LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 296, 18 May 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to there a poll oil 6at urday for tlio vacant seat on the Moa. Koad Board, the clerk wa» unable to he present at the board meeting, the chairman acting as clerk pro tem, General Sir lan Hamilton has approved of the programme drawn up for iiiin on Wednesday neil, but regrets that be will be unable toi visit 'ijie T[irai!|f.ki! Club, after inspecting the veterans in the evening, owing to pressure of time. An "association of neglected wives" has been formed at Schonebock, on the Kibe, to establish a time-limit for husbands' visits to beer houses and cafes, if necessary the wives will form a militia to remove all husbands found on the premises after 11 p.m. In this issue we publish particulars of the sale of a snjull dairy herd at the Waiwakaiho yards on Friday next. The vendor, Mr S. Alleman, of Tikorangi, is going right out of dairying, and lias instructed the auctioneer io sell absolutely without reserve, Butter in cool store at the various ports on May 15 was as under:—Auckland, 32,757 boxes; New Plymouth, 13,(130; Patea, 1241; Wanganui, 2536; Wellington, 33.420; Lyttelton, 4208; Dunedin, 3070; total, 90,274 boxes. The total at the same date last year was fiU.SU. The bore in eonnectio* with th« Pate 1 a borough water supply 6chemc has rnoro than fulfilled expectations (says the Press). The water is now gushing out from the four-inch pipe at the rate of from 70 to 80 gallons per minute, an* presents a striking spectacle, rising in the pipe somo ten feel above the surface of the ground.

In the Danncvirke district a striking development of the dairying industry hag taken place within the last few ■'ears, though its magnitude is yet far short of what it must ultimately be. The prices of land are still such as «ill leave a fair margin for further development and profit, and in our adrerlising columns to-day Messrs Stubb3 and Hewitt have a few words to sjiv to Taranaki farmers on the subject.

The story is told about a northern member of Parliament concerning whom tales were in circulation in his constituency to the effect that now and then he took large doses of alcohol. The member went North to look into this. To his surprise he was met at the atation by a brass band and a* cheering crowd of his supporters. His chairman of committee shook liim warmly by the hand. "Now about this story " began the member. "Not a word about that," whispered the chairman of commitee; "it's made you the most popular i man in the place," ' Mr. Newton King submitted for sale at Waitara on Friday the properties in the estate of A. Klenner. Jor the shop in West Quay, on which there was a reserve of £OOO, these was one bid of £4OO, and the property was passed in. The house property also failed to reach the reserve of £550, £4OO being offered. There was competition, however, for the small piece of thirteen perches of Harbor Board lease, with a frontage to Queen street. It is held on renewable terms, and the rental is £7 10s per annum. The first bid was £5 for the goodwill and the figure went up until £25 was reached, at which price Aft. €. R. Stead became the purchaser. By private treaty after the sale, Mr. C. E. Gaustad acquired the show property in West . Quay.—Mail. At yesterday's meeting of the. New Plymouth Brotherhood, the speaker for th« day was Mr Robert Glegg, who delivered a short but instructive address on "Heart's Charity." Despite the wide diversity of the types which the people of the world represented, there was, he po;nted out, one common desire which ■ acnated every man—the longing for i real and lasting happiness. Just as thero was this universal desire, there wiiß one infallible method of obtaining happiness, and that lay in doing "good to others. It was not,' however, in the i>i)?re deed that happiness lay, but in the motive which prompted tile deed. The millionaire who of his abundanee gave to the poor for his own aggrandisement knew not the true sense of chanty It was the man who gave with " kl , m y heart, the man who understood heart's charity," who would attain a true and lasting happiness. It m generally supposed that the satipo is the only poisonous spider we have m New Zealand, but many doubt II that is so; for since the timber of the pinus msignis is being used for makin« boxes and for building purposes a dim" inutive specimen of the species araueina, that is very pugnacious, lias been discoveied. It bites freely, and sometimes j proves poisonous. It is generally found 1 uimei the'bark of the treos, resents be- > >ng disturbed, and attacks those who ' interfere with'it. The spider is only about the size of a grain of rice and is I blown m color, but its bite causes great pain and sometimes leads to blood poisoning setting in. Mr. F. Mack, of Leamington (near Cambridge), who has a sawing plant and works in pinus inBjgniß timber, was bitten by one of these spiders on the 4th inst. on one of hi. fingers. He had been unable to follow Ins calling ever since, and will probably be .unable"to resume business for some time. Several other people are reported to have been injured in a similar manner by spider bites, and in each case it was when they were cutting timber of the kind mentioned. ° An Invercargill resident ha.s received a letter from Belgium, in which the writer states that laboring men in the country districts work ten hours a day for two to three shillings, and in cities receives from four to five shillings. (Jenerally, he eaid, there was great distress in Belpum caused largely by the drinkin« habits of the people, many before reach" ing manhood becoming drunkards. Strikes wore not rare, but the higher the wages the more was spent in gin and a!e winch costs threepence halfpenny per half litre. I heir hours of work 'were from « a.m. to 12 noon, and 1.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. On Sundays and holidays they amused themselves with football eveling, shooting with bow and arrow, and billiards, and m the winter they patronised theatrical and circus performunees. The Sunday previous' he was ut a. menagerie which included 2 1101 . 13 ' wonderfully trained. There were also 20 elephants, 25 lions, 12 tigers » i? 5 " f u !"' )ov (lf otllw wild animals. He h Now y'T ft " V 11 - via K m New Zealand, and said they wer« numerous in hi n country. In Franco the day before he wrote, an noroplai"-' sixteen passengers nnule mght, this being a world's record. II" had just been reading i n ],j s Jln „., r " mase Jw ?i rintCd U ' l> IMt ' h la "' that- there was a scarcity of ser™»t girls in New Zealand, awl there ' were dozens he knew in Belgium who would eagerly accept inducement to ' proceed to New Zealand and obtain the 1 high wages ruling, ; i Daintv Rimless Eyeglasses. Tlrncst ' Uavies, the London-qualified optician. 1

\ _^ rs Monk lias been presented by the j - J Bathing Reserve Committee Wth ii hand bag suitably cngrared in appreciation of her services in connection with the dancing classes held in the pavilion last winter. With reference to the action Gillies ■*. the Gane Milking Machine Company, Ltd., it iB reported thnt a proposal has been made under which the (!unc Company are to be granted a license te sell the Thulc Cup with their machine, and that the L.K.G. Company ire to have the right to sell the (lane automatic releaser upon payment of a royalty to the Gane Company. As an instance of the virility of blackleg, o. recent visitor to Kohuratahi states that the other day a dog got at the carcase of a calf that bad died from the disease, and almost immediately af- , terwards bit the hockß of another calf whilst the owner was mustering til# animals for the purpose of reinsying them to another paddock. The result 1 wag a direct inoculation of the trouble 1 to the healthy animal, and it* 4«ath ■ resulted next day. The strain of standing at attention is 1 sometimes more severe upon territorials - than the fatigue of marching distances. ■ When inspections took place at the 1 Hautapu camp, several men flisted, ■ even though they were not standing stifl ' for any length of time. At Hamilton on" ' Tuesday several of the senior cadets dropped in the ranks, though they were . not brought to attention until the last i possible moment, nor kept so any longer i than was absolutely necossary, ' Members of the Equitable Building 1 Society of New Plymouth (First and i Second Groups) are notified that sub--1 scriptions will be due and payable to- ' day (Monday), at the Secretary's office, Currie Street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., ; from 1 p.m. to 5 p-m., and 7 p.m to 8 r p.m.—Advt.