LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 311, 26 May 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is a lively demand in New Plymouth at present for town and suburban property. Writing to a friend in Masterton, a former resident of the Wairarapa, states that Sydney, at the present time, is full of New Zcalanders. Most of them are doing well. There is an abundance of work in New South Wales just now. A Ilawcra J.P. passed a salutary sentence on a rowdy customer who had been in the habit of making disturbances in the hotels when lie came to town. Accused was fined £3, in default three months' imprisonment with hard labor. It is sometimes possible to overdo the polishing of a linoleum to a dangerous point. Through slipping on the waxed linoleum in her residence in Napier a young lady was unfortunate enough to break her right knee-cap. She was removed to the hospital for treatment. In the Police Court yesterday S. M. McComish proceeded against John Osborne Cock for breach of an order of the court to make provision for the maintenance of his son. He was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labor in the New Plymouth gaol. Commencing on June 1, the Northern Company's steamer Rarawa will maku only two trips a week from Onehunga to New Plymouth, and two from New Plymouth to Onehunga. She wilL leave Onehunga on Sundays and Wednesdays, and New Plymouth on Mondays au Thursdays. The Bqjl Block Dairy Co. made two exhibits at the Auckland winter show, and secured iirst prizes in each. In one case the competition was open to the whole of the Dominion, and in the second the competitors were limited to factories outside the Auckland province. Mr. J. Rutherford is manager and hutter-maker at this factory. There was a large and enthusiastic gathering of no-license workers and sympathisers at the WhiteJey Hall last night. The "Y's," the young women's branch of the W.C.T.U., rendered a number of campaign songs, and Miss Ilarle sang the solo, "God Defend New Zealand." Addresses were given on various phases of the work by several speakers. There is no getting away from the fact that the creamery is the weak spot in the dairy factory companies' armour, and that if the employees keep up their antagonism it will lead to what we be 1 lieve to be one of the greatest blessings to the dairy farmer, and that is home separation (says the Opunake Tims). By this menus a great deal of time would be saved, the spread of disease amongst »tock would be minimised, and the question of reduced expenditure on the road upkeep would be satisfactorily answered. We think about the best thing that could happen to the industry would be a strike, as it would wake things up, and we believe make the farmer put his industry on a better footing.

Those who contend for feminine supremacy in manly pursuits will hear with admiration of the performance of Miss May Macdonald at the Tallangatta Valley race meeting last week, says a Sydney journal. She distinguished herself, not only as a horsewoman, but also as a pedestrian. Miss Macdonald, who is known throughout the north-eastern district, rode a horse over the jumps at the races, and showed herself so accomplished a mistress of equestrianism that more than one expert declared her performance the best on the ground. Subsequently she walked from Tallangatta to Corryong, a distance of 50 miles, which she covered in a day, scorning to confess weariness as the result of her long journey.

An unfounded rumor is thus contradicted by M.A.P.: Certain New York journals have been diligently circulating the rumor that King George is showing a disposition to ignore American peeresses and hostesses. His Majesty effectively disposed of this gossip by dining tile other night with the Duke and Duchess of Boxburghe at Chesterfield House. Before her marriage the Duchess was Hiss May Goclet, one of the most popular "dollar-princesses" in America. Tlie mansion in which the Duke and Duchess entertained their Majesties is one of the most interesting in London. At the time of the last Coronation the then owner, Lord Burton, lent it to King Edward for the accommodation of foreign Royalty, and for the first time in its long history a sentry was posted at its gate.

The news that lias come to hand to the effect that a powerful and influential body of capitalists has purchased the Taranaki Petroleum Company's undertaking with a view to thoroughly exploiting the oil fields of Taranaki, will be received with a general feeling of satisfaction throughout the district; (says the Patea Press). Just what this means to Taranaki, one cannot accurately guage at- the present time, but certain it is that as the field has already been found, the expenditure of a large amount of capital in our midst in thoroughly developing the petroleum industry is assured. And with the latest and most up-to-date machinery installed and a good flow of oil obtained, there is every reason to believe that other capital will be attracted to the province and the whole of the district thoroughly exploited, particularly that portion lying to the eastward of Stratford, which is said by geologists to be the centre of the oil field proper in Taranaki. And it must be borne in mind that within twelve months the Stratford Ongarue railway will be touching the fringe of a vast coal-bearing area in the Tarigarakau district. This will mean the establishment of another important industry in the province, besides adding materially to the welfare of the community by enabling them to obtain a practically inexhaustible supply of fuel at about a third of the present cost. And in addition to the two industries we have mentioned there is another that will receive an impetus when the fact becomes known that foreign capital is being employed in developing a sister industry close at hand. We refer to the ironsand industry, which, if we gauge the situation aright, is likely to be thoroughly exploited this time with, it is hoped, satisfactory results. Altogether the outlook for Taranaki at the present time is bright in the extreme. There would seem to be every probability of the next two years seeing more rapid strides made in various directions than even the most sanguine could have looked forward to during the next decade.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That uy using the Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at 6d per lb weight and bottle, and, on account of the large profits, pushed, you are exposing yourself to all the dangprs 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 nnt only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stim ulating, safe and effective medknment. the result of a special and careful ma-iu■ facture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRA*"!' embodies the result of 60 years' exii»rience and of special study, and it do<"» what -is promised; it cures and heals without injuring the constitution, as the ni's 011 the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself by rejecting other brasfc fJt;-

. Mr. Kettle, S.M., fined an Auckland firm iilO for not keeping ,ui ovotiiiii' wages book, and intiman-J that li.' would raise tiie fine to £2i), £4O, and £SO in future. A Dunedin draper found that £25 worth of ladies' underclothing had boen taken out of a case of drapery consigned to him. It is believed the pilfering was done at Dunediu, or on board the steamer. The Postal Department advises that the outward Suez mail despatched from Wellington by the Aorangi arrived in Sydney on the 23rd inst., being too late to catch the express. The mails are being forwarded by the Nnrd Deutscher Lloyd steamer, due at London four days later than the P. arid O. boat. Here is a terrible warning to parents who are in the habit of going to places of amusement and leaving their children, locked up in the house. Mrs. T. White, a resident of Perth, W.A., went to the theatre leaving her three children asleep in bed. On returning, ,<dic found tha* the youngest boy, aged 1" months, had been choked to death through slipping feet foremost out ef his cot, and being caught by the chin by the iron bar of the bed.

An extraordinary thing occurred o« the Tarahua golf links at Vogeltown recently. It was noticed that a terrier belonging to a visitor had a golf ball in his mouth. The canine was relieved of his mouthful, whereupon he made a dart for some long grass on the roadside (a "bunker" in golf parlance), and brought another. On this ball being taken away, he promptly sniffed around in the vicinity again, and a further ball was the result! The golfers then took the dog all over the .links, and by its means succeeded in finding, in "bunkers," trees, gullies, swamps, and fences no fewer than forty balls. The dog had a keen nose for the rubber balls, and never once made a mistake. The club wants to buy that dog, but he is unpurchaseable.