LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 283, 27 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A company has been formed at Eongotea for the purpose of establishing a bacon-curing factory, with a capital of '£oooo, made up of 3COO shares of £2 each.

A writ claiming £ISOO damages has been filed by Mr. F. E. A. Cordon, poultry expert, against the New Zealand Times for alleged libel in regard to the efficiency of his system. The case will be heard in Wellington. It is stated that a large percentage of fruit sold at the auction marts at present comes from Hawke's Bay, as, owing to the fact of the supply being greater than the demand there, large quantities are being sent to various markets in the North Island.

At a meeting of the Pihama Dairy Company's suppliers, held in the Town Hall, on Wednesday, and presided, over by the chairman (Mr. R. Lambie, jun), to further consider the question of cheese before installing a casein plant, the meeting unanimously decided in favor of cheese.—Timei. 'What is believed to be the oldest organ in existence has been discovered by a German musical director, who visited churches in Gothland, and in a village called Sundae came upon the remnant of the quaint old instrument. The case alone has survived the fret of seven centuries, and its exterior is adorned with paintings from about the year 1240. The executive of the New Zealand Civil Service Association has asked the Prime Minister to allow the association to.have an official representative at the sittings of the Civil Service Commission, with a right to ask questions. The branches of the association are to be circularised by the executive committee for an expression of opinion as to the holding of a Dominion conference of association delegates.

One of the remarkable features of New Zealand's agricultural history during the past few years has been the big influx of southern fanners into the Taranaki province. Closer settlement, as a result, has gone ahead. The result of the improvement in farming in Taranaki will be found in the improvement of the quality and quantity of the exhibits at the Winter Show, to be held in New Plymouth on June 5, 6, 7 and 8.

It is understood that the New Plymouth Borough Council has in view the consideration, of the question of the construction of a saltwater aquarium, to be run in connection with the municipal baths. From small beginnings it is hoped to eventually establish an aqiiarium on a fairly large and comprehensive scale. The object is to provide an additional attraction to the town, and to increase, if possible., the revenue from the baths.

A gatekeeper at the Wanganui racecourse on Thursday received a rough handling by a Maori woman. It appeared that the woman wanted to take her children into the grounds with her, but as this is not allowed by the Jockey Club, the gatekeeper refused to give the children admittance. At this the woman flew at the gatekeeper, with the evident intention of knocking his head off, but before the trouble had reached that stage the struggle was stopped. There are dire prophecies here as to the fate awaiting the Government (writes'fl. Dunedin pressman to the Waimate Witness). But this is merely prediction. What we do know though is that the Hon. J. A. Millar has been given a free hand by his election committee, but not before he had communicated to them the course he intended to follow. That was the destruction of the Government. And they appear to have given him all the liberty he asked for. An employee of the Kaupokonui Cooperative Company was the victim of an audacious and heartless robbery within the last week or ten days, involving a loss of £37 in notes (says the Manaia paper). The money was in a locked box in his hut when he left for Manaia at 7.30 in the evening. On his return at 9 o'clock he found that his cottage had been entered, the box broken open and that the money had vanished. A small cash box which contained the money was subsequently found in the river. An extraordinary new photographic camera has been invented by a Japanese. Set up on a hill, or in a field, it photographs everything on all sides. It takes in the whole view—north, south, east and west —and produces a picture of everything on the horizon. The film is bent into a cylinder looking like a little barrel. A set of mirrors and lenses is so arranged as to reflect on this film the images of everything stretching all around the camera, and on the lid is placed a series of "revolving lenses which combine to give an image of everything one could see by turning round. The salvage steamer Wairoa, which was proceeding on a treasure hunt, is still "becalmed," the bailiffs being as yet in command (says the Dunedin Star). It is said that it is only the vessel harself, and not the cargo, that is under arrest. This provision has been taken advantage of by a Dunedin firm, whose men have removed perishable goods. Mr. Eugene C. May, the American financier who is at the back of the expedition, is still sitting tight. The men on board the Wairoa are perplexed, but still semiconfident that things will turn out all right. Captain Sorensen is professedly pessimistic. With the object of raising the income of the episcopate of Nelson to an amount adequate for the office and position, some representative churchmen a few weeks ago formed a committee to make enquiries into ways and means. The committee have received the gratifying intelligence that a donor (who, for the time being, desires to be anonymous) is prepared to donate no less a sum than £6OOO to the fund, provided that an additional sum of £2OOO is forthcoming from other sources, it being essential that £BOOO shall be provided to enable the income to be raised to £ 1000 per annum. Already one-half of the required £2OOO is in sight. « The Maoriland Worker, the organ of the syndicalists, is still sounding the loud timbrel on Egypt's dark sea. Its latest editorial outbreak contains these phrases:—"lt may he that the Waihi strike will expand, and in this event it will be the solemn duty and grand privilege of every Federationist to 'down tools' if officially asked to do so; and it will certainly be the equally bounden duty of each and every unionist to refuse to condone individual or organised scabbery. Whenever a strike is on, however, it is the duty of the workers to be for that strike. The predicament of one union becomes the concern of all. In a strike the working-class says and does only that which aids the strike. The strike is supreme. Whatever else be or be not at stake, unionism is all the time at strike. This is the first and last word upon the matter. It is class-con-sciousness. It is solidarity. Forward to victory!" YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. Our prompt and reliable methods always impress folk whether they employ us for moving furniture, passing entries, onvarding parcels, or checking baggage. What can we do for you in the way of forwarding or express work? You may he sure that whatever work you wnnt riom*. we will do ii well.—The N.Z. Express Coy., Ltd.—Advt.