LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual statutory meeting of the Harbor Board was held at noon yesterday when the balance-sheet, as already published, was formally adopted

The thousandth baby was born at St. Helens Hospital in Dunedin yesterday. The hospital was opened five years a"o and only one mother has died in the hospital in that period. On the 9th inst, Mr. Justice Edwards on the application of Mr. T. S. Weston (Weston and Weston), granted letters of administration of the estate of the late Mr. J. L. H. Barnitt, of Urenui

Anglers report that fish were rising better in the Waiwakaiho last week than for some time past, and as a result some fine bags are recorded Messrs. F. Whittle and R. Birch each secured six fine rainbow trout, averaging 41b apiece. °

A special course in electrical magnetism opens at the Technical .School" tonight (Tuesday) at seven o'clock, when those interested are asked to attend The amateur woodwork class will also meet to-night. On Friday, the general agricultural class will meet in the chemistry room. The director wishes it, known that the opening of the plumbinc class is postponed this week. The boy O'Leary, who travelled to Wellington from Hawke's Bay by train on Saturday, was taken charge of by the police, and disappeared .suddenly on Sunday, was found in the New Plymouth train yesterday when the train was near Manakau. Constable Mahonev, who was travelling by the same train* undertook to see the boy safely back to his guardian at Makotuku—Press telegram. At yesterday's meeting of the Harbor Board. Mr. Maxwell moved, in accordance with notice of motion, that the previous resolution "that the work of widening the wharf be commenced from .the outer end as soon as the dredging is sufficiently advanced," be rescinded. Members were unanimously in favor ol the resolution, and it was carried without opposition. This now clears the way to widening the wharf from the shore end. '

The collection of the Maori census and agricultural statistics has just been completed, and returns are to be forwarded to headquarters to-day. It is understood that the census will be more reliable and complete than ever before, as great care has been taken in its compilation. The number of sub-enum-' erators was considerably increased, and the ground they covered correspondingly reduced, allowing of more thorough work. The only doubtful information will be in the age column, which in most cases has had to be approximated.

On Thursday, James Mahoney, a rp.si dent of Whangamomona, went to the Wliangamomona Hotel and made a nuisance of himself, being considerably under the influence of drink. He made use of obscene language, and generally misconducted himself, but was finally persuadod to leave the premises, though during the evening lie made threats 'of returning with a pea-rifle for the purpose of shooting the licensee of the hotel. On, Friday Mahoney ncain went to the hotel, and repeated the performance of the; previous day, with the addition that he threw down and smashed' four glasses, belonging to the hotel. As Mahoney was becoming intolerable, Constable Wrigh'l was called in, and proceeded to arrest him, which was only done after MahoneV had resisted violejft.lv for some time. </) n a charge' of using obscene language, i M . rused was sentenced by the Bench to) n month's imprisonment; on the eham') 0 f rosisting the police, to a fortnight's i m . pnsonment; and on the charge oV refusing to quit licensed premises he'was fined £2; sentences t« be concurrent Post. ;~ "

Evening ' dresses have quite ' short I sleeves. I ■ 1

It is stated that' Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P., and Mr. C. H. Poole, M.P., have purchased a holding of 1000 acres on the shores of Lake fiotorua.,, Early in April a new theatrical enterprise is to be placed before the Wellington public in the form of an "All Day" moving picture show, to be conducted in Manners Street.

At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. S. Fitzhcrbcrt, &.M.," a iirst offending inebriate, who failed to appear, was fined ss, or in default twentyfour hours' imprisonment. A Raetihi dairy farmer, who has been in the district for 20 years, informs the local paper that the present is the driest summer the district has experienced since its settlement. As a result of dry weather the milk yield is declining.

A judgment debtor was asked at Eketahuua if it were not true that he had got married since the judgment had beca obtained against him. Debtor replied that if lie had not go somebody to look after him he would have been compelled to go to a hospital.

' Germany is said to be on the look-out for Australian butter, because lately there lias been a good deal of ptomaine poisoning from eating margarine made from defective imported oils, and in consequence the German public's consumption of margarine has been reduced by one-half, causing a brisk demand for butter.

"Sunny Xapier," writes a correspondent of tho Hawke's Bay Herald, "cannot now be challenged by any place in New Zealand. Air. Herbert King has picked several bunches of ripe bananas from his orchard in Goldsmith road. I have known that banana trees grow in New Zealand, but this is my first acquaintance with ripe bananas grown in the Dominion."

During the course of a welcome function at Rotorun the Hon. E. McKcnzie gave his audience a big word of encouragement iment the East Coast railway. "Within 18 months," he said, "1 anticipate that the railway head will be advanced towards Rotorua as far at Paengaroa. Tliat will bring the railway within 32 miles of you here, and very considerably reduce the distance between you and your natural seaport—Tauranga." Speaking to a newspaper representative, Mr. Sedgwick, of "Sedgwick Boys" fame, stated that he had just received word that Poor Law relief in England for the past year had amounted to £lo,Uoojm, which went to about 590.000 people. This included ten thousand men willing and anxious to work, and these men if they could earn 25s to 30a a week could easily keep themselves and goodsized families.

A pair of freak apples was on view at the Norinanby Show, says the Hawera Star. Their skin was colored in green streaks, although they grew on a genuine apple tree, and were surrounded by rosy-ciiceked apples. A suggestion was made that birds or bees had fertilised them from an outside source. The occurrence is new to Mr. Horton, from whose nursery they came, and is not without interest from an evolutionist point of view.

At the instance of Taranaki farmers, the Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, has arranged with the High Commissioner in London to forward quotations of pork along with those for other New Zealand staples. In a wire to the News hist evening, the Minister states he is looking into the matter of including particulars'of London market prices of bacon and ham in the weekly cabled list also. The information should be of considerable service to those engaged in the pig industry throughout the Dominion.

"He who hesitates is lost" is a saying ) that was nearly illustrated by an elder- | ly lady yesterday morning near the local post office. She was crossing the road and had almost reached the haven of safety on the opposite footpath, when a motor car came round the corner. The lady immediately doubled back across the road until she was in the track of the car, where she hesitated, uncertain what to do or where to go. Fortunately, however, the car was well in hand, and was immediately pulled up, nor did it start again until the lady had reached the path whence she started. A bailiff's officer, who went to Chuneys, I near Kaiapoi, early the other evening to take possession of the goods aud chattels of a resident there, appears to have had a highly unpleasant experience. The details are meagre, but it appears that when the bailiff appeared on the scene J and made his business known, he was attacked furiously by the man whose goods he was about to distrain. His assailant, armed with a fork, struck him on the head, inflicting what is reported to be a nasty wound. The bailiff was taken to a storekeeper's shop, and found to have been somewhat seriously knocked about.

I Owing to the Opunake racecourse being situated at Pihama, some miles from the nearest centre of population, the majority of those who attend that meeting are compelled to utilise the ' noble steed as a means of reaching j their destination, and, as a result, it is [ estimated that there are anything from 800 to 1000 horses promiscuously | scattered about the horse paddock. In fact, it is said to draw the largest I gathering of horses of any course in ! New Zealand. To some people—-espeoi- ' ally if they have drawn a big dividendall horses are alike, provided the difference in color is not too glaring, and it is not surprising that mistakes sometimes happen. Some New Plymouth sports were evidently tho victims of a mistake on Friday last. They had driven a chestnut liorse to the races, in the morning, and just prior to tho last race, decided it was time to get ready for home, so as to "avoid tIV crush," as it were. Fate, however, billed otherwise, for their steed had disappeared, and could not be found. The paddock was secure, so hj" eoiild not have escaped unaided. Tbcy arrived at the conclusion that 1 e had been taken by mistake, and as they did not know what quadruped had been left in his stead, they had to wait nearly three hours until cve.y horse but one had been taken, and that one, a chestnut, apparently ownerless, they commandeered and started for home. They remained at Opunake on Saturday and Sunday, instituting inquiries, but could get no trace of their own animal. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, so it behoves everyone who drove a chestnut liorse home from those races to make sure that it is the animal that took him there.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That ny using une commercial Jsuealy*tus Oil. which 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 t« which the use of turpentine will expos* you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous membranes. By insisting on the GENUINE SANBER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not onlflaYaid these pitfalls, but you ha™ a stimulating, s'afe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture.

SANDER'S EXTRACT «»• bodies the result of 60 years' experieaca and of special study, and it does what is promised; it cures and heals wiftont injuring the constitution, as the oiis on the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself by rejecting other brands.