LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 13 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lever Bros. have, acquired a further two acres, -making six in all, for their -soap works at Petone. The Postal Department advises that Australian and English mails, e.v. Maheno, at Auckland, will arrive here this evening. A motorist who came through From .South Taranaki the other day said the worst piece of road he encountered wa-i that in Devon street central, where the surface of the road has been allowed to become one mass of "cups."

The Timarn harbor returns for 1!>1!> show records in ordinary revenue, £:)!,- •245; in receipts from harbor rates. 11".-7-12; in total trade tonnage, nearly 200,000; and in the total value of ini■ports and exports, about 2 1 ,'; millions.

A rcmurkiible feature about tli(■ recent | ■axemen's carnival at Wanganui was that Pretty and Smith, two of New Zealand's champion axemen, were not able to compete, both being in the doctor's hands for appendictiis. A notice is hung on the wall of tho municipal liiiths stating; that unless members of the New Plymouth Swimming Club roll up in better Humbert »t the baths during the hours set apart for them, no special bathing hours will in future be reserved them. The steady influx of Hindoos to this part of tho King Country (says the Tanmarunni Press) is providing foot! for thought. Since October it is asserted that thirty more have arrived. Racial nucslions of a highly important mature are raised, and some leading Europeans 'are expressing the opinion (hat. any further influx should be discouraged, if not entirely prevented. A too liberal diet is supplied by the shipping companies to immigrants, according to Mr. T. K. Sedgwick. Meat three times a day, ad lib, is. he *aid, too much for young fellows from the [ towns, who are accustomed to it. This is esperially the case, when they are doing nothing on the. vessels. They would 'themselves prefer a change of bread and cheese, according to II r. Sedgwick. The following alterations with respect to interest allowed on Tost OHicc Savings Hank deposits came into force on the Ist of the present month Uammrvl: Oil deposits up to (hut not exceeding) £3OO, 3% per cent, per annum; on any (balance exceeding £3OO up to CI OHO, 3 I per cent, per annum. The maximum amount upon which interest is allowed on any ordinary deposit account h £IOOO.

Kutliers will he well sulvi-nl to look out for sharks when bathing on the beach at New Plymouth. If is seldom that one of these" dangerous lish comes into the surf at New Plymouth, but Mr .Morris, the caretaker'of the Municipal Paths, reports that a shark fully Uft Ions; was seen in the surf dose to the baths. After disporting itself there for some time it made oil', attempts to shoot it from the shore proving inell'ec--1 iiiil. ■ ■ ; * :

( Visitors to the New Plymouth baths on Sunday were surprised to find i.he Hillside walls of the building swarming with a small llv, something like a winded ant. The insects finally colleetcd in u dense swarm on a ]>iecc of the wall fully two feel long, which was literally black with them, and bun* there like a swarm of bees. They were still there yesterday, but were eventually dislodged by means of wafer. Some two rears ago a similar swarm visited the b.iths. Says Ihe llawcra Star: -We have to thank the New Plymouth Tourist and Expansion League for a tastefully gotnp pamphlet, (he subject, of which is New Plymouth as "t'he holiday cenire of N'ew Zealand." The. literary'text is devoted to descriptions of New Plymouth ami its surroundings, with Mount Kginonl and il.s exceptional scenic characteristic!, together with the •fcenery of the Mohan river: and all through there are, photographic views which tell (heir own seductive story perhaps more effectively than it could lie (old in words. New Zealand is certainly a beautiful land, nor is Tnranaki its least lovely or least historically interesting portion. Sydney'newspapers' states thai while the races were taking place at liitmlwiek on lioxing Day, a bookmaker operating (here in the' paddock telephoned to the lA'tcctive (llliee tint he had been "taken down" by means of spurious sovereigns. Several detective- went out to investigate, and. as the result of a couple of hours' shrewd observation, they arrested three men, who were found to have in their pos-essiuu forty-fv.-o counterfeit sovereigns:, and thirtv-six counterfeit, half-sovereigns. Further invest ignition led to the.'discovery by (ha j police of ii complete coiner's outfit in one jof the suburbs. The counterfeit sovereigns and half-sovereigns are excellent imitations of the genuine cuius produced at the Sydney 'Mint. II is believed that (he bookmakers at Eandwick were extensively victimised. YOU SHOULD BE DETERMINED in rejecting 1 the worthless and frequently injurious counterfeits which arc sometimes pu-died for the sake of greater gain as "pist as good" as the OEXOINE SANDER' & SONS' VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Pc not deceived, SANDER'S EXTRACT is recognised by the highest medical authorities as po3 .sessing unique stimulating, healing ami antiseptic powers. The preparation of SANDER'S EXTRACT from the pure se •ected leaves, and the refinement by spe cial processes, give it curative virtues peculiarly its own. Therefore, ho not misled. Demand and insist upon the OEXI'INE SANDEE EXTRACT, ami you will derive the, benefit that thou sands 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 reliability, in small dose, and this you find in SANDER'S EXTUACT.

Tin; Wairarupa I'onltry, Pigeon and Cagcbird Society decided lust night to iill'ilintc with tile New Zealand Championship Association, With reference to tlie Bayly Scholarship, the latest information is tluvt 11. Hammond (llawera) takes third phuc with a tot-ill of GO 1 .) points. The Mountain Hostelry was well patronised at the week-end, over 80 being present at dinner on Sunday. A number of loeal enthusiasts reached the summit. Tlie latest, addition to the equipment U ft first-aid outfit, kindly donated l)V Mr. S. Teed.

According to the Waitara Mail, a mob of 14:27 fat wethers arrived at the freez-ing-works last week from Mr Newton King's Xukuhakari station. Although nine days on the road the sheep were in excellent, condition, and only three were missing.

Miss Coral Barnes, a pupil of the West End School, has been forwarded a cheque for £:! 3s'and a gold medal, shs having won the first prize for the essay on the life of Sir William Wallace. Miss Tda Thomas, of the same school, won the second prize, and has received a cheque for £2 2s. The prizes were presented by the Taranaki Provincial Scottish Society, under whose auspices th« essay competition was held.

A remarkable story of a series of waterspouts in mid-Atlantic was told by the officers of the White Star liner Ceilric on arrival' at, Quecnstown from Xew •York. According to the statements by the officers, a waterspout, having the appearance of a black funnel-shaped streak, which appeared to rise from Hie centre of a black inverted mountain ot cloud, was seen by those on board a few miles off the starboard bow, in mid-At-lantic, on the outward voyage from Queoiistown. The waterspout, which was 800 ft high, was travelling at the rate of about five miles an hour In a south-easterly direction, and the passengers were summoned on deck to witness the unusual spectacle. As the column faded away in the distance it was succeeded by a smaller spout. Then came a severe squall, accompanied by vivid lightning, which lit up the whole sky. Two more waterspouts were encountered, bringing to an end the strange phenomenon, which the officers stated was the most remarkable they had ever witnessed.

Says the Greymoiitli Star: A lady at a recent race mooting gave her ticket on tho winner to a young, man to collect. Tho entrusted one iinmodiaM? made a bee-line for the pay-out window, while the lady stood calculating and dwelling on tho proportions of her win. Pro-ontty there emerged from the rflw-t-ion of tho rear of the •Mole" a person .whom she accosted and from whom she •demanded the full satisfaction <her ticket entitled her to. Tho young man protested: ho had not even seen iier be. lore, much less taken her ticket for •collection. Tho lady became angry, summoned tho police, and called tin; man names that were otherwise than flatteriri.fr- A crowd began to gather round •ami matter* looked awkward for the young follow when suddenly there walked up to the woman another person, who .also had come, from the rear of the machine, and (handed her a dividend. The crowd saw the joke at once; one man )was tho exact double of (he other, in appearance at least. Tim lady at once repented, but the first man accosted fell deeply insulted, and said be would take time to consider the acceptance, of the 1 apology afterwards tendered. The la.lv bad backed Jmt one horse, but 'had struck "a double."