LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Lonsdales report having sold all the shipments of cheese as per s.s. Waimate and Mahia, white 1365, colored 1265.

“This looks good for the cheese prospects for the coming season,” comments their representative. Speaking to a reporter at Hamilton on Saturday, Lord Northcliffc said he was most favorably impressed with what he had seen of the people of New Zealand, and particularly with the healthy, happy, and contented appearance of the children. The Pahiatua Herald has been informed that disease is increasing amongst herds in the districts, due to the land becoming cow-sick. Sheep country was also becoming sick, and mixed farming was advocated, as a preventive. The carelessnes sof some of the business people in New Plymouth was shown in the report of the night watchman to the annual meeting of the Employers’ Association last night. The report gave rhe following interesting details: Lights left on 21; doors left open 72; parcels left outside shops 5; keys left in doors 3; windows left open 15. A supplier at the Rexdale Dairy Cq. meeting remarked: “Factory managers know a devil of a lot of points on how to beat suppliers.” Another supplier:

‘■And milk suppliers know a h—l of a lot of points to try and beat the factory manager.” 'The chairman called the meeting to order.

Viscount Northclifle was impressed when there With the marked resemblance of Wflitako to the South of France. During his trip through to Matangi and Ruakura, on Saturday morning, he commented several times on the similarity of the landscape.

The Grammar School boys had anything but a pleasant trip down by the Rimu on Monday night. The little boat

was overcrowded, and the boys had to bunk where they could. The sea was by no means smooth, and the journey took about eighteen hours. They were a washed-out looking ]ot of boys that emerged from the boat on its arrival, and all will have welcomed the comfortable bed they had last night. The Greymouth correspondent of the Christchurch Sun telegraphs that a cowardly “joke” was perpetrated on a Greymouth young woman, who received by post on Thursday last a box of mixed sweets. The usual paper-bound wrappings were on top of the chocolates, etc.

To her horror, on removing the paper and'the upper layer of sweets, she found a dead rat in the box. The incident was reported to the police, and further developments are expected. Mr. H. B. Lepper’s champion pedigree Jersey cow Elf’s Beauty, now undergoing semi-official test, is putting up a splendid record. She has produced since starting her test to date close on 7001 b. of fat, and has still two months to go to complete the period. She continues to milk well, so that a meritorious performance is assured, particularly so as early in the period she had a train journey to a show which upset her to some extent, and again later on experienced a severe chill which'very materially interfered with her production for some days. “I suppose you could not give us any indication of what the prices will be next season?” asked a Shareholder of the chairman (Mr. J. C. Cooper) at the annual meeting of the Wellington Farmers’ Meat Company. “T wish to goodness 1 could,” was the reply. Lamb values, Mr. Cooper .said, had kept up remarkably well Owing to the exceptional drought in the Old Country there was no rape or turnips. But it would not be safe to count too much on that. The future depended entirely on the return of prosperity in the Old Country. If there were two million men out of work next year they could not expect much improvement.

At the weekly meeting of the New Plymouth Chess and Draughts Club last Friday night the opportunity was taken of presenting to General Meldrum the trophy Avon by him in the chess handicap tourney. The winner, playing from scratch, won all his games, thus putting up a performance worthy of a player who is an ex-chifnrpion of a meeting of the New Zealand Chess Congress. Genera] Meldrum further added to his laurels by playing nine simultaneous games with club members at various handicaps and winning seven of them. It is to be deeply regretted that the New Plymouth Chess Club should lose the services of such a fine exponent of tlje game. Mr. Perry, patron of the club, made the presentation and when congratulating the winner wished him every success in his magisterial career. At the Magistrate’s Court at Inglewood on Monday, A. Lloyd, until lately clerk of the Inglewood County Council, proceeded against the County Council, claiming for time spent by him in making up the council’s balance-sheets. In

hig evidence Lloyd referred to personal disagreements and differences between himself and Mr. A. Cork ill, chairman of the County Council, stating that matters had reached the position where the chairman, at a. meeting of the council, had put the question to the council: “Either Lloyd must go, or I.” Lloyd added that the. council had decided in favor of the chairman. The case was adjourned to be concluded at New Plymouth on Saturday.

Speaking at Wellington on Saturday, the Hon. C. J. Parr said:—Sometimes, he thought that Herbert Spencer’s words, that some people thought more of the care of animals than of their own kind, were applicable to progressive New Zealand to-day, and that even here men gave a great deal more attention, ft nd thought, and care, to the raising of firstclass bullocks than to the raising of first-class human beings. (Applause). Was that right; was that the sort of thing that was going to make a strong British nation of us? He thought not. Many people gave more attention to the raising of prize pigs than to the raising of fine, healthy boys and girls. Over 50. per cent, of the children / under eight years of age in certain of our schools had been found to have shockingly bad teeth. Some had bec|n treated by the Education Board dentists; but he wanted the whole 100 per cent, treated, so that we could have in this country a sound, healthy community. But what the State could do in the schools was small as compared with what the people themselves could do in t’ho.ir homes.

That popular event, St. Mary’s bulb show, tqkes place to-morrow afternoon and evening, and will be continued an Friday till 5.30 p.m., when most of the bulbs will be sold. The blooms are earlier than usual this year and a fine display is assured. In addition to the show itself, there will be a produce and refreshment stall and afternoon tea will be provided.

Don’t wondpr how the other fellow obtains so many miles p.g. Instal an AIR FRICTION CARBURETTOR and ‘go one bettor.” Make enquiries now.—Manning Co., 5 Bedford Row, Christchurch. 4