LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 67, 9 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Financial Statement was delivered last evening by Sir Joseph Ward. It was of unusual length, being about 22,000 words, or equal to about 22 collimns of the News; and the first hatch did not reach us till midnight. Elsewhere wo have given a digest of the most important proposals, which we will treat more fully ill our next issue. We have to acknowledge our indebtedness to the local telegraph operators for the clear "copy" tliey supplied. It is reported that two of the Ayrshire bulls on the Moumahaki experimental farm have been sold, one to a Hawera dairyman, and the other to a farmer alt Auckland. The figures mentioned are fifteen guineas for each bull, therefore the department cannot be charged with asking exceptionally high or fancy prices for stook that has been carefully bred and selected.

"There is no doubt that steamship companies are gradually whittling away every right that passengers have had conserved to them for years past, by common law," said Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., in dealing with a shipping case at the Magistrate's Court recently. "There is a growing tendency in companies to unduly protect themselves at their passengers' risk." Tho lforowhenua Chronicle reports that an oiler of £ 100, made by Dalgety and Co., on behalf of a Palmcrston North client, for the purchase of one of the registered Holstein cows at the Wereroa State -Farm was declined by the Department. Later on a second offer was made by the Palinerston fanner direct, lie raised his oiler to £2OO. This tempting ligure was also declined. The following pupils from the local Convent were successful at .the recent musical examination held in connection with Trinity College by Mr. Schilsky:— Higher local, Elsie Bennett; higher division, Eileen Quinn, Foe Grimstone, Clara Old; lower division, Kathleen Connell, Barbara Allen, Lewis Hoffmann; preparatory, Gracie Warner, Muriel Warner, Winnie Richmond.

The annual report of the Kaponga Dairy Coy. showed that for the year ended June 30, li'll, 19,755,3301bs of milk had lieen received, from which 021 tons of cheese apd 121 tons of butter were made. To make lib. of cheese D.Sllb. of milk were required and for each lb ot butter 23.51b5. The average test for cheese was 3.82 and for butter 3.(1."), while tho over-run ivith the former was 2.00, and with the latter 15.0. Advances hart been made as follow: July, August. September, January, February and March lid, October and November December ]<)>/,d. April and May Is, nnd Juno Is Id. The principal items of expenditure were: Milk £33,794, salaries £2035, boxes and cases £SB7, requisites £754, railage and shipping £702. depreciation £7OO, cartage £5lB, transfer to reserve account £SOO, interest, hank £4Ol, firewood £39!), balance £2740. The chief items of income were: Cheese £31,330, butter £11,!)S0, interest on loans 137. Cheese in stock is valued at £577.

Addressing the Sydney Optimists Club last week, Professor Maemillan Urown, of Christchnrch, told the story of his conversion to optimism. He began life with chronic indige-tion, and he had more than a decade of chronic: sleeplessness, but he had pot clear of both of these, and he was now completing his education. There was no better prescription to put one on the true road to optimism than to become the familiar friend of a little child. There ivas always a "dismal .Jimmy'' ahont the neighborhood, lie had always gdt a new ache or ailment or worry Professor Urown decried the disposition to hold up the peccadilloes and foibles of one's neighbors to the public gaze, and si id. that if people were only to cast their, minds hack over the things that worried them ten months ago they would find out of how little consequence they were. Optimism, if it had not good common sense. became sheer slovenly slotiching The pessimists said tb;it Clod was not in the heavens and that evervfhiiiir was evil. JTe (Professor Brown) frit inclined to think that ■there was h pessimist in the Warden of Kilon. The first recorded pessimist was he who ■t.hcmcjht that his brother had a, great monopoly of the things of this world. The, services in the Whitcley Memorial Church will be conducted to-morrow by the Ttev. -T. W. Burton. The morning subject will bi> "The Altar Kire,'' and in the evening Air. Burton will speak upon "Modern Science and the liible."- Advt. Drapers, if von travel with us, you will partake of our life and vigor; the greatest among you is not too great to grow. Will you join us then in specdine lip the sales of Warner's Rustiirnof Cors-eK?--Ross and <llendinning. TJiL \vlii!)c«r>le agents for Warner's I'lisl-proof Curscts. —Advt. For children's hacking cough at nieht, Woods' Great Peppermint Cms- Is 6d nnd 2r fid. Warner's Rust-proof Corsets, universally popular.—Advt.

It is stated that there were over a dozen police engaged in scouring the Moku.il district for the elusive po\v:ll;a this week. "You don't know what the effect will be of something you haven't done until you've done with it." A wordy tangle by a member of the Waitara llutVir Board at yesterday's meeting. At a meeting of the Equitable Building Society last night, in the Town Hall, Mr. D. Berry in the chair, tlx; ballot in No. group, Mrs. E. A. Allen drew .CluO, and Mr. 11. Bedford the next .CISO. In No. 2 group the ballot for .C3OO was drawn by Colonel Ellis. The tender for £3OO in No. 2 group brought £G4.

The fifth conference of the Harbors Association wi'll lie held at Wellington on Wednesday, October 4. The Waitara Harbor Board will be represented by Messrs.. W. T, Jennings and J. B. Ifine, M's.P. for Taumarunui and Stratford respectively. Messrs. J. M. Connott and E. Maxwell are the New Plymouth Board's delegates. Dr. Te Rangihiroa is to ask tho Government to remove tho restrictions regarding the supply of ammunition to Maoris. He remarks that the eondiitons which rendered such restrictions necessary have passed away for ever. ! Maoris, he says, are put to considerable j inconvenience during the shooting scaf son in procuring ammunition, and consider such restrictions a reflection on their loyalty.

Speaking at a social given by the Women's Social and Political League the Premier said:—"ln and out of season the Women's Social and Politioal League had shown that it was not ashamed to associate itself with the work of the great Liberal party, and when the community heard the programme which would be shortly announced, it would Tealise that its work was still for the benefit of tho whole of the masses, ensuring that every class in the community had the opportunity by individual effort to improve their conditions in every walk of life." There was a good attendance yesterday at the sale of Jersey cattle at Mr. John Hale's farm on the Avenue road. Not being a sale of pedigree stock entered in the Herd Hook, the attendance did not include many of the "fanciers," but there were present many who were keen on obtaining entile with big .butterfat tests. One cow close to profit brought £2B, and several others over £2O. Late calvers made from £l2 12s to -C'K) and upward*. A four-year-old pedigree bull sold for 31 guineas. Mr. S. W. Shaw was the auctioneer, and handled tho sale very successfully.

Among the passengers to Auckland by the At.ua from the Mauds the other day was Eniil Krause. who was Acting-Chief Justice of dermaii Samoa during the Governor'* absence. lie stnt.es that there has* been trouble at Apia, in consequence of the shortage of labor, for work on the plantations The Chinese, ■through their consul, demanded the same wages as are paid the white. This was rewntcdi by the latter, and caused illfeeling, but he thought the arrival of a transport with a fresh supn'y of Chinese labor shortly would relieve the situation. It was expected a satisfactory settlement would be arrived at.