LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 180, 3 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A meeting of director* of the New Zei'huul Tlourmillcrs' Association in (iimtehurch fast 'week, at wliieh there v. as a fii.ll nttoTiil'anw of rcproscnta.tivcs fic'ni 'the different parts of the Dominion, n-olvcd thai the work of the association should ~,'p on, and it was deter-J mined that Urn Jh«in)licr.e. should stand, t-.i|.'('lli«r. ....,, j

| The following letters received fro,n i |jl icofi beyond the Dominion are .lving at the Chief Post Office. New Plymouth:— \V. Banva.rd. Tom Hinns.fi. Campbell, IT V. ClvarM;. Hiss .\f. Flood, <\ Unv' l> I Godfrey. Miss E. 11. (Valium. I) Jots '.'. Knowhetid, ('. Marsh, W. T. OsLorne. Ilr. Pannifor, F. Saunders. A'ew .;. Stewart. The quarterly meeting of the Tavanalii Licensing Committee W-js hel:l yes. (i-rtlnv 'morning. There were present on »■ the llendi: Messrs. 11. \ Fitzli.TbTt I :\M. (ihairma-,0. W. Anibnry. W. L. , Newman. .T. R. Mc.Kcll'ar, and .'].' 15. Cou- ; nitt. The committee approved 'he ', 'rin.-.'fer of the 'license of the Criterion lintel. New Plymouth, from lvt t ; Mvil./vridc to John. JJcKora. Mr. C. T-I. Weston appearing in support of the application, Ammig Ihc passengers on the miss'.ig steamer Waia.tah, are Mr. and Mrs" lCr,ii--t I'.ige. Mr. Pane (better known as Professor linnner, a hypnotist) j toured New Zri'.'iiml in lllllli with llostork and Womtoil'-:circus. He used '.) hypnotise a man lumi'd Williams and bury him beneath the ground 'for eighti days. It will be renumbered .that nvlicn the circus was ,11 Ta.ra.imki "Prof.»ssor Homier' caused Williams to drive blind- 1 foldi'il through the principal streets,! over .a. trail previously covered l»y a! committee, in search of a hidden hand-' kerchief. ! I There is not 11 particle of opium or I other narcotic in Chamberlain's Cough | I'cmedy. and never has been since "it. I I was first offered to,the public. It is as' 1 safe a medicine for a child as for an I adult, This remedy is famous for its cures of colds and croup, and can always t.Wi'tefiuled upon.. For sale by all chenv ■ ■■■iiiii

"Columbia, in South. America, is a curious place dangerously political. Suspicion rests heavily 0.11 everyone, so much soi that travellers moving per male tire not aiuwed to use |Mck-saddles—-they -might contain arms." Thus a New Zoa'la-ndcr who lias just returned.

Xcw Zealand's trade with the United States, is considerable, but one-sided. It ] has not grown, much of tote years. The imports were £1,438,000 in 1905 and £1,(144,000 in 1110!). The exports to the States averaged about £700,000 for the I three years preceding, but last year were [ onlv lialf as ■much as .that. Among the imports, kerosene is the largest item. Last YC-.vr this was in. round numbers .■6182,000; tool* and implements came next in importance, £1011,(100; other oi's than kerosene, £83.000; iron in various forms. £OO,OOO (including wire, £00.000); tAacrp, £BO,OOO.

John Chinaman is air economist in business life, as 'the Auckland Herald has discovered in makiiia: enquiries intc. the laundry 'business. 'I hey arc fond of partners, ami the junior member of the firm, say Hip Lee. goes out to a suburb and starts a laundry Hinder the namc.of Ah Lee. If there is a special rash in the suburb -the senior partner goes ut and lends a hand, and if business is brisk in the soitv the junior partner lends 's assistance* there. Thus the two partners eater for two distinct sets of clients. Sometimes there are three partners, but onlv four Chinese laundries are kno.vu in Auckland in which talior is employ >d.

An instance of the fact tli'it the practice of a man putting money in his wife's name cute two ways cropped up in tae Magistrate's Court.at InvercargiJl. Some £SOO 'was, according to the- man, so tucked «way secure from possible creditors, but iii .the exigencies of latter years part of it was used !for buying furniture. Then followed domestic un-'l Imnpinws and separation, and the wife mortgaged the furniture. The mo'tgagee sought to recover the goods from the husliand, who refused to deliver on the .plea that the goods had been bought with his money. The fact, however, that the money had licen put in his wi'fc's

name put'him ouit of court. An old-time stow is just told hy the Dttnedin Star. An old man had come to the Otu"0 diggings from the Fatherland in his youth, and "humped his Wuey" from field to field, year after year. He had no Juck, and eventually settled down in his little sod hut and worked ft poor claim among the lonely hills. Then- one day, •when hope had fled, he saw the yellow meEal. .lying in his 'boxes, and in a couple of months or so he had £7OOO in the nearest I>ank. So 'he went to Duncdin to set out for Ibis beloved Fatherland. He booked his •passage, but on the day the ship was to sail he met some, diggers, former mates, and—well, he missed the ship- That ship 'was the rararus—and she was wrecked.

Chinese women are usually believed SI to be quiet, subdued, patient creatures, ai with no spirit whatever. Such is the t< account of missionaries. In similar c terms they were described by a worker ti from China at ithe Olffistian- Endeavor d Conference.in Sydney recently. But tie ti speaker threw a sidelight on the char- b aeter of her Flowcrv Land sisters. It fi inn ears that tliey are tlie champion 1 .-■waiiers of til) CliTisitendom—at- times, w '•Once row Iwi-i a Chinese woman swear o son will never forget it," -said Sirs. J Stewart. Her wudienca begin to think I ■ |hit ttc little velJcw ladies must use i ■ frightful cxnressions when their ire is t I roused. But they were mistaken. "It s • is not so much whet «he sa-vs," wont ; ■ on the missionary, "because she speaks \ . too miicklv for n foreigner to hear it." ] •. A fei'li'.iL' of relief spread over the ; 1 sathcriiiiT. Mild the speaker explained, j 5 "It is the n wf.nl spirit of hatred she ex- j ? Kbits. The cause k' the way she is j 1 brought ui)."

lintr,re!-'t lir.s boon ,Ei'ow'"': in Bi'iull of late «« a field fir i'lKiH'l'uent. p'a-ti- : ciliar attention-iMa-viVc I'-* l '" directed tn i'N rubilvr pW.U'tirar. n-lv-1--- '"i mir.v quarters it is expected 'Mint lli-re wi'l be » cons'derahle revival in ravin''i'.' there b the comparatively near iiilnre. A recent issue' of the Sto-k Exckimge Gazette deals in detail with the financial nnd eccnoiric conditions of Brazil and also with ■the various industries and the ninny companies doing busine-si-i in the ' country. It is. of course, not possible to >sav precisely how much Bn'.'Wi and Canadian en pj bill ■'•.> invested in- Brazil, but tli« -statist'ln shew .i total of over £153.000.000. which is being Added to cvel'v month. It is stalled in the inlio- (■•■; ■: , '"ii 'ii ih- -ii'iip-Vi-".'.! that with the :„ : -,l d BiHish cuiipilr! -slew 'but - 1..VC 1 -",'" :>i iias tnki'ii ."i''.vec during the I:.'.*. '"-:-ntv ct t'vivtv v,-ai-5, whit- there '- ..-.'l -ik.'.v. for v-.tv -ii:h more. Latpe 'nt.vnf-'nri- •'.'■•- h-nvst frni" Micir ucoli'5 1 ' a.' nwdit'i ■•<■ !>• rich in miiiyrnls • '..ire =till unexplored. '::.! when d-'vevoped -■ii vb'-i to yic.M r.'ub return-', (lilies and Naldcr commenced their annual spring horse fair in Hawera on Wedui'sJay. J'.u its were in attendance ■from .''l p-'rts i.f the Dominion and Austnifia. Over SOD horses' were rata lngueil. 170 of which vi' V.' sold yesti'i' day. Tlie animals ••■■v. iV'v were of an exci'llen'. si:';n;\ Tri- '.iemt the day. land rsvTii'i ■ as 'lie :'f ■:n;ii-.i wd'-? tin.i biddiii'j "••as re'i'iivi: I/' '.. li.si;. and the sale is ivniid-ved th- '■■■-.< set held lr the fun. Cm \Ve<::r mlu..- draught.(broken an! rii'v'-.i' '"tr offered The top-pi-iii' l'c: '.■iibrei ■ ih was £3B 10s for a line Uivce-vcnr-old bav filly by Laird of A'iiol. A three-.'ear-old fillv liv Sterling Prin." brought vlllfi 10s. In 1 the broken* two fine bn'v geldings. 3 nnd •I veins of age, one by Knight of the • Thistle and the ether by Laird of Atliol, brought CSO for the pair. They were -sold on behalf of tlie Moore Hunter Estate Another 5-year-olil gelding from • the same estate, by Knight of the ■ Thistle, commanded .£3(l. The draught ; stallion, Sandv SlcArthur, found a new ' owner at £3l 10s. The fair continues ■ to-day and to-morrow.