LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 November 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

/Lt is reported that the Kahui Cooperative Dairy Company has disposed of its output of cheese for November and December at the satisfactory price of 9£d per lb. f.o.b. A Maori bankrupt in the Wairarapa stated that he had received an average of about J-70 a year from rents (states the Age), and he had been keeping himself and his wife, eight children, five grandchildren and their mother, a total of 15 dependents.

As the outcome of a certain statement made by Mr. W. A. Veitch in the course of a speech in Wanganui last week, which statement, (the Chronicle says) allegedly involved a grave reflection upon the character of the Rev. Howard Elliott, that gentleman is instituting proceedings against Mr. Veitch for •alleged malicious slander.

Mrs. C. H. .Smith, of Devon Street East, was knocked down by a tram car at Fitzroy Bridge on Sunday night. With great presence of mind she pluckily pushed her husband out of danger of being run over, but was herself injured. She is now laid up at her home. The motorman obligingly conveyed Mrs. Smith back to her residence after the accident.

The Kahui Co-operative Dairy Company recently called for applications for the position of manager to the company, and received no fewer than 22 applications, these coming from all parts of the Dominion. The papers of most of the applicants were excellent, and made the matter of selection an extremely difficult ope. The directors had to sit for two consecutive drtyF to reduce the number to three, and in the final test Mr. H. E. Jensen, of Huinga, Stratford, was appointed. The entries for the New Plymouth Horticultural Society’s show, which will be held in the Workers’ Social Hall on Thursday and Friday, closed last night, the total number received being equal to last year’s entries. Entries have been received in good numbers for all the sections, and a included among the exhibits will be a number of choice blooms from some of the prettiest garden in New Plymouth. There should be ample room to display all exhibits to the best advantage.

Mr. F. J. Eggleton was the guest of members of the Ladies’ Life-Saving Club on Saturday afternoon when a presentation was made to him in recognition of the services he had rendered to the club as instructor in physical drill during the winter months. ’Miss Dowling (president) presided and acknowledged the services of Mr. Eggleton as instructor in physical culture, and expressed regret that Mrs. Eggleton was not able to be present at the afternoon gathering. and hoped she would soon be completely restored to health. A presentation of a silver cigarette case suitably inscribed and embossed with the club’s badge was then made by Miss Mather who, in the course of her remarks, spoke of the benefits the class had been to those who had joined it, and to the spirit of comradeship that it had developed among the girls. They appreciated' very sincerely the painstaking care with which Mr. Eggleton had directed their exercises, and thanked him for the unselfish way in which he had devoted his time to their class. Mr. Eggleton acknowledged the compliment, after which afternoon tea was served and a pleasant programme of music was given, those contributing items being Misses Hartnell, Aitken, Penman, Barlow, and Master A. Brodie.

There are three systems of handling beef-bred 'herds in common usage in the United States-, says a writer in one of Armour’s publications. The straight beef system in which the steers are grown out as cheaply as possible is adapted to regions where pasture is plentiful and cheap and is practised more widely in United States than any other method of beef production. The dual-purpose system is rriore commonly in the general farming States, although up to the present it is not more popular than the straight beef system if the numbers practising it be any criterion. In this system the cows are milked and the calves- are raised on skimmed milk and supplemental feeds. The dual-pur-pose calves as a rule are not as economical beef producers as the straight ■beef calves but when grown out and fattened they frequently make very acceptable beef. The dual-purpose system is commendable only when adhered to properly, and is likely to be quite unsuccessful if it is attempted to turn the beef animals into a dairy herd. The baby beef system is a highly specialised method, and is adapted to such districts as the corn-belt, where there is a good supply of feeds for fattening and sufficient pasture for the summer maintenance of the breeding cows with their calves. While it requires a little more equipment to handle the herd the best market prices can 'be obtained in baby beef as well as in the dual-purpose systems, if the calves are dropped in the autumn and finished to market in the summer and early autumn.

Mr, D. L. A. Astbury, Liberal-Labor candidate for the Egmont electorate, is speaking at Puniho Road to-night, and not to-morrow night as originally advertised. To-morrow he speaks at Normanby. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd,, wish to draw clients attention to their Tarata sale, which they are holding on Friday, Ist December, 1922. Full particulars on page 8. Men’s working apparel is cheapest and best at the Melbourne, Ltd. For instance: Palmer Napp “Hardwear ’ trousers, 9/6 pair; 9oz. blue Nelson denims, 7/6 pair: Roz. grey and striped denims, 7/6 pair; famous Pennine working shirts, 8/6; dark grey cotton shirts, very strong, 8/11; men’s 'knitted socks, 1/6; best quality Shirley Police braces, 3/6; heavy Shirley President braces, 4/6 pair.

Farmers’ Don’t procrastinate! Lay in a stock of “Sinus,” the champion milking machine cleanser. Don’t wait until the factory manager rejects your milk. Your machines may be kept scrupulously clean with the use of “Sinus.” Ask for it. Wholesale only from the Purity Products Co., Hawera. Housewives and others who are now preparing for the Christmas festive season will be Interested in the grocery list of high-class goods advertised in to-day’s paper by Mr. G. Ward, grocer, Devon Street East. The special hamper offered has many attractions, and as sterling value is assured, ladies will find this class of buying highly economical. Freight on hamper will be paid to any railway station in Taranaki.

The residents of Stratford and district are notified that Ernest Davies, the London qualified sight-testing optician, visits Stratford every Tuesday, and may be consulted at Mr. Gaffaney’a, Broadway. lieuta: 9.30 a.m, to 4