LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 294, 15 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Mastertoi family presented all the symptoms of ptomaine poisoning after partaking of a meal, un Friday last. Kmeticn wore applied, and the suH'crcrs recovered. Duncdin's dead, is £08!),3flO, spread over a population of G7,UUO, {riving; an indebtedness of €lO 5s 9d per head, while flint of Christcl]inch works out at £3 is fid, Auckland at £lO His 7<i. and Wellington at £lO 15s. 'Some weeks 30 a paragraph appeared in the News eoniplaiuiug of the fa el. that unlimited vehicles, were, constantly driven after dark on the roads of the Tatauaki Uoaaty, partieailarly on ii .Main .South rond*. Since then, Mr. .R. \V. Bond. (.'unnt.T Inspeolor, has heen ,;l work, and jestftrdny nix drivers of miiiglilcd Kiijjjiow. nil caught on the Main South road oa the. same evening, were substantially line*). freezing works at Feilding are a certainly. The requisite, capita! has been secured. The situ (at Aorangi) -has been pronounced by the officers of the Agricultural and Health Department* and an expert Xrecßinjr works engineer iis eipial to i&e best in the Dominion. Two of 'he largest buying companies of fat stwk in tie North Island have undertaken to,have I'koii' purchases frown «t the local wsrks.

The Hon. 11. D. Ml stated yesterday that the Government would give financia aid in town-planning schemes. A young married woman named Pearcc, a resident of New Plymouth, has been admitted to the hospital suffering from injuries which it is suspected were self-inllieted. Her condition is not serious, the injuries hc-'myt largely of a superficial nature.

The operation-! 'of the Liberal '-Flying (Squadron" in the .Stratford electorate wdl Incompleted at the end of this week. This evening .Mr. 11. Alinore, M.P. for Nelson, will dcuver an address at Midhirst, an address previously i arranged having to be abandoned. On ■Saturday Mr. Atmore will address a [meeting <u W'hangaiiioiiioiia.

Irofcssor Prince. Canadian Fisheries Commissioner, who U to report upon the New Zealand sea fisheries, lia's nearly completed the trawls round the coast. He is greatly impressed with the large variety of edible fish in these waters, and speaks in high praise of the schnapper as a food fish, and of the trade possibilities of crayfish.

The building of the new Boys' Grammar Oehoo] at Auckland, which when completed will cost over £3IOOO and, which should provide twenty bricklayers with work for the next twelve months, is hung up, owing to the refusal of the bulk of the bricklayers to work with a man who, in their opinion, is '%lock." The contractor refuses to sack the man, and the Builders' Association and the Labor Department are takins up the matters

That the light pumice lands in the interior of the North Island will grow turnips if well treated, we have noted on several occasions," gays the Farmers' Union Advocate. "The latest instance that has come under our notice is on Erewhon, where Mr. Birch has 400 acres of the linest crop, both of turnips and swedes. Mr. Birch reports that there are 4000 hoggets on them, and that the crop will carry them through the winter. The soil is not so light as in some ease 3 around IViupo; but here again i.„ a further proof that on almost any soil turnips will grow if liberally supplied with phosphates. Mr. Birch used Japanese super with the crop."

TJhe 'energy and resourceflulness of som 0 oi the old residents of the Coast, states the Grey River Argus, are well illustrated by an elderly lady who resides within a few miles of Ahaura. This old lady is engaged in the erection of a four-roomed cottage for herself, and has the twq front rooms completed. The workmanship throughout is excellent, and in no way inferior to that of the skilled tradesman. The feat appears all the more creditable when it is stated that the wefrk has been carried on without any outside assistance whatever. To cap all the old lady mounts her trap horse and rides a distance of three milcß to her work each morning, returning in the evening. The Hon. Jas. Allen (Minister of Defence) informed a reporter who questioned him on the subject that he had not yet taken any action in reference to the circular which he recently sent round to local bodies asking whether they were prepared to find employment for conscientious objectors to military training. The general attitude of local bodies, appeared to be that they were not prepared to be troubled with these | men. The various replies received were, however, being iiled for future reference. iMr. Allen declined to say whether he would bring down legislation next serpion dealing with conscientious objectois, but lie remarked that if the local bodies did not care to provide the mcessary employment, the Government would' itse.i iU't in the matter.

lied deer stags are well known to In; I very combative at u certain season of the year, and to fight viciously with one another. They occa-tjonally kill 'one another, for if one can make a broadside attack, his opponent is likely to be seriously gored, if not killed outright. Occasionally it happens that both are fatally injured, and instance* are also known where the antlers of two stags have been locked together in a fight, and they have died of starvation. Mr. Horatio E. Hodgkiuson, who lias just returned from reporting upon the Kakaia red deer herd, brought back a fine thir-tecn-point head, taken from a stag that had ieen fatally wounded in a fight, and another dead stag was also found by them, whose death had been brought about in the same wav.

The Itev. A. Thonipon, who had been acting as Captaiii-t'liaplaiii at the Takapau camp, gave some of his impressions of the camp during the course of his sermon in. Knox Church, Masterton, on Jiunday evening, lie said his general impression was (hat the camp afforded opportunities for Christian service to the Ohurches. He was much impressed with the spirit vf discipline, law anil order that was apparent everywhere. There was also a spirit of brotherhood and equality in .the ranks. All distinctions were levelled. There was general gooil fellowship, and all the men seemeii miit"d in the •t'/ne patriotic aim—to learn hew tu defend their country. He was impressed with the value of the camp for character-building, as such a,course of training meant discipline, both of body r.iid mind. The moral and religious need, of the men were fully met, and even I'a'ility was given by the IToadifiiarters Staff to the chaplains to minister lo the needs of Hie men.

Prosecutor and prosecuted »i the Magistral e's Court yesterday both urged the same plea of deafness. Thecaseeonccrned alleged cruelty to a horse, and the fact that file defendant could not hear the details of the case as delivered liy the inspector; nor could the latter hear the defendant's case, complicated mutters a little. On being directed by the Magistrate to tell the defendant what lie had already told the court,, the inspector almost embraced his fellow sufferer, and announced in stentorian tones that he had "only told the .Magistrate the. particulars of the case." This wealth of detail led the Magistrate to enjoin a more explicit statement. Thus the inspector: "I said the girth gall was about three inches across." Defendant demurred. The inspector then remarked triumphantly: "Now you can't dispute that, I put the rule on it, and it was exactly ••■ree inches/ across." ])e feiiilaut: "Oh, .that's all right, 1 thought you -inid six inches." Further consulta-tion-'ut close tpmrters, and the case proceeded.

Ni'U' .vn son's Hot Water Bottles— Davies' Pharmacy. FOX IAND DIrrTTHEMA wou'it certainly not liave attained audi proportion;, if the hygienic fact wer* more gen-rally known that the disinfection of t.'ie. month by a reliable imn larmleis antiseptic is a great protecting ■actor against all ailments where the Jlfertion is through the throat or reipiratorv tract. l?v mittintr 8 drop>, n' SAXDErV 5 ' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT <r. i pi«.7i? til loaf-Biigar. ami allowing it i« li*vj":v in the month, that eavitv i. t!ini'o'ijh;y disinfected. The volatile natu> d SAXDEIi'S KXTRACT make' ■t P uctratr every crevice. SAXDFU'!-' uXTnACT is not nauseous nor depressBig :ike the common eucalyptus, and pos (esses ereat antiseptic power. By uain" SAXD!:K'S EXTUACT, you avoid tlujnenrtain composition of tho lozenge; ;.'OU lisve the. benefit of the stronsres' mt,is?jvtie that can be used with safety, »nd the result is piotectiou from all infes^oß,