LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 2, 27 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The s.s. Rarawa shipped 300 sheep', last night for Auckland. j

A kiwi has been donated to thw Pukekura Park Board by Mr. Crozicr, of Frankleigh Park,,to be placed in the grounds.

Here is a significant advertisement from the London Morning Post:—"Will Peeresses not using Coronation robes lend them for tho occasion? State terms. Confidential. Address, Baroness."

As will bo s«en from our advertising columns the Inglewood Bacon Company will receive pigs fortnightly only during the winter months, instead of every week. The receiving days at the factory for July will be Wednesday, sth and 19th.

An unusually large number of welldressed Maoris in town caused enquiry to be made yesterday, and it was found that a sitting of the Native Land Court was being held, Judge Wilson presiding. The sitting will probably occupy the whole of the week. The Chief Postmaster advises tliat arrangements for the continuous telephony will be completed by the end of the present month, and a start will bo made on the first of July next. The increased rate, however, will not take effect until October Ist.

Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., has satisfied himself that there is no necessity for an inquest concerning the death of . Mrs.. Schultz, who was recently found wandering in the "bush 1 at Rerekapa, and died suusequently is the New Plymouth hospital from pneumonia.

Improvements are projected in the New Plymouth telephone service. Part of the new system is to provide all subscribers with double lines, which will make conversations much clearer and do away with the annoying possibility of conversations l>etween two subscribers being overheard by a third. The heavier lines will be taken in underground eirouite. In a truancy case at the Dunedin Police Court on Saturday morning the inspector handed in his list with the remark that "he doubted if it had a parallel in the Dominion." The li-t shoved five members of one family had leen sent to work at fourteen years of age, and that three of them had not passed a standard. Ou\- had passed Standard I, and another Standard 11.

The settlers at the top end of the Carrington road have written to the Taranaki County Council on the question of transferring their properties from the Okato riding of the county to the Hurworth riding. The request is only reasonable. At present their rate revenue is credited to the Okato riding, but the whole of their traffic to and from New Plymouth is borne by the Carrington road in the Hurworth riding. The settlers are also anxious for the expenditure of the balance of the Government grant of £SOO.

Murchison is greatly excited (says the Nelson Colonist) over the reports from the Owen. Mr. C. S. Beilby, mining engineer, returned on June 2nd.from an inspection of the Rising Sun Syndicate's property, where he was greatly impressed with the mining possibilities of the region. He considers they will rival in importance the best mineral field in the Dominion. He states that there are at least 50,000 tons of ore in sight on the area held by that syndicate, without taking into calculation the deposits outcropping beyond the boundaries of its holding. Claims are at present being pegged out on all the adjoining country.

The "Dannevirke News" records a very regrettable incident that occurred on Friday night of last week. Two lads—Jaines Gasforth and Walter, Bull —started off from Messrs. Bull' and Harrison's premises on two of the firm's horses, which iliey were riding to the paddock. Gasforth went ahead of Bull, who found, on entering the paddock that Gasforth had either been thrown or had fallen off the horse, which had then kicked or trodden on him. Gasforth managed to walk to his home, and was afterwards removed to the hospital, where u.. med on Sunday evening. The deceased was a promising lad, 16 years of ag«. Another of those outrages for which Waitara is Incoming somewhat notorious, (K-currcd between ">.: JO on Friday evening and !).30 on Sunday morning, attention this time being given to Mr. W. Sampson's small motor boat, fitted with a one horse-power benzine engine (.says the local paper). Whether it was theft or pure eussedness, with damaging consequences, is not known, but the '■fact is the engine was taken right out of the boat, leaving no trace. The propeller shaft was cut through, evidently with an ordinary metal sa\v, and the screws were all undone, while the various unions were carefully unscrewed, and all connections handled by one used to pipes, wires and screw*. The umall benzine storage tank was left, it being (Ju> only thing pertaining to the power that was not taken away.

"I want to take you right away to tho hub of the southern hemisphere—the South Polar region," said Professor David, addressing a. meeting in Svdnev on behalf of Dr. Mawson's expedition. The first object of Dr. Mawson would be the geographical coast, a land inviting and interesting as lar as it was known. It was known to be high in piaces, at least 8000 ft above seadevol. and there were big areas of bare rock. Then there would be the bathymetric and the biological marine surveys. In regard to geology, it was most to be desired that they should get more evidence in the way of fossil plants and fossil animals to connect the distribution of the animal and plant life of the South American and Australian regions. The great coal-fields which Shackleton discovered, and which were traced for 1200 miles, he thought would be found to continue along the coast that Dr. Mawson proposed to explore. A very large portion of this region of 5,000,000 square miles was known to be of formations most likely to contain gold. Alaska, which had some 000.000 square miles in area, was sold by Russia to the United States in 1807 for a little over 7,000.000 dollars, and between ISOB and WOO Alaska produced 87,000.00 dollars worth of gold. Alaska was as (dose to the North Pole as the part that Dr. Mawson proposed to explore was to the South Pole. Again, the Canadian Yukon had produced at least 120,000,000 dollars worth of gold. Alaska and Yukon tojether had "produced at least £40.000,000 worth of gold f-inoo its discovery there. These areas at one time appeared to be just as useless as the.parts of the Antarctic that Dr. Mawson proposed to explore. Women's Christian Temperance Union. —The usual monthly meeting of the W.O.T.U. will be held in tlie Baptist ( .iiirch. Gill Mreet, on Wednesday next, at 2.30 p.m. Kxccui.ive please moot at 2.—Advt.

CAN'T SHAKE'TT OFF.. How often we hear persons wit.h poMs make flip above remark: hut Or. Shnl'lon's New Diseovej-y shakes thi\m off promptly and effectively in a few days. '•r'-i: U till and :~< every■Vbeie. • . j • *

A syndicate lias purchased some 1200 acres of land near Motueka, in the Nelson province, for truit-growing.

The Mary* of Canada headed tne list of contribution* to the fund for the purchase of a Coronation gift for the Queen. The amount contributed by her Majesty's Canadian namesakes was £7OO. A notice in the Ca/.ette announces the date of Arbor Day as July 10. which date will be observed as a public holiday in the (rovurnment offices throughout the Dominion.

''My word, this is a lively place," remarked a returned (iisborne resident, "(iisborno and Timaru are the liveliest and busiest places in New Zealand at the present time. Napier, for instance, is (piite dead compared with this." A Wairarajiu farmer was driving some eighty head of stock to his farm, and left them on t.<e road while be refreshed the inner-man at a wayside hotel. When he returned the lot were waiting for him —in the pound. The Shah of Persia possesses perhaps the most valuable pipe in the world. It belonged to his uncle, who received it from his grandfather. It Is the Persian official pipe, and is smoked only on State occasions. It is set with rubies and diamonds, and is valued at £IOO,OOO. A consignment of 20011) of wild rice seed has been received from Canada per the steamer Wakanui by Mr. Cecil A. Whitney. The Waikato Acclimatisation Society will be presented with 1001b for sowing in the lakes and bogs in that society's district, and the. balance will be presented to the Hobson Acclimatisation Society and several friends in the North. When this rice becomes established it should provide splendid food for the wild duck.

Kcas are said to be unusually numerous in the back, country above Ash'uurton, and these destructive birds have already been responsible for killing a large number of sheep. It is stated that the birds attack the sheep mainly in foggy weather, and frequently drive the animals over precipices while hunting them. Recently Mr. Edgar Stead, of Christchurch, paid a visit to the Mount Soniers estate for the purpose of studying the halbits of the birds. A very remarkable incident occurred in Sydney harbour a, few days agt. Early in the afternoou the look-out man on board H.M.S. Powerful, moored in Farm Cove, .noticed some small animal swimming towards the vessel, which on closer investigation proved to be a hare. Jt made for the gangway, and was promptly captured by one of the seamen, and is now a permanent resident on board at His Majesty's expense. Free quarter* have been alloted to the visitor, which has become a pet alike ot officers and men.

Hie mad King Otto of Bavaria in April celebrated his liHrd birthday at the Feursteuried Palace, where he has been incarcerated since ISSU, shortly before his accession to the throne. Mags Hew from the Bavarian public buildings, and all the formalities that usually mark a Sovereign's birthday were duly observed. As for the King himself, he wandered,

as he does year in and year out, listlessly tnrough the sunlit garden of his highwalled palace. The armed sentries.at the palace gates saluted at the sound'of the birthday giui.s, whilst the King sat staring absently at an' old newspaper, without heeding or understanding the unusual fuss around him.

Writes a Wellington business man who U touring abroad: Japan is full of visitors. In this liotql where I am putting up there are about 80 visitors, representing about ten or twelve nationalities. There is very, fine scenery in Japan, but you have to travel for it, just as you do in othesr countries. I may be parochial, but I do not think that it is better than the New Zealand scenery. Hut of course there are many more facilities for travelling here, and you can see everything in comfort, which really does not add to its attractions. There are many amusing situations in the domestic relations of Japanese houses and their ideas of privacy and propriety arc 01 the most simple character. Their politeness is carried to an extraordinary degree, and there is nothing uncommon in being asked if your honorable luggage is to be brought to your august room.

At the tiiiniinl dinner of the New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers' Association, Mr liuckrige, who had recently returned from a tour of the worldDenmark, Canada, and other countries —gave his impressions of the trip. He considered that New Zealand butter was preferable to Danish. It was -possible to compete witli and beat Denmark. The one great point about Danish butter was its uniform quality and quantity. "When we could keep up our .quality and quantity then we could oust tiie Dane," declared the speaker. The Danes were not so far forward in machinery as New Zealand, but their methods of delivery of milk to the factory were cleaner. That was where New Zealand failed. The Danes preferred the old-fashioned style of butter worker and chnrner, considering there was a better result from table working and a more even distribution of salt. New Zealand had a lot to learn from the Danes in the handling of milk prior to reaching the factory. Cleaner methods of delivery of milk would improve our butter.

In Auckland business people are highly pleased with the existing state of affairs. A leading Queen-street draper, interviewed by a Star representative, said business had never been better. Last month's trade represented a record, the returns being ■>{) per cent, better than those of the corresponding month last year, despite the fact that big discount sales were then in progress. This remarkable increase in the volume of trade was only ascribed to the prosperity of the province. People bad money to spend, and spent it freely. There was an improved demand for the 'better class of goods, and cash sales were becoming a more marked feature of everv-day trade; in fact, this business—one of the biggest of the kind in the Dominion—showed less than r> per cent, of bad book-debts on the whole of last year's transactions. This percentage was to be regarded as very low. Altogether, business in Auckland had never been more brisk, nor money more plentiful. Other business people, including smaller tradespeople, also spoke ■enthusiast icallyof'-good times prevailing" when'interviewed on the subject of trade in Anckand at the present time.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That t>y using the Commercial Encamp, tus 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 dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous membranes. Vy insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you n»t only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe and rffect'ive . medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT cmbodies the mult 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 '»» lejrctingr other

The oldest bachelor in England is Mr. Robert Cricliton, of Caterham, who Ims just entered his 100 th year, and is defended from the Criehlons of Cluny, the same branch as the "Admirable Crichton." Horn in Perthshire in 1812, Mr. Cricliton lias lived in six reigns, He. lirst tried the law. and then went to Australia, where he wa.s one of the first «etllers. He is ti splendid shot and a keen billiard-player.

The statement made by the Minister of Agriculture at Christchiirch rewarding tho"*insatisfac;tory report from London in connection with the reeen.t shipment of fruit" is, of course, merely an amplication of intelligence previously received by cable. We knew already that the financial results of the. venture had been disappointing, and that this was attributable to the defective condition in which the fruit was landed. The further details now made public toy the Minister make it clear that si deplorable mistake had been made by someone in connection with the temperature maintained in the cool chambers during transport. Whether the degree of cold was fixed too low in advance or was allowed to fall below the point of known safety is not shown, but since we arc told fiat when cases were opened after discharge "the contents were found covered with ice," the disappointing results of the shipment are ooviously due to blunders that ought not to have occurred. The transport of fruit in cool chamber to Europe from this end of the world long ago passed from the experimental .stage. The shipping lines from Australia and Tasmania yearly carry thousands of tons of fruit, landing it in perfect condition. What can be done from Australia can be done from New Zealand, and since the production of fruit is being encouraged in this countrv a heavy responsibility rests with "the Government to see that opportunities for shipment are provided. With a knowledge of what is accomplished elsewhere it is simply preposterous that any difficulties should stand in the way of New Zealand shippers of fruit having their produce landed in good order on the Loudon market.