LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 239, 15 November 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We underhand thai Messrs, Dimock ami Co. iiav,. re lined the price of bacon pigs to 3i/ 4 d per Hi. Mr. F. Asher forwards us- the first bloom of his cream peony rose, a beautiful specimen, from his garden at Vogeltoivn.

The turning from the main south mail on to the breakwater road leading to Moturoa Freezing Works is rather sharp to be easily negotiated by the motor wagsroitn arriving from down the const. This, however, is a matter that will, no doubt, iiiiin lie remedied by the County Council.

lu reference to the complaint in a recent issue concerning the sanitary arrangements at the. Theatre Royal on the 1 ninii't of the Fire Brigade ball, Mr. E. (libnoiir, on behalf of the theatre proprietary, has assured us that the abnni. inttble stench came from a -broken drainpipe undc r adjoining premises, and not from the theatre at all. The offending ilrnin has since had the attention of the plumber and sanitary inspector. The Education Department, answering the Education Board, -has written that its reason for declining to make a grant for a new school at Franklcy road is that the expenditure is not warranted by the circumstances, the air-space being quite siillicient for the attendance. If the Board requires to make alterations to the building, this can lie done out of its maintenance grant. It will be interesting to hear what the teachers, the committee, and the board will have to say about this.

Mr. C. W. Palmer, secretary of the Wellington branch of the Navy League, arrived in Xew Plymouth on Saturday night. His visit is on the invitation of the Taraiiaki branch of the Xavv League. The local schools will be visited In-day. and in the evening an entertainment will be held at the Theatre Royal. Imitation to be present i* oxtciuicd to all who have the interest of the nation an.] support of the Xnvy at heart. The programme will consist of display of slides, address bv Mr. Palmer. ' and mu-ieal items. The dress circle will be reserved fo r ladies and their escorts. 'l'll., sacred concert which was to have l»eu held yesterday afternoon at '•Antca" Has postponed for a week. The

committee in charge of the nr'rau"cmen Is was informed l,y Mr. Sole '%, Siilurdiiv morning'that' owing to the rains of (h ( . morning and the previous night the grounds would be damp and postponement was accordingly decided upon. The Harrison Band received on Saturday a parcel of sacred nni-ic (selected in Auckland by the conductor. Mr. Anderson), including pieces based on and containing some of the most . popular hymn tunes. These are to be put into members' hands without delay and some of them added to the pro' gramme for next Sunday.

The management of tli ( . local poultry society got a bit nf a lalking-lo mi l-"i-i----'l'i.v night at (In; hands of one of its members, Mr. Scott. 11 0 laid down n.tile basis of his remarks that the society, or, as he more frequently termed' il. the fanciers' club, was sucli Only iii "■mio. All it seemed to live for, hj« explained, was the holding of a slimy. For a few weeks before the show some interest was displayed in poultry. TK -liinv oyer, (here seemed always ( 0 he dillienl y in _ making ends meet. And Urn the •.neipty seemed to jo to sleep ""ill il was (line (o arrange the next n'T' ~ ",'' ,')'' 10 ffils " ott ' m '-i t,le "™c I hi? Jrol.al.ly nobody. The sociefvi '"il" t seem to lie growing. There were

no new fanciers, and no one seemed (.. lake any trouble (b new fanciers. -V encouragement was given to I Ik. small exhihilor. no hints as to maua«e "ifiH of n7s pens, or as to the proper preparation „f bis bint, for show MKcult .said he liaeTbeen a member of fanciers' elubs at Home, and' there il !" ! iho eiislom (o hold regular meet mgs, when papers of interest 1,. the fanciers were read ami discussed. Ad-

vice was always obtainable bv "voun" fanciers, whose rank,, as a resnll' were conslanliy increasing, more (han compensating for tlic loss from time to tim ■ <<( die old mainstays of tl.e dub owim; lo removal from the district or otherwise. ITe would like to see somcthin" ot the kind done here. Mr. Scott had | barely resumed bis seat when another member rose and moved without comment that Mr. Scott lie appointed to file I yoiiiinitlee. vice Mr, S. Tied, resigned. I lie was duly elected, and before |1„. I meeliir.r dosed had coiNenHl lo read a "I'l'er ill a special meetiii" in February '"■ali'ig will) Ihe snbiecl of "Tlow to I'repnre birds for show."

All egg dropped, without being beaten "if" a glass of cream, taken at, everv ""'Hi. and. before relirinu', will if ri'MK»i'»ly followed, put llesh m \ the iiiin girl who desires lo he plump. There is to be a great slaughter ot prircn at the A B. 0. Boot Shop. The fiiv has been successful in securing he stock-in-trade of the nue vVm. Haiicoek. A liig sale is now proiccding, and a discount of iCa i* the £ will he allowed on all narked prices.—Adrt,

The Key. S. S. Osborne- will act u» supervisor in the university exami.ia lions for matriculation, medical and »n<mieering preliminary. and scholarships to be held in St. Andrew'* ""h»Olroom from Tuesday, 30th hisi-., '■' Friday. December lfl. Tliere are four enn•liiiates .for scholarships; five for niedi'cal and einriiieerini,' preliminary, and hhirtcen for matriculation.

In its commercial cuhmui.v on Wed-j ne-dav I lie Wellington l'»-*t remarked: l.ocaliv the conditions are brighter. Loanable eredit is in ample .supply,, and more money is going ialn circulation lbroug.li the disbuisciiA-us of butter and elieese factories, beaiji ihills, and M'ool mils, ii.i.'ims liud tli'.u engagements are well met. and meivhiinilisc orders ire improving. Mam of the retailers ire anticipating a good Christmas .trade, and their anticipations arc likely to be realised.

The percentage for ihe whole of the Dominion in favor of nu-lk-eu-e at the last licensing poll was .">:U.">. Under the new proposal (a 55-lOOths majority) liginoni with 5U.57 would have carried iiu-iicctiiic, as would I'arnell, W'aiteinata. Mnniikau, franklin, Waipawa, Ilutt, Kaiapoi, (fcraldine, Waitnki, Dunedin City, Chalmers, Taieri, and Dunedin South. The provincial percentages were as follows; Auckland 5(1.21, llawkc's Hay 40.211. Taranaki 51.05, Wellington 54.82. Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland 40.1)11, Canterbury 50.01. Otngo and Southland 55.84. On the above figures (assuming that the voles cast for reduction were equally divided), Wellington and Otago and Southland would have carried no.)iccnse had the proposed majority basis been in operation last year.

- In a few days the public will see a motor coach running between Waitara and ITruti, this enterprising development being brought about by Mr. A. O. Crawford, who is importing a coach driven by a 20 h.p, engine and one capable of carrying 14 or 15 passengers. It will have solid rubber tyres and will have a top cover to protect the luggage. This vehicle will connect with Mr. Crawford's five-horse coach at I'ruti, and passengers will thus find comfortable and speedy travelling right on to Awakino, which at present is the limit of Mr. Crawford's territory, but some time in the future we will not be surprised to se e .him running a motor right through to Te Kuiti. Tliere is already a growing traffic on the road, lint no doubt it will considerably increase when it is seen how easily the journey can be made. Mr. Crawford deserves to be well repaid for his enterprise.—Waitara Mail. in the Magistrate's Court, Waitara, on Wednesday, the case was heard of A. F. Lovcgrove, painter and glazier, of New Plymouth, v. the Waitara Harbor Board, a claim of £ls 0s Od, value of two sheets of plate-glass broken, it was alleged, through the negligence of the defendant Board. Mr. Grey, of Wilson and Grey, -was for plaintilf, anl Mr. Townsend for the Board. Mr. Grey, out. lining the case, said that about 2nd July last Hill and Plmner, of Auckland, consigned to the plaintiff a case containing four sheets of plate-glass, which came to Waitara by the ship Albatross, The case, on being landed from the 6hip, was taken possession of by Mr. Sampson, who was then acting wharfinger in the absence of Mr. Cameron. The case was labelled "to be kept on edge," but the wharfinger, despite the warning of the captain of the ship, laid it on its flat, thus creating a great strain, while people also walked over the case. As a result of this, two sheets were broken, and Mr. Lovcgrove had to replace them. For the defence Mr. Townsend called evidence to show that the case of glass was lying at an angle of at least 30 degrees in the ship's hold, and as the ship rolled a good deal when entering the harbor it was probably in the hold ■that the damage was done. Counsel's argument will be taken to-day. At the Waimato County Council meeting on Thursday, the ohairman (Mr. A. J. llits'tie) said he hud received a letter recently which stated that the new patent storage battery was now on the English market, and would be on the colonial market in a. few months' time. He had cabled asking for full particulars to be forwarded as soon as possible. U all that was claimed for the storage battery was correct they could renew the tramway scheme n't once. No overhead wires or central station would be required, but only the tramway and a place to charge the battery. ]li» expected to have the particulars in about a month's time. Tnis' new icheme would mean a saving of about C 10,000 or €12,000 compared with the scheme previously before the district, and the cost of working would be much less. The electricity could ,],e supplied either at llawera or Itaupokonui end—iitKaupokoiiui tiherc was already a turbine, and a dynamo only would be necessary, or an arrangement could be made with the Electric Light Company. In the run from llawera to Ka.upokonui alone it would save the amount he had mentioned. He hail no doubt that with the smaller expense a tram scheme would he looked into very favorably. j Another thing was that ii would certainly do away with Ifa. toll-gates between Waimntc and llawera. -Star.

There is no ilonlit thai motor waggons are going In bo a huge success on the New PlymouthOpunake road. The truflic from Opunakc down is rapidly as. Burning proportions that render it almost impossible for horse cartage to cope with, and in the absence of a railway th u people themselves must provide 6ome quicker method of transit for their produce. The motor waggon recently imported -by Mr. Wooleridge in at preedit the object of considerable attention, particularly as it is similar to those that the recently-formed Motor Company ar c importing, and which are expected to arrive at any time during th? present month. This waggon is "iviti" every satisfaction, «nd the drive,, or chauffeur (Mr. lib. Wooleridge) is already convinced of its superiority over the team of horses which he used to "tool" along the road. On Saturday morning at fi o'clock be left Oka to with 04 boxes of butler, arrived at the freezing works at Motnroa at 8 a.m., unloaded and returned to Oakura, rcich jiig there at (I a.m., meeting near Oakura one of bis waggon teams which had left Okato at 5 a.m., one hour be fore the motor. The motor wa»"Ou loaded up at Oakura with more bnTte>for New Plymouth, reaching here in ample time to return down lh ( , coast. n»s waggon ijiovcs verv smoothly negotiate* (he stifiest grades on the road withnuniiiv difliciillv, and can easily average ten mips per hour, whereas th'average speed Willi (he horse (cams was from fnur to five miles, with a considerable spell for feeding purposes before re fuming. Altogether, judging by this pioneer waggon, (he oncslinn „f „„, s „ 0 . cess uf the new method f ,f („, l|sif ,„.,., '"■ answered in 1|,,, allirnritive.

At the Magistrate's Court i„ s.'ralI'ord on Friday, before Mr. Kendrick *-M-, the Inspector of Factories at -New Plymouth (Mr. H. Willis) proceeded against several occupiers of factories for breaches of the Factories v«-l Thomas Tichbon. cabinetmaker was '•barged with .having i„ | lis employ a lio.y named Harold Jones without. first obtaining a p lit from the inspector. such boy 'being under the age of fourteen years, and not bavin" passed the fourth standard. The defendants plead ed not guilty. The Inspector, in owning the case, stated that ll,e information «as laid under sections 2.1 and '"I of the I Factories Act. 1!)0S. These sections provided that no bov or girl under (Jie age of Hi years could work in a factory unless' a permit were first obtained from the inspector. Wo such permit could be granted unless Ihe hoy or girl was over the age of 14 years, was in Wic "''';',"","' " 1P inspector physically f,(,

I il y"id al least passed (he fourth stall-' I ilar hi t;Ms case (he boy had not even !■•!.•;";' the first standard. Mr. Willis' I' 1 ' 'n. evident thai in (he opinion |" : ' M -:i-!-iliiie a fourth standard edu- J <"'''■ ' V'solutely ewciili.il lo equip I ''.'''ld l"i' Hie battle of life, and the object of l|,e Deparhnent in bivingl tli's i'lfiiriuad'oii was not so much (o penalise the defendants as to inform employer... an,] parents, (no. of 11... | iiei-e-silv of complying with tliis provi-1 >''"'. To him it seemed a shameful I I'llinsr thai any parent should wl a child lo work under 14 vears of a"e and with less (,!,,!„ „ (irslstandard edu- ''"»- ll(1 ••ii'led evidence to prove bis "■:i"e. The defendant pleaded (bat he hid not engaged the lad personally. The ! '"v hid been engaged bv his son 'wbilsf 'lie defendant was in (lie Old Countrv. 'I he son gave evidence that when he I """Wed Uie lad he spoke, to (he local uv--.pecf.or. Sergeant f'ullen. about oh-

'■'ii' ; i;s a pcrii.il. and the sVrge-.nt | i"onn\e<( (o see about il. Sergeant ('iilea enlered (he box and gave (he -Hlciiienl an enipbilic denial. \ line "' C-2, with (Is costs, was inllicled. lleri, llnrkness (engineer,). Tlios. Ticbbon lealiinetmakerK Xat. King (builder!. T lleinrielis (snddleri. and' Sidnev Clark (cal'iue(ii.aker) ailmHicl (heir failure lo give l-lieir boy employees a holiday on bailor Day. as provided by section .15 of the FaHories Act. They were convicted and fined 10s and 7s costs'. LACK OF ENERGY. !

| ff you lack enerjy, don't, relish your food feel dull and eoustinatcd. all'voi mi-Hi is a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. 'IT-cv will make tou feel like a now man I ami live you a heallhv npnetife. The,' will do van i«ore yood than a lis hott'e ' of trmk. Sold by all chemists an JI stfrekeepers. « * I