TRADE WITH AMERICA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13479, 19 July 1907, Page 4

TRADE WITH AMERICA.

Tlie New Zealand Twide. Review fu|rnishes. some interesting information 'with regard- to the trade between, this colony, and.tha United StaJes. ©f AnieTica, .- which , gpjea to»,t o», to. sKow« that; a greater:. benefit, has been, derived fro,m the San Francisco service 1 bj».the An\ericaaia' ttean hy. pujpsel^res. Last. year, ire exported to, the United States produce to tho wfae / ,6f,4^%7J#f}w.fe!fc we. imported to the v»lue 0£:£1,4(1i5,7,81. Our .exports were, confined practically to five I lines — kauri gum,, wool and sheepskins* pelts,, h«mp f ! and sausage plvins— other items being very trifling. „The largest items among the imports wero kerosene, tobacco, machinery^ %.qo]b and...implements* fencing wire, fruits, boots, and shoes, oils, and hardware. Many of the lines imported can be obtained just as well from Great Britain, who is prepared to take all of our exports also. The preferential tariff of 1903 appears to "have had'the effect of sensibly reducing our imports in several lines,' such as boots and shoes, of which American j manufacturers supplied ' us with [£107,713 worth in 1903 and only £47,558 last year; printing p&per, which has fallen from £40,909 to £20,361 in the same period ; bicyclesj which have fallen from £.?8,28# tb £3853 ; .candles, which from . £14,482 '.in 190$ have fifflen : to practically nothing ; fwh, from £48,469 to £5825. . Other items again, such as clocks; plate 1 and plat^ware, and furniture, have scarcely been affected by the tariff. {*aVand oil engines nails, bn the bther hattd, show an increase in spite of n -twenty <per.cent."duty imposed by the, Act of 1903. Owing to the disi^uption of %he~ San • Francisco service th€f fi^^res' fj^r" the dtitrent year are Irkery?to sßow a considerable decline of trade* beiM'eeiJ %Ke two couritries. ' ;

Final arrangements liave been made for the 4 meeting to be "held at Warea jon Thursday* nexrt, ' under "the auspices of the Taranakl Agricultural Society. ' „ The estates of ,40. deceased persons were placed/ in i;he hands of, the Public Trustee, for Management during the month of.june.i' • . : - : At aya v meeting of the Taranaki Agricnitural Society Committee this week the ofd^r puipfr icr be brought before th 6 Agriculturir.jSqcieties' ponference was discussed with the Society's delegate/ Mr A. Morton 1 . ■ ■ . At the last aftnual meeting of tlie State Veterinary Association, held at tjos Angeles, a resolution was adopted "demanding that the Calif ornian Legislature enact a law requiring dairymen to shave off their beards and moustaches and keep their faces smooth-shaven, and also have their, hair trimmed once a week.'* The cattle-men naturally regarded this as an impertinent imposi- | tion, but. it is interesting and instructive to note that on the resolution being Tiublishod .the, eieciitive committee of the JJarberk'' Association promptly called a Special meeting, at which a resolution was passed,, supporting the demand: ■ Mr ; George Corke, formerly of New Plymouth, writing from X)urban to Mr j George Sol/s, giyes a gloomy account of So^^h,Afr,ica». Owing to the strike ;in .Johannesburg, he says, it is, not safe 1 to go out., after, dark- \ The Chinese, , of ,^bm the>eaisejßs^OoO in the country, have to go, .andjftothft, he says, will soon .settle, tlie capitalist. The) place* he debribery/ and JS^atal is" no better. ' "In'TDurblwi tilings are very bad, people finding it 'difficult to make ends- -meet,- though -they were looking forward- to> great -doings in" July, wh|en dayj|' pacing and two days' sports wqpld attract^a- great number of people /rom tlie'cpuntry/ E^or all' that, he says, failures,. aria infrequent,. , : iThef^ organ recitals given at St. Mars 4 Ch^rbh r by Mr A. Miller Potts cbntin l uet©b(D' attended by- fairly large ~'atfdiences-,< " ntirfiber present l^tst night>%as considerably over a' hundred. 'Mr^Ptft*B"sele'cted a- programme that W*? gratifying all tastes. >\yith* the«nobler Ktatmoni^s of a'Men€elssdh# &ntffl& r , a '-Itreb^ Fugue : alnd m *m toU&glr'K March,'* jhe Wingftft^anyigiffipW ffiibjbctsi Notable fa«t<wig>4he%^ f*wete^ HomW IntkiMfezaof atid:^olsie&hbTme*? ""SbF&ufta." in a SchJßre^ffom Widow's- Forarth "Symphony. Wr'€7 V: f ßinfein^ton*gav6 V&futfbte assistance' : by "6is^ singing' 6f '"Calfary" Hn<l '* ArßreW f»r Psi^aaise.'" , T , -tfhe. /oWdatioiu x>£. lifelong ill-health .xnaif bp^aM^oj.jfyouJMf^girlflroy failure ito.xke'ejp' 4tteir,sweilgtn!and" health hip them, because it is a true tonic 1

A wood-carter of Bendigo (Australia) has hit on a novel method for securing a wife. His hut abuts on the main road, and on the door is a piece of calico, bearing the notice: — ""Wanted, a wife. Apply early." The wood-carter is still unmarried. Betwoen 18§6 and 1905 thero have been 368 deaths from shooting in the colony. The deaths are as follows: — Pea rifles: Homicide 1, accidents 7, suicides 4. Revolvers: Homicides 9, accidents 14, suicides 91. Other firearms : Homicides 4, accidents 130, suicides 108. " >: Dr. Stenhouse gave. the girls of the. Burns Club, Dunedin, advice on whom to marry a few days ago. According to Hho doctor, the ordinary type of swain >who asks marriage merely because he has been overtaken' by some emotional ;catastrophe, which he calls "love" -should have his aspirations razed, and .the site sown with salt. "Girls,", said tho speaker, striking his hand on the •table, "never listen to the young man r'who comes to you with a tale of love^or. .!a proposal unless he can also show you .'his lifo insurance policy." ■ '" • "Z ■> About three months ago;. the Railway, i Department. |n order J;o expedite Jfhc .[quarrying York in connection with 'the lAuckland-Penrose duplication, erected «ja steam rock drill, which tlWffkiilt'QßF' jing excellent work. The men who forimerly did the hand drilling* Were '"put navvying. Tho feed screw pf jthe .drill is now missing, and it will be some idays before it can be replaced. * It is that there has been jliasatsrac■jtion among the men affected^, and -tftat la covert threat was made that, if tho \\ise of the drill continued, means would ijbe found to render it useless^ ' : /.} ) ! A social in aid of the funds' of ihe jStar juniors took place in the Brougham {Street Hall on Thursday evening.** It 'was well attended, and a lengthy jfxro[gramme of popular dances was gone through. Mrs George presided at the piano, "and lHfesßci/W Clarke and A. jHumphries performed the duties of M.C.'s in an obliging > master. Cajrd t rooms were provided ior the amusement 'of non-da-ncers..-. Ar^ftpitak-supper was? j'supplied by the Ladies' Committee, -consisting of Mesdames JDockrill, Richards, Jury; ./Chii'ko, Simmonds, and,, ,o'Driscoll, . \) ♦;..'. . ■ 1 The Japanese Government have decided to hold a grand International Ex-, hibition at Tdkio in 1912.* This will be? called the "Nippon dai Hukurankai." Some idea of ih^.miygnitiide^ofthe en.-^ 'terprise may be formed* "from the fact 'that- Estimates far. tho direct expenses,? amounting to 10,000,000 yen (or £1,000,000) have already been approvedby the Parliament, wjiile in addition^ to this amount, iAiere will be expended" by the municipalities of Tpkjo and tjie other prefecture^ 1 , aiid the 4 (Government of the new dominion, a furtner sum of at least £I^OpO,QQQ.. , J „ _ .♦ ■ ( A correspondent the Taumarunui Press writes: "It may bo of interest to your readers .to know that the rocfc the Kia Ora is supposed to have run on is known to the natives Ss -' Piritoko. When Te Rauparaha ljved^on, ,Tirau Point one of his wives .swam out to it . and back. Her name, was Taha' Moana. Many of his fighting men tr|ed c to ac-< compljsh it, but never could, v It isalsp, an old fishing ground of the Natives. That was Te Rauparaha's last stand in the latter part of the 20's, perhaps 1828. The distance to Piritoko from the Point (short), is about one mile and three-quarters or two miles."

An enjoyable social, arranged by the Young People of the Whiteley Memorial Church, took place in the School-! room on Thursday afternoon. There was a large attendance of ladies identified r witn the church, and .friends. Afternoon tea osvas served and a, short' musical programme was gone through comprising the following items": — Instrumental solo, Miss Douglas; song, "The Rose of Life," Miss Ambury;. quartette,^ "Qnwaitt, 1 ''Christian Sol- 1 diers," Misses Go'odacre.and Buckman, and Messrs Veale and Keck ; recitation, Gladys Brooke ; song, "The City by the* Sea," Miss Ford; violin sold, Miss Dowling; song, "My Curly-Headed Babby^" Miss Clarice Buckman; instrumental solo, Mrs Veale; solo and chorus, "Soldiers of the Cross/' * T.he proceeds were. in aid of the new parsonage funds. " •-* An amusing example of "Baboo!' English is afforded by an application recently made tc a Bombay magistrate. The' application was as follows: — ► "Charge— Cruelty to a male hen on high road. — To-day on my way home I porceived a most horrible despisabla deed done by the No. 1 and 2 accused persons. On a public road the said barbarious men cut off the throat of a male hen with a blunt knife, although there was a deep cut on the -neck of a dead 1 hen^but its pain was mercifull, and its' struggles were too much to melt the heart of a human kind. Not content with this ambition The No; 1 accused, dashed off the dead Hen on the road. I never across to see such horrible death in a city like Bombay Up to yet. lam animal's friend" arid granted my life to! save them and protest them by the injustices. As a volunteer I shall worktow,ards with. my. dumb cliants, and; hope that your kind hon,our will decide' this case with* the cost in, riiy. favour]." His Worship made the "following order: ■^■"No criminal offence. Dismissed under Section 203 Cr. P. Code." V-The Berlin carpenter who has been sentenced to rime months' imprisonment for putting* out hii tongue ai the Kaiser as His Majesty past is a deep-dyed crimp^, compared with many of his feßow-yictinfo or the law against lese-majesteywliiciias expounded in no fewer, than 125 R&ragraphs in the German statute-book. Ti[g| long ago I an private was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment f,or saying to a comrade tbat tlie Kaiser^ might pay I more attention to the salutes of his soldiers ; a Sileslan schoolboy .was' prosecuted for smiling-- yvldle' His, Majesty's health was lSerng .drunk;, and a gbver-c ness, for signing ;her name in a hotel visitors' boqk immediately- below, thai |of the King of • Sii^ony ; j while a Germe^ 1 editor to prison for three months for stating in hid paper that the Kaiser received £2000 a day for signing a few documents. The' law respejets neither- age, sex nor nationality.*' A Dresden lady of 74 < was sent. to gaol for six months for* am * unflattering reference to the Saxon King ; about the same time a boy .of 14 reqeived.-ar'simflar sentence for speaking disrespectfully of iih'e Kaiser; and for the same offence; two American ladi%tW#^ajjsa&& 9,33 expelled from Germany.

Messrs L. Pattie and Co., land agents, report having sold 1344 acres at Tarata. At the S.M. Court this morning a prohibition- order was granted against a local resident. At a meeting of the Fitzroy Bowline; Club on Thursday evening, it was decided to hold a ball at an ©arly datq. A first offendor in drunkenness was convicted and discharged with a caution by Mr Fitzherbert, S.M., this morning. fi : A large number o'if native birds, eluding pigeons, kaka, and tui, are taking up their quarters in the Recreation Grounds. - y Captain Edwin wired the follo^ng forecast at 1.47, p.m. -.—Easterly winds, moderate, to strong. Glass will fall. Tides low. The matron of tho Hospital desires to acknowledge with thanks receipt of a musical box a*nd am invalid's chair from Mrs Henry Gray. } A survey in connection with the projected improvements to tho large lake at 'the Recreation Grounds wasa taken on Thursday. * Tho clearings !*& the Slelbourne jDatiks for the first |lalf>f the year totalled £120,45^413," arf against £106. 356,706 for tho corresponding period -laSVyßgiT and 88,623,045 in 1905.;. A football- match is being-arranged to take < pac6^'W#terir-'P»rk it an early date "between local auctioneers and com-r morcial gentlemen. The proceeds are in aid of the funds of Western Park* British imports for the first half -rf the year were £328,414,945, and ,th^ exports were £242,321,723:, The^totals for the corresponding period, of 1906 were £300,573,335 and £180,593,516. The duty imposed by the new tariff on parchment paper will, -according^© Mr Harkness, cost the National Dairy | Association £130 for ita coming season's supplies. The increased duty on paraffin willi alsitK-liave a detrimental effect on the dairy industry. - The -cold -snap thai Visited New Plymouth last night was fairly general throughout tlte* atfoSy 4 , ; except^ riortli of Auckland. There were hard frostkn at •many places *v : 9 Vbte. doming. Tlu» barometer is high all over v the colony. The Manukau bar is reported^ to ; be smooth. * At the meeting of 4ho Poultry Socipty Committee held on Thursday evenjtog, the following additional special prises wej%»J3«it^^^-:JDlasses 36%365, 388389, ss; 310-325, 7s 6d, opposite sex to best bird, and 5e for most points; 39b, 10s 6d; 64-71, ss; 212-214, 7s 6d; bant2n^rs&r^ndiefr *«'grss6n a &'^e«*l allotted to^Minorca classes 142 and 143, •Seventeen Snfocnmtiop laid by tho Stratford Borougb. 'Ranges under the by-laws, which, were before the Court this, morning, were dismissed on the ground that the informations had been laid before a Justice who was-^also a member of the Borough Council, and that, therefore, he held an interest that disqualified him from acting in the case.^-Association Wire. A sucesssf ul concert was . given in the Primitive Methodist school-room, Queen Street, last evening by the^ I church choir, and iriends, Th« programme was- as 'follows; — Pianoforte duet; Mrs Moverley -and Misfr Armstrong; sbngj Ttfr Jenkinson; song, Miss Richards; quartette, Misses Solo and Loesch, Messrs Jenkinson and Clark; song, Mrs !Ri<*b>; fl ute solo, Mr Deare^ song, Mr ?, *4ahfef^.(«^9° red ) •» recitation, Miss Brokenshire (enpored) ; song, Miss lioesch^ with violin obligato played by Herr Loesch; duet, Misses Gilbert, (encored); song, Miss Gilbert. The accompaniments were_played by Mr A. E. Golding and Mrs- loesch. To-imorrqw.is the last day for sending in verses for M^.B. May's competition. * Messrs Morey and. -Son advertise special sale prices for beaver coats and bonnets and other children's wear. ! To-mprrow- Mr Newton King will sell at his Haymarket Yards two good dairy cows close to calving. '■ lowest prices for pure all-wool blankets is the gist of the Melbourne doth- . ing Company's replace advertisement. Embroidery remnants are advertised on our- front page tonight by Morey & Moore, *f the Busy..Caaih Store, King Street. In-iSiis issue £5 is offered by the proprietors of Wyandotte for the best essay describing its* nierits and advantages.^ , • •'* • - " f In addition to the usual lines for Saturday, Messrs Wilson & Nolan are selllirg WWeaking^in suiky %na "harness in good order, also a quantity of men's macintoshes new. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday Mr Newtqn King will sell by auction, without reserve, the whole of Mr Andrew Neilson's dairy herd, including a pure-bred pedigree Shorthorn bull. Particulars are advertised in another column. From auction columns will be found a long list of articles to toe sold by auction, without reserve, at" the Old Curiosity jShpp. , Mrs Kennirigton is going farming, ajid her|s^ock must be sold. Messrs < Wifson l & rNdlan are the auctioneers and we anticipate they will have a^ btf^y tinie. r? : :^h> su^|r jbh»[awfaJ agony of rheumatism, gout, lumbago, sciatica, . and kindred diseasoa. u ßheamo"4f given it fair trial wul quickly cure you. Sold *t & ea ana* .<!-'. : 9