LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 299, 21 January 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An average of about SiMJllis of poisoner pollard per diem is nt present being sent out from the MUstertou depot of the Agricultural Department. We are in receipt of a copy of that handy and useful publication "The Dominion Year Book and Almanac for 1911," published by Whitcombe and Tombs, price Is. The presentation of an address from well-wishers in the province to Mr. Chew Cliong by His Worship the Mayor (Mr. G. Tiseh) will take place at the Town Hall this afternoon at two o'clock. The totalisator is to be given a trial in Canada, though the machine will not yet come under Government supervision. Perhaps that may come later on if the public take kindly to this form of betting. In Invereargill at New Year time the private hotels had an exceptionally busy time, in some of them every available inch of lloor space being occupied. In many a number of the guests had to sit up all night. The operations of the Licensing Act Amendment Act has given lise to some playful badinage on the part of those behind tne bars, and occasionally a hoary septuagenarian is met by the query, ■'Are you over *2l'!" A man named Ryan, who was convicted last week at Timaru on a charge of •'ringing the changes," was discovered to be a notorious New Zealand criminal as the result of his finger-prints being taken and forwarded to Wellington. >

It is stated that the woollen mills of New Zealand are suffering from a shortage of hands, especially girls. The manager of the lvaiapoi Company states that this trouble prevents iiim tendering for big Government contracts. There are seven fruit inspectors in New Zealand at the present time, whose salaries aggregate £1295; thirteen orchard instructors with salaries amounting to £2230; an.l eleven dairy instructors whose salaries total £3190.

The Fitzroy water supply was cut off on the New Plymouth side of Te Henui and also on the Old Hospital road last evening for the purpose of allowing repairs to be cli'ected. It is expected that the work will be completed early this morning.

While fishing with a deep-sea line at the mouth of the Rakaia river recently, Uie Rev. P. J. Cocks, of Christchurch, landed three sharks in about half an hour, varying in size from four to six feet, It is stated by fishermen that sharks are very plentiful at the Rakaia mouth just now.

In connection with the decision of tliu Mountain House committee to provide improved accommodation in the event of the proposed extensive scheme not being proceeded with, it is understood that they are under a distinct pledge to the caretaker to give him and his family better accommodation before the coming winter. It will be seen, therefore, that the committee are determined tu cater for the comfort and convenience of visitors in as far as their ability lies.

An invitation to all ex-soldiers in the South African campaign is issued through our columns this morning to attend in uniform the unveiling ceremony by His Excellency the Governor at Marsland Hill on the 20th inst. A hollow square will be formed fcy the Territorials and cadets, and the guests will be accorded positions of honor therein, the only stipulation being that places must be secured a quarter of an hour before the official time for the ceremony.

A meeting of ladies was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making complete arrangements for the afternoon tea lor the Garden Party to be held on Thursday next. There were about a dozen ladies present, who took the matter up so enthusiastically that the success of this department of the Garden Party is assured. It is also understood that the exhibits for the floral fete will be both numerous and beautiful, so that the reception to our Governor should be a credit to the tlower garden of New Zealand.

"Old Soldier" writes: "'Lord Islington, Governor of N T ew Zealand, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, is to visit this town on January 20th. He is entitled to an escort of mounted troops. Who will supply this escort? New Plymouth has no mounted troops, but Waitara has—the North Taranaki Mounted Ritlea Territorials. Therefore it is the duty 01 the organisers of the welcome to His Excellency to invite Captain Haseler, of Waitara, to detail an escort. A particularly smart escort can be obtained liy merely mentioning it to the 0.C., and it would be an honor to the North Taranaki Mounted Rilles as well as a compliment that must be paid to the Commander. in-Chief."

It is very hard for a colonial to understand and appreciate the way of the aristocratic propertied class of England. A case in point was mentioned by an ex-resident of New Plymouth, who had revisited these parts after a lengthy stay in the Old Country. He was living with a relative, on whose property was a coalmine. The miners struck fov higher wages and shorter hours. Aftci a few weeks, the miners' resources ran out. The owner promptly supplied them with all the provisions they required. The miners were thereby enabled to prolong the struggle. "Why do you help the miners to keep up the strike?" asked the New Zealand relative. "Well, you know, if 1 don't do it, who will?"'came the reply. The owner felt he was not doing anything else hut his duty. He piofieied the advice that he ought to •\stouch" the strike, hut the advice was not heeded, and the owner kept supplying the wherewithal to maintain a sti ike diiectcd against his own interests.

Regarding the complaints made by a correspondent in a recent issue of the News that nothing is being done by wav of introducing Mount Egniont and New Plymouth attractions to Wanganui river and other tourist resorts, Mr. Collis informs us that he has 011 two occassions supplied the Tourist Department at Ins own expense with large photographs of the mountain for exhibition in the Wellington Bureau. .fudging, however, from the experiences of recent visitors, the bureau has made no use of the photographs. Only last week a tourist enquired of the officials there for information regarding Mount l<>mont but got 110 satisfaction. They could only tell him about Rotorua, the Hermitage, and the southern lakes. Just as he was going away, an official handed hun a guide issued by Mr. Collis, whom he looked up on reaching Nmv Plymouth. Another tourist arrived recently at the northern mountain house hmnpinjr a bisr swag. He had come all the way from Inglewood so burdened. Ho was creatlv surprised to find that lie could get food supplies, blankets, etc.. at the house, for he had been told by the Tourist Department that he would have f 0 take us own supplies. He didn't know even that the house was cnmipctcri by tolcphone. He lmd only meant to stav a day or .0 at the house, but so eharmen was he with the place that he prolonged "'s visit to over a week. Evidently the Wellington ofhcials want wakin« up and informing of the A.R.c. of things connected with Mount Egmont

There is little to choose 'between u really choice Australian butter ami a enoicest one from New Ztaland, says a London correspondent of an Australian paper, but the Dominion lias the advantage of smiling us a far larger number of these choicest brands.

A project is now on foot to build a freezing works at Whangarei, Expert evidence is being obtained as to the suitability of the harbor for the loading of Home liners. If the report prove favorable the dotation of the new company is assured.

(ireat ages were reached by n large proportion of persons who died in the Auckland district last year. There were, OH who were over 80 years of age wheu they passed away, and I' 4 who had had their DOth birthday, while the century was reached by two old settlers. In the opinion of a writer in the Nelson Mail, this has not been the best of years for apricots in Nelson, as muchoi the fruit outside the carefully kept orchards has been affected by grub and spots. But where attention hag been pai<J to the trees the grower has been repaid by good fruit and prices. There are immense numbers of eels in Northern Wairoa waters, and it is mooted that when freezing works are established in the Northern Wairoa district an enterprising firm is prepared to create an eel industry, freeze them in suitable quantities for the Home market, and turn to payable account an asset which fairly teems in all northern tributaries.

A man well over eighty years of age was charged at Napier .with being an idle and disorderly person—in other words, with being homeless. He refused to go into the Old Men's Home, which he declared was not home, but "a pandemonium." He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Asked where he resided, the reply was: "In .gaol; as soon as I come out I am arrested and sent back."

A queer freak of nature is reported front Tarawa. A cow belonging to Mr Aylmer Rattray lias had four calves during the last four years, three out of the four having been horn with their mother's ear-mark. The ear-mark is a somewhat unusual one, being a forebft and a swallow fork, and the calves have come into the world with the exact facsimile of the mark plainly stamped on their ears.

l'or some time it has lieen known that a syndicate is prejuired to test certain portions of the Nelson mud-flat below high-water mark east of the Nelson Freezing works for mineral resources. At the last meeting or the Nelson Harbour Board a suggested agreement was received from a firm of solicitors regarding the matter, and it was resolved to call for tenders for the disposal of the lease of the lands in question! During the hearing of a case in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington a solicitor in. the course of cross-examin-ation asked a police constable to- state the, name of the person who had made the complaint that led to the information being laid. Sub-inspector Norwood at once objected to the question, and til* magistrate (Dr M'Arthur) ruled that the witness need not answer, remarking that it was absolutely necessery that the Police Department should be allowed to keep such mattei» secret. A striking instance of the difficulties that faced Otago pioneers and the manner in which they overcame them wasreferred to by Mr John Wilson at the C'lutha pioneers' reunion at Warepa on Wednesday. He had in his possession, he said, a letter written by Mr 1. W. Hesant, from Port Molyneux, on July (i, 1840, to a man named' Cohen, in Sydney. The writer had no pen or ink or pencil, but contrived to write with a pointed stick dipped in some reddish mixture, supposed to have been made from the tutu plant. The many districts of Hawke's Bay are still suffering from drought. Matawhero appears to have been missed by recent rains, and the feed has almost disappeared. The Hoods of last Easter had also been attended with disastrous results, and the pastures have been covered withi silt, which has smothered the grass, and,, in consequence of the drought, it had not got a start again, In other districts the settlers complain 'that they have no feed, and that even if the rain comes the cow* will be dry before the grass can grow;: and the cows which have yet to calveare expected to dry up immediately. .Some twelve years a few farmers, in the Hastings district were pronounced in their opinion that the climate wan altogether unsuited to dairying and that consequently the industry would never llourish there. As time progresses their statements arc being refuted on all sides ami to-day dairying bids fair to hecome one of the staple industries of Hawke's Bay (remarks the Napier Telegraph). One reason for this is that the drudging aspect, which rendered the work so distasteful, has been altogether removed by the advent of milking machinery, which has served to popularise the cow as a source of revenue and to establish her at 'her proper status in the national economy. Milking machines are now becoming the rule, especially as they are sold on terms to suit small dairymen, and several dairy shedfi through the district have had them installed.

Lord Glasgow, who was Governor of New Zealand at the time when the Bill was passed extending the suffrage to women, has (writes a correspondent) incurred the displeasure of 'Lady Stout by writing to Lady Jersey a letter, reproduced in the Times, in which he says : "The more I have studied the question the more I am convinced that it would lie deplorable if ever such h. measure became law in this country, .

. . and I earnestly wish all success to the anti-suffrage movement." Lady Stout writes taking Lord Glasgow warmly to task. Since lie was only in New Zealand for three years after it was passed, she says, and had less to do with the Bill than the law clerk who drafted it, he is not entitled to speak with authority. He "must have formed an opinion from the only people who do not value the suffrage—namely, the people who deplore the temperate and moral habits of the people, and who object to giving decent wages to their workpeople. No New Zealand man or women has ever produced any evidence against tlie suffrage. Lord Glasgow does not attempt to do so, and yet he insults the women of a colony where he spent six years as representative of our late revered Queen Victoria." YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND Thai, me commercial awaiyptug Oil, which is now bought up at 6d per lb. weight and bottle, and, on acc6unt of the large profits, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid' these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 vcars' experience and of special study, and it does what is promised; it cures and heals without injuring the constitution, as the oils on the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself br rejecting other brands.