LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 200, 21 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is stated that « trout *eishin2 ISy 4 1b3. wag cught ia the Kaupokonui last week by a schoolboy. • An additional post-office receiving box has been erected at Westown elose to Mrs. McCann's store, TJi» bos will Ue eleared daily at 11 aan. _ Before Mr. A Crooke, g.M., at a sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, one first-offending iasbriate was convicted and discharged.

Only leasehold titles will be granted to land in the Northern territory of Australia. The leases will be perpetual, with reappraisement every 20 years. During the tearing ef an alleged cattle 6toaling case- at the Ta Kuiti Magistrate's oourt last week, Constable Owen, of Oagarue, related a case of a most pitiful nature. He had occasion to visit a settler's house in the ffangitu bloek, and on arrival and' the making ofi investigations ascertained that the food supply of the eetablishment was a half-bag of oatmeal. No cooking utensils were to be seen, whilst as for furniture it was only neticeable by its absence. [From inquiries we have made: na settlement in the Taranaki land district has been assisted to the same extent as the Taagitu settlement, the assistance taking the form of advances for procuring grass sired, felling of bush, fencing and eyeri the purchase of cattle. Also that there is no plaee in the North Island where labor is more difficult to obtain. Settlers can get as much road work as they want. Only recently the settlers applied for outside' labor as mme was available in the district. lh«e facts show that there is no reason for anyone in the com : munity to bo in an indigent condition. If he is he would be indigent anywhere.]

In India there are no fewer.than 28 towns each having a population of over 100,000.

It is confidently expected that the silver production from Cobalt (Canada) district for 1911' will reach 3>2,000,0000z., thus making a new record.

The heaviest insured man in the world is said to be Rodman Wanamaker, the multi-millionaire's son. He is insured for a total sum of £900,000. He is a bachelor.

In proportion to its population, Pahiatua should be a fairly pious community. About ten denominations of various sorts are represented in the town, or one to every 130 persons.

It was reported to the Hawera Hospital Board on Monday that five cases of typhoid fever at Waitotara were confined to the European population. A report on the matter was received from the district nurse.—Star.

The output from the Frankley road dairy factory is now 42 boxes of butter weekly. This is about eight boxes better than was the case last year at the corresponding period. The tests at the factory are very even, ranging for the 24 suppliers from 3.8 to 4.5.

It is rather a singular fact that both Crown Prosecutor and counsel for accused have an antipathy to prisoners with whiskers. The cause of such antipathy has not, so far, been explained, but the fact remains that, in the case of a criminal' trial, jurors with whiskers are almost invariably promptly challenged. The Clifton Kowing Club is sending a crew to compete in the senior fours at the Wanganui regatta to-morrow. The crew, which leaves this morning, consists of C. H. Drew (stroke), M. Cain (3), H. C. Collier (2), F. Richards (bow). They 'are said to be in fairly good form, and the result of the races will be awaited with interest here, especially as two of the members are well-known New Plymouth residenia.

Recent additions to the local Carnegie Library include: "The Following of the Star," Florence Barcley; "A Touch of Destiny," A. H. Adams; "Other Sheep," Harold Begbie; "The Night Rideis," Ridgwell Cullum; "The Honeymoon," Jeffrey Farnol; "Torchy," Sewiell Ford; "The Path of Glory," Paul G. Ha worth; "The Throwback," Harold MacGrath; "The Little King," Charles Major; "The Secret of the Dragon," Mary L. Pendered.

' It is wonderful what a number of old customs have died out and yet left j quaint mementoes behind them. No one I would think of purchasing a frofik or tail coat without two buttons sewn, on the back of it, and, although these buttons are absolutely superfluous, few people ever troubled themselves to enquire !why they are put there. The buttons were originally used to button back the skirts of the long frock coats formerly worn by gentlemen of fashion, and during the period when these were in vogue, corresponding button-holes or loops were made at the corners of the skirts.

The Eltham Dairy Company manufactured in January 282,0181bs of butter, and pays out £11,502 at the rate of per lb. The average test was 3.59. In January last year the output was 276,0541b5, and the pay out £9995, so that there was a Blight increase in the output and a considerable increase in the payments last month as compared with the corresponding month last year. The total output for the season, commencing with September, is 1,207,7131b5, and -the pay-out £49,587, as against 1,257,0751bs and £45,448 paid out in the corresponding period of last season.— Argus.

It is rather a pity for the gaiety of | nations (observes a London writer) that French men of letters cannot fight their duels as duels are fought in Greenland. In Greenland, where one man has been insulted by another, the adversaries each compose a satire in verse. This each man recites' to his household until the servants and the women know it by heart. Then a place of meeting is appointed. The two men, the insulter and the insulted, the offender and offended, stand face to face, and each recites hi 3 poem. Each man tries hard to raise a laugh against his adversary. Each man speaks in turn, whipping the enemy with epigram and quip, and after two hours of this wordy battle the meeting gives the victory to him of the two adversaries who has amused the whole assembly most. The following motion will be moved by Cr. D. McAflum at the next meeting of the Taranaki County Council:—"That this council take the initiative in collecting such Information as will enable it to arrive at some: resolution as to the best method of coping with, the increasing traffic on the Main South road—(l) by appointing a committee of this council; (2) by inviting the co-operation of

the Egmont and Waimate West County Councils by appointing committees; and (3) that these committees meet at the earliest possible date (or dates) and at sueh place (or places) as may be agreed upon to discuss the traction question, and if a suitable eqhemie should be. evolved the same shall immediately be reported to each council, and on confirmation tke necessary steps be taken to give effect to it." The result of the extraordinary wind-

falls in the Italian State lottery among the inhabitants of Rome and Naples, a Dalziel telegram says, is that the Italian Treasury has been obliged to pay out several million lire more than reckoned upon. Some soldiers at Tripoli, it is averred, consulted an old Arab woman noted for her witchcraft, and received from her a list of numbers, which she asserted would win prizes in the lottery. These numbers found their way to laly, and were published in the Mattino. Many people took the prediction seriously, aid there was a run upon these numbers. *The curious part ..of the story is that the luck did not fail these credulous persons, and they are drawing large sums as winning*. The State has disbursed fifteen million lire in a week. Several war correspondents at Tripoli are mentioned as being among the winners.

MORE MELBOURNE SUIT TALK. The majority of men desire to get as much for their money as they possibly can. That is the basis npon which sensible people plan their expenditure. They have to, becftuae it is easier to spend money in this day of "high cost of living" than to earn it. You have probably decided in your own mind that you dught to get a good suit at a reasonable figure without the "frills" that are supposed to give "class," and that 1 you are in the throes of weeding out the different "makes" that do not meet the ideal yen have creat'ed about the "kind" and "prise" of a suit you want r to buy. Then let us advise you\not to be misled into paying a fancy price for something that you could have bought eqwally well, if not better, from the Melbourne at a very much lower cost. Remember this, that when you buy a Melbourne suit you purchase a guarantee of workmanship and material that invites comparison. Whatever we claim for it ft will do—wear well, fit well, and give you all the suit comfort you desire, and plenty of service. But come and see our beautiful array of splendid high-grade suits, all tailor-made and ready to put on'. Try one on. Go over its construetS9h inch by indh. Feel the texture, and notice the finish. Test the cloth and purity of the dyes. Take note of the high grade linings and the superb cut. Then, most important of all, note the low prices, ranging from 49/6 to <55/-. It will be a strange thing indeed if you do not become a purchaser.