LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 4 August 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.' .. ' ■■:-•', r.i-l 1!,,'- „-!■- ..o !-..(•' , JChe . impprta ::as.. ,New . (through the i ,,JpcaV^i»ms!' 1 quarter,amounted/fp £^,426,,. £33,764 in! ,th& June rquarter! Thp exports, were £ 133,282., as against' £pO,m; taja, Patea together!.the exports ;of; t h ,ir, prpvince were £432,292, as.agajnst ; year.,,..;' .'.'..':.'.';.!;-"';; The. ihearing of the case, Coleman; and Sonji builders, v. Louis: Patterson, 'a claim for £2O, balance of the contrtwt nricev,and. ;-for ■ additions to■ a aursinghome in DeVon Street West, was continued before Mr. H; S:: Fitzherbert, S.M., yesterday, ..when lengthy legal argument was heard. Judgment was reserved until ; nekt .Tuesday. :v '>.<■■ ,;..(!,• postal arid, telegraph revenue of i th«i 'Ne\v> Plym'oiith' pWtal district' for the'quarter ended June 30 was, £764<3 ; as" against V'fiWfiOi 5 16 v 'the 1 corresponding ;quA;rtef year;; The pavings 1 Bank d M fe ' ftid;Withdrawals' for 'the' same iptood. Wet'e'' 'HIM* ahW £ ; 57,006 respectively, as'compared 1 with £61040 ;I$>?: ','wili.,inspect; the. arms ,pn. issue,,,to.companies, in the ■**W2 ,<?iptri«?t asiunder m Staff, August .ft; Taranaki Rifles .and: iTaranaki Guards,, August 10 and l'X = na'ld:Mou^ed;fii n el;AuguVt)3 arid % Mewpod; Bines, M , August 10;, Elthanv t 1 ' Sa^S^'V^S 11 ' 1 * 19 an d 20;, Hawera' jßifles "August 22y ! Hawera 'Mounted- Ca-' r r Q&WM ' 23knd 24; Qpuria!kb Mburited RiHes,.' ( August'*2s,ana ! ( 20; ' fee'a (Rifles,- August "29 and '3O: of battalion and corps: have been advised' accordmglj-. ■!• ;; ". , .' ! the'usual weekly„ f session;of, the Egmont Lodge, No. 1.1,2, 1.0. G.T., w ft s held in .St,. Mary's Hall last night. The C.T., Bro, J. C. LLe g) presided over a good attendance,,, The following officers were 'Bros... C. Pepjterill; ,' i'ft'., Sis. E. White; secretary,, Bro. ,<J. .Salt .(re-elected); financial secretary, Bro. A.' White;, treasurer, Bro. Fi R.'Pepperill ,(re-elected);' Chap., Sis!' L.' Wliite; Mar., G. Hartrieil; Guard, Bro. N.''"flow-' eil;Settt. P.C.T., Bro. J. C. Legg; Sent., Bro. J. D.Roch; pianist, Bro. & Lewis'; D.M 7 ., Sis. : M..Bocock; Librarian,'' Sis! Rflsdenj Reporter, Bro.' f, Shirley.'' The 1 officers'. quarterly/ reports were adopted. District Grand, Chief, Bro'. J'. Higgs, 1 assisted by Bro. ,N. T. Maunder' and Sis. Mrs. Hartnell, installed" the hew An; extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.. of the .Mangatoki • Dairy Conipany was held on Monday to .discuss matters in connectioji with,the. furtherance of the pig, industry in Taranaki. The meeting decided ajanost unanimously that it was desirable'to work the industry, on similar lines to: the freezing companies, the idea being to go in for exportation and manufacture ( of hams and bacon for,local consumption. Representatives of the Kaponga and Elphani dairy ;ooinpanies,; were also present, and intend bringing, the question under the notice of thqir shareholders. Mr, J. Marx, chairman of directors of the Mangatoki factory, presided. Im conversation with a Star ,ieporter Mr; Marx said jt was to be hoped that all the.factories would fall in with the views pf:Mangatoki. He predicted that, there was a .big. future for the pig industry m Taranaki. < ■ ;

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>~-air. J. R. Stansell recently sold a farm »t Feilding for £SO per acre. .chaser, who is a Wellingfljih man*'tafeefr possession this month. "" *>--i Sir Robert Baden-Powell stated at a review of Boy •<< oats, at Swindon*; re- i ;:cently, that '.: • ~■■;... received, a jptter "from King Georg£.',ift which he said hV would join them, and'become their PreSi-' .dent. The following quantities of butter were held in,, cold, stores at the ena-<6f" ;July: Auckland -4350 boxes, Xew jVly ianouth 3100 boxes,. Patea 21. r i!l b%es, AVellingtori ; 15()it1fcsfe a > Lvttleton >il, Dunedin 275 boxes. Total l(i.8!)4 boxes,'! jp compared ayith-16,145 boxes.atv thei ijend of July last year. w\[ > I ij In hislannual on thf tra|a of J ■Jerusalem, the British Consi§, 'lff,\H.f ■M. Sakp\y, states;th'alt-Me stile oltp\ib\i lie health, considering the sfjualidf I .filthy Surroundings anp'babitfiofiafeon- 1 '! giderable portion of the popMatJo£i is't Surprisingly good, although mJaijssapd |>ther diseases' are" always"'FesW^Lj^ ; ' One ~ofshe,; » strangest tasks t%t is •now accomplished by electricity a the plucking ..of chickens. Aa .^lectril/fan fhas been devised for wholesale apluoking. The fan is placed in s*l£. (ceptacle/through which) it drives \blait of air claimed to be remove all, the feathers .-sH do\vn'%<y a towl in a few secoridsi" \'jT^ k A private letter frbm-I>.ndon desMbeg iihe heat as very trying. O'.i 20th JuneIt registered 'Sldeg in the shade. The Output of ice tons dailj>VffiliWclll|TnW ;vsvas a splendid season for strawberries, and they were sold in the streets at &, per Ifcyind A patriotic ingly admits that our strawberries are very, iri in England.' At'such a"chehp>a>e tney were the food for the million during the great heat,'and the vegetarian apostles were jubilant. « a* * i I a mm Board was held- on- Angnst-gnnVP reswi (,•;■ The chairman, (Mr, ( G, t ,E:/Bianohaid),, Messrs ,T. minM W and WH. from Mn-W.'iEve'tts^declini'nif' the position of ranger. The cTfairmftrl was authorised to appoint a T.Tsge«a r Fhe foreman of, roads senV ir. his nionthly report, and'' suggested certain' repairs'. The chairmaw an* Mr.- itodson were appointed aMcbmmitte^to'gdt- -the work done when; necessary. | ~ The . monthly meeting, of the Board] from the first Tuesday in the, month to the second. Accounts to,,the sum of tfio 10s 7d wefe passed for payment. • 'With-TteferencSto'ihe successful ireatm#rt 9f sickness among by the use of bran food, and the statement attributed to Mr. C.- H. Clinkfrd-ihat he was led to try this form of feed as Mr. -Reakes, the Government Veterinarian, had ex||laja<*drthat«>ae was the absen^ s t; p lip SD tuft the Auckland Star is informed by Mr Reakes that the latfce* statement is riot .quite correct. What'he (Mr. Reakes) .-.id statediwfes.lthat. an analysis ot the soil at Mamaku showed' a deflcleiiev fn' phosphates. apil» deffcient in phosphates the dMse "known as bush Wkness.dpes npt the cause A large amount of analytical work is .coiM Department I f' t \^y v ?f w ,l o a„ basis on Which, experimental work, >^Kn^ riv^!ft^definjt%i conclusions, . v. Mr. W. James, manager for M*. Newi' ton King's wha has lust of enamoured of American.farmjng as he saw it m a rapid run though ,the principal, States. From''whaV hT couid see' u£ learn it is not a iS heep ,country. Gener,. ally it is too wet, and where' it is not too wet it is too dry. It seemed to him that-the Rockies provided the/only suitable sheep territory. He saw some sheep, and they were the poorest A had ever seep The United States, however, isl great cattle country but thefre'is a bhr proportion «f popif-bred cattle. 'lt is a country of extremes. Mr. 'James saw housands of cattle lying djU awav back, while in the palatial birds'of the Battle were , treated ant ;hpnsed|like pa&pered hu'man otjyrng, Mn ,Janje ß found, was very high, beat being lat almost famine prices. Armours were 1001b of live pig. T 0 rk' chops were selling retaikafclld per iound,- and beef steak at Is to Is 2d. Olkr,price* jwere in proportion.-Timeg *?■'-£.: \ A notable f ase of fa«% lUga T £iy & tM T f arMald in |p«rtin|; i the-dea t th''bf''an i Mr. Hugh Toneycliff-at hii home in jrimaru at the age of 97% lears, He ! C f !L°L a lon 2- live d stock, h brotner 1° i 6 B 'tiii a]ive FJ-* 8 9) d ,<2?"ntrx,an.d,when last hear/ .of a fewmbiiths ago were quite well anS r ble 10-?l 0 -? #1 jthi fgarden. Deceased, who was one of,. T the ojdesji Orangemen in New. acied-frff g/ years in the capacity of warder in (the big goaMt Carrick»on-Shannon ,tlifr and). Mr. Toneycliff set out from Irejiand to make his fortune 6a :i thele jshores, with the burden of 62 yeaps-rat in life when of m* health, which, until .repently, was all that could be desired, t vas broke « U .P year on account of tZT Te A b l' ly i ajUr y he accidentally Sustained, otherwise he mjghfc jo«bMs .ave passed the century mirk P H e X Survived by and fltfs Jaughten, 47 M& great-grandchildren. ; : i ', „ ; % kEN-S 25/- WELTED BOOTS FOR «/3' i T f* e Mdb «»irne is the only firm selling boots ol.estaWished a moderate price. We COTJJJD iav* ed the price xlt this hoot -'at found a ready market. We COtlEDliave pocketed 8s 3d extra profit on each pa ' But we didn't. That is why this hoot'is for the man who has 25% to spend on his footwear-yet who is willing to-save «s 3d. You pay nothing nothing for the Melbourne reputation-nor for the Melburne knowledge and £et «*ey mean much to you, for'"Melb&urnV' has always been a by-word for greatest boot quality. And the price of this Melbourne welted boot needs noxjpmment. Of course, other boots may be as good as the Melbourne's. But-their ■ prices are out of proportion to their value—as much out' of proportion as thev are over 16a 9d. You. / ow*..jit %jmmll you. Yonl] aot be asked to tap ; •

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