LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 276, 12 April 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will be no issue of the Taranaki Daily News on Friday (Good Friday) and Monday (Easter Monday). The paper will appear as usual on Saturday. The Postal Department notifies that outward mails, via Naples, which left Wellington on the 3rd ult., arrived in London on the morning of the Oth inst. As evidencing the rapid rise in the value of farm land in the Patea district it is worthy of note (says the Pa ten Press) that a portion of a farm adjoining the Whenuakura river was recently sold to a Manaia resident at the highly satisfactory figure of too per acre. In an affiliation case before the Christchurch Court yesterday the Magistrate made an order under section 73 of the Destitute Persons Act, 1010, which permits an order to be made without the service of a summons when the defendant is out of the Dominion or conceals bis whereabouts. Scarcely a day has passed lately without one or two inebriates appearing at the local court, a fact that caused his Worship, Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., to remark at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, in dealing with two cases ■ of this nature, that "drunkenness appears to be on the increase here." The warm and moist weather is having a marked effect on the gardens. Tomato and other plants have taken a new lease of life, and are flowering a second time. At Vogeltown an apple tree has put forth its second blossoms, and is now bearing its second fruit for the season. Azaleas are blooming thus early in favored localities. IbfiK wa,a a well attended meeting pi the committee of the EgmOiit Lodge, i 1.0. G.T., last night to make arrive-1 ments for the laying of the foundatiopl stone of the Good Templars' Hall now being erected on the corner of Carrington road and CouTtenay street. The foundation stone will' be laid on the "fteriwon o! April 27th, and some of + «jie Grand Lodge officers will speak at the function, ~.„,...

To-day is the last day for enrolling electors on the electors' list of the bor* ough of New Plymouth. In view of the interest attaching to tbVforthconVing municipal and harbor boitTd elections, everyone entitled to vote should "see that Re or she i« placed on the roll before five o'clock this evening. It may be as well to remind people that the qualification consists of twelve months' residence in the Dominion, three months in the borough, and a British subject of over 21 years of aav. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff by default in the following cases:— Edward Dingle (Mr. Hutchen) v.. John Henry Wells, claim £3 10s (costs Us); John Taylor (Mr. Grey) v. Wm. Candy, jun., £4 17s 3d (245); J. C. Buchanan v. Geo. Feek, £1 Is 2d (ss); J. W. Kurta v. Frank Drury, 10s (ss); John Frederick Burke v. Chas. Cuirney, Is Id (ss). In the judgment summons case, Southam Bros. (Mr. Standish) v. (Eric George Harding, there was no appearance of judgment debtor, and an order was made for the payment of the full amount, viz., £3, within seven days, or in default seven days' imprisonment. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., a first offending inebriate was convicted and discharged. Wm. Hartncll was charged with drunkenness whilst in charge of a horse. Detective Boddam, who prosecuted, stated that at eleven o'clock on Monday night accused, who was with two other young fellows, was warned and advised to go home. Some time later, however, he was seen driving furiously about the town. In reply to His Worship, Detective Boddam stated that the trap accused was driving had one light. Accused was a first offender. His Worship said that this was a dangerous practice and might possibly have caused serious injury. He could not, therefore, treat accused as a first offender. He was accordingly convicted and fined 10s and costs ss, in default 24 hours' imprisonment.

Now that the season has come round for gathering and roasting chestnuts, it might be interesting to some of your readers to make a few observations concerning the beautiful Spanish chestnut tree (writes a correspondent). The above variety grows and bears well in Taranaki. There is a magnificent specimen at Bonithon, near New Plymouth, which was planted in the early sixties, measuring three feet in diameter at the butt, and extending its branches about thirty feet in each direction. A thousand people could be seated under the shade of this magnificent tree. Besides being both ornamental and hardy, it bears a valuable nut, which when roasted or boiled is delicious. How much better would our children's teeth be if they had as many nuts as they cared to eat instead of so many sweets. The Spanish chestnut should be planted hv farmers and land owners for ornament, shelter and food.

The London Daily Mail of March 4 states: A Southend painter named Henry Howard, of Kingston House, Pleasant road, has just received information that, by the death of an •uncle in New Zealand, he has inherited a fortune of about £1(!,C00. For many years the uncle had carried on business as a general store dealer at Wade, Auckland, and also owned a sheep ranch with 0000 to 7000 head of cattle. Howard worked for some time with his uncle, but thirteen years ago they quarreled and parted, and the nephew returned to England, never expecting to hear from his uncle again. Howard has since followed the occupation of a painter and paperlmnger, but the customary slackness of work during the winter season has rendered liim and his family almost destitute, so the news of the fortune has come at a most opportune moment. He is at present in communication with the London agents and with his uncle's solicitor, and will probably leave England shortly for New Zealand. YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at fid 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 y»u—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 manufaeture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' 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 by rejecting other brands. Ask your local draper or storekeeper to show von the Copyrighted ROSLYN Writing Pad for od.—Advt.

Mr. Jas. Scanlon, manager, in New Plymouth of the Melbourne Clothing Company, left on Monday night on a trip to Fiji. Sixty-one new members of the Taranaki Agricultural .Society were elected at the meeting last night. This brings the total secured by Mr. Cliff to 303. One Poverty Day coastal census subenumerator had to travel twenty-five miles to deliver one paper. He also had to travel the same distance to call for it after it had been filled up. A London cablegram states that the Queen sent General Booth birthday greetings, and expressed the hope that he will be long spared to continue his work. General Booth celebrated his 82nd birthday on Monday. Mba remains more complete than those so often found in the cracks of limestone formation at Oamaru, and in other parts of Otago, were recently dug up at SeaclifT while a party were preparing a bit of marsh land for cultivation. Sheep are (says a Hastings paper) mysteriously disappearing from settlers' flocks on the Tongoio estate. One settler alleges he is 200 sheep short, and another settler claims to have lost 300 since shearing tiine. No carcases have been found, and the settlers arc inclined to the belief that the sheep have been stolen. "I was astonished at the progress of the country up Ohura way," said a returned Palmerstonian recently. "Some of the Ohura land is very fair, but some is hungry soil. . Up towards Whangamomona is good sheep country, and 1 savy some very fine sheep thereabout, better than I expected, it is going to be a fairly, good district, but want of roads is a drawback."

The following will give some indication of the value of the cheese industry to a district. There are three factories round about Otaruia, in Southland. The output of cheese from the district for the past season will be about 200 tons, and at the prices which have ruled the net return to the district should be about .£IO,OOO, after paying export charges. Tliere Is a large element of truth in ihe statement made by a southern contemporary that at present many <*-' are learning little or house-keepingj and seem to spend a great part of their spare time In malting useless calls on their, frtehds. if they knew a lit'tle iaor« aVout cooking and the manago'mimt of ft home there would be much less domestic unhappiness, and possibly drink Would not be the temptation it no<r is to many men. News from the Argentine is none too cheering. Letters have been received in Palmerston stating that the country, generally speaking, is in a bail way. Wages liave gone down, while the expense of living has increased.. The nutlook, on the whole, is most unpromising, and a crisis before long is not improbable. Several who left New Zealand to settle in that part of the world are wishing they had selected some other field of emigration.—Standard. "I propose that the Literature Committee be appointed to go into the cheese." —This blunt proposal at the Winter Show Committee meeting last night, coming as it did after a discussion that coin should be sprinkled in a giant specimen of that commodity, and sold to enhance the society's finance, caused some consternation, especially to the members of that committee. The mover, however, explained that he did not intend those gentlemen to take the place of the coin, but to make the necessary arrangements in connection with the supply of cheese, etc. The resolution, in an amended form, was then put and carried. .

Hobbled trousers are a distinct advantage, whatever may be said of hobWed skirts; at least, so a well-known borough official has good cause to think. In the course of his duties yesterday he collected five golden sovereigns, which he, as usual, deposited safely, as he thought, in his hip pocket. He walked round for some time, and then wended his way to the office to hand over his spoil. A severe shock, however, awaited him. The money had vanished, a hole in the corner of his pocket showing its method of exit. Earlier in the day ne had been riding a bicycle, and had neglected to remove the clips. He now hurriedly did so, and was much relieved when the joyous jingle_ of the sovereigns on the floor notified h'im that the clips had been the means of saving him this considerable sum.

Captain Broia, of the French ship Xoemi, which arrived recently from Monte Video, has on board his vessel a woman whose presence has caused him some trouble and embarrassment. The woman in question joined the ship at Monte Video as an able-bodied seaman, being at the time disguised as a man. It appears that she and her husband signed on as members of the crew, and it was not until the vessel was two days out that the skipper became aware of the presence of a woman in the forecastle. An intimation of this fact was, however, conveyed to the captain by the woman's husband. She was immediately removed from the men's quarters, and was provided with a cabin in another part of the ship. The disguise had been perfect, her hair having been cut short. Captain Broia is uncertain as to what he will do with the woman and her husband.

No prosecution under the Secret Commissions Act of last year has been undertaken as yet, but we are glad to notice (remarks the Lyttelton Times) that in Auckland, at any rate, public attention has been drawn to the new law. The evil which the Legislature has attempted to check is unpleasantly widespread. The standard of commercial morality in Now Zealand is generally admitted to be high, and. of course, the warning that litis been placed before the members of the legal profession by the Law Society in Auckland, need not be interpreted as a suggestion that the lawyers have any peculiar tendency to offend against the spirit of the Act, but. unfortunately, there is reason to believe that many men would shudder at the very thought of deliberate dishonesty, have succumbed to the insidious attacks of the secret commission. The gift in return for "services rendered," manages to look quite innocent in a. score of disguises, and the line that separates right from wrong in the commercial world is often indistinct enough to puzzle the most analytical mind. The intention of the Legislature will be realised if the community as a whole comes to understand that any element of secrecy in connection with the payment of a commission is at least suggestive of illegality. CURED I* LESS THAN A WEEK. "My little daughter suffered for six months from a bad and obstinate sore behind the ear, and nothing had any healing effect upon it, although I tried many ointments. I then used Rexona Ointment, which evidently contains ourative properties not found in others, for after the first application the sore showed signs of healing, and after a few applications it disappeared altogether, leaving a clear skin underneath. Rexona cured this six months' old sore in less than a week," writes Mrs. John MacDonald, 1 Harold-street, Erskinevillc, N.S.VV. Rexona, uie new skin remedy, is sold in triangmar pots at la fid and 3s. Obtainable at Bullock and Johnston's. For Children's Hacking Coughts at night, Woods' "ret ? vr ir.i Curt, 1/6, 2/8.