LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 303, 19 June 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow afternoon the Borough. Council will give a public demonstration on the Avenue road reserve, at 2.30 o'clock, of the capabilities of its nevr road grader. 'There would he less heard of the difficulty of procuring lahor in this country," said a farmer speaking at Waiau (Canterbury), "if there were more lahor farmers and fewer motor-car farmers—more practical everyday men." At the Supreme Court yesterday, George Witeon Gunson, who was formerly in business in New Plymouth as a motor-garage proprietor, was adjudicated a bankrupt on a creditor's petition. Gunson made no appearance in court. A runaway sailor from H.M.S. Powerful was arrested by Constable O'Neill at New Plymouth on Monday, and came before the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when he was remanded, on the application of Detective-SeTgeant Boddam, for eight days. At a meeting of the Entertainment committee of the Tai)anaki circular road race, held on Monday, it was decided to hold a euchre party and dance in the Brougham street hall on Wednesday, June 26. Four valuable prizes for the euchre have already been donated.

The Rarawa had an extremely rough passage from Auckland yesterday, and arrived too late to catch the south mail. She was hung-up at the Manukau Bar for several hours waiting for the tide to enable her to get out, The passengers had an uncomfortable trip down, owing to the heavy sea running and the strong gale that was blowing. At a meeting of the New Plymouth Brotherhood last evening, over which the Rev. J. W. Burton presided, it was decided to form a 'literary and debating society in connection with the institution. A provisional committee, consisting of the Rev. Burton axui Messrs. M. Fraser, Dolby, Roper, and P. White, was set up to draft rules and to arrange for the first meeting. The first debate will be held on Friday week. A reply has been received by Mr. H. Okey, M.P., to his written request to the Minister of Railways that the refreshment car should he again placed on the mail trains from New Plymouth. In it the Hon. Mr. Myers regrets that he is unable to reinstate the car, explaining that the traffic is not great enough to warrant the expense of a second locomotive and the employment of an extra staff for the car, 'which would be involved. In reply to a suggestion made by Mr. F. M. K Fisher, M.P.. that advantage should be taken of thn visit to New Zealand of the battleship New Zealand to bring out 20 representatives from ten of each of the famous British fighting regiments, as well as a military" band and a shooting team, the Hon. Minister for Defence has written to Mr. Fisher stating that he recognises his valuable suggestion, and the proposal will be brought before Cabinet at an early date.

Mr Crust, of the Royal Pictures, lias kindly offered to give a pietoral entertainment at an early date in aid of the Taranaki circular road race. Mr P. Housen, of Westown, yesterday lost another of his draught horses through inflammation. This is the third he has lost from the same cause during vthe last three months. Out of 27 applicants Mr. W. M. Ross •was on Monday appointed by the Moa Dairy Company to the position of factory manager rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. H. W. James. The Cheltenham Dairy Co. has manufactured about 170 tons of butter during the season, and paid close on £17,000 to suppliers. It is anticipated that the introduction of home separation next season will greatly assist the company. "The parents have expressed their appreciation of the progress made by their children at the school, and I know that the strap has given me considerable help."—Excerpt for a country school teacher's report to the Education Board last night in extenuation of a charge of ill-treating the children. The following new books have been added to the Carnegie Library:—The Lonely Queen (H. C. Baily); The Pioneer (Harold Bindloss); The Pretender Person (Mary Cameron); Nobody's (Virginia Demarest); Love in a Snare (Charles Garvice); Jane Dawson J (Will N. Harben); Thanks to Sanderson i (E. T. Thurston); The Halo (Baroness 1 Von Hutten).

A cablegram was sent by the Government to the High Commissioner's Office a few days ago, asking the officer 5n charge to secure fifty girls from orphanages who will agree to come out to New Zealand as domestic servants. Settlers in various parts of the country have already written to the Department of Internal Affairs, offering to employ some of the girls wfhen they arrive. The action taken by the Government was foreshadowed by the Prime Minister recently, when he said that it was proposed to arrange for the immigration of a number of carefully selected girls from high-class English orphanages with a view to relieving the domestic servant problem in this country. The first party of girls will arrive in the Dominion about, six months (hence. During the. couse of his report to the Education Board last night, Mr. F. J. Heatley, technical organiser, remarked that Mr. Browne, Mayor of New Plymouth, had very kindly presented a number of birds, mounted in natural attitudes, to the college as a nucleus of a collection. Included in the number were the tui, a pair'of tern, a pair of shining cuckoos, a land rail, blackbacked kingfisher, morepork, parroquet, bellbird, kaka. and greyback; also a one-day old monkey, born at Ngaere. Mr. Browne hoped, added the report, that others who had .specimens of the New Zealand birds* would add to the collection, which it was intended to place in a proper case. The birds were beautifully mounted and are worthy of a place in any collection. The Board resolved to forward a vote of thanks to Mr. G. W. Browne for his generous donation. Some visitors to the Hawera Winter Show were struck by the great competition in cheese, says the Feilding Star. They had gone to the show impressed with the belief that Taranaki was the land bubbling with butter—and they found that butter had been crowded right into the corner bv the burly cheese, which looked as' rotund and prosperous as mine host of olden times. This rather shocked the observant laymen, who thought that the dairying industry rose and set in butter, and they wondered what an eclipse by the fat cheese would mean to the industry. Of course, it means more money for the maker of milk, for cheese is yielding butter-fat results like a gold mine. But what about our supremacy in butter? the timorous ones ask. 'That is all right. The world is clamouring out loud for more cheese and butter than New Zealand can supply, and it is only natural that dairy factories should jro right after that which pays them bestarid cheese is doin« that handsomely Hence the large number of conversions from butter to cheese factories. Town beautifying associations are becoming more and more numerous in the Dominion, and the scope of their operations is extending. One of the most notable developments is to be witnessed in the neighborhood of Wanganui. Here the citizens have distinguished themselves by their enthusiasm and energy. Willing workers in various localities handed themselves together to clean up and make beautiful their respective parts of the town. Not only has help and money been obtained, but many willing workers have been found to give their services. Even the workmen on the quay filled in their spare time in doing some needed improvement on the river bank. Others subscribed materials instead of cash. Last year a garden fete was held and over £4OO was realised. This year a fete on a much larger scale, supported by the citizens en masse, realised several hundred pounds in excess of last year's fete. The general result has been to brighten up the various beauty spots and waste places of Wanganui so as to add considerably to its attractiveness. What has been accomplished by our Wanganui friends should prove an incentive to New Plymouth to go and do likewise.

Owing to some anomaly in the Act, Crown tenants are deprived of any representation on the Crown Lands Boasd for two months in every two years. During the remainder of the time they have one representative on a hoard consisting of five members, viz., the Commissioner of Crown Lands, who is exofficio chairman, three nominated by the Government, and one elected by Crown tenants. The latter is elected for two years, and the Act states that he must retire at the end of this term, and no steps can be taken to fill the vacancy until the vacancy actually occurs. Mr. W. L. Kennedy, who has represented the Crown tenants efficiently for the past term, retired by effluxion of time on the 50th of May. He is eligible and has been again nominated for the position, but nominations do not close until June 27, and the election does not take place until July 29, consequently, should he be elected, he will not he able to take his seat until the August meeting, and the Crown tenants will thus be without a representative for the June and July meetings. Surely it would have been a simpler matter to have inserted a clause that would have enabled the necessary steps to be taken to fill the vacancy at as early a date as possible, or the difficulty might hare been remedied by allowing the retiring member to hold office until his successor had been appointed. IT IS THE RESOLVE ™&!3n th f. GENUINE ETOALYPTI EXTRACT which will procure for you a remedy of sterling value and will protect you from having your health injured bv SS* T e man y crude oils ind so-called extracts' which are passed off by unscrupulous dealers as "just as good." and which are, according to authentic teatmiony very depressing to the heart. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is absolutely non-injuirious, and brings instantaneous relief in headaches fevers colds, bronchial and gasWc affections.' and its great antiseptic powers protect from future infection. Wounds, ulcers burns, sprains, arc healed without inflammation. SANDER'S EXTRACT is entow* by the highest Medical Authorities, ana is unique in its effect: purity reliability and safety are its distinguishable qualities. Therefore, vet 'the CENTTINE SANDER insist if you have to, but get it, and deriv« the benefit.

A cablegram from Sydney states that the weather has been bitterly cold, and that there lias been a heavy fall of snow in the 'high lands. In sympathy with the prevailing industrial unrest in the Dominion, the Post Office clock knocked off work at 8.40 last night, and declined to resume pending a conference with the contractor for its repairs, which will probably take place this morning. The fire which destroyed the Okato and Puniho To-operative Dairy Commain f-.ctory at Kaihihi on Monday night, also burnt down the manager's residence, which adjoins the factory. The factory was insured for £4OO and the contents for £I3OO in the Phoenix office. The manager's residence was insured in the same office for £SO. It has been arranged that suppliers will take their milk to the Oxford road creamery. The butter will be manufactured at Warea. A motion, that the Foxton Borough Council should enter into the coal business, was brought forward at last week's meeting by Councillor Richmond, who moved) that the Council undertake to supply coal to the citizens, seeing that residents have difficulty in procuring coal from coal dealers. The Mayor said the matter had been discussed at length by the Council some time ago. The reason | why there kid been a shortage of coal j was because dealers couldn't get supplies. Had the Council been selling coal it would have been in exactly the same position. The motion was lost.

There has recently arrived in Wellington a' miniature in stone of the statue of the late Mr. Seddon. which has been designed by Mr. F. Brock, K.G.8., R.A., the noted British sculptor. The miniature is about 3ft in height, and portrays the late Prime Minister in one of liis most characteristic attitudes—his left hand grasping a sheaf of papers, his frock coat thrown back, displaying his massive chest, and his right hand raisedi aloft, to stress the point that he is making. The sculptor has also effected in the stone a really excellent likeness, and, cast in bronze and about 9ft high (as it will be) the monument should prove a splendid memorial of one who for so many years occupied the place of honor in the administration of the Dominion.

The sheep-weight guessing competition in connection with the Dominion Dairy Show, and the proceeds of which are to be given to the Hawera Hospital, attracted a good deal of interest. The live-weight of the sheep was 174y,1h. Messrs. P. Dingle, W. Spenee, and'p! Russell (Feilding) .guessed the weight, and a ballot resulted in Mr. Dingle winning the first prize, ,C2 2s, and Mr, W. Spenee the second prize of £1 Is. Mr. Spenee generously gave his money to the hospital hoard for the benefit of the institution. Eighteen persona guessed within half a pound of the correct, weight. The lowest weight guessed was 19%1b., and the highest 5201b. The net proceeds amounted to £37 lis, including £8 the sheep realised by auction. This amount will earn the Government subsidy of 24s in the £. On the recommendation of the town clerk, the Lower Jlutt Borough Council has decided to forward the following remit for consideration at the Municipal Association Conference in Wellington next month:—"That borough councils be authorised to pay out of the district funds the cost of maintaining town clocks placed by public subscription in Government buildings, such as post offices." The town clerk explained that hitherto the money had been paid out of the general funds, but the Audit Department was now objecting, ruling that the amount should he included! in the "unauthorised expenditure." He explained that the cost of maintaining the Lower Hutt clock was £2O a year, and this would almost swallow up the amount set aside for "unauthorised" expenditure. The Council was liable to be placed in l a very awkward position. Tha South African Education Gazette (just to hand) contains a congratulatory reference to the historical and geographical series of pictures provided by the New Zealand Education Department for use in the public schools of the Dominion. "These illustrations," it says, "cannot fail to be of considerable value for class purposes, especially when used by a skilled teacher, and altogether they form most suitable material for teaching purposes, as they lendl a reality to the subject which might otherwise be lacking." A still more flattering tribute to the work of the Education; Department comes from British Columbia, which, attracted by the example of New Zealand, has started a school magazine, on the lines of the Dominion's School Journal, and, largely at the instance of Earl Grey, who is a firm believer in the New Zealand publication. The British Columbia journal, in its first number, makes appreciative reference to the patriotism of the people of New Zealand.