LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 211, 6 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Duncdin Press message states that the l'lourmillers* Association lias advanced the price of flour by 10s per Die Borough Council intend pulling in hand at once the improvement of the Powderham street bridge and its approaches, which have always been garded as a reproach to the town. , iL th !' Magistrate's Court yesterday, bdtft) Mr. A. Crooke, R.M.. Win. Mitol'Jfcn on a charge of having ) JBen fouim drunk in Devon street, was lined as, in default 2-1 hours' imprisonment. At Masterton yesterday, polls on the proposals to raise loans of J2I((,500 for water extension, and £IO,(MM) for municipal buildings were taken, both ben„ carried, the former l,y a forg,. majority" Wednesday last, Marc], 4, was the 04th anniversary 0 f Ulc occupation of Wjutara l;y while troops. ]],.\J $ XiLvr bombarded the native -strongholds' and some 500 Imperial troops with recniiN marched from New Plymouth and took charge of the positions Oil the evening of Master Mond.iv the 1< rankley School Committee intend holding another plain and fancy dross dance in the school gymnasium in aid of the school piano fund. Last year's function was eminently successful', mi I it is intended this year to eclip-e' Hi-"-if possible. There was on exhibition at the Wareu •Show on Wednesday an earless liaiv, which had been shot a day or two previously ill the district. Though ollioi wise perfect and in good condition, tho nuiinu 1 boiv iio uf ever Jiuving possessed ears or apertures of any description. ' i Tho first result of the visit of the general malinger of Cook's (Mr. (J. Hatch) to New Plymouth a few weeks 1 ago is the publication of an illustrated 1 article regarding Mount Egmont and 1 its attractions in the current number of Cook's Traveller's Gazette, which has a i large circulatiort among tourists and i travellers. The local Tourist League i has arranged for the publication of" a < series of illustrated articles of the s scenic resources of New Plymouth and North Taraiwki in Cook's Gazette. G

To-day at 11 o'clock Webster Bio*, soil 350 boxes of poaches, pears, tomatoes, apples and grapes. London, the largest port in the world, handles 40,000,000 tom of goods annually; Sydney, the largest white man's port east of Suez, 8,000,000 tons; and Wellington, by war of comparison, 3,000,000 tons, The Tiinaru I'ost Newspaper Company, Ltd., has sold the busini'99 is a going concern to a pioprietarv company, which has entered into possession. It is understood that the old company will go into voluntary" liquidation. Ail action for alleged breach of promise had been set down for hearing at the coming sitting of the Supreme Court in Napier, but it will not now be dealt with. The parties have approached the hymenal altar, and the difference regarding legal expenses has been drowned in the clash of wedding bells. The Opnnake Times states that a lady appeared in Court as defendant in a legal suit on Thursday, who ploughs her own farm, milks 30 cows night and morning, drives the milk to the factory, attends to the fencing—in fact, owns and manages the farm; and the sinewylooking hands betokened that the lady was no parlormaid.

In an affiliation case in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Robert Dean, of Wanganui, grocer's assistant, was ordered to deposit with the Public Trustee £3O by way of surety for the maintenance of his unborn illegitimate child. One week was allowed in which to i'o this, or to find similar surety, and £1 Is costs were allowed against him. The Borough Council are about to improve Short land Street, Vogeltown. by cutting away the embankment at the junction with Carrington road and filling in the bend in the road to the extent of about fifteen feet. This street is, for pedestrians, one of the most dangerous in the town, and the alterations should give users considerably more security. Said Mr. Crooke, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday: "1 often wonder what these people who ride cycles and drive traps after dark without lights think of themselves. If they were to run into an old man or a child lnd cause a fatality they would have no defence to a charge of manslaughter. It may be interesting to he able to say that they have 'beaten Mr. Tippius again,' but, after all, that is a very paltry way of looking at it." The Star says the transfer of Messrs. billies and Nalder's business to the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society includes the whole of the firm's very complete set of yards, proper!.;, etc., located at various points throughout this district. It has been agreed that Mr. A. W. Gillies will give them all the assistance he can so long as lie is in Hawera, and that Mr. Nalder will continue to act as auctioneer. The present office staff of the old firm will bo retained. At a. meeting of the Wanganui Museum Trustees last night, the curator reported that he had received information from an authoritative source that two pairs of luiias had been seen in bus's near Wanganui. The Director of the Dominion Museum and the Minister of Internal Affairs asked for information as to the locality and offered assistance to secure specimens. The trustees decided to reply stating that the information was meagre and that inquiries were being prosecuted. I never heard a better singing lesson than that little impromptu-discourse of Paul Dufault as to his methods, and it threw a Hood of light on why when you listen to him, you just set yourself naturally to pure enjoyment, and don't just want him to stop. And having heard him now in quite a lot of songs, and under various circumstances here and elsewhere, I can quite understand how everyone who hears him once wants to hear him again and yet again. That is what makes the genesis of such a singer so interesting. (A writer in a Southern contemporary). For several years lately the cry has been raised that there has been, and still is, a marked shortage of teachers, and early in the present year this report was current in Canterbury (states tho Lyttelton Times), and, in fact, throughout the whole of the Dominion. Male teachers especially were generally reputed to be difficult to obtain. Cut this year, at any rate, the North Canterbury Education Board should have little trouble in securing candidates providing there are positions to be applied for. At present there are several young uncertificated teachers on the unemployed list with no immediate prospects of employment in either town or country schools.

Custom is a very curious thing, a veritable law unto itself, and very soon iixes tiie minds of people on necessary precautions and methods, and the custom of buying things out of Iftglewood is much more easily formed than broken, and the. formation of a custom is rapidly being accomplished by our country people. Our tradesmen would be wise to bo forewarned, and endeavor to make their goods and methods alike coincide with the requirements and wishes of their would-be customers; by so doing, and by no other means, can they manage to stem the now fast-ebbing tide of business from the town, or hope to turn it into a flowing tide of success and prosperity.—Record. A fact which is attracting some notice at present is the number of Canadians and Americans who have recently arrived in the Dominion (says the Post). Many are engaged in harvesting and other farming operations in the country, and from enquiries made by a reporter it appears that some are likely to follow from the States. One farmer said they were out to -spy out the land, and they would settle here if they found conditions .satisfactory. In America it was becoming increasingly difficult to secure suitable farms at a reasonable figure, and the rigor of the winter in the Middle and the Eastern States made life hard. Mr. David McKenzie, the New York millionaire motorist who is touring the world by car and recently went through the North Island, expressed the opinion that if only New Zealand's advantages were properly advertised in the United States there would undoubtedly be an influx of many settlers to the Dominion from the northern continent. The opening of the Panama (.'una] for traffic would help to facilitate the movements from the Eastern and Central States. All wise men drink CAMROC DRY GINGER ALE. Its purity and excellence please the most exacting palate. It is prepared from an original Belfast formula, and contains no artificial ingredients. Wholesome and nourishing. You can get it at all hotels and stores. 15 Coffee, oil! You soon hear the welcome word when "Camp!" is nsed. No extra time required to prepare it. Boil- 1 ing water, a teaspoonful of "Camp" to 1 each cup, and 10, 20, or 30 cups start I sending up their steaming fragrance, 15 1 Get the Habit!— Buy your Photo 1 Goods from tis levies Pharmacy,