LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 63, 5 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'Mails for Greymouth, Westport, etc., will close at 2 p.m. to-day per Koonya. The. Chamber of Commerce quarterly meeting is to be held to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. Tim construction of the temporary bridge and approaches at the site of the Mangorei bridge cost £lO3. The preliminary work of spending the loans of £220,000, recently sanctioned by the ratepayers of Auckland, is to be put in hand forthwith and the city will continue to boom for a further'period on. borrowed money. "There's a lot more of them going in for tollgates, besides Waimarino,'' said the. county chairman yesterday, this opinion being the outcome of his •'rubbing shoulders" with delegates at the Counties Conference.

A lady who recently arrived in New Plymouth complained on her second day here that there was something wrong with the milk. She told her husband that it was "all thick and yellow on the top." It says volumes for the quality of the milk supplied in the town that the lady dulm't know cream when she saw it on the milk! She religiously skims it every day now. Mr Joseph Brown, chairman of the Taranaki County Council, has arrived at the opinion that the. conferences of the Counties Association should be held at more frequent intervals, or else dispensed with altogether. A tremendous agenda paper was set before the delegates, and the work, it seemed, had to be put through in four days. The result was that towards the end of the conference there was a. teneucy to ''rush things," and the la.it remits received insu !l'ieient consideration.

Whilst in Wellington recently the chairman of the Taraiuuki County Council interviewed the Hon. J. I!. Millar, Minister of Railways, in reference to weir erected across the Waiwakaiho river. He had pointed out that this weir was of considerable value to the railway Department in protecting the railway bridge, which was a few chains above the county bridge. Mr Millar promised to obtain from his engineers a report upon the matter, and if they considered that the weir benefited the department's bridge he would be prepared to assist the council in some. wav.

"It is of some interest to know," said the Prime Minister at Wellington on Saturday night, "that the wireless station that is to lie established on the Tinakori Hills will be tho most powerful in the world. It is to have what is technically known a.s five kilowatts. Originally it was intended to have two. Ami when the station is there the odds are j fifty to one that right round the New ' Zealand coast connection will be obtainable with ships having the apparatus on board. If anything, therefore, were to happen to ships within a big distance of Wellington, we shall be able, without waiting for messages- from other stations, to get into immediate communication with them." The inhabitants of Pitcairn, or Pitcairn's Island, who are reported to bo making arrangements to settle in Queensland, are descendants of some of the mutineers of the Bounty, an (English Government vessel which was engaged in bringing breadfruit trees from Tahiti in 17S!). She was commanded by Captain Bligh, afterwards! Governor of New South Wales. The majority of the crew mutinied, and put their captain, with 111 men. into an open boat, •with a small supply of provisions, near AnnamonUa, Tonga, on April 28 of that year. Bligh's boat, after a. voyage of "4000 miles, reached the island of Timoe, south of the Moluccas, in the following .June. Some of the mutineers were brought to trial in 1702. Six were sentenced to death, and three of these were hanged. The fate of the others was unknown for many years, but in 1814 an English brig discovered a law-abiding and Christian little community on Pitcairn, and it was ascertained that nine of the mutineers, with eighteen Tahitians. twelve women and six men. had settled there. Only one of the Bountv's crew. John Adams, was snrvivin". and exercised pafriarchial authority over the settlement. Adams died in 1820. and George Nunii ITolibs, an Englishman who arrived a few years before, beeaine chief. He was afterwards ordained a clergyman of the Church of England, and died in I SSS. The population increased to such an extent that the island became unable to sustain them, and in Will the British flwmmeiit removed the population, flfi males and 102 females, to Norfolk Island. Many of them afterwards returned to Pitcairn Island. For chronic cheat commVnfei. Woods' Greu Peppermint Cure, la 61 and 2« ffd.

Mr. Sidney Ward has dbi|ro!-.ed of his ironmongery business in Stratford to an outside (inn, savs the Pot.

The Wellington Education Hoard distributes public money amounting to between £ 110,0110 and JiiVJ",(XM) every year.

A father recently obtained prohibition Orders against two of his sons on the same day at the .Napier -Magistrate's Court.

A Maori axe of formidable size was picked no at the Mokomoko a few days ago. Careful polishing ha.s given a smooth surface to the weapon, and the edge is fairly sharp. A fairly large number of magpies have established tln-iii.iclves in the upper districts of North Canterbury. These birds follow the ploughs ami feud voraciously on worms and grubs.

Gilmour and Clarke report the sale of three acres of Dartmoor Kstate and 83 feet of Devon street frontage to Mr. 11. Candy, of Clnistchiiivli; also the sale of three sections in Dartmoor to local invcsUra. The dissati.slied workmen at the Whangamomo.'ui tunnel, who cea>'d work on Wednesday to emphasise a demand for higher wages, resumed at midnight husi night, pending consideration of their demands iby the authorities.—Post. Posting of Territorials to the various units has been completed in the Stratford and Hawera areas. The New Plymouth and Wainiarino area> should be finished in a few days, and it is expected that a start will lie made with training at an early'dale.

American ocean-going vessels carrying more than 511 passengers are now liable to a fine of £IOOO unless (hey are equipped with a wireless telegraph apparatus capable of transmitting messages to a distance of not Jess than KM) miles, and manned by an operator carrying a certificate issued by the American or a foreign (jovernment. A dairy factory secretary says that he has never known a Miason ■when so many oilers to purchase outright, and at reallygood figures, have been made. Sixpence and one-sixteenth, lie understands, has been offered by one firm for a cheese output, i'inns that, so far as he knows, have not previously bid for business, except on consignment, have come right out after purchasing.—-Hawera Star. A very line charger was sent to King George as a Coronation gift from the Queensland (iovcrnment. The horse ha.s been named Brisbane, is absolutely free from vice, and a perfect hack and jumper. His sire was Darrawin, an erstwhile Melbourne Cup v. inner. Brisbane is a dark bay with black points, and stands Hi. 1. lie is described as intelligent as many a human being, us docile as a child, and frightened of nothing. lieeently a ynuug woman in Timaru was responsible for a very impudent bit of work (says the Herald). She hired a bicycle and took it to one of the local auction rooms, where she had it sold Then she hired another bicycle and did the same thing with it, but sold it in a different auction mart. She next left for Cliristchtirc'h, and stole a third bicycle there, but on this occasion she was arrested for theft, and is now in a home at Chrislcburcb.

Xcws about Pone'ka is as scarce as when the man was sate in custody (says the Dominion). On Sunday morning he completed his seventh day in his present career of fugitive. lit the week that has sped since be left the walls of the prison behind him, there has been neither word nor .tra.ee of him. Tt must, of course, ho mentioned that a man taken by some to he the fugitive was seen entering the Botanical tiardens mi the murium: of his escape. But ;1 long search revealed no Bowel ka..

The price- of tin is rising high at present, and attention is likely to tie turned to the deposits known to be existing in the, Dominion. Many years ago ii quantify of Stewart Island tin was stamped into atiraetive design and displayed at; (he New Zealand and South Seas inhibition, which was held in ISIHI. Hitherto the working of New Zealand tin mines has not been attended with remunerative results, though market prices were not then near as high as at present. A resid lit oX Melbourne has received a letter from Francis Hughes—die diver who in March. 1!)07, heroically rescued an Italian miner named VarN.-lictli from the Hooded workings of a mine at Bonnie Yale, ncsir Ooolgardie- asking for assistance, in procuring a light job a.s timekeeper, life-attendant, messenger, etc., He stated that hi- was crippled with rhcumati>m, and was now in desperate need, having been an invalid for warlv 10 iihmiHu. If has been decided to endeavor to i-ai-e. enough money to set IlngheM u;> in .some small business.

Senor le Fticnte Camilla, a Spanish doctor, claims- to have discovered a simple and pleasant cure for consumption. All the patient has to do is to cat figs and drink wine. Twelve tigs and a pint <»!' wine constitute the dnilv allowance pre.-cribed.. The ligs have to be (urefully chewed and eaten very slowly, and after each lig some wine must be swaMowcd. Three months of this regime, Senor Camina, declares, will cure the most hopeless eases. He'himself was in the bust stage of consumption when he tried it, and is now in perfect health. .

A thrilling incident took place at Wilson's cement works, Malmrangi, last week, reports the Waihi Telegraph. One of the workmen, named Licit Young, was carrying out his duties as a greaser, and as usual was wearing tight-fitting overalls to minimise the risks of attending to his work. Out of a pocket hung some col ton waste, and n- Young was passing a shaft a bolt caught in the waste and Young was whirled round, with every prospect of death. Fortunately another employee observed the occurrence, and to bis' prcencc of mind and pluck Young owed his life. The rescuer c:ilight, hold of (lie imperiled roan, and by main force dragged him clear. Youn-', clothes wcrc'literallv lorn from hi, body and one boot was wrenched oil - . Kven in the short space of time Young was badly knocked about, mid received numerous bruises and contused wounds. |„it, ke j s i.|, :ni |<fnl t„ |„. alive to tdl the story.

The weekly session of flu- l>mont ■Lodge, No.- 112, 1.0.0.x., was held in the Tenipiar Hall last night. ActingCT. ISro. llarincll presided. New member* were proposed for initiation. ISro. Lees, from the Catlicart Castle Lodge. No. 238, Scotland, was r- elected on"a clearance card. ISro. 0. 11. Maunder invited the (iood Templars ami No-License members to a social in the Templar Hall on Thursday evening. Mr. Lawson, from Wellington, and several leading speakers will be present, ISro. James Lees spoke it few words about the Cood Templars in Scotland, and iwas accorded n hearty welcome. The programme was in charge n| linn. Sid Lewis and L. Oooilaere. The items included a pianoforte solo hv Ibo. Sid. Lewis, a recitation bv liro. C. I'epperill. a. reading (''Spring Cleaning") by liro. 0. W. llartnel], a violin solo hv liro. Len Coodaore, a recitation by Sis. IS. l.egg. a speech by Dro. It. J. Little, a harp solo ,by Bro. H. Hick cits, and a recitation by Sis. ]!. Connett. Wear Tioslvn T T nshrinkable Flannel, "Delta" finish, and you will know what real comfort is. Ask persistently for it. —Advfc.