LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mails which left Auckland on July 12. per s.s. Makura via Vancouver, arrived in London on August 16.

A motion for the discharge of Hop Joe, under the bankruptcy law, was granted in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday.

“There’s absolutely nothing in casein as it is to-day,” said the chairman of the Mangaorei Dairy Company (Mr. A. Morton) in reply to a shareholder at the annual meeting yesterday. A branch of the new political party has been formed at Invercargill, as the result of a visit from Messrs. Statham and Kellet, M.P.’s. Public meetings will be held in Wellington on the 24th and Auckland on the 29th, when the policy of the party will be enunciated.— Press Association.

The case in which George Alfred Derby was charged with carnally knowing a girl under the age of 16 years, was concluded at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth yesterday. After Mr. Justice Salmond had summed up the jury retired, returning after about an hour with a verdict of not guilty, and accused was discharged.

The liner Durham, wh-ich. is to load meat for England at New Plymouth, is due to arrive here early this morning from Wellington. The vessel will take in 15,000 freight carcases of meat made up as follows: Mutton, 7000 carcases; lamb, 750 careases; beef, 2600 quarters. The Durham will be yi port for about four days.

The small percentage allowed to dairy companies for depreciation on plant and buildings was commented on by Mr. R. W. D. Robertson at yesterday’s meeting of the Mangorei Dairy Co. The allowance of 3 per cent, on wooden buildings, 2 per cent, on brick or concrete and 5 per cent, on machinery was far too small, he said, and companies should make a strong protest to the Government. He agreed that taxation had to be found in some way. but thought it might be done in some other manner instead of aiming at the very root of the national industry, as the present system did. It would not allow companies to build up a reserve to replace plant and factories, and was really putting a premium on lack of thrift on ,the part of dairy companies. Mr. Robertson suggested that permission might be obtained for dairy companies to establish a special trust account into which could be transferred moneys to build up a fund for renewal of plant and buildings.

At the annual meeting of the Bell Block Dairy Company reference was made to the proposal to appoint Government instructors in milking shed ac commodation, etc. The chairman said he believed it was a move in the right direction. It was a question of great importance to this company. Last year a considerable quantity of New Plymouth’s milk supply came from the company and he believed that as New .Plymouth grew so it, would look to the Bell Block district for increased supplies of milk. That being so, if any shareholders contemplated new buildings or could be advised in what direction they could improve the buildings they already had. it would be a great advantage later on because in supplying milk to the town the sheds ou the farms from which that milk camo would all have to be registered. Apart altogether, however, from this aspect of the question if improvements could be effected which would result in their being able to supply a better raw material then the appointment of instructors would be a step in the right direction. They must always bear in mind that if the manager was to make a first-class article they had to supply him with a first-class raw material.

A strong committee of ladies has undertaken to make a house to house canvass of New Plymouth to-morrow (Saturday), to collect funds in aid of the Citiaens’ Band Contest funds.

"Von very little mutton or lamb in a Luted Mr. T, M. Wilford bi the coiwse of an interwith a Timos reporter. A m«»h who v.as arrested in Wellingl.uh w<i=; iif«oi<li/ig 1.0 11, city paper, suf--11 “in 1 hat “the girls wh/e- afi,<u him “ r’or being ao silly, he sent to gaol for three days. illalL'll/'S pufibdo-'i in the Gazette nliow I inti Mm lotal number sheep in ||n I hiHiiit'i-iii bi April w<t.’. 23,285,031, a h«l, deiii-iise of 031,939 I'H-ca Aiowieja.lion. Two dairy #'omp;» nii'f. In llm Ptthfaitua dj. irjcl, tii(< rcpoi Iml to wlJll have an ofl‘"l i of | 14d per lb for thmr output, ami Mie db'cLor-. urn 'omo'drring whether limy will oi'ccpt or not. InlotmatloH Ims Inmn rerciv<- / l in A nek hi nd l Ind a third trial of '!'<• Kahn |<>i the alleged miinier of Richard filiiolt al Ongiirol.o on Eimter Sunday will be held r.hoil.ly. It may jionsibly be held al, Anekhiml. SliopplHimera in the Wairitrapa are, it Im said, showing a general tendency in view of Mm approach of the shearing Keason, to quit their Jaat Heaaon’a clip in the euHie.Hl manner, that in, by Mending it to the salea in Wellington. Very few are consigning to London pending the result of to-day’s sale at Wellington.

Wanganui tramways must be in a bad way when a citizen like Mr. Jas. Watt stiiLed at a meeting on Wednesday that they had been running on penny sections and had been losing money for years. The system had cost £140,000. Was it worth i£40,000? A member: Glad to give it away! Mr. Watt said it would be the greatest boom to Wanganui to get rid of the tramway system. Cheerful for the Wanganui ratepayers! A mild instance of Spartan conduct was evident at the Wairoa Court the other day, when the Borough inspector sued his son-in-low for not clearing blackberries off his land. The evidence tended io show that the case was a bad one, but the inspector explained that others who had been prosecuted had been “throwing off” at him, so he prosecuted his relative. The magistrate made the fine a very light one, 10s and 7s costs..

“If people would only walk a reasonable distance'to their place of occupation they would save their health and their money.” said Dr. H. J. McLean, in a lecture recently. “I am positive that street cars are responsible for the lost art of walking, and that .they are not altogether an unmixed blessing. We Should all walk more and tram less, and if we could prevail on each man to walk only one section more a day the result would be ah enormous gain in health, though I don’t know if he would save any money in these days of concession tickets.”

Another fish story, this time vouched for by a police constable, has been added to the already long list. A letter received from Constable A. M’Leod by the council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society last night stated that workmen employed, on the Tauherenikau bridge in July noticed a dead trout in the stream. They retrieved it, and ip an endeavor to find out what had caused its death cut it open. Inside were found five threepenny pieces and a sixpence. “It is no doubt strange,” added the constable, “how the money got into the fish, but to me it is strafiger that the men still have the coins, considering they were working only a few yards from the hotel.”

The representative of Armour and Co. in New Zealand, writing to a Christchurch paper, says :■ —“The producers of New Zealand welcome American buyers of wool, pelts, hides and tallow, and if American capital is welcome in the. buying of these products, why not in meat? It is my opinion the Prime Minister realises the position to-day much better than he did two years ago, the New Zealand producers will insist that they arc entitled to all the competition they can possibly secure for. not only their woo], and pelts, but also their meat, and no doubt Mr. Massey will give permission, not only for my company to ship the meat hold in the freezing works, but also to grant them a license under the same conditions as others.”

Discussing hydro-electricity for Taranaki, the Hawera Star says:—New Plymouth will no doubt develop its scheme, but it will not be of much benefit to more than about a third of the province at most. The Waitara river scheme would bp very expensive and, even combined with the New Plymouth scheme, would probably be useless to South Taranaki. The. tiny sources of water supply each runhing into a hundred or two hundred horse power are practically valueless from a provincial point of view, and we think that the province must look further afield for its supplies. There are possibilities in th« y Karioi scheme, which is estimated to develop 12,000 horse power, but. that source of supply can scarcely be expected to reach the whole of South Taranaki. The outlook is not promising for hydro-electric power for the whole province and until the big Government'’schemes arc developed we can expect nothing worth speaking about for South Taranaki from the development of the numerous watercourses in the province which, with very few exceptions, canpot he rightly called rivers.

Messrs. Quickendon Bros., butchers, Rahotu, notify that, having secured a line of prime bullocks at right, prices, they are able to offer best joints and cuts to the public at Id per lb reduction until further notice.

McGruer and Co., the progressive drapers, are making a special display of millinery. The window is set out to represent spring time, a pretty effect being carried out with a lawn and pond bordered by ferns. Tn the plot is a flower, garden of freesias and daffodils, etc. The millinery is very smart, each hat being a distinctive creation, and up to city sfyle. Altogether the show is very effective, the millinery tints showing up well amongst the darker shades of the garden scheme.

Dairymen in search of good cows still have another chance of securing the number they require. Note the advertisement in auction columns of a clearing sale at Opunake on account of Mr. Oliver Cross.

In these days of disease and epidemics, sanitary shaving is essential. Business and professional men require to bo shaved daily or on alternate days. To the particular man a saloon where every in-

strument used is sterilissed is a boon. Preece's hairdressing saloon is specially fitted up with all sterilising appliances. Five, chairs, skilled craftsmen. 11 nd no delay, at Preece’s, Devon Street Central.

Tackle that fresh cold in the head by inhaling freely “Nazol.” Also take ft few drops on loaf sugar, and allow the sugar to dissolve very slowly by placing it between the cheek and guin. i

| “It is astonishing the ignorance shown by educated people in the treatment of animals,” said Mr. T. A. Blake, M.R.C.V.S., at Martin borough. “Every ailment is put down to one. source, and irritants are used when commonsense should suggest a laxative.” A Christchurch paper states that when the death sentence on Reginald Matthews was commuted in March last, and he was sent to the Seacliff Mental Hospital, he remarked that he would stay in the mental hospital for three months, as a Aort of concession to the authorities. He kept his promise.

South American exchanges are talking of Bolivia as a source of meat supply in the near future. The number of cattle in Mapos district alone is variously CHtimated at from 250,000 to 1,000/XX) head. A representative of one of the Chicago packing houses is supposed to be studying the position with a view to establishing works at Cochabamba.

The inventor of plasticine, the modelling material with which countless children throughout the world have delighted themselves, Mr. William Harbutt, has died in a nursing home in New York. Mr. Harbutt was formely an art master. His invention made him a rich man, and he had extensive works and a beautiful residence near Bath.

A party of nine men reached White Horse, Yukon Territory, from the Fort Norman oilfields, with glowing stories of the richness of the district. Members of the party report that one well 50 miles below Fort Famine was recently capped, despite a heavy pressure. It is reported that no fewer than a hundred claims have been staked so far. The trading posts at Fort Norman supply the district with provisions, there being a plentiful supply of everything except salt.

At the banquet.of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, the Acting-Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Cook) said that the saving to Germany by the smashing of the military machine was £250,000,000 per annum, “Germany,” Sir Joseph continued, “used to spend £90,000,000 a year on her army. In addition to that there were 1,000,000 men in the army who are now in the industrial field, and if their economic value is taken into account, the total would r.jt be leys than £250,000,000 a year. This, it wi'll be seen, is a greater handicap to the Allies than the handicap we have placed upon Germany by reparations.”

The presence of a really capable, energetic, honest financier at the head of, affairs amounts to three-fourtha of a successful Ministry, and the other fourth doesn’t matter much, holds the Sydney Bulletin. It is easy to throw together a Cabinet of two ordinary elderly hacks and eleven fervid young lions, full of Hound and fury, of poetry of a sort, and eloquence of a kind, and of fire and ill-digested theory and good opinions of everybody else, and patriotism about some foreign land, and impatience and intolerance and fresh green ignorance And raw haste and that restlessness which makes a £'2ooo-a-year Minister travel 200 miles to address an infant school, or open a plank bridge over a brook. It is easy to get such a crowd together and make history or at least comedy, but if the finance-of the team is left to the office boy and the , office boj r is off his head, the result is ludicrous failure. Ordinary sins of misgovernment may bo repented of, but no repentance will shift a £100.000,000 debt sunk in public works that don’t pay for axle-grease, and which were only constructed because the flibortigibbet aggregation in po’fcer had to fill in time somehow.

A recital will be given at the breakwater by the Citizens’ Band on Sunday next, at 2.45 p.m.

Messrs. Webster Bros, have received instructions t-o dispose of the balance of the earpets, etc., offered by public auction on Wednesday last. Everything is now for private Hale, and bargains are to be had in carpets, fire irons, sheeting, etc.

A shipment of ladies’ best quality yellow label Llama cashmere hose has just opened out at the Melbourne, Ltd., and the price is further reduced, enabling the line to be sold at 7/6 a pair. This is a particularly attractive bargain, inasmuch as the price a few weeks ago was 10/6 per pair. “Sinus” is recommended by all factory managers for use by farmers for cleaningl buckets, pans, milking machines and separators. It is positively non-injur-loue to rubber tubing or cups, and is guaranteed to move all bacteria, thus ensuring clean, sweet and wholesome milk. Purity Products Co., Hawera, sole manufacturers. On sale everywhere.