LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 160, 23 November 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

English and Australian mails ex-Mon-golia Auckland will arrive liere per niail train this evening. lhe Collett exchange has been completed and the seal of the Borough Council affixed to same. °

lhe working-bee for the construction of a track to Paritutu which was to have been, held to-day has been cancelled, the Harbor Board employees having withdrawn their offer of a half-dav's gratuitous work. A sacred concert will be held in Messrs. Sole Bros.' pretty grounds at "Aotca" _ to-morrow afternoon. The music will be provided by the Taranaki Garrison Band, in aid of whose funds the function has been arranged. In connection with the performance of "The Geisha," at Stratford on Wednesday next, a special train is to leave New Plymouth at 5.35, and will stop at Tnglewood, Tariki and Midhirst if required. People wishing to make the journey are asked to advise Mr. It. S. Marsh, music shop, Inglewood, or Messrs. IT. Collier and Co., New Plymouth. The ladies arc invading what was formerly regarded as man's realm with a venegance. The following is taken from an Australian paper:—A deposit of £5 has heen forwarded to the editor of the Referee by Eddie Larsen, on behalf of Miss Alma Larsen (Broadwater, Richmond river) to row Miss Fern Kemp for the Australian Women's Sculling Championship (best-and-best boats) for £SO a-side. The challenger asks for £lO expenses if the race is rowed' on the Parramatta river.

The Rev. F. Hales will preach in the Baptist Curch to-morrow at both services. The morning subject will be, "Reverence." and the evening "Baptism." -nring the evening service the ordinance of bid i overs' baptism will he administered to five persons.

The flax industry in ih. js„,- of Plenty district promises to be quite as profitable as dairy farming this season. The High Jump at the Ilawera .Show on Thursday was won by N, M. Paterson's Haere with sft 4in', A. Cliff's Kiri being second with sft 2in, and J. Moore's Laatafoe third with sft.

On the East Coast settlers are having a bad time in connection with their shearing. On one station 300 sheep were shorn in three weeks. During this time the land-owner has had to provide for over forty additional, hands.

The committee of the West End School has decided to forward a letter of congratulation to Mrs .Dowling (headmisti ess) and the other teachers on the excellent report received from the inspectors concerning the recent promotion examinations, especially in Standard VI., where the 29 children who were sitting for examination all gained their proficiency certificates. Votes of thanks were accorded Mr. N. Greiner for a medal and brooch, and Mr. N. T. Maunder, Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Iluthnance for donations towards the prize fund. The introduction of party telephone lines by the Post and Telegraph Department seems to be meeting with a ready response. Previously two or three were in operation, and now there are six at Bell Block, namely those of the Bell Block Dai,ry Company, and Messrs. L. Connett, J. S. Connett. W. James, H. Pote, and N .King. All these subscribers are on the one line and are connected with the local exchange in the ordinary way, the person required being distinguished by a particular ring, which is published on the list of subscribers. Under this arrangement people are able to instal the telephone at a much cheaper rate than -under the old regulations pertaining to long distance single lines. When people make comparisons between the Japs and Europeans on account of the former becoming such a hardy nation on such a poor diet as rice they overlook the fact that the superiority of the bnwn man is due to his intestines being llalf as long again as an Englishman's. That is to say, instead of being about 35ft long they are 45. The significance of this statement will be better understood when one bears in mind that the digestion of all starchy food is carried out in the intestines. Whereas Europeans digest only about 10 per cent, of the starchy foods they eat, the Japanese can utilise the whole. In other words, lie obtains 1.0 times more nutrition from eating rice than the average Englishman.

Within the Inst five years the Waimate West County Council has lost something like £l€oo in revenue owing to its inability to-collect the rates accruing form native lands. Within the last day or two the Patea County Council has circularised other local bodies affected with the object of taking combined action in urging : the Government to provide amending legislation to remedy the abuse. It is suggested as the basis of this legislation that in cases where land is held by several owners or where the ownership is not ascertained, councils might simply send a list of the rates owing which .should be a charge against the land, and that any further dealings with the land bq not registered until such claims have been satisfied; also a clause might bo inserted giving the Government power to sell or lease the land and pay the rates from the proceeds.— Witness. At a Melbourne suburban school a lady teacher sent a small boy with a very large jug for some water. In' some way—a boy can manage these things without an effort—the large jug slipped over the small boy's head, but neither force nor ingenuity could get it hack again. The alarmed teacher sent for the boy's mother, and as they were afraid to break the jug for fear of injuring the boy, they hurried him off in a train to the Melbourne Hospital. In the meantime the mother's remarks to the teacher were tinged by acidity. When the head in the jug bumped against a tram window, smashed it, and the conductor insisted upon the payment of half-a-crown, the mother's temper rose many degrees Fahrenheit. But all this was nothing as compared with her observations when, the hospital doctors having removed the jug, she discovered that the captive was not her boy.

Instancing the beneficial effect of closer settlement, when .advocating this policy at Tolaga Bay recently, Mr. I). S. Macdonald, M.P., stated that an estate of 6000 acres had been purchased by the State in his district at Taneatua 13 years ago for £24,000. Last year the property had produced £42,000 worth of products, comprising butter, cheese and bacon worth £28,000, maize, etc., £12,400, and wool £IOOO. There were now several factories on the estate, and two schools, with 180 pupils, where formerly the late Sir John Logan Campbell only employed six men. They had, in the Tolaga Bay district, he went on to say, land that was equal to anything in the Dominion, and yet, at the present time, there was country that was lying idle. What they wanted in this country was population, and they could only make room for this by providing land for settlement. If a deadlock arose and the owners refused to place such suitable land in the market, it would become necessary for the Government to legislate on the subject.

Modern inventions arc almost as plentiful as modern books, and within the next few days, one of these, a new paint, known as Cooper's, is to be placed on the market. The paint is the invention of Mr. K. D. Cooper, who, associated with a small local syndicate, lias secured patent rights for it throughout New Zealand and Australia, whilst protective applications are also in for other countries. It is claimed for the new paint that it will neither chalk nor blister, that it will keep a good gloss and remain elastic, and that it is easily cleaned. These are qualities which many of the paints used lack, hence the rapidity with which newly-painted buildings so often become shabby again. Copper's paint has been used on a number of residences and business premises in New Plymouth and elsewhere. The proprietor- i..s : • to place it o:i Uk u: i. .

presently to establish a large lnanui'atturing industry here. Mr. George Cooper and his brothers, who will control the supply, have established their headquarters in the building formerly occupied by the Bed Post Furnishing Company, at the corner of Devon street and Liardet street, and they will he open for business next week. Already considerable difficulty is being experienced in filling the orders that arc coming in.

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A well-known Auckland business mail went bond for the released Waihi strikers, to the amount of CltWO.

A writ claiming £OOO damages for libel oil tin eo different counts has been issued by Mr. \V. H. -J.U'kr-un. headmaster of the .Masterton District High School, against the proprietor of the Wairarapa Daily Times. At a meeting of the Invereargill Importers' Association it was decided to ask Sir .Tosepli Ward to interview the shipping companies at Home with a view to seen ring a direct steamer to tlie Bluff once a month. It was contended that' the trade of the port had considerably increased, and warranted extra shipping facilities.

The Invereargill Chamber of Commerce yesterday appointed Messrs. J. Watson and T. Fleming to represent it at the Chamber?; Conference in Christchurch on December 12. Dealing with Australasian reciprocity the Chamber passed a resolution approving of the formation of a New Zealand Association of Chambers.

Some wonderful living pictures showing the characteristic movements of fish were exhibited bv Mr. P. Martin Dunean in the course of a lecture at the Londoii Salon of Photography on the subject of marine biology. Speaking of the habits of certain marine creatures, Mr. Dunealt said that lie had seen a starfish, having enfolded ail oyster in its arms, pull steadily at the tightly-enclosed shell for as long as twelve hours. The oyster could withstand a sudden pull of many pounds' pressure, but lie was forced to give, in to a long-continued pull, and upon the first opening of the valves the starfish made his meal. "Most of the so-called flat fish, such as the sole and plaice," said Mr. Dunean. "were not really flat at all, but were merely lving on one side of the tody. The ray, however, called by fish dealers skate, was a true flat fish, and was remarkable for the migration of its eye. In infancy the eyes of the ray were one on each side of the head, and Subsequently one of the eyes moved right round until it came into juxtaposition with the other on the surface."

Had Wellington not commanded the British at Waterloo, would there have been any prisoner at St. Helena? Whether or not someone exists competent to answer this momentous question, a story is told indicating that Napoleon once came nearer than he knew to being relieved of his enemy and future conqueror. When the Anglo-Spanish army drove. Joseph Bonaparte from Madrid, attentions were showered upon the English commander, Lord Wellington, whoj however, took little pains to be cordial;; His coldness and his fancy to have his, portrait painted by lio,va liuallj' the future hero of Waterloo to lose hifi life. The illiistrious Spanish painter was irascible to a degree, the more so that he was comp letcly deaf. When tho great general made his appearance in tWj, studio, the painter's son interpreted the Englishman's wishes in deaf and dumb language to his father. The artist worked assiduously, and when he thought the -portrait far enough advanced, placed it before the general. Unfortunately the picture did not please the commander, who shrugged his shoulders contemptuously, and said that he would not accept such -i caricature as a gift. General Alva declined to translate . this deprecatory remark; but the artist had noticed the scornful gestures of the Englishman, and the son in alarm saw his father turn his eyes to the loaded pistols, which always lay ready to hand on his table. The young man's fear increased when Wellington rose from his seat and put on his hat preparatory to departure. Thou Goya, enraged at the officer's con-, tempinou.s manner, seized the pistols, and the general clapped his hand to his sword. The scene might have ended in a tragedy had not General Alva assured the irate Englishman that the artist vas suffering from sudden mental aberration, and young Goya restrained his father by force from using the deadly weapon.