LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 55, 26 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

the ' meeting of the Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce an evening or two ago' a'jnemte forwarded an apology for absence—by collect wire. i'The unfortunate experience of this Court," remarked Mr. Justice Denniston to the jury at the Christchureh Supreme Court, one morning last week, "is that many a man, whilst not dreaming of doing it to convict a man, will yet strain his consiceiice and tell a'falsehood, on 'oaith iij court, to, save a friend." A purebred Jersey bull, a two-year-old son of the well ■'known imported bull 'Campanile's Sultan, has been sold by Messrs* Cornwall and Whitcombe, 011 behalf -of- Mr. W. Saywell, of Midhirst, to Mr. J. C. Sumner, of Oakura. The price is not disclosed, but it is said to be in the close neighborhood of three figures. On the motion of Mr. J. E. Wilson, the Acclimatisation Societies' Conference passed a resolution:—"That an amendment of the Fisheries Act be obtained, providing that all weirs and constructions placed across fish-bearing rivers or waters by local bodies or others be provided with .proper fish ladders or ways." 4 .passenger motor-car service, is now running across Tasmania from Laun-es-ton, to Hobart. a distance of about 120 miles. As the fares compare favorably witih the .railway rates and ithe time taken bv the motor , is just nihout the same, the service has caught on, for the advantages and pleasure of a motor drive along this picturesque route are much preferred to sitting cooped up in a close railway carriage. The trip is negotiated in about six hours, including a stop en route for lunch. The Rev. John Lainl concludes his ministry in the local Baptist Church by preaching farewell sermons to-morrow at the morning and evening services. The morning service in the Whiteley Memorial Cliurch to-morrow will be conducted by tlie Rev. F. P. Kellow and in the evening by the Rev. J. W. Burton, who will take- as the subject of his serjnon, "A Bad Bargain." The Rev. IT. J. Lewis will conduct the (services to-morrow at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cluirch. He will, at the morning service, speak to the visiting football teams from Napier and Pal me rston North High Schools on "The Game of Life." Pupils and ex-pupils of the New Plymouth High School are invited to attend. —Advt. The corsets that are guaranteed to fit comfortably, to wear well, and not rust, break or tear, are the celebrated Warner's Rust-proof, as sold by local drapers. —Advt.

At the Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. J. S. S. Modley, J.L\, Henry Callaghan, charged with drunkenness and procuring liquor, durlhg the currency of a prohibition order, was remanded till the 29th inst. George Stevens was charged that on April 15, at Stratford, he did obtain from Young, Hobbs, & Co/ thirty head of cattle by means of a certain false pretence. He was remanded to appear at Eltham on the 28th inst. "We want the local bodies to stand up against the present centralising tendency of the present Administration," said Mr. J. B. (low (representing the Opotiki county) at the Counties' Conference in Wellington the other day. The tendency at the present time, ho continued, was to centralise everything in Wellington, and thus usurp the functions of the small local bodies. The small local bodies most strenuously oppose this dangerous tendency. Soon after the express train for the North left Ashbmtou station on Saturday night last, an exciting incident occurred. The train ran into some obstacle on the line, and was suddenly pulled up. A search revealed the fact that the obstruction was a railway "jigger," between which and the train a collision had occurred, fortunately without any serious damage. The mysterious thing was that no one seemed to be in charge of the "jigger." There will no doubt be a searching enquiry into the matter, and those responsible for what might have been a very serious accident will, it is hoped, be brought to lwolc. The value of the principal New Zealand products passed by the Customs for export during the fortnight ended August 15 is £360,-257. The ligures for the corresponding period last year were £408,312. Details are as follows:—Butter £ll2B, cheese £l'l7S, frozen beef £11.67, frozen mutton carcases £52,278, legs and pieces £2012, frozen lamb £84,218, wheat £3OBB, oats £682, potatoes £232, hemp £11,804, rabbits £4625, tow £754, kauri gum £0682, grain and pulse (other than wheat and oats) £951, hops £lO, hides £6417, skin (all kinds) £30,987, tallow £21,541, timber £22,869, wool £69,407, gold £37,577. In a letter from Mr. James Danlop, appearing in the Kilmarnock Standard (Scotland), the Scottish Agricultural Commissioner makes the following flat tering reference to the 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 thai more useful work was being done there than at all the others put together. . While the farm is considered a poor one naturally, the arrangements of everything and the flue 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." Interviewed in Sydney recently, Elder Ferguson, the head of the Mormon Church over there, stated tliat the first Mormon missionaries to Australia really arrived in IS4O, landing in South Australia. Then about 20 years elapsed before any more came. "'ln New Zealand we are very strong. We have a large number of missionaries there, and our adherents number 6000 or 7000. In Salt Lake City, our headquarters, the population numbers about 100,000, and probably 40 per cent, are Mormons; and if you were to take the whole of the State of Utah you would find the percentage was more like 70 or 75. Numbers of men and women have gone to Utah from New Zealand, including a large batch of Maoris, who live in a special village of their own, engaging mostly in farming pursuits." The linguistic capabilities of Russian , reporters and printers (says an exchange) seem to have been unequal td ■ coping with the difficulties arising out of the recent visit of an American squad , Toij to Kronstadt. The orchestras at the various music halls visited by the American sailors rose, to the occasion by | playing some of the national airs of the , United States. But the titles of these ' as they appeared in the Russian news- [ papers, were, hardly complimentary tc the great republic. "The Star Sponge | Led Banner" may have been merely a

"printer's error," hut in view of the graft scandals anil trust prosecutions, "Yankee Boodle" reads like a malevolent joke on a condition of affairs fitly summed up in what the Russian reporters termed, "Hell, Columbia!" The King of Spain is verv fond of going on expeditious by himself, or perhaps with one friend, and mixing with the people on terms of equality. In this way he learns a great deal he would probably never hear about if he always maintained his Royal state. Upon one occasion the King was walking alone ill the country near Madrid, and met an old farmer with whom lie got into conversation. They discussed land, crops and other subjects, upon which their opinions seoniewhat differed. The old man, ignorant of his companion's identity, said: "'Oil. you swell young gentlemen from Madrid think yon know everything!" Just then the King's motor car appeared, and the farmer, overcome with confusion, implored the King's pardon for his freedom of speech. The King quickly reassured him, and handed him a gold coin, with the words, "Keep this souvenir of one with whom you have been conversing." The fact that casein is at present being manufactured in Wanganui lends interest to a report from Melbourne, which states that negotiations arc in progress between representatives of the western districts butter factories and a German firm for the manufacture of the product of skim milk. Casein as a byproduct of dairymen (says tile Melbourne Argus) is delined as that ingredient in milk which is neither coagulated spontaneously, like, librine. nor by heat like albumen, but by the action of acids alone. Cheese made from skimmed milk and well pressed is nearly pure casein. There is a growing demand for casein, owing to producers on the Continent taking up cheese-making, and a consequent decrease in the supply of skim milk. It is a. useful commodity, being used ill cold-water paints, for coating or sizing paper, and as a substitute for celluloid. It. is that it takes 7001) gallons of milk to make one ton of casein, which is worth £32 per ton f.o.b.