a.ll unwittingly for 2li> of good household soap (says the Daily Express). It came about thus: A careful housewife mounted an Edgware road omnibus at l'addingtoii, carrying a- Jieat brown-paper parcel, which contained the 21b of soa]). A well-dressed burglar mounted tile same omnibus' carrying a neat brown-paper parcel, which contained gold watche6 and jewellery worth .«<)(>. When the 'woman reached home she was surprised to find in ber parcel jewels instead of soap. She took it to Scotland Yard, where it was received with delight by the police, who believe the jewels to be the proceeds of a burglary at Maiila Viilc. What the burglar did when he discovered the contents of his parcel is not yet known, but the police, liopo to find out before long.

Addressing a meeting at Stratford last week, Mr. \i. Gibb, Government Inspector of Apiaries, cautioned" beginners against buying up hives from possibly tainted sources, counseling rather the procuring of a nucleus from some oldestablished bee-keeper wliose stock was known to be free from disease. Everything, he said, depended upon making a clean start, and those entering upon thd industry should endeavour to purchase their initial stock as early in the spring a& possible. It was always best for beginners to go in for section honey. Another point against which beginners should guard was giving the bees too many sections to work on near the end of the season, as if this were done many of the sections would be left unfinished. The bees should be left plenty of honey to winter on, the hives kept well out from under /trees so •thsU they gejti plenty of sun, and the entrances contracted down to one or two bee space. Honey should be attractively prepared for sale ; and d.one up in two pound lots sold best. The best way to feed bees was to give them sugar syrup, made from cane augur and water. Beet sugar should not be used, as it contained a certain amount of sulphuric acid, which 'killed the young bees.

Lord Chelmsford, late Governor of Queensland, speaking at a farewell banquet tendered to him by the Queensland Ministry, said; He sometimes thought that it was', the danger of our age, and it was the danger that was besetting the British Empire as a 'whole, that we were not equally self-reliant, that we were trying to prop ourselves by props from without, and were not relying >n the props that ou r forefathers trusted to—sturdy character, grit, and determination. (Applause.) Then he thought in the second place we wanted hope. Out of hope sprang ideals, and unless* we had hope we could not have the greatest ideals. We wanted ideals —not material i ideal* as to how we were going to got ! money into this country—we wanted ideals si* to how we were to get the , best race and the 'host character—(&p----1 plause)— and unless we possessed hope he did not, think we could properly fulfil those ideals. We wanted hope when the bad times came. We had had bad times in Queensland, and he made bold to say that as the cycle of years came round we were hound to have bad throes again. These things did eome in cycles, and we must ,to s'ome extent anticipate them. Then came in hope, and they }<uc'w> that as their forefathers had been able to go through bad times so they who were men of character and determination would to aible to face those bad times again and (be able to go through them smilingly.

Muttonhird islanders who have arrived (back from .southern snaringgrouTids have lipen comparing trallTc notes and experiences (says the Bluff Impress). One of tile conclusions arrived at, to say the least, is curious. J he .birds themselves are seemingly beginning to work out on a definite basis the well-known problem of "birds of a feather flock together." There are two distinct species. One is a liig robust fellow known as the mottle grey. The other is aniall and slender, called "ilarkv," in respect of his colorings. Hitherto they liavo lieen in the habit at freely intermixing .with each other, ibis year, however, they have taken a more distinctive Stand. The mottle gre v lias 'been occupying islands and skerries east of Stewart Island, and the darky has Ibeen all (but exclusively contain" himself to the western isles." Of course" we should much like to know more, anent this distinction. It is' an effect not without good cause, we stroiHv boye. T lles( ' :llir(,s year after year' rake -.out their old nestings, and the instinct oi Joeal tradition is not only strong, hut it is strikingly aceurato. 'All that we knmv from rolinildo sources, ; but how Oil this .particulnr occasion, tliev should have departed fntni rs'tahlislied usages is just what we an, curious to ascertain. Kuapuke islanders who operated at Wen Ules. remotely situated eastwards ft oin Mown !'t Isjaiid, also noted the Chinige so that we may conclude' it is general throughout miittonliird nrcliipulagoes, " 1