LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 266, 8 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Easter weather! The Dominion Meteorologist advi3es tliat a westerly storm is developing over the Dominion. The English mails, via Vancouver, ex Marama at Auckland, will arrive here to-night (Wednesday). "Oh, that's not paid? No, I see. Well, then, it isn't paid." A somewhat involved remark by learned counsel in the Magistrate's Court yesterday.

At Dunedin, yesterday the Governor opened the latest extensions to the Otago University, viz., the Oliver Wing and the students' Building. The former cost £3845, and the latter £10,292.

The value set on PiikescuTa Park under tihe new valuation is £SIOO (improvements £1810).. The area, of the park, is over 46 acres. Being a public reserve, it is, of course, not ta-xaolo. A New Plymouth visitor to Stratford yesterday found Mr Tom Kirkwood, the secretary of the Mountain Club, in groat form, nearly 200 members having now been enrolled. A good proportion came "off his own bat."

& special appeal to the public on behalf of Pukekura Park will be made on Saturday, April 25, whon the annual "Park Saturday" collection will be taken up. Donors of 10s or over will bo given badges exempting them from itlie further attentions of tha colleotors.

A meeting called by the Mayor of Wellington on Monday night decided to raise the sum of £SOOO to provide for those who lost their breadwinners in the recent Upper Hutt lire. It is stated that the number of dependents are not less than 20, the majority being children, some of whom are very youn°*. 1 ukoltura Park, as ttie .shooting seas-on approaches, is becoming a haven of refuge for ducks seeking to escape the guns of the too energetic sportsmen, the number in the park has recently neroased from a couple of dozen ito about 100, evidence that sports are anticipating the opening of the season 'a little. The West End ticliool is to be thorougnly disinfected, and for tuis purpose will be closed for the Easter holidays on Wednesday evening—a day earlier than ■ usual. This precaution is' evidently taken on account 01 the outbreak or typhoid a couple of doors away. If it is necessary, it was accessary Weeks ago.

A farmer, against whom an order for payment of moneys- was made in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, benofrn, »r -I? P ' eue 01 s P eciill , Pleading. Hie Magistrate made* an order for payment of £2 per month. "That is an impossibility, your Worship," said the defendant; "the factories will close I?"" V S '" l! 1 lniv " i,l> lno ney at all.'-* His Worship accordingly altered the Older to £1 per month, in a tone which "rooked no further bargaining.

In the Magistrate's Court at New I. lymouth yesterday. Mr. A. Crooke S \f gave judgment for plaintiff by default i n the following cases:-,lames Paterson v. Horace liyrns (costs 10s); Bernard Byrn v. Rangi Tohu, £5 I7 S nj l' B 6 , c1 ): sam «' v. Munga Bishop £l. 10s 0d ( Jil 15s lid); Shuttleworth v. leter Hansen, Ms <!d (Or) ; J. McNeil v. John Demehy, C 4 !)s !)d (10 s ) • yr hmeny v. Harry Eva, .ej J4 S (r, s .)' Tlje ease in which William Goldfinch of Riverlea, fanner, was sued on the application of A. H. Herbert (Mr. Hutchen), for a judgment summons order, was concluded in the Magistrate's Court, New Plymouth, yesterday. Th» judgment debtor produced sundry bundles of accounts, and after a length/ discussion of these had taken place between him and Mr. Hutchen, Mr. Crooke Ml was satisfied that the debtor could have paid the money. H<> tlier*fore made an order for payment of £» 4s Id forthwith in default ten days' imprisonment, the order to be mis,,ended *o long as the debtor pays JJI per month in reduction of the debt.

A case which occupied some little time in dreary detail in the Magistrates Court yesterday was a claim"bv West and Sons, of New I'lvniouth. painters and paperhanger., {Mr. Standish)'.against Wheeler Tumber Cooper, ot Westown, carpenter (\ir It p Hughes), for £4 Us. ;!d. for good-/sold and delivered, materials furnished, and work clone. For the defence it was contended that the defendant ».v;is not re•sponsible for the debt, whic.i was contracted by him on behalf of his brother. D. K. Cooper, who was ill at the time and was now away on a health-seeking ti»l> ; "he evidence of Walter llenrv l.oulton and .Alfred rhallis was called to show that the work was dime under contract let to I), li. Cooper |, v „ y,-, Ilasluck for the repair of a house others which Boulton occupied, 1) Jt Cooper, being ill, had asked his brother to do the necessary work for him and to have the materials chargeu to I). It. Owopen (lMiis had been explained to the plaintiffs.. Ins Worship stopped the case as Mr. Hughe- was about to call further evidence, and nun-suited plaintiffs with costs £] 17s.

Surveyors, sawmillcrs. rabhileiv all who have to do their own cookinG—will find "Camp" Police a boon, "so easily made. &o nice when it is made. The billy boiled, simply add water to a teaspoonful of "Camp." and. hev. presto, the coffee is made!" H

Another ease of infantile paralysis was notified from New Plyinout" yesterday. On Friday a oommittee , was set up to establish an open-air dwelling school in Chris tchurch for children who have been in contact with tuberculosis patients, or have the disease in an incipient stage. It was decided to invite Easter offerings for the children. Several cases of ptomaine poisoning are said to have occurred during the past fews days, says a Cambridge correspondent. It is thought that the complaint has been caused by people partaking of rabbits.

According to tho Wellington Times to date the North Island main railway lines and branches have cost £13,041,054, and the South Island lines £13,511,641. In addition to this, unopened lines in the two islands have cost £533,574 and £418,777 respectively. Last year 12,251.265 travellers bought tickets, an increase of 411,276 over the figures of the previous year.

The Manaia Witness is informed that the greater part of tho route recommended by tne Railway Commission passes through native land which would be taken by valuation and at practically a small cost to the country compared to the prices that must be paid for land on the present route, which will go largely through the freehold and private lapds of white settlers.

A problem in wool-classing is at present being submitted to experts, in Christchureli. The question is whether it is possible to detect the difference between the wool of the progeny of a Corriedale ram and a merino ewe, and that of a Romney Marsh ram and a merino ewe; and, assuming that the difference can be detected, which fleece is the better?

Mr. Cecil Bullot, of Ilawera, has written a two-act comedy entitled "A Simple Life," suitable for amateur production. The composition has been favorablycommented on by a number of persons to whom it has been submitted, and at the earliest opportunity it will be placed before an amateur society for production. Mr. Bullot's previous sketches have proved a success.—Star. Owing to. the early season a full quantity of grain is being carried over the Southland sections of railways. One firm which up to the middle of April last year had dealt with but one thousand eight hundred sacks of oats has already put through four thousand sacks. The grain is this year in excellent condition, which is a pleasant change from what was experienced during tho 1912 and 1913 seasons.

Like the pakeha neighbors, the Maoris in the Northern Maori electorate are on the warpath in anticipation of the political battle at the end of this year, says the Northern Advocate. The present ■member, it is said, has announced that he will not seok re-election. There is to be an effort to concentrate the strength on one candidate, but the probability is that, as in the past, several districts will hold that tho right man should be one of their own near neighbOM. ' A very novel manner, of winding up an assigned estate came under the notice of the Auckland Star. A little money kad been reeeived by the private assignee appointed, but it soon dwindled to nothing' in expenses. The only other asset was an oil painting, which is reputed to be of inconsiderable value. After many unsuccessful efforts to dispose of the picture, the creditor agreed to accept it in full settlement of all claims, and to raffle it amongst themselves, each creditor taking ono share for each pound of his claim. The, necessary permission was obtained, and the raffle was formally drawn. When cheques for amounts of £2 and

upwards are given, and the butt of the cheque is taken as an acknowledgment of the payment, a penny stump must be affixed to the butt and cancelled in the

ordinary fashion, aa the cheque butt constitutes a legal receipt. Thia was tho effect of a judgment given by Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., in three cases in Auckland the other day. The definition of "receipt" under the Stamp Duties Act, l\is Worship pointed out, was any writing whatsoever that Bhould signify or import acknowledegment, and the filled in butt of a cheque contained, apart from specific words of acknowledgment, all the details of an ordinary receipt. "I am not one of those statistic fiends," said a resident of a rural district adjacent to Taihape, "but you would be surprised at the number of 'swaggers' that pass our place every day on their way to —heaven knows where! I estimate that, on the average, seven to eight 'sundowners' go along the road on wnich 1" live between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily. A week ago I saw fifteen in one morning. Some of them you can easily tell have seen better days. One came to the door the other day and asked for a cup of tea. Just before lie went he showed ine certain papers. He had been a doctor with a large practice in a suburb of Melbourne until 'it' happened. I did not ask him what 'it' represented, although, by the look of liiin, it must have been something pretty bad." Tho battle between butter and margarine (says the Melbourne Leader) is about to take a new and dramatic turn in Victoria. The next few weeks will probably witness the first stages of definite competition between butter and a specially prepared variety of margarine, manufactured specifically for table use. One of the largest milk and purveying firms in Victoria is responsible for the new departure, and a representative of the firm states that its table margarine will he placed on the retail market. At, first it will merely be gold through milk and butter delivery carts, hut an adver-

tisement campaign is already in progress, posters ami placards arc 'being pro- ! pared ami the iirm hopes to have the ' article displayed in the larger shops throughout Melbourne. So confident is tile firm of the existence of a market for relined margarine thai a new and expensive plant for its manufacture is already being installed to take the place of the present machinery, which is only capable of turning out a comparatively small amount.

YOO SHOULD EE DETERMINED in rejecting the worthless and frequently injurious counterfeits which arc sometimes pushed for the sake of greater gnin as ''lust as s»ood" as the GENUINE SAXDER & SONS' VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Be not deceived, SAXDER'S EXTRACT is recognised by the highest medical authorities us poa sessing unique stimulating, healing and ;intiscptic powers. The preparation of SaXDKB'S EXTRACT from the pure se ■ected 1' 'i. '3, and Mie refinement by spe cial priK'-.iscs, give it curative virtues pectilifir■> its own. Therefore, be not misled. Demand and insist upon the HEXUTXE SAXDER EXTRACT, and you will derive the benefit that thou sands have reaped from it beiore. When ill you should not depress yourself more by the common, bulky and nauseating eucalyptus oils and so called extracts." What you want iB quality and reliability, in small dose, and this you find :« SANDER'S s^rucT.

A sharp thunderstorm, with vivid lightning and heavy rain, struck New Plymouth at 2.15 this morning. The Westport Coal Company has secured the contract for the supply of 70,000 tons of coal to the railways of the Dominion for the coming year.

Nineteen tuberculosis cows in a herd of 45 is a startling percentage. It was found in the herd of the dairyman supplying the Christchurch with milk, and tho cows were killed.

Fowls lately have been scratching up flowers and seeds in a Levin lady's garden. One day lust week she found her garden well raked—also a fowl standing in an enclosed yard; so she shut the gate on it and told her husband she would keep it there until it laid an egg to compensate for damage done to the garden. The husband, however, liberated the bird immediately. His decision was based partly on what the lawyerß [term "equity and good conscience," and partly on the fact that the trespasser I was a rooster!

In the presence of thousands of spectators, Rodman Law, who describes himself as a "sensation specialist," ascended a tov/er of the Williamsburg Bridge, New York, a few weeks ago, and dived into the icy waters of the river Hudson. The object was to rescue a pretty blonde, Miss Constance Bennett, who had leaped from the bridge a few minutes before, with a parachute to regulate her flight. Operators who were stationed on the bridge reproduced in film every detail of the daring episode, but women in the tramcars, who imagined that a dreadful tragedy was happening, shrieked, and some fainted. The couple had evaded the police at the bridge, and were at the summit of the tower before the police realised that they had been hoodwinked. In the riyer a tug was waiting to rescue tho man and the woman with lifelines. Law first achieved notoriety as the "human fly." He climbed several of the loftiest skyscraper in New York by crawling from coping to coping. His next feat was to enclose himself in a metal and v be blown from the mouth of a cannon. He narrowly escaped death, because the tube cracked and Law was severely burnt.