LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1931, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Seconding a motion that the Government be asked to provide for universal dairy farm instruction, Mr. F. W. Sutton remarked at the annual meeting of the Mokau Dairy Company yesterday that he did so with diffidence, as he realised from his own experience as an inspector how Taranaki farmers would view an increase in the number of inspectors.

Through distemper Mr. W. V. Mclntyre has had the misfortune to lose his wellknown dog “Boss.” Besides winning the North Island yarding championship at Wanganui early in June “Boss” was a successful performer on practically every trial ground in Taranaki. Those who attended the New Plymouth show last March will remember that Mr. Mclntyre was successful witli “Boss” in winning the event each day.

Good progress is being made with the development of the East End reserve, New Plymouth, insofar as its foreshore protection is concerned. To prevent further inroads by the sea a substantial ferro-concrete wall has been constructed for some distance on each side of the palladium, and drays have practically completed during the last few days the filling in with clay of the space behind the wall. The advantage of the increased flat area alongside the palladium should be considerable, and when the comprehensive shrub planting scheme which the committee has in view is completed the reserve should be one of the finest seaside resorts in the district.

Anyone having a copy of Nash’s magazine, December, 1930, for loan or sale is invited by advertisement in this issue to call at the. News office.

A large frost fish was found on the Waverley beach last Sunday. The first seen for some time, the fish had been freshly washed up on the beach and was still alive. It was taken home by a visitor and found to be beautiful eating.

Fire totally destroyed a house at Huirangi on Monday evening. The house was owned by Mr. Chant and occupied by Mr. E. AV. Hindrup and his family, ft was insured for £2OO in the Standard Office, and the furniture for a similai amount in the State Office. Advice that the New Zealand championship for 100 miles road racing will be contested this year in conjunction with the Round-the-Mountain race at the end of October was received yesterday by the New Plymouth League Cycle Club. This championship is distinct from that allotted for the South Island race from Oamaru to Christchurch over a course of about 145 miles. A separate championship is allotted for that distance. “I do not know what a man should do in such a position. He certainly should not drive. I think he ought to pull into the side of the road and telephone for assistance,” said Mr. IV. H. Woodward, S.M., in the Police Court in Wellington. A man was charged with driving at night without lights. Ho explained that his lights had fused and he had been driving to the nearest garage to have them fixed when he was held up by a traffic constable. He was fined 10s.

The Michael Faraday celebrations in connection with the centenary ,of Ins electro-magnetic discoveries in. ISol will be on a large scale in England, and the importance of the event wifi not pass unnoticed in Wellington. On August 12 a centenary dinner is to. be held, at which scientists and electrical engineers will be persent. lhe date chosen, which is somewhat previous to the English celebrations, fits in with the conclusion of the meeting of the executive of the Electrical Power Supply Authorities’ Association.

“That was a big mistake, all right, said a Maori woman, who admitted, while giving evidence at the Auckland Supreme Court this week, that she had not registered the birth of one of hoi children until 14 years later. The child, a girl, was born in September, 1915, and the birth was registered in March, 1929. The mother’s explanation was that she had asked her husband to notify the Registrar of Births, but he had foigot-' ten. The omission was not discovered until after his death. During her evidence the witness said she had had 14 children, five of whom were alive.

Whaling with all the attendant thrills was seen in Cook Strait on Wednesday, when three large whales were harpooned and secured by Perano brothers, pio-. prietors of the Tawhaite whaling station. A Wellington visitor at Picton, Mr. 1. McGoldrick, said that the whales were sportive, and it was not until the pursuing launches had been led a merry dance that the whales were harpooned and secured. So elated were launching parties that a few members, includiii" “the visitor from Wellington,” essayed 0 rides upon the backs of the catch. The Tawhaite station gives promise of being active again after a fairly long period of slackness. An amusing study in dignity and impudence was presented in Parnell street on Wednesday, says the New Zea land Herald, when a shaggy-maned Shetland pony attempted to try conclusions with a half-draught horse, which was between the shafts of a dray. As the horse and dray approached the pony, which had been grazing in “the long acre,” it rushed on to the road, and, undaunted by the unequal nature of the contest it proposed, attempted to bite the other animal. The horse, taken unawares, immediately slumped back m the shafts and reared into the air. One of the two men on the dray had to dismount and take vigorous ineasmes o release the horse’s harness from the grip of the pony’s teeth before further piogress could be made. If there is any truth in the old adage that after a storm there is always a period of calm the people of Taranaki shsuld look with hope upon the future, if the opinion of many of the residents about the past few months’ weather is of any account. Speaking to a News representative yesterday one of the old identities of New Plymouth said that from the point of view of weather he had never known a worse winter than the present one. The continual rain, wind and cold, with the exceptionally severe frosts that were experienced _ a month or so ago, were abnormal, he said, and were novel to his experience, of the province. Other opinions, particularly from farmers who are in a position to know, endorse the suggestion that toe present winter has so far been the worst for very many years.. One of a series under the auspices of the North Taranaki Motor-cycle Club, the social and dance held in the Alon Desir tearoom on Wednesday night was well attended. Miss G. Way and Mr. D. Broome and Miss M. Burnnand and Mr. R. Adams won Monte Carlo, dances. Mr. R. Browne was master of ceremonies. Items were given by Messrs. Gadd (pano and banjo) and Benson (songs). Mr. F. P Fredric was the accompanist. Airs. Hagerty and Miss Preston played extras,

The following fashionable shades in Maid of Honour and. Belding-Corticelli all pure silk hose fully fashioned are now in full supply at the Melbourne Ltd. Dark and light gunmetal, nubrown, leaf brown, mauve, beige, and brown leaf. These two famous lines of stockings are still being offered at the reduced sale prices, 8/11 and 9/11.* Make sure your cows cleanse properly by giving my “special” After Calving Drench,' 2/- each, 26/- dozen. Macgregor, Chemist, Eltham.* 1 Lissaman’s Mammitis Paint cures hard udders. Manawatu farmer writes: “Since using your paint have not had a single cow go dry in a quarter. An unfailing remedy.” Lissaman, Box 63a,