The Daily News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. ON FIRST AND FOURTH PAGES. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 202, 30 September 1909, Page 2

The Daily News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. ON FIRST AND FOURTH PAGES.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Amusements. Shipping News. Farm and Dairy. National Defence. " The Sous of Devon." Whangaiuomoiia County Council. New Zealand: Described by the Premier.

» Bruce Pcnree has won the golf championship of Tasmania. The new Omata and Okato ridings of the Taranaki county arc gazetted. Mails for United Kingdom and Continent despatched (via Suez) on August 20th, arrived in London on the 271 h inst.

The next meeting of the Egniont National Park Board is to be held at Eltham on Tuesday. The December meeting will take place at the Dawson's Falls House.

A paragraph is going the rounds concerning a "row" between a bookmaker and his client at the Wanganui races. The pencilling fraternity resent the par. und state that none of the papers have as yet copied Ilk. contradiction in one of the Wanganui newspapers to the effect that neither of the pugilists was a bookmaker, no,- was either connected with the "profession." For the fourth time (reports the In-

glewood Record) the effort to form on Ingle\uwd branch of the N.Z.F.U. proved t« be ,i lailnre. only seven putting 'n an appearance. The evening was again unpropitious, the clerk of the wcath.-r evidently having a grudge against our farmers,' as lie has persistently and consistently "turned it on" on each even ing selected for their special attentioa The effort to establish a branch here will now be. abandoned until the farnicis, in reasonable numbers, seek, themselves, to establish a branch. The borough workmen on lion lay night left a deep treich in Devon street, near the .'Criterion Hotel, where they were working on the water service or drainage. The chasm was indicated in the usual manner by the display of lanterns, but these were insufficient for a scorching cyclist who came wliiz/.'ng down the hill about three o'clock in the morning. lie took no notice of the lights, and his bike crashed into the hole, throwing the rider hard on thmetalled street. Many a man woil 1 have been nursing a broken head for less, but in this instance both bike and bfkist escaped almost scathless. Visitors to Rahotu on Tuesday were L'iven a rare treat in the matter of an exhibition of the patience and pers =,- ence and the inventive turn of mind of the practical farmer of to-day. the exhibition causing more hilarity than sober admiration. A farmer was driving

three head of cattle to the salcyard-. Two went quietly, one didn't. Nav gallon under these circumstances was difh'eult. and progress slow. Sq the muctiharassed fanner dismount; d from his hor-e. and bitched the recalcitrant c -\v bv a rope round the horns to the inck of the horse. All thai was ncwssarvl now was to keep the horse moving, and this he managed with the assistance of, ids tritely ••gain]i." The unique proc-cs-liinn was watched with the greatest of interest through the township. We re-publish the following paragraph from the. Auroa correspondent of the Waiinale Witness in the hope that the police will institute such enquiries as will lead to the identity of the author of the alleged outrage' If the facts as stated can be established th. police have an obvious duty to perform. The correspondent writes that he has learnt of a disgracefully cruel incident which occurred at Auroa on Saturday. It appears that a discrepid old quadriiped, harnessed to a cart, was unable lo woks the Auroa river as the driver wished, and in consequence the animal was belabored unmercifully, barbed wire being used for the shockingly cruel purpose. After much of this 'the animal gained the bank, at Mr. Mi-Phillips' property, and then, as if in sheer desperation, plunged into a swamp. From tiffs position human effort was unavailing to extricate the suffering beast. liiit"tiie services of a bullock made the task possible. The horse lias since died. Mr. D. Hughes, a member of the Harbor Board, writes to the Hnwcra Stav complaining of discrepancies in our report of the discussion at the last Board meeting upon the question of Govcn - ment nominees on harbor boards. Mr. Hughes says: "I agreed that election by the people was proper, but considered that the Government ought to have representation on some boards, and that in my opinion New Plymouth was enc of them. I was glad to notice Mr. Newton King recognised the 6amc, and it is pleasing to find there arc men who can give credit to whom credit is due, and rise above their political feelings." No doubt the above paragraph conveys an idea of what Mr. Hughes meant to say on the question, but unfortunatelv he fell foul, early in the speech, with Mr. Wilkinson, and his intended remarks became side-tracked by a vehement assertion ofjiis immens- assistance given to the promoters of the New Plymouth Harbor Empowering- Act. Under tho*s circumstances he is unwarranted in making a charge of mis-reporting.

The New Plymouth High School Boir 1 decided some monlhs ago to appoint an additional assistant „ v ,,R(er w ith the object of making the teaching of science a. more prominent feature in the school, and also to give the principal time to supervise the teachers and the punils. Ihe whole of bis time hitherto being taken up in teaching. Mr. Hansen. M A.. M.Rc., was accordingly appointed, but owing to his receiving exceptional inducements to continue his studies and research work (i„ which he had already shown exceptional ability) nn the Continent, the Hoard had no option but to release him from his engagement. After considering a number of excellent applications, the Hoard has now appointed Mr. A. R. Ryder. R.A.. of Christeliure!,. wlin will (ake up his duties on January Ist. Mr. Ryder sits for his M.A. in November, and will then complete his B.Se. He comes in addition with a firstclass athletic and cadet corps record, and should do much to increase (he allround efficiency of the school at wlr-li the Governors are aiming. The fact of the school being a mixed one for "iris and boys has always entailed h*avv work on the staff, the number of being practically doubled. The present addition shpujd, however, considerably I improve matters in that respect. Mr. A. W. Rutherford, a pastoralis', of New Zealand, and formerly M.P. for Himimu, who is on a six months' tiip in the Commonwealth, } e at present in Adelaide, lie has bought a' ran, from .Mr. Alex. Murray for 300 guineas and another fro m Murray Brothers of l'tlibu Park, at a similar price. In the course of an interview in Adelaide last week he said: "Although my visit to the Adstraliau States was primarily for pleasure, I have kept my eyes open with a view to eventualities. f u - New Zealand our Land Acts penalise a person owniin/ aiid above ~ certain value, ami „„? labor laws discourage those inclined to 1 " IV< T "I Sl '« 01ldllr y industries; so that practically there is no investment Tot surplus money; and, again, it is pretty certain wc shall have a substantial increase in the death duties o„ lar«e v - tatc-3. That there is opening for"capital here I « satisfied, and a number lave already p„rbased an Queensland and New South \,", "y T V iav, "S, Ilillf »"<■■'* "apital in New Zealand and half i„ Australia one would largely mini,,,*,, the .rradinle-l lax. To the croaking of this'jerciiiiaii the New Zealand Times rejoins: "If Mr. Itiiflierford is templed to take ,'iinnelf ami his capital to the Australian Elysium, New Zealand will contrive to struggle along without him, provided that he will consent to leave liis few acres of dirt behind, him for the unfortunates who are obliged to remain in this' distressful country." For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure \er«r fails, la 6d anl 2s Bd.