LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 82, 27 September 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rumors to the effect that Powelka is in the district are current in the Rangitikei, and thefts of food axe reported from several farmhouses.

A meeting will be held at Frankley road gymnasium to-morrow evening at which His, Worship the Mayor and the Town Clerk will attend, when the Greater New Plymouth scheme will be discussed.

Judging by the amount of building going on in Napjer at the present moment, the residents have full confidence in the future. Apart from dwellinghouses, which are springing u,p in all directions, it is estimated that over £52,000 is being expended oil, the construction of warehouses, theatres, shops, etc.

The Oaonui school has earned such flattering encomiums from tho Education. Board's inspectors, so much so that at last night's meeting the Board went out of its usual course to place on record the following resolution: "That the Board wishes' to compliment Miss McArthur and hfcr staff on the examination report of the Oaonui school."

Mr. H. Okey, M.F., has given notice to ask the Prime Minister whether the Government will during this session of Parliament carry out the recommendations of the Public Petitions A to L Committee in connection with the petitions presented to the House on behalf of His Majesty's veterans, praying for some recognition by way of military .pension for services rendered during tho Maori war?

For eomc time .past a company in Japan h.xs been engaged in exploiting the use of volcano ash in combination with Portland cement mortar. : This combination is said to be particularly valuable in the construction of works submerged in salt wuter. It is claimed that the cement thus formed possesses greater tensile strength, and is denser, than ordinary Portland cement. It is also more resistant to the percolation of water. "Tho British bluejackets are older, bigger, stronger, more healthy, more obedient to petty officers, more experienced, and take better care of their equipment than American sailors, who are cleaner, better equipped, better fed, of more intelligence, ojid far more ingenious than the British bluejackets." Such are the conclusions of Ensign C. M. Lynch, of the United States Navy, in an article in the current number of tlw United States Naval Institute Proceedings:

A farmer many years ago (says the Scientific American) discovered that wood can be made to last longer than iron in the ground. Time and weather seemed to lia'ive no effect on timber. The posts can be prepared for less than Id eaich. This is the recipe: Take boiled linseed oil and stir in pulverised coal till the mixture has the consistency of paint. Then apply. This sounds simple, and may be worth a trial. It is presumed: the reason is that it is practically a ■deposit of indestructible, carbon on the wood, the same elfect that is got by charring. Mr. Jennings, 51.P., will ask the Minister of Justiee whether he will amend the Juries A«t in the following direction: "After a. jury has been drawn from the first original ballot box, and has been empanelled, all the, names serving on a particular ease shall be placed in a separate ballot-box and shall not be again used until the original ballot-box has been exhausted, provided that the power of challenging does not exhaust the list of the remaining jurors?" In a note to the i|ue.stion Mr. Jennings says it frequently happens that jurors are drawn two and three times running at a ballot, while others who have rendered no service are not drawn at all.

Mr. F. ,1. Heatley, technical organiser under" the. Taranaki .Education Board, addressed a meeting of farmers at Okato on Monday under the auspices of the Taranaki Agricultural Society, taking as his subject cow-testing. There wis a good attendance of fanners, nvlio took a keen interest in the address, and at its conclusion asked the lecturer to speak on the subject of milk secretion, which he did, taking a further half-hour. Mr. Heat-ley recommended the formation of a cow-testing association on the lines of Mr. Singleton's report in the August number of the Agricultural Journal. Mr. A. Cliff, secretary of the society, was present, and secured .several new members.

YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That by using the Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at 6d per lb. weight and hottle, and, on account of the large profits, pushed, you tre exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous memoranes. By 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 eareful manufacture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and of special study, and it does what is promised; it cures and heals without injuring the constitution, as the oils on the market frequently do, Therefore, protect yourself by rejecting other brands.

In replying to a toast at the annual (1 inner of the Auckland L:iw Institute, Mt. Justice. Chapman refejred to the poor standard" of Knglish pronunciation that w.ia found increasingly in Now Zealand, and even affecting the, Bar, and urged that the matter of thorough training in this respect, a- in other departments of legal 'education, should receive the earwst attention <jf the profession. The bodnoss of roads and the difficulties of strange plans have suggested their own remedy to Mr. Swldon, the member for Westla M d. He intends to a.sk the Minister for Customs to impose an est™ duty of l'/,d per gallon petrol for use in motor-cars, and to earmark the revenue from tlmt source for expenditure on the improvement of roads, tarring to reduce the dust nuisance, and the erection of direction post& A seal about 9ft in length was washed up on the Ocean Bench opposite Forbwy Park early one afternoon last -week, says the Otago Daily Times. ;\ The animal, which had apparently l>een ■' knockod about a good deal, did not appear to be in exactly the pink of condition, and, after going out to sea at about four o'clock, wa s washed ashore again between five and six. The. day being extremely cold and wintry, the -visitor did ! not have the same attention paid to him j as ia ■usually the case when one of his species comes ashore on the beach.

The •world-famous St. Agnes lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in existence and the guardian of the Scillies, was closed ami the light extinguished laal month, after continuous service since 1080, when the present tower waa erected by Captains Hugh Till and Symon Bayly. Trinity House has decided that the old light is too extravagant to work, in spite of the fact that it has saved many hundreds of ships, and a modern iron automatic lighthouse, which needs the attention of only one man, has been erected on the neighboring island of St. Mary's.

Maize is being largely grown in the Carterton district this season for fodder for dairy cows, the excellent qualities possessed by the crop now being generally recognised by farmers in that important dairying centre. In Masterton, ■too, maize is also being recognised as a first-class food for dairy cowb, and farmeirs are giving more attention to the cultivation of this crop than hitherto. There is a noticeable decrease in the area of wheat that is being sown this season, not only in Masterton, but in other parts of the Wairarapn. Oats, on the other hand, show a substantial increase.

On arrival''at Fremantle, Sir Rupert Olark, who has large wstvd interests in Queensland, related some interesting details concerning a purchase he made whilst in England. "I bought," he said, "what is known as a Kmkiii road train, which will be used for the purpose of carting wool in Queensland. It is really a. motor train driven by an engine. Each truck is driven by a shaft from the engine, and not only does the engine pull the trucks, but t'hey will pull each other. This road train has a speed up to eight of ten miles an hour, and each truck has a carrying capacity of six tons. The train has wide iron wheels, just like a traction engine, and will not cut up hard roads. It will minimise the difficulty of .transport in Queensland." An interesting point is discussed in tho Wairarapa. Age. Mr. J. W. Card, of Feathers ton, in a letter to that journal, says it & illegal to have liquor at a smoke concert or social gathering in a no-license district, fortifying his opinion by quoting a magisterial decision to that effect in Gone. Whereupon the Age denies the correctness of Mr. Card's law and offers to contribute £5 to the hospital funds if Mr. Card can procure the opinion of the law officers of the Crown In support of such a contention. '"Meanwhile, we repeat that the statement appearing in advertisements in certain Lower Valley papers is absolutely contrary to fact., and evidence is almost daily forthcoming in the Masterton no-Licence district in support of this contention."

Messrs. 11. F. Russell anil W. Boon, -J.P.'b, presided. at a sitting of the Magistrate's Court, yesterday. Henry F. C'allaghan appeared oil remand for sentence -on, charges of drunkenness and breach of prohibition older, the Magistrate having given him a month in which to prove by his conduit that he should not l>e sent to i'otoroa Island inebriates' home. The case was further adjounuvl to e.naMe the magistrate to ■deal with it. In civil business, judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases-: A. J. Wadsworth (Mr. Johnstone) v. A. 0. Vincent, claim £l2 2s, costs £1 l(ls lid; AY. 1., (lordge (Mr. liewley) v. William Taylor, claim £O, costs £d 8s (id; R. E. Magon (Mr. Johnstone.) v. William Oandy, jmi., claim £3, costs £1 4s; William Stanley. (Mr. Grey) v. Official Assignee at ilawera, in estate of A. C. Vincent, claim £3 18s. costs £ 10s; J. A. Tutliill v. Archie McDonald, costs only, ss.

A new method of concrete construction for building purposes, which is now largely u*ed in America, and is conning into vogue in Australia, lias 'been introduced into (Ihristchurch. By a simple but effective patent all the .scaffolding and boxes necessary in ordinary concrete work are done away with, arid several advantages are obtained. The hoards that. line the two sidc.s <>f a well are held together by steel pins equipped with clamps worked by screws. These pins are run through from side to side at intervals of alxnit 3ft. Along the horizontal length of the. wall the concrete is placed .between the boards over the pins, which a.re afterwards withdrawn, and the result is ail absolutely regular side, with perfect alignment, and a strong reliable wall. When one foot of the wall has liecn made the lioavds are taken off, and are used for the layer to be placed on top, this (process being continued until the work is completed. The wall, in fact, ia self-supporting and selfcontained throughout. In Christchureh a foot a day may be built up, and the progress may be. more rapid in dryer climates. The process lends itself to arches and to ornamentation, and it is cheap. The estimate is onr-thinl less than the cost of brickwork, and the work does not require skilled labor. It is expected that it will lie specially adapted for use in country districts, where there are ample supplies of shingle. In America and Australia cottages, bungalows, warehouses, and larger buildings are now built by the process. Messrs. Weddell and Sons are using it for a power-house at their foundry in St. Asaph street as an experiment, and intend later on to adopt, the j-ame principle for a larger building which they contemplate erecting in their yard.

No dairyman or farmer can afford to be without a copy of Sykes's Journal for 1911. It is compiled in a very interest-, ing manner, and in addition to its greatutility on tlie fann has mncli information that must prove invaluable. Table 9 for recording each day's milking for the year are given, also memoranda of stock purchased and sold, breeding table, herd register, seed sowing table, etc. In fact the Journal is full of information that every dairyman must, know to be successful. Copies can be obtained on application.—Advt. VISITING CARDS.—When rort run out of cards, send your order for more to the Daily News Printery. 3/8 for 60, or fi 7 - for 100 (postage paid). !