LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 268, 11 April 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There willi be no issue of this journal on Monday-(Easter Monday). Tuesday's issue will contain full particular* of the holiday sporting events, as well as tho results of the local Carnival Queen contest. Agents throughout the. province are asked to notify \;s immediately .of the extra papers they require. A unique incident took place at the Old Age Pension Court, Ciisbornc, where the daughter of an old-age pensioner was also granted a pension. Sile was 1)2 years of age, whilst her mother, who also receives a pension, is over 90 years

The latest. It is said there j s a tribe in Africa where speakers in public dobates are required to stand on one log, and are not allowed to speak longer than they can stand in that position. With all our boasted civilisation we discover every now and then points in which the savages surpass us. A record quantity of cheese and butter has been despatched from tho Masterton, Carterton, and Eketahuna districts this season. The approximate value of the produce should be well over £IOO,OOO. It is probable that one or two new cheese factories will be established in the North Mastorton districtnext season.

The services in the Whiteley Memorial Church to-morrow will he conducted in the morning by the Rev. H. T. Peat, and in the evening by the Eev. J. W. Burton. In each case it will be a farewell service.

A pathetic sight was witnessed at the Orahau unveiling ceremony, when six Maoris, who had taken part in the defence of the pa, came forward to take their seats. Bent, feeble, nearly blind, and deaf, their united ages amounted to 482 years.

The Adelaide Racing' Club have installed a new totalisator, one of the features of which is that convenient boxes for lady backers have been erected 200 yards away from the machine, the investments received there being accurately registered on the totalisator.

The Wanganui Salvation Army Brass Band of twenty performers are paying New Plymouth a visit for the East«r season. They will open with a grand parade to-day at 3 o'clock. ; On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock they will give a sacred concert at Kawaroa Park, and at 8 o'elock the same evening in the Good Templar Hall,/ "The Wreck of tho Wairarapa," with fullgtorm effects, will be given.

"Cranks and faddists are proceeding to illogical lengths." That statement was made at a meeting of master butchers in Birmingham lately, in discussing tie humane slaughtering of animals, Tho speaker further remarked that if these people could 6uggest an implement superior to the polo axe, which was safe to handle and more humane, butchers would be prepared to consider its adoption.

Forty Bulgarians are travelling to various eastern cities by the German mail steamer Eoon. Most of them fought through the recent Balkan war, and were witnesses of some awful atrocities, though they deny that Bulgaria !was guilty of any of these. They seek now the peaceful life. In the words of one of their number, "We want to live quietly in Australia, where there is no bloodshed, and nothing to remind us of the regrettable incidents of war."

These are tricks in all trades! An Eketahuna shecpownor, discoursing on the subject of culling, stated that some bwners, not in the Eketahuna district, by the "way, had a great scheme for increasing their reputaiton vs sheepbreeders. It would be advertised that their culls were to be offered at auction (says the Express). From a fair-sized flock they would cut off a small mob that were a fair sample, of the flock, and these would be sold as the culls. Of course the quality would be prime, and it waß a great • advertisement to have it reported that Mr 's eulls brought a price ruling for the best quality sheep in the yards. A deputation from the Wanganui River Trust Board waited on Mr. Massoy and asked that some twelve thousand acres of trust land, which had -once been Native land, be vested in the Board as an endowment. Mr. Massey quoted the opinion of the Crown land officers, to the effect if such lands were handed over the revenue would have to be expended by the Board in its capacity .is a domain board, not on improving tho navigation of the river. Every day he had applications from local bodies for endowments. If he acceded to all he had received during the last twelve months he would not have a single acre of the public estate left. He was quite prepared to recommend a reasonable subsidy, but the matter would have to go before the Cabinet. People in the Midlands of England must expect to pay more for their meat in future, if remarks made at the annual dinner ef the Birmingham Butchers' Association, ;held in February last, as reported in an English paper are to he taken as an indication of the state of the trade. Various speakers on that occasion stated that the'trade was passing through a crisis, and.that the price of both English and foreign* meat would shortly rise. What with curtailed shipments, and shortages of home products, the outlook was very bad indeed. Traders in native meat were stated to be having a particularly bard time, and a case was quoted where a man with a. turn-over of £2500 made only £3 [.refit. One reason assigned for this state of affairs was the increased competition of frozen meat in the market. The opinion was expressed that butchers must combine to obtain mora profits. A report in an English paper indicates that the pork butchers of the Old Country are beginning to fear for their trade. : At a meeting of the Birmingham Pork ißutehcTs' Association held recently, the main object of the discussion was stated to be the attainment of a better system of obtaining a fair share of profit from the trade. A prominent member of the Association referred to the State of the pork trade as one of the imminent peril, lie had never known so difficult a time as the present, and this was being acutely felt by big and little men alike. Another speaker, in referring to the action of the Board of Agriculture in its methods of dealing with the pigKor 25 ycarc they had been endeavoring to stamp out swine fever, but all thev had done was to nearly utamp out the pig itself. The number of live pigs in the country had been diminishing at an alarming rate.

A recent decision given by the Court of Common Pleas at Columbus, Ohio, regarding the right of newspapers to news of,a public nature seems likely to have considerable ellect throughout 'the Union and, incidentally, bhows in what estimation the press is -held in that country. The Court has decided that no public official lias any right to withhold news of a public nature, and that .1 newspaper has such a property right in such news as to entitle it to an injunction restraining an official from withholding information of this character. The case arose out of a refusal of a county auditor to permit the representatives of newspapers from attending and reporting meetings of the commissioners. One of the newspapers in question brought a suit against the auditor, with tho result that it won its case. The decision establishes a precedent, and it is stated that other cases will be.brought on the strength of it. YOU SHOU.U) BE DETERMINED in rejecting the worthless and frequently injurious counterfeits which' arc sometimes pushed for the sake of greater gain as "uist as good" as the GENUINE SANDER & SONS' VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Be not deceived, SANDER'S EXTRACT is recognised by the highest medical authorities as pos sessing unique stimulating, healing and antiseptic powers. The preparation of SANDER'S EXTRACT from the pure se lected l*'i, )s, and *he refinement by sne cial promises, give it curative virtues peculiarly its own. Therefore, he not misled. Demand and insist upon the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT, and you will derive the benefit that thou sands have reaped from it before. When ill you should not depress yonrßclf more by the common, faulty and nauseating eucalyptus oils and ao called extracts." What you want is quality and reliability, in Bmall dose, and this you find '.* SANDER'S EXT!U<yr.

A Wellington Press mossage states that a Gazette Extraordinary further prorogues Parliament till May 8.

Probate of the will of the late Miss A. B. Cottier was, on the application of Messrs. Roy and Nicholson, granted by Mr Justice Cooper on the 3rd inst. to the executors named in the will.

A summary of the Wellington City accounts shows that the total receipts for the year ended March 31 were £228,062, compared with £221,211 in the previous year. Expenditure was £226,910, compared with £219,703 in the previous year.—Press Association. The Egmont County Council has decided to suggest afforestation and eradication of noxious weeds to the Defence Department as methods of providing equivalent service for those claiming exemption from military service on religious or conscientious grounds. * A young lady, residing in Blenheim, failing to secure a satisfactory man to dig the potatoes on a section of land sho owned near the town, solved the problem by tackling the work herself, and in one afternoon she filled a number of bags, which proved that she has grit. We are in receipt of a publication, entitled '"Modern Up-to-date Navigation," by H. S. Blackburne, Nautical Adviser to the Government. It is on sa'e locally at Is 6d. It is full of tables, diagrams, and information of interest and value to nautical mea, from whom it should receive support. '

i Any young men willing to take part in the procession to-night in connection with the closing of the Carnival Queen polls, are asked to meet Professor Cardsston at the band-room, Molesworth street, to-day, or before 7 o'clock this evening. Applicants are assured that the grotesque masks will entirely conceal their identity. Professor Cardston'a juvenile pupils are asked to meet at the Brougham Street Hall at 11 a.m. to-day.

There was only one case Bet down for hearing at the Magistrate's Court on Thursday last, and this, in the absence of the magistrate, was heard before Messrs. J. S. S. Medley and C. M. Lepper, J.P.'s. Alfred Gray, a Territorial, -was summoned for not attending parade. A letter wa» read from the defendant to the effect that before leav-\ ing New Plymouth for the Gisborno district, ho had informed an offieer of his company where he was going. He was now at Te Aroha, topi far away from a drill centre to attend parades, but he promised to report himself to headquarters. The case was adjourned to enable Sergeant-Major Bond to verify defendant's statement that he had notified his change of address. Lord Suffield, a friend of King Edward, has just published his memoirs, and tells this tale :t>f the Earl of Cork:—"The then Earl of Cork was a very pious person, and extremely solicitous as to the' future salvation of his fellow-men. One day, finding himself in a crowded railway, carriage, he delivered a homily as carnost as it was" undesired, exhorting everyone immediately to set about insuring his happiness in a future life. Presently one of the passengers who had been listening very attentively to all that Cork said, arrived at his station. When he had got out on the platform he turned round, and, leaning through the carriage door, said: Thank you, sir. One good turn deserves another. You've put me up to a wrinkle in your profession, now let me give you one in return, I'm a hatter. Put a piece of blotting paper inside the lining of your hat, and it will last twice as long. Good day.' Cork harangued us no more on that journey."

A young man in tattered clothes, with. his left arm in a 9ling, w> the inspector of the police station in the Hue Reaumur, Paris, a gold ring qei with pearls, which he had found lying in the gutter. He was asked for his papers of identity for the purpose of the police report on the find. With some hesitation he drew them from the inner pocket of his ragged coat. The inspector exclaimed in surprise as' he rqad them, the Mail relates, for the name sf the pale, hungry, wretched youth before him was Viscount Goslin de Bourgogne, son of General Bourgogne, who held a high command in the French army twelve years ago. Pressed to tell his story, the young man said that his father died, leaving fourteen children to divide an extremely small fortune. He himself had passed through the cavalry school of Saumur to take a commission in the army, hut a motor 'accident had left him with a paralysed arm, which had destroyed his hopes for a career. He had fallen into poverty, and not wishing to appeal to the charity of his friends, is now living in destitution iu a garret which he shares with three others.

A representative of the News encountered in the streets of New Plymouth last night, a weary, somewhat woebegone, but game little band of four senior cadets and one Territorial. After travelling since an early hour in the mornign from Rangataua, near Raetihi, in order to take part in the rifle match on Monday, they had landed in a strange town with no one to meet them. The mistake had evidently arisen among the officers at their own end, who had assured them that arrangements had been made for them to be met at New Plymouth and accommodated for the night in the Drill Hall, but omitted to make these arrangements. When they arrived, they found no one ready to'receive them. The youngest of the boys could not have been more tha nH years of age, and all earied heavy "swags." After « fruitless search for the Territorial officials, the pressman arranged with the proprietress of the Terminus Hotel to accommodate the hoys with "shakedowns" for the night, and lefj. thcra considerably cheered by the prospect of flipper. It is to be hoped that tho New Plymouth defence authorities will take charge of them to-day. .

An insurance; agent, who had h»en cycling about the by-roads in the Egmont County, wrote to the Council to the effect that lie was astonished at the number of bulls that were allowed to wander about the roads. One in particular. he staled, was not a very pleasant looking chap, and several people were afraid to pass it. Councillors were unanimously of opinion that the ranger should impound all bulls found on the roads and prosecute their owners. This brought up the perennial question of cattle wiindcrin? all over the county roads, councillors 'remarking that bullocks were overrunning most of the roads. It was pointed out that the Council permitted contractors working for the .Council to graze their bullocks on the road as setters would not craze, bullocks tit any price, and that if this permission was withdrawn it would deIbar bullock-owners from contracting for the county. Cr. Maxwell considered that any benefit gained in this way was more than neutralised hv the manner in which the bullocks plagued settlers. From the tone of the discussion it is practically certain that bullocks will not be permitted to graze on the roads in future contracts.