LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 168, 15 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Of 1)978 persons arrested in \ew '/ M land in 11k> year 1913 no f,wcr than ;ilii) were charged with ilrunkcnni-s. About 3,i0 olTicers and non-coii:.'.. 0 : the M district arc in ramp on J'ending racecourse for ten days. .Majo' lemperley j s in charge. A programm, of hard work has been arranged Til camp in purely voluntary.

The Opotiki county clerk recently ■posted Christmas cards to ratepayer! The design of the cards had been drawn up to represent goodwill and charity, and tlhey bore tile words: "It is hettci' .to givo than to receive." Was this a hint?

We are in receipt of a copy of a song y a composer, Hiss Jean JohnSon, entitled "Th'o Song of the Sea." ft is a pretty song and one that shows tile composer to ibe possessed ol" talent above the ordinary. It is published bv "" American linn, and is on sale in New Plymouth.

"If parents exorcised 'better control •over their ehddren and saw that they were kept at home at nights and looked after generally, there would 'be. fewer odeum of this sort," remarked .Mr. Barton, S.M., at a sitting of tho Juvenile Court at (lisborne, when some boys were lieing tried for theft.

The total amount of butter-fat sup. plied to the Eitham Co-operative JJa'rv Company during the month of December was 21)7,9b711)3, of which 2(Jo,:fc!,3lbs were made into cheese, aud 71i421bs into butter. Die pay-out on the former was 's and on the latter ll«/ s d, the total sum' distributed thus being £18,3(57. —Argus. "Mr.T. .10. Sedgwick, who has been uiinging out batdlies of boy immigrants to the Dominion, told a reporter in Wellington that many of his charges liad received revolvers as parting gifts from their relations, who were under the impression that the boys were going to a land overrun with bushrangers and outlaws! , .

llift -Mountain House lias been crowded this week, no fewer than 40 applications for rooms at the new hostclrv having had to be refused during the past three days. It is expected tho pressure will be relieved shortly. Evidently more accommodation is >ei[ilii'cd, and its provision will have to be considered before long.

At a meeting of the deacons of the Baptist Church last evening, a resolution was unanimously passed 'supporting the action of the deputation on Monday evening in protesting against the. extension of tfhe hours of closing for billiard saloons; and strongly urging their members and adherents in every way possible to support the deputation in their action.

Dr. Valintine, when in Opimake. said this was an ago for operations. Uead.ers of tin; newspapers on this const would conclude that he was alluding •to financial operations, bo well does it fit the times, llawcra luiti just concluded a good-sized loan for town improvements, Putea ,is out for a big fat loan, Wainrate West is talking of a £OO,OOO road loan, the Opimake Harbor Board is ditto on a 1:48,000 loan, whilst a water and drainage, scheme la in the same stage—the eschewing stage. —Opunake Times. °

The insect familiarly known as the bed bug is, according* to Dr. Willing' Boveridgc, as dangerous as it is object tionable. In a paper read before the conference on .sanitation, in Xew York, hi; declared that tlhe bug was responsible ,)or Ihe transmission of tuberculosis. Jt was only recently, said the doctor, that 1 e hug had been given consideration as a carrier of germs, but now a number of authorities were agreed that there was a possibility of its infecting persons with leprosy anil spinal inciting! itis. The bug was able to live for 2"":) .days without food. The doctor. tlieiTfore, warned housewives of the "lave consequences of living j„ t |„. comm.miiv ot tin: household pest.

-Mr C. Ilaleli, general manager for Australasia ot Cook's, visited the Mountain House yesterday in company with the chairman of the .Mountain ' House ( 'oiuinittce (Mr V. A. C'ollis) the chairman of the Expansion and Tourist League IMr T. C. List), and the local agent of Cook's (Mr 10. \r. (lamer). 1 nfortunately, the rain came on in the afternoon and prevented the visitor obtaining a view of the top. Mi- Hatch was delighted with the new house, its equipment and surroundings, stating it was quite equal i;i these respects to the mountain resorts of Australia, lie was also much impressed with the beauty of the bush, and the prosnects of the hostelry, the accommodation of which, he felt sure, would soon li:i\'t* to In- e\--liMKled.

There were some amusing incidents at tlie Auckland JO.vhibil ion turnstiles on Buxin;,' Xi-ht (reports the New Zealand Herald). .Mr. Holmes said that,

Ihree men, who had apparently been at the races and had done well. ynvc. him sovereigns for shillings, and did not wait for ehan«e. .Mr. Klliol related how a man who wanted to -jet out and ••onlil not, on account of the crush, threatencd. *'l wiJl f.'el yon (lie sack tomorrow. or my name's'not Mmii hj." "I wish yon would W et me the sael; now,''

replied the presiden I. wearilv. .V woman who was afraid to negotiate the crowd wiih iher infant in her arms pushed it Hirou-fli the hole front which tickets were bein<r issued into I he arms of the astonished attendant. It was a small hole, hut the infant was a. very small one. too. Ilavim.' ffol. past the turnstiles, Che mother came to claim her bain-.

'"Jar.uiaki is {Treath- handicapped from a tourist'.- jioint of view by tlie absence of a refreshment-car on the railway from Aramoho to New Plymouth," declared

•Mr <l. Ilalch, til.' Australasian manager (if CookV, wlio has been on a vi.sit"ti. .Yew Plymouth. Travellers, lie continued, expected these facilities on a lons train journey, anil to In. di-nioil them would simply make people cluiry about liiiilertakin's the trip. There 'were refreshment-place- alonj; Hie line, it wns true, but the train stoppeil at no place loi|j; enou;;h to enable refreshments to be taken in comfort. If (lie Railway Department was not prewired to rcinslale the it should consider the advisiibilit of cutting out fome of the htoppanc- and pivinj; passetiprers a little more time nt one or more refreshment ]ilaees in which to atisl'y the wanls of the ''inner man.'' The present conditions were fur from sati-fnetory. ami must militate ngnit»t | tourists (i-itinjr Taraiml.i. two nn«F.s civic rf.tjf.f. "T am subiect. to bowel troubles, which cause pain and inconvenience.''' I writes Mr. .Alfred Wane. 183 Auburn road, Auburn, Vic., "hut two doses of • Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea "Remedy jivo iwmodiato rciief. I am pleased to know there is such a s>ife anil certain remertv as Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Ronieily. and always keep a bottle bandy." Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

Australian mails, ox 1 'liniatoa at Wellington, will arrive here this (Tlmrs ■ln j afternoon.

, A meeting of dairy employees in WolI'iington last night decided to form an j' industrial union. In conversation .wiili a Daily Xewreportor ye.jtenluy, Mr. Van Kpps, the American oil export, remarked that Kev Zealand butter was making {{bod head way in Hie California!! market, lie hai.

•• ecu it advertised at Is yd pur 11), where as the. California n product cost is per Mi. The Xew Zealand butter was of \cr> good quality.

I One tiling which struck Mr. 'fan Kpps, who has lately arrived in N»nv Zealand from San Francisco, was the. fact that in the New Zealand cities the hotels, •billiard saloons and other licensed buildings closed at 10 p.m. In Itls own country, lie remarked, hotels wero open until as late as 1 a.m., and supper parities could 'bo arranged in lliein after •the. theatres closed al night, . ''Tho farmer is undoubtedly proving jihiniself to bo the backbone of the counJ try in more ways than one,'' writes a 11'alliuiuii correspondent to the Iloro[whenua Chronicle. "I.aj-t week when (the county employees wen; totallv un/ablo to eope with the roads on account of the recent hoods, twelve stalwart jlfarmers shouldered (heir shovels and [did such splendid work that ;l pip could gravel to l'ukeroa after their da,\'s toil. 'Tho way these fanners swung their ■shovels was an object lesson to the casual ltivvvy, ten large slips being cleared during tho day.'' Tho Auckland Star stsitcs: The completion of the Waihi Con.|.inys Ilora Jlora electrical scheme shoidd revolutionise motive power in thai district, and give, a {treat impetus to anin,ing generally.' The must, interesting •minius project in recent yearn will be the commencement of operation!) in the Waihi Consolidated and (ligantie group of mines east of the Urand Junction. It is understood that vigorous sinking operations are to lie proceeded with 'this month, when the main shaft, which ■ha-s already attained a total depth of .1)14f0, will he carried down to 1230 ft. If the country proves suitable at that I depllli, tho new company will cotiiimonoo | cross-cutting for the lode series of the district. Taken alt outlier, the year j 1(114 should witness great activity and | .important development-,' in the mining j industry of this field."

A rather imusu.il sight was to be observed .in I.vitl'llun the otlii'r day. as far as the nationality <it ships' crews is concerned (states t'lio Ijyttelton Times). At iilmlsione pier, the. big four-masted schooner Salem is moored, whilst ill the stream the Bainbridge, also from the same country, is lying' at anchor. Hoth of these vessels are living tho Stars ami Stripes, and Tiavo .American erews on hoard. .At Xo. ft iwliarf- the liritirih (ramp M,earner llov.erick is moored on the eastern side and the Japanese steamer Kwanto Maru 011 tho west. In dip rase of the former vessel, lier oflieers are composed 0! .white men, 'hut (he crew are all Chinese. •Tho only white man on hoard tJie Kwanto Maru is the master, ('aptain ■llolm, tho reniaimier of (lie oflieers and Wow, to tho number of til'ty-fonr, coming from Japan. The vessel also Hies her country's fin jr.

In some reminiscences of the '(iohlen ! Coast," in connection with the AVcstlainl ! .jubilee, an old West Coaster tells the , Wellington l'ost a characteristic story j of Mr. Seddon, who in the early days owned a water-race, dam and goldmin.ing chum at IJilliiianstowii. The Wardc.ll, 011 the application of thirteen miners, declared tihe properly abandoned, but ill-, Seddon sturdily declined to <•!*•'« up his rights, lie went to the dam, accompanied by the narrator, and awaited the arrival of the thirteen new owners. When the;,- eame he miidv this proposal: "I will (ig'iit (ho lot of you. taking one at a linn., in the phi style < live minutes' and one minute's spell. After I have knocked the first man ma yiu will get another one ready. In the event of mv beat in,g you all you will agree, to allow me to got a renewal of my abandoned rights." This was agreed to. and (heir most formidable llg'htiiig man and Mr. Seddon stripped oil' and tared r:,. h otiher. .lust at that, moment a licll-hi.d slarted its morning song. ami Mr. Scdd'ou paused anil said, "Wait, till (hat little fellow liuishes." Immediately alter the word "Co!" Mr. Seddon \\a-- struck and knocked into the \val<'r, near which he was standing. (in getting up he whispered to his friend, "He ,-an'l s'.nike a blow; I'm only playing with him." A! the next encounter Mr. Si-d.ioti struck his antagonist) several terrilie blows, one of which broke the man's :mn. Two of .the others were speedily beaten, and if was then agreed that Mr. Seddon should be. allowed to retain hi-' claim. Some of the men subsequently Ijcea-.iie Mr. Seddon's stronger suppuri.eix