LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 208, 22 January 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The natives retain nianv of their oldtime superstitions. Since the drowning "tahty ilt -AolioHga. (EBS t coast) they !«"•<■ tabooed tin. whole of the coast as tar ")\vn as Cashpoint, and fishing will not he engaged j„ f or nt lcas( . two » earg> The worki,,,,- ], oe which was to* have been held at Paritutu on Thursday has Ijeeu postponed until the following mursday, as a number of those who "ad promised their assistance are engaged iit the East End beach life-savin" trials. °

The YUirarapa Hospital Board has been advertising for a secretary, and a well-known Masterton citizen applied for the schedule of duties, which reached him through the post. It is a type-written document, but at the bottom the following words were added in pencil: "But you have not got a hope." Responsibility for the truth of this must be assumed by the Lyttelton Times:—"While killing at the ' Belfast ireeznig works on Friday morning, a fhuighterinan named David Dann found ■i nine-carat gold signet ring around tlie tongue of one of the lambs. The nng had evidently been there for some ■ une. as it was <,uite black and embedded around the tongue near the root.

.Sitting in his civil jurisdiction at the -uagistrate's Court yesterday, Mr. A n'7i i n JL : " avo .i" J sment*by default m the following undefended cases:—A. S Hasell y. Vi, tol . W . Bevins f o_ aml ♦■""ls "s; T. C. List v. Annie Kirkwood, f 1 (ss); Taranaki County Council y. Leonard Francois Laurent. £l3 10s 2d (il 12s (id); T. V. Simons v. Thomas Houiinlow, solicitor's fee, 5s only, and ousts; Taranaki Countv Council V. Tupoki TTcrewhini. £2 Ids 2d (17s); Trustees Estate James Paul (deceased) v. LrnesM,. .lulian. £1 14s 1,1 (ss); Burgess. Eraser and Co. v. John Wouldes. Wfi i(!s lid (£4 Us); Newton King v. Hrn. Kerr, £3(l ]Ss (£2 1-ls): Win. Drinkwater y. W. lluse. £1 10s (9s).

The vviff of a settlor at the Ma.ll.aia. Koad, named Mrs. 1). Walker, had a marvellous escape from death on Saturday I'vtMiinur last. It appears that while crossing a narrow culvert or planking over a stream in one of the paddocks of the farm. Mrs. Walker in some manner lost her footing and fell into the wuler. She was alone at the time hut her cries attracted the attention of one of lies- children, and the little lad on learning of his mother's danger ran off ."id gave the alarm. Mr. Walker was on the scene in the course of a few minutes and look what appeared to he the lifeless luulv of his wife out of the water and with assistance carried her up to the house. Medical aid was at once summoned from Manaia rind on the arrival of the doctor restoratives were applied and after some time evidenceis of returning animation showed themselves.

GIVE? INSTANT EELIEF. 'Tor six years I have heen a sufferer from Colic" writes Mr R. C. Philps, Dutton, S.A., -but now when I get these attack I take Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Eemedy and find that it gives uie instant relief. I can confidently recommend it for Colic or other stomach complaints: two or three doses will .sive instant relief."—All chem'stsand storekeepers. t^Ul2Effl[

'J ho New Plymouth Surf and LifeSaving Club has cabled to Sydney for two of the latest reel and iife-s'avhiff lines as used at Manley. If these are in stock, it is hoped to have them shipped by the steamer leaving to-day for Auckland.

The Borough Council need not have been so surprised to have received the report last Monday ■ night relative to the 'shortage of water, seeing that a number of years ago Mr. A. H. Kendall (then Borough Engineer) strongly recommended the construction of a' weir across the Waiwakaiho Kiver at the waterworks with a view of augmenting tie supply. Work on the Mokoia-Manawapou deviation, which has been suspended, has at last been resumed, and gangs of men, are at present widening the cuttings on the new line. The contractors for the erection of the Manawapou bridge, the stone work of which has been placed in position, have sent along the iron material, including the steel girders, and it is expected that building operations will again he taken in hand.—Star.

An Oamaru firm of breadmakers has adopted a new system. The latest addition to their bakery is a Thomson patent divider, which supersedes the old. method of weighing. This machine automatically weighs and cuts the dough, after it has left the kneader. and delivers on a table correctly-weighed loaves ready for the oven. After being thoroughly sifted the flour is kneaded in an automatic kneader. from which it passes in loaves at a possible rate of 2500 loaves per hour. This firm, it is stated, is amongst the first in the Dominion to instal the, Thomson patent divider. The toheroa, a tasty shell-fish, formed the subject of a native deputation to the Prime Minister at Waipoua last week. Mr. Massey was informed that the toheroa was found only on the beaches north of Auckland, or. in 'other words, only in the kauri gum area oi the North Island. The Maoris statethat some canning factories had heen started on the West Coast to deal with toheroas, and they asked that the Government should introduce restrictions which would prevent shell-fish from being taken out with spades and picks—only with the hand. Mr. Massev said that he would refer the matter to the Minister for Marine, and, if possible, something -would he done to prevent the beds from becoming exhausted. A cable message the other day told how two Sheffield (England) workmen were rescued from being electrocuted bytwo other men divesting themselves of their overcoats. In the Lancet Dr. Reginald Morton describes how to deal with persons suffering from electrical shock. If the victim remains in contact with the circuit, his hodv must not be touched by the rescuer, 'but the latter may pull him out of contact bv hauling on the clothing, or he may take off his own coat, insert his hands in the sleeves, and then handle the victim wth little or no risk. Almost any article of clothing or material may be used, provided it is dry and of moderate thickness. Dr. Morton points out that death from electrical shock is only an apparent death at first, and that there is practically always a time during which it is possible to resuscitate the victim by artificial resniraTTOM. '

Dr. Burnett Ham, chairman of theBoard of Health in Victoria, writes a fine practical article in the January Everykdy's Journal-the best of magazines for Australasian women—on the Pests of the Household." Dr. Ham has something to say about the summer fly from which we qoute:-«Kill all flies' lake thought and pains' to exterminatethem. Deceptive beyond belief is the innocent appearance of these pests. We imprison the man who commits petty larceny, and allow the murderer, with his secret hidden weapons, the run of our homes Science, piercing to facts, discerns the fly as the greatest menace in our midst. Attention to its peculiarities gives startling results. The fly is veritably weighted with deat.i-dealing" forces not less real because invisible to the naked eye It enters you.- house from its birthplace laden with t ?erms it moves easily, with horrible intimacy over foods, crockery and table linen! Aothing , s exempt- from its attention. Its touch corrupts. Tt taints and renders the daintiest morsel unfit for human consumption. On the most savory dish, prepared, perhaps, for some j„. valid, it may have bacilli of dread dV ease. To the fly may be traced fevers cholera tuberculosis and illnesses innumerable."

thf n pI;Y, St tf h "f be ° n intr °di.eed by the Postal Department, whereby the public at places which can be reached by railway or steamer are enable, J o cloi supply of fruit through the medmm of the Post Office, by means of au older coupon, the charge for the coupon being twopence, including postage to designation The cases of fruit "must be delrvered by the vendor at a railway station or at a wharf served by a steamer having contract with the Railway Department. House to house delivery will be undertaken at places where the Department has a cartage contract. For instance, by this means New Plymouth residents wishing to get a case of fruit from a friend—or a dealer for that matter—in the South Island can get it delivered at New Plymouth and' not have to worry at all about its transit. The cost very reasonable, and all delay is eliminated. For example, the-charges on Sfilbs of fruit from Nelson to New Plymouth would aggregate onlv Is (Id. made up nfc follows : —3d wharfage at Nelson, fid steamer freight from Nelson to Wellington. 3d wharfage at Wellington, and fid railage from Wellington to New Plymouth. . The system should commend itself to all -those within the, reach of the railway, and only requires to be better known to become fully appreciated.