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Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14346, 26 October 1910, Page 2

The Canterbury Central Co-operative Dairy Company paid suppliers for last season 11.77 d per pound lor butter-fat, including fd bonus. Air. J. Ponwnrden has resigned his position on tho Tataraimaka School committee. Tho appointment of a successor has been referred to the committee. The Wellington syndicate which obtained a concession for and erected gasworks at Foxton, has disposed of the business and plant to the local borough council, at a cost of rather less than £IO,OOO. The Truant Inspector in his quarterly report to tho Education Board last night stated that the last quarter was one of the worst for several years- lor the amount of sickness experienced, as the following figures would show. Ho had taken the first twenty returns that came to hand, and the teachers . had entered 111 children us absent through sickness, and the number of times they were absent totalled 1368. A Alaori named Cody has been admitted to the Aiasfertoii Hospital with a fractured leg. How the injury was sustained is at present unknown, but the Native showed great fortitude alter the accident .by improvising splints from flax, and afterwards crawling to some manuka scrub, out ,of which he made himself a crutch. He was found at 5 o’clock in the evening, and tho ambulance was sent out for him. A Japanese company has been formed with a capital of £1,500,039, to construct a snip canal between Yokohama and Tokio. The canal is to be 1200 ft wide and 30ft deep, and capable of accommodating vessels up to 10,000 tons. A 99 years’ charter has been granted to tlic company, the canal becoming tho property of the Government upon the expiration ol the charter. Referring to. the judgment in a will case recently before the court, the Wairnrapa Daily Times says: “It may bo well in tho future to ordain that all estates over a certain value shall he administered by tho court. The coui-t would have no prejudices, no family fends, no eccentricities. It would distribute the effects of a dead person in tho fairest way, so that each person concerned might receive his or her fair proportion of the money. The Americans have evolved a new crossbred type of sheep, resulting from mating the .Persian fat tail sheep with the merino. It is said that the mutton is incomparable! in. quality to any yet produced, while the wool, which lias been designated “Fersiarino,” is claimed to be fine fibred, of great strength, and of very useful character for manufacturing' purposes. A Alasterton farmer is making inquiries concorning those sheep. The ponies belonging to the Scott Antarctic expedition arc being handled and trained on Quail Island hy tho Russian grooms, and they are visited frequently by mgrnbers of the expedition who have arrived already in Christchurch. The animals arc wild and tricky, hut not more so than those which were taken south by Sir Ernest Shaekleton. The long and probably arduous voyage down to the Antarctic Continent and the confinement during the winter night will subdue any excess of spirits that they may possess when they leave Lyttelton in a few weeks’ time.

The queue, worn for two centuries and a linll by the Chinese as an indication of a conquered people, is at last to go, ami to the course ol some three mouths it will ho a thing of the past. The Pekin correspondent of the Tung Wall Times (Sydney) stater, that Prince Tsnitao, who has just returned from Europe, has recommended that Ihc disappearance ol the queue should have its beginning among the Imperial clansmen, and then pass on in order to the metropolitan and provincial officials, ijnd after these are to follow tho students, police, and “common people.” The prince is anxious to have the reform carried out as quickly as possible. A shining cuckoo, pile of the first arrivals recorded in the Dominion this spring, flew into a lady’s sitting-room in Fendalfon hist week (says the Lyttelton Times). She was busy sewing at the time, and her unexpected visitor alighted on the sewing machine. It allowed itself to he caught, and was placed in a cage, where it seemed to ho very comfortable and happy, showing no fear when it was gently stroked on the back. Next morning, however, it quietly flow out at an open door on to tho verandah and into the open, to continue its migratory journeys. It is in splendid plumage, the metallic colours on its back and the bronzybrown bars on its chest being very bright and conspicuous. The greatest satisfaction to patrons of the Melbourne's men's suit store is that after selecting high quality goods they find the prices surprisingly little. This applies particularly to the beautiful new worsted tailor-made suite at 49s 6d, 59s 6d and Gss. Superb suits underpriced.*

An election is taking place to-day to fill tho vacancy which has occurred in the Omata Riding of tho Taranaki County Council through tho resignation of the Rev. E, Allanson. There aro two candidates before tho electors, Messrs. D. Al’Allum and A. George. A number of ladies met together yesterday aiternoon to discuss the question uf catering for the monster gathering to he held at “Aotoa” under the auspices of the Beautilying Association. An offer was made by Mr. Legg, but the ladies decided to take the matter in hand themselves, and formed themselves into a committee lor this purpose.

In view of the heavy hooking which is anticipated to-morrow morning for “Dorothy,” the box office requests tho public to form a qnoiio,and states that no one will be alloted more than six seats. The plans are now on view in Collier's windows, and under no consideration will seats he marked off before plan is submitted to the public to-morrow morning.

An interesting little game of_ “tW'O up” came to an abrupt conclusion or. ‘Wednesday. stales tho Hamilton Argus. The Mayor and some of tho councillors of the Hamilton borough wore on a. tour of inspection with a view to the condemnation of insanitary buildings. On reaching one old shed, which was in a shockingly dilapidated condition, them was a rush and scuffle in all directions as tho “two-upperS,” thinking it was the police, flew for their lives—or fines. One left a nice macintosh in his hurry, and another a good imhrclla. Air. James J. Hill, the American railway magnate, recently made a remarkable statement regarding the conservation ol .capital, which is not without local application. He said: “The modern theory that you can safely tax the wealthy is just as obnoxious as the medieval theory that you can safely oppress or kill the poor. It is obnoxious, not because wealth deserves special consideration, but because capital is the mainspring ol all industry and material development; and 11 yon have devoted so much oi it to tho unproductive purposes that tho Stale represents when it transcends its primary functions as keeper of the peace and dispenser of justice, there will he just so much less left to pay out in wages and devote to the creation of other wealth. It is a fixed fact, exactly as it is that When you subtract x from y something less than y must remain. Of course, tile labourer suffers even more than the capitalist. Tho countries in which such forms of taxation are being carried furthest are precisely those in which employment is scarce and precarious, and labour finds it necessary to lean more and more heavily each year upon the cankering habit of State and public charity,”

Free advice is given by ( Professor Macnlilfan Brown to Socialists. 11l relating experiences during his travels to the islands recently, he said that it would he a good thing if a band of Socialists made a trip to Samoa and Fiji, and saw for themselves what the communistic system has done for the peoples of those countries. He thinks that the awful example of the Fijian should be a warning against Socialistic doctrines. “The Fijian,” ho explained, “will not work, simply because he is a communist. ' Under the old Fijian avs tom of holding land, no individual had a chance of selling for himself what ho cultivacd. His neighbour had as much right to it as ho had. Consequently, he declines to labour. Ho no longer has wars to call forth his energies, and luxury and idleness aro sterilising him. When ho tries to work his efforts are only spasmodic. Ho makes a burst of it, and then stops for weeks. The Hindu, who is swarming into the Fijian’s country, has been disciplined by thousands of rears of threatening famine into handling his property and , cultivating it. He is making’ a good thing out of Fiji. He is prospering whore the Fijian is stagnating, because ho is a freeholder, or, at any rate, a leaseholder, while tho Fijian is a Socialist. The is increasing in numbers, the Fijian is decreasing. That is what happens to a Socialistic community. All Socialistic races will die, just as tho Fijian is dying.” White and Sons’ new shipments of gloves include all the new shades wanted to match the prevailing colours in dress. The evcr-incroasiii.g popularity of their fine lisle gloves with dome fasteners, at 9d per pair is accounted for by their reliability, shapeliness, and extensive range of colourings and sizes.*