Taranaki Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1905. PREFERENTIAL RAILWAY RATES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12926, 3 August 1905, Page 4

Taranaki Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1905. PREFERENTIAL RAILWAY RATES.

Some j time \ ago the Imperial Parliament set up a cpmmittee to enquire into \ the question .of the rates charged by railway'companies ion foreign tand. home agricultural < produce. l 'A; Mr .Waghorn, who had . been expert, \ adviser to the Manchester^ SKfp, CJwial for the whole of iterates, anfcwho gave evidence on "feehalf ofi the^C||tral Chamber of Agriculture, ' toKM the committee. th#t-;he found:tthfe%rates for foreign meat? were unduly preferential^' having regard to the rates for British meat' throughout the whole^of the country. Foreign cattle} were '» slaughtered af pool, and the fresh meat wds then conveyed . from Liverpool >d-Lon-don at a rate, including delivery in London, of twenty-five shillings perton. That rate of necessity governed the whole .-of the port rates throughout the Kingdom, and the port rates necessarily" affected the prices paid for British meat. The West of England , farmers; found themselves : with! forty i and fifty [ shillings meat rates in competition ' with.V aT meat 1 rate of fc'e^teen shillings and Sixpence from "Southampton on the one side and a- rate of twenty-five shillings from Liverpool on the other , side. Me calculated that the" profit on average trainload from Birjkenhead |o London i worked ; citit ; , •' at /sejwfla shillings per ton/ .and on a^ ayerjag« trainload from Baxnst^te* ti9

I London at eighteen shillings and Jourpence per ton," which approximately represented^ the .West of England rates for meat. One effect of this low rate^from ! Birkenhead or Liverpool had been to kill the Glasgow meat trade. Then, with regard to fruit, Kent growers complained that Continental) produce was brought to London, through? Kont, via Folkestone, at railway rates morei favourable than those granted to themselves. They said that foreign fruit had every facility; . afforded to it, and that as regard- - "ed themselves the}- suffered in com- • parison .in the matter of speed, punctuality, careful ; ( handling,, prompt delivery, and in all the details -which were- essential, for the successful transit of fruit produce.The i full i, maximum .; rates were charged on all fmiits and vegetables from Maidstone, while there was a reduction yiipon the ! whole of the foreign .. traffic from , Folkestone , to London. In the face of this kind of thing-and these | instances. ~ are typical of others— does it not seem absurd for ■ the ' , Imperial Government to talk of protection or retaliation against ' the .foreigner while British carrying companies thus afford i distinct preference . to him against the British producer ? In the matter of wheat growing it is manffe§tly~impos.^ible for the' British farmer to 1 compete against the Russial!" orr.the. 4 Argentine, r but one wQuidr/t-hJnk-that .in ,the inihon farming industries, suclVas poultry raising of «mall fruit growing, with fait play -Tie" would" be able to h*>ld his own. : / When, however, ; British, carriers assist! .the' foreigner with' preferential rates it is, small wonder that the home .producer fails to make his industry profitable. .With "qj fair field and no' favour!' Jie would succeed against foreign com-, petition. ' Again, home manufacturers have good cause to complain of the preference given by British carriers to < foreign manufactures consigned to the colonies. Recently the, j attention ! of/, the Board, of Trade was drawn to the fact that the rate of freight on ,paper pc'om. London] to 'New Zealand < ranged f^om twenty-eight shillings v and; ninepence to * fifty-five , shillings per ton. while the same. British car-. Hers charged twenty-nine shillings pcr 1 ton. from Rotterdam to New : 'Zealand^ The«. Parliamentary^ Secretary to the Board of Trade; in answer .'to a question, regretted that the result of this competition was that 1 the rates , were lower, from the Continent than* from the Unitedf Kirigdom, "but fie did not think that , any . useful purpose,, would be served by Jan enquiry.'* Still another matter, in which there are grounds ,of complaint about ,the teeatment of colonial produce, is in connection * with Ne^r Zealand butter, Ito , protect whteh , 'ftoai 1 fraudulent competition I'h* lifipV"ial Government has been urged to, pass the Butter Bill. Jt is in tha power , of the Jmperial ParUument ihe j Ireatmtent; " of colonial } produee y jbut no ■■ apparent effort is made, land jwd say that so long, as in J 'these , and similar ' matters ,no (effort ' is made_ to protect colonial * and Home prodiicers and -^nanufacturefs froinj direct preference given to foreigners > and j.froiri} fraudulent practices it is absurd to talk of 'altering the whole fiscal policy of the "United Kingdom, and so disturbing vast industries and upsetting foreign relationship, in order to attain, the same end..

With this day's issue the Taranaki Herald completes the fifty-flurd year oE its existence^,, By the 'Frisco mail on Tyur^dpy the secretary of ' the Gas Compaiiy ismt away a large order for pipes with which -to carry out the proposed extension to Fitzroy. A-a elderly man named i Job* / Keenan, a passenger by. Wednesday night's uiail train, fell on stepping off the carriage and sustained injuries ito ma face. Keenan alighted from the wrong side getting amongst the, railway, lines, and it is supposed that the jerk accompanying the • stoppage of the train causied him to lose his balance. He was picked up, in a dazed condition and carried into the station, Dr. Fookes being summoned -Bt-the- sametime. The injured man received medical attention and was then driven to his residence in Hine-street. An extraordinary fish, to which' na ,one has yet been afcle.to give a name, !was washed up on the beach at Mojairoa the other day,- and is now mi the 'possession of Mr T. Snowies, of Moturoa. It is about a foot long, with a bulldog head, the eyes well protected hy the Sfcull bone. The bacK-bone, instead of running through the centre of the fish as ordinarily, forms a quuveat the top of the body, with little orijo flesh on the tapper part of it. body of the fish is wonderfully protected by sharp, spikes, arid, the motive power seems to be very strong. The most remarkable feature, however, is t a number of projections like the screw. I of a steamer, from the head arid tail of ' the fish, i Experienced*"m i en Katye called it variously a^ig^sfc, a 'devilfish a torpedo fish^ and other names, the first of wMch^is the most IScely *» these are many varieties of < P^ fis 1 h * Wr Knowles contemplates giving the fish to the Museum, but he wo\ild lik« to fiwi out its correct designation. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1b 6d., . , • :.»'■ .V.

Attention is drawn in this issue to , ihe advertisement oi' the famous Gil- * ruth Calf I^ood. A, reminder is jriven of the tuchiv party this evening, in St. Joseph's Schoolroom. The temperature this morning was 54 degrees in the shade, and ;he barometrical reading 29.85. Mr Newton King advertises o. special line of furniture, etc. for ralo by auction at the mart on Saturday, also 1(> purehred Brown Leghorn pullets. 3fr Xewton King advertises some splendid marmalade oranges and apples to be sold by auction at the mart to morrow afternoon. At the _ Southland champion ploughing match the championship was a-wardc-d. to John Turnbull, of ThornImry. We remmd our readers of ihe lecture on "Billy Bray" to-night in the Que«n-street Church by the Hiow J. Pen dray. Lecture begins at "7.-30. Thn drink bill of A r ew South Wales last j'ear, according to Canon Boyce, sh6ws that the expenditure per head., mian. woman and child, was £3 Is Bd, tfie. lowest since 1881.* Captain Edwin wired at 1.13 p.m. —Strong southerly changing towards | west winds, glass rise slowly, but fall after 12 hours from., now .-tides moderate, sea moderate. k ; - i The -third- of the series of. concerts to be given by the New Plymouth MiK,-. tary Band will be held in ~ the Theatre Hoyal to-morrow 'night, the. Prb Igrammo for which appears in tur columns. By special Mr McLean will sing !'Th«»,Sne*ny Conn" and 'An the Pale Moonlight/ , . :u . A well attended meeting of tha YoungWomen's Mutual ImproveinoQt Society was held on Tuesday evening, when Mis& Crant gave an iHterosting^Jgc.tL«ka. inttu-spersed' with well chosen quotations from his -.^Ti tings,, on Rntlyard Killing, whiqh was much. appreciated by" .those present. Mic Andrew Carnegio, r lias nvritftcn \i>' ihcVsChrisichurch City Council, stating \that he ,>vill he ,^lacl to,p.ay . for the erection 'of a frde public library building for the Sydenham -Waixl at a cost of ;C4OJHT, if the Council gtmran■tec to promote funds to the extent of £258 for carrying on the library, and also to provide a site. In. a licensing case at Gisborne the Magistrate held that an innkeeper was liable for the acts ojf his servants during his absence, and fined defendant dJlo,;with costsv £2 ss, for permitting drunkenness on liis premises-, but in view of circumstances did not direct that ifcno conviction be recorded on the license. ' • Tliere is on view di the Herald of : fice.a patent' egg antt" that 'carrier;' an ingenious contrivance patented by sfr iR. Simmonds, at- Coronumdel. •The carrier, which f is* of cardboard, is" light, well ventilated, and thoroughly Safe; and being collapsible, can be earned, when. «npty. in small compass. The patent should be largely used. A Wairarapa paper says :— More men are carrying their swags along the road at, the present, than at any time in the .past twelve months; Some of them appear to be deserving, cases not toelonjging to the "sundowner" class, whom, like the poor, we have always* ! with us. A day or two ago unfortunates had robbed some sheep of a few 'turnips and were making a meal of. ihat frugal fare; the real "sundowner" knows too much to bo reduced to such straits as that I A prisoner on trial at the Christchurch Supreme Court complained X tJ\at v he. had been subjected to certain mcd- * •cal examination without his consent and had not been informexKof the re-< sulS of that esamin^ition. Justice Dennist o n said that a prisoner, aiftcr arrest and before trial, had no right io be subjected against his will to any physical examination other 1 than that necessary for the prison rules,- for the observance of order or for identification purposes. Any compulsory examination or interference was illegal, and the sooner that ivas realised by the proper authorities Ihn better. In connection with the "'Technical, School proposed to be built in New Plymouth, there was a meeting last evening at the Central School of representatives of the School Committee, the Board of Education and theGovernors of the High School, with the Chief Inspector of Schools and the headmasters. After, careful consideration of what subjects would 1 be taught an the Technical Schaol, and the. number of pupils now reedy to avail themselves of it, it was found that there were about 130 boys and nearly that number of girls in the town and suburban schools who would at onco took up. technical work. It wt|f then agreed that the Board of Governors should join forces with the Board of Education to press on the Government the need of erecting buildings sufficient -for that number of scholars. A meeting of the LadiosT Physical Culture Class will be held in the usual room to-morrow (Friday) evening at 7.30 p.m. A full attendance of members is requested.— Advt. d 248 If he who grows two blades of grass Where only one had place Deserves the thanks of every class Anil benefits the race. Then worthier still of honoured name, iWbile coughs and colds endure, Emblazoned on the scroll of fame Is Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. ■ For up-to-date printing call at the HeraTd Offioe;

h. .Although m it- -was. for the 'ißorouffh Coimcil to" pledge a special rate for' the £7000 loan, the? proposal for whifh was carried on Wednesday, wv understand frtan the Mayor that-Jt is not expected, as tit xhe ratepayers' meetiiigf, that there he any necessity to actually levy the rdto at 1 , present* ,-• yi Some diversion was^ caused at Profesfor Rutherford's lect\ire at Christchurch whf-Ji the lcctiire.r'' 1 misplaced his precious piece of radium. The kcture had to come to a standstill while th« precious substance' was missing 1 , and ihe autlienco was rather amusrcl by - the efforts of. the chairman and the lecturer -to fmd il^ i^ho-Tadiiim-hunt^ continued for • about iWc minutes. I . ' Aft-er > inspecting every ineii of Iho long table and under it and on the floor, it.^vas found in , a spot where ii'lia'U' be^n'-placed all too carefully by its ownoV,--wJio began to ,look rather,- anxious. w A very, .iaitorcsling* enCortaintnent % annbuiiCefl' W '^Twdstla^ritixt i*t Whiteley Hall, when a descripture lecture will be given by the Rev. 31. Foston ' entitled' "Beautiful . Pelorus; ov Six Years' Pioneering in Marfborough." The lecture will be illustratod by over 140 limelight: views,; which are > .stated to ~bq exceptionally attractive., and siiouicl' give New ' Plymouth ri sidents an opportunity, pi gaining- information ] of^ porlaori^oi tli6 -"colony 'Which <i* hot ' usually iraWsod - jjy .. ihe vrd iiwiry tourist. A crowded ajtlioncv is auticipated. „..f-T v*"-i* ' What "is 'probably the^ greatest su> marine 'explos'ioVi e\-ei^ can^L-cl by human' awdncy occurred 5 off Aboukir, early in 'June, It had become necesgdr.yJto "'destroV no h'ss -than.; ,' sixteen antl a half ions of powerful dyhfamHe. Tliis .enQrmou.s mass of explosives^ was_ placed in the _ sea, at a *afe distance; and connected witln an electric battery on shore. All being ' fe^aSTlir button was pressed, and the ' sixteen and a half tons cl dynamiti 1 ' exploded / wstK a clenfoniiT; ro&v tha: shook the -air 4 *awd was heard for : nxiles around. % Something like ft ** earthquake followed, 1 .the ' sight being one of mag-niiicent grand- J «ur*, •- - A , :i \»atf|vsj)out, shout into tho 'air to a'Keight^of about 2000 ieet. j and foil back in 'dazzling spray. Simultaneously the sea became a whirlpool of seething witter," as if agitated -by a hurricane. The operation was' a complete success. " There was a gathering of clients of the locarbranoh of the Bank of New .South Wales in the .Manager's room at mid-day on Thursday, when Mr Essp, ■who has lately been promoted to the position of manager at Wa"v T erley, \vas made the recipient of a handsome sil,ver tea service from the clients. Mr M. Fraser made the presentation on aehaK of the clients, and in doing s.o *arn£st}y cotagfeatidarttjd^Mf Esso^bnliS^" well-deserved promtotion and wished him every success in the future. 3tr, Hal. Goodacre, one of the oldest clients of the bank, added his mead of praise, cordially thanking Mr Esse ft>v •^he kindness and' consideration he had always shown to clients. Mr McDiarmid, in acibing' for the' staff; sjaid "/all esteemed Mr Esse, who was. -a,, good accountant, kept his staff well under control, and always had nis work Up-rto-dateC Mr Esse warmly thanked' his donors for the handsome recogni-! tion of any little kindness he • had shown them, and also for the kindly | Words of -appreciation. It was most gratifying 1 to him. He said he had always tried to study the interests c. ! clients to tiie fullest extent, but dif 1 not let them clash with the interest?! of -the Bankj, and he was pleased to find his efforts had been appreciated. He had always' worked harmoniously with the staff. Not a* minute* should be lost when, a ' child shows symptons of croup. Chambedain's Cough Eemedy given as soon' as child",becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe: to take. For sale by Veale.and Chatterton.— Advb. Keen buyers insist pn buying at TheKash, the great money-saving store. -Warm rugs (large size) 4s lid, 30 pair men's trousers 4s lid, boys' threejjarment suits 13s 6d, men's macintoshes 13s- 9d, men's ties 6d each, men's oilskins 10s 3d at The Kash.— Advt.