LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 258, 7 December 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is stated that W. Webb intends to challenge K. Arnst to row another race for the championship of the world.

It is stated bv the Mataura Ensign that a Southland aeroplane inventor is now at work constructing a iull-siwu machine which will be finished early next [year.

Jt is not Free-trade or Protection that is the matter in England (says Will Crunks, M.P.), but the fact that for;y nullum acres art* owned by 2.>00 people; thirtv-eight million people own no land at aft.

Another record lias been nuuli »y the Fresh Air Fund, originated by u " PeavM>n newspapers in London, tins year, it bus sent 230,000 poor slum children lor u day's holiday in the country, and ,it has given 4050 of the poorest a fort* I night in the country or at the seaside. | The total sum subscribed amounted to .U1'2,102 10s.

The Hope of Egmont Juvenile-Temple, Xo. 25, 1.0. G.T., held its usual jneeUng in St, Mary's Ball last night. The C.l.> Sis. S. Connett, presided over a attendance. Kro. Legg was accorded a vote of thanks for an interesting address. The programme for next week is a reflation competition lor sisters. The brothers were again the winners of the banner.

During his remarks on ilio work oi ■omen ill the sphere oi ousiness, tin

lev, J, Mackenzie, speaking at the

meeting of the. Mothers' Onion at Christchurcb, said that a Dunedin merchant hud assured him that employers were; deliberately substituting lady clerks for men, as they did not waste so much valuable time talking lootbail and horso-racing.

The usual weekly session of the lSgmont Lodge, No. 112, 1.0. C.T., was haid in St. Mary's Hall last night. The Lodge was opened by C.T. liro. Ci. VY.

Hartncll, who presided over a large ai

tendance. One new member was proposed and initiated. The programme foithe evening was a jumble sale, presided

over -by Bro. J. iliggs, and a lot of useful articles were disposed of. Major-General Kobley, a well-knowi collector of Maori relics, has made <u interesting discovery in an English coun try house. He came across a mere and a "tiki" which had been brought ti

England from New Zealand by Captain Couk in the Discovery, and which had remained ever since in the hands ol his descendants. Major-General Kobley has

iiflded these relics to his collection.

11l answer to a question m Parliament, the .Minister for Agriculture stated: It is now too late to stop the spread of many noxious weeds, but every reasonable effort is being pot forward to check their spread—so much s'o, that it is being said that the unfortunate inspectors are being "scourged with scorpions." _ The question of pure secits is engaging the attention ot the Department, 'and legislation will next session be introduced dealing with that important mutter.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Egiiiont Lodge, 1.0.0.1"'., .M.U., was .hciil hist night, Bro. A. Duller, N.U., presiding. There was a fair attendance

anil one candidate was initiated. A letter of fraternal sympathy was received from the Loyal Stratford Lodge nil the loss the Lodge had sustained by the death of the late Bro. H. J. Sole. Br, is. W. .1. Cleland, Prov. G.M., and C. I.'. Bollringcr, Prov. C.S., paid an ulli ial visit to the Lodge and were accorded ljodge honor* and conferred degrees on members entitled to receive thcin.

Two American women, Misses Margaret and Louise Bartlett, have gone to China as governesses to the children o' Liang Tun Yen, President of the Chin ese Bureau of Foreign Ail'airs. Liang Tun Yen was one of thirty Chinese boys sent to America to study in the early seventies, where lie became a ■uicmbei of I'rotessor B.irtlcu's iiouseuoid. lie

nun snows his appreciation of his former teacher-,' by inviting them to his native laivl as instructors to his own children.

jliey will live in a palace, receive a generous income, and hold their positions as long as they wish.

SI range how honesty is remarked upon, as though its possession platen the owner upon heights seldom readied by tlie average man. During llie Feild ing Jockey Club's races (says the lending Star) a remarkable ease of hones'tj miller peculiar circumstances is reported. A tariner, residing near l'eiiuing, tool, oul a tiekei nt llie totalisator on No. Ii in cine of the races, and lie afterwards found that the clerk had given him tin extra ticket (Xo. 5). No. G wfls nowhere in the race, but No. 5 won. The tanner tore -up both tickets. He said he could not conscientiously collect on a ticket winch lie had obtained by mistake.

i A meeting of the Kgmout Ktuil ' LoarU was held on Saturday afternoon, I when .there were present—Messrs T. • Ivowo (eliainiiitii), 11. C. Sampson, J. MiU'hn. unil 11. Martin. The Board ie- , solved in favor of merging the road district Into tjfe county, and instructed the . clerk to fake the necessary steps with regard to the jirescti t n | ion" of the petii tmn W flio County (joimeil. The Board decided to call for tenders for 100 yards of metal for Kenwood and other roads for 20 chains of formation and metaling on Smart road, 8 chains of metal■ling on Upland Uoad, and for carriage , of 300 cubic yards of stone for the v\ iiiivakaiho to the Unlton track, and for 50 yards of Metalling on Wills and Cc.j.iptt road. Accounts amountin" to ;O'.J were passed for payment. ° ft is not often that wild horses arc seen on the Jlain Trunk route, writes the gravelling correspondent of the '-Dominion/' but on Tuesday morning a mob ot (iliout a dozen were grazing on the railway line near Waioru, and the early gooil.i trains from Taiiniarunui had to shnv up in order to pass tliem. The strangers, which were led by a beautiful giey stallion, had come down troni ■Mount Kuapehu. Their tails, winch trailed on the ground, were each tunv ten leet long. It is stated with reference to the gvey stallion that he » a purebred animal which some years a»o mysteriously disappeared from near Waipiiknraii, llawke's Hay, ami thai since that time numerous uusuccessliil attempts hud been made to capture him. A Xortli Islander who has just iturncd from a grand lour, when in \ew i-ork witnessed the Hudson-Fulton celebrations). The illuminations were wonderful, those on the battleships especially being it magnificent sight. The great aurora coincided with the celebration, and was accepted as a good omen. I'or tivo hours during the magnilicent storm all electric wires, telegraph, telephone, and power, refused to" work, nnd all electric services stopped, A crank sect at the time was camped in tile open awaiting the end of l.lie world, and took the aurora for their own private sign in the heavens—a celestial confirmation of their rreed—and were correspondingly annoyed when nothing came of it. .Morn than tliif'. the credulous portion of the( populace regarded {.lie phenomenon in the same light, and had the scare oi their lives.

Ihe opinion prevails among a large section of travellers bv railway that "a seat, after being once occupied during a journey, remains throughout the property of the individual who first claimjed it. Ihis view of the matter leads to friction now and again, especially if an aggressive instead of a diplomatic attitude l is taken up by the person who has' vacated his seat and returns to find someone else in possession. For th" sake of public information, a Dannevirke News representative inquired whether a passenger has the right to claim a .seat after leaving it. The stationmasler replied that, by payment ot fid, passengers on the Main Trunk and South Island express l trains were allowed to book seats, but on all other trains any unoccupied seat could be taken. The placing of rugs, parcels, or any such articles on a seat did not. lie said, constitute possession, BELIEF WOKE.

The Story of Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules can be told in a ward. They actually 3o the work that the weak and wasted stomach is unable to do, and allow it to recuperate and regain its strength. They contain all the essential properties that the gastric juice and other digestive fluids do, and they digest the food just as l a sound and well stomach would. They relieve the stomach just as one rested ami refreshed i workman relieves the one on duty that I is tired and worn, and nature does her j own work of restoration. It is a simple I natural process that a child can under* stand. You can cat all you want without fear of results. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabulerf are sold at 2s ()d per tin of 80 Tabules. Obtainable everywhere,

The Wairnrnpn Daily Times says the

wonderful luxuriance of the cabbage tree blooms this season is held by tl.o Maoris to indicate a hot summer.

ill". {jadsbVj of iliiwera, is not tile only dealer in draughts who luia lost

money in taking horses to S.dney since

the coal strike has been ill progress. A Wuirnrapa man is said to have lost £3OO. A Glasgow doctor who recently 111.) le a holiday tour of New Zealand was to impressed with the beauties and prosperity that he has since arranged to «?'.l his practice and settle in the Domini m; and not onlv that, but he has iuduved a land-owner friend to follow his c.\-

ample. The two gentlemen referred to 0 are expected to arrive in Svw Zealand from Scotland at an early date, says U the Press. ( Dairy farmers in lluwke's Bay are ;tp--parently having some dilliculty in obtaining milkers this season. It may Le J that the increase in dairying has created £ a demand lor extra hands, or that few \ arc willing to follow this occupation. „ Mr. E, AY, F. (Johns, v of the Labor lie- }. partment, states 'that he has received { numerous applications from farmers ('«v ~j siring milkers, and that he could pr 3 }\ bably place a fair number in situations The demand for hand* is greater than . usual at this time of the year. \ Whether it is an evidence of ille . tightening of the silken bonds of k'n.ihsp, or a Ustnnony to the disinclination of Dominion housewives to under- ■ take what was once regarded as one o! the most sacred household duties, 4 may be mentioned that a very lanie | trade in imported Christmas puddings 1 (compounded in the Home country) l.us f sprung np during recent years, a number ' of linns having lately received ninmrou 400-gallon tankn packed full of thv's.! . delicacies for the forthcoming Christmis * trade. c Argentine frozen mutton is selling increasingly in Home; the municipal eoun- ,! cil is' forming a scheme for its adinitt. tance on a large scale. Switzerland is e now open to frozen meat, under reason* able regulations. In 1840 there were { . about 32,000,000 sheep in France, now ■ 3 there are but 17,000,000. Owing to these y figures, and also to the fact that mutton aud lamb are now very much a la mode, ,! there should be a good chance for frozen meant in that country, if could, be checked. A gogot of mutton 5" (leg) now costs in Paris Os to 7s.

While the farmers of the United States are growing more wheat than ever before in the history of the country, the demand is growing far faster than the supply. Formerly the western plains yielded from 30 to 45 bushels to Uie acre, but the average has dropped to between 11 and IS bushels; crop statistics covering the last twenty years prove that the shrinkage is going n;i at the rate of a bushel every three years. An authority inquires: "If tlio present rate of shrinkage .goes on, whirs are we as a nation'; In fifteen the yield of wheat per acre v :!. have shrunk so that it will not pay the cost of producing." There was* a very narrow escape lroni drowning at Sumner on Friday, says a Christchurch .paper. A child of foil'' or live years of age was paddling ill the shallow water just above the pier, when it stepped over a ledge and was soon baing carried, away by the receding tide. A lady who had been sitting on the sands succeeded in attracting the attention of some young men who were fishing from the pier to the perilous position of the L-hild, and one of them, accompanied by an older man who, in the meantime,

had made his way to the scene of the accident, plunged into the water and managed to get hold of the little one in time to save it from any serio'uh consequences.

''New Zealand is a lop-sided democracy," said Mr. T. E. Taylor, ill speaking at a luncheon at the New Zealand Club ill Wellington. The power to introduce legislation mos'tly depended on nomination. Democratic power was at the base, and the power of nomination was stretching away at the lop. A private member could get leave to introduce a Hill—he seldom got more. The constitution of Cabinet depended on the Prime, .Minister, and the personnel of the Legislative Council might depend on the whim of the Ministry, or even the Prime Minister. He argued in favor of Hie referendum, with the initiative, so that the people might have better opportunities to get good government. Briefly touching socialism, he said: ''l believe in socialism because I believe in the antithesis of selfishness."

There was a strange accident m the annual show at W'yndhani, Southland, recently, during a military race over

hurdles. The race was run ill heats of

two, the riders going at top speed over a hurdle, picking up a dummy and hurdling back again. All went well until the liual, when Privates Grieve and Frame set oil' neck and neck. 'iitoe horses touched several times oil the way to the hurdle, and asJ they rose at it at top speed they collided, ami hurdle,

horses, and riders crashed into one heap. A rush of spectators to the spot followed. Grieve got up promptly, with a c.it

on the forehead and minus some teeth,

hut Frame lav still for some time on account of a kick on the head. He regained consciousness, however, and the pair were able to walk, little the worse for their exciting experience. The result of the competition was declared a tie.

The prosperity of a country exists- in the happiness of its people rather thin iu figures (buys the Wairarapa Tiim-a). Politicians are wont to express it in figures ami the typical Colonial Treasurer simply revels in millions. Take the Wairarapa of forty years ago wiu-n there was literally but little money in the -district and not a single bank.

! There were no rich men in this district | forty years ago, but there was a farly happy people living the simple life. If now we expressed the wealth of the district iu figures we should require ?.«» bandy minions abont, hut the of the people is less than it was iu IBIVI. Thirty years ago Hie Wnirarapa settlers leading the simple life were self-contain-ed and self-dependent. The stress ot making and spending large sums of money was not a factor in their livs.

and the process wo now see of busini men under stress of competition Wmming" up money was then unknown. As far a* wealth and feverish prosperity go, the Wairarapa has nuule gr i at strides, but as far as the happiness r.f its people is concerned it has gone hack. In connection wilh the fatality at ti-e mouth of the Rakaia, it has 'been itpresented TTv Messrs Rouutree and Baxter, relatives of the victims, that quite a wrong impression exist* in the minds of a number of people regard in* tie conduct of James Baxter, the young man who was a survivor of the acvid -M. The facts are Unit young Ifoxter. wU) is a cripple, saw that the only dm nee of stopping the boat was to get out a.id pull it into the bank, which was only 3ft away, and he attempted, to do *o. His mother called out to him, 'Mump, Jimmy," and at the same time Hannah , tried to pass out the painter, but was unable to do so. According to M«\ | Rouutree, had not young Baxter been cripped with his paralysis he sould have j held the boat into the bank in spite of the current, but as it was he could do nothing and had difficulty in getting out of the river "himself. There was no question, as has been suggested, that young Baxter was merely trying to save' Tnuself. On the contrary, he was the coolest and most collected member of the party, and. in spite oT his physical infirmity, seized the only possible chance of avoiding a tragefly,*

There is no place iu the world where there are more Sudden and extreme change* in temperature than in Australia. We often experience a climate of fh'-e" different seasons in one day, and tti" result is that numbers of people contract a cold in the stomach and boweN. •hiiii causes sreat pain and suffering. 'JW"» is nothing that, will re-, lieve this suflering so quickly as Cham-I berlain's Colic, Cholera, ami Diarrhoea Reined v. This is' the best medicine in the world to euro bowel complaint in all its forms. U is a sure cure for Diarrhoea,, Dysentery, and Colic, and lias never been known to fail. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

Tf there' one thins The Kaah pridt* itself on it's their clothing. While Ihe quality is always first grade, the rrice is kept very low. Their saddletTreed trousers an a marvel of cheapness. ranging fis Ud. Their tailor•nade boxed suits can't he beaten. Ask 'b'-Sj salesmen to show vou one.—Tlie 'v Advt. SLEEPLESSNESS. Sleeplessness frequently arises from the liver. Tf the liver is out of order | it affects the nerves, and if your nerves i are in any way afTeeted you cannot I sleep. Do not resort to narcotics; a course of Chamberlain's Tablets Avill'set I your liver right and vou will soon enjoy refreshing sleep. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

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