LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 119, 10 November 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood that substantial (lovernment buildings are to be erected at Taihape. Ohakune having been constituted a borough, the election of mayor ■ and councillors takes place on the 30th inst. It is*reported tha.t the block of twa storeved buildings known as Kelscy's Buildings has been sold to an outside investor at a very satisfactory price.

It is stated that no less than liali a ton of fish is despatched from Parapal'umu daily for the I'almerston market. Kapiti Island is an excellent fishing ground, blue cod being especially plentiful there. The Simla Argus is obliged to make humble confession thus: "111 describing the costumes of the ladies at the fancy dress ball at the Vice-regal Lodge a mistake was made which we correct at once. Mrs. lilood wore a costume of a footwoman of the future, not a fastwoman, as our printers bad it.'' A very enjoyable social was heid in the Carrington road schoolroom on Wednesday evening. There, was a good attendance of the public, including a number who journeyed from town. Miss MeEwen, and Messrs. Stubbs, and MeEwen (2) contributed musical items. Dancing was carried oil till the early morning to music supplied by Mrs. Crozier.

The main ami first supplementary rolls for the electoral district of Kgmorit have now been issued by the Kigistrar of electors, and may be inspected at the office of the Registrar of electors and the various post offices throughout the electorate. It behoves every elector to see whether his or her name appears on the roll or not. As the final supplementary roll closes with the issue of the writs for election, persons who are not already enrolled should take immediate steps to do *9

llr. Murdd Mackenzie. manager of the Matador Land and Cuttle Co., Dundee (Scotland), resigned his position and accepted the oiler made to liim liy Mr. Percival Karqnlmr to assume the management of the live stock interest of the Brazil Land, Cattle and Packing Co., at a salary of £IO.OOO per annum. Mr. Mackenzie has lieen with the Matador Company for twenty years. The Brazil Company owns ,'!00,000 cattle, half a million sheep, and a similar number of pigs.

It is discovered that the whole .►!' the arrangements of the recent gathering of officers for a staff tour, ete., were investigated and carried out by the Territorial officers themselves. The defence authorities had nothing to do with the ordering or requesting these officers to attend. As a matter of fact, the Territorial officers wanted to foregather for a staff midday, and found that the only days suitable for all were .Saturday and Sunday. Accordingly these days', were selected. The officers generally are endeavoring to perfect themselves as far as possible for their positions in the Territoiiiul forces, and to ni|et, even as they did, ent-ails absence 'from business and other out-of-pocket expenses and loss. The whole matter was purely a voluntary and a private one, the officers beiw in mufti. °

The Park Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club had unpleasant weather for the official opening of the season yesterday, but the function was proceeded with. Only a little over a dozen members attended, owing to (he threatening appearance of the sky, but -ome good games were played' before the 'rain caused the players to beat a retreat to the clubhouse. Mr. 1!. Cock, the president, in declaring the season open, congratulated the committee and the caretaker on the excellent stale of the lawns, and said the club deserved -and he felt sure would receive—every encouragement from the Pukekura ' Park Board, from whom the club had leased a piece of waste and untidy ground from which to develop the present beautiful tennis and croquet lawns. The matter of providing asphalt courts for winter play had been mentioned to him. he said, but this was an expense which the committee could not face until the financial position was improved, as it could be hv holding some functions to

raise funds, lie then declared the season open, and wished the club a prosperous season, and offered to donate a guinea to purchase a trophy for one of "Llie club matches this season. Afternoon tea was then served, and. as the weather showed no signs of moderating the members dispersed. IT IS THE RESOLVF to obtain the GENUINE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT which will procure for you a remedy of sterling value and will protect you from having your health injured bv one of the many crude oils and so-called "Extracts" which are passed off by tinscrupulous dealers as "just as good," and which are, according to authentic testimony, very depressing to the heart. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is absolutely non-injurious, and brings instantaneous relief in headaches, fevers, colds, bronchial and gastric affections, and its great antiseptic powers protect from future infection. Wounds, ulcers, burns, sprains, are healed without infl.»nmation. SANDER'S EXTRACT is endorsed by the highest Medical Authorities. and is unique in its effect; purity, reliability and safety arc its distinguishable qualities. Therefore, get the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT; insist, -if—w -.»<■ U --J -I-—"

The curator of the Ptikekura Park I Board lias discovered tin* p. rson who lias I been stealing llowcrs from the [Kirk.

The election of three members for tin; Oi'o rilling of the Kginonl County Council resulted in the return of the retiring iiimitlicr-i. iles.ir.-:. K:tr<|uiiiir. Campbell and Hirst.

A first oll'i mling drunk was before th: 1 Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. As he applied for a prohibition order against himself lie was convicted and discharged.

Thieves entered the house of Mr. W. Conway, in Pilot street, Mokau, oil Saturday. They ransacked a bedroom-and took a purse containing £ls. Mr. Conway was (inly absent from his dwelling for a few minutes. The police are investigating. Information was. received at the Hawera Star ollice yesterday morning that a portion of the Kina road factory, near Opunake. hail been blown up. The occurrence, which took place on Monday night, is said to have been the result of a dynamite charge. The police are investigating the all'air.

There is a ui:m in our town, and be is wondrous wise; when he writot.li to the .editor he dotteth all bis i's. And when the i's are dotted, to give us added ease, he punctuates each paragraph and crosseth all his I's. Upon one side alone be writes, and never mils the leaves; so from the stern blue-pencil mail a smile he oft receives.

... Improvements- which ..have been carried out at the North Kgmont MounMiii House inelud;! enlargement' of Jthe "cottage," and the installationsof water and sanitary conveniences at both the main house and the cottage. There are already several enquiries from people desirous of booking the cottage during the, coming mountaineering season.

In these days of modem transit it seems almost incredible that there are old residents of New Zealand who have never yet experienced the pleasures and displeasures of a railway journey. A', resident of North Otago, whilst travelling over the Otago Centra! railway recently. had for his companion a settler of the Ilawea district of nearly 50 years' standing who was making his first train journey. He was quite delighted with the novel experience. The wife of an ex-policeman named Fiix-lough. (luring the hearing of her charge of assault against her husband, at lilaekburn (Knglandi, said that her husband was the sulkiest man in the world. During their seventeen years' married life, she said, he went weeks ' without saying a, word, and he boxed her ears because .-.lie Ming hymns. Tlte'i husband denied sulking more tlian three weeks at once, and complained that when lie tried to sleep his wife stood on the staircase and sang "Vip-i-addy-i-ay."' ' lie was lined "is, and a maintenance order was granted. A man found by the police in one of the remote parts of Canterbury was in a pitiable condition, and hardly recognisable as a human being. Mis hair was six inches long, his beard was matted with dirt, and his toes were frost-bitten. He was forthwith placed on a spare horse, and taken, to Adaptation, distant ten or twelve miles. Three search parties had been aifter him, as lie had been reported having been seen occasionally, during the last two weeks, wandering aimlessly about the bush in the bad; country. All the search parlies met with extremely severe weather, the country being also very rough. A remarkable instance of the devotion of a dog to its master was illustrated at. Kingston (England)' recently. Six months ago "Old .loe," the ostler at the (iiil)iii IJuti', sold his dog, a faithful terrier, to a young farmer living near liroekeiihurst, in Hampshire, warning him at the time that if lie did not watch the animal it would probably leave him. Nothing was heard of "Hob," as the animal hms called, until when shortly after tii" lintel was opened one morning the • »_•. -earcely able to walk, crawled in and laid down close to his old master's room. The dog had travelled a distance of over ninety miles.

At. the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before .Mr. Fl. S. Kitzherheri. R.M.. 11. F. Cailaghan appeared on remand in coiuu' tion with charge» iri drunkenness and breach of a prohibition order. Mr. K. C. Hughes appeared oil his behalf, and hi- testimony, endorsed hy Senior-Sergeant-Dart, was that during the respite granted llini hy the court the defendant had made an eil'ort to control the desire which possessed him for drink. The sergeant said he would not ask the court to convict the man, and Mr. Fitzherhert. saying he had 110 desire to ■punish a man who had, as was stated, made an eil'ort to get rid of his- dreadful ha hit. adjourned the case till December 14. Callaghan undertaking to take out a further prohibition order against himself.

Mr. F. C. May (managing director of the company which has formed the treasure-hunting expedition to the Auckland Islands.) nuide a rather interesting statement to a Dunedin Star representative in regard to the ElingamiteV gold at the Three Kings. He was asked whether he had turned his thoughts in the direction of trying to recover that as well as the bullion he hopes to salvage from the General Grant. His reply was that the Flingamitc's gold to the amount of ,£OO,OOO had been recovered within the last couple of years. On its being represented that this was contrary to the popular belief, he stated that an his WAV to New Zealand he interviewed Captain Bull, of Messrs. Huddart Parker and Co.'s Melbourne office, and that gentleman had informed him that such was the fact.

SALE OF MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING.

The Melbourne Clothing Company's great mill and factory sale offers unparalleled opportunities for buying men's and boy's clothing at prices very much less than ordinary. Since the inception of the sale last week many hundreds of garments, fresh from the 'loading mills and factories, have poured into our stores, replenishing our already huge stocks, and imparting a bright, crisp freshness to our goods which is unobtainable elsewhere. More important than all this is the remarkable lowliess of price, together with the high quality of goods, a combination rarely, if ever, achieved by others. Here are striking instances of the wonderful savings we oll'er you. Boys' Norfolk washing suits, 5/11; boys' Kaiapoi tweed suits, sizes 7 to 12, 13/9 to 10/0; boys' splendid tweed Varsity suits, all wool, in nice shades of browns, greens and greys, 11/0, sizes 5 to 10 years; men's dark tweed coats and vests, 17/0, splendidly tailored; men's Kaiapoi tweed suits, 28/0, worth 35/-; men's natty worsted trousers, 7/11, in neat stripe designs; men's splendid Petone tweed suits, splendid for knockabout wear, 35/-; men's superb tailor-made suits, special purchase of lovely worsteds and indigo ''Belwarps." 50/0; stunning values in saddle-tweed trousers, strong and djirk grev saddle trousers, 8/0; Roslyn Saddle trousers, 0/0; Tetone and Kaiapoi dark grey saddle "trousers, 10/fi; Oftir.n.rn sn.Htlln trnnsai-s.. 13/fl hp»l.