LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 153, 15 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Recently 316 acres of land in its rough state was disposed of at Hukanui on behalf of the natives at £2B per acre. Mr. Monteith has received a cablegram from Mr. Williams, patentee of the unfillable bottle, stating that he will leave Sydney on Saturday, for New Plymouth, bringing with him an offer for the purchase of the patent rights of the bottle.

Nominations closed yesterday for the election of a Councillor to represent the St. Aubyn-Moturoa Ward on the Borough Council. Only one nomination, that of Mr. J. E. Wilson, was -received, and Mr. Wilson was accordingly declared elected. Mr. Wilson was nominated by Messrs. Fred Watson, J. D. Sole, N. King, C. Carter, ,S. W. Shaw, F. G-. Carthew, J. H. Frethy, W. E. Bendall and N. Allen .

It is anticipated that outside the procession of Mr. Flanagan's delightful little donkies, which liave not been educated at any of the local schools, the principal 'attraction will be the tug-of-war at the School Carnival next week. Schools have entered for this event,' which has an Bst maximum, from as far off as Kaimate and Inglewood. It is whispered that » liefty team from the Bell Block School is the "Dark Horse" for this event, but the Central School is smiling in its sleeve at the bare suggestion, and "there are others." The event should prove one of exceptional interest. The Good Templar Hall was- the scene of unwonted bustle yesterday, on the occasion of the Queen street Primitive Methodist Church's Annual Bazaar and Sale of Work in aid of the Church funds. The fair- was opened in the afternoon bv the Mayor (Mr. G. W. Browne) and was also largely patronised in the evening An attractive array of goods was displayed to good advantage on various stalls. The quality of many of the articles on sale spoke volumes for the painstaking work of the ladies' committee, of which Mrs. Andrews was secretary. The stall-holders were: Fancy goods, Mrs. Andrews and Miss Ivenyonlinen stall, Mesdames Liddell and C Bellringer and Miss Bassett; flower stall Misses E .White ami Saunders; sweets' Mrs. J. White, and Miss G. Moon; Fiizroy and _ Omata combined stall, Mrs. Kibby, Misses Hall, Crockett, and Macerefreshments, Mesdames W. Moon McLaughlan, C. Tunbridge, and Gernhofer; Christmas tree, Misses Stewart and F. White. Good business was done, the Bazaar proving a pleasing success. Answer to "Sunny Jim":—Father attend the Theatre Royal-next Wednesday with your wife and family and witness the performance of "Our Bcinient" to boost Taranald. Yours, "Jim's Sunny."*

Over £BO has been subscribed in Hawera in connection with the proposal of Mrs. Godley to raise a fund for providing challenge shields lor the Senior Cadets.

The estimated European population of New Zealand on September 30th last is 1,040,277. This is an increase for the quarter of 5838, made up of excess of births over deaths 4415, and excess of arrivals over departures 1423. Motor ears were a big feature of the display at the Christchurch show, In all 48 cars were priced, and the total value was £25,281, an average of about £526 10s per car. Prices ranged from £l7O to £BOO, but only eight cars exceeded £6OO. In this calculation were included cars of British, Belgian, French and American manufacture.

Recognising the accused 'by means of a photograph in the Police Gazette, Constable D. O'Neill yesterday arrested a man named James Barlow on a charge of having failed to provide for the future maintenance of his alleged illegitimate child. The warrant was issued at Greymouth. The accused, who is an assistant to a jeweller's travelling agent, will appear at the Magistrate's Court this morning for remand to Greymouth. An Opunake motor car, going to the opening of the Pihama bowling green on Wednesday afternoon, ran into a horse and gig in negotiating a sharp turn near the Taungatara, and overturned. Luckily the passengers, four in number, including Mr. W. C. Dudley, Chairman of the County Council, and daughter, were thrown clear. The car itself was considerably damaged. The horse, which wae struck full in the chest by the car, was not seriously injured, nor was the gig or the driver.

The basis of success in dairying is scrupulous cleanliness. Every dairy farmer recoginses this. There are, however, new brandies of dairying activity wherein the fact seems to be less recognised than it is in the older avenues. One of these exceptions is soid to be that of milking machines. Mr. J. R. Scott, secretary of the South Island Dairy Association, is an authority for the statement. In a speech he delivered lately he began by saying he had no desire whatever to run down the milking machines, but he did Want to say, most,emphatically, that unless the milking machine was kept absolutely clean, it provided one of the greatest dangers the dairy industry had to-day. The machine could be kept clean, but in his experience they were not in 80 cases out of 100.

The affairs of the East End Bathing Committee, as disclosed 'by the annual report presented to last night's meeting of the committee, are in a very satisfactory condition. Substantial .buildings have been erected on the reserve, and the grounds generally improved. In electing Mr. W. H. Fletcher hon secretary and treasurer for the fourth year in succession, the meeting paid a very warm tribute to that gentleman's courteousness and ability. Several speakers remarkedthat the improved state of the reserve and the sound condition of the society was largely due to Mr. Fletcher's efforts. Mr. F. C. J. Bellringer, whose services were also eulogised, was again prevailed upon to accept the office of president. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. P. Flanagan for his enterprise in purchasing four donkeys for hire on the reserve. The quadrupeds should prove a great boon to the rising generation. This is an age of selfishness and cheap heroics, and one in which any effort to follow the principles so insincerely enunciated stands alone amist a little halo of isolation. Such' an instance is recorded in a letter received from Australia by a New Zealand gentleman. \ tomato grower, in big way of business was laid aside by illness. The doctors ordered absolute rest and surroundings conducive to cheerfulness. Worry about the sacrifice of his crop dolayed recovery, and the tomato ■ merchant grew worse. A rival grower heard of the circumstances, and after discussing the matter with other growers in the district, he gathered thirty-five together and set about planting the sick man's crop. In one afternoon they finished the task and set something like 10,000 tomato plants, while the ladies of the district provided afternoon tea. The sick man is now recovering. The incident is perhaps a trivial one in its way, but it.illustrates the fact that selfishness has not entirely established itself as the dominant precept of mankind.

Over 30 years ago Mr. A. ,T. Balfour bought a block of land in the Pahiatua district. He has since sold some of that land. No doubt (says the New Zealand Times) he made a handsome profit on the transaction, for the area that iie retained in 1908 (3355 acres) was valued for rating purposes at £lO 7s 3d per acre, as compared with £2 2s 9d per acre 29 years ago. These figures, however, represent the capital value. The unimproved value when Mr. Balfour purchased was probably about £1 an acre, whereas three years ago it was £7 8s 7d. To-day it is not less than £B—probably £lO or £l2. During the whole of the period during which New Zealanders have worked to increase the value of the pro-' perty Mr. Balfour has been an absentee, very well known as Prime Minister of England or as Leader of the Opposition, as a writer on the interesting subject of philosophic doubt, as a speaker on tariff reform, and as captain of a golf club, but a stranger nevertheless to the land lie has monopolised in a district that is becoming steadily depopulated through land monopoly. Before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., in th'e Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, P. Coleman was fined 5s and costs 9s, and 0. M. Hill 5s and costs 7s for cycling or. the footpath. Inspector Tippins prosecuted in each case. It w.n alleged against the ttidd Milking Machine Co., Ltd., that they had sold a .p. boiler and had failed to give notice of the sale to the Inspector of Machinery, who prosecuted. On behalf of i lie defendant company, Mr. J. ii. Quilliam entered a plea of guilty, at the same lime stating that the offence was purely a technical breach of the law. Notice had been given, but not within the requisite time. Although they often sold machinery, It was the first boiler thev had disposed of. In any case notice of the sale must have been given to the Department by the purchaser, and it seemed to counsel needless double-ban icing that both vendor and purchaser sh.mM be required to give notice of a sale uf :i boiler. According to the inspect or. iWe company, dealing largely in nmehiuevv. should have been thoroughly conversant with the J law. A fine of 5s and costs 7s was inflicted. IT IS THE RES0 T .VE m obtain the GENULN'F EUCALYPTI EXTRACT which wili procure for you a remedy of sterling vnh.c and will protect you from having vour health injured by one of the many cruia oils and so-called "Extracts" which are passed o!f by unscrupulous dealers as " just as and which are, according w authanti. testimony, very depressing to the heart The GENUINE SANDER 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, are healed without inflammation. SANDER'S K'.YTUACT is endorsed by the highest .\;«>di<-.il Authorities, and is unique in its, effect; purity, reliability and safety an; its distinguishable qualities. Therefore, get the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT; insist, if wui have to. but set. it. and derive the benefit

Within the last two months a Gisborne land agent reports having disposed of £80,578 worth of property, mostly country land.

Two Dunedin gentlemen kave patented a process for polishing the face of ferro-concrete. Experiments have been carried out in public.

One of the Last African giant snails at the London Zoo has laid ail egg for the first time. The snail is seven inches long, ami the egg is as large as that of a sparrow. ' A tramp who was found unconscious in the streets of New York had a card suspended from his neck containing the following request:-'•Please do not operate for appendicitis; it's been done three times."

The motor car, once used for pleasurable purposes only, is daily being called into service in many new and varied ways (says the Ashburton Mail). On Wednesday a man who was driving a cow, as an improvement on the old way of trudging along behind the animal, was sitting comfortably inside a motor car, with wind screen up and hood down. Any flank movements on the part of the cow were promptly checked by a smart turn of the wheel.

The comparatively large number of New Zealand journalists engaged on the staffs of the Australian dailies was noticed by Mr. Robert McNab during his recent tour. In the course of an interview he informed a Southland Times reporter that he lr.ul met New Zealand pressmen in all the large centres he visited. "It is not only that they are there 011 the largest circulating papers in Australia," he said, "but the majority of them seem to hold responsible positions, and are apparently very much respected."

Recently, a well-known resident of a Taranaki town, in going through this effects of his mother (recently deceased) came across a Government cheque issued forty-two years ago by Major Noake, in connection with military payments for local defence. Before the cheque was presented, the man in whose favor it was drawn, died rather suddenly, and, strangely, the claim was overlooked until the document fell into the son's hands a few days ago, as indicated above. The matter (says the Stratford Post) has been referred to a member of Parliament with a request to obtain, if possible, an authorisation for payment.

Several years ago a syndicate of mining men began sinking a shaft in Arizona to reach the largest diamond in the world. The shaft is now 1500 ft deep. The scene of this most wonderful' mining operation is Meteor Mountain Arizona. Scientists agree that the crater marks the place where a giant meteorite struck the earth in ages past and buried it/-o!f deep in the bowels of the earth —just how deep it is the purpose of the syndicate to find out. A remarkable fact about this meteorite is that in all probability it consists of one huge diamond. Numerous fragments of the meteorite have been found to contain, besides meteoric iroti, large, hard black diamonds of great value. Scientifically there is said to be every reason to believe that the Arizona meteor is well worth the years of effort and the hundreds of thousands of pounds that have been spent trying to locate it. The native chiefs throughout New Zealand have been circularised with a letter bearing an announcement as fol lows:—"It has been decided by a committee to erect a memorial to Captain Cook. The proposed monument will bo an imposing structure to be erected on a hillock at Motuhara. This is an island at Arapawa, Poverty Bay, and the monument will be seen by ships passing to and from from the great ocean Ruakawa." Why that spot has been selected is on account of its being the first station ot Captain Cook's fleet on its reaching these islands from England. Therefore the tribes and hapus throughout the North and South Islands are prayerfully 'asked that they will recognise the importance of the memento in respect of this great man, and to send along donations. The sum of £IOO-0 is required. Chiefs are asked for substantial contributions. The matter is being considered by the Maori Council.

Mr. William Archer, whose entertaining articles on the life it ml customs of the people of .Japan have made his name known to a wide circle of new.-paper readers, contributes to a recent issue of the London Daily News and Leader a drastic and highly uncomplimentary criticism of China and the Chinese. '"China represents its.df to my vision," he says, "as a great blotch of ingrained and inveterate filth and decay upon the fair face of the world." The most urgent necessity in China to-day, in Mr. Archer's opinion, is not the ballot-box, but a liberal exhibition of the, fire-hose and the scrubbing-brush. Mr. Archer does not dislike the individual Chinaman, and admits that the Celestial may possess many moral excellencies, but he maintains stoutly that the Chinaman has a genius for squalid ugliness unsurpassed on this planet. For this ugliness and squalor there is no excuse. The great Chinese cities such as Pek'ui are laid out on a magnificent scale with the rectangular regularity of Chicago and with splendid wide avenues which even Chicago might envy. But the Chinaman has no merits as a builder, apart from his capacity to construct huge walls. He has not mastered the rudiments of paving, sanitation to him is an unknown science, and efficient lighting and scavenging are outside his conception of civic duties. Pckin is a metropolis of. pigstyes. The streets are filled with mire, and as there is not even surface drainage, a rain-shower covers the streets very speedily with twelve to twenty inches of water. The houses are for the most part like sinister caverns, with no front wall, door or window to shut them off from the mire of the street. Each house-front has a heavily-gilded cornice, but the effect of the gilding is exactly that of rouge on a dirty face. Chinese clothing is hideous, and even the well-dressed Chinaman looks horridly ungraceful. There is an air of gloom and ugliness over the Chinese city by day, and at night, when the streets' anil shops are dimly lit, the whole see lie. with its hideousness and its unspeakable odors, approaches very nearly to a very lurid dream of the nether region*. The salvation of China, according to .Mr, Archer's gospel, lies iu soap. You will be thankful that there Is * Drench like Sykes's. That is if you once try it. If you Wave any doubt about it—ask your iwighbor. We don't know if it saved any tows of his last winter, but it saved a lot of cows—in a lot of places, and in quite a lot of times. — SYFffiS, IHE FARMERS' CHEMIST.— One cow is nothing much to the number—more or less—in Taranaki. One cow off your herd is something to you —if you lose it. Many a farmer has lost cne through neglecting some small ailment. Are you neglecting any ailment with your h'.rd? If so see SYKES, THE FARMERS' CHEMIST.—Advt It is difficult to credit all war stories that are cabled to New Zealand, but it may be accented that the Allies have beaten back the Turks, and look like being able to force terms of peace at the gates of Constantinople. Absolute reliance can, however, be, placed in the statement that Crescent Tea is the best tea procurable in New Zealand, at 2/9, 1/10 and 1/8 per lb. Try a free sample. —Advt.