LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 81, 26 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A cheque for £4BBO was posted loose in a (posting-box at Christchureh last year.

The cold snap of last % week caused 1 a loss of fully five hundred lambs on one Btation- to the east of Masterton.

Mr. T. Furlong, jiin., has purchased from the Crown Dairy Company the section in Queen street adjoining the premises af the Ridd Milking Machine Co.

litis Honor Mr. Justice Sim yesterday remitted the fine of £2 imposed on Mr. I<\ Hooker for disobedience of his jury Rummons. Mr. Hooker was absent in Auckland at the time on urgent business.

Yesterday was Dominion Day. The banks and Government offices elused,. and the school children were di-miwsed after tho roll had been called and they had listened to addresses on ''The Flag" and "-Empire."

■lt has become necessary to be on one's guard against a new kind of cheque forgery A gang of men are going about robbing letter-iboxes.. If they find cheques which have been crossed, and the crossing cannot be taken out, they write over them the words "pay cash," and forge the signatures of the drawing—Palmerstou Standard.

An effort is being made to raise sufficient money for the installation of an electric motor at the local Technical College. The following sums- have beeli donated:—'A. Keith 10s, M. Jones T>s. J. McKean ss, J. Brennan 2s (id, A. K. Sykes as, \Y. J. Williams 10s fid, S. Holah 2s 6d, Hawkins and Smith 10= (id. The money .bears a Government subsidy of £ for £.

At a meeting of the Borough Council's Works Committee the other night it was decided that, subject to the Council's approval, the borough engineer should lay down an asphalt floor" in the Central Fire Brigade station, the cost to be borne by the Fire Board. The engineer also received instructions to fix the levels of Outfield road between St. Aubyn street and Gladstone road.

The recent deputation from the New Plymouth Borough Council to the Minister of Railways received much courtesy and attention 'from Messrs. Malcolm and Jennings, M.P.'s, in the unavoidable absence through illness of Mr. H. Okey, M.P., who, however, arranged with his two fellow-members to present the deputation. Letters of thanks are to be 'sent to the memibersmentioned'/;,,

.In conversation with a Kawhia resident at Tp Kuiti last week, Sir .lames Carroll stated tha,t the (iwvermnent had :already ; secured over 23,000■ (teres of tin l .Voerangi block, and was still purchasing extensive interests. It would not be long, he said, before this areas would be available for settlement the throwing ojien of which would give a great impetus to the progress of the district. '

The meeting of the l.oval, Egmont Lodge.' 1.0.0. F., M.U., was held last evening. P.O. C. A. Matheson presided in the absence of the N/J. P.P.G.M. Bro. John Bennett was elected a trustee vice Bro. K. Snowball, resigned. P.P.GjM. Bro. G. H. Mc-Galicy was elected auditor to fill the vacancy caused by Bro. Bennett's retirement. The secretary was instructed to convey the condolences of the lodge to the family of ;: deceased brother.

Writes James Cowan:—You capitalplanning legislators, why not go up and see Taupo and see its huge open spaces and breathe its grand free air of mountain and desert, and sail on its freshwater sea; and mark out your tcuHhou-sand-flcre site before the syndicates grab all the choice blocks of the- Maori's unused land. You won't talk about Pulmerston North or the back of Blenheim if you only come to know the Taupo country, from Tauhara to Tongariro. and the banks of the blue Rotorua.

Ruying up all the money in a country and shipping it across sens to lie smelted is the feat now accomplished by a syndicate of Americans, who have purchased all the discarded Korean currency, amounting to 22,01)0 tons. When .lapan annexed Korea the Japanese (loverniueut dcided to replace Korean money with Japanese coin. The 2-2,000 tons includes all the money Korea formerly had. As fast as it arrives in America the money will be taken to smelting mills, at Chrome, Xew Jersey, and melted up. 'rim various metals extracted from the coins will be remoulded into bars and sold in commerce. Considerable copper and silver will be taken from the coins, which are mostly alloys of these metals. The export of butter from the Auckland province has now practically commenced for this season (says the Herald). The Ruapehu took 2">S4 boxes of butler from Auckland for shipment to London. This year the export of butter from the province has commenced later than in previous yeai-s, owing to the unusually dry weather experienced during tjie month of August. Last year the season started on September 2, when the Turakina took likSti boxes of butter, and by September 27 the amount exported had reached a total of 0488 boxes. Jn view of the fact that welcome rains have fallen during the past few days, thus invigorating the pastures, it is not considered at all unlikely that the export for the. present month will nearly, if not for the corresponding period of last year.

Mr. Andrew Carnegie told an audiance at Liverpool recently that he had "taken to library forming because his father did it before him." William Carnegie's elVorts at library founding were, an Edinburgh contemporary says, extremely modest, as compared with the work of bis distinguished son. In 11)08 .Mr. Carnegie's father was a journeyman weaver in Dunfermline, He and another two drivers of the shuttle met and agreed to convey the books they had in their respective homes to one house. The combined libraries only figured out twenty volumes. The pioneers were joined by other weavers, and they agreed to tax themselves to the extent of a few pence per month, and from this fund purchase new books. The little institution ultimately blossomed into'the Dunfermline Tradesmen's Library.

The W.C'.T.U.—The monthly meeting will be held in the flood Templars' Lodge I loom on Wcd-nesdn v. the 27th hist., at 2.30 Advt. YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at (id per lb. weight and bottle, and. on account of the large profits, pushed, you lire exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous membranes. Bv insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avoid these pitfalls, hut you have a stimulating, safe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. Remember:. PANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and of special study, and it does what is promised; K, cures and heals without injuring the constitution, as the oils on Hie market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself by rejecting' other brands. ■ ,

At last meeting of the Borough Council a. tetter was read from the St. Auhyai Town Board, rctjucstNig that further street lights be ejected in the tbWdistriet. The application was referred by the Council to its Works Committee, and was considered by the committee at its last meeting. It -was decided to replj that the Council regrets it cahnot .actfedV to the request, in view of the limited supply of electric en! rent to spare at present, tind in view of the fact that Fitzroy having amalgamated with the borough the. Council considers that that district ha» first, claim, and will shorty consider a scheme l'<u the. lighting of Fitzroy.

- The eastern approach to Marsland Hill by way of Kulford street, off Brougham street, has for some time becri'bad. Before it could be widened and improved, it was accessary to obtain the right to :iise a small jutting portion of St. Mary's churchyard." Acting on.ilic report of *he New Plymouth Beautifying 'Agination, which has taken in hand the heau'tincation and maintenance of Marsland Hill, the trustees of St. Mary's were approached, and these gentlemen readily granted the necessary casement. A letter of thanks will be sent to them ,by the Borough Council, and the borough engineer is to ,be instructed to prepare an estimate of the cost of making a presentable entrance to 'Chjs domain. Some- weeks ago a well-known Bal'larnt resident decided to abstain from food for a term, and to take only hot water during that time. In the fust "week he lost (Jib in weight. In the, next, week the loss was 41b, but after that it fell to about 21b weekly, and continued-at that rata for the rest of his fast, which he has just ended, after-being forty-two days without food. Every day he drank copiously of hot water After he had, been about three weeks without'' solid nourishment he expressed hi* intention of not eating until he felt a desire for food. Recently he became hungry, and he then ended his voluntary fast, enjoying a moderate meal. Prior to his abstention lie had had to be very careful as to diet, but now he takes food which previously did not agree with mm The ' fast was for health'* sake, and the gesntlemaat states that he is now in excellent health.

The usual weekly session of the. Egmont Lodge. No. 112. 1.0. G.T., was held in the Good Templar's Hall last evening. The C.T., ltn>. J. Sait, presided over a large attendance of liieinlwrg and friends. Mrs, Appleyard presented a chair to the lodge out of memory to the late Bro. Appleyard. Brethren from Wnitara and Inglewood were nn'orded'. a hearty welcome. Next Sunday the Good Templars will attend church service at the Queen street church, when the Rev. James. Daw-son-will preach a special sermon. A musical programme rendered as follows:- Pianoforte solo, Mr. Hoskins; song, Bro. Norman; recitation, Bro. Cyril Pcpperill; pianoforte solo, Bro. Sid Lewis; mouth-organ solo, Bro. Arnold; song, Mr. Tapp; duet, Messrs. P. Broaks and (Fred Chivers (cornet and trombone); recitation, Sis. B. Connett; recitation. Si.-. P.. Legg (encored); speech on Good Templnry, Bro. J. (',. Legg; pianoforte solo. Sis. Cock. Supper was then handed round.