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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 161, 7 January 1914, Page 4

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The XI. Regimental Biuui .... near the Malm tea kiosk ai. ii,,.,::,.;. on Sunday. Reports show thai the sheep :Hi. of the Wangunui hinterland :s ii»-».-•:. t j ing wonderfully, and £30,00; i uori i wool has boon sent in from one <!>■ i.m ;, alone. The Government tax on the p is. revenue of the Stratlord IKm-'uy:, . .ii:. for tlic two days' race meeting at .w'.v Year amounts to no less a 'sum ihui £7Ol 3s s<L—Post.

A Masterton resident, while visiting Palmerston North last week, ,va» relieved of a considerable sum of money, being apparently the victim of one uf the gang of pick-pockets who have been operating in the Dominion for somei months.

Though the climate of Japan is similar to that of Xew Zealand there are no sheep in the country, and few cattle, says Mr. R. McVeagli, who has just returned from a visit to that country. The reason appears to be that tluire is' no pasture in Japan suitable for these animals.

Special railway concessions will be made to competitors in the Taranaki Agricultural Show in February who desire to 'bring horses and traps by train to Xew Plymouth. Provided that their entry forms state that both horse and trap are entered for competition, trainfare will be charged only at the rate for entraining a horse. Two or three rears ago (says the PtHt.) Mr. William Campbell, a wcllliiiown provision merchant, a( Wellington, admitted some of his employees who had been longest in his service into a nrolit-sharing scheme, and it is now announced that lie has formed the business into a private company, with a capital of £20,000, in £1 shares. A good record is claimed by Mr Edward Elliott, the topical singer and ventriloquist of the "Smart Set." Sim» being in the Dominion, a matter of about seven months, he has written and sung just on .100 different topical verses to lias various songs, every verse being written specially for the town in which the "'Smart Set" was playing. Including those sung in Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, Mr Elliott claims, to have introduced between two I and three thousand different topical verses.

Thomas Barker, organiser for the 1.W.W., was still in the Wellington Oao! on Monday, but it is probable that he will be released in the course of a few days. It will be remembered that on December 5 he consented to be bound over to keep the peaco in connection with a speech 'he had made -in the presence of a number of Wellington waterside workers on October 29. The sureties he was required to find totalled £ISOO, and as ,he did not immediately find iho money he was placed in gaol.' It is understood that arrangements have now been made whereby the amount of bail required will be forthcoming. The monthly figures in connection with the Stratford and llidhirst cow testing association are published by the Post. At _ Stratford, for the monthly period ending December 10, the best cow in the association produced 10801bs of milk and tested 5.7, giving 01.581b 8 but-ter-fat. The average cow's figures were 8131bs milk, 3.!) test, and 32.381bs butter fat; while the worst cow showed :i.'lolbs milk, with a 3.4 test, and 11.221bs butter-fat. At Midhirst, the best cow gave M-lOlbs milk, 5.2 test, and 74,881bs but-ter-fat; the average cow 83Slbs milk. 4.3 test, and 3fi.3i)lb 8 butter-fat; and the worst cow 2101bs milk, 5.2 test, and 10.!)21bs butter-fat.

A meeting of the general committee of the Taranaki AjfrlcitTtnrn 1 Society was held last night. The judges for the various classes in the February show were selected. They will he communicated with by the secretary as to their acceptance of the positions. The tender of Mr A. Wooller for catering was accepted. Messrs. 0. W. Browne and A. K. Sykcs were appointed to arrange for music, and Messrs IT. Street and Tn'.naon to supervise the preparation of the. showground. The secretary reported that Mr M._ Linn Ikkl.guaranteed to lind £S for prize-money for the. leasts taking most points in the fat cattle classes.' The names of Messrs. G. F. Bridge (Tataraimaka). A. ]?. Stewart (Ratapiko). and T. Richards (Avenue Road) were, added to the list of members of the Society. Two young men and a boy, afjoufc 15 years of age, had a narrow escape from drowning on Fridav afternoon last, reWaikato Argus, at the Hamilton Lake. The three had lieen swimming for some considerable, time, and Mrior to the accident were having some fun on an upturned boat, when it would seem that one of the young iivn became exhausted. His companion and the lad made an heroic attempt to ]<•: p him up, but unfortunately the, three were soon in difficulties, fries for help were ([uieklv responded le. there being several ex-' pert swimmers who went'in i.lie assistance of the drowning men and brought them ashore. The hoy came out of the trying experiment verv little the worse, more frightened than'hurt, V't the two men were quite helpless, and one of Mi em did iiot come round for some considers blu time. >

The We 4 Coast Kefrigerating Co. was respnnsibla for Some very goad work during (he recent strike fsavs the Patea Press). In fpite of the dislocation o* shipping caused by the strike, they succeeded in gotting'away no less than ."il.Sifi cases of clie'cse and 4000 boxes of hulter, which are now on their way to England. The whole of this vast quantity of produce would have been left to deteriorate had the strikers had their way and would have resulted in a dead loss to the farmers of close on a quarter of a million pounds. The forwarding of the consignments under the circunutances entailed no small

amount «f extra work on the part of Uie ratuugcr of the Refrigerating Company and his staff, 'who are to be congratulated on the successful result of their efforts. They are especially entitled, to the hearty thanks of the farmers wliolo produce they handled so well.

ITovv far (loos a man commit himself as a matter of law when he. promises a donation to a public subscription fund! This iiit«r«stins point formal the subject of ;m action winch was mentioned to Mr. Justice 11'odaeR in the I'raclirc Court at Melbourne reuently. Tin- matter came up on si summons for directions. It was explained by Mr. Sclmtt (iiiHtnictcd by Mr. .T. O'Dwyer) tlmt a sum of £SOO had, been promised by Mr. .)'. Mason, of tiurliiigtoii road, South St. Kilda, towards llib erection of a memorial to his lute Majesty King; Edward VII. The subscription had iiot been paid, and bile plaintiff, .■Tames Burton, on behalf of himself and other members of the committee eoiti-olling the fund, was now siiiiif; for the amount. A proposition lud been made by Mr. Mason that the subscription should be provided for in his will, but the committee was not satisfied with this promise, and claim that it was entitled to tha amount. An order was mode by his Honor, that the action should come on for trial beforea Jiifeo

.'. wealthy airman of Chicago lias an )u:«:i'il that he is shortly to be married > !>. beautiful New Jersey heiress, whom. ■ says, he ashed (o he his wife wlr'le :oy were snaring in tin- moonlight (i(KI et oyer the St.. Lawrence River .

Wilholm Volkumps, a tlcrmiin bak' :■, i'.'ho was arrested in I'aris for larceny, ii.is subsisted /or eight months on the ;jrocccds of the thefts committed by his <:o/», which lie had trained to purloia joints of meat, poultry, .fish and sausages from shops. An echo of Ihe sugar Iru.-t case will b.: -heard in the Suprejiic Court in May or next year, says a Wellington correspondent, when an action in which Isiirbairn, Wright and Co., Ltd., Oliristchurch, are tho plaintiffs, and Levin ami Co.. defendants, will come on for trial. Plaintiff firm 'has issued a writ claiming dam. ages as follows from the defendants: f:3u - 27 loss of profits on sales of sugar to their customers, such sales being actually made between October Ist, lilll, and '.March 31st, l!)UI: £l<Mii. loss of profits on sales which plaiutitfs, hut for the alleged wrongful arts of defendants, would have made, and .C2OUO general damages.

The International Arbitration Peace Association wept at the Westminster Palace, London, on November l.'t, over t'he unfortunate decision of Australia and New Zealand in the matter of compulsory military service and the heroic conduct of u number of boys "in going to prison for conscience sake." Dr. Starr Jordan, head of the Lcland Stanford University, took the lino that war was not a source of strength to a nation, but a form of waste, which destroyed virility. He thought we had seen the last of war between great Powers, a point on which he was strongly supported by .Mr. Norman Anseli, the famous author. ''lt will not be ninny years before drugs are a thing of the past in medieil science.'' Such is the opinion of llr. P. I>. Deane, who has just arrived in Australia from London. "In America," he told an interviewer, "and also in Europe, medical men are treating all sorts of diseases by means of vaccine serums and anti-toxins. These have not only been successful in the treatment of diseases, but they have also proved effees tive in securing immunity from disease if a person is inoculated early. Vaccine or serums have been discovered that will give almost certain immunity from diphtheria, smallpox, typhoid, bubonic plague, and cholera, lockjaw, pneumonia, scarlet fever. These apply to human ailments, but we have i\Uo discovered many cures for auiiu'.il diseases, such a.s hog fever. One of the big drug and vaccine companies, which supplies the world with vaccines, is now experimenting with a substance that it is -hoped will-prevent maggot infection in sheep:''