LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 206, 28 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr T. W. Kirk stated recently at Cnnstchurch that one man in New Zealand had spent £53 17s per acre on manure for his potatoes The three main theatrical unions in Sydney have formed a grand council, with a view to concerted action in time of industrial trouble.

A record for. Manukau and district (Otaki) has been established by Mr. D. Thomson, who secured a yield of 30001b. of milk from 147 cows, and a 4,2 test. A remarkable example of the longevity of the American Indian "squaw" comes from Canada, where Mrs Lily Ottawa, widow of the late Chief Ottawa, celebrated her 110 th birthday in animated fashion: " ' ' -

As evidencing the popularity of picture entertainments'amongst the Maoris, a prominent Masterton native on being asked why he was selling his crop of potatoes, answered, "By golly, me want to go: the, pictures!"

While attempting to clamber up the Breakwater 'bus yesterday morning, Mr. Keith, manager of the Taranaki Petroleum Company, slipped,. with the'result that one of the wheels went over his foot. Fortunately no bones were broken. It is common report (says the Cromwell Argus) that an offer of £2500 has been refused for 14,000 a«res, which were recently balloted for and drawn by the son of a well-known Upper Clutha family. Possession of the run will, be taken on March 1. ' *

A Dunedin message says: "Professor Scott, 'of Christchurch, has just completed an interesting sea trip from Christchurch to Dunedin in his yacht Yvonne." We are waiting to hear whether the Professor sailed from Christchurch down the new canal or the river Avon. It was a remarkable feat, anyhow. Tie North Island 'Main .Trunk line continues to earn good revenue and shows a fairly substantial improvement as compared with the corresponding period of 1911. The passenger revenue was £92,406, an increase of £5840; goods, £70,505, as compared with £(56,222,, the total receipts having been £11,636 in excess of last year's period

The weeds must be very bad out Koru way. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning a litigant' stated in support of his application'for a seven-wire fence between his own and his neighbor's property that he was going to run goats On his land in order to keep the weeds down. He would have preferred Angora goats, but their price was prohibitive, almost equalling that of cows. Reporting to the Education Board last evening, the technical organiser (Mr. Heatley) mentioned that he .hoped to ajrrauge for certain privileges for the cadets attending evening classes at the college and thus encourage the members of the company to take advantage of the industrial and commercial classes. The drill night of the senior cadets is to be arranged to suit the classes as far as possible, and will be held on Thursday night, beginning in March. During the year ended January 31, 1912, the Master Butchers' Association paid out the sum of £123 to farmers for pigs condemned at the New Plymouth abattoirs. In order to meet this cost the association makes a levy pn the suppliers of one shilling on each pig slaughtered. The butchers themselves pay a similar sum, tlie whole-forming an insurance fund. As a result, when a pig is condemned the farmer receives the same price for its carcase as would. be the case if the animal was free from disease. I

In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., Patrick Raill, of Toru, proceeded against a neighboring farmer (Mrs. Mary Hill) under the Fencing Act. Plaintiff was desirous of replacing the present boundary fence with a seven-wire structure, each party to be responsible for half of the work. According to the husband of the defendant, he had made his part of the fence secure, while Raill had done nothing. The court ordered that a proper seven-wire fence should be erected, each party bearing an equal share of the cost.

The number of legal practitioners in the Dominion at the end of December, 1011, was 9LB, an increase of 37 over last year's returns. The number of solicitors in the respective districts and the increase or decrease shown during the year are as follows (the figures in brackets are the numbers for 1910):—Auckland 266 (205), Canterbury 128 (120),Gisborne m (20), Hawke's Bay, 52 (54), Marlborough 11 (9), Nelson 18 (1,7), Otago 106 (106), Southland 33 (31), Taranaki 53 (57), Wellington 249 (242), Westland ,22"(20). North Island 660 (578), South Island 318 (303). Eecent additions to the local Carnegie Library include the following novels: — 'Teter and Wendy," J. M. Barrie; "The Miller of the Old Church," Ellen Glasgow; "The Man in the Brown Derby," Wells Hastings; "The Undertow," Robt. E. Knowles; "The Freebooters of the I Wilderness," Agnes C. Lant; "Good Boy ! Seldom/' Oliver Onions; "The Catspaw," j\W. H. Osborne; "The Kingdom of Slender Swards," Hallie E. Rives; "The Case of Paul Breen," Anthony Tudor; "Ethan Freme," Edith Wharton; "The Unofficial Honeymoon," Dolf Wyllarde; "More Letters to My Son," Anonymous. To encourage thorough and systematic instruction in school agriculture, etc., the Taranaki Education Board has decided to set apart two scholarships in each division, junior and Benior, to be termed, respectively, junior and senior rural scholarships. The junior is to be competed for by those taking agriculture and dairy work, and the senior by those taking agriculture, dairywork and woodwork or cookery in addition to the other scholarship subjects. The examination in agriculture and dairywork will be based on the two years' course, and candidates will be required to present themselves in these subjects at the December examinations. _ Farmers' unions and agricultural societies may (according to the Technical Organiser) materially assist the progress of the study of agriculture by giving additional scholarships. "For fifteen years I suffered from constipation and I could not get relief," writes Mr. Frederick Fuller, saddler, New Canterbury road, Petersham, New South Wales. "Then I saw Chamberlain's Tablets advertised, and taking them according to directions found they relieved me after the first dose or two. At one tituo. I was completely doubled in two w,ih wind in my stomach, but I do not know what that is now Chamberlain's Tablets have completely cured me." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

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A respectable Maori was refused'admission to the dress-circle of a picture show at Napier a few nights ago. The native wrote to the Napier Borough Council, saying that he and others felt aggrieved at any attempt to curtail their rights. He asked the Council to see if it could not compel the proprietors to remove the dress-circle restriction. The Council decided to take legal advice on the question. For some time past negotiations have been in progress between the Defence Department and the directors of the Winter Show Company (Hawera) regarding a building suitable for a drill hall for training the territorial forces, and also for headquarters for the staff. As a result of the negotiations the directors have agreed to erect a building 33ft. by 200 feet, to be known as the Drill Hall, on a section adjoining the Winter Show buildings. The Defence Department will also have the use of the Winter Show buildings and horse bazaar for military purposes, when these are not otherwise required, and the Winter Show Committee will also be allowed the use of the Drill Hall at show time, and on similar occasions. The Department will lease the building for a term of 21 years at a rental of £llO per annum. As the outcome of this arrangement Captain Lampen, Officer Commanding in the district, informed a representative of the Star that the three officers of the permanent staff, including himself, would be stationed in Hawera, which would thus become the headquarters of the district, extending from, the Mokau river in the north to Kai Iwi in the south, and bordered in the hinterland by the Kaimanuka range and the Main Trunk line.