The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 24. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 296, 24 January 1910, Page 4

The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 24. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Shareholders in tlio Tnraiinki l'etroleuui Company will scarcely need a reminder tllat the adjournal annual and the extraordinary general meetings nl the company take place in the Tncatre Royal to-day. Proceedings will Jio doubt i be interesting, hut '.ho rosultn cannot he even hazarded, as it is not known on which party the weight of the proxy j vote has been bestowed. The supplies coming into the Mew Plymouth and Paten grading works ns yet show no sign of diminution. Mr. Struthers. of Pihama, shipped 'fifty bullocks bv the Kaipara on his own account and ilnl not insure tliem. He' will tip a heavy loser. The first sod of the Waitara waterworks was turned on Friday by the Mayor. It is estimated that the cost of the service will be £IG,OOO. The total length of the New Plymouth breanwatur is 3512 feet, or . rcarlv hah' a mile. The cost of th P last 000 feet has averaged 1153 per foot. An enterprising individual has hit i upon an idea, old enough in England \ and at Manly (Sydney), hut new to j Wellington, of turning an honest penny on the beach at Lyall Bay. He lias secured a large number of chairs, and when crowds congregate hires them out by the hour. His charge is twopence per hour if they are used on his "pitch, and threepence an hour if removed to any other part of the beach. The depth of water in the harbor at the time of the survey during last week was. very satisfactory, showing very slight alteration from the previous month's survey. Depths had increasedin the more important parts of the basin. The outside berth had a depth of from 15'/gft to IT'/oft at low water spring tides, and the inner berth 10ft to 17ft where vessels lie now. Mr. Maxwell said the depths were very satisfactory indeed. The chairman remarked that the harbor wasjiow almost available for any of the intercolonial vessels, and would be q:;ite deep enough with a few weeks' work by the new dredge. The athletic reporter of the Auckland ITerald is responsible for the following , interesting paragraph: —In conversation with Gunner Moir on Monday evening, : he told me that he was determined to meet Tommy Burns again. He had issued n challeage, and had hopes of meeting him at an early date. The : "Gunner" said he was not himself when lie met Burns in London. He was kept ; waiting in the ring for a considerable time before the American put in an appearance, and this, coupled with the tact that the world's championship and a purse running into several thousands of ■.pounds' were at stake, unnerved him. He is confident that he could make a - Jbetter showing against Burns now. Moir would like to meet heavy-weight ihoxers during his tour of New Zealand, hnd is also willing to spar with wellknown amateur heavy-weights. The matter of placing a set of the New Zealand Statutes in the referenceroom of the Public Library was mentioned at Friday night's meeting of sub- ; seri'bers 1 , the matter arising out of a com plaint by Mr. A. E. Selby that there was no place in the town where these • could be seen without payment or without placing oneself under an ohliga- 1 tion to someone, else. The chairman and ] Mr. Eyre-Kenny were both of opinion ■ that the suggestion was a most valuable one, and it was decided to ascertain upon what terms the books could be ot>- ; tained. Mr. Selby said that he had only < become aware of this deficiency in the ; library the other day when he wished i to refer to a matter that it "wasn't i worth while to take to a lawyer." And i .then the laugh turned on the chairman " of the meeting, who is a member of the i legal profession. 1 The question of finance was introduced 1 by the chairman of the Stratford County Council (Councillor G. A. Marchant) at 1 its last meeting, the position being con- 1 sidered anything but satisfactory. The ( chairman said the Council was hampered) and crippled owing to the fact that over , two-thirds of the ratepayers had not ( yet paid anything at all of the ra , now due. The consequence was that it 1 the Council issued cheques for the f amount of its liabilities at the present A time its overdraft at the bank would | greatly exceed the legal limit. There- ■ fore necessary works could not he put ] in hand, which played havoc with coirity r •operations. After some desultory diseussion it was resolved to strike the \ rates in June next year; and, further, f that in regard to rates now payable, ] ratepayers' be publicly notified that un- j ( less at least half the rates now duo are t paid by Ist February the. whole will he f sued for forthwith.—Post. p . An amusing story, which seems to in-! i dicate that a good deal of individuality 1 can be shown in interpreting the scales ! r pf railway freights, H' forwarded bv a ! 1 Buckland correspondent. A farmer | ( made enquiries at the Auckland station s as to what the charge would be for the < : ra i 1 a ire from one of the suburban star itions of a rattle-truck in which lie 1 wished to forward a purebred calf some r taino months old. He was told the charge r ,would be 17s (id. lie did not order the r truck, however, until he readied the j suburban station, where he was informed the charge for railage would be i 7s sd. On presenting the consignment notes to the stationinastcr later in the | day the farmer was agreeably surprised I to lie informed that in qu'otinsi the ' (freight a mistake had been made, awl ' the correct charge was 5s 7d. Thinking F jhe had 'been let off 'too ligklv, and " Hieing a conscientious person, he' con- 1 isult.e.l another official elsewhere, who 3 said th it purebred stock under twelve ' imontlN old was allowed by the regula- . tions to be carried free, and he advised 1 ;the farmer to apply for a refund of tue ® amount, naid. 1 ' 1 t. vnrxi; Pi/niorTii.-Xow yoii]' chance to secure a siuar looking, i 1 tailor-finl-lied. boxed suit for yours, ff. ri Most of tile well-dressed a outlis von h see in New Plymouth set their best v suits from The Ka-h We've just I'm- v ished a lot of youths' suits in plain » knick;rs. buckle and strap knickers, and ' lmtton-knecil Knicker. made from the '' most fashionable r-lotlw and finished in tip-ton style, with well-fittinc padded ® shoulders and jroofl-fittinsr suits.' We - have them from 2!)s to 40s Gd.—THE n TCASH., I - - -

According to !!i-hnp Ne'ijf.in. of Auckland, Xew Zealandois a few goawal.io!!* hence will be unable to walk. "In I lie country,'' he said recently, "they ride a horse, ami in the city they take a pennyworth of electric tram. Why, their legs will become atrophied."' A man weighing about thirteen stone (Says the .Nc'w Zealand limes) attempted to clamber through an open port of the Mararoa at the (Jueen's Wharf 011 Thursday night as she was leaving for Lyttelton. He got his head through ties port, and then a constable Helped him ashore. The Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph writes:—Ministers and others who have been brought into close contact with Lord Kitchener since iie has been here are amused at the idea that he is of adamantine reserve. They speak of him as an exceedingly plea.-ant ami companionable man who talks in private conversation with the utmost freedom. Uis reserve is purely official. One of Auckland's Justices of the Peace was startled by what one might call the retort unconscious when presiding 011 the Hunch the other day. lie was in an amiable and merciful mood, and in discharging an alleged '"drunk and disorderly" he said: "Now, then, I would advise you to keep away front bad company." And the prisoner sam (feelingly): "Thank you, sir. lou won't see me here again." Mrs. Carter, wife of the conjurer, is said to have had a narrow escape from death at Gis'borne last week. In one trick the ladv is hiuiled up in a chair, and at the firing of a pistol disappears into space. At Gisborne a- member of the company had used the revolver in the afternoon for target practice, and forgot to remove the bullets afterwards. Thus when the trick was performed in the evening Mrs. Carter had the unpleasant experience of a bullet whizzing past her head when the revolver was fired off by her husband. Fortunately, no one was injured. 111 an address to the Federal electors of North Shore, Sydney, one of the candidates, Mr. J. B. Steel, quotes the following paragraph from the Tokyo Asahi, a powerful Japanese newspaper:—"lt is a serious matter that in denseness of population Japan already ranks as the second or third among nations, and that, with American doors closed against the race, tl\ere is' little hope of an exodus in that direction. ... A more hopeful field is Australia, with its proverbial natural treasure to be exploited. These Sonttli Sea Islands are at present in the monopolistic possession of .European Powers, but the very climatic conditions are against a large influx of white settlers. Japanese have given a proof of their capability in the pearl fishery in Thursday island." The Hawera Star reports that Mr. .Rheese of Palmer road, met with painful injuries on Monday afternoon last. He was in charge, of a mow-ing-machine near the junction, of the Manaia and Stratford-Opunake roads, when one of the horses took fright, it is said, at a motor-car. The result was' that Mr. Anderson had a damaged leg and the machine was also somewhat the worse. After repairs had been effected at Mr. G. Rae's, tire horses were again attached. Anot.hep, runaway occurred, and Mr. Anderson was somewhat hurt about tlie head. He had one ear torn a little, and suffered from concussion of the brain. He was' fully conscious when attended by Dr. Tovey (locum tenens for Dr. Maclagan). and is reported to be progressing favorably. The Harbor Board received on Friday a letter from Mr. A. L. Humphries, secretary of the Seaside Improvement Committee, asking the Board to leneiv the privilege granted to the committee last year of granting, as far as camping and picnics' are concerned, that portion of the seashore in the vicinity of the breakwatar. In asking for. this right lie pointed out that the object of the committee was to further improve by providing with further conveniences the above-mentioned portion of the beach, and so make it more attractive to picnickers and pleasure-seekers. Since having control, he pointed out that the committee had expended a good deal of money in the furtherance of this object, and he undertook tlia't if the Board still alJowed them to maintain control further conveniences would be provided which he felt sure would be much appreciated. If the request were granted the Board might rest assured that the privilege would in no way be abused. The chairman moved that the request be acceded to. Mr. Wilkinson secondel, and the motion was carried without discussion or dissent. j In view of the number of serious shipping disasters 011 the New Zealand coas'ts' of late owing to vessels striking uncharted rocks, Messrs. Maxwell and Wells, members of the Harbor Board, suggested to their colleagues the advisability of authorising the new harbormaster, when appointed, to carry out a survey of the approaches to the New Plymouth harbor. Mr. Maxwell pointed out. that it would be possible to • j with a light chain stretched between j two boats and buoved. so that the distance from the floats to the chain would J be greater than the maximum draug'it of any vessel likely to ly> trading ti the port, so that any obstruction in th* fairway likely to be a danger to navigation would be promptly indicated. Tt was well known that sounding with the line was not all-sufficient, for it was quite pos'sihle to sound all around a pinnacle ,-nck without detecting it. The <~orinna. it wonld be remembered, had I struck an uncharted rock not very far distant from the breakwater, and'it is as well, in view of the possibility of larger vessels visiting' the nor< in the near future, to ascertain if there are j anv more, and if there are none, 'r make that fact generally known. ] BE WAKE! ! "To MESSRS SANDER and SONS— ! Dear Sirs,—l just think it right to let j you know of the deception worked on me after two ounce bottle of I SANDER'S EL'CaLYTI, Bendigo. We -eceived tn-dav two bottle of EUCALYPTI'S. rind the enclosed wrapper around the battle. Back thov will go 'ike a shot I hav-' oo'on tis'ing x}Out' Extract myself a nd family, and giving it to tnt' friends, for over forty years" and none other will suit me. ' I well remember my good old mother saying that she would end her davs cheeri'ullv bv go,Ti<r around praising and advertising your Extract, for she herself had derived so much be:ielit by using it. 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