LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 213, 9 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• "As long as it does not poison stock -it's all right: it does not matter about , people."—Remark .by the Clifton County j Council chairman when discussing the properties of an alleged noxious weed. ; It is understood that it is the inten- ) tion of Messrs T. Borthwiek and Son . to double the present capacity of their 1 Waitara freezing works. This means , greatly increasing the size of the build- . ings and largely augmenting the plant. A Thames message reports that another large Government order for rail--1 way locomotives has been placed with Price Bros. The last contract for ten engines was increased to twenty. Tlie-io were Class A, of 72 tons. The present ' order is for twenty of Class B. - The Clifton County Council on Friday appointed Cr. Sander as delegate to the I meeting of Taranaki county councils , -which is to be held with a view lo sceur--ing a uniform scale of charges at all 1 Taranaki toll-gates. Cr. O'Su'llivan will • represent the Council at the Backblocks' . Local Bodies Association's conference , to be held at Taumarunui on April U. During the trip made through the backblocks some week ago by members of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, representations were made to Mr 11. J. 11. Okey, M.l'., who was a member of the party, that the forest reserve on the Herekapa Road should be opened up for selection. Mr Okey forwarded the representations of tho settlers to the Premier, and has received a reply expressing regret that the reserve cannot .be opened up for selection before the timber standing thereon is disposed of. The timber in question, it i 3 pointed out, amounts to 6,(104,000 superficial feet, and is worth, as it stands to-day, considerably moro than £3OOO. Mr. W. T. Jennings, who accompanied the Stratford Chamber of Commerce party on their trip to the Ohura on February 10, returned by the Rarawa . on Friday morning from Onebunga. Mr. Jennings, who visited most of Taranaki's back country, states that he never saw the country to better advantage, the long spell of dry weather being favorable to grass growing and road travelling. Active railway operations were noticeable at Mabirakau, where over 200 men were employed. There was also a large number of men working at the Okahukura end. where the tun nel works are under way by Mr. Forrest, the contractor. The optimistic sctllei' says the tunnel will be completed in a little over 12 months; but the experi- , eneed settler believes three years will ] elapse before tho work is done. There , js considerable feeling in and about Ta a- ' itaarunui over the Hindu incursion, large ' Mmfbcrs of these people now being in ! •the district. The Taumarunui Chamber of Commerce has drawn tho attention of the Government to the question. ' Get the Habit!— Buy your Photo i Goods from the Daviess rharmacy. !

Mr C. A. Wilkinson, M.l'., lias received * communication from the Postal Department, declining to erect a permanent post-office at Mangatoki. in 1908 the total deaths recorded in New Zealand from cancer readied the large total of U57. In the following year this total had reached 711. In WlO it was 7-12, in 1911 80!), and in 11)1-2 it had still further increased to 812. The percentage of deaths due to earner is, in the same ratio, 7.27, 7.0-1, 7.70, 8,11) and 8.81 for the years 11)08, 10(1!), 11)10, 1911 and 1012 respectively. in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday, before Mr A. Crooke, S.M., the wise in which Arnold Victor Smith is c.iarged with the theft of moneys from Austrian* with whom he was living at Moturoa. was continued. Josel Kruziiiski and Peter Ukleja gave evidence'on lines similar to that of the previous Austrian witnesses, and the ease was then further adjourned until this morn ing. Recent labor troubles have apparently made contractors very chary of binding themselves to complete contracts by a certain specified date. The successful contractor for three bridges under the Clifton County Council, in a coveringletter, emphatically pointed out his inability, owing to labor troubles, of guaranteeing to complete all or any of them by contract date. He would,' however, push them forward as expeditiously as possible. London has need of fresh eggs, according to Mr. J. 11. Estill. He said at a meeting on Tuesday night (states the Lyttelton Times) that for some reason or other London did not get very fresh eggs—why, he did not know. Perhaps they were snapped up in other places, but most eggs that reached London had a history attached to them. New Zealand ought to do a large trade in eggs with London, where threepence was paid for the average egg. New Zealand should also export fruit, but should be careful not to send inferior samples. There was a largo attendance at the winding-up of the East End fair on Saturday night, and business in all departments was brisk. Two of the stalls had sold right out comparatively early in the evening, and an auction sale by Mr L. 11. Webster later effected a clearance elsewhere. It is expected that the final balance will show a handsome orofit and amply provide for the objects of the bazaar. Considerable amusement was caused by a nail-driving competition for ladies, which was won bv Mrs Billing, out of a large entry. The £5 picture prize competition was won by Mr P. Johnson, of Fitaroy. Throughout the evening enjoyable music was supplied by the XI. Regiment Band, under Bandmaster Cummins, and by Mrs George's or--1 chestra. ' A well-known unionist, who is presi- ' dent of his branch, visited his best girl and popped the question. But his mind was still running on union business, and ' he astonished Arabella considerably by 1 saying: "If you are in favor of the pro- [ position you will please signify by sayI ing 'Aye.'" He was just about to declare the motion carried unanimously when tho old man opened the door and . thundered "No!" It was a ticklish po ; sition, but our friend got out of it by . giving his casting-vote in favor of the motion and declaring it carried. The old man talked of getting the motion ! rescinded, but, seeing that he was in a ; hopeless minority, like a good democrat L he decided to bow to the rule of the majority. r Considerable interest was taken in the ' final pull in the East End tug-of-war, 1 winch took place on the reserve on Sat- > urday evening. After an exciting pull, , which lasted the full seven minutes, the t East End team (Wroblenski, Jenkins, Stroud, Smith and Boulton) defeated ! Fitzroy Fire Brigade (R. Kibby, Tanner I Stunney, Colson and Harvey) by a good i margin. At the conclusion of the pull, . Mr E. Whittle, who has acted as iudge throughout, referring to the dissatisfaction expressed as to the pull between the East End team and the Maori team, I offered to provide the stakes, £7 10s, , for a re-pull, if the complainant would donate £2 to the East End reserve in the event of the East End team being beaten, but the offer was not accepted. "During all the time I was in America, practically nine months, 1 did not see a single reference to New Zealand, except one, in any of the papers; nor '. was there anv reference to Australia." ; So said Dr. Rutherford Waddell, in the , course of a recent interview with a Daily Times reporter in Dimodin. "Tho American press seemed to be sufficient ' for itself, and it contained very little reference to the world outside.' The New York papers have a good deal of English and European news, but the other papers, such as those in Denver and Chicago, and San Francisco, paid very little attention to European af- . fairs. The papers he saw down in Texas gave a few cablegrams every Saturday about European affairs, but for , the rest there was but scant attention paid to anything outside American issues. As for New Zealand, no one knew anything about it practically. With many people there was still a notion that it was a kind ofappendage of Australia, and that you could go over to or from Australia in a rowboat at any time." A feature of expert aviation that seemed to impress each of the live passengers who took flights with Mr. H. (!. Hawker at Randwick last week, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, was the apparent ease with which the pilot picked up his bearings and returned to land at the same spot from which he started. "f could pick up places T knew, such as Centennial Park, Ascot racecourse and Botany Bay," said one passenger, "but the view of near landmarks was move restricted, and just as 1 thought 1 recognised a place we were past it. What came within one's range looked just like a little detailed mapand one wanted the names on the map to tell which part was which." Tt would seem that the greatest drawback to the aeroplane as a pleasure craft is the terrific noise of the powerful engine. Conversation is practically impossible when the engine is going, though when it is turned off for a descent the occupants get a respite from the din. The fact that the noise of the exhaust is clearly audible when the machine is a t,housand feet or more overhead will give some idea of how it must sound to the occupants of the machine. A COUNCILLOR'S CONVICTION. Mr. F. 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