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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13634, 13 April 1908, Page 4

The valuation of Eltham is £288,000 —an increase of -£112,000 over the valuation of three years ago. — Pi'ess telegram. y There was a good attendance at the concert given by the . Taranaki Garrison Band from ' the' Esplanade Rotunda yesterday afternoon. An excellent programme was rendered. The collection produced 1 a large sum. It pays shrewd men now to give up to £120 an acre for Hawke's Bay fruit lands, and an apple orchard is a surer i and more profitable thing than soft fruit (says the Manawatu Times). If £80 per acre per annum can be netted by certain Frimley orchards off soft fruits, what could the people on this coast make out of apples worked with equal skill P Where,, can dairying or flax-growing reach such a net. return? The New Plymouth Homing Pjgeon Club held a novel , interval race jarom Wanganui. Eleven members competed. The result was : W. Francis' Bismarck, time 2hrs 27miit, VfetBotiy OSgyds Oft 4m, 1; E. Ward's Surprise^ time 2hra 29imin, velocity 926-T-2— 2, 2.; R. Corner's Slider, time 2hrs 29mia, velocity 924— 0--2, 3; B. Bayley's CmH Lose, time 2hrs 30}min, velocity 920— ft— 10, 4.

Taranaki Petroleum shares were asked for at 5s 9d at Wellington last Friday — another advance of 3d. , Ashburton poultry breeders are complaining of an outbreak of a disease among their fowls. The owner of one yard lost thirty fowls in a week, and other fanciers have suffered to a great extent. The name of the disease is not known. Luxury in hairdressing is advancing. We hear that a Marton barber has invented a spray that not only cools and ref rosiies the head but assists the growth of the hair. ; r The spray consists of a.forceful current o£ compressed air. The barber; it is said, intends' patenting his invention. The turret-ddck steamer Orange Branch had a stormy passage from Sydney to Auckfttnd.' " The run occupied eight days. Tremendous seas constantly swept the. deck and occasionally broke over the captain's bridge. One of the Chinese crew was Avashed overboard. Though a high sea was running a boat was lowered and rescued the man. Boxing note, — A q^ble message ; reports that "Mrs Pankhurst has declared that Mr Asquith's Premiership meant for the suffragists a fight to. the bitter end," and that tko jStandard says that "it will be necessary for Mr Asquith to rely on the centre/and not on the left." , Feinting with the left, and swinging a half-hook, with the right, Ivill simply be useless. On the way from CromAvell to Clyde the Primes Minister's carriage was hailed by a man, who stood Jjy 'the roadside, with his wife, and their seven children ranged up alongside, of them. The parents wanted to know how they could get their educated, seerng that there was no school within fiH(e miles of their home. The Pr"ime Minister said the problem was a difficult one and the case a deserving one, arid he promised to lay the facts before the Hon. Mr Fowlds (Minister of Education). The Dunodin Times says the father and mother seemed somewhat consoled with this grain pf comfort. Sixty-two samples of quartz, country rock, and pyrites were obtained on the Patua ranges, Egmont National Park) by Mr N. D. Cochrane, mining engin* eer, who was sent to Taranaki by the Minister of Mines to report. Sis to the auriferous nature of this locality. The samples were principally collected. from tjie Bqar's Head creek, Konini creek, Ahu Ahu creeM, Wairau creek, Ibed of Timaru / river, peak of Patua range, Bound hill, and from drives known as Caple'g. Some samples are now in the hands of the Government Analyst, and, when the analyses are available a rcpprt will be furnished to the Minister by Mr Cochrane. — N.Z. -Times. > A little while ngo a scarlet fever patient was discharged from the Wel- " lington Hospital, but subsequent developments showed that the sufferer had not. been wholly cured. v The ailment reappeared, others in the same household were smitten, and ♦men declared that somebody had blundered. Very succintly the superintendent. Dr. Swart, reported to the trustees of the hospital that, with* sucb> a fever ward as Wellington possessed, "every patient who leaves the hospital is a possible, source of danger. While, the trusteed are striving to fix up a modus vivendi With thfc. Government, the bacillus of scarlet fever is working merrily. Brooklyn *ha 3an outbreak, but there is no room at the hospital for more , cases • fos%*|»w.. . ' th f patients have risen above the norma rate it has been a case of /'no more need apply" for accommodation in the fever ward. — Post. \ Like the coal -miners, the fellmbngers are full up of "arbitration." "Call. this arbitration?" they are demanding ' in scornful accents, "why, it's against us!" Consequently they want Mr Justice Sim removed, the Arbitration j^ct repealed, and every obstacle removed to their obtaining a maximum wage for a minimum of work. ' Christchurch Truth is beginning to wonder what kind of man the workers would like to see presiding over the Court. They have folmd f alilt with pretty well every president since Mr Justice Williams graced the position,' and Mr Justice Cooper, who rose from the ranks of the manual laboured was no more acceptable than Mr Justice Chapman, wko was nurtured in the law from his cradle. Apparently the workers will not. be satisfied till iihey get a President of the calibre of Jas. Thor-n, D. K. Pritchard, or some equally 'kumred,' prepared to apply a torch to the -whole social and industrial structure. ■ < ' • The ascendancy of the "contj,TK*re<i J ' Boers in Transvaal is thus described by a journalist from Auckland, now in Johannesburg: "The Dutch are in the saddle now, and if you' want another war say i-he word and I'll arrange it. Perhaps you know" that the question of the' U3O of ( taal' (a bastard Dutch language) is agitating- us .much here noW. As moat, things worth having are iiv the hands of the Dutch, and there is evdry evidence of still more gootl things going the same way, it is only a question of time before the m^n who dares to speak English Jiere will seriously offend the proprieties. Our mining editor who is a ~Ne\v Zealander, clears out this week because he*s not going to work on a paper* that will shortly be published half in taal and half in Hindustani. The Dutchmen are making ' things very sultry indeed for the dark gentlemen from Asia. The rule being mainly Dutch, the native isn't very troublesome. A Dutchman never allows a Kaffir to be insolent, and I; must say this is refreshing. The British idea of race equality was making the Rand nigger an intolerable person from whom no one 1 was safe, "but the sjambok rules once more." Many people are asking how Lord Plunket is to carry out his duties as Governor if he lives away from Wellington during the Parliamentary session. The Dominion states that no arrangements ,have yet been entered into to provide a town residence for the Governor during the session. It is possible that His Excellency will not, spend sufficient time in the city to require' a i town house. Governor's Messages and fOrders-in-Council, it is pointed out, -can be signed perfectly well by telegraph, and this course has been followked before to-day, when the Governor has been away from the capital, and his signature has been required in a hurry. , In the case of a Governor's Message, the whole statement is tele§raphed, and wired back with the adition of His Excellency's reply., For the purpose of an Order-in-Coun'cil. it is sufficient to telegraph tfye purport of the ,enactm<mt. to which £he Governor replies authorising the attachment kof his signature. Mail communication with Palmerston North is so frequenf. that most documents requiring the. Governor's authority could be- posted to him, and received back without inconvenient delays. When .haste is imperative, however, recourse will doubtless Be had next session to the Telegraph Department. f „

It has been decided to form a labour bureau .branch of the Hawke's Bay^ Employers' Association. The- *nembeiship roll of the association,, =is. now 127, . . South Australian farmers, it fe stated, are holding 250,000 tons of' grain, while fifteen or sixteen vessels are lying at Adelaide waiting for wheat and cannot get cargoes. The liquor interests in Dunedin have, it is reported, engaged an American pro-liquor lecturer of considerable repute to .-assist <ip the coming struggle. It, is said that the tee to be paid runs into something like £1000. A Napier paper states that the acci-' dent insurance companies .. have lost about £p*oo a year for the past tw^ or ( three years through accidents to employees of the Napier Harbour BoaraY -As a result they liaVe raised the premium from £2 per cent, to £6 and £7 per annum, on the ground thav,the business is unprofitable. The Board intends to approach the companies to reduce their tender substantially,'failing which it will form its own insuratico, ftind. Considerable resentment and no little' amusement has been caused in Pitte- • burg, (U.S.A.) by the issue of a mayoral ordinance prohibiting children from/ indulging in the joy^ of sledging on. the Sabbath Day,. , Mdst of the . inhabit-, ants denounce the ordinance as a aiUy and 1 unwarrantable interference with, the innocent pleasures of the childrep, an^ ask whether the municipal aujbhorities are prepared, as a logical sequel to the mayoral ordinance, to fdrbid motoring and other forms of adult Recreation,, on Sundays. There arc bankrupts and bankrupts: A man who\ lias ' had much experience <of them 1 , Mr James Ashcroft, the retiring, Official Assignee of Wellington, stated' at a valedictory function a few nights ago that he had been told he had been too kind to bankrupts, v bufc he clid not think he had. From his'experience, he would say there weijei twothirds-, of honest bankrupts, .and the other one-third were a considerable variety of rogues. He had endeavoured, to. punish those who deserved punisnme,nt, but he* never had any pleasure in dealing harshly with men whose troubles were due to misfortune. Tie care with which the Custom* authorities examine articles was jllustratqd at ■' the Auckland Harbour; Board's ~ meeting on Saturday, wß^n the fact was mentioned that owing .to? there being two and a half .matches too, many in' some .boxes, 100. cases of marches nad Keen detained in the wharf sheds. The Customs wanted increased duty, and delay arose while the matter was under— Ministerial consideration; The result was a charge for twentyeight days' storage fees. The committee decided to recommend the Board to remit half- the storage charges under the circumstances. \ '" ; At the meeting of the Eltham County, Council on Saturday morning, the, subject of procuring, stone for metal from Mbrijnt'Egmont quarry was .discussed. The Railway Department, the engineer:, stated, was taking over, the crushing plant at the end of this month, but, as it would require all the stone foe its own nee till Spring, none would be available till then. As the Department had promised to supply local bodies in the Spring, Councillor Dive moved that the Council should take) action in conjunction with the. other local bodies /interested to urge the Go-i iyernmenitg.to jMish.on.jthe railway and give them metal. The motion; was carried. The first two men to receive the Edward medal for life saving in mines were recently invested with the honour by King Edward., One was a collier of, 60 years, named Chandler, who, though himself greatly scalded, saved others, at the Hpyland collieries,. Barnsley, from certain death. The second hero, Everson, was a mechanic at the Penallta collieries in, Wales. Two men were precipitated down a mine shaft, and Everson clambered down a 4in pipe and saved the life of one of them* Chandler and Everson were reoeivedby the K^ng at Buckingham Palace. Chand* ler nearly collapsed through nervousness. In his story of the interview- .he said:— "l sweated streams. < Don't' ask me what the room was -like. I jvas all of a tremble." But the King; soon put him at his ease. He shook hands, with both men ; gave them their medals, told them he was glad to' see two such bravo men, and expressed the hope they would live long to wear their honours. Natural colour photography has prac* ticaUy been achieved, according to ai statement made by Mr Gullick (Government. Printer in Sydney) at the ananal picnic of the Government Printing Office at iCabarita recently. :S» ,said the discovery had been made by # few of the men in. the department -be* hind the scenes, and he was only wait* ing for the apparatus to arrive from the Old Country in order to put the work before*' the- general publio on a large scale. He had sent a member of Jiis staff to Mount Kosciusko, who had brought back fifty exquisite pictures, , showing the colours of Nature absolutely as they were. When the publio saw the photographs it would be rea^ lised what a great result had been achieved on lines which were scarcely known in the world as yet, although they had been introduced in Germany. One of the 'best proofs of the fact that it is impossible to make people sober by Act of Parliament is furnished (says the Sydney correspondent of 'the Auckland Star) by the f act T reported in one of the newspapers that since the new Liquor Act Jias -made it impossible — or difficult, anyway — to geY drink from the hotel bar on Sunday, topers ofa certain class have taken to the consumption of methylated spirits, y} I'o1 ' 0^ I.'1 .' ** * s obvious, is easier to obtain. If this assertion is true, it is surely th# duty of the authorities to enforce restrictions against the sale of this spirit, which may now be bought with-: out trouble, and m any quantity.