LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 148, 1 October 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The dairy herds in the Masterton distrist are reported to be remarkably free from disease this season. Very few cases of mammitis have come under observation. There is a movement afoot among retail grocers in Auckland and suburbs which has for its object the fixing of a uniform closing hour for small shops in which no assistants are employed. At present many of these places remain open until as late as eleven o'clock each evening, whereas those coming within the scope of the award are compelled to close at six o'clock. Cadet Bugler-Major John Morgan, of Onehunga, the crack boy rifle shot of' New Zealand, who travelled 13/100 miles to fire in the Guinness Cup at Bisley, lost the trophy by the narrow margin of three points. The match, says an English correspondent, was won by H. Prise, an English cadet from Rothschild's School, who scored 62, Morgan finishing with/ 59. An excerpt from the president's report at thie West End! Bowling Club meeting last night:—"l would like to have recorded on the clulb's minutes its gratitudeto Mr. W. W. Smith for the excellent advice he has given us in connection with the formation of the green; also to all the other experts who tendered so much valuable advice." Mr. Sole stated that he hlad mot put in 'the names of these latter because 1 there were at least one hundred: and one. This latter piece of sarcasm was appreciated (by those who have done all the hard! work in the successful inauguration of the club. The Garrison Band will parade in Devon street (weather permitting) tonight, commencing at 7.30 at the Melbourne corner.

The services in Queen-streei Church tomorrow will be conducted! by the Rev. John Nixon. Mornin, at 1>1>; subject. "The Comforter"; evening at 7, memorial service for the late Mrs. Moyle ; the oldest member of the Church. Anthem, "Crossing tile J3ar,"—Advt.

With the return of the warm weather there lias again set in a stream of juvenile visitors to the beach. Many of these traverse Gover and Buller streets, and a resident draws attention to the fact that the approaches' to the bridge spanning' the railway in new Gover street are a source of danger to the rising- generation. The railing of the bridge luis been made child-proof by means of wire lacing 1 , but the rail fences vat either side ,-v n !al"t open, and are very tempting to the youngsters, who delight in going through to watch the passing trains'. The cutting just here is very deep, and the ground teacherouslooking, so that parents should not allow small children to go unaccompanied. The matter has been brought undei the notice of a Borough Councillor, who has promised to move in the matter, but perhaps some father whose child passes the spot will "come to light" and erect a piece of wire getting in the interests of safety.

The burning of Bostock's menagerie W'iis the most' terrible incident of the fire at the Brussels Exhibition, says a London correspondent, writing on August 1!),. : When it was seen that there was no hope of preventing the flames from spreading to this quarter, orders were given to the employees that they were on no account to attempt to save the large collection of wild animals which Mr. Bostock had on exhibition. It wa9 feared that in any attempt to rescue them some might break loose, and an even greater panic be created among the escaping crowds. When the menagerie caught fire and the animals began to howl with pain, someone ordered tihe soldiers to shoot them one by one, Commandant Houziax, however, noticed the danger of such a proceeding and pointed out that there was the strongest probability of some of the crowd! being hit by the bullets. He thereupon countermanded the order, and the animals were left to in the flames. Several magnificent lions, a couple of tigers, a giraffe, find several zebras were destroyed. Their screams of pain as the .flames caught them could, be heard all over the exhibition, even above the roar of the flames. Only a single elephant and a fe.w white asses remain out of the splendid collection. The sight of the menagerie presents a terrible spectacle. A remarkable statement concerning the drinking habits of school children was nmdo at a. meeting in the Old Country recentlv. Mr. F. G. Mackereth asked the question.: ''Do school children drink alcohol V stnd, answering bis own query in the affirmative, a«ave results of investigations which he had l made on the subject. In one.school alone, he said, it was found that 40 per. cent, of blue children drank alcohol regularly. If the same proportion obtained all round! there must be some 300,000 cliiild 1 -(Trinkir,rs in London who drank alcohol. Of all the countries in Europe only Norway and Sweden seemed to be free from the practice/ and startling figures came from all over the world, tihe proportion in New York being, it was stated, 90 per cent. In one hospital in New York, Bellevue, inquiries'showed that, of the 259 patients four (began to drink alcohol before the awe of 6, thirteen between 0 and 12, sixty between .12. and 16, and 102 between I'B and 21—two-thirds of them under the age,of twenty-one. He was convinced that a large number, of inebriates .were so as the result of drinking alerihol early in ljfe. M. C. Bauchet, a French wool-buy er, who is in search of clips in Australia and New Zealand suitable for French (requirements, arrived in Wellington from London by the Athenic on Saturday. Speaking of the wool market to a "Post" reporter, and , emphasising the fact that all he .might say must be taken as his own. personal opinion—nothing more—he said he thought there wouldi be a decline in prices at the end of the current year. Wool was at a very high figure just now, and had been so for some time, but there were signs of a drop but not a large one. From the buyers' point of view, the price all round was 10 to 15 per cent. ,above whflit was considered a good one. There was always a danger of a fall when prices were very high. Reports of a heavy decrease in the flocks of South America had made buyers last seasoT very nervous. They were still extremely cautious with prices where they were. Buyers recognised the importance of the local sale. Here the wool was—in Australia and New Zealand—and buyers had to come for it. If gome would not others would, so that it was safe to say that the local offerings would attract more and more buyers in the future. The grower, of course, had the advantage! of receiving his returns many weeks, even months, before he would if the wool were sent to Europe for auction. 'i

Dr. Gralham Dell, now visiting Wellington, interviewed! at Auckland regarding New Zealand water-power possibilities, remarked: —"No country, except Japan—sienificant exception —is so favorably situated for the utilisation of watei power as New Zealand. I refer especially to the South Island, with its fine range of mountains so neaT the West Coast, jfivin? plentv of precipitation, with catchment basins at almost any place, and at 'high elevations. Your great hope of competing with cheap labor is in your water power, in invention, and in an efficient patent law to stimulate it. Japan lias great natural advantages. The bulk of the population is on a narrow coastal plain all round the island, and in the interior there is a mountain ran?e with a .heavy rainfall, with gullies easily dammed' for purposes of storage, and within easy reach of the great centres of population, to. which cheap hydroelectric pow.fr can be easily transmitted. Before the Russo-Japanese war I saw the Kioto-Lake Biwa canal, and I would recommend New Zealand to examine its ■history. Biwa, the largest fresh-water lake of Japan, is 12 or 14 miles from -'Kioto, the old capital, and one of the ■great cities of the world. Formerly, all the produce which the villages round Biwa sent to Kioto was carried over the mountains by human • labor. The Japanese constructed a navigable canal through the mountains, making about three miles of tunnelling en route, and now laden barges pass from Biwa through the heart of the mountains to the terminus of the ripper canal at an elevation of 250 ft from Kioto. To get down to Kioto, they have made a ship rail-road, thus avoiding the lock system. A truck runs under the water, the barge is navigated' to it, and trueik and barge are hauled up and sent down the inclined railroad, after which the truck deposits the barge in the lower canal. The water from the upper canal is carried down in pipea to a power-house where electric power is generated. This power works the ship railroad, it ligMs the whole city of Kioto, and it runs all the tramcars; yet there is still enough power to sell to numerous factories," large and small.

Wherever you go you will find Laxo-Tonie Pills curing mankind, Their fame is no less Than that they possess Every virtue, with cheapness combined. Laxo-Tonic Pills, 10y 2 d and la 6d. Obtainable at Bullock and Johnston's, New Plymouth.

Mark Twain- was a firm believer in tli<" higher education of ik.ct.«h, but Hartford! still remembers a spee<\h he madeone Jiune to a platform of Hartford girl, graduates. This speech, a humorous at--tack on thie college girl, ended:—"'Go 1 forth, Fall in love. Marry. Set up< housekeeping. And Ui' in, when your husband wants a shirt irmw.K send out' loir a gridiron to do it with."

At a recent sale of household furniture' (writes tilio Waipukurau correspondent of" the Danneviirke Xiavs) a. young man, who* is contemplating stnrtiiiij; a .home of hisown at an early date, bought a couch for" a few shi'liivgs, Buivl; -omewha-t in the cabinet-making and upholstering line of business, he deei led to re cover the couch.. Upon removing t-lva old covering, much: •to his surprise, enibc\Mi'd in the corner., was a sovereign. Australasia was in 190S the third' best customer of the United Kingdom,, being only a little below Germany and very considerably ahead of France. Theleading consumers of British export?in_ 1908 were:—British India and CeyHond, £51,189,098; Germany, £33,400,000; Australasia, £31,709.418; France,. £22,321,424; United States, £21,303,505; Argentina £10,420,579; Italy* £15,028,191; Russia, £12,048,528; Canada, £12,243,960. "Mechanic" writes to llie Pctone paper drawing attention to the fact that themen at the railway workshops had towork as usual on Dmi>'iiiois Day, wiiilethe clerks at the Government building# were .given a holiday on full pay. ''This,'"" states the correspondsml, "is making lishi of one and flesh of uncut ta- with a vengeance, and should not be so." He concludes by asking: "Are we grimy-faced, toilers not as much citizens of this Dominion as the quilktriver.s who takethings easy in the biggest wooden building in the world?"

A company has recently been formed,consisting mostly of farmers, to establish' freezing works in the north. Thecompany ilnas ibeen floated with a capital of £25,000, and the erection of the works will 'be probably proceeded with. They will be situated at Long Port, near Whaogarei, within 12 feet of deep water, so that boats can load rigihit alongside. The machinery is in order, .a competent engineer 'has been engaged, and it is expected that the .works will in going' order about the imidldle of January or the beginning of JMmiary. A curious instance of wihat goes on in the world) of minute life is told by Mr. J. H. Elgde, of Leeds, in Mature. He was. 'examining some 'vinegar "eeks" with a microscope when one of them got stranded in the shallower portion of the vinegar drop anid was nimble to extricate itself . Just as it seemed on the point of giving its last expiring wriggle several other "eels" made a dash from the deeper vinegar and forced themselves across the shallow to the side of their strangled comrade. They then pushed it slowly towards the deeper pant of the fluid and reached fi't just in time to save their own and tfhie other's life.

Says the Otaki Mail:—"During the football match Tainui v. Kia Toa, played at Otaki on Saturday, Henare Tahiwa (KawM), the crack threte-quarter, was putting in one of his meteoric dashes for the line, and when running near the touoh line, a spectator stepped on to the field of play, and, it is said, deliberately giave Benare this hip. Tahivna was hurled to the ground! with great force and had) to be removed to his home and medical aid called in. He was very severely bruised and shaken, but fortunately 'his injuries were not serious, and he is nowr able to get about again. The matter has been reported to the police, and the of» fendieir will proibaibly be dealt with shortly by both tllie public court and the Rugby Union. Mr. Jack Freeman, the referee,* declined to let the game go oil. after the accident." The Auckland Star states ttoat the Native Appellate Court, which has just concluded. an important sitting at Kaitaia and Kaicdhe, in the North of Auoklanid, the presiding judges being Chief Judge Jackson Palmar' and Judlge Holland, dlealt finally with the ascertainment of the native ownership of 81,367 acres of land held iby natives under their customs and usages, besides dealing with othermatters. Most of these blocks lie along the route of the Norths Auckland railway, and! the Government lhas been anxious to have the titles of the blocks completed before the iradlway runs through. The effect of issuing drown grants for these 81,000 odd acres of land will be that,, now tlhe native ownership is ascertained it will not be hampered by the former' disabilities, and the owners will ibe in apposition to deal with the land subject to tihie restrictions concerning such dealings under the native land Jaws of the' Dominion. The 81,000 acres are probably worth over £230,000.

On Thursday, at the Opunake S.M. Court, (before Mr. 'Fitzherbiert, S.M., three cases of considerable local interest were heard. These were Mr. and lira. Trotter and Mr. D. O'Sullivan, against Messrs J. R. Stewart, Archer, H^n L y and 'McDevitt, as trusses for the creditors in the estate of William Landy, of Opumake, Ibutcher. Mr. O'Dea, of Hawera, appeared for the three plaintiffs, Mr. Bennett, of Maraaia, for Stewart, and Mr. Crump, of Eltham, for the other three defendants. The facts are probalbly unique. In April, 1908, Landy departed from Opunake, leaving considerable debts. A few days later one of the principal creditors took possession of the estate, and a meeting of creditors was •called l itmnnediately after, when it was decided ito run the business pending finding a purchaser. A committee of four was set up, consisting of the defendants in this case. The (business was run till the end of June, 1908, wihe.n it was sold to one William Humphries for £l3O. No dividend lias ever ilieen declared, and the present actions were to determine whether the four were_ not liable as trustees <le son tort for their illegal intermeddling with the estate. The illegality of the intermeddling was admitted. After considerable legal argument .the Magistrate said that .though Mr. O'Dea ihiad made out a very ingenious argument, he was satisfied that the liability as trustees de son tort was not to any particular creditor, but .to the absconding debtor Landy. On this intimation plaintiffs' counsel elected to take a non-suit. The position, should Landy turn up, would foe interesting.—Star, THE CONSUMER

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