LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 152, 6 October 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Kapuni took 4000 cases of butter from Pa tea for Wellington on Saturday. It is reported that one or two' hemp mills will .-hortly commence operations in the Masterton district. A two-storeye.l re-inforced concrete shop for Mr. W. Fr?« r. wit-mist, is to be erecti-d on the auction below Mr. C. Carter's grocery store. < The total rainfall at Xew Plymouth la.st, ir.on.h was '2.(!.jiti. as against 0..i-tin in September of last year. Rain fell on I'd days; 1!J0!), 18 days. Th< 'O-punakc i 'iiltrv Club anticipate a fair ere lit balance over liabilities resulting from the inaugural show. It will be the aim of the club to produce a fanners' •atili v tow!—one that will lay two egos a dav and fabttn on noxious weeds".— Times. Diplomatic representatives who have return" d from the Far East agree in declaring that there is sure to be an uprising in Korea. The .Japanese are said to have captured several Chinese steamers on which cargoes of arms were being conveyed to Korean ports. "A preference clause is all right for the incompetent man," said Mr. in the witness box at- 'the Court of Arbitration at Wellington. "The good man does not want it." He insisted "that men ought to stajid on their merits, an.l a job should be given to the man who could do it. The Patea 'Shipping Company, on account of the risk to their vessels in crossing the Patea bar, has felt compelled to raise freights, the charge oil general cargo from Lyttelton to Patea being now lGs per ton, on produce (10 sacks to the ton) 15s, and on hay (by weight) 345. In Dunedin, Dr. Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, felt himself recalled to the scenes of his youth in Edinburgh. There were the same street names and other well-remembered characteristics. Dr. Bell was born in Edinburgh 03 years ago, matriculated at London University at the age of twentj', and went to Canada three years late. • Residents reckon that the ten o'clock showers of yesterday and the day before represented a record rainfall for a few moments. On Tuesday morning the downpour resembled a dcdu'g.e o;i the Egniont road, where all the level lands wee soon under water, the side channels running over, and ploughed lands being carried downhill into the gullies. Mr. -Souther Fowler, formerly a representative Taranaki footballer and now of thv Horowhenua district, was recently burnt out. He writes to an exchange tlia; he has "hal the misfortune to lose by the fire, records, presentations and trophies extendia-': over 25 years' football life in Xew Zealand." The ex-Tarauaki rep. and Horowhenua enthusiast adds characteristically and philosophically. "Xo good whining, but hard luck!" A resident of Bathurst, X.S.W., makes a curious statement respecting the wattle tree. He says: "As thousands of are likely to be planted in our public parks and school grounds, also in private gardens, 1 think it only right to say that some years ago people who had wattle trees growins close to their houses 'had to remove them, as it was thought they were the cause of many persons suffering.from bad throats. It would be well to ventilate this question. For the sake of the trees I hope such may not prove to be the case."

A street accident of a peculiar nature caused consternation yesterday afternoon jitt the "Melbourne" corner. A black horse came down Liardet street at a aallop, with harness loose and urging him 011. He essayed to turn into Devon street east, but lacked room, and his pace carried him 011 to fhe opposite lootpath. The asphalt suffered no foothold, and the animal fell, bringing down with •him a go-cart :uul baby, whose nurse had been unable to get out of the way. That 'the mother, baby and cart escaped unhurt was little short of miraculous. The other day a report was received at Picton that a whale had been captured at Te Awaite, and that the 'whalers were pursuing another one. The next morning it was learnt that both whales had been lost. . It seems that the first one had been captured and killed,, and was left anchored in Deep Bay, while the crews went in chase of the second one, which they failed to secure. On returning to Deep Bay they were astounded at seeing-no sign of the first whale. It is surmised that it must have sunk, but up to the present its whereabouts has not been ascertained. As can only be expected, the whalers are very chagrined at a loss which represents anything from £4OU to £OOO. A sad occurrence took place last Monday afternoon at Waikino, Wailii, a schoolboy named Walter Frearson being killed by the fall of a tree. It appears that deceased and a boy named Charley Dore went into .the bush to get firewood. They noticed a ■kingfisher's nest in a rotten tree, and decided to cut it down. Both boys took turns in chopping. The tree fell in the opposite direction to that expected, and deceased had run in that direction. The falling tree struck the limbs of another tree, and these, with a portion of the dead tree, fell on deceased 1 -. Dore removed the limbs, and went for assistance. Deceased was found lying face dow,awards, and examination showed that a small limb had penetrated inside his left forearm, but death was caused through injuries to his': back. The weekly session of the E»mont Lodge, No. 1-2, 1.0. G.T., was held In St. Mary's Hall last night. C.'T. Bro. C. I*eppcrill presided over a fair attendance. Bro. J. Tickner sent greetings from the following lodges:—Pride of Auckland, Hope of Grey Lynn. Ark of Eden, Nil Despenca, Star of Devonport, alid Mystic Tie. Bro. Tickner was thanked for visiting these lodges and was also asked to convey .the greetings „f the Lodge to the above named lodges." The lollowmg items were given:—Recitation, Ms. I\. Connett; harp solo, Bro. H. Rickt> ' Norm, 111; recitation, n™ \ Pe PP erill ; comic recitation, Sis. K. Read; recitation, Bro. •). C. Lew- reci a ion, Sis. E. AA jiite. The remainder ot he [vening was spent 011 the ques- ■ box, and a large number of nueslions were answered. "Latins of the AUiteey Memorial Church was held «j .ught, the Re, T. G. Chapman pre m ing Fourteen officers were present. Ihe chairman reported the membership I,, 1 , , The ba] «iice-sheet showed a cd t balance ot over £5. Arrangements were made for the. annual sermons to be preached and meetings to be held m connection wiffi Koine missions. Messrs. G. H. White follow were elected substitute representatives to the a7lnu.ll synod to be held in Feildin*. Mr. d. B. White and Rev. Kellow were ■\\eie unanimously invited to remain another year in the circuit. Both gentlemoil accepted the invitation, subject to ratification by the conference. The Rev. F, P. Ivellow gave a report of his work in the country places. Tb» meet. ' 'g ?.cs?d A'l'.h.tki ixii'..UkUuiL J

An autopsy on the iboilv of an old-age-pensioner named (leonge ' n-dy, who commi'tted suicide by liimself at Wagga (New Mouth Wales) last weekrevealed the fact that the bullet had penetrated Sin of thi» brain. Notwithstanding this, Cardy remained conscions, carried on conversation with attendants, and related his attempts tocommit suicide. iL'anly lived sixteen hours after 'firing the bullet into hisbrain. Following up the offer made somemonths ago by Mr. J. fi. Wilson, of Bulls., to lend to the Agrl cultural Department 20 acres of land on wihich to carry oil' experiments for a 'crm of years, comes another frcm Mr. Wiliiam Perry, of Penrose, who is prepared to loan 10 acres ol ! land near 'Masterton for a similar purpose. It is considered that by the Department availing itself of these offersf■:o districts in which experiments are made will gain all the benefits of an experimental farm without much expenditure. The Speaker stated in reply to a, question in the House the other night that the newspapers would be entitled to comment upon the reports of the proceeding? of the Iline enquiry from day to day. but of course he was explaining the position from the Parliamentary point of view and not giving a new interpretation of the law of libel (says the Lyttelton Times). The Press will run some risk even in reporting the evi 'ence. and theenquiry will scrv.? one good purpose if it calls attention afiesui to Ule need for amending an antiquated statute. liutter '"made in Xew Zealand" is made' to play more than one part in the commercial world, to the profit of over sharp" —not to say dishonest—traders. Some time ago a gentleman connected with the dairying industry in this district (savs the Pa tea Press) wrote to a sister in Hereford, England, advising her to .give New Zealand -butter a trial. The lady accordingly went to one of thelarge produce stores and asked for a poun-.l of Xew Zealand butter, but was strongly advised to take Danish instead, the attendant saying lis could not recommend the Xew Zealand article. The lady accordingly took a pound of Danish at Us Gd, instead of Xew Zealand at Is, and that evening related the episode to her husband. The latter, a* it happened. >vas an intimate friend of the manager whose assistant had decried the New Zealand product, and he enquired why customers were dissuaded from purohas- ■ nXew Zealand 1 •butter. The manager smile:!. '-"We tell them Xew Zealand '•utter is not much good and then sell it to them as best Danish' whenever we