LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 150, 12 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The salary of the President of the United States is £15,000 per annum. About half the men employed on the Stratford-Te Koura railway works are, we understand, being dismissed.

Local residents report that their potato crops are badly infected with blight. In addition to attacking potatoes the blight is nttacking beans, onions, tomatoes and cabbages. "Sorry to see a lot of old cows still slaughtered," remarked Cr. Ambury at last niglit's meeting of the Borough Council when the abattoirs manager's report was tabled for adoption. Given fine weather, the Garrison Band will hold a sacred concert at "Aotea" (Messrs. Sole Bros.' grounds) next Sunday afternoon. Just now the grounds are at their best, and are in beautiful order.

The Mangaweka district has put up some big records in the way of lambing this season. On one farm the owner, out of 400 ewes, docked 135 per cent., ant] on Mr. Russell's Ohingaiti station 5000 ewes put up an exceptional record of 111 per cent. At last night's meeting of the Council consideration of Cr. Morey's notice of motion, rescinding all resolutions passed by the Council authorising the construction of public conveniences in Brougham street, was, at the instance of the mover further postponed for another month. , The Borough Council last night decided to hold a special meeting on Friday week to consider the advisability of abolishing the ward system entirely or re-arranging the wards as they now exist. The awards as at present constituted nvere, said the Mayor, too unweildly.

Last night's meeting of the ■ Borough Council must surety be a record. The whole business of the evening was concluded by 8.40 o'clock, at wihich hour Councillors rose, not knowing, as one of their number remarked, what to do with themselves. Several big chalk marks now adorn the walls of the Council Chamber. Being ticklish saved Mrs. Frances Justine, of Kansas City, U.S.A., from losing her purse when she was waylaid by two footpads. They extorted from her the information that her money was in the top of her corset, just under the arm. When they tried to get it she burst forth into peal after peal of uncontrollable laughter. This so disconcerted the miscreants that tliey took to their heels. When a policeman arrived Mrs. Justine was lying on the pavement, very exhausted, but still laughing.

The consumption of tea is increasing throughout the world to such an extent (says a London cable) that it is estimated that an additional 20,000 acres will be required annually for the cultivation of the tea plant. Some figures that have just been published disclose that Australia is now taking less tea from Ceylon, slightly more from India, and much more from Java. Enquiries made by the Lancet prove that the highest-priced tea is the most economical, and that there is little demand for low-grade qualities. An amusing incident happened outside of Inglewood a few days ago, when a member of the Taranaki County Council, "just to see what it was like," took a back seat on the motor-cycle ridden by the County roads and bridge inspector. All went merry as a marriage bell until, when negotiating a particularly difficult piece of road, the machine suddenly took it into its head to explore the depths of a wayside mud-hole, carrying both passengers with it. As the etaid Councillor and the inspector slowly and painfully commenced to make a rough and ready toilet, who should happen along but the chairman of the Council!

The procession to be held on November 21 in connection with the Central School Carnival is bringing forth quite a nunjber <)t participants. So far the following firms have intimated their intention of taking part:—Messrs. Bcllriiiger Bros., Morey and Moore, Emery and Co., Johnston Bros., McGahey, Cutler, Carter, Broome, Collier, New Zealand Clothing Factory, Calvert, Avery. Veale, Gilbert, Sykes, Red Post, Jackson and Paul, Nolan and Co., James. Herald and Budget, C. C. Ward, Whitaker, Deare and Flanftfigan. A number of others have not yet decided, but are now likely to fall in line with those who have already entered.

A record cotton crop is now being picked in Europe. For some time advices from that country have reported hopefully of the prospects, and the latest received speak confidently of the crop leaching at least 8,000,000 cantars, as against some 7,500,000 cantars last year. The estimated yalue is placed at anything from £30,000,000 to £35,000,000, and it is generally agreed that it will require £10,000,000 to remove the cotton. It has to be. remembered that the crop is at least three weeks earlier, so that the first shipments of gold should be now taking place, and continue at the rate of about £250,000 each week for ten weeks.

Advices to hand relative to the trials which have taken place with Vice-Ad-miral Sir Percy Scott's "Fire Director," fitted in the battleship Thunderer, confirm the tests made originally in the battleship Neptune, as to the accuracy of fire obtained in the use of the invention. Four of the five barbettes in the Thunderer have completed the trials to date, with very satisfactory results, the pairs of 13.5 in B.L. guns having fired a number of rounds at distances between 5500 yards _ and the highest effective ranges of tliese weapons, with such exr treme accuracy that the projectiles fell on a target space representing a small section of a modern battle unit. According to English papers, those who were responsible for carrying out the trials speak in terms of high praise of the new instrument whicli renders it possible to begin an action at over 10.000 yards, with the certainty of hitting, thus rendering the secondary armament of possible rivals virtually ineffective. It is not too much to add that the introduction of this scientific aid to straight and rapid fire means '2O to 30 per cent, increase in efficiency.

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You will be thankful that there Is a Drench like Svkea's. That is if you once try it. If you feave nr.y doubt about it—ask your nsighbor. Wo don't know if it saved any tfows of his last winter, but it saved a lot of cows—in a lot of places, and in quite » lot of times.— SY&ES. SHE FARMERS' CHEMIST.-