LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 276, 18 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At .the New Plymouth Brotherhood meeting on Sunday the chair will be taken by Mr. G. E. Roper, secretary of the Trades and Labor Council, and the speaker will be the Rev. T. H. Rosereare. Tara.na.ki petroleum in its crude state was used with great success on Thursday night, when the Stratford Electric Lighting Company formally started its new 200-h.p. Diesel engine and dynamo, thus proving that New Plymouth has still another opening for its products. The services in the Whiteley Memorial Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. J. W. Burton. The morning subject will be, "Suffer the Children," and in the evening Mr. Burton will preach the second of the series of "Sermons to the Thoughtful." Subject: "What do we know of the character of Godf" At the evening service Mr. W. A. Smith, of Waitara, will sing "It is enough," from "Elijah." At the Inglewood ' S.M. Court on Thursday, before Mr. Kenrick, S.M., judgment for plaintiff by default in the following cases was given:—King and .Stubbs v. William McNeil, claim £1 6s 9d, costs 8s; 0. A. Cramer v. W. Sudfeldt, claim £2 18s, costs 10s; T. H. Upjohn v. Robert Ward, claim £O, costs £1 4s fid. In the judgment summons, C. A. Cramer v. J. H. Demchy, claim £2 19s, there was no appearance of the debtor, who was ordered to pay the amount forthwith, in default seven days in New Plymouth gaol. Seventeen cases were either confessed or adjourned or struck out. The leading features of the Winter Show to be held in New Plymouth next month will be dairy produce, Agricultural Department's comprehensive display, machinery and working exhibits, competitions for dairy factory produce, farm and garden produce, home industries and fancy-work for both children and adults, technical and public school classes, honey, native work, trade displays, etc. The show will be opened by the Governor, Lord Islington, on June 5, a,nd will remain open until the Bth. There aie 70.00 ft feet, nf S p ace available, and entries close with the secretary, Mr. Arthur Cliff, at 9 p.m. next *"•*.— J -- o

Feilding dairying companies are going in strongly for milk pasteurising, arid it is probable that by next season the ■ majority of the factories will be equipped with pasteurising plants. A private letter received in Wellington from London states that Dr. J. M, 8011, formerly director of Geological Sur-. veys in New Zealand, is now in Turkestan on behalf of English capitalists. In the course of press interviews in Sydney, Sir Joseph Ward, in discussing the political situation in New Zealand, said that his opinion was that a general election was inevitable within the next twelve months. The chairman of the Manawatu County Council (Mr. J. G. Wilson) stated at a recent meeting, while the question of heavy traffic was being discussed, that during the past twelve years the amount expended in metal for roads had increased from £1471' to £5750 per annum. The members of the Waikohou County Council (Gisborne) yesterday spoke in strong terms of protest regarding the limit on counties to borrow only £SOOO from the State Guaranteed Advances Department in a year. It was thought that the limit indicated a tightness in the money market. The county had £7OOO of works for which loans were urgently needed. At a meeting of directors of the Mokau Company, Ltd., sub-divisional plans for re-selling the land were considered, and it was decided to put up the first 30,000 acres at an early date. Plans for roading the estate were also submitted, and this work will be put in hand forthwith. It was reported that obstacles in the way of roading by the County Council in the district refusing to sanction the rating of the land had been overcome, it having been found that the company's request was quite in order, and the Council would he within its legal rights in allowing a special rating area to he declared to pay for the roading. Without doubt the greatest marvel in magazine publishing is the issue just ready of Cassel's Magazine of fiction and popular literature, for April. It is the largest magazine in the world and is sold for Od. It contains 264 pages, illustrated, and is the latest and surely the last word in magazine publishing. There are no less than 23 complete stories in the journal and one long novel of 30,000 words, besides several illustrated articles, fashion information, etc. Never before has there been such value in magazines as in this April number of Cassell's Magazine. This bulky magazine succeeds the well-known Cassell's, and contains nearly three times the quantity of matter formerly in that magazine. To see this wonderful (id magazine is to buy it and to talk about it, for one likes one's friends to enjoy good things, too. The matter is of the best quality by the best authors. New Plymouth is so seldom honored by a vice-regal visit that the approaching visit of His Excellency Lord Islington is being keenly looked forward to. Additional interest is lent to the event in view of Lord Islington's intention to open the third Wnter Show under the auspices of the Taranaki Agricultural Society, on June !>. This year's show, which is expected to eclipse the two brilliant successes which have preceded it, will be housed in the King George Coronation Agricultural Hall, on St. Germain's Square. The structure, which is now nearing completion, is a commodious building, and as it has been designed specially to meet the requirements of a rapidly-expanding agricultural district, exhibitors may rest assured that their products will be shown to full advantage at the forthcoming show. The show will be opened by Lord Islington on June 5, and the. exhibition will continue on the 6th, 7th and Bth. Mr. Arthur Cliff is the secretary and full particulars are obtainable from him. The importance of placing on a judgment summons the exact date on which the original judgment had been secured was emphasised by Mr. Kenrick, S.M., at the Courthouse at Stratford yesterday. He stated that a man was called before the court on a judgment- summons, which stated that judgment had been obtained on a certain date, and he was examined as to whether he had had the means since that date to pay the amount. If the wrong date was given or the date of the year left out it should not be served. The case in point was one in which the judgment was set out as having been obtained on March 29, 101-. Plaintiff's counsel remarked that this meant 1012, to which the clerk replied, that he was certain that the copy of the summone served 1 on the debtor bore that date. The Magistrate then drew the sergeant's attention to the fact that the constable serving the summons had made an affidavit on the back of the court copy that it was a true copy of the one served on the man, when apparently it was not, and asked the sergeant to instruct all constables when serving summonses to see that the two copies were exactly alike, and in case of any discrepancy to return them to the court. The great question of which is the least harmful form of smoking has again been settled by the "Lancet," which instituted a special inquiry by 'a new process devised in its own laboratory. The experiment led to the following conclusions:—!. Pipe mixtures contain the largest amount of nicotine (2.04-2.85 per cent.), Egyptian and Turkish cigarettes come next (1.38-1.74), Virginian cigarettes showing similar figures (1.40-1.60), while a British cigar contains even less (1.24 per cent), and a Havana cigar the least of all (0.64 per cent.). 2. The cigarette, whether Egyptian, Turkish, or American, yields the least amount of its total nicotine to the smoke formed, while the pipe yields a very large proportion (in some , cases_ between 70 and 80 per cent.) of I its nicotine to the smoke reaching the mouth of the consumer. The cigar appears to give figures midway between the two. It should be observed, however, adds the "Lancet," that, though the cigarette and cigarette smoke, according to these experiments, offer the least objection from the point of view of nicotine, there are indications of other products being present in cigarette smoke which are not present in pipe or cigar smoke, and which cannot be dismissed as harmless. It has to be remembered, also, that it is often the cigarette smoker who is guilty of excess.

There is dissatisfaction at the licaley end of the Otira tunnel works (says the J Greyinouth Star). The steam navvy] output is limited on account of the men learing the works. They want a minimum wage of 10s per day and van accommodation for wet weather. The Hon. IT. G. Ell, I'ostmaster-Gen-eral, is now considering a recently perfected invention known as "a ioaded cable," which, by the application of electrical devices, enables deep-sea cables to be used (or teh phony. It is thus not beyond the bone Is of possibility that in the future speech will be possible all the way from Auckland to Invercargill. It is stated that practically no butter will be shipped to London from Wellington and the south this month, the export season, as far as these quarters are concerned, having closed. It is estimated that the total cheese shipments from New Zealand for London this month will be something like 13,000 crates, this including part of the Reuuera's last orders, which were shut out. With a view to the prevention of tampering with telegraphic messages—the lesson of a recent criminal prosecution—they are now being date-stamped across the seal before, leaving the office. In addition, seals of a very light blue color are being used instead of the deep blue ones previously in use. The date marking shows clearly on the light-colored seal and makes efforts to tamper with messages very difficult. Attumg Taupo lisli stories is one of an English visitor who, having experienced the advantage of a particular fishing ground, was disturbed one morning at finding a Maori in possession. The Englishman sent his valet to give the man a shilling as an inducement to retire. The Maori promptly produced a florin and proffered it as still greater inducement for the pakeha to go away and leave him in peace. The cultivation of the linseed crop in the Argentine is a very important industry. Its development is a matter of interest to New Zealand, because the prices of linseed on the British market are regulated to a great extent by the exports from Argentine. The area under the crop, which in 1895 was less than 1,000,000 acres, had more than doubled in l'JOti. and at present represents the huge acreage of nearly 4,000,000 acres. The yield per acre of the crop is very uncertain, fluctuating according to the season. A resident of Masterton has received a glowing type-written letter from an alleged I'nited States firm, inviting him to accept a position of trust in which quite a fortune is involved (says the Age). For further particulars he is asked to send a certain sum in stamps, to cover incidental expense of correspondence. Similar letters have been received in other parts of the Dominion. The transaction is so transparently of 'the "confidence" order that a warning should not be necessary. There are always people to be found, however, who are willing to exploit their "luck." To these we would say, "Beware!" Thus the W 'airarapa Age:—The announcement that a lady has been selected, from six applicants, to fill the position of clerk to the Woodville County Council, will open a wide field for discussion. Are tho doors to be thrown open to women to fill every avenue of labor? If they are, what is to become of mere man ? Is he to be consigned to the home, to do the washing and mending? At the present time the offices in the large towns and cities are filled with women, while competent male clerks, some of whom are heads of families, are walking the streets. There is no wonder that we hear of a dearth of domestic servants when women .are being diverted from their natural pursuits into spheres which rightly belong to the sterner sex. The Woodville appointment lays the foundation for a very interesting discussion on the question of social economics. A new municipal enterprise, which will have far-reaching effects on the problem of sewage disposal will be inaugurated at Bradford shortly, when the new machinery for extracting marketable produce from the city's sewage will be started. Last year the corporation made a profit of £30,000 from grease recovered from the sewage, and it is .anticipated that at the new works at Esholt the annual profit will be raised to £50,000. The total sales of these .products up to last year reached £IOO,OOO. Besides grease a market has been found for the pressed cake which remains after the grease has been .extracted, and large quantities of this have been exported, to be used as fertilisers in France, South America, and other foreign countries. The cake has even been in demand as fuel during the coal strike, and has been used as such in the local factories. The new machinery is housed in a building on the banks of the Aire, and lias been ereoted at a cost of £60,000. In an interview in Melbourne, Sir Joseph Ward had something to say about the political situation. On the subject of the defeat of many of his former supporters at last election, he remarked that the second ballot had something to do with it. There were 30 second ballots, and wheji it was known that these were to bo held great pressure was brought' on men who were Laborites or independents, to vote against the Ward Government under the promise of receiving support from Mr. Massey's following if they did so. Mr. Massey'a party was thus increased by the addition of men wilio were even more radical than the Prime Minister—men who had been put into Parliament meiely for the purpose of getting a change at the head of the Government. "That," he said, "is the acknowledged position. lam not blaming the second ballot, whioh is good in principle; I aan not blaming anybody. It is a fact, however, that the circumstances I have mentioned gave the second ballot at last election a tendency not •riginally contemplated."