LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 194, 21 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 lie North Turanaki Dairy Co. have sold their output of butle/at a satisfactory price.

There are It!' yearly subscribers to the New Plymouth Carnegie Library, 7.) half-yearly subscribers, and l>7 quarterly, making a total of 2!>l. There are no arreaiv. nil ■oiliscriplions being paid either to September TO or December 31, 111(111.

Hie Ac( liniiilis.ilii;ji Sociel v received O.OIIU trout fry yesterday from the tla•era hatcheries. Of these 1(1,(1(H) were ■rowii 1r:ml mid 10.01)0 rainbow. The, .'ore landed in excellent condition nn< ilaci'd in the Society's ponds in tin tecreation ({rounds. Latterly the Ihi rem Society has adopted the system o citing the '' wild" trout in tin; s'trvam nd stripping them of ova, and tlies 'oniig fish are fine healthy specimens. Writing in regard to the Kawhii' tearner trade, and Hie complaint o navy chaigcK o;i the lUuni at Xew Ply iionth. the Waitara Mail says:— (, \V< inderstand that- tlir* Kawhia peop!< vlm'c very well satisfied with the servic is carried on by the s.s. Kia Ora. am f a regular rn n wore resumed hctweoi hiehunga and Waitara, calling at th. iorts beween both wayfs it ivoijld mea he expressed want. As this would ais( Hi welcomed in Waitara, and as the pre icnt scow service is not what we at thi: :nd desire, it would geem a ?ood move for Waitara to join force vith Kawhia, and make an applicatioi o the Northern Company for a suitable steamed to be put to a timetable fiiml ar to that in use a year or two back Ft would be worth while for tlje W?i ;ara Harbor Board to send a represen :ative to Kawhia to interview the lead ng residents on the subject." Messrs. Oovett and Quilliam hav ivritton to the Borough Council in con lection with their advice. to the 3dayo that it was inadvisable to prosecute th two men, V. Dean and L. Trotter, wli recently broke some of the electric ligh imlbs sin Ifine street. The inspector, ii i letter read at the la*t Council meet ing, slated that he had obtains Iho confession* of the ofTepdcrs. Thi? it seems, was not so, the inspector merf y having grounds for his suspicionPor this reason the borough solicitor iccepted the men's apologies and tlici >ayment of all costs and damage dou( The letter conclude: "We are period 'v satisfied that it would have been iui possible to secure a conviction, as tli statement made by Dean to the inspet tor would not have 'reon :-;inieierit, «»n neither of them could have been eom pelled to give evidence incriminatin; himself. We advised the flavor that th fact of the oireuce being sheeted honn in this manner, with the publicity giver it tlie Council table, would be far mon .'O'ective in preventing a recurrence of tin

lu-t llian an abortiie prosecution could I possibly be. We dcslie to add that liis Worship the Mayor was) strongly disposed to prosecute, ami it was only aft-T hearing our view of Hip case that lie wus convinced the course ho adopted was | tlio correct one."

For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Ri'fiiw Peppermint Cure. Is fid and 2s Hand-pair.ted and ntow Oriental embroidered ties at the Melbourne. Ask for them.—Adyt.

A writer iu the Dunedin jStar, dealing with the extent of the rabbit industry in ' Otago and Southland, states that one firm has in store in Dunedin, Gore, and Sydney, and afloat for other countries, £40,000 wort!) of rabbit-skins. On the motion, of Mr. Quillinm (Govett and Quilliam), probate of the will of thu late AiWt Bayly, deceased, has been granted by the Supreme Court to I Edgar llirlimojid Bayly and Harold Douglas Hooker, the executors named tn the will.

The attention of the Taranaki Coiraty Council is drawn by the Stratfoivl Countj' Council to the corrosion gob-' on at the "Waipnku bridge, which is on the boundary between the two counties. It is suggested that the two county enj giiKMM's confvj? on the matter with a I view of devising some means of preserving the bridge.

Or. Allanson has given notice to move at next meeting of the Taranaki County Coucil the amendment of the Punino toll-gate schedule, providing for the imposition of a fee of 5s upon each motor lorry or motor waggonette, with rubber i lyres, drawing not more than three I tons, and 5s for each rubber-tyr d I trailer.

The Hope of Egmont Juvenile T»*mple, K(T 25, 1.0.t1.T., held their week'y meeting in St. Mary's Ilall last night. TV Temple was opened by C.T. Sis. T. Couneti. Two candidates were proposed and initiated. The attendance fair. The programme for the evnir.g was a lecture by Mr. Cocker, winch w:is much appreciated by the members.

Vn connection with the refusal of his Honor Mr. Justice Denniston to grant n rehearing of the libel action of Stringer v. Norton, in which the claimant was awarded £2OOO damages, the i defendant has deposited security and lodged letters of appeal. The case will bp heard at the next sitting of the | Court of Appeal, early in October.

The weekly session of the Eginont Lodge, 1.0. G.T., Xo. 112, was held in St. Mary's Hall last night. C.T Bro. CS. 11. Hartnell presided over a fair attendance A vote of thanks was passed to Mrs. Dowling for the able way in which she had helped at the "at home." Tlw programme foi the evening was a mock municipal election, which was much en* [joyed.

An exchange says that Mr. Ben Fulhr cabled from London that ho had secured a film of Cook's North Pole expedition. If some enterprising photographer had been on the spot and cinematograpftcd Dr. Cook in t/he act of discovering the Pole what a lot of wrangling would have been saved! Probably the Fuller film I only shows Dr. Cook and party setting I out on the expedition.

''There are too many drunken men going into hotels and in3ulting waitresses," said Mr. Kettle, S.M., at Auckland, when it was given in evidence that a waitress in an Auckland hotel had sharply rebuked some men who haa made themselves offensive to her." "I am always proud to hear of a woman who will put this down. The fact that a girl is a waitress does not entitle men ! to sneak to her as they would not speak to tneir sister or mother." Dr. Pomare says that there is no doubt that the Mormon religion is spreading among the Maoris in the North Island. The main reason, to his mind, is that the Mormon elders identify themselves entirely with Maori life. A Maori wedding recently near Danncvirke was solemnised by a young Mormon elder in the presence of a very large concourse of .Maoris, and it is now reported that thv Mormon Church 'ntends to build a college near Hastings for th t . education of converts from the Maori race.

From the publisher (Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs) we have received a copy of the "N.Z. Dairy Farmers' Account Jlook." It contains 24 pages of practical information, tables, estimates, breeding tables, etc., such as a farmtr neels to have at his right hand for ready reference, besides 23 pages ruled, 'headed. and spaced for cash expenditure and receipts. The work, which should he in the possession of every farmer, is reallc a reference book, ledger, and memoranda ill one, and is published at 10s fid, a price it is well worth.

A good story comes from Oamavu, and it is said to have the merit oFTieirig true. It appears that in Oamaru some years ago, about Christmas time, a firm "•en in business in the provision line, on totting up the day's sales, were a ham short, and the shopman could not remember to whom lie sold it. To find out who obtained it, the price of the article was charged up to every person purchasing goods that day. To the astonishment of the grocer, nearly every one who received a bill for it paid un without complaint! We have an impression on our miiid that this was imported' from the United States.

'Anxious" writes to the Wellington I Post ns follows:— "in travelling down the Wain Trunk Knilwav T was struck by the thought of all that waste wood lying there, and 5 o many men who could cut it up at 8s per day and put it on I the railway. Tt could lie delivered in the town, and could be sold easily to tlie bakers and wood merchants. Men would be employed, the land cleared, and the Government receive a good return. There is a good road to truck it at many places. I consider something could be done in this direction; perhaps somebody would suggest something ns a means to get our Government to do something, as I consider they are wasting good material and 1 money." A dog belonging to tKc occupier of a cottage in King street opposite the Westport Coal Company's yards has an unenviable reputation. Yesterday afternoon lie made a bid for notorie'ty all; l a bite for a man's leg as he passed bv, leaving the marks of bis teeth as 'a memento of the event. Often he amuses ,r J ', mlin r "P . Vol, "ff children and holding them in the street, barkin" anil growling if they attempt to move either one way or the other. He has frequently attacked passers-by as he did yesterday. The matter is fr.nHit with some little difficulty for the cur "the property of a lady, and no one wmiT.M n ° f lß ''' ' )et - I,ut *>' c would be, well advised to rid herself o 1 cos 'lu.r w : l,,ch '"«?■ at any time cost lui ,i considerable sum in dnniii"cs (here is power, of course, to proved' against the owiier and, upon the Conrt being satisfied that the 'dog is a mii ~ ' 01 ' I,P1 ' can lie made for Irs destruction. This is rather an expei, sue matter for the owner. The Story of the notorious Kelly (lane at", s®"" tol , ( ' Ul!m - V tin| cs and in various forms; hut what claims to be the littletr'- , | f "l" .l ,orformi «ncc of that little band of criminals is beiii" written by Dr. Fitchett in Life. The story wiil run into three chapters, and the fir-t appears ill (he October number pisl to hand. Handle,M, y » url , » wr „ I'xtor.v Ol the KVllys s faseinkt ' reading, and is not of the kind io pro': ducc a crop of miniature Ned Kelks tion i „ 1 hn * obtained his information from m „ st rnliah|( , bv" K! f irst bj he robbery of the Bank at Euro," wrrt «ith keen Interest to the story "f the capture, which i, promised for 1V ,W, n ' Po " oWin * on f "« i«»l« rf Hie \an D, IS(m detcetiv,. stories a ,! CWS™ in tlK ' °'' to, ' OT number ! PraL 'S, yCS rt t ° k<?s t,le of the wries" ,T nt - al in Mr 'Sf w . rlh ' r 19 "n Australian, nir. Albeit Dorrington, who is „«» ir graphic slorv'tnd Na°r SfcJJOT »"• *

a !rn! W P VT ,C | , nn V nmi!L y „ ■/ Allck i;'"il lmsiness men by tom'l' .i i ',' n' al(1 . ro P resen 'itivV bv lh> V,.w 'Jo i" 1 V fw# cx l )rc ssed nt Trade Review as th n 0 '?™ rab,e ontlook for trade in he Dominion. It was stated tha LI js noy fairly good supply of u "ne? fo. ordinary commercial purposes q i I< °Ho 1 bMk ? ■ r ° sti " <loi "K tliofr ' ,to Keep people the path of finaujeial rectitude and prudence, bv diseoiren,f I prpnws of i speculative charWw P ros F<*s of the wool and ■butler_ seasons are regarded as verv promising, whilst the prospect of a continued improvement i n the flax industry ftz l m V:r nie cmm ™* men T i • I>l ' lC ° 0t K<,w ZM11777.L ?'pondon is one unfavorable fcatmo that must he taken Into account hut hopes are expressed that this «tan'e product Will Shortly show a rscovejy to a more remunerative figure. „ r . Pr , L P' HAPIDLY CURED - [ tan been suffering from Pile, f„, some little time, and had tr';d various tu7t e i onl ntnionls for m y complaint mit I onlv grew worse. 1 j ave Be ' Pnd'T W "? surprised to I' m-iVt co ™l >, . ote 'y «ircd in four days, »o tile 7,1X0 °. n 10 Pl " s "t the same time. «• 7 mily ,lave W I IC <1 towards mv flinek recovery," writes Mrs. M,™ Monro, Cooper-street. llal,„ni„, Rej,oiia. the Rapid Henler, Is sold in triangular pots at Is Od and 3s.—Bullock and Johnston, agents, Keiv Plymouth.

D". SIIELDOX'K MAGNETIC LIKII - MENT [Cures Rheumatism. It will P e nctmtb | to your very bones, soothe and subdue | the pain. Hub it h freely. It wi 1 rot blister or burn the skin. Rub it i„ : the pain win stop. i t ean-t help but do ■™' g°od, Price, Is 8d and 3s. ottoable everywhere.

Speakiuj* at Timaru, Mr. Hogg, the now political leader, expressed a lief that the day was not far distait when those in charge of the State coach would have to give place to more capable drivers, and urged tlie workers to combine, and, by united | efforts, claim all that was theirs by I right, including land for nil who wanted lit.

It is understood that the proprietors of about 180 music-halls throughout England are banding themselves together for mutual protection. One of the results of tho understanding, which they hope to effect will probably | be the lowering of .tho salaries of "star" artists, which have been forced to high figures by the competition among rival "halls" for their services. An cx-Christchurch journalist, who now holds a responsible position on a Wellington daily paper, has, it is understood, instituted proceedings against a periodical which has printed an allegedly damaging attack upon his personal and professional capacity. It seems an apology was offered, but this was considered unsatisfactory by the aggrieved party.

Joseph Senigl, an Austrian Roman Catholic priest, shot his mother ami then himself last month owing to a love affair. The priest had fallen ill love with a girl, and informed bin parents that lie intended to leave the ' liiircli in order to enable him to marry. His mother, who was very pious, declared that she would commit suicide if such a disgrace were brought on the family. In the heat of the quarrel tins priest drew a revolver and shot his mother through the head. Then, seizjd with horror, he Mew out his own brains, As the result of his Wellington exv periencc. Bailey, the "medium," declined to admit local reporters to the first I seance at Christe.lmrch. One Pressman, however, entered uninvited and unchal-

lenged. Bailey produced three apports, a nest, sonic yellow-colored pebbles. which he stated to be silver ore, and a small bag, similar to a peggy bag. * The reporter departed profoundly unconvinced.

Messrs W. Branlon and W. R. Bakjr, j representatives of the North Coast Cooperative Butter Company, of Byroi Bay, New South Wales, were visitors to Taranaki last week. Mr. Brandon is tho manager of the company and Mr. Baker is a director. The main object of their visit (they told an Eltham've portcrj is to enquire into the white pine timber trade and investigate into the 'possibilities of getting assured supplies of pine for tiutter boxes for a term of years. They arc at the same time making fjCToral enquiries into New Zealand mcthoSs in connection with the mami-

faeturc of butter, farming methods. p'to. They recognised that ill the fur distant future the supply of white pine will he exhausted, and they wish to stave off the evil day as long as possible liv pt-o-viding for supplies. Mr. liramloii says that the straw boxes, of which sonictiling was beard a little while ago, ire [not going to do. They are light and »trong, but the straw has an odor that may be imparted to the butter. Sonictiling else, therefore, will have to talc.' the place of pine. Messrs Brandon and fiakcr's visit to Eltliam was oulv a (Iving one, and they went on to New Plymouth. During their slay they paid a visit to Mr. T. Corbett's farm and expressed great admiration for bis herd, which admiration was increased when they saw the records of bin nnlk cheques. The company represented by tbese gentlemen paid out CfiOO,011(1 to its suppliers last year. Our visito.-s were surprised to leavn tlmt in Taranaki suppliers had to increase their shareholding interest in the companies to certain ratio to the quantity of bnt-ter-fat, they supplied. Tn their factory the minimum holding is five £1 shares, anil the quantitv of butter-fat is nit taken into consideration.