The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9288, 14 January 1892, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY.

THUBSDAyTJANUARY: '14," 1892

The more we know about the produce market at Home, and what the consumers in England like, tho better will' the manufacturers out Jiero bo abla to make an article that will fetch ..the highest price. Mr John Roberts, C.M.G., who was President of the Dunedin Exhibition, has lately returned from a visit to Great Britain, where he made it his business to inquire respecting, matters concerning Now Zea'and. In an interview with a Dunedin reporter, Mr Boberts said tho dairying industry appears to" be doing very well, and both cheese 1 and. the better makes of butter are highly spoken of. If the producers on this side,. ho said, were careful in seeing that nothing but tho best manufactures were sent Home in both buttor and cheese they could depend Upon getting a fairly profitable return. The experience which the shipping companies had had iv carrying dairy produce enables them now to adopt such treatment ns pretty well ensured safe transit. This industry is of very considerable moment to tho colony, - and Mr Boberts is very hopeful that ere 7 a couple of years are over it will havo assumed largo dimensions. The experience last year of buyers on this side had, he said, been such as to induce not only those who were here last Beason to again return to thecolony for the purpoßO of making purchases on the spot, but others to follow in their footstopa. As dairy' produce, like meat, is extremely perishable, Mr Roberts thinks that all manufacturers, especially those on a small scalo, wero very much better o£E in accepting the somewhat satisfactory prices now current than in running tho risk of shipment on then own account. Considerable disappointment was sometimes felt by shippers here owing to various causes their articlo of manufacture roaching Homo in an unsound condition. It was when a buyer made a good profit one year his success soon became known to others, and the result was an incroase in value tho following year. With regard to the frozen moat industry Mr Boberts says :—": — " Many .consignees complain of the falling off in quality of tho mutton which is exported, and they infer from that the grower on this side has been seeking more to deal with quantity than with quality. I learnt Binco my arrival hero that during the past six weeks several of tho frozen meat steamers have gone to London with no frozen meat cargo at all. This shortening of supplies must, I am sure, reflect beneficially on ; and I hope during the next month ■or so to hear that owing to the smaller importations, stocks in London have decreased and prices improved. I don't think that peoplo in the colonies can look for any vory excessive prico for their mutton in London, but I. think if they can only be assured of anything from 4 to 4sd per lb- a very fair 1 and satisfactory trade will bo done," Mr Roberts gave

the reporter information respecting other industries, but we have not space to day to go further into detail of what must havo been a very interesting interview with one whose business career and capacity places him in an exceptionally good position to afford important reliable information regarding matters of Borne moment to the colony. j Mr Firth haß been transferred from the the Waitotara railway office to the local office. Mr Faris. of the local office, has taken the vacancy at Waitotara. Mr H.-Ward has signified his intention of presenting five silver bays to the winners of the Ladies' Whaleboat Race at the Waitara regatta. Captain Edwin wired at noon to-day :— "Indications for low tides for twenty-four hours from noon to day." The attention of applo growers is directed to a notice in another column from the Cash Palace. On the bowling green on Wednesday a match for the single rink trophy was played. Messrs McKenzie, Hammond, Jackson, and Paul (skip) defeated Messrs' McKellar, Furlong, Gray, and Sanderson (skip) by 26 to' 15 points. ' A match for the Pairs trophy was also played, Messrs Murphy and Jacob (skip) defeating Messrs T. Avory and George by 28 to 11 points. 1 ; The Union Company intend to ran the 6,b. Mahinapua at excursions-fares to Nelson for the Jubilee week. The Mahinapua will arrive at the breakwater from Onehunga on January 29th or 30th, and will leave for Nelson either direct or via Wellington on the day of her arrival here. The return fare via Wellington will be £2, and direct £l'los. The Jubilee week at Nelson commences on February Ist. Miss Arrow, of Nelson, has-been appointed first assistant mistress . at tho Central School. Miss- Allison, of Christchurch," was first appointed, but she could j not acceptthe position on account of the illness of her mother. i The resignations of the teachers of the ?Bird Koad and Cardiff Road schools wore accepted at the Education Board . meeting on Wednesday. • , ; It is reported that tho mate of tho s.s. Takapuna has been called on by tbo Union Company for an explanation with reference ,to 'some' alleged remark .he made to the Minister of- Lands when^a surf boat was tendering the steamer ; for»passengera at the c breakwater on- December 22. The. alleged rem~ k was passed^ it is stated, ,' aboiit the bont^being overcrowded with" pas'sengers.^ ' - ' ; 5t , Membors of St. Mary's choir are requested to assemble on Friday evening, at 7.30 p.m., instead of on Saturday next. Stbckownera in the Manawatn district complain, says tho Times, of the'disappearance of portions of their flocks and. herds in a most mysterious manner. , So serious has been the loss in some instances as to necessitate action being taken to discover the catfse. Some owners have lost over £150 worth of stock, and others from £50 to £80, the total shortage this year being estimated, at over £2000. In order> tosecure gi eater security, a number of owners ha vtf agreed to employ Mr. Chas.' Guillam Scott (brother of Mr J. G. Scott, of the Bank of New. Zealand) to act on their behalf, and attend every sale of stock in the district/a nd also make periodical visits to the freezing works. Mr Scott has had fifteen years' experience with stock, and is well qualified to perform tho duty ho has undertaken. He will commence operations on Ist February. -Sheep and cattle stealers have thus had a very straight tip given to them to Jook out for Mr Scott. There are some items of news which, in tho intorosts of the public, are bettor suppressed, and the abovo looks like one of j them. : I Mr 3rattan Rigga and his talented j company aro expected to arrive by train this ovoning in order to. have plenty of" time to prepare for their opening in ," The Irish Detective" at the Alexandra Hall, on Saturday night. The performance o£ the. title role in this play is generally accounted Mr Biggß_' strongest card. It certainly enables this gifted and popular comedian to display his special abilities to tho best possible advantage, and his numerous assumptions of charactor— ranging from a cute detective to a murderous Italian, and including an Irishman, a Gorman, a Negro,, an Irishwoman, and a Chinaman,— have received universal praisfy'and are calculated to please tho most critical spectators. Mr Biggs is supported by an unusually strong company, headed by Mr Robert E. Inman, and Mias Maud AppJeton. " The Irish Dotectivo ", will only be played for one night, aa on Monday the Company produce the Into Dion Boucicault's beautiful romantic drama, in three acts, " Arrah Na Pogue " A recent notico in the Auckland Star will load the public of Now Plymouth to J anticipate a great treat in the expected visit of sorao of ' the boys who havo been trained in " Dr. B .rnado's Homes." They arc most. expert in the uso of the musical handbells. Remarking on their playing tho selection. '1 Village Chimes" on the " carillon of 75 silver-toned bolls," tho Star says :—": — " The effect of the playing was exquisite." Another great attraction is tho little party of boys attired in full Highland costume, who play popular airs on the bagspipes. Nor is it the least wondorful part of tho entertainment to witness the complete transformation in these welltrained lads, who were once veritable "City Arabs." ' - •-•£ Referring to Professor P. F. Pfiefer's discovery of tho bacillua of influenza, the New Zealand Times says :—": — " There are two claimants of discovery. One ,is thOj famous Dr Koch, of Berlin, who claims on beh If of his son-in-law ;,the other is au unknown Chinaman named Chong, unknown except in tho butter trado. Tho Germans havo inoculated and killed 6un-' dry animals with their buclUw, amongst them a monkey. Tho Chinaman has injured nothing, nor has ho established that the thing ho took out oC tho body of a patient of his was a bacillus at all. The specimen was too dessicnted for the scientific men tr> examine with any hope of success. Dr Chong therefore hns betn asked to send some more in a liquid furnished him for tho purpose. In the meantime we may dwell upon the superiority tho Chinese theory has over the German. The German theory advances no further than the bacillus ; having got his bare your German doeß not know how to cook him— just Koch's position with the bacillus of consumption. Tho Chinaman says, ' I find the microbe and I burst him up.' His theory is simple. Tiio bacillus getting into the system makes a_ web under tho skin, spreading, disturbing, paralysing, Tho Chinaman says ho has found that the whole power of the web departs if tho wob is broken. He. therof ore, concentrates his efforts on finding the web. Once found, ho breaks it ; and the patient is at once relieved, and eventually cured. During the* last few days ho has reported several casds much improved by this method. Thero appears to bo some sense in the Chinaman. We only hope ho may go on and prosper. The world wants a remedy,' and does not caro very much' whore it ' coiuos from so long as it comes." . * • •■ '