LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 184, 14 November 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wellington message states that the Union Company is advised that the Aorangi, on the new mail service, reached San Francisco from Auckland last Friday.

The East End Flying Club held a race from Avamolio on Thursday, the result of which was as' follows: W. H. Boulton's Mark Time, 2hr. 15min., 1; W. Bra:isgrove's Santa, 2!ir. lonvin. osec, 2; W. Gleeson's Catch 'Em, 2hr. lomin. 2!) see., 3; C Cutler's Singer, 2hr. Hlmin., 4. The first consignment of trout fry from the Taranaki Acclimatisation So ciety's new hatchery was sent out on Saturday, four cans, containing about 5000 fish, going to fnglewood, and four similar cans going to Tariki. The balance of the fish left in the hatchery will probably be taken away during the next fortnight to the rearing ponds. At the opening of the East End Bathin Reserve for the season His Worship the Mayor will present the Royal Humane Society's medal to Mr. A. Hardgrave. Mrs. Dockrill and a strong ladies committee have the arrangements for afternoon tea in hand. Races will be held on the sands during the afternoon for children, and a promenade baud concert will be held in the evening. His Worship the Mayor (Mr. Tisch) is in receipt of a wire from Mr. 11. Okev, M.P.. stating that the Xew Plymouth Recreation and Racecourse Reserve Leasing Amendment Bill had uassed all stages in the Lower House, but had been amended as follows:—One half of the revenue is to be expended upon all reserves contiguous to the borough to which the inhabitants have the right of.

A petrified egg that had been buried by the Tarawera eruption was recently discovered.

Before setting out to attend to a fatally injured man at Puniwhakau, it is alleged, a Stratford medico demanded his fee. At the inquest, the jury added a rider protesting against the medico's action.

With a view to encouraging young men to barn stacking, a Masterton settler has promised to give a donation of J ,25 for the best-built oat stack in the Masterton district. The prize is to be only given to learners.

The borough engineer estimates that it will cost £502 to convey the borough water supply to the new site of the Out People's Home, if four-inch east iron pipes are used; or £175 in ly g -ineh wrought iron pipes. As a result of the scarcity of fat stock and the huh prices ruling, Dunedin butchers have for a few weeks past been carrying en at a loss. At a meeting of the trade held at Burnside last week it was resolved to forthwith increase the price of meat all round by Id per lb. During the month of' October, 92 cows, 72 bullocks, ti calves, 1301 sheep, 127 lambs, and 12!) pigs were slaughtered at the municipal abattoirs for local consumption. Compared with the corresponding period of last year there is an increase of 13 in the number oi cattle and 79 sheep, and a decrease of 2 calves, 38 lambs and 3 pigs. The receipts for the month amounted to £ll7 17s.

"Xew Zealand is a country that has a great deal of goodness and religion in it," said Canon Jvens, in the course of an address in connection with the Anglican mission, which 'was held in Christchurch. "You have treated the native race with more humanity than England has shown in other quarters, and many of your laws, not all, have been framed with the precepts of the gentle and humane Jgsus."

The Garrison Band, under Conductor Cummings, played the following' items at the West End Rotunda yesterday afternoon:—March, "Marine Artillery"; hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light"; contest selection, ' 'Verdi's Works"; quickstep, "Sword and Lanee"; duet, "Ora Pro Nobis"; contest selection, "I Puritani'; march,' "Washington Greys." The collection taken up realised £2 14s 9y 2 d, but this affords no criterion of the attendance of the public. At a meeting of the management committee of the New Cathedral Board (Anglican), says the Otago Daily Times, it was unanimously resolved: "That it is the wish of the New Cathedral Board that the foundation stone of the new cathedral be laid on the completion of the fortieth year of the episcopate of the Primate, viz., on June 10, Mil, provided that the architect's plans be approved of." Also, "That it is the wish of the Board that the Primate lay the foundation stone."

There is a possibility of the Antarctic regions being visited by a party of tourists next year, Messrs Thos. Cook and Son having put forward proposals for the despatch of a vessel to McMurdo Sound. The trip, it is estimated, will take fifty days, and it is intended that the vessel should leave some New Zealand port about the end of 1911, so as to arrive at the Antarctic in - mid-summer. some members of the New Zealand Parliament, a number of ladies, and several gentlemen interested in scientific matters, have made enquiries about the trip, which, it is likely, wnl include a visit to tae sub-Antarctic islands of the Dominion.

A cablegram from Monte Video published on Thursday reported that insurgents had captured Nivo Perez, a place 150 miles north-west of Monte Video, and that the Government was sending troops to the interior. ' Signor Montero Bustamente, the recently-arrived Consul for Uruguay, was consulted by a representative of the Dominion with reaard to the revolution, but dwarfed the significance of the message by saying that the affair was too trivial to think about. Nivo

Perez was a very small place, and the trouble there had evidently to be suppressed with a few troops. There was no prospect of any' big revolution in Uruguay now as was the case a couple of years ago when the revolutionaries of the Argentine threatened to join forces with those of Uruguay, but since then the policy of the (government had changed and civil peace was well assured. Entries for the rose show, to be held in the Brougham Street Hall, close with the secretary to-morrow night at 8 o'clock, and, from promises of support received, the show should be a very successful one. Competing amongst our local growers will be exhibitors from Oakura, Waitara, Urenui and Stratford. The table decorations for those who have never won a prize at any of the Society's shows is a new class, and should be well filled. Previous winners have not been forgotten, another class being added for them. Besides roses, other flowers will be exhibited, among them some choice novelties. The staging committee met on Friday, and had great difficulty in finding space for the different exhibits, and, owing to want of room, the table decorations will be limited, it being impossible to put up more than a certain number of tables.

Without a doubt it is the educational aspect of an A. and P. Association Show that results in such big attendances of the public at the 'annual carnivals. It is chiefly enthusiastic efforts of exhibitors, of course, that make a show so attractive and successful. In every district where such a society is in existence there is a commendable desire to achievu greater success each year. Not only the farmer, but practically every person in the community, has some interest in these shows. With such a progressive district, therefore, as that around Hawera, for the scope of its operations, in addition to the support of prominent show exhibitors from other centres, the Egmont A. and P. Association should again experience a record entry of exhibits. The secretary advises that entries are coming to ha"id freely. A decidedly interesting collection should be the outcome. Entries doss to-day, and late entries will be received up to Wednesday.

"No trade should lie represented by separate' factions." said Mr. L. S. Humphries, in proposing the toast of "The Labour Unions" at n. smoke-concert tendered to delegates representing the Federated Builders and Contractors' Association in Wellington, "and the same fact applies to labour unions. The majority of those in the building trade work under eleven different awards; that is. a position we should not be placed in. We have enough to do in cam-in? out our work without trying to keep in our heads eleven windy, wordy awards." If employers inadvertently committed a breach, s.iid Mr. Humphries, they were fined heavily, and this did not. tend to create a good feelin? between employers and workers. What was wanted was p. closer organisation on the part of till employers and labour unions, with a view of obtaining an allied trades .iward. so that they should have a mutual agreement on nil questions except wages. "We are quite prepared to come into nil allied trades a ward," said Mr. V. Reyling. on behalf of the Painters' Union, a little later, ''but we waTit other trades to agree to the hours we work. Until such time as there is a 44 hours' week the painters are not prepared to come in." (Laugh-

Cherries grown at Motucka were sold in Wellington at 21s the 121b case. Mr. '«.'. Erieksen, haidrcsser, of Pungaroa, near Pahiatua, drew Comedy King in Tattersall's sweep on the Melbourne Cup. The first prize is .€501)0.

A local paper says that there is more money lost in Auckland betting on the rise and fall of shares than on all the racecourses of Xew Zealand.

Referring to the anxiety displayed by members about the probable date of the end of the session and their repeated worrying of the Prime Minister on the matter, the Wellington Post remarks:— ''The Prime Minister himself is having a very strenuous life. He has the House to lead and Cabinet to manage. The. Hine Committee claims him at 10.30 in the morning. He is lucky if he gets to bed before 3' o'clock in the morning in these times, and departmental duty callsbim up at 7. It is a pace to try the temper, and it is said in his praise that bis cheerfulness seldom fails him." The question is often asked as to what is the highest price genuine farm land" has realised in New Zealand. We think (says the Hawera Star) that the price obtained by Gillies and Xalder at auction at Mann in. on November 8 for the Wan'ganui Education Board has probably never before been reached. The land consists of 10 acres of level grass land on the Main South road. One side hasto be fenced, and l'/„ acre 9 are covered by a plantation of pines; there is no water on the property. The lease of the 1 land at per acre was auctioned, terms 1 year's rent in advance, tenant pays all taxes, no valuation for any jmpnwiement, lease for 10 years. The lease ran up quickly, and was eventually sold to a farmer for 70s per acre. When the plantation is taken off, interest allowed on rent in advance, and rates, the land comes near to a capital value iof £IOO an acre. Cows will be milked on the land.