LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 171, 19 January 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

JVc- nro. ,n receipt of a bandy panel calendar from the Singer. s ew i n „ M:l . chine Company's Xew Plymouth agency. There will l,e familv bathing at tin Municipal Maths to-night, under the auv pices of the -New Plymouth Swimming Club. The Moa lioad .IVml on Saturday ijx-ed 011 Thursday a.s th« .statutory holi'hi.v lor the oiKiiing year for all'shops under its. jurisdiction. We l,ave. to thank Mr F. I>. Covkil], Lloyds agent for Taranaki, /or a coov of the 10U issue of that valuable awl informative shipping work, "Lloyd's Calendar." The s.s. Waimea will discharge, a, cargo of Coalbrookdale coal at Mew My. month to-day. This is the first earmj of Coalbrookdale coal to amye, h Tew Plymouth since October 'last. It is hard to get New Zealand 'butter on London, says Mr. Sedgwick; that is, hard to get it as New Zealand butter. He enquired on one occasion where the article under its right name could ihc bought, and could only (ind it in the Arimi and \avy stores and in a shop in Clapham. At a special meeting of the 'i'aranaki branch of the Koyal \<>w Zealand Association oi* Veterans, held on Saturday, to consider what steps should be taken to celebrate the annivarsarv of Hie Battle of Waireka, which falls on March 28, Col. J. Kllis presided over a good attendance of veterans. It was decided to bold a cluireb paradu of veterans on Sunday, March 2!), to which the. senior cadet and Territorial companies will oc invited. The committee wa= instructed to confer with his Worship the 3favor (Mr <;. IV. lirowr.o), with a view "to Mimlgaffl'.ting the veterans' Waireka celebrations with the celebrations of (he pioneers of Taranaki in lionor of the anniversary of tl\e province on March

The Opunakc Town Hoard lias rejected the proposal for .; .Saturday halfholiday, and holds to Wednesday. The average return per cow for Mr A. \Y. Phillips' herd, Mentioned in a par in the News of last week, .should have read "43111 of fat," instead of Win. Major .Sandford wired from tVnnlcloii Junction on Saturday:--Leaving for H'aitomo Cave*. Spent twu days .it •Ruakura. Very hot weather. Hoys all in splendid health. Everyone helping us. A trial run was made on Saturday with the motor reel recently purchased by the New Plymouth Fire Brigade. The motor successfully carried its' full complement of reels and ladders, with six or seven passengers. It should be a very useful addition to the" fire fighting apparatus of the town. In response to representations made to the Minister for Education on behalf of the High School Governors with respect to a grant in aid of new school buildings, Mr 11. Okcy, M.P., has received a letter from the Hon. J. Allen stating that he thinks it would be better for him to visit New Plymouth himself, and that he hopes to do so next month. A peculiav accident is reported to have occurred at the Linton railway station last week. The north New Plymouth express was. passing through the station when Guard Fanisworth heard a cry. He stopped the train and went back to find that the station porter, Mr H. C. Sims, had been injured about the body. The accident is presumed to have been caused by the tablet .exchange swinging back and hitting Mr Sims. He was brought on to Palmers! on by the train to receive medical treatment. A boy named Colin llallautync, aged 12 years, a resident of New Brighton, was attacked by a fox-terrier and a spaniel on the beach on Friday afternoon. The boy had been bathing and was sporting on the beach, when the dogs seized him, and, pulling him down, tore his costume oil' )r>fore hey could be driven away and worried him from ' the hip downwards. The wounds necessitated stitching. Tt will be some tin™ before be is able to get about again. Both dogs were destroyed. I There are several factors in operation which will contribute to a drop in the price of laud (says the Masterton Age)First of all, the. interest on money is hardening. Then the cost of production is annually increasing. Again, the rates and taxes are mounting up, and the markets are showing less buoyancy than in former years. It is well that those who are in possession of land, and those who are contemplating buying, should read the writing on the wall. We » have bad a period of fat years. We do not 'Want the lean. But those who are, wise will be prepared for a fall in the prices of land. A corporal serving with the Spanish ' forces in .Morocco, under the command of General Aguitar, discovered his grandfather among a group of rebel -Moors whom he had taken prisoner. The corporal, surprised at hearing the man, who ■was dressed as a Moor, speaking good Spanish, questioned him. The prisoner | then informed him that 45 years ago he [.escaped from the fortress prison at -Ceuta, whither he had been deported by !;thc Malaga Assize Court for murder. The pseudo-Moor then gave his name as j.Raiinundo Herges, and on the corporal informing him that he was Angel Herges, the man recognised him as his grandMa. ■ In the course of a talk with an Auckland pressman, Mr. C. IT. Poole, who stopped over at Fiji on his way ■back from America, gave a strong warning about the introduction of colored aliens into the Dominion. "In my opinion," he remarked, "the color question is likely to become, a. very serious one •for New Zealand if vigorous steps are not taken to check the immigration of Indian coolies by way of Fiji. Thar group of islands will at the present rate of influx from India 'become in the near future a coolie colony, and almost every steamer arriving from Fiji in New Zealand is now landing detachments of these coolies on our shores. The. time has certainly arrived, 1 think, when our Immigration Department should ■take steps to check ihia influx of colored people- who, by their habits and methods of business, aTc not desirable traders or residents. The Navua, by which 1 came from Suva, had a number of them on board, and nearly every boat, T am credibly informed, 'brings al»ng its quota." Tt is interesting to note the actions ■of dilferent people when called upon lo net at a moment's notice (remarks the Paten, Press). A case in point occurred at a railway station the other morning not 100 miles from Patea. A railway bridge had by some unaccountable means caught, lire. The first person to notice, it spent some time trying to stamp out the (lames, but not suc--ceeding, he. hurried away some iiOO yards from the .scene and i»ng up the station •ffieials and informed them of the conflagration. Directly the magic words, "railway bridge on fire," were uttered, three of these made a bee-line for the fin- buckets and rushed off up the. line •without stopping to enquire which particular bridge it was. that happened to be-on fire. One of the trio, whose thoughts perhaps were centred on the standing reward offered for the saving <;l Government property in similar cases, -rushed oil' with his bucket full of water, (hough the -bridge he. was making for was about a mile away. In their haste the trio actually passed under the burning; structure and m-.ule for the one further away. In the meantime another local resident had arrived on the scene, and. taking in the situation at a glance, entered a. near-by house and procuring a bucket of water, soon extinguished the llames. The trio of would-be tire-fighters shortly afterwards returned and for some time refused to be convinced that they had not been j the victims of an All Fools' Dav joke. The next time they go fire-fighting they declare they will ascertain definitely beforehand the exact locality of the fire. POX AND DIPHTHERIA would certainly not hex at Mined such proportions if the hygienic, fact were more generally known that Cie iV'sinf"!' tion of tho mouth by a r-'iaVr and •.armless antiseptic is u gri-af Reeling toetor against all ailni-iils ' re- the infection is through the th.- . or n Ipiratorv tract. By nutiiii'.' " drops of SANDER'S EUCALYPTI I'VVUACT on i piece of loaf-sugar, and :i>t'-'ving it to dissolve in the moulh, thai, i-avity '•- thoroughly disinfected. T-h - volet' :■ nature of'SANDER'S VX'i'fM !'T m.-de'i »t penetrate every evfv«.- ' " n lu;': : uXTRACT is not nau..(»u- : <n'e.-.-Ing like the common cue iL ;■ -1 ;hi, (esses '.'.reat antiseptic pov u.0;.SANDl'li'S EXTRACT, yo; • i-l ti.- : uncertain composition or 'r>:'eng< ■: you I'.ivc the benefit, of i' ■•bugo-i nntisi-|Uic that can be ncr-u •>•■•. -afel-y. and the result is ptntreiiv - . , ; i|l in fee*'on.

. The Palmerston Times strongly advocates the institutios of a, motor Imp system for that town. An extraordinary weather freak was lately reported from l'oscommon, Ireland. While engaged in harvesting operations a imnrber of people were struck by a cyclone which, eonlined to an area of ftlioul (Jul) yards, raged with great violence, anil carried away houses, hay and corn stacks. A nuntfier of people in the affected area were knocked down and injured. Outside the path of the cyclone the weather was perfectly calm. The tarred roads in the Kltlnim county have a great attraction for tlw -motor'ists in this district. There are now fine stretches of smooth running on tho Kawhitiroa ami tho Mountain roads, and it is a delight for motorists to get on to these even surfaces totally devoid •of loose stones anil dust. We hope .(says the Argus) that the time is not far distant when there will lie many miles of such roads in the adjoining ■counties as well, a sentiment that we cordially re-echo. In sentencing a man for vagrancy at tho Auckland Police Court, Mr. E. (J. Cutten, S.M., informed the offender that he would send him to gaol for three months, which was a lighter sentence than two months. "You look sceptical when I made that statement," said Mr. Cutten to a reporter- of the. Xew Zealand Heraldi "Nevertheless, though it ! sounds absurd, it is in many cases perfectly true. Te man who' gets three months reci'.ives an allowance of tobacco and other luxuries -widen do not fall to the lot of the two months' man. It would indeed have been hard for a man like that had he heen sentenced to* two months, 'but as it is, he will greatly preger the extra month." k Melbourne gentleman, attracted to Xew Plymouth by the advertising carried on by the local Tourist and Expansion League, is much impressed with the beauties of the district. Conversing with a News representative, he stated that he was very sorry he had spent so much time in the Kotorua district and •that he >had not devoted it. entirely to .North Taranaki. "You have without doubt," he said, "the prettiest town and the finest scenic attractions in Australasia, and I have seen nearly every part that is worth seeing. The mouni tain trip is worth coming all the way fronv Australia to 'do,' whilst you have, the Par.k, with it-s exquisite scenery and botanical variety and richness, a bench •which you are seemingly 'all out" to ■improve, pretty views and gardens wherever you turn, and good motor roads. <]' have not had the opportunity of seeing .the IvTokau. hnb I'm coming here with a party next year for two or three weeks, and the Mokau will be included in the itinerary.'' The visitor spoke in terms of appreciation of the courtesy and help extended to him by the secretary of (he Tourist and Expansion League.