LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 52, 23 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Frankley school is closed for a fortnight on account of the prevalence of measles. Residents of Westown are petitioning the Chief Postmaster for a telephone office to be installed in the Westown store. The next session of the Supreme Court in New Plymouth will begin on Wednesday, September 20. Mr. .Justice Sim will preside. An advertisement in Maori appeared in hte "agony column" of the London Times on July 7. It read as follows: "I haere mac ahou no Ta-whitiuni, no Tawhiti-roa, no Tawhiti-pamamao, i Waihoro, Taupo." The cow presented to the Taranaki Agricultural Society by Mr. Stanley Smith has been sold by auction and realised £ll 15s, which sum is to bo devoted to the King George Coronation Ml. In his speech at the Hunt ball on Wednesday night last Mr. Halcombe omitted to announce that a huntsman's chorus would be sung by the West End pupils in the Happy Family on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Members of the North Taranaki Hunt will regret to learn that the master (Mr. A. H. Halcombe)'has lost his wellknown hunter Flying Scotchman. The horse was taken ill last Wednesday morning, and died on Monday. Miss Grimley addressed a meeting in Westown Hall on temperance matters last night. Bro. .T. C. Legg, District Deputy, presided. As a' result a lodjje*' was formed, to be called the "Star of Westown." About twenty members have already been enrolled. Mr. H. Smith was elected lodge deputy. The remaining officers will be elected next Tuesday. The Urenui school committee, in endeavoring to "get even" with the sanitary inspector who recently reported adversely on the school, makes reference to his paragraph about the barbed wire fences. "The committee fails Vo see," the chairman wrote to the Education Board, "how barbed wire round a school can affect the health of the childna." Argentine is making a bold bid for immigration. Over 71,000 immigrants arrived there up to 15th April from the beginning of the year, and it is anticipated that by the end of the year the total number of arrivals will have reached 400,000. Arrangements are being ihade for providing employment for the immigrants and also for offering land on liberal terms. Mr. Arthur Standish calls attention to an error contained in an appreciation of Mr. W. 11. Skinner's work, pointing out that the Mount Egmont NationaJ Park was vested in the people 37 years ago by the Hon. F. E. Carrington, chairman of the Provincial Council, the Hon. T. Kelly, Provincial Secretary, and Mr. Standish himself, who was then Provincial Commisisioner of Lands. It would appear that compulsory military training will ultimately abolish the fashion adopted' 'by a section of the masculine public of wearing long hair. There were looks of consternation on many faces at last week's parade of the Auckland Territorial corps when the staffsergeant supplemented the general company order by remarking: "I see that, a unmber of the men are wearing long hair. Get it cut." A most successful concert and dance was held at Frankley road last week in aid of the funds of the new Agricultural Hall, A capital programme was contributed, the following taking part:—Miss Gelding, Miss R. Okey, Misses Gilbert, Mrs. Winfield and Miss Winfiield, Messrs. B. McEwen, O'Brien, Cole, J. Lovell, Putt and Norris. An excellent supper was provided by the ladies of the district. Subsequently dancing was indulged in, Messrs. Pearson (piano) and W. Putt (violin) supplying the necessary music. As a result the hall funds will benefit to the extent of £9. A meeting of the residents of Frankleigh Park was held on Monday night to discuss the question of building a Sunday School. A number of the trustees of the Whiteley Church were present, and submitted various proposals for the consideration of the residents. After a full discussion, it was decided to accept one of these offers, and a suitable section will be acquired for a site for the school. The residents elected trustees, and' £lB 15s was raised in the room towards the cost of the school. It is proposed to erect a commodious (building, the material for which will cost about £7O, and the settlers themselves will erect the building; thus effecting a big saving. Firm to his purpose, the Anglican Bishop of Hereford (Dr Percival) last month conducted in the Cathedral the united communion service, in which Nonconformists were asked to join, which roused the indignation of High Churchmen, and was regarded but coolly 'by many Evangelical Churchmen. Dr Percival, in his address, referred to the opposition, and justified his action. He said the opposition come from the clerical party, which ( was separatist and retrograde, opposed to the principles of the Reformation and 1 steeped in the exclusive and uncompromising spirit of the early- Tractarians. i Thanks to the researches of dispassionate 1 truth-seeking scholars, their influence was on the wane, and stronger and better bej came the hope that unhappy ecclesiastical antagonisms would give place to good- | will and Christian brotherhood. Professor Haoul Pictet, of Geneva, has i been conducting some interesting experiments with a view to developing a method of suspended animation; but how far his discoveries will be applicable to mankind it is impossible at present to forecast. He claims to have succeeded in freezing goldfish into a solid block of ice, and thawing them to life again three monllis later, and to have discovered that frogs can bear freezing up to 28 degrees, dogs to 110 degrees, and snails to 120 degrees below zero Centigrade. But unless he chooses the psychological moment when we have left off pretending to enjoy a heat wave where will he find men on whom he may experiment in this way? There are other points to be considered. too. when he conies to extend the experiments to the human race. Some of these gold-fish, which were not carefully thawed, snapped in two before they could be comfortably released from their icy prison. What sort of an insurance policy would cover a risk of this kind for a. prospective subject? YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND That t>y using t,ne Commercial Eucalyptus Oil, which is now bought up at fid per lb weight and bottle, and, on account of the large profits, pushed, you axe exposing yourself to all the dangers to vviiicn iue use of turpentine will expose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tract and mucous membranes. By insisting oil the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT you not only avrid these pitfalls, but you hare a stimulating, safe and effective medicament, the result of a special and careful manufacture. Remember: SANDER'S EXTRACT embodies the result of 50 years' experience and of special study, aiid it does what is promised; it cures and heals without injuring the constitution, as the oils on the market frequently do. Therefore, protect yourself hj" rejecting otier brasj*.

A Sydney cablegram reports that the steamer Rimutaka, en route to Brisbane, and thence to New Zealand, has passed the heads. The other day a local member of the Veterans' Association presented himself amongst the Territorials for medical examination. The notice which brought him there was for his son, but was insufficiently addressed. No conscientious objector about him, what? An exciting fight between thrashers and a whale was witnessed off Sydney Heads last week. A whale estimated at sixty feet in length, was- attacked from all sides by upwards of a dozen thrashers It made desparate efforts to get to seaward, but all tb no avail. The ithrashers would leap into the air and come down on it with tepmc fofce. One had a fin estimated to 3j<* six feet in length. The whale was gradually forced into shallow water, where it suddenly disappeared, having evidently succumbed to the attack of its enemies. ■A deputation from the Ohura County Council asked the Minister for Public Works on Monday morning to fix a date for the ceremony of turning the first sod of the Ongarue end of the StratfordOngarae railway. The Hon. K. McKenzie replied that as soon as the surveyors, who were now engaged on the work, have located the first mile of cross section, the constructional work will be commenced. He was unnible to give any definite indication of the date by which that preliminary work will be completed. The Ohura County Council proposes to celebrate the beginning of the line by a ceremonial gathering, in which the Prime Minister, the Minister for Public Works, and the representatives of ,the neighboring constituencies will be invited to participate. A caWe message received iby the Sydney 'Sun on August 1.1 read as followsThe improvement in tho condition of Pope Pius is not so great as was at first thought. Drs. Petacci and Marchiafava were called ill at 6.30 this morning, and remained for two hours, receiving a detailed report from Dr. Amicci, His Holiness' special physician, who had watched through the night. The medical men seemed satisfied that there had been no further decline in the Pope's condition. He had enjoyed the best rest that he had bad for several nights, and his breathing was more normal, and his temperatuvo lower. The greatest difficulty that the doctors have to contend with is in building up his strength, because he will not take food. Chatting to Cardinals Merry del Val and Bisletti, the Pope cheerfully commented on the stories circulated about bis condition. He said: "1 intend to get well in spite of them." While enjoying bis new quarters. the Pope longs to return to the spacious bedroom he occupied for so long. Accordingly the wall is being taken down so that he may see into his old apartment. Hypodermic injections of caffeine have been used, showing that the heart's action is w«ak, but it is stated that a* improvement is visible in this respect.