LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 91, 7 June 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Stratford Golf CluVs first men’s bogey competition will be played to-morrow. The annual meeting of the Taranaki branch of the United Friendly Societies’ Hospital Association will be held in the Borough Council Chamber on Thursday evening. The man Bradley, recently brought to the Hospital from Wnangunornona, suffering from rather sortie injuries to the head, is now lepmtod to be doing well, and to be out r;f danger. A pianist in the United* States has just boon awarded the largo amount of £3600, as compensation for injuries received in a tramway car which diminished the flexibility of his lin-

gers. Some annoyance has been caused to a Levin settler (according to the local paper) by the circulation of an absurd rumour to the effect that he has been appointed hangman for New Zealand. Ho desires to have tlie report contradicted, as it is entirely without foundation. •Sir Joseph, Ward was greatly taken with the Canadian plan of flying the Canadian flag on too national schoolhouses all the lime the latter arc in session, and he told Premier Robhin, of Manitoba, that he was disposed to adopt the idea in New Zealand. Business for the sitting of the Magistrate's Court on Friday is not particularly heavy. Twenty-three civil actions (four of which will be defended), three judgment summonses, and three informations for breaches of the Borough bylaws will bo dealth with. “Any cow of the Jersey grade,” said a cattle buyer to a Palmerston “Standard” representative, “command good prices. The breed appears to be very popular, and some dairymen will have nothing but a Jersey. I hear, however, that a good many intend to give Hnlsteins a trial next season, as soon as they can get them.” Mr. D. George, Waitara, has in hand the arranging of a thirty mile road race from Waitara, through New Plymouth to Inglewood, and back to Waitara for cash prizes as follows: First £ls, second £5, third £2 TOs, and a gold medal for the fastest time. It is proposed that tin’s contest shall take place about a week before the big race round the Mountain. A correspondent of the Palmerston “Standard” writes:—“Recently at Rangiotu Mr W. V. 15. Pearce thresh- 1 cd sixteen hundred bushels of Cape barley in excellent condition. This bailey was the produce of fourteen acres of land, and was sold to a local |ir in at three shillings per bushel. Ibis, J think, constitutes a record crop lor the district, being over one hundred and fourteen bushels per acre.” A meeting of those interested in wool-classing and grading was held in Mr. T. Davis’s woolslicd, Kohuratahi, on Monday, when Mr. Cassidy (expert) and Mr. F. J. Hcatley (organiser ol technical education in Taranaki) were present, it was decided to form classes, to bo hold afternoon and evening, so as to meet the requirements of settlers in this somewhat scattered district. The classes will commence on the 22nd June, and they shou’d prove very beneficial to the ' slice planners. A motor-car in a reckless .style, came down Manakorilii rlill on Sunday afternoon, says the Waitara “Mad,” and continued along the bridge. About half way across it ran into a horse ridden by .Master K. Proctor, who was proceeding home with two companions. They bad not lime to got into single lilo’, and the car ran inti Proctor’s horse, with the result that the car bad a lamp broken, also its glass windscreen, while the horse careered off up the street, it. might have been very much worse for all concerned. Really, ■ cars in crossing the narrow bridge should be better controlled. A Canadian paper contains details ol_ an interview with Sir Joseph Ward at Calgary, Alberta, dining ids Inn thiough Canada. The interviewer captured Sir Joseph in a special car frown as “Canada, ’ which bad been placed ai Ids disposal. Now Zealand's Premier bad quite a lot to say about New Zeal ind and the Imperial Conlerence. The newspaper man described Sir Joseph Ward as “of middle brig'd, rr.tnnd end ripe in years and exp n cCm ding lo the is h rview er, “is inclined In I ' Cennaa in rt\! >, e.rd (be Now Zealand I render might, easily train it after I (.<- r.lvle of ie; dough! ,• planner WiTiel n were be r’n Tv-lined ; hid It dr vip; about the good bumnurer’. dm come:•• of the nvu::::.”

Tin usual meeting _ of the Ik y Scouts: will be lid 1 tliis evening, when Dr. Paget will continue Ids amoulanco instruction. a well-known resident of Now Plymouth, says the “News,” left Jus home yesterday morning at about 10 o’clock on business, and at a late hour last night the search parties had been unsuccessful in tracing him. His disappearance is causing some apprehension. A very enjoyable time was spent at M is. Brown’s rooms last evening, w hen a cribbage match took place between teams representing Denbigh Road and Stratford, resulting in a close contest, the former proving victorious by the narrow margin of four games. After the result had been announced both teams sat down to an excellent supper provided by Mrs. Biown, of winch the captains of both teams made special mention in a few remarks prior to leaving. It is the intention of the Stratford team to pay a return visit at an early date. Mr. T. S. Weston, Crown Prosecutor, Now Plymouth, yesterday completed fifty years of active practice of Ids profession, he having been admitted to the Bar at Auckland on June 7, 1861. Returning to New Plymouth, ho practised Ids profession here until 1868, when ho went to Invercargill for a short time. From 1864 to 187 J lie practised in Auckland, and then lie was appointed a district Judge, first at Napier and then on the West Coast. On retiring in 1880 lie resumed practice in Christchurch, and in 1902 removed to New Plymouth, w here ho continues in active work. Ho must now be almost the oldest practising barrister.

The “Oarnaru Mail,” which is edited by file Hon. G. Jones, and is one of the staunchest of the Government newspaper supporters in New Zealand, takes the Hon. J. A. Millar severely to task because he refuses to render financial assistance to certa-n farmers in the Oarnaru district. The “Mail” says:—“lt is a pity that a Minister who takes upon himself to decide a matter which requires agricultural knowledge should not have gone through a course of milk.ng cows, or feeding stock. Ho would not then have made the mistake of thinking that the best month for, tlje growth of feed in Now ZealaraT is June.”

“If some smart man could only find a way to make skim milk into a palatable foodstuff he would confer the greatest possible benefit upon die dairying industry of Australia.” This opinion was expressed by Mr. A. C. H. Rothera, M.A., M.R.C.S., during the delivery of the second of his series of University extension lectures on ‘Milk and its Chemistry,’ in Melbourne. He dealt particularly with the chemistry of lactation, pointing out the extraordinary efficiency of tin mammary gland as indicated in ihe cow. A champion animal produced six times its own weight in actual dry solids, all of which were concentrated foodstuffs. In the manufacture of butter, skim milk was now aims it wasted.

The Rev. Father Bcrgin nad rattier an exciting experience while chiving home from Okaiawa on Satmday night, says the Manaia “Witness. ’ When crossing the Kapuni River the horse suddenly went out of hio depth into a dee.)) hole, and in his efforts to extricate himself, the buggy was overturned and Father Bergin was thrown into tho water. The perilous nature of his position was increased by the darkness of the night and the plunging of the terrified animal, but after some desperate efforts no succeed id in getting both horse and oug ft y cut of the river. Father Bergin was fortunate in coming through his adventure uninjured, but in the confusion his whip and both cushions of the buggy disappeared, but were recovered : .ne following day.

The importance to the farmer of testing cows was urgently put I“rward by several delegates at cne Wellington Provincial Farmers Union Conference on Wednesday. Mr. QuTkc (Pahiatua) said he could not understand the apathy of the average farmer in tho matter. Tic lid not seem to know that it was only by « proper system of testing that mo unprofitable cows could bo detected. The Government were willing to assist the farmer in the matter, yet the laitef t.isplaycd the utmost indifference toward:; a matter of the most vital interest to him. Mr. M a turn on (Fketahnna) spoke in a similar strain, and said that the farmers in Ins district were moving in the direction of having their cows prpperiy tc-sivl on livessimilar to tho Cow-Testing- Association at Dalefield.

Pariliaka, the historic Maori pa, the scene thirty years ago of troublous times, and for years past of. great native gatherings, will soon be merely a name, as it is rapidly becoming desmted, says tho “News.” The death of Charles Waitara has completed the exodus that commenced alter the demise of the prophet Tohu and To AVhili. A few years ago every house, both “mansion” and wdiare, was fully occupied, several billiard rooms, boardinghouses, etc., wore in full swing, and tlr? visitor could not help but notice the signs of animation and progress. On Monday the Ministerial party who visited the village were struck "with the air cl desolation that pervaded the place. Iho majority of houses are unoccupied, and the whole population. appeared to consist of two or three old men, several women and a few children. who assembled on the “marae.” Asked as to the absence of tho men, one cl the native onlookers remarked that they w ere away working. Tho voluntary breaking up of this communal system, as practised at Parihaka, is undoubtedly a splendid thing for the Maori.

Mr F. M. B.- Fisher, M.P., who has just returned from Australia, had something to say about the inadequacy of New Zealand news in the Australian press. “It wa.s with the utmost difficulty,” he said, ‘-‘that one coul l find any mention of New Zealand at all in tho great Australian dailies, and very frequently the message's transmitted were mutilated and inaccurate. For instance, one Victorian paper stated that Air Walllord bad been elected Mayor of Wellington : another that. Mr Carmell. Acting-Premier of New Zealand, had delivered a speech in Auckland; while a third noted that the Governor of New Zealand, Lord Blanket, had taken up his residence in Auckland. The doatn of .any prominent citizen would bo recorded in one or two linos, but beyond that, and occasionally a lengthy account of a suicide, tho Australian public is very poorly supplied with news from New Zealand. Considering the fact that in New South Wales there are over 20,000 Now Zealanders, it would bo a good thing if the Government would take some steps to see that a reasonable amount of news is transmitted across the water.”