LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 98, 11 September 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are 00 motor cars plying for hire in Auckland, and during* this week six more licenses will be .granted, thus bringing the total up to !)(i. The building boom which has been prevalent in Gisborne during the winter, is now as brisk as ever. Forty-one building are at present in the course of erection. Quite a number of settlers in the Eketaihuini district (says the Express) who have hitherto been content with sheep farming alone, are, this season, launchmg out into dairying. A Gisborne settler, who some tiiue ago was badly injured by the stampeding of a bullock in the suleyards, is suing a well-known auctioneering firm for damages. An old Thames miner, writing to a friend in Auckland, states: These goldfields are in a ferment through the actions of a crowd of irresponsible men who have lately found their way here. I wish they were in Hades, the whole lot of them, !is their only object is to make as much mischief an'they can. One day last week a. rci-ident of A-h----burton was intending to lum a and for this purpose a number of saucepans were used to boil the water. These were left standing ou [|| ( . stove. AmoiiU them happened io be, unfortunately, one containing a stew, which was beim; cooked for a meal. Thinking that it also contained hot water, the boarder carried it, to the bathroom and cni|.ii''d Hie contents into the bath, when. Io hihorror, lie discovered that he had wa.-ted the dinner. The epithets hurled at him by the other members of the household must be imagined. For Influenza take Woods' Great. Peppermint Cure. Never fails. 1/6, 2/6.

On behalf of Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., Mr. C. H. Weston has presented the borougth with an old historic panoramic photograph of New Plymouth in the early days. It will be hung in the Carnegie Library. At the Supreme Court yesterday, on behalf of the Law Society, Mr. D. Hutchen applied for an order under the Law Practitioners Act for a rule nisi absolute striking Cecil Moore Townsend, late of Waifcara, off the rolls. His Honor referred the matter to the Court of Appeal. Judging by the splendid exhibition, of I jumping that was given at the "Round the Mountain Bicycle Road Race Sports" on the sth inst., by horses owned by. members of the North Taranaki, Hunt, t'ha Hunt's annual race meeting, which is to lie held 011 Thursday, the 10th inst., should be well worth going a long way to see. Owners are reminded that entries for all events close with the secretary on Thursday, the 12th inst. Notice has been given by Mr. Okey to ask the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the demand from all over the Dominion for the increase of the number of experimental farms and the expense of running the same, he will consider the advisability of offering certain inducements to a number of farmers in different localities to carry out experiments under the supervision of the Departmental officers of the district. The following were successful at the theoretical examinations held in June last in connection- with the Trinity College of Music: —Advanced junior, Evelyn Louisa Coad 93, honors (Miss Smith, L.A.8., L.TC.L.); junior, Donald Wm. Thompson, 92, honrs (Miss Smith, L.A.8., L.T.C.L.); preparatory. Kathleen Ailsa liwing, 97 (Miss Young); George Bendall 98 (Mrs. Bollinger); Hilda Hutchinson Hark 89 (Miss Young); Nelly May Bendall 88 (Mrs. Bollinger); John Coleman 84 (Mrs. Bollinger); Mary Coleman 78 (Mrs. Bollinger). A Masterton lady wrote to Dr Barnardo's Homes some time back, in reference to a "snowball" letter she had received. The secretary of the Homes replied, stating that the snowball letter, which is in circulation all over the world, is doing harm to the national and benefit work of the Homes. The letter was started by Miss Robertson, of the Square, Kenilworth, in all kindness. ]mfr -without consulting the Homes. , The' statements contained in it are said to be erroneous, and misleading, n,n'd" the secretary states unpractically "Don't continue the chain." A -dispatch from St. Petersburg professes to give an account of the daiiy "movements of the Czar of Russia. His Majesty rises at half-past eight. Then he takes his bath at 30 degrees. He breakfasts heartily, and then works uninterruptedly until one o'clock, -running through the newspapers annotated by his Ministers. At one o'clock lunch is taken with the family, after which the Czar takes a walk with his son. From four to six o'clock his Majesty is- again in his study. At fi p.m., the Czar dines, the meal occupying about two houm. The Czar, it is said, eats well, and the table is always abundantly supplied. At ten o'clock we again find the Czar in his study. It is then that the Chief of Police has his audience with his Majesty, who retires to rest at midnight. His nervousness is somewhat abated, (but still, says the writer of the dispatch, the Czar sleeps badly. At the time when the terrorists were asserting themselves, his Majesty had to resort to "soporofiques." The dispatch adds that the Czar's rest is less peaceful -than that of the humblest subject.

The monthly devotional service of the local branch of the Church of England Men's Society was -held last night, and was followed by the general meeting. A letter was received from Mr. IT. G. Stevens, Auckland provincial secretary, forwarding the minutes of a meeting held in Cliristchurch recently, at which it was proposed to appoint a travelling secretary for the Dominion. Tt was decided to ask for further information as to the necessity for such an appointment, and the nature of the travelling secretary's duties. A motion expressing regret at the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson's departure from the parish and appreciative of his good work in connection with the society was passed unanimously. Feeling reference was made to the terrible accident that has befallen the Rev. 11. 0. T. Hanby, and a motion of deepsympathy was passed. The Rev. Mr. Robson made an earnest appeal for assistance from the society in Sundayschool work, and asked that some should come forward and offer their services as teachers. Archdeacon Evans then gave an interesting lecture on his travels in Egypt and ths Holy Land. The lecture was illustrated by a largo number of interesting lantern slides, which were taken by the Archdeacon himself.

The question of putting tlieir house in order was discussed by the Borough Council 011 Monday night. It is a painful but well-known fact that our civic fathers have achieved unenviable distinction for late sittings. Monday's meeting lasted just over four hours, and this prompted Cr. Clarke to move that in future no new business should be brought on after 10.30 p.m., unless previously included on the order paper. He considered that councillors wasted far too much time in the transaction of business. Members, Avithoi.it exception, agreed that reform was necessary, but 011 exactly what lines there was a considerable divergence of opinion. Cr. Morey contended that the trouble lay in the nonobservance of the rules of debate, which he considered should be more strictly enforced by the Mayor. His Worship intimated that he would only be too happy to take the hint. According to Cr. Gilbert, it was not that the rules of debate were not observed, so much as the fact that councillors persistently re-opened discussion in open Council on matters on which they had already come to a decision iu committee as a whole. Cr. Clarke's motion was defeated, alone; with an alternative proposal of his that a sub-committee be set up to report upon the best method of shortening the meetings. Several councillors frankly confessed that they were grave offenders in transgressing the standing orders, and one of their number suggested the application of the pruning-knife to committee meetings, which should be made to observe the rules .of debate. The proposal did not find sufficient support. On their own confession, members, while pursuing their deliberations at the Works Committee meetings. carry 011 ':lk business in a manner more suggestive of an informal street corner korero, or a smoke-room chat. It :'s understood that Cr. Clarke 'nteads io again move in the matter. IT IS THE RESOLVE to obtain the fiEXUIXE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT which will procure for you a remedy of sterling value and will protect you from having vour health injured by one of the many crmLi oils and so-called "Extracts" which are passed off by unscrupulous dealers as "just as good." and which are, according to authentic tfsi iniony. verv depres«i»i« to the heart. -The CENTIXK SAXDER EXTRACT is absolutely non-injurious. and brings instantaneous relief in headaches, fevers, colds, bronchial and gastric affections, and its great antiseptic powers protect from future infection. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, an nenle:l without inflammation. SAXDI P I Pi ACT is endorsed by the hi'r Authorities. and i> union" m it* eileet; puritv, rcliabilHv and safety are us distinguishable qwililies. Therefore, rrrt the C EXT'TXE SACHET; EXTRACT: insist, if von have to, but get iu and derive the benefit.