LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 102, 20 October 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-More than £II,OOO worth of American patent medicines were exported to NewZealand in the last fiscal year. The number of old-age pensioners in Australia is 82,!)ii3, and the total expenditure is £2,054,364. Several of the Railway Department's properties which failed to find new owners at auction on Wednesday changed hands yesterday at the upset prices. 0 ' There are evidently some very conscientious people in Mastertou. Ten local residents have absolutely refused to be enrolled on the electoral roll, thiiuub possessing all the qualifications. Yesterday's weather was most unseasonable. The southerly wind .brought hailstorms and a biting atmosphere that must have a, depressing influence on the milk supply and an unwelcome effect on growth in the gardens. The Stratford-Te Wera railway is being re-laid with *"-avy rails to carry faster and heav,' Angines, this having been rendered i s by the big volume of traffic on the line." Good pro°gress is being made with the vork. It is possible (says the Clutiia. Free Press) that the Hon. T. Mackenzie mav be nominated for the Clutiia seat as we'll as for the Kgniont seat. There is nothing to prevent such a course, and it would be gratifying to the lion, gentle- , man's numerous supporters in this electorate. The whale that was cast up on the Makikihi beach some weeks ago has been cut up and rendered, the carcase having keen purchased by two Sheffield chaffcutters, who employed an expert from hivercargill to extract the valuable products. The whale yielded large quantities of oil, sperm and whalebone, the whole being estimated to be worth about

The Hawera Star says:—The quality of South Taranaki honey is acknowledged to be excellent. It has been the cause, we are informed, of the biggest beekeeper in the Wairarapa. one of the biggest shippers in the Dominion, coming up to see the district round Hawera, and. after inspection, arranging to bring up (KK) hives. He will form four outapiaries within a few miles of Hawera in the course of a few weeks. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, Mr. Orooke, S.M., inflicted a flue of £li and costs 7s on Joseph Moody, charged with a breach of his prohibition order. He did not appear, but. Mr. A. H. Johnstone appeared for him and asked for leniency. DetectiveSergeant Boddam assured his Worship that the man was a hard-working man who fought against his failing, bui; this was unfortunately his second offence. The maintenance case Smith v. Smith was again before the S.M. Court yesterday morning. The defendant* John Charles Smith was charged with having failed to obey an order of the court to provide maintenance for his wife and family, and the case had been adjourned to give Smith an opportunity of paying up his arrears. He had not done so, owing to his failure to raise money by the sale of a. process in which he was interested. Mr. Crooke, S.M., said this did not affect the case very much. Tie was concerned with whether or not the defendant had reasonable cause for failure to pay the arrears, and he had come to the conclusion that he had not done his best to obtain work, Mr. A. IT. Johnstone, -who appeared for Mr.*. Smith, said that, in answer to an appeal by her husband on the 'previous evening, the complainant had agreed to grant him some indulgence. A fortnight's adjournment, was granted, the defendant saying he would pay up in that time. He was given to understand that no further adjournment would be granted, and that if Mr. Crooke were still the presiding magistrate he would certainly make-an order if the money were not paid -by that time. IT IS THE RESOLVF

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The following amounts are being paid I mit to-day by dairy factories:-Strat-ford ,C32(i(i. l.owgarth £1375, Ngacre £1334, Cardiff £llOs. Cirl lifi operators, licensed by tbc municipal inspector and: certified to be competent not only to run lifts, but to undertake repairs, are being employed at hotels in Milwaukee, C.S.A. The following quaint notification appear.s iu a Knngitikoi paper:—The person who took tlie iron from the roof of my woolshed property, Hnloombc, is requested to return same and nail it on again. A great conclave of tru«t magnates, more than lilt in circumference, and la tors i.s In meet in Washington, U.S.A.. between now and the reconvening of Congress in December to discuss the economic crisis which the nation faces. A monster pumpkin, 2y 2 ft in length, morn than lift in circumferancc. and weighing llOlbs. attracted much attention at the office of the Park-Grable Investment Co., in La Mesa Springs, California, at, the end of last month. The Romncy breed of sheep are making good headway in New Zealand, especially in the North Island. In 1005 there were 78 flocks entered in the Flock Book, and last year the number had increased to 200. The .sheep returns for the Dominion show that there are 70(1,743 stud sheep and (lock rams in the country, and of these 273,000 are Romneys. An instance of how land, at one, time considered valueless, is being brought into profit by practical m<n, is the Maakana Island, Taurangsi, of 8000 odd acres. It was .sold three years ago at 7s 6d an acre; a year later the same firm resold it for 12s Od an acre after wmo work had been done on it; and last week it changed hands Again at £3 10s an acre. The late owners, Messrs. John Kemp and Robinson, reap a profit of about £20,000.

The Department of Agriculture has secured a small quantity of the Pueria Thumbergian, a legume, for experimental purposes. The plant, which grows in Japan, is described as follows: "Its growth is phenomenal, its uses comprehensive; it provides earlier and more nutritious foliage than pea' or clover; it adapts itself to comparatively poor land." Tn view of these recommendations, the Department's experiments will be looked forward to with interest. An accident that fortunately was unattended -with serious results is reported from Otakeho. The horses in a milkwaggon going down a hill at the Otakeho river took fright at the hail lying i about the road, shied off and the. wagfgon capsized into the water. In the waggon were the driver and some children to whom he had given a lift. By | wonderful good fortune, though all were i bruised and shaken, none were seriously | hurt. The waggon was left wheels up in the water.—iliawera Star. , An interesting experiment was carried out iby the Rexdale cheese factory, in the Forty Mile Bush, to test the quality of butter-fat in whey One hundred pounds of whey were taken direct from the rat and put through a hand separator, with the result that slightly over two ounces of butter were made from the butter-fat obtained from the whey. The article looked similar to ordinary butter. From these figures it follows that it would reqnire SOlbs of whey to make a pound of butter. Probably further experiments will be carried out. Dr. Julius Auerbaeh, who has spent j nine- months at the University of Vienna, returned last month to London, confirmed in his belief that seasickness is not due to stomach disorder, but to irritation of the semi-circular canal of the inner ear. This is a theory that has„ been known for .some time to specialists, and Dr. Auerbaeh heliercp that Professor Alexander Dalikinik, of the University of Vienna, has proved it. The doctor say* that the function 01 the semi-circular canals is to maintain tho equilibrium. When they are irritated their owners have all the symptoms of seasickness. Dieting before a voyage, therefore, would not prevent seasickness. Dr. Auerbaeh -ays that no remedy has been found.

The latest venture in mail services U the announcement that the Spreekles linn of steamers are to be restored to th? service between San Francisco and Sydney. The Ventura and Sonoma, which with the Sierra, used to be in the trade, are to be fitted with oilburning machinery as well as their sistet boat, at a cost of £150.000, and the, three steamers are to be placed in commission. The original cost of these vessels -was £200.000 each. They are twinscrew ships of over 0000 tons register, and each has accommodation for 175 first-class passengers and ]'s() in the second cabin and steerage. With burning coal the maximum speed was Hi 14 knots an hour, but when the Sierra was transformed into an oil burner two years ago it was found she could make over 17 knots an hour. It is stated that the substitution of oil for coal will reduce the cost of operation 40 per cent. Tanks wilt be built with a capacity sufficient to give, the vessels a steaming radius of 10,500 miles at a 15-knot an hour rate. It is interesting to note that the cooperative laborers themselves "have no time" for the men who would end the system of employing co-operative workers on public works. A Daily News reporter conversed last week with many of the men on the Stratford-Ongarue railway -works, and met quite a number among the older men who had worked on contracts of a similar kind years ago. These told some stories of the conditions prevailing then. Any man who straightened his back for but an instant -was cursed and blackguarded by the "bosses" of the gangs and only the youngest and best men could stand the pace. Then they were nearly always compelled to buy their own foodstuffs, etc., from the contractor's own store at the contractor's own prices, and in that respect were not nearly as well oil' as the "coop." men to-day. Under the present system the navvies of less than average strength or ability were enabled to earn sufficient money to keep themselves and their wives and families in decency, and the stronger men made good, regular money. The "right to work"; idea is uppermost in the minds of the men.

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