LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8182, 21 August 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The iron and woodwork in the swings at the Central school is to Lc overhauled and tested, to safeguard the children against accident. All' it. four or live yearn ago i! was a rommon thing for the Hospital Hoard to have an overdraft of L'l.con ' r ,-n. At Monday's oceting the n. neral account showed a credit of .et'.ns, wiiieh is rather a belter state of affairs. The annual Garrison Band ball, which eventuates on Thursday evening, only wanis a line night to make it a record success. The hand is fortunate in having an excellent ladies' committee to second its efforts, who will provide a lirst-class supper. Mr Turner's orchestra will supply the latest music. Onlookers will he admitted to the circle upon payment of one shilling. The usual meeting o[ the Loyal Egiiimil Lodge. 1.0.0 P.. M.U., was held last evening, X.O. 11. ][. ford le'e-iding. One candidate was mitailed, and another proposed for inemiicrsliip. An invitation was sent t i the Druids to play a return eribhagc and euchre tournament on Monday evening, September 3rd i'.G. Bro llarrii'ir., of the Ellham Lodge, visited llic Lodge, and was accorded Lodge nonet's. A young lady, named Miss Buby Watliitis, belonging to lluiroa, met | with an accident at Douglas road on Mond-iv al'lernoci!. She was riding a horse when -nine pawls attached In Hie saddle hvame loose, and hanging nhoul the horse's leg., the animal goi Din of hand. Miss Wail.ins attempted o jump clear from tho saddle, and in lomg so sustained a fracture of tho leg oeiow the knee. She was brought to die New Plymouth Hospital by the nail train the same evening. Out on the deep the storm blew wild. But the man at the wheel stood firm, He swallowed some O.T. PUNCH and smiled, For the cold couldn't nuke his fqwirai. j

Now is tlio time to purchase a ib'yo'e, or exchange your old' machino or a new one. Cyclists should have a ook at E Reynolds and Go's, stock in he Devon street shop. | The Taranaki Rifles paraded, under 3apfc, Okcy, on Monday night. There ,vas a good muster. Scrgt.-Major Sanderson put the company through irill, and gave a lecture on the rifle. A meeting was held after parade, and it was decided to hold the annual re-union early in September, to take the form of a dinner and social, at which a presentation will bo made to Quarter-master Captain Cock, who recently retired from active volunteering, Class-firing will be held on Thursday afternoon. There are now 39 inmates in the Old People's Home, 33 males aud six females, In the month just ended two males were admitted. The custodian reports that the general health of the inmates has been good, and the discipline good during the four weeks, with the exception of William Banks who absented himself on Friday night, without leive, returning at 9 45 p.m. under tho influence of liquor. He refused to go to bed, and raisod a disturbance, using obscsno language. The man was consequently removed to the police station, where he was charged with drunkenness, using abusive language, and bringing liquor to the homo. At the S.M. Court Banks was fined 10s for taking liquor to the homo, and convicted for drunkenness, but the charge of using obsene language was dismissed. This inmate, who hails from the Hawera district, leaves the home to-day. Tho Firo Brigades throughout the colony intend making a strenuous effort to get the Fire Brigades' Bill passed tkis session. To further this desirable end, Captain Bellringer, President of tho ;Fire Brigades' Association, and representatives of the New Plymouth and Fitzroy Fire Brigades, waited on Messrs E. M. Smith and ifi. T Jen-

nings, 11'j.HII, requesting them to . urge the Government to bring down the Bill at an early stage tins session, and' press it through without delay, iioth members promise 1 their aitive support, and prolably ihe executive of ; the Association will arrange for a very ( strong deputation of members to bring ( tho matter before the Prcinii r at an , early date. Speaking at the Fire Brigade demonstration at Dauedin nearly two years ago, Sir Joseph Ward pro- , lmsed to see the Bill through the | House, and there is every reason to be- , lieve he will red;em his uromise. A cor aspondent writes to tho Pal- ' n erston forth "St ndard"as Mows: residents of Foxton are h iving ; a high time just at present, especially ' those win are f. rtuauto enough in ; possessing a dray o'cari. Th? step* mors carrying coal from the Government mines having b.vome stranlod'at the llj.uls, had to jotdson their cargoes on to the beach. One threw over about 280 tons, and the other about 100. At h'gh water this eoil is washed about by tlto sea, but is availab'e to all and sundry us the tide recedes. Consequently, for many days past, art who could possibly scrape up a conveyance have been laying up a supply of ; Government coal freo of cost. Two : mca arc s:iid to have already 18 tons I between them stored up in Foxton, ! and many others have largo heips to . supply them with fuel for many a day. i Tar.ita footballers aro rather chag- : rinod at their exclusion from the : Shield c'mp.'tiuon inaugurated by the ; f agio rood Football Olub. The ex- . pi malion is that the contests were in&ug irated for the purpose of bringing on I players for the club—a roost praiseworthy idea, The district is diyided into sub-districts, and .matches played prior to the commencement of the cup Hitches, and at their conclusion, seniors, juniors, and beginners all having a chance. Tarata is in Clifton territory, though (iyc miles nearer to Inglewood than to Waitara, the home ' of the Clifton Club, which is inacress- • ihle as far as the game is cone 'rned. '• Inglewood, however, considers its dily ■" ends in finding and developing players for its own team only. Commenting on a recent, telegram staling that farmers in the Stratford ' district were proposing to grow flax, - and to start a co-operative mill for dealing with the product, the Ilingili- ' kei "Advocate" observes: It is said e that 300 acres of flax would bo suGv ;. cient to keep a mill occupied. We cannot but think lli'Tc is a very profitable investment wailing for those who are willing to go to the expense of ', pi mling areas of poor land in conyena lent situations with flax of selected i varieties. We cannot expect flax xi always to remain at its present high "l price, but when we consider the dilli- ( culties which at present meet the fkxn miller who has to set up his null in places remote from railways to cut scat- , teroipax over wide and marshy areas, it must be clear that the man who acquires a section of land where con(J veuiences for laud or water carriage s exist can produce the fibre at half the '' cost at present necessary, First-class 1 flax planted closo to the mill could be c cut cheaply, and the cost of carting to ■t the mill aud to the railway or wharf n would be very low. The supposition - that flax will only grow in marshy o arons is not born out by experience, e and almost every garden in the country n proves that under cultivation flax flourishes on dry land, The present Ihixnnller has to take the quality of flax nature provides, but the farmer n would plant only that which tests had !, proved to produce the best fibre. Gov- " eminent is conducting some experiments at Levin, and it is reported that in four years from the seed the flax is * lit for cutting Assuming then that it ' takes five years before any return is ' produced by a flax plantation, the time ' is not as long as is required m the case i of an orchard or vineyard, and outlay i per acre is very small. The well-known eyesight and speo- ■ tacjc specialist, Mr A. Green, D.S.A.O. ' of Auckland, is now on a visit to New ' Plymouth, and may be consulted daily from 31st August at tho consult- , ing room in Messrs Bewloy and Grilliths' premises, Devon streot. Mr Gro"ii needs no introduction to this

district, where there are many pcoph can gratefully point to him as havini given them; renewed sight. Anyone i who is suffering from defective vision and who require the use of spectacles cannot do belter than call at once noon Mr Green, who has come fully prepared to deal with any stage oi kind of eye trouble. Sufferers would do well to remember that where the eye requires attention delay is dangerous, and that an opportunity docs not often occur of consulting a first-elast specialist. If you have tho faintest suspicion that your eyes are not just ri ;ht, that your glasses don't suit your sight, if you have to hold a newspaper further from you than you should, or you cannot see at a distance, or if yau suffer iron headaches, painful bloodshot eye;, inllnmcd eyelids, crossed eyes, etc , then do not go to the average optican or spectacle seller, as he is unable to distinguish between optical d.feels and diseases, but consult a gmil eyesight specialist, who will thoroughly examine your eyes, and give you good glasses, which will improve and slrenglhen the sight. 'The optic nerves will secure rest, headaches will thus be prevented, and (here will he an absence of dizziness. —Advt. WHAT MR. JOHN STEMtMS THINKS OF lUIEUMO. Mr John Stevens, of Bulls, the member for Manawatu, has a high opinion of Riiecsw. Head what he writes -.— " I had a severe attack of rheumatism, and was advise! to try Uhei'ho. I did so, with most satisfactory results. After taking tw) bottles it praclically cured me. I have no hesitation in saythat your remady is the best I have used." Try Hiieumo yourself. If j given a fair trial it will quickly cure rheumatism, gout, sciatica, lumbago, and kindred diseases. All chemists and storekeepers sell it at 2s 6d and Is Od a bottle. I.itile drops of Peppermint Made by Mr Woods, Don't they do a body Such a world of good fitth: drops of Peppermint Cure .Malic you well again, Drive away that hacking cough And eyery sshe and pain,