LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 211, 11 October 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

| ••» Tlerr I'ranz Lobar, the fortunate composer of "The Merry Widow," has made £1511.11011 by iiis comic opera. A lady in a volunteer parade i- a somewhat unusual sight, but at a church pa ratio in Nelson recently Mrs. .1. i;illi,.s. who occupies the position of Matron-in-Chief of the Nursing Uescrve. marched with the unattached officers. Mrs. Gillies performed distinguished service in the Soiidi African campaign, and weais several medals.

If tin- State put up the remainder of | lU areas io auction to-morrow and sold I them to the highest bidders, the problem of finding land for the people would rest as heavily upon tbe Legislature next week as it does now (savs the AVellington Times.). The remnant should lie administered si, „s io bring ihe greatest ] relief io tlii' deserving section of oi:>-1 population, wliieli. in the absence of a carefully directed system, would be li-ff. ! wilhnnt hope of aetliiit' foothold on the soil.

[ 'Hie new compass rccenllv adopted In tlie (iernian Government for iheir warships is a remarkable insiriiiui'iit. ft ,s known as the gyroscope compass and is I the invention of Dr. Au-chuelz-llacmpfe. j A nine-pound wheel mounted in a holder lof ouicksilvcr is made to rotate at (lie rate of 21,(1110 revolutions a minute In an electric motor. After runuiiio for two 'hours tbe wheel is set in the direction of the mathematical meridia'i. which direction it maintains. The advantage of the new compass is that il is entirely unaffected by neighboring iron or steel or by I lie vibration and rollin" of Ihe vessel. A compass card attached indicates direction in the usual wav

Members of the Equilnbb Building Society of -New Plymouth (First and Second Groups) arc notified that subscriptions will be due and payable today (.Monday) at Secretary's oliice, Currie-street, from !) a.m. to 12.30, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 9 n.iu Advt.

FURNISH YOUIi HOUSE With a bottle of Dr. Sheldon'* Liniment, and next time one of the family is injiiroil your foresight will be commended. No 'household Bhould he u'iilmut tills great painrelieving, lieiili»g liniment. It is the most useful medicine you could possibly keep for daily emergencies. Absolutely <ninrm-tt-eil. Accept 110 snlistitute. Price 16 Cd i and 3s. Obtainable everywhere.

Tli c owner of the horse which recently ran into Mr. S. I'en-y Smith and damaged his bicycle, has paid cost of repairs and solicitor's charges.

I'lic liiglcwood Huron Company is expecting linger pig supplies than ever (his year, owing to the withdrawal of one of the big bacon companies from buying operations in the district.

Tin.. I'invderliaiii Street bridge and Gill Street extension loans have been oversubscribed. Xlic Finance Committee of the Borough Council lias allotted the debentures at an average premium of <s per cent.

Constable I. 1). Mclvor, of the New' Plymouth police force, has been appointed inspector of weights and measures for the counties of Taranaki and Clifton, and the boroughs of New l'lcmonth, Inglewood and Waitara. ; The Feilding Star states that .Mr. Williamson, sea., whose son was killed at the lire at Feilding on Tuesday morning last, was' a passenger from \Vcllin.r. ton on Tuesday. The first news of the catastrophe he received was when he opened a paper in the train. There was a good attendance at Mests Pictures at the Theatre ({oval on Saturday night. The company will appear us usual next Friday ni..|i'| l,„i owing lo the Theatre being oThcrwHe occupied on Saturday, no pcrl'onuanc will |„. guen „„ (lint day. The Taiiki Hotel, which wu„ dcl.roccd h.v lire on Thursday -ning. was i' eently purchased |,v (|„, \,, s " (v >|,. ,• "• Sims, from .Mr. (.'. Mi-Master, lbloriner .owner. T|,,. buil , n .,\- ;„' •<»red for m.O. and I lie fnrniiure etc lor £.1111), but the names of the com>panies holding the risks are not ya available.

■Mr. A. Jlorton. who guides the destinies of the Ingiewcod Itaeoil Co as its chairman of directors, told the shareholders on .Saturday Hint tl„. v frequentl.v received very high compliments from customers concerning the qualilv of the company's,' bacon and hams, both from purchasers and from people for whom the company had cured pigs, A letter from one of the latter was read at the meeting, th e gratified client saving, "I could nut hope to get a lietter'cure." Scientists in every part of the world will be interested to hear 1 that a rock specimen brought back bv Lieutenant Khaekletoii from th e far interior of the Antarctic continent has been found to contain fossil wood, a species of pine. Ihis is a most important addition to the disfovery of coal, which was found at an altitude of 7000 ft. in latitude Sudcg. omul, south, and proves conclusively that the ' dead continent" was at some period of the earth's history able to cany forest growth. The Jlaoris have a novel way of cooking tuna (eel). The fish is bound with' ratirikau leaves and baked in n Maori oven. It is said the full llavor of the tuna is thus retained, while the baked leaves add a piquancy peculiar to the ranrikau shrub. At the dinner given bv the natives of Otaki last week in commemoration of the opening of the College, this dish, says the Chronicle, teas much in evidence, and its popularity a-moiig t.i,e pikeha-to ..sav nothing df t.ie .\liii.n--giiesls was a revelation. We are in receipt „f t,|, c October number ol (Jood Cheer, New Zealand's popuh"' I journal. The issue is a creditable <ine and should do much to enhance the esteem in which this luHit production is held. Housewives are particularly well provided for in the matter of cooking and general hmts, while all members of the household will find stories, poetry, jukf-* and interesting articles. The children's letters cover almost four pages. At linlf-a-croivn a year, post free, (ioud Cheer is wonderfully cheap. In his report to the Borough Council, which meets this evening, the manager of the municipal abattoirs (Mr. T.°.l. Hcakcsi states that during the mouth 01 September 148 cows, K bullocks, j calves, 575 sheep, 07 lambs, and 13.> pigs were slaughtered for local consumption. Compared with the corresponding month of last year the returns show iiicrcas's as follows^-- CulHe 17, sheep 40, lambs il>, pigs IS; calves being equal. Two cows, I bullock, i sheep, and 7 pigs Ki're condemned. The fees for the mouth were .tllo l s 9d. " There's an idea amongst some I I' 1 '"'" «i'd .Mr. Hall at Inglewood on Saturday, "that when a farmer has' n leu pounds to spare he puts it away quietly in a hollow pukatea log. But he doesn't. He takes it along to the savings bank and gets about .I'/, per cent, for ii. Mot , ls u shareholder of this bacon company he's paving (]i/„ per cent, for the right to use'that lnonec m his own interests. That's not good business, lie should put more money in the (Oiupany, and so lessen the necessity for the company borrowing from the bank." And the farmers present look tlmt view.

At the annual mooting of the Ilawera Chamber nf Commerce on Friday evening ihe prcsidem i.Mr. ISarton) referred I" Ihe proposal t„ hold a winter show

j.n Ilawera. (he Star reports. Jlo sa.it , thai the eoniiiiiilee of the Cliamhe-, alter thoroughly disclosing the matter, arrived ni the conclusion that a winter show in Ilawera was not only of very great importance to the dairying industry, to the farmers of the district anj to importers' of agricultural machinery, but it was a matter of importance *u the people of Ilawera in particular. The farmers agreed that Jlawora was the place to hold the. show. The only difficulty was thul of site. The A. and V. Association were of necessity tied dow.i to their present site, the reason being that they are trustees and their money J could only be expended on their own ground. The A. and P. members recognised Iho importance of a winter show, and although they could not promise their assistance as a body he believed they would give the project support individually. He suggested that a committee from the meeting be formed to go into the question of ways and means. This was agreed to. |

The Taranaki Garrison band was favored with better weather yesterday for its sacred (concert in the Recreation (.'rounds. lit was a lovely afternoon, and hundreds promenaded the paths round about the band rotunda or sat beneath Hie trees, enjoying to the full the splendid music which the band produced under the direction of Mr. C. 11. Anderson. This was the lirst really public appearance of the band under it's new conductor, and the critics were well .pleased with the improvement ill tone, despite the inclusion of several young instrumentalists. Some of 1 Insolo work yesterday was very line, particularly Messrs. Saunders' and Sturniey's efforts on the cornet ifnd euI l'l "mi respectively. '.The Village lihii-ksinith." nhvnvs a popular theme. [ was beautifully played, and. Hie public were quite unprepared f„ r t| K . v< „.„| solo by .Mr. Anderson. Krom the lirst note it was evident that here was a|

| singer willi a voice of great power and I richness inn] purity, well developed and • well controlled. Tlie cud of the verso ' was leached iimidsl l,]ie regret*.' of his I hearers i.liat thn solo was so short. The i band discoursed a liberal programme °f | well-balanced music, and their next | Sunday afternoon performance will be eagerly looked forward to. I "If we went bung, what would be I (ho price of pork?'" asked "Mr. Morton !at the luglcwood Bacon Company's I meeting on /Saturday. '* A penny'a I pound, M promptly answered s'everal ' j shareholders Mr. Morton said that un- 1 ; dor such conditions, if thev should come , ' about, fanners would not breed and j fatten -pigs for market, and thev ooulil i not all'ord to lose the profit* from this I particular "side-line" of the dairying j business. At a later stupe Mr. "Morton j declared that the Inglewood J'acon Co. j stood between the farmers and a low . price for pink. Hear, hear," yelled the meeting, The same sentiment wasi I tom-.hed by Mr. Williams. who stated j I that the company had been the 'salva-1 '.lion of the district, lie feared that I some linaneiil conditions sought to be j imposed mipbt drive shareholders to another company, where there would be no deductions for payment of 'share capital. *'Tt/s a matter of L s. d. with some of them." he said. "It would be a matter of t's. d. to them if the coin* |

pany went out of existence," chimed in Ihe chairman, who went on to thank

Ihe shareholders' for their loyalty to their company in tin. past, and Io express the opinion I bat thev would lie .just as loyal to it in the future, for it was in their best interests to be.

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