The Daily News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. ON FIRST AND FOURTH PAGES. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 179, 2 September 1909, Page 2

The Daily News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. ON FIRST AND FOURTH PAGES.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cards. Commercial. Amusements. District News. Shipping' News. Farm and Dairy. Customs Returns. Dredging in Siberia. Mrs. Stevenson's Welcome. Cutting Through a Continent.

Xlie vital statistics for New Plymouth | during August were: Births 24, deaths; 11, and marriages 3. '"1 don't mix up 'with the other people hi the prison," said one of the witnesses in the gaol enquiry On Tuesday. Thore arc evidently social grades in prison as well ias in '"saseiety." We are given to understand that through the agency of Mr. Newton King the Urenui Hotel has been sold to Mr. ,J. Lewis, of. Waverley; and the Oakura Hotel to Mr. Mulholland, formerly of I Otakeho.

• The sub-committee set up by the Agricultural Society to deal with the proposals for deriving some benefit fnini its freehold sections in St. Germain .» Square, in Eliot Street, has decided to recommend that a bill be prepared to enable jthe Society to lease' the sections I for 21' years, with perpetual rights of renewal.

Whilst the borough' inspector is devoting 60 .much of his time to cyclists, the drivers of motor-cara are enjoyhg themselves, 'whisking round corners and across street junctions at unsafe speed, and without as much as a "toot" from the warning horn. Perhaps the by-laws don't provide for motor-car regulation, but if they don't they ought to. The Borongh Council revised them the other day. '

A useful type,of fishing launch is now lic.i:,' constructed by Mr. Thomas Hoddir li'r -Mr. W. Billing, and the vessel is il.'stined for the fishing industry off th'.s coast. The little vessel has a length of 23ft. 4in. over all, and a beam of 7ft., the planking being on the diagonal principle. The motive-power will be derived from an 8 horse-power D: Dion engine, which is believed locally to have been used exclusively on .land so far.

For a piece of unconscious humor ttr? remark of a German prisoner during the gaol enquiry on Tuesday will he hard to beat. The question was asked of him whether he .had any complaint to in." cif his treatment in the gaol. _ "W.c'l,'' he replied, "garii'd gomblain." Then. evidently 1 fearing .the Court might get hold of'the idea that he was perfectly satisfied to remain there, he added in doleful tones, ''hut it vas gaol." lie turned and stolidly walked off to his

cell, leaving the Court in a state of hilarious collapse. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning the borough inspector obtained convictions against two offenders against the liorough by-laws. Chares I Dawkins, Salvation Army officer, plead-1 ed guilty 'to what he termed a "technical'' 'breach of the by-raw by cycling on the footpath, and was fined as and ordered to pav 7s costs. Charles Jury . was similarly dealt -with on a. charge of cycling at night without a light. Alfred A. Alien was brought up on a charge o f • having forged and uttered an order pur- ' porting to be drawn by A. H. Waldie on ! H. Goldwater for the payment of £lO. • The accused, -who h'ad been arrested in I Wellington, was remanded till this . I morning.

Welcome news for school cadet officers is contained i" a circular issued byMajor McDonald, the new officer commanding the public school cadets of the Dominion. In forwarding the revised and simplified form of "claim for capitation," he states that this is the only return—with the exception of the target registers, which are essential, as they contain the results of compulsory shooting upon which trophies and badges are awarded—that the officers are now asked to render, and it has been so simplified that it necessitates very little trouble in its- compilation. Major McDonald goes on to invite oll'ieers to make suggestions' with a view of in any way improving the cadet system.

In sliite of the inclement weather on Tuesday afternoon niore than thirty ladies met at the Central School to make arrangements for the coming fete. The headmaster reported what was being done by way of arranging stalls a"id providing 'different attractions. The company which recently produced " The Magistrate " is arranging for a play to be give-i in a large marquee erected in the. playground. Another attraction wli'h is exciting great interest is a photographic competition for amateurs, of whom there is a considerable number in New Plymouth. Mrs. Dockrill has kindlv offered to take the prcsidencv of the 'ladies' committee. She consulted with the members of the various subcommittees, and it was agreed to meet again on the last Tuesday in September. The twelve-year-old son of iv prosperous Chinaman named.Chu has been executed in Yunnan for being put forward by his father as the rightful claimant to the throne, says a Peking correspondent. Chu, acting under the influence of Taoist priests, claimed to be a descendant of Chu, the first of the Ming Emperors, and, rallying clansmen to the number of two thousand', armed with old guns, bows, and s]»oars, he placed his son-,at their li-:i.l :■;j..l marched on Yu.inan, the pro.in.-ial capital, preaching an anti-'Mnnehu crusade. Near Yunnan a detachment of the Viceroy's troops routed the insurgents, several hundred cf whom are reported to have been killed or wounded. All members of the Chu family were promptly slaughtered oy tlie Viceroy's orders, The youthful (l.timant was. previous to his execution, paraded through the province in a cage a- a warning to other pretenders.

Settlers whose children' have been attending the lluvimoana half-time school, complain to Ihe Education Hoard that the system of half-time schools is an absolute failure, and that children can not make the progress they should. They therefore ask that the Hoard shou'd open a full-time school. Utst return ot the attendance at the school showed Ihe average to lie 5.8, which is counted as six. The teacher's salnrv at the lliiriiuoana full-time school 'would be tllti yearly, at the rate of tli per allium per capita. The Iluriinoaiin school hu„ been worked in conjunction with ■Unit at Tahora. where 11.,' average attendance «f pupils w.es

vet uracil iis ni-.w. The two schools at the mU' of Cfi per capita, provided n .-.limy ol' CfK). hut as -tlio rcgulatim!.provide f«r flic skitus of the teacher of two half-time schools being raised il has been .possible for this particular Ink her /to receive C 1"20 per annum for teaching on six days a week. If the Education Department adheres to its decision contained in the letter quoted below, the local Education Board will liml it ilill'icnll to carry on. If Ihe rule is made general, it will puzzle a good many hoards to pay their way. In the past it lias been the practice for the Department, without solicitation, to

make periodical advances to the Hoard I'rom the authorised maintenance grant. This year the money didn't come to hand is usual on .Tune SO til, so after allowing a reasonable time for delay in transmission and.still being without tiie remittance, Mr. SVhiteonihc made application for it. The following Is, the reply of the lnspcctor-Oencrnl of Schools: -.1 iini directed, to aickuiowledgc tb« receipt of your memorandum of I2th inst., making application for a progress payment.on account of the Government grant for the maintenance anil repair of school buildings for the current year, and to inform you in reply that the Slhiistcr regrets that he cannot »ce his way at present to make the advance asked for. I note that yflu speak ol half the grant as being" due on the | SIHh .(line last. I would remind you that the grant in intention is' dependent upon the vote of Parliament, and even so is not due until the close of the vear. Any advances thai may have been made under special circumstances in the past have been made in anticipation of the vote, and cannot be taken as « precedent." Jsfl. SHELDON'S MAGNETIC LINIMENT ' fitr.es Klicmiuitlvtu, It will penetrate to your very -bones, .soothe and subdue rhe'pain. Rub it in freely. It will not blister or burn the skin. (Ruii it jn, nn.l the pain will stop. It can't help -but /io you good. Price, Is fld and 3s. Obta<a.able' eyerywhere, , . v

Typhoid fever cases are reported along the coast amongst sonic natives. Hares are said to be doing considerable damage to the Ituraip crops at Alfredton, Yi'nirarapa. During the last few years there has Iwn a steady rise in the number of deaths under anaesthetics. 'ft is stated thtit, tlhe vallue of heavy wheat land in the Ashburton. district has risen fully £1 jjer acre since last season. Over two. hundred lists have now been sent out to various parts of New Zealand ,i,n connection with/the Hogg testimonial. The Amst Variety and Picture Company concluded its New Plymouth season last evening, when another excellent programme was submitted. The .Queensland Government is throwing open for selection fllwut 8000 square miles of country west of Chanlesvi'.'.o, until 'now hold by throe or four occupation licensees. Mrs'. Stevenson said " the fearful velocity of our train" had rendered her quite unfit for a lengthy address last evening. That was not the usual visitors' ilattcry.

Mr. George Bishop has s'old his interest in the lease, furniture, and goodwill of. .Hie Taranaki Hotel, New Plymouth, to Mr. James A. Tuthill, for many years engaged as commercial traveller in Sew Zealand.

Every ioa<l eonsti'mled, every railway opened, .every factory established, every form of industrial effort, a<l<te to the value of land generally. Maori lands share in tMs improvement. Maori lands should Mr taed to help .meet tlie cost.— Napier- Telegraph. Inspector Hugo, Inspector of Fire Brigades, held his usual half-yearly inspection of the local brigade last night at the Central Station. There was an excellent muster. After ladder and hose drill, the Inspector delivered an intersting talk on the theory of (ire-lighting. The humor of an advertisement appearing in the Huntcrville Express was explained by the fact that the Town Board had decided to discharge all single men, retaining only married men lor a week or two until prepared to proceed fullhandcd with the work. Four single men advertised for wives, declaring looks and age no object.

It is mot generally 'known, says the Otago Daily .Times, that quail liavo m sonic idiatrte.fas inereaecd cnoiunousiv simcc. tli* idtirothuAion to New Zealand, 'flic iOtag» AcoJimiaitfaaition Society reeem'tly authoriselT a man to secure a nutobw, i'f possMe, li'm 'ordter fchtat they Height be, sent to other parts of tile country. He spent lour days at 'farms Staititw, in Ontrtil Otag,o, unci has since .reported t'liat the iwrdia are there literally in ;t3ious/ands, appearing to itlirivc out era. the open runs. He ivns, however, iinaWe 'to kgitoli saiiy. The birds arc very shy, and can oujy to easily taken .<ttive when la heavy fall of smow'is ioa the grtnreid. At the annual meeting of members of the tngleivood Howling Club the balancesheet disclosed a very satisfactory position, there being £27 lis lOd to _ the dub's credit. The election of officers residted as follows:—President, Mr. Percival; vice-president, Mr. I?. H. Nicholls; secretary, Mr. H. Humphrey; committee, Messrs. J. Allen, J. Wilson,, (1. Sutherland, and A. Leslie; handicapi pers, Messrs. Pereivui and Gudgeon;' i mutch coiiiniittee, Messrs. Percival and [ Humphrey. At the conclusion of the business ' the chairman presented the trophies won during the past season to ; their respective winners, as follow: Champion bowls, Mr. Leslie; handicap .'ingle (pair bowls), Mr. .1. Mynott; handicap pairs (medals), Messrs. C. E. Ilamerton and F. Drake; novice competition (bawls bag), Mr. G. Sutherland.— Record.

Mr. Alex. Grtvy, ,oif tins Otalci <!'Oi'?c. writes cik. follows textile Otak'i .Mail; "I have, often ll«?a.rd persons declare a'eotiol was an ideal food and drink, wlr.le otSicTs declare it a, poivon. It .ueivr wenis to i-'trike either .side to make a test of it. hut I am willing to deposit | '.t'2o wl'th itlie. sporting ectitor of tho Oltakr Mu.il, hacMiig .myself for a weeks shovelling .nu'twl against any imni thvt ten put in htf? week ion £5 worth of beer alone, by way oif fowl and drink, while, f liiiiiFiiVniyiseif to 5s (worth of potatoes and ai'ater. If I win tli.e contest 1 mil jjivc the ewmy awi'tliier run—bihri'tK jind water ivcrsuis bWeuits and ■beer, llf I am still, itilie wiinner, T will i eoinci down t.o tilw .inni-eli dcspH.-d muk j'aiml watpv v. liter. I .diull be d2 years J of age iiex.l- mon'hli. .«o I am about twfni ty .yean- p-.u-M. imy Isivit athlHie nee, and I ami not ,a jiavvy by profession."

Most (if our readers know- that the word ' monkey ' is! in tlic commercial world accented as being synonymous with ' mortgages.' This Oy way of explanation, now for tlie story. An JSltham iiiuii, aci'oiiijjaniod by a smart little son, visited .1 fanner of his acquaintance a Sunday or two agu and strolled about the farm with him. During the stroll the little hoy appeared to be very inijuisilivc. lie gazed iui|iiiriiigly into the brain lies of al 1 I lie trees, looked carefully into Lie stal.le, ami cow byres, examined the dig ki iinel, and was evidently in search of somci.'iing. At last the fanner, who had been noticing the peculiar behaviour of the boy, said, " Well, sonny, what is it yon are looking for'/" created an unpleasant feeling between two old friends w'.ien he replied as follows: "Pa says that you have a thundering big monkey on your farm that you will never get rid of, and I want to see it." And now when tlie little boy sits down lie is painfully reminded that he is a victim of gross injustice, and he wonders that jia should punish liim merely because he wanted to see the monkey.—Eltham Argus.

For some time past a number of young fellows along the coast, covering a radius of 21) miles, have amused tacmsclvcs at what they call practical joking, and' have done it hi such a way that they have escaped the penalty of the law (says the Opunake Times). The average larrikin or individual who indulges in senseless tricks is a good deal like the monkey, having plenty of mischief in liim but very little brains. The bursting of a cannon at the flagstaff on Saturday night was a foolish and dastardly act, which' may have been followed With the gravest results. The fact that missiles of iron were (lying over the town through the force' of blasting powder is too serious' to dwell upon, for had a piece struck a lionse or a person it is almost certain that human life would have been lost, lit is to be hoped the police will be successful in finding out who the culprits are, and endeavor to put an end to all the hoodlum nets which have been perpetrated, and if men have so little sense as to find amusement in what thev did on Saturday they would do the'community a service if they sat on an exploding cannon the next time they want a scare.

The general committee of the Poultry Society met last night. Mr. 11. J, (jjj. Bert was elected chairman for the year. Tlie secretary submitted a statement of the finances, and the committee set to work to devise means for paying off the legacy of debt, an accumulation of some Ihree years past. It was decided that the chairman ami secretary, Mr. .1. H. Ilobbs. wait upon the West End School committee and ask them to hold one or two euchre parties in aid of the funds, the committee to provide the funds and prizes, assist in the work, and sell tickets. In the meantime the members of the society will be asked to pay their annual subscriptions at their earliest convenience, and the secretary >•■ • ■ directed to procure the tickets 1 issue same to the committee for'disposal, circularising those members not easily accessible. A .Suggestion that the society hold a money-raising function at Christinas was deferred pending the result of these two schemes. •. Special votes of tlinnks were passed to the Tarnnaki flnrrison Hand for its assistance at tlie recent show, and to donors of special prizes. Tlie committee decid-

eil to hold the next annual show on Wednesday and Thursday in the third weel; in .Tidy, and to request the Association to adhere to these dates. Tiie various breeders in the North Island will be circularised Immediately, ro-i|iie-'ling their support at the next show. Sub-committees were appointed to revise the schedule In sections and report to a general committee meeting on the first Wednesday in October.

You can lose your situation, You can lose your rank or station. You can lose your reputation, You can even lose your wife! Hot if thi. advice you'follow When your co::;jh'sounds harsh and hollow, , And We>,„,' Peppermint you swallow, Vow will never lose your life. 4

Sirs. R. findd, 307, Sladrus-sit. North Christchiircli, N.Z.. writes: "Chamberiain's Cough Ueinody i« a most valuable ■incilieiny. I sell n lot of it in my shop, and it is nseil in my home. I have -c----commended it to several people and .have •aever known it to (ail. There, is no (piestion but 'what, it i.s the foremost <<Hi«h .medicine sold in this district." For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.

Vor Influenza take Woods' Great Pep- <••■"•■ -\i Cure, Never fail*. H 64 and