LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 297, 10 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Eltham on Monday evening, the Minister for Public Works stated that in designing public buildings, the Government were now making provision not for the requirements of the present, or the immediate future, but for the possible requirements fifty years hence. The mail train was about twenty-five minutes late in leaving Halcombe yesterday, owing to the lateness of the Main Trunk express. But the train arrived here on time. Which suggests that there is ample room for the "speeding up" of our Wellington-New Plymouth express train. From reports all round the district the forthcoming winter show must be a decided success. Keen interest is' being manifested in it throughout the whole district. Already the secretary has received numerous entries, not only from the province of Taranaki, but also from Wanganui and north of Auckland. Major-General Godley will arrive by the mail train to-night and will inspect the New Plymouth troops, Rifles, Guards and Garrison Band, at the Drill Hall. The troops parade at 7.30 p.m. The citizens are invited to be present at an official welcome to-morrow (Thursday) morning at 11 a.m. A special invitation is given to ladies to be present.

Speaking at Auroa on Saturday the Hon. R. McKcnzie said that had he seen the metal in the creeks running through the districts, it is questionable whether he would have consented to the extension to the Mount Egmont metal pits. He was quite satisfied that metal was not the burning question in Taranaki he had been led to believe it was. Perhaps the Minister has since altered his opinion.

A meeting of the Fitzroy Town Board was held on Monday night. The subcommittee appointed to consider" the question of charges for hire of hall submitted a schedule, which was approved. The chairman and Mr. E. Griffiths were authorised to wait on the County Council re the removal of stone from below the weir at the Waiwakaiho river. Mr. W. H. Griffiths was authorised to attend to minor repairs to the hall. Accounts amouting to £3O were passed for payment.

Councillor W. Ambury writes:—'! am reported tp have said at the Borough. Council meeting that the baths would be a good investment for the town even if they cost £SOO per annum. What I stated was that if we had to spend £SOO in appliances for providing tepid baths, it would be a good investment, as it would give facilities for men, women and children to enjoy the baths in winter as well as summer, and largely increase the revenue. An outlay (not recurring) of £SOO ig quite a different proposition to an annual loss of that amount." The Hon. R. McKenzie was in a northern town recently strolling about. A Maori came up to him. "You ti niupeper ferrer?" asked the native. "Yes, I am a newspaper man," replied the Minister, wishing to draw out the Maori. The latter asked, "What you maki my wahine dead for?" Roddy was at a loss to understand for a moment. Then it dawned upon him that the Maori wanted to know the cost of inserting an obituary notice concerning his deceased wife. "Oh, 4s Od an inch." The native was astonished. "That price he too big-—my wahine she ti six foot long!" The honorable gentleman fired off this story at Eltham on Monday evening. We fancy we have heard it before, in a different setting.

The Minister for Public Works has had his eyes opened a great deal as a result of his peregrinations over Taranaki recently. "Its a splendid and niost prosperous country, and no mistake," he said, speaking to a News representative yesterday. Asked for his opinion of possible future developments, he was somewhat reticent, but he ventured the opinion that the impression prevailing in the north that when the Stratford-Ongarue iine is completed trade will flow towards Auckland is erroneous. Trade, he said, must find its natural outlet, and the trade of the country as far as Ongarue would undoubtedly pass through New Plymouth because of its harbor. Another thing, the line from a point a little past Stratford was of an ascending gradient all the way to Ongarue, and people would not send their produce uphill when they could send it downhill with equal facility. When the line is through, in a few years' time, he had no doubt the traffic on the present Taranaki main line would be greatly augmented. The usual weekly sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held vesterday morning, before Mr. 11. S. Fitzherbcrt, S.M„ when judgment was given for plaintiff bv default in the following cases:— Peter Hoskin (Mr. C. H. Weston) v. G. Burnand, claim £1 10s, costs ss; Teed and Co. (Mr. F. E. Wilson) v. A. L. McKee, £1 4s lOd, costs £1 2s; C. B. Lever (Mr. C. H. Weston) v. Wm. Hart, .£l2 Ids, costs £3 2s; S. J. Jackson. (Mr. A. R. Standish) v. Chas. Geary, £l, costs ss; L. D. Nathan and Co. (Mr. C. H. Weston) v. F. Roebuck, 18s, eosts 158. There was no appearance ot judgment debtor in the judgment summons case S. Cook and Co. Proprietary, Ltd. (Mr. J. H. Quilliani) v. Joseph Hooker, and an order was made for payment of £2" lfls 7d within fourteen days or in default one calendar month's imprisonment. In the defended case D. ITutehen v. Eleanor Thorns, claim for £22 lis Od, Mr. Quilliani appeared for plaintiff. Defendant did not appear, but her evidence had been taken in Wellington. Tn her evidence, witness objected to some of the charges, and also stated £ls had been paid on account. Plaintiff's evidence, however, showed that the £ls had been paid on previous actions, and that nearly all the items objected to were for money actually paid out of pocket. Judgment was given for amount claimed with costs £5 13s Gd. Martin Rhivnan (Mr. Johnstone) sued S. J. Jackson, native agent, for 14s. He stated that he had on three occasions shod a horse owned by defendant at the

request of a horse-trainer named MeCracken. The first time he refufled to shoe the horse until Jackson came across and said that he would pay for it. Defendant, however, denied that he had authorised MeCracken to have the horse shod. He had lent the horse to MeCracken previous to this, but the horse was turned out in a paddock for some time, covering two of tiie dates on which the alleged shoeing occurred. The Magistrate nonsuited the plaintiff. YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at fid per lb weight and bottle, aivd, on account af 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 mernhraiies. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALY?TI EXTRACT you not only ftvoid 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 years' experience and of special study, and it does what Ms promised; it cures and heals without injuring the constitution, a,s the oils on , the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself by rejecting other brands.

Large numbers of pigs are being shipped from the Tauranaga district to Auckland. The Timaru Press agent informs us that the education board there does its own repairs! Since last committee meeting, the secretary of the Taranaki Agricultural Society has added 27 new members to the list. Labor holds the balance., of power in the new Greymouth Borough Council, live nominees of the party having been successful. At least one party of Wairarapa deer stalkers has met with success. They have just returned from White Rock with eleven heads, one, of which is a thirteen pointer. A farmer near Timaru has succeeded in growing the soya bean. He has fed it this year to stock, and is saving his own seed. Several farmers have tried to cultivate this bean, but have failed. Snowflakes, harbingers of spring, are showing freely in the gardens. But spring is yet afar off. Narcissi, which are commonly supposed to be spring flowers, have been blooming for weeks past.

A strenuous life is that of a Minister's private secretary. The Hon. R. McKenzio's two secretaries have both been knocked up lately, and a third, who was recently pressed into service, also shows signs of cracking up.

On the 3rd inst. the Hon. Mr. Justice Edwards, on the application of Mr. T. S. Weston (Weston and Weston), granted probate of the last will of the late Mr. Alois Klenner, of Inglewood, to the executrix thereiu named.

Notice has been received by the Taranaki Agricultural iSoeiety that Stratford has chosen December (i and 7, Hawke's Bay October 18 and 19, and Feilddng February 6 and 7, as the dates of their annual agricultural shows. A staff officer to the officer commanding the district arrived in New Plymouth yesterday. His duty is the organisation of senior cadets. He visits the heads of existing institutions that at present furnish or are capable of furnishing senior cadets, and will report fully on the material available on his return to district headquarters. He proposes proceeding to Hawera thiß afternoon.

The Wellington Times understands that the Bank of New Zealand has had a very prosperous year. The balance-sheet will not be published until the complete returns are received from London by course of post at the end of the current month. The directors have already voted the staff a special bonus of 10 per cent, on their salaries. The bonus will be enjoyed by over eight hundred officers.

The local postmaster advises that the Pacific Cable Board has. arranged for a temporary office for receipt and delivery of cablegrams at the Festival of Empire Inhibition, to be held at Crystal Palace, London, opening on 12th inst. A.8.0., Premier, and Western Union codes will be available there for deciding messages. The superintendent at Doubtless Bay will on request arrange indicators representing firms or individuals for messages to be delivered in the exhibition grounds. The board's cable address at the exhibition will be "Paccaboard, London." Kvery effort will be made to deliver messages in the exhibition sent to care of that address

The matter of financing the proposed monster cycle road race round the mountain to be held in August next is being taken up enthusiastically. To secure a financial success, receipts to the amount of £350 are required to be assured. The project is receiving excellent support in cash and valuable trophies from cycle firms doing business in the Dominion, and as the race is the largest of its kind in New Zealand, and is equal to the classic road races of Australasia, and is, moreover, run so as to enable cyclists to compete in the Timnru-Christchureh and both Australian events, it is confidently expected that there will be over 200 entries. This will conisderably lessen the amount of money required to be found locally. The committee, however, do not wish to be handicapped at the outset by shortage of cash, and a vigorous canvass is being instituted. A committee of business men, recognising that nearly the whole of the competitors would come from outside Taranaki, and would have to remain m the district for a week or two familiarising themselves with the route and local conditions, thus necessitating the circulation of considerable outside money in the district, have interested themselves actively in the canvass, and are meeting with most encouraging support. A traveller who has just returned from a business trip along the proposed route states that keen enthusiasm is being taken in the race all along the road, and some support can be expected from the various centres.