LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 265, 7 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'According to our custom, there will he no issue of tho Ncm on Good Friday or Easter Monday. The Tiniaru bridge on the Beach road has been closed for trallic by tho Taranaki County Council, owing' to its dangerous condition.

At yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki County Council reference was made to the valuable work that had been done by Mr. Skelton and other settlers on the Smart road, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded thcia.

We have to thank Mr L. Earp, photographer, for photos, of the Mew Plymouth E.V. Band in 18111 and of the Town Band in 1002. The originals are held by Mr W. Gordon. The photos, form interesting link* with the past. In his report to the Taranaki County Council yesterday, the chairman made special reference to the good work done during the month by the settlers of the Secley Road. The work kid been completed, he remarked, in a thoroughly workmanlike manner.

Amongst the items contained in the "New Zealand Gazette," screening at the Empire Theatre on the present picture programme, is a splendid nicture of Major Sandford and the Bov Scouts who accompanied him on the trek from Auckland. The faces will he easily recognised by Empire patrons. The residents of Sentry Hill and surrouuang districts are holding their annual picnic and sports on Mr Sampson's grounds, near the Lepperton Railway Station, on Easter Monday. The entries for the open handicap events close on Wednesday night. A jrrand social is to be held in the Lepperton Hall in the evening, and a record crowd is expected.

At Fitzroy, on Sunday, a lady cyclist, on turning into the Maiigorci Road, was run into by a motor-cyclist, who came up from behind. He swerved too late to avoid a collision, and, ran into a bank near ,hy. The young lady was severely bruised and shaken, and had to be conveyed to her home. The motorist escaped injury, but his machine was considerably damaged. Years ago, stone was dressed for use as Iterbing in our streets. Now New Plymouth is replacing many of those kerbs with concrete. That is" wise. The dressed stone is, we are told, being carted to the Waiwakaiho, witu a view of its being crushed for ro:iu metal. Is there no market for stone of this kind? To the lay mind, dressed stone is rather expensive for road metal. The Itemuera arrived fromi London yesterday with 366 passengers, most of whom are immigrants. The number assisted under the Government scheme is 130, including 31 domestics and 17 farm laborers. The vessel ran into a stale of hurricane, force on February 23, btfing struck by a heavy sea which washed away the starboard accommodation ladder and stove in the starboard bulwark. During the voyage Mis A. Hill, an Auckland pas-senger, died from natural causes and was buried at sea.

Maurice Vancan, a young Canadian, arrived in Wellington from, Holiart yesterday. He is walking round the world. He started in August, 1911, from Vancouver, and travelled in Canada, the United States, Central America, and Chili, and thence to Queensland. He crossed the Australian desert, which, he says, he would not do ngai* for all the. money in the world. He estimates he has pot to 43,000 miles, and has, seven years to do it. Already he has walked 1H.170 miles. If he does the walk he will receive £IOOO from a Vancouver firm.

The p-a-rifle nuisance is making itself seriously felt again. Messrs. Sole Bros, recently had a valuable voung two-year-old colt, by •'Campfue,'' running in a paddock at the abattoirs at Fitzroy, and last Thursday they discovered that it was lame. Yesterday the services of a veterinary surgeon were requisitioned, and it was found that a nca-rifle. Imllot was, embedded in its hock. The animal had to be, destroyed, which is a bis; loss to the owners, who had given much care, and attention t» it. Firing has been -frequently heard in Fitzroy latelv, and it is time that steps were taken to prevent the promiscuous shooting and avoid further accidents.

The question of improving ami rearranging the .railway time-table occupied the attention of the Turnnaki Chamber of Commerce for some time last evening.. Eventually it was decided to ask the general manager if lie could see his way t<i improve the local service in the followim* directions:—To arrange for the arrival of the inward train at 9.30 a.m. instead ,of 10.4.") a.n..; to speed up the IL.'SI) a.m. train from Wanganui to arrive -here not later than 1.30 p.m., instead of 3 p.m.; to sneed up the mail train to permit of connection at l'almcrstoii with the Napier express; and to provide a Saturday evening train from New Plymouth at about 0 p.m. A:.Fi(zroy tradesman ri'centlv placed an advertisement on the wing of the Waiwakaiho bridge, ignorant of the fact that he was expected to apply to tlio Taranaki County Council for' permission to do so. At yesterday's meeting of the Council, a letter was received from him apologising for his action and applying for permission to advertise there. Tt was decided to allow him to do so, provided he pays 10s per vear for the privilege. Or. McAllum, supported hy Or. Tlopson, entered en emnhatie protest u«n'm«t the practice of allowing advertisements to appear on such nlnecs along the country, roads, on the »ronnd that they would form eyesores to the travelling public. It was'4l) year* exactly on Wednesday last since Mr. .1. Orclii.stnn, Chief lVlegraph engineer, was appointed post, master at llawera. Those were the davs, mirrafes Mr. Orchiston, when the only '■egiilar eiiMimmiivatioii between Wellington and Hawera was by 1 .Mr. Andrew [Young's coaches, which ' used to lake three days on the trip. They med lo leave Wellington al (i a.m.. aii'd proceed by wav of the „M (Vima road and the (Haki beach to l-'oxton, arriving (hero at 11.-20 p.m. At three o'clock the next morning the journey was resumed, breakfast, was served at Scoffs Kerry (at (lie mouth of the Uaugitikei Kivcr). lunch at Marlon, and tea in Wangau.ii (at about (i p.m.) A start was made at (i a.m. the next day. and twelve hours later llawera was reached. To continue the journey fnrilior on the coach left llawera. at I! a.m. the following (lav, and arrived in Xew Plymouth at'll o'clock that night. "Those wt'ro the days when we often worked from li a.m. lo 11 p.m. llawera being then a sort of clearing .station for all towns south and north." Women's Christian Temperance l.'nion. -Members and friends are cordially reminded of the .meeting to be held on Wednesday next, Apri' 8, in the. (iood Templar Lodge lioom, to receive delegates' reports of convention.—Advt. When you "sleep in," "Camp" Coffee is a boon. Enables you to have delicious coffee for 'breakfast when otherwise you might have to go without.

The Hawera County Council has purchased a motor car for its foreman. The Borough Council will not meet on Monday evening next (Easter Monday), but on April 20. A defaulting Territorial from Stratford was taken to Wellington yesterday morning to undergo military detention.

The men's ward at the Hawera Hospital is at present very crowded, and only the most urgent cases could he accommodated. In fact, were such to come it would oe a case of "make-shift" to receive them at all.—Star.

Many large griain yields have been recorded in the Crookston district (Canterbury), but none to equal that of Mr. J. B. Sim, who states that 25 acres ot Carton's Record on h)9 property has yielded an average of 121 Va bushels to the acre. Mr. Sim imported four bushels of the seed three years ago, .

"The children in the New Zealand schools are of a good stature, and compare favorably with those who attend the better class of schools at Home. We have the chance in this Dominion of raising the best race in the world," said Dr. Baker, in her address to the South Canterbury teachers in Timaru. During March 17,828 packages of butter, valued at £49,027, and 12,634 packages of cheese, valued at £47,377, were exported from the New Plymouth breakwater. For, March, 1913, the figures were: Butter, 16,31)5 packages, value £45,080; cheese, 8510, £31,912. In both eases butter is estimated at 110s per cwt. and cheese at 60s per cwt.

The Timaru Herald states that a resident of Timaru, who has just returned from Southland, says that a blight is playing havoc with the Californlan thistle down there. He brought up several heads of blighted thistles. They have on them a kin 4 of brown rust which seems to act as a deadly poison to them, killing thorn as it does right down to the deepest root. ''The native of Africa is up to all the tricks of the trade," said Mr. J. H. Estill in the course of his address to fanners at Masterton. "When they send the tusks of elephants to London lor sale, special attention has to be directed to the detection of stones and metal, which are at times inserted by the natives in the hollow at the root of the tusk in order to increase the weight." According to the Ashburton Guardian, farmers are very busy at present skimploughing, and labor agents have lately arranged for work for a large number of ploughmen. So far, a sufficient number is available, but it is expected that later on the usual scarcity of men to turn over the land will occur. Though the harvest is over, there is no surplus of men seeking employment in Ashburton.

A big crowd gathered at Ambury's corner last night to hear the speeches of the Americans with the tremendous hairy appendages. Desoitc the rapid fire of interjections and sallies) of kerbstone wit, they held evenly on their way, and interested the thinking portion of their audience. A mild diversion was caused when Inspector Tipping asked them to "move on" to another stand, is their loud oratory and the noise of the crowd interfered with the work of the bank officials.

There is a strong feeling of resentment among settlers in the Kaupokonui, Otakeho and contiguous districts against the decision of the Government in the matter of the railway route (says the Witness), and many hitherto strong supporters of the party in power have been heard to declare that they could not under any conditions support a Government Hint has acted- with such a flagrant disregard of the public interests in order to gain some questionable political advantage.

It is a tribute to the good- sense and honor of kinematograph firm makers, that out of about 7500 films submitted to the Board of Censors last year, only twenty-two have been rejected. This is good news to those who recognise m the kinema house a powerful influence either for good or evil. In addition to the films rejected on the ground of indelicacy or other objectionable featuiv, a comparatively small number were licensed after alterations had been made. It is a notable circumstance that while the Hoard of Film Censors have no punitive power behind them, their decisions have been invariably accepted. This is as it should be. The, kinema providers are a remarkably enterprising community, and with the wonders of the whole world before them, there is no need to rake among garbage for effective pictures.

By the evidently organised hostile demonstration that was accorded Mr David -McLaren by men allied to the tenets of the Federation of Labor in Wellington on Saturday evening, it was obvious that ■the representatives of the United Labor Party, which stands for revolutionary and unlawful methods, is held in just as just as bad odor by the "Red Fed." element as the representatives of the (b>vernment (says the Dominion). Mr. McLiren was submitted to shrieks, yells, groans and boots for a considerable time, during which the Labor candidate for Mayoral honors was prevented from being heard. .Mr. McLaren W;.ts charged with being a supporter of the. Liberal Party rather than a Labor nnind, and although lie hotly denied thai lie had anything to do with the Liberals his accusers refused to accept ..his assurance.

A committee of Die Tlawera County Council. consisting of the chairman, Crs. Munlocli mill Winks, with the foreman, recently visited the neighboring counties mid inspected the lomls which had bee!) treated with tar preparations. In addition, two members of Die committee, Winks and Mr. (the foreman) motored through to Hawke's liny on a similar errand. Their report was submitted to the monthly meeting of the Council on Saturday. In Die ensuing ilisciis.-ion conneillors were of Uic opinion Dial some kind of tarred treatinieiit would have lo he adopted, am! thai if anvlhing Were done i!. woilhl have to he .dime on a large scale, 'it was decided to order .1,"i,!1H0 gallons of tar from Di" Wellington lias Company, and to authorise Die committee to malco eni|ilirie., a.- lo the plan! best .miitaMc for (lie county fo carry out the VT,.rtr. The opinion was expressed t lint a glea! deal could not be done this -.ear owing fo the approacli of winter, kut it was though; iidvi-etblc to obtain (he lar while il could be got. Dainty !!!.:dcvs Kvecbissc-. - K n ,-s; Davit's, Die l.om!on-(|iia!illcd ojitician. IT l!.\s No KQl'Al.. "T had cramping pains in the stomach and nothing gave me nisi'." sin's Mrs A. .Tones. Main Head. Mt. Clear.'Vie. "As a number of my customers swear by ChambcriainV. I „lic and Diarrhoea lteniedy I thought I would give it a trial and T got relief after tlie first dose. I think there is nothing to equal Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Ticincdv for pains in the stomach." Sold hr nil chemists and storekeepers. For Children's Hacking Cought at night. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/8, ii/fl.