LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 266, 20 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! The New Plymouth Technical School opens its 1911 session this evening. There null be family bathing at the Municipal oaths from seven o'clock this evening. In the Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, SM., two first ofl'ending inebriates were convicted and discharged. , Representing himself as a commercial , traveller, with new leather sample bags, ( a young man named Nicholson was art rested at Tanmarnniii the other day with three dozen bottles of whisky in his pos- , session. Bain is much needed in South Canter- ■ bury. The country is very dry and : there is no growth of feed. The recent : rainfall in the south did not reach a* far as Tiinaru, except in ineffective i drizzles.—Press wire. At the annual meeting of the Auckland Y.M.C.A. last week it was reported 1 that of the £11,793 promised when the campaign for funds for a new building ■ was made about three years ago, the sum of £3233 is still outstanding. The Timaru Press agent informs the '. people of the Dominion that a farm oj 150 acres at Kingsdown, five miles from Timaru, was passed in at £23. If the figures were doubled it would be applicable to many Taranaki deals in land. Toy terrier are not plentiful in Australasia, but a visitor to New Plymouth has a couple of these extraordinarily small animals with him. They cost him twenty-five guineas apiece in the Old , Country, and are fine specimens of their type. The Maoris feel very proud of the fact that a compatriot of theirs is at the head of the Dominion just now. "Py korry," said a patriarch at Parihaka on Saturday, "Hemi Karra, he ti big rangitira —he petter ti pakeha or ti Maori; he ti premier. Kapai he come Parihaka. Hi pigger rangitira Te Whiti or Tohu. Kapai Hemi Karra!" And then the venerable warrior let himself go and startled the visitors by uttering a warwhoop. There has been some uncertainty as to the date of the annual meeting of the Waihi Gold Mining Company in London. It is now announced by the Wellington Waihi Shareholders' Committee that the meeting is almost certain to be held about May 20, and proxies can be re- . ceived later than March 17. Such proxies are valid without being signed before a witness. In response to enquiries from sawyers, the committee has decided to add a double-handed sawing handicap to the programme of the Easter Monday Sports. Arrangements have been made with Messrs. Volzke Bros, to obtain the logs for the various competitions from the East Road railway—the same locality from which the Axemen's Association at Eltham obtained theirs. Competitors can thus be assured that the timber will be the best obtainable. The course of justice in the old days was touched on by the Rev. James Wilson in a lecture at Christchurch. A magistrate who was rather irritable was conducting a case in Akaroa. The defendant was pleading his cause when the magistrate interrupted him. ''Didn't you win your last <-a.-e?" lie asked, "i'es, your Worship," replied the defendant. "Then sit down, sir," roared tile magistrate; "how do you expect to win every time? .Sit down ami give someone else, a chance." At the meeting of the Moa Road Board on Saturday, the Tourist Department's circular letter drawing attention to the • inconvenience caused by the absence of finger posts at diverging roads, did not receive much encouragement. Sonic members were of opinion that tourists or travellers had tongues in their heads, and could a*k the way if they had anv doubt, and that any spare money would be far better put into a load or two of metal to improve the roads. Tt was ' accordingly decided that no action be taken. It was in a railway carriage. ' A great altercation was proceeding between two Maori ladies, evidently mother and daughter. The latter was chewing something, and the old lady looked envious. Suddenly the younger extracted the stuff she was chewing—it looked like chewing gum—and threw it over to the old wahinc, who grabbed at it as if it had been a piece of prehistoric shark, and chewed in quiet content for the remainder of the journey. YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That ny nsrag une commercial micalyptus Oil, winch is now bought up at <M per lb; weight and bottle, and, on account 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 in- | sisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a s't'imulating, Bafe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT «m----bodies the result of 60 years' experi«oce 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 i

It is estimated that 134,000 shots were fired at Trcntbam at the recent rifle meeting. An additional post office receiving box has been placed at Wallath's corner, Westown, daily clearances to be made at 1 p.m.

One re-tilt of the recent early closing movements is that several of the Chinese shopkeepers in Palmci'stcm North intend going out of groceries, selling fruit, etc., only which will enable them to still keep open during the evening. German capitalists are. about to enter the lira/.ilian State of Sao Paulo to compete with British and -American enterprises. They have already created the Deutsche Bank and several allied institutions, and have obtained a concession for the construction of a light railway, which will be the (irst of a network of fines with which they will cover the State. The concession carries the right to collect a royalty on the land* bordering the railway through a stretch of country six miles wide on each side of the lines. Sao Paulo is one of the richest States in Brazil. Sugar, rice, tobacco, corn, cotton, beans, etc., are extensively cultivated, and the State is the largest producer of coffee'in the republic. Gold, iron and coal are among the mineral products, and the manufacturing industries, which in the main are controlled by Ger-; mans, are represented by cotton mills, iron foundries, breweries aid distilleries, manufactories of sugar, leather, etc. Tk« following candidates are to be nominated by the Xew Plymouth Municipal Progressive Association at the forthcoming election for the New Plymouth; Borough Council:—East Ward, Messrs. W. Ambury, T. L. Buxton and J. Buttimore; Central Ward, Messrs. Jas. Clarke, H. T. Joll and H. Stocker; West Ward, Messrs. G. W. Browne, F. b. Johns and J. C. Morey. It is anticipated that some West End ratepayers will run a "ticket" also comprising the three present members of the council. Other members of the council are prepared to contest the election, if asked. A general meeting of the New Plymouth Progressive Association will be held in the Town Hall to-night. The meeting is for the purpose of discussing matters generally with the candidates) who are to be nominated for the council. All members are cordially invited, and those wishing to become members can procure tickets from the secretary or any of the executive.

Gambling on a colossal scale still goes on in London. It is currently reported in the clubs that on a recent occasion three rubbers of bridge were played, with the result that no less a sum than £43,200 changed hands. The players were millionaires from the other side of the Atlantic, and the .scene of the game a well-known hotel much frequented by American visitors to lireat Britain. The Hon. Thomas Mackenzie stated to a Dunedin Star representative that the tourist traffic this y*ar had been a record everywhere. At the Christchurch office alone the Department sold £9OOO worth of tourist tickets. Had the necessary accommodation been forthcoming, double the number of tourists would have been taken at -Mount Cook. The foundation of the Mount Cook Hermitage would be put in by day labor, at a probable cost of £750, and the new. building can be proceeded with as soon as next season admits. The new track over the .Southern Alps is being pushed on, and men are on both sides of the divide working on the track formation.