LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 91, 7 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Waitara river teems just now with kapaka and large herrings. Some record catches are being made. , Mangold and -other seeds are being sown earlier this season than usual. The past season has been abnormally dry, and the farmers are -fearful of a dry summer to follow. A farmer who was a director of' one of tlie i numerous co-operative concerns in Taranaki resigned his seat because lie was paid only for the directors' meetings which he attended! $ Mi'. 'F. Fabian's property at Fitzroy was sold yesterday to Sir. H. Candy, of Canter-bury, who intends to retire in Now Plymouth. Messrs. Gilmour and Clarke were responsible for the sale. The winnings of Beaumont and Vedrines in various air races this year are stated by a 'Paris newspaper to' be ■ WII.-I4!) and £80(l!l respectively. Garros has won .-CIiOOO and Yidant £-1000 in the same period. Several dairy farms in the Manawatu have recently been sold at £OO an acre. A farm of 80 acres between Feilding and Awahuri, which was sold twelve months ago at £45 ail acre, has just changed hands at ,£i»2 an acre. Owing to recent happenings in Waitara by night an attempt is being made to organise a fund among the business men to employ the services of a nightwatch-m-an. So far the movement has met with only a qualified success. In the past Labor Day has been observed by factories on the second Wednesday in October. Under the new Holidays Act the holiday will be observed on-the fourth Monday in October. It may be pointed out that boys under 1.8 and all women engaged in factories have to -be given a holiday on that dute on full wages. The holiday does not apply to shops and shop assistants. "Some, cattle drover was- kind enough to cause obstruction to traffic by leaving a dead beast in the tunnel at Pukcaruhe. It was there for three weeks before I knew anything about it." In weather like this a dead beast would make its presence widely known in a very short time, but that is not the point. Drovers and others arc (becoming altogether too careless in the mutter of leaving dead animals on the public roads, to the great annoyance -and inconvenience of the travelling public. The quarterly meeting- of the Ingle- ; wood circuit of the Methodist Church was held at Inglewood on Thursday, sth insfc. There was a representative attendance of od'ice-bea-rers. it was reported that the work of the church had been well maintained during the quarter. The Ilev. W. S. Bowie, who presided, intim'ated his intention of seeking a change of circuit next year. It was decided that the appointment of a successor to Mr. Bowie be' left with the conference. Messrs. K. Taylor and E. Wright were appointed substitute representatives to the forthcoming Synod. A 'bicycle race was decided on Thursday from Waitara. to Mangaora-ka and back, a distance of six miles. The following were the competitors and their handicaps:—H. Stoddart, E. A. Miller, and J. Mann, scr.; D. Fulton, "R. Lawrence and M. Wickham, ,'iOscc.; J. Buily, S-. Crow, and .1. Jones, lmin.; K. Clare and F. Proctor. l'/ 3 min.; S. Tate ami O. McKoy. 2min.; 11. Limmer, W. Craw, L. Feek, and A. Frost, 3min.; R. Pennington 4min.; J. Craw, 0 mill. A. Frost, oil' the 3min. mark, came in first, closely followed by 15. Pennington and D. Fuiton. The winner's time was 21min. There were a few minor accidents. Pi. Lawrence broke his handlebars at the start, but secured another bicycle for the race. J. .Tones a,ml another competitor collided, and Jones' front- wheel was ruined and his handleliars bent, lie received some scratches, but was otherwise unhurt. The services in the Whiteley Memorial Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. J. W. Burton. The morning subject will be ''The Guarded Tree"; and in the evening Mr. liurton will speak on the question "Is Punishment Eternal Warner's Rust-proof Corsets never fail to improve the figure.—Advt. j IT IS THE RESOLVE to obtain the GENUINE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT which will procure for you a remedy of sterling value and will protect you from having your health injured by one of the many crude oils, and so-called "Extracts" which are passed off by unscrupulous dealers as "just as good," and which are, according to authentic testimony, very depressing to the heart. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is absolutely non-injurious, and brings instantaneous relief in headaches, fevers, colds, bronchial and gastric affections, and its great antiseptic powers protect from future infection. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, are healed without inflammation. SANDER'S EXTRACT is endorsed by the highost Medical Authorities, and is unique in its effect; purity, reliability and safety are its distinguishable qualities. Therefore, get the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT; insist, if you have to, but get it, ami derive the benefit.

A fire broke out at the rear of a bakehouse belonging to Mr. Pearcc, Fitzroy, at an early hour this morning. A shed was destroyed, but the main building was unaffected.

Judging by the huge amount of money expended in motor ears in Ashburton and district during the past six months (says the Ashlmrton Guardian), the district is in a very piosperous state. Business in motors has been exceedingly brisk for the period mentioned, Ashlmrton linns supplying cars to local and district customers to the value approximately of £12.000. In connection with the increase of the price of bricks in Auckland to £3 per £H«)I), it is interesting to note that bricks made at the Xew South Wales State brickworks are now sold at 27s (ill per MKHI, and that it has been publicly stated* Unit this price will shortly be lowered,ins the cost of production i's only .Ills Oil per ]HfHI. , At'this rate it would pay the New South Wales Government to export bricks to New Zealand.

The demand for residences in Napier is at present very brisk, and' cannot be satisfied. Bents for six-roomed houses run as high as 2Gs a week, and 20s and 21s for live-roomed dwellings. Owing to the dearth of houses at moderate rental's, intending residents are leaving the town. Residences at 10s and 15s a week are not to be had, and the housing of the working classes in Xapier is becoming a very serious problem.

Mexico claims to have discovered a plant the fibres of which produce all the qualities of jute, and it is now being put on the market, ft is known as the lehuquilda plant, and it is yielding a, fibre which is being spun and then woven into sacks. So satisfactory have these sacks proved that further looms for weaving the sacking have now been ordered. Sacks made Of this new fibre are alleged to be cheaper and more durable than the jute bagging, and Mexico hopes that her produce will hold its own in the near future with the Indian productAn artist, \ barrister . -and. a doctor, motoring from Dijon to Chalon-sur-Saone together, devised a novel method of punishing an unprovoked act of aggression by a peasant, who out of sheer prejudice against motor ears, threw a large stone. which struck the artist on the chest The occupants of the car pursued and captured, their assailant, took him into the car, quietly divested him of his coat watch and money, and then, after proceeding at full .speed for over 30 miles, set him down on a lonely roadside to walk home in a broiling surf. His Clothes ami other property they sent back to him subsequently. The milk sheep of the mountainous districts of Hungary is an animal of considerable importance. Altogether there are about eigiit million .sheep in the country, and of these about three millions belong .to the milking .breed. The Hungarian sheep is a small animal, with long spiral horns mid coarse woolled, and seldom weighs more than (ialb. The yearly production of milk is about 2>/ 2 times the live weight of the ' sheep} and the wool about 21b per head. The milk is nearly twice as rich in fat as that of the cow. These sheep form practically the only method of utilising the steep sides of the Carpathian Mountains.

The cost of living in England, America, and on the Continent, aeeordinng to a Wellington man who has just got 'batik from the Coronation, is considerably higher than in New Zealand, and the hotel tariff everywhere amazed him. In a Xcw York hotel a poached ,egg and a cup of tea (served in great magnificence) sent up to hia room cost a doHar and a half, and a glass of sparkling wine on another occasion amounted to 7s Od. But Germany actually "took the cake." Dining at a swagger hotel in Berlin a lettuce was procured by special request, and added 4s to the bill, and it was the sort of lettuce you would grudge one penny for in Hokitika.

Upton Sinclair, the American writer, whose fame as the author of "The Jungle" is second only to the notoriety he lias gained as the apostle of fasting, received valuable encouragement .at the year." Br \V. T. Hay ward told a large company in the .Medicine seotion, "I am more and more convinced that in the total abstinence fronr food for certain periods we have a valuable therapeutic agent. Unfortunately." he went on, "it is considered somewhat outside the pale of orthodox treatment, and, moreover, it is difficult to persuade people that they can live without food for longer than 12 hours or so; but in certain eases no treatment is move effective. It is not surprising that this should lie the cn*e, for it can be justified on physiological grounds and by coninionsen.-e." The progress of South Africa under its new constitution was referred to by Senator VV. I l '. Lance, of the South African Union Parliament, who arrived in Auckland by the .Marama last week, in conversation with a Herald reporter. Senator Lance said that a larger white population w.i> what was required in South Africa, as at present there were about 10 natives to every white man. The land in South Africa was excellent for agricultural purposes—as good as any land in the world —but most of it was owned by lloer farmers, who did not ■encourage-the cutting of it- up, and the .Government had not offered any inducement to immigrants, At the same time, there was a certain amount of development going on. They had commenced to export maize to Europe in considerable quantities, and were beginning to make progress in dairying. Immigrants were wanted in South Africa. The class of man that was wanted was, if possible, one with a little capital of his own, but who would do his own work. Many immigrants had come come from Germany, and they had proved useful farmers. English trade was making good progress in all directions, but- was somewhat hampered by want of labor.

MELBOURNE TAILOR-MADE SUITS. The records of the past are eclipsed to-day. The Melbourne habit of looking ahead is at the very apex of justification. The new tailor-made suit at Cos is a challenge in value. It's a prophecy come true. An ideal built around a permanent principle, ;i supremacy that brooks no argument. Xever has a suit been offered for approval with so much confidence. Never a suit created and built embodying so many proven advantages. It's a dominating suit—a twentieth century masterpiece. Take anyone of tire dozen new model* for an instance. Xote the new features: the extra full length, the "cut in" at Hie waist, the new deep lapels, the wide revers, the vest cut a trifle,lowr; not the hang and set of the coat, the snug fitting collar; note the new American shoulders; note the absence of the exaggerated padding where the sleeve joins the shoulder; note the new roll collar and the semi-square cut of the coat. Trousers are cut just a trifle fuller than last season, with just that perfect hang and fit over the instep that only a master craftsman can impart. Taken altogether, there is a "unity" of excellence in every detail that interprets every ideal a purchaser can possibly have about a suit, while to own a Melbourne tailor-made suit stamps a man as a connoisseur of what beauty of design in good fitting clothes really means. Dozens of the newest fabrics to choose, from, any one of which the high priced costume tailors would ask you five guineas and more for.— Advt.

When Australia's time of trouble comes, it will be the reflective and unpieturesque and sober people who wilt bear the brunt of it, and not the truculent vaporers who bellow at Great Britain and shake their fists at the Imperial Xnvy . To most decent Australasians there is something nauseating in these people, who exist as free people by the grace of Britain's guns, who will' take * all Britain can give them, but who yet. fancy that it is a strong and virile thing to tell Britain they will stand no nonsense.—Wellington Dominion.

Whangarei has evidently some publicspirited men in its community who wisb to see their district go ahead. The Northern Mail publishes a list of the names of men who have just made the local A. and P. Association a present of £Ol5 in the shape of debentures held by them. Among the donors arc four who cancelled their debentures aggregattwelve cancelled £lO each, and eighteen twelve cancelled £1 Oeach, and eighteen cancelled £5 each. An association cornposed of men like that cannot help prospering, and certainly »,ueh men deserve to have the privilege of seeing its prosperity.

Over 3,000.000 ft of Oregon pine was carried' on the steamer Henrik Ibsen, which arrived in Auckland from the Columbia river recently . Some 2,000,000 ft. of the lumber was discharged at Auckland, the balance being taken to Sydney. The vessel carried I,(XM),OOOft on her deck, the timber being stacked 14ft high from stem to stern, some of the pieces of timber being 2ft square. While Oregon pine is being largely imported, large quantities of Xew Zealand timbers are being exported from Hokianga, Kaipara, Whangarei. Mercury Bay and the Great Barrier. The Wairuna'is at present discharging over 2,000,000 ft of timber from Xew Zealand at Sydney, the barque Aldebaran is on the way to Sydney with over 400,000, and the barque Northern Chief and barquentine Panda Isle are at present loading timber at. Auckland for Australia. The steamers Kuro"w and. Kaituna, at present discharging coal at Auckland, will afterwards load timber at Kaipara for Sydney.