LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 201, 29 September 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tn the course of a discussion at Eltliam on Saturday Mr. McKenzie re marked that hi* sympathies Mere wii.'ji the people back ill the bush, where there were no v nads, .tracks, or railways—not with the making of roads in towiis.

In the S.M. Court vestordav moruin« Jiulpnent was entered for plaintiff tile following ca ses:—Ta ran alii Oil ail Freehold <'o. v. W. U. Cook. claim C> "J! 1 ' ISs : Xl '«' Plymouth liar>or Hoard y. Mrs. R Cosscy (Ttowan). claim .U Os /d. and costs Hi> ; y, MV I lynioutli Harbor Board v. Thos Krown (1-Iltliain). claim 4s nd, and coi's 14s; Join, McKean v. P. J. Howie,'-. aml , co S t S ( io".° ~Nt ° f diallonor ' Jtl

ih if meeting of shareholder in the ITurworth (Upper Canfogton road) Co-operative Dairy Company was held on Monday night. It was' decided to vo untarily wind up the company, and Mi. B. Peperell, of New, Plymouth v"' 1 ! 11 ', 1 "PPointed liquidator. ♦Negotiation* have 'boon procoGilina for some tune with a view to shareholders 111 Iho old company joining the Alamo- "/' r'l'y } , '»»pnnr, 'mid for f|,e Ilurworth factory to be made a creamery ot the Mangorei factory. The resoldli<nia passed at the llnrworlh meefin" ! will need to, he confirm „f, I meeting. lUI,

. 1 prize list, totalling £2OO in value, received hy the Wnc of tw Zealand AVJieelmeji for its roil race- (112 miles), Timaru to Chrisielinrcli. on Saturday, October 30 is it trading a groat deal of attention The race will be over the usual course hut «i l finish at Plunipton Park, three »>'les from Chrfetehurdi, and will™, sure competitors a clear course ail v n° ,l n l " The , Prague proposes to pro--1 1,11 competitors wiffi a plan of the course, and as stewards will he placed at all awkward turning to direct com petitors no dillicult-y should he found 111 easily obtaining the correct course Refreshment stations will be placed at l-ingitata bridge (31 miles) ami Chcrtsey (7.i miles). Ve rv complele arrangements are being made for the a,, commodation of visitors, of whom a Iniffe number is expected. Entries will elose w,ll, the Secretary . Christchnrch on October 2.

The A .B.C. Boot Co. are busy with heir boot sale. The heavily cut prices olToiing are meeting with hearty >•(.. sponse. [hp recently purchased'stoc'< cist"" at eXilCtly Imlf ' pricc for

The Awatuna Dairy Company has decided to consign the outpHt of cheese on advance without recourse through Lonsdale and Co,

A novel oiitcli was made at Briglltwatc r on Saturday morning by Mr. Jessop, who captured an albatross. The bird was not very large m fcody (sate the Kelson Evening Mail), being apparently voting, but its spread of wings from tip to tip was Oft ll'/jin.

A Lower Hutt contractor, giving evidence before the Lower Hutt Borougn Council on Monday night, stated that lie wns receiving 2s a yarn less for metal to-day that he was receiving six months n«o. Tile cost of all material liad "one down. He had been ofTercd pipes" at a discount of 20s per cent. Wages had also fallen. In order to compensate for the loss of the fees received for the publicans' booth rights (the racecourse now being in a no-license district) the Avondale Jockey Club ran a "soft atufl" booth on its own account. On the first day of the races the stock of drinks ran out, although it was thought sufficient h-id been laid in for the whole three days. A gentleman from Masterton, interviewed by the Fcilding Star on the subject of no-license in that borough, stated that (he new order of llihas had not prevented progress. One large linn has in course of erection a brick building to cost between £50(10 and £OOIIO. Another linn is putting up a brick building to cost C 2.501). 'lliis shows, remarked the person interviewed. these firms have plenty of faith in the (stability of ilasterton and dls- [ trict.

A highly sensational story of supposed assault a»d jobbery was toUl in Dunedin abouL a week ago by Mr. A. B. Taylor, a commercial traveller. Into of Wellington. The detectives have had the matter in ■innd ever since (st.de? the Dunert.a Star), and the man alleged to have boc.l ttssiHiitod. robbed, gagged, and bound has

now admitted that his story was an invention. lie tied himself up, and was neither assaulted nor robbed. He gave several reasons for his extraordinary be-' havlbur. One was that he was not getting on too well with his people, and be wanted to enlist their sympathy. During the four-weekly period ended August 21st, 337,870 passengers were carried on the North Island maiu ra : l-. way lines and branches, as .against 372,070 during the corresponding period of last year. The revenue for the same periods was as follows (the figures for the 1008 period being in parentheses) Passengers, £39,501 15s 2d ( £37,057 17s 2d); parcels, luggage, and mails,£oßl2 15s 2d ( £5002 3s lid); goods, £43,001 4s 3d (£44,414 10s Bd)j miscellaneous, £llO2 8s 5d ( £1341 10s Id); rents and commission. £1705 0s 2d (£057 0s 2d); total, £07,217 3s 3d ( £80,703 14s). The Magistrate at Oamaru has a peculiar ease in hand, reports a Southern contemporary. Slierwm Bros., jewellers, have sued' the Mayor, councillors, and burgesses of the borough for £2O damages because the corporation dustman took awa v as rubbish a box of workshop sweepings. One of the plaintiffs staLed ikit jewellers are careful to keep their sweepings; the box which defendants' ~eivaiils removed continued two years' sweeping*, ami he put their value at £2O, because he had sent Home and got £44 10s for a four years' collection. That lot was also taken by the dustmen, but he followed them and recovered it.

U is stated on the authority of the Xew Zealand Government agent at Melbourne tint a reliable smoke-consumer has at last apparently been devised. The inventor of the new appliance is a onetime iv>i;kiit of Invercargill, and thegys* tom comprises a scientific eombinatlCs* of plate*, bars, and elements in such positions, conditions, and proportions in the furnace of the boiler as will manufacture what is commonly known as producer gas, which, in its turn, cau>rs p« rfeet combustion. It is also said to be a fuel ecoiiomiser, rigid tests proving that by it from 5 to 15 per cent, of fuel can be saved according to the condition. A company has been formed., with a

registered capital of £225,000, to work the invention. and patents have beei taken out in twenty-five countries. '"One begins Id hear now such an <">• pression as Things are improving! 5 and this from business men who ought !.o know. "We believe this to be correct, for there are distinct signs of recovery. In viewing this matter it is well to remember that we as a community have been able to contribute very little towards bringing about the improvement. The depression such a* it was and is, was not of diir choosing, and came in spite of iw*. Tt visited us through th,» drop ijL the values of our produce ami was felt myre severely than it should nave been because during long years of prosperity we drifted into an extravagant siyN' of living, and the enforced economy was irksome. We have had to materially curtail our exports and to cut down expenses in various directions in meet the changed conditions. This economy has been beneficial in two ways, and it has taught us the foilv «"»f being extravagant and it has helped u!f> Mover much sooner than it would otherwise have been the ease."—Mercantile flazelte.

Mr. Lock, a Xel-un resident, In an acnmiit published in the Colonist of hU (rip to Europe, says In- travelled from Now York to a German port in a steamer that carried six hundred German passengers. Olio parage of his narrative i» amusing:—When in the Xorth Sea, an 1 almost in German waters.. I witnessed an extraordinary sight, namely, the British fleet, or as many warships as P»ritain cuuld got together at one tim\ There were milvs of them, for it was nearly two hours before we passed them all. For a time I counted them, hut long before the last one was reached I lost the count. ;\ll the passengers on board our steamer, as far as I could lear*, were Germans, and they swelled with pride as we were passing the magnificent battleships, for they fully believed it was the Herman navv manoeuvring, and noMing could dissuade them from it. But about midnight a Marconigram was receiver! or. our steamer stating that it was the British fleet, and next morning tliere was absolutely no conversation about this great sight.

A committee visited the HiuyeraT.. and P. Association's grounds 011 Monday afternoon in connection with the proposal to hold u winter show in IL\wera. The amount of space that was thought would be required—between 20,000 and 30,000 feet—was marked off. In the course of an informal discussion it became pretty clear (so a Star reporter was informed) that the A. and !'■ Association would not be likely to liiiance such a large undertaking," and unless the money could be raised by private subscription and spent on their grounds the Association could not -n----tertain the proposal, It was suggested that if tiie Chamber of Counueiee tlioiigiit they could linance the undertailing, liv having a more central sit", the A. and I', Association would assist tlie proposal by recommending its members to contribute. The Association, however, would not be able to give anything out of its funds for buildings off their own grounds. The members of t be A. and P. Allocation stated that they were unable at that meeting to lfl !L Association to anything definite. Hie cost of the buildings is esii. 1111 tod at £2OOO. A model of a new aeroplane invented bj Mr. \. Jonasson, of Ashlmrton was shown to a reporter of the Guardian JAM Week by the inventor, who *l*o gave a practical demonstration of tho capabilities of the contrivance. According l„ llr. Jona'ssen, the principle of his machine is entirely different from anything that has vet appeared, and he is confident that when a chinc is constructed and fitted with -i motor engine, lie will be in a position to compete favorably w'ith any of tlie machines now engaging public attention. air. Jonassen's model flies like a bird, behind a motor, to a height of over fifty feet. It is fitted wM an aviator and propeller, which can be regulated to guide the machine In a.iv direction; while the planes are fitt'/d m such a way as to make it impossible for the machine to keep otherwise tiian perfectly level. It is Mr. Jonassers intention to float a syndicate and build a large machine and then compete against the machines now in tile experiinental stage in Britain and on the Continent. Mr. Jonassen said that he thud been studying the question ( of aviation for several years, but thou™ he had constructed tlie models of quite a number of machines, hie present idea was the only one that had given him satisfaction, and confidence as to its future capabilities. Sirs. R. Gadd, 307, Madras-st,, North Christehurch, N.Z., writes: "Clinmlerlain's Cough Remedy is a most valuable medicine. I sell a lot of it in my shop, and it is used ill my home. I have recommended it to several people and have never known it to fail. There is >lO question but what it is the foremost cough medicine sold in this district." For sale by all chemists and store keepers,