LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 45, 15 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Senior-Sergeant Dart and Constable O'Neill turned up unexpectedly in a local hotel on Saturday night about half-an-hour after closing time. The sequel will be read in the police court reports. It is reported that the Eltham Dairy Company will have, from last season's sales, an additional amount of £1247 yet to come. This will bring the total payment for the season up to 11.17 d. It is reported that a pair of huias have been seen by men engaged in bushfelling in the Maungatarere Valley, near Carterton. . The men are anxious to know how to capture without injuring them.

Notwithstanding the difficulty of obtaining farm labour, a number of strong, healthy-looking men have recently called at the Police Station in Masterton applying for relief. One young fellow stated that he hod been six months, in the Dominion, had walked hundreds of miles, andi had only succeeded in getting about a fortnight's work all the time.

The whitebait season has commenced at Foxton (says a Palmerston paper), and the river is lineu with fishers. So far it is scarce, but the Maoris prophesy a big year for inanga, and many King Country Natives have come down and are camped oil the river bank. One boy of 14 struck a patch and got 401b. o£ whitebait in 40 minutes, for which he got Is 4d per lb., and the news crowded the river, bank next day. There are buyers already up from Wellington, and good prices are expected. "I would like to see every one of them wiped out,' declared the 1 ion. j. Barr in the Legislative Council when speaking of for improving the conditions of employees therein. He was of opinion that the title was quite a misnomer, for the employees were sometimes kept going for inordinately long hours on a very small wage. The provisions of the Arfiitration Act ought to be extended to cover such workers, though a much better plan would be to abolish the clubs altogether. They were not required, and there was no justification for their existence. \et another competitor for the champion mean man's belt has entered the lists. To a recent'public function in this district a man brought his wifs and two children "A shilling, please" asked the doorkeeper. "What for?" asked paterfamilias, and he continued, "I thought this was a public affair." The doorkeeper said it was public, but adults were being charged sixpence each, this payment entitling them to afternoon tea. ''But I don't drink afternoon ten," lie said, and, objecting to pay any more than sixpence, lie left his wij? and family and one single sixpence there, «i-. a »•, ■■

A floating bait, set for the purpose of catching kahuwai, attracted the attention of a young albatross at the harlbor on Sunday. He swooped down on it, and was hooked. Mr. L. Gallaghan. the owner of the line, soon hauled in his unexpected capture, but was unfortunate enough to drop his watch and chain overboard during the process. The bird is blackish-brown in color, and his wings spread six or seven feet from tip to tip. He is at present domiciled at Mr. Callaghan's, and promises to crea-te a problem soon, for he haa a voracious appetite. The bird is to be offered to the Zoological proprietary at Wanganui.

A resident of Palmers ton has just received a letter from a friend who recently went on a visit to America, with the intention of remaining if he found the climate and other conditions satisfactory. {He writes from New York: "We have been having a terrific hot spell, the thermometer ranging between 80 and 100 inside every day for a week. Over 100 persons and' over 000 horses have died of heat in the city, not to speak of thousands of prostrations. J do not mind the heat in the day time, but when it does not get below 80 degrees for a week, night or day, it is very enervating. I hope the summer will be soon over."

The president of the Victorian Methodist Conference, the Rev. A. McCallum, delivered an address entitled "The Church and the Marriage Question" in Melbourne last week. Mr McCallum illustrated the deplorable levity with which so many young people* treated what should be the most solemn moments of their lives, by narrating an experience of his own, in which he had been flippantly asked to '■rim the thing cuvfir in the house," because the bridegroom was too drunk to attend the church. He had refused, but he regretted the day that some disgraceful man in ft black coat was found willing for the sake of a fee-to thus degrade his holy office as a minister.

In a letter from Mr. James Dunlop, appearing in the Kilmarnock Standard (Scotland), the Scottish Agricultural Commissioner makes the following flattering reference to Moumahaki Experimental Farm:—"The Moumahaki farm is one of the several experimental farms run by the Government in the North Island, but it seemed to us that more useful work was being done here than at all the others put together. . . While the farm is considered a poor one naturally, the arrangement of everything and the fine crops were a sight to see. I have visited scores of experimental farms at Home, in Denmark, Canada, United States and Australia, but as far as completeness, management, tidiness and good cultivation are concerned, I don't remember seeing anything to equal Moumahaki."

J>ir Henry Lucy writes, in the course ? f hls weekly letter to the Sydney Morning Herald, published on Saturday week last: ''Xo one will more warmly welcome cessation of mental and 'bodily strain in connection with the Coronation than the Premiers and other representatives of dominions over the sea. Hospitality. official and private, has been unbounded. and a wish nearest the hearts of those chiefly concerned must be for return to familiar quieter times. Happily, the visitors are of exceptionally fine stamina, and are able to live through it spurt that would break down Weaker brethren. In this connection Sir Joseph VI 3rd, the New Zealand Prime Minister, told me an interestintj circumstance. Amid the turmoil of life in London he has not once varied from his home habit: of not sleeping more than four out of the 24 hours. Such capacity gives a man an almost unfair advantage over fellowcreatures, even such as limit the period of their sleep to eight hours. For a shrewd, capable business man to be every day of his life four hours ahead of his neighbors is an immense pull, almost- equal to doubling the length and opportunity of a working dav." A CHILD'S LTFE SAVED. ''My son .Tack was severely attacked with croup," writes Mrs Agnes L. Vincent, Margaret Street, Gee.long, Vic. He was almost choking, and we had not time to send for medical aid. We had Chamberlain's C'ough Remedy in the house, and it was the means' of saving this child's life. It only took ten min* utes for this remedy to do the work. We think a. lot of Clnmberlain's Cough Bernedy. Tt is the only consrh medicine we use in our home." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers. VISITIN'i ■ 'ARDS.—When you run out of cards, send your order for mor > to the Daily News Printery.. 3/8 for 50, or 5/- for 100 (postage paid).

A Good' Templar lodge is to be started in Inglewood. The Ngaire 00-operativc Dairy Factory will open to-day.

A branch store of the Melbourne Clothing Company is to be opened at Inglewood, September 1 being the opening date.

The Government is setting aside about 150 acres of forest reserve in the Manaffatu Gorge far the purpose of a public domain.

It is understood by the Pa tea Press that the Harbor Board has received a reply from Greymouth to the effect that the offer of the Board of £4OO for the Black water dredge at Pa tea could not be entertained.

A meeting of those interested in dairying was held at Bell Block on Friday night, when Mr. Heatley, technical organiser, explained the scope of the shortterm classes held in the country. It was resolved to hold the first meeting on Thursday night. While ploughing in his paddock at Shadforth, near Orange (N.S.W.), last week. Mr. John Taylor turned over an old tin. While examining it out rolled l.j sovereigns. How they got there is a mystery. The rusty state of tne tin indicated that it had been there a long time. The suggestion is that it is a long-forgotten plant, possibly of bushrangers.

The Taranaki County Council has received from the Department of Public Works a copy of the proclamation in terms of the Land Act, 1008, taking land through block 9, I'aritutu survey district, for the purpose of a road. This road will connect the Mangorei and Carrington roads, and give the settlers on the Upper Mangorei road a shorter road to New Plvmouth.

•The necessity for good roads is becoming a very prominent problem in America. It is officially announced that about five millions sterling will be spent on road making in the United States during the next road-making season, and this large sum is but the first of a series of annual contributions to construct a great highway system throughout the length and breadth of the States.

The New Zealand pioneers of the paper-bag principle, as applied to cooking, were undoubtedly the Maoris. For instance, their method of cooking pigeons was as follows:—The birds were dressed in the usual manner and encased in clay. The mass was thcji placed in a fire, where the clay became hard. After the required time for cooking had elapsed, the ''brick' was removed from the fire and broken, when the birds were found to be cooked' in a maimer which even an epicure would be delighted with. Reports from Western Canada prophesy a 300,000,000 bushel wheat crop this year (saw Bradstreet's). CanadianPacific Winnipeg bulletin says: "Not in twenty years have crop conditions been so uniformly favorable. Reports from 200 points say damage from causes is less than half of 1 per cent. Central Saskatchewan. reports every .steam plough outfit contracted ahead' for next year, with scores of new outfits coming into the district. Saskatchewan acreage next year will increase 10 per cent, over this year. Winnipeg Warehouse Commission estimated 200,000 cars will be required to move this year's grain crop out of Canada West.

Speaking in reference to cow-testing, at the Dairymen's Conference at Dunedin, Mr. D. I». Hunter, of Edendale, stated that there were about 5000 or 0000 cows in the Edendale district, and probably 1000 of these would be found to bo deficient according to the tests. There would be at the same rate 4000 or 5000 deficient cows probably in Otago. He advocated getting the Minister of Agriculture to import, say, 100 high grade bulls every year, fifty for the North Island and 50 for the South, for sale to farmers who could not a fiord to import these animals for themselves. They would then, in time, improve their stock. Farmers would be willing to give good prices for these bulls at auction.

Surprisingly good results have (says au Australian paper) been received during the pa»t couple of years by Mr. A. Crisp, of Springdale, in growing potatoes under straw. Last year the tubers were planted an inch under the ground, and covered with straw to a depth of about ten inches. The result was a heavy crop, some weighing as much as 411). each. Tlve straw protects the plants when young from late frosts in September. and they do with far less water than when grown in open land, besides being less trouble. The straw keeps the ground very moist. Mr. Crisp has had experience growing potatoes in the Moliaro country by this method, and claims that farmers can make the venture profitable if cultivated the right way. The weekly session of the Egniont Lodge, No. 112, 1.0.G.T.. was held in the lodge room last night. The C.T. Bro. J. iSa.lt opened the lodge after which the C.T. Bro. G. W. Hartiie.ll, occomplied by the G.C.T. Bro. Andrews and >Sister Gnmley, visited the lodge. Bro. Andrews then presided over a large attendance. Six new members were initiated for membership. Gieotinra were received from the Star of the East Lodge, Ashburton, and the. Tester Lod<* Eng'and. Bro. F. A. Peppenll reported tliiut the members who wwix* going to Waitara. for the opening of the lodge were requested to send in their imnes fn i m ' ™ ™ 011 Tncsdar evening Sis Mrs. Legg read a short report from the open nig on Thursday, that, l£ W r!T? c T mcs ' a I,a ' anec of . „ fi ;' had been luind«l over lo the hall funds. The lodge then adjourned for the meeting upstairs.

ANOTHER BUDGET OP BARGAINS AT THE MELBOURNE. An amazing series of sale specials is announced for this week at the Melbourne. Many new lines are introduced, and in addition all oddments and broken sizes are being sacrificed. Men's 29/G suits for 21/-; men's 3/11 blue denims tor -/ll; men's 40/6 suits for 39/6; men s ICaiapoi Heather socks, three pairs for 2/0; men's splendid worsted trousers, now 8/6 ; men's denim jackets, 4/6; white and colored towels, !)d; boys' tunic suits, 5/11; boys' Balfour suits, 12/6; boys' three-quarter ribbed hose, 2/6; boys' celluloid collars, with metal button holes, 5d each; boys' knickers, 7 to 1- years, 1/11; boys' varsity suits, all wool, 10/0; boys' braces, 3d pair; boys' varsity caps, school colors, 1/- each; boys' shooters, sizes 1 to 5, 6/11; boys' chrome balmorals, sizes 1 to 5, 8/11; women's warm slippers, ]./- pair; women's chrome slippers, leather soles. *ewn. 4/11.—Advt.

SORES THAT REFUSE TO TIEAL. Sometimes sores are found which refuse to heal up. A small amount of pus | is daily discharged, but the sore itself remains in a stationary condition. It is suflering from weariness, and requires stimulating into activity, otherwise it may become chronic and grow larger. Rexona, the Rapid Healing Ointment, is particularly applicable to a case of this kind. Mrs, E. Fletcher, S3 Newman street. Newtown, N.S.W., writes:—"My little boy had a terribly sore toe, which prevented him walking. The sore refused to heal for several months, although we tried every remedy we could think of. We at last tried Rexona, and it began to heal at once, and in five or six days there was not a mark left." Rexona Is sold in triangular pots at Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at Bullock and Johnston's.

Twelve horses were shipped by the Rarawa last night for Atirfkland. In the Juvenile Court yesterday morning a boy, twelve years of age, appear*, wl. with liis mother before Mr. Fitzher* bclft, The boy was alleged to be beyond the control* of his mother, and duripg the past two weeks has been on a species of probation. Should the poliee have been satisfied tlmt during that time he hud made no improvement in his behaviour the lad would have been sent to an industrial school, but Sergeant Dart said thiit the proceedings seemed to have had a, beneficial effect. Ee mentioned, however, that he had seen the youngster hanging round the door of the theatre one night at about half-past eight o'clock, and asked the Magistrate to impress on the mother that he must not be allowed out at night. The reply of the mother indicated that the boy wae the "boss" in matters of this kind, and she appealed to the Bench to imprest onthe boy that he was to stay at home intlie evenings. Whilst this conversation was going on the boy was staring about the court, taking no notice whatever of the proceedings. Ho was brought alt upstanding by a sharp rebuke, and warned that there would be trouble in store for him if he continued to disobey his mother.

Mr. F. A. Bremer, of Okaiawa, Sowth Taranaki, returned from Australia yesterday, having attended the Melbourne horse sales. Mr. Bremer reports that although the Clydesdale market was fill, cd to overflowing there is exceHent demand for good, upstanding, massive stal* lions. Mr. Bremer took to the sales five colts, which were considered. to be amongst the best present. They brought satisfactory figures, the highest price being 500 guineas for a three-year-old colt. This horse was sold privately, and is to be placed at the head of Mr. Peter Rodger's stud, Dimboola, Victoria. Th« well-known stallion Lord Erskine (aged) was satisfactorily placed by private treaty, and was purchased by Mr. Myron for his stud farm at Kintfva, on ' the South Australia-Victoria border. A grandson of Lord Erskine, owned by Messrs Mitchell and O'Brien, of the South Island, topped the market for colonial-bred three-year colts, and was sold for (150 guineas. These prices indicate that New Zealand breeders can secure good money for useful sorts, but they must l>e sound, well-developed and of good quality. For the poorer sorts at the sales there-was little or no demand.