LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 179, 27 January 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waihi it observing Saturday as the weekly half-holiday. Subject to the approval of Congress, the Mexican Government has agreed to pay £310,000 in settlement of claims for damage for the killing of 350 Chinamen during the revolution in Mexico. A Moscow student, who wanted to commit suicide, took a dose of poison, then stood on the sill of a third storey window, and simultaneously shot himself with a revolver, and threw himself down. He managed it all right. With their accustomed thoughtfulness and liberality Mr. Newton King and Mr. C. W. Govett have decided to throw their grounds at "Brooklands" and "Maranui" open to the public on Sunday afternoon. It is always a pleasure to stroll through these .beautiful grounds, and no doubt the public will greatly appreciate the privilege accorded them.

Mr. Pelham lias kindly left some samples of plums at this office, which are creditable to the growth of the district. They are called th* "Zatsabella," which is a cross between the English and Japanese plums. Last year he took SOOlbs of this fruit off one tree, In addition to being large they are exceptionally luscious, and should prove profitable, to ■people who. grow them. The manager and the expert of the Empire Theatre were busy in the mysteries of the dark room during yesterday developing the film of the East End carnival, and their cheerful expressions clearly indicate that the results are 'extremely satisfactory. During to-day views of some important business premises will be secured and added to the carnival film. Bathers are notified that a further series of films will be taken at high tide about 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, when it is anticipated a good surf will be running. The whole film, about 1000 feet, will be screened at the Empire Theatre during the coming week. iA meeting of subscribers of the Tisch Memorial was held in the Town Hall last evening, His Worship the Mayor presiding. He explained that the object of the meeting was to decide as to whether the committee was to proceed with the work. After some discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Messrs. Eustace and Stocker, that the committee, be authorised to proceed with the Tisch'■Memorial on the reserve. Another motion, proposed by Mr. S. Shaw, seconded by Mr. Cattley, was carried, requesting ' the Borough Council to use every «effort to have the reserve vested in the council for recreation purposes. It was suggested by Mr. Eustace that a working bee should be formed for the purpose of making improvements to the ground. The names of Messrs. Eustace and Mannix were added to the committee.

The Taranaki land speculator is turning his attention to further fields, and the wild country north of Auckland is spoken of as a kind of land agent's Eldorado (says a writer in a Southern journal). In New Plymouth they tell of a big block of virgin country in the Bay of Islands- district that was hawked about, and could not find a purchaser at as low as 8s an acre. By and bye prices hardened in that district, and two young men of Taranaki bought the block at 12s an acre. They bought it, inasmuch as they-signed the necessary documents of purchase and put down a deposit of £IOO. (Rumor says they had to "raise the wind" for that). Anyway, certain shrewd men became alive to the possibilities of the land for 'stock raising, and the young Taranakians styd their bftck at 30s an acre, netting a clear £20,000!

If we know but little about the Chinese they know less about us. Mr. Hwang used to tell a good story againsF himself when he was in Wellington. When the Chinese Government decided that after all the sons of Han in this far land should have some sort of representation, they sent Mr. Hwang. He was at the Legation in London. "When I was ordered to New Zealand," he used to say, "I asked,. where is NewJZealand ? N<2,,pjji> 1 could tell me at the'Legat'ion. I looked all over the map of the world for New Zealand. I saw the United States (where I graduated as a 8.A.), found Germany,' Mexico,, „India,;, b,iit, no ; ; New, Zealand-. Then I went to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. That told me. Back .to the map of the world again. Yes, there was New Zealand, sure enough, in the corner. I had overlooked it--it was so small. .But it was a revelation to me when I taame—a busy, prosperous, educated, warm-hearted, intelligent people; a lovely and a fertile country. It was hard to find, and I am glad I found it." J There is a fly in Taranaki's ointment 1 (writes a southern journalist who has been visiting this province). It is the phenomenally high price of land. Sixtyfive pounds an acre was. the highest the writer heard: of '■ among 'recent transactions in farm lands, and that was given for an area of 100 acres on the rich Waimate plain, in the vicinity of Normanby. It seems am astonishing price, but an estate agent in New Plymouth assured this deponent that the price was justified by the results. "Of course," he added, "only by dairying could such an investment be made remunerative." In proof of his contention that this particular 100-acre lot was worth the money paid, lW' related that the original white owner (the man who did the clearing) sold out some years ago at something under £BO. Later on he bought back at £4O an acre, and recently again sold out for the "star" price of £65, which may be. pre; sumed to be the limit for dairying purposes. Forty and fifty pounds an acre land is quite common, and the speculative element is so general that even poor men do not hesitate to pay these prices.

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The Maoriland VVorker lias a letter from "Uncle Sam," advocating taking Maxim guns and shooting down every "cuckoo" of the Semple blood aa;l "Dl-u----calion" type'. "I; reckon that is the only way to rid ourselves and our respectable society of these birds that foul our nest." The letter is headed, "Traitors in the Camp." Peter O'Kiley, a blind newsagent at Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, detected the fact that a coin handed to him as a shilling in payment for a copy of the Christian Herald was in reality a halfpenny covered with tinsel. The girl who was guilty of the attempt to defraud was ordered to pay him five shillings compensation. llow inodest some people can be may be gauged from tiiis advertisement, which appeared in a recent issue of the Jsew York World:—'"l have just arrived; have hands that love no rest, brains marvellous in energy, depth, imagination, power, conception, organisation, comprehension, instruction; am brilliant lecturer, noted journalist, cleyer linguist, competent mechanic, electrical engineer, fair typist, good automobilist, excellent demonstrator, known scientist, able physicist, methodical experimenter, fine conversationalist, expert psychologist, master occulist, inventor, patentee, hypnotist, traveller, etc.; appearance studious, thoughtful; manners refined; bright, engaging, cordial; character and principle; faultlessly honest, sincere, truthful; nonsmoker, total abstainer; best public, prii vate references; willingly become private secretary, companion,, tutor to anyone | who appreciates sterling merits; salary no question; good position essential."

A wealthy American lady advances some very substantial reasons for not living in America. "After a week's visit among one's friends in America," she explains, "one knows all about the latest scandals, divorces and domestic troubles, but does not hear a single word about the big things which wealthy or philanthropic Americans may have done for the country." But. this lady has another very excellent reason for staying in England. She does not admire the way the sons of millionaires are trained. "They are not a credit to society," she affirms. "They do not work, most of them drink, and American hostesses have often to apologise for the conditions of young men guests; whereas in England no man would ever appear twice in an intoxicated state in any house, because he would never get a second invitation. The sons of the rich English do not drink like the Americans, but grow up healthy, strong, normal, and devoted to out-door sports. Therefore I shall educate my son in England."