LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 316, 30 May 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before M. A. Crooke, S.M., Walter Smith was charged that being the owner of a' launch, he did carry passengers on March 0 at Moturoa, without either the master or engineer of the craft holding a certificate. Defendant pleaded ignorance of the law and stated that when he found out that the certificate was required he ceased plying for hire. A fine of £2 and costs 15s was inflicted.

The Borough Inspector (Mr. Ben Tippins) in bringing a charge yesterday against a young lady for having ridden her bicycle without a light, asked Mr; A..Crooke;.S.M., to,deal leniently with the case, as he had since learned that,the damsel wqs shortly getting married. His Worship, to the amusement of the Court, enquired, "was she riding with her future husband?" but "Ben" was unable to give this excuse for further leniency. "Fined five shillings and costs," was the Bench's rejoiner. "What are Charitable Aid Boards for, if not to relieve cases like this one?" asked Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, and added, "It is the old story of one Board wanting to pass, cases on to another." To which the secretary of the New Plymouth Board replied that they Were willing to pay the man's fare to Auckland and' to give him enough money to keep him in food till he got there, but more thsfn this the Board could not do, as it had need for all its funds to help its own people.

The meeting of tradespeople called to consider the proposals made by the executive of the Taranaki Employers' Association, was attended by three persons, so that the executive's arrangements evidently, meet with the approval of all. They are as follows:—"That the business people of New Plymouth be asked to close their business premises on the 17th proximo, between the hours of 12 noon and 5 p.m., re-opening at the latter hour to enable visitors to obtain any parcels or to make late purchases." The Association recommends that Thursday 19th, the half-holiday, be observed as usual.

When the ease Police v. Leo Smith was called at the Migistrate's Court yesterday, Sergeant Haddrell asked His Worship to 'withdraw the case, as the police had nothing against the man but his poverty, aud poverty was no crime. It had been proposed that the man should be admitted to the Old People's Home, where ho could be employed at gardening and light work, but the secretary of the Hospital and! Charitable Aid Boajd objected to this, as he considered it was the duty of the Auckland Board to deal with the case, since ;the man had recently come from Auckland, and had a wife and children in that city. Mr. Lepper was willing, however, to "give the man his fare to Auckland, and some money to keep in food till he got there. The case was withdrawn and the unfortunate man will return to Auckland. Mr. Henry Stead points out in the I Review of Reviews that Australia's new

flagship will probably never enter Port Phillip,' unles the channel is deepened. She is-19,200 tons burden; the New Zealand is 18,800 tons, and this is what happened to H.M.S. New Zealand when she visited Melbourne:—"The New Zealand entered the heads drawing 28 feet, arid came safely up the channel, but she had only a few tons of coal left in her bunkers. But once in she coaled, and, like the wolf in the', fable, who gorged too much, she could not get out again. She drew 30ft 9in, after she had coaled in Hobson's Bay. No vessel drawing as much as 30 feet, said the harbormaster, should risk passing the heads. The responsibility for so doing was left to Captain Halsey. By pumping out water and in other ways lie lightened his ship, and selecting the top of the tide and a calm sea, he took out his Majesty's ship New Zealand, drawing 29ft bin, safely negotiated the Rip, and steered eastwards to the Dominion whose millions had been so patriotically used in building this present to the British Navy. What if she had scraped her bottom out on the Lightning Rock in the Rip? A ghastlv termination to a triumphal visit!"

Once more the deficiencies of the Patea harbor have been exemplified by the grounding of the Kapuni last week (says the Press). Owing to the enormous quantity of sand which finds its way between the two walls, the channel has been narrowed to such an extent that a steamer getting slightly out of her course must go aground. The harbor is of such vital importance to the future of Patea that it should not be allowed to remain in its present state for a day longer than can possibly be avoided. No doubt the Harbor Board are doing everything in their power to improve matters, but as any scheme nlust neces--sarily be a fairly large one, things move slowly. At tlie same time we would like to remind the Board that Parliament meets next month and that if anything is to be done in the way of a rating area, there is no time to be lost, y It would be as well for Patea business men to realise, if they have not already done so, that the futilre of Patea depends to a great extent on its port. It is therefore due to themselves to see that' everything possible is done to improve what is the greatest asset the town possesses. The time has come when the members of the Harbor Board and the townsmen should unite in doing something immediately, wliether it be in the nature of dredging or something else, to improve the condition of the port. However, had this been finally decided upon at least two years would probably have elapsed before its completion, and judging by the pilot's reports with regard to boats touching on entering and leaving • the port what is required is something to deepen the channel at once. Unless work in this direction, even though it be of a temporary nature, be carried out immediately, we are inclined to think that the mishap to the Kapuni will be repeated, with unsatisfactory results to the town and district.

"I know a bettor drink than a cup of 'Camp' Coffee!" "What is that?" "Two cups!" 30 YOU SHOULD BE DETERMINED in rejecting the worthless and frequently injurious counterfeits which are sometimes pushed for the sake of greater sain as "just as srood" as the CENUINE ZANDER * SONS' VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. P,e not deceived. SANDER'S EXTRACT is recognised by the highest medical authorities as possessing unique stimulating, healing and

antiseptic powers. The preparation of SANDER'S EXTRACT from the pure selected leaves, and the refinement by special processes, give it curative virtues peculiarly its own. Therefore, be not misled. Demand and insist upon the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT, and you. will derive the benefit that thousands have reaped from it before. When ill you should not depress yourself more by the common, bulky and nauseating eucalyptus oils and so-called "extracts." What you want is quality ■and reli'abilitv in small dose; and this vou find onlv'in SANDER'S EXTRACT.

During the past financial year the Wellington city revenue showed a surplus of £14,802 over expenditure.

I The railway renveriue for the four ! weeks ended April 20, totalled £321,084, I and the expenditure £193,720, or 00.22 ; per cent. 1 The Conciliation Council sat yesterday, I and will conclude to-morrow, a satisfac(tory agreement having been practically i arrived at. y ' - . . The'immigration returns' for April show the total arrivals to be 2908, compared with 3337 in\ April 1912, and the departures 3459, against 4205 in April last year. The Gazette notifies a close season for 6eals in' New Zealand waters, from July Ist next till October Ist, 1914, and in subsequent years from October Ist to May 31st. A narrow escape from a dreadful fatality occurred at Whakarewarewa the other day. A visitor.was sitting on the rock just above the Cauldron, when someone called out to'him to look at activity elsewhere. In springing up he slipped, and rolled down the slope, stopping Within a very short distance of the ' edge of the boiling pool. . ■ , • The' Park Tennis; Club held its annual , social at the Brougham Street Hall last i evening. There was a very good attendance, and a pleasant Evening was spent. The music was supplied by Mrs. ! Woods, and musical items, which interspersed the dance programme, were con- . tributed by the Misses Smith and Gil- ', bert and Messrs. Meiklc, Frederic, and [ Smith''(Waitara). A capital supper was t provided. , ■

A remarkable miser, Antonio Romeo by name, has died at San Stefaho, near Messina. During fifty years he carried on the business of money-lender throughout Sicily, and at first he was believed to be ft wealthy man. He lived so miserably, however, that finally his neighbors concluded he must be poor. After his death his relatives, by legal assent, searched the house, with extraordinary results. In a cupboard' stuffed with rags were large bundles of bank notes for 500 and 1000 lire. In old chairs

were coins totalling 300,000 lire and Government stock representing 400,000 lire. Bank notes and money were also found in all sorts of hiding places, such as old boots, old shoes and pots. The total amount of the miser's hoard is estimated at several million lire. During his life the man lived ajmost entirely on pota-

toes and salad with water. Owen Cadwallader Jones, from Patagonia, has arrived in Australia. ,He represents' a community of 6000 Welshmen there, and he is looking for land for them in .Australia, lie says that these people are well-to-do and arc good settlers. They were about 300 strong when they first formed the colony in Patagonia, 40 years ago. Most of them now desire to" leave, chiefly on account of the incompatibility of the surroundings. The settlement is 700 miles south of Buenos Ayres, and is hemmed in by Indian-Spanish races, and they are afraid that if they remain they will be aib- j sorbed, because there is now no room for expansion. All the land in Patagonia is taken up, and the young men can't get any more, consequently the identity of the Welsh community is bound to be lost by affiliation. A few years ago a number of these settlers emigrated from Patagonia to Saskatchewan, in Canada. To-day they have a flourishing community there of 3000 souls, "but," added Mr. Jones, "the climate is too severe. We are casting our eyes towards Australia." fix-Sultan Abdul Hamid, who is reported to be seriously ill, says in his diary, recently published by a German newspaper, that the salvation of Turkey will be found in deep religious belief. ■'There lies our future," he states. "England, France and Russia are in my hands. One word from my lips will suffice to open a holy war. Then Christian nations will see their doomi That time has not come yet, but it 4s bound to come, when millions of brave Moslems will shake off the yoke of Giaour—-eighty-five millions living in British' colonies, thirty millions in Dutch colonies. Two hundred and fifty millions pray daily for Allah and the Khalifa. Can one really' think that the Moslem is a weak instrument in the concert of nations 1 ?" These words were written many years ago, but they still have grave import..

"Scarcity of labor is more and more restricting agricultural work, and I should not wonder if before next harvest we have to supplement our crop by importing flour from Australia." This remark was made by the Farmers' Union president, Mr. J. G. Wilson, in his speech at the other day. He went on to say that the cheaper land in Australia and the warmer and drier climate enable farmers to harvest their crops at much less expense than can be done here. In one operation, with the improved harvester, they can. cut, thresh and bag the grain, whereas New Zealand

farmers have to go through the regular and more expensive process of cutting, stacking and threshing of the grain.! If the growth of wheat were restricted, it would mean that the land would be used for dairying or fattening lambs. If the price of lambs kept up there was little to choose between the two systems, as there was less labor connected with fattening lambs than in milking cows. "I have it on excellent authority," savs the Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Star, "that the Massev Government have practically resolved to commit themselves to the principle of a local navy, which is equally certain to be bitterly, attacked in the future. The Hon. James Allen's plan will provide primarily for a certain number of destroyers (four in the first instance), costing about £OO,OOO each. To this will be gradually added submarines and parent ships for 'mosquito craft.' Each of the latter must cost at least £250,000. That is the present idea, but it is not decided, and Press criticism will have a great deal to do in determining what exact shape the New Zealand flotilla shall take. The creation of such a flotilla, however, is certain unless criticism proves too strong."

Recently a Socialist speaker, at the bottom of Queen street, Auckland, made the statement that whilst he was in London last year he saw a demonstration of over 10,000 unemployed men on Tower Hill. During the course of that gathering, be said, a salute was fired from the Tower in honor of the King's birthday. This, the speaker stated, cost £2O per round. One who was listening called the speaker to task for these two statements, but the speaker waived the matter. The gentleman challenging declared that us he was brought up in the vicinity of Tower Hill, he was certain that it would not accommodate ma'nv more than 0000 men at any one meeting.- With regard to the cost of I'2o per round for the salute lived, this gentleman pointed out that the ammunition used was obsolete, and only fit for saluting purposes, and so. far from cost-

ing 120, the intrinsic value would not be more than 20d. The speaker questioned the authority of the gentleman for (.his statement, and the reply was: "T used to be attached to a naval gun-liiu-v sehool, and was a lecturer on ammunition."

Neither too light nor too heavy, MILD DERBY is the smoker's happv medium in tobaeeo. Try a tin or a. plug. It is cool, fragrant and satisfying. 7