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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13509, 26 August 1907, Page 4

There were twelve butter buyers in town on Saturday representing English and colonial' houses. Directors of the several of the factory companies in the district wore interviewed, and dates fixed for future meetings. The summonses in connection with the tarring and feathering incident at Opunake wiH be heard at New- Plymouth next Friday. An application to Mr -Fitzherbert, S.M., to? haye ,th© *cases heard at Opunake was refused on Saturday. ; , , ' ' It is frequently stated that an addi-, tion to the dujy on imported goods .will not increase the- price of the colonial article. An extra Halfpenny on imported candles has, however, been followed by a similar addition to tho price of colonial candles. Mr E. T. Evans, travelling lecturer for the Single Tax League, delivered an address at the Imperial corner on Saturday night dealing with the land question and the customs tariff. ' He asserted that the present Land. Bill would never settle the land difficulty, and he denounced customs duties as taxes on labour. Mr Evans is author of "The 1 Labour Question: What it ife and How to Settle it.".' Tho Taihape News complains of the .postal arrangements on. the Main Trunk line. Its -chief grievance' is that a letter posted at Raurimu, to a person at Ohakune^ — the two townships being distant about' thirty miles—is son t round way of Auckland, and the distance which the letter travels by raal.and sea .is almost 700 miles,, as, against thirty by ro'acjf. A letter posted at Raurimu for Gh'aknne coiijd be delivered to the addressep .on.^tho same day if- sent by coach. As it is, the transit of a letter takes four dayfc. . ''- , TJie >Va}rarapxi -Daily; Times states that the Masierton Hospital is at preseht iii. such p. crowded state that; according to a report 'made to Tthe . trustees, a male child had- to be accommodated in, the female watdy the 1 , dispensary befrig. Vitilised. as, a -temporary w&fd, and $he corridors, are full. Doors hare had to bo unhinged, and a general state of chftos is resultant on the dootors continuing to s^nd to .the institution when n» .beds, are : available. The trustees decided to notify $hV doctors pi the present of matters. The. New, Zealand Tinieg states that tlie Dairy Association has entered into another tha-etf years' agreement with,,the, Wellington: Meat Export Company . for- ther .stouager o£ . hotter -shipment, on a -batsis which will giy^e shippers of. "butter fct that port a lower sate for storage and handling than at any other port in the colony. The basis of- the agreement? is as follows r-^Butter for export to the United Kingdom or South. Africa : Taking delivery, providing v of labour in works, freezing, shipping, and wharfage/ per box*of 561 b ret weight or under per calendar month or any part thereof, 6d; for each succeeding ,month,.,3id. . For butter stored for local or colonial consumption, 7d per month, and 3J.d. for' each succeeding month. The Jmprpved rate is, for local butter, which wa> formerly charged at the rate of 3£d for the first week and l£d for each succeeding week. A case in which an act -of bravery met with a just reward occurred in Masterton a short time ago. A lad named Charles Lyttle, while walking along tho railway line, camo across tho form of a little girl lying with her foot caught in one of the rails. He had little time to act, as the evening train from Wellington was fast approaching. After some difficulty, however, the lad managed to got the girl clear, but he himself only escaped from the .front of the train after receiving a rather nasty bump. The father of the girl became acquainted with the rescue. On Monday last Master. Lyttle received from Auckland, by post, a gold medal, bearing the following inscription: — "In recognition of an act of heroism in saving life, 1907." The strange part of the occurrence (says the Age) is that the youthful rescuer is unaware of the name of the girl whom he rescued. Captain Irvine, pilot at Castlecliflh (says Friday's Wanganui Herald), Yang up the Harbour Board stating that two men, A. J. Booth and D. tfaekson, had gone outside the bar fishing in the morning and had not returned. Application was made to the Collector of Customs for the tug Mascotte to be allowed to steam outside the three' miles limit. The permission being granted, the little vessel, with the pilot in charge, put out on her -mission;" The course taken was a broad sweep, going some twelve miles out in a southerly direction, and then coming in .towards and up the coast. When off Wangaehu on the home run, the party- sighted the missing men and picked them up. Luckily there was no sea funning and the wind was light. The men state that they were carried down the coast by the ..current, and found, on trying to pull back towards the Heads, that the current" was too much for them. They were in no immediate danger when picked up, but did not appreciate the prospect of a night in "an opelrboat off a rough coast. For Children's Hacking Cough at night,- Woods' Git at Peppermint £n?e. ils6dand2s6d— Advi.