LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 135, 29 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On the motion of ill'. Quilliam (Govett find Quilliam), probate of the will of tlie ktc John Kendall, late of Waiongona, has been granted by tire Supreme Court to Mrs. Ellen Kendall, the executrix named in the. will. A short sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, before Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., wh<m judgment was S>iven for plaintiff by default in the case Red Post Furnishing Co., Ltd., v. F. W. Lucas, claim £3 Is lid, costs £1 3s 6d. His Worship the Mayor extends a general invitation to residents in the Fitzroy Town District to afternoon ten at the Fitzroy Hall on Friday next at 3 p.m., to mark the occasion of the merging of a. portion of tlhc Fitzroy district in the. borough. A very successful .final rehearsal in preparation for the. Band of Hope demonstration was held at the Good Templar Hall-last night. As it is desired that the children shall not be l kept up late, it is requested that they be at the Theatre to-night at 7 o'clock, At last meeting of the Hospital Board several tenders were received for removal of earth work at the hospital site, fcut as all were much above the estimate, none were accepted, and the matter was left with the chairman to arrange. Mr. F. 0. Bellringer has accordingly made -satisfactory arrangements with Messrs. Kyngdan- and Russell to carry out the work. Some alterations in the -railway timetable are announced to take effect from Friday next, December 1. The goods brain which now leaves Hawera with car attached at ten minutes past eleven, and arrives at New Plyimoutih at 4.17 p.m., will not ran in future. A passenger train will!, however, leave Hawera at 11.15 a.m., ami is timed to arrive at New Plymouth at 3 p.m. A passenger-train will also leave Waitara at 2 p.m. 'to connect with this train. A goods train, with passenger ear attached, will leave Hawera at 4.5 p.m., arriving at New Plymouth at 8.45 pan. Presumably tins latter train will replace the one tiliat now leaves Hawera at 4.3 p.m., and is timed to arrive here at 7.28 p.m. Reports from the Nelson. Motueka and Moutere -districts are to the effect that the fruit crop is promising very well indeed. Between 600 and 700 acres of additional orchard has been--planted this year, and preparations are being made for the planting of an additional thousand acres next year. Orchardists are planting mostly apple trees, and the sorts selected are those which have been proved in Tasmania to be best suited for export to the Home market. There are likely to 'be heavy shipments of apples to London this season. Tentative arrangements have been made' for three shipments, and growers hope that the Minister of Agriculture will see his way to give some monetary assistance in the way 'of encouraging ships to carry the fruit Home in good order and condition, thus enabling New Zealand orchardists to make a fair start in what promises to be an important export traSte-irt the near future. "Ladies and gentlemen," said Sir John Findky at Auckland, "I once perpetrated the folly of writing a book. Never write a book—if you do, burn at as soon as ypu have written it.—(Laughter.) However, I wrote a book; it was some thirteen years ago, long before I had. given any study to politics." Sir John went on to say that' one chapter was devoted to a bantering discussion, in which appeared "crtaih Machiavellian maxims and aphorisms. Among them were such as, "Skilful'veneer looks as well as solid mahogany, and costs less." '"Keep your voice loud,, and forte pedal your superlatives." Sir John, after going on to say that he had delivered the chapter in which these appeared as a lecture, and that the whole tenor 6t it was Machiavellian, and intended so to be, added: "Mr Massey had a copy of this book; I think I sent him a copy of it. He knows perfectly well that I had no thought of teaching this Machiavellian doctrine as my own political principles. It is not in reason that any intelligent maw should misunderstand the book, and yet it is gravely put to the people of New Zealand .by the Leader of the Opposition that these rules represent my solid teaching in good faith. Mr Massey is sedulously repeating this sort of thing all through the Dominion, and for him to misrepresent it and me in this way, is., I submit, grossly unfair."—(Loud applause.) Wellington, which had a bad scare over its water supply a few .years ago, has placed itself in a thoroughly satisfactory pos-ition so far as storage is concerned, and it will soon have a reliable delivery by the duplication, at a cost of nearly £IOO,OOO, of the fourteen miles of main' used for conveying the water from Wai-nui-o-mata. A large ferro-concrete dam recjjptly completed, and inspected by the City "Council, provides an extra reservoir of thirty acres, with a holding capacity of 120,000,000 gallons. Speaking at a luncheon on the site, the Mayor of Wellington, Mr T. M. Wilford, said that for three years ithe contractors had been busy in building probably the most up-to-date dam in the southern hemisphere. The cost was something in the region of £50,000, and tiro Teservoir would guarantee to the citizens a water supply far greater than' was needed at present. As a matter of fact, there was sufficient water for a population twice as large- as at present. In addition there were two dams at Karori, with a capacitv of 108,500,000 gallons. When the work of duplicating the main from Wainui to- the oity was completed Wellington would possess one of the finest water systems in Australia. Wellington stood in the proud position of being the cleanest city in the Southern Hemisphere. "Melbourne is running us close," he added, "but staview we are the cleanest city on this side of the world." XT 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 goVl," and whieh are, according to authentic testimony, very depressing to the heart. The GENUINE SANGER 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 infl«n. mation. SANDER'S EXTRACT is endorsed by the highest 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, and derive the benefit. The nominations for the Parliamentary Elections have closed l , and all sorts of men have been nominated. On December 7 those with least merit will be put out. and on Dnccmber 14 the chosen members will Ik- known to the country. There will be great excitement then, but if is preferable to take things calmly and drink Crescent Blend Tea, which soothes the nerves and gives the palate pleasure. You can get it from your grocer at 2s per lb.—Mvt.

Mr Frank Bostoek, the well-known menagerie proprietor, has been complainingl to the representative of a London journal that he cannot get English girls to take up the work of animal training. He asks for good-looking, eool, young, well-balanced nerveless girls, audi says that he will pay them seven pounds per tveek while they are being traiwd. Once trained they would be able to command the salaries of Cabinet Ministers, in the Bostoek employ. At present alii the lady trainers in his .wcii shows are foreigners, and the animals are spoken to in French, or German, or Hungarian, or Italian, or Russian, and English audiences do not like it. They want to understand every word that is spoken. In the '•Money" artiele of the ISfew Zealantl Trad? Review it is pointed out that while money appears to continue available in good supply for investment and lending, rates remain at a fairly easy level, prospects for staple products are "a little disappointing." Wool values arc lower than last year, and the season is somewhat backward. Dairy produce, though .commanding record prices, shows a shortage in quantity owing to unfavorable weather, and very little meat is ■going forward so far. "These factors," the Review points out, "have a decided bearing on the money market, and if the season does not then turn out favorably, it is not improbable that we shell] see a somewhat firmer tone in the money market."