LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 66, 5 August 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Dannevirke telegram states that there was a not/lier heavy snowfall there on Saturday, making the fourth this winter.

The annual meeting of that useful institution, the Society for the Health of Women and Children, takes place in New Plymouth this afternoon. The annual general meeting of the Taranaki Veterans' Association set down for Saturday last, lias been adjourned till the first Saturday in September.

Weather prophets predict an early spring and a hot summer following upon the wet winter. In 1906, they say, a .similar winter was experienced, and was followed by an exceptionally hot summer.

On Friday, in the Supreme Court, David Duncan, of Opunake, stationer, was adjudged bankrupt upon, the petition of ill-. James Vickery, of Opunake. Mr. Roy appeared for the petitioning creditor.'

Major Sandford lias received a telegram from Captain iStevejis, staff officer of the junior cadets- stating that the order to rejoin the Defence Department Quid been cancelled, and that he would therefore remain as staff officer of the junior cadets."

"We have a new - manager now who does not! know anyone, consequently it is useless to waste £ 1.10 of the .shareholders' money this year in appointing an independent tester."—A remark by a director at the annual ■ meeting of the Moa Dairy Company on Saturday. Apparently knowledge in dairy companies is a dangerous thing. . ' •

The creditors- in the estate of D. Chartens, land agent, of New Plymouth, held a further meeting at the D.O.A.'s office on Saturday, when it was decided to leave the question of realisation to the Deputy Official Assignee (Mr. Medley), but lie was instructed to delay action for fourteen days to s'ee if interest on the mortgages on the bankrupt's property, wer> Daid in the meantime.

A stirring and eloquent address entitled "Sonship as an ideal of Jesus Christ" was delivered at the Brotherhood yesterday afternoon by the Rev. J. W. Burton. The attendance was largo, and the lecturer was followed with considerable interest. The soloist was Mr.. Lrn.est Clarke, and the musical director Mr. W. M. Perry, while Mr. A. V. Carbines presided at the piano. A New York florist has made a fortune by _ growing four-leaved clover plants, which are supposed by the superstitious to bring luck to the ilorLst. He brought his first plants into the market at the beginning of April, and asked £1 each for thetn. Me sold 4000 in a week. He is still selling hundreds of plants a day. 'Pjhey are sold in a. moss-covered, pot, or (t gilded wicker basket, tied with a red ribbon, and bearing ; a good-luck message!: The four-leaved clover is being largely used in bridal bouquets. Cable j advice was lately j'eceivcd previous to the opening in London of the share list for-the-Taranaki Oil Wells Ltd;, that' shares, had already been quoted jit a premium. When the poor response which the list received in London became known some doubt was felt iis to thp authenticity of this'-advice. Reliable private advice from London, dated the endrof June, however, substantially confirms the report, and it is understood that during the previous week shares were quoted nt ft premium-.of 3s Del This would seem to indicate that London'capital will, soon be loosened wlien the refinery works begin to take .shape. The annual meeting of the Moa Dairy Company eventuated at Inglowood ort in the Parish Hall. A few years ago these, meetings were a great draw, (Wing very popular with residents pf Infjletwood and surrounding district, inasmuch as tJhe fun was occasionally fast and) furious, and a far better afternoon's' sport was given than could be obtaintHj from any of the theatrical companies that include Ingle wood in their tqurs. Mr. D. Herlihy ,was then chairnian of directors. So popular did t'he entertainment become that a resolution tfas passed excluding all but the press and shareholders from attending the meetings. Times, however, have changed since then, and Saturday's meeting was most orderly and devoid of any extraneous interest.

"The Apostles of Boiuice" is the title which the New Zealand Railway Review, the organ of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, applies to the Federation of Labor. It says: "Thc'N'ew Zealand Labor movement is inflicted with the cur.se of an extreme section always on the look-out for a fight, always bouncing and boasting a4>out th« industrial millennium which is to be ushered'in by the triimph of the general strike. Society is to be saved 'by violence-—wa are all to become happy and contented under a regime imposed t>y dictators of the type who forced a strike at Timaru because two members of the A.S.R.B. had »ot considered it necessary t« belong to the Federation of Labor. They were, according to their elegant language, affected by these violent reformers, 'scabs.' The fact that they 'belonged to a trade union registered by law, and that they wero thus to be bullied into joining an organisation not possessing that legal standing, did not appear to 'have a bearing on the use of tho -objectionable word —the Federation of Labor plays fast and loose with words as well as more serious things. This is the first time railway men luito been brought,face to face with the militant methods of the Federation of Labor. They discover that its plans are to attack first, then consider the justice and equity of the position afterwards. The. Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants is not going to quietly tolerate impudent innovations of this kind." '

A BOOX TO RHEUMATICS. RHETOiO positively contradicts the old idea that Rheumatism cannot be cured. It Ims Succeeded in effecting permanent relief where hundreds of other alleged cures have failed. Liniments, plasters and embrocations afford but temporary relief at best, for rheumatism, gout, sciatica or lumbago is caused by the presence of uric, acid in the blood. This must be .eliminated from the system liefore a complete cure ea.il be effected. rjJEfJMO neutralises and expi'ls Ibis uric acid, and consequently, immediately it is taken, the pains cease. Mr. IV. .'lames, iiroi'rieior Terminus Hotel, I'lirUtehnreli. tells his experience: "I suffered very greatly from rheumatic gout for quite fourteen years!, and tried almost every remedy suggested by my friends and medical practitioners, but with very little relief. About three, years ago I was strongly advised to try RFTEUMO. I did so, and with the greatest satisfaction. I have a little twinge now and then, but a dase or two of RFTEUMO puts me right at once," All chemists and stores sell RIIEUMO at 2/6 and 4/6 a bottle.

Kflwliia setters are agitating Jot a railway to connect their district with the Main Trunk railway. The Minister for Railways told a deputation hwt week that a Hying survey of the route wouild be made as soon as possible, but held out no hope that the work would be authorised for some time to come,

The possibility of locating platinum lodes at Orepuki (Otago) is radicated by Mr. U. M. Thomson, M.P., m a question iukliresscd to the Minister for Minos. Mr. Thomson suggests that a scientific purvey should be made with a view 'to locating the lodes from wliioh the platinum sands in the Onepuki district «re derived. Platinum is in ever-increasing demand, and the present market price is over £lO per ounce. Thus the Conciliation Oominiscioners, in. their report on the conditions prevailing at Wailii: —Oases of distress were numerous, and the hospital was full. One woman had lost her chiild from diphtheria, due, it was alleged, to the stoppage of tho water supply for flushing purposes. The sickness that filled the hospital was stated to be 'the result of distress and hardship directly due. to the strike. Attendance tit the schools hud fallen away greatly, whole families having left tire 'town, and the 'technical school might just as well close up for all the scholars there were seeking instruction."

I Mr. Okey will have done something ] entitling him to the thanks uf >tihe press ■ and public if he is able to obtain an affirmative reply to the (following question lie is asking the Prime .Minister, "to 'forward sealed copies of the Financial Statement to pustmaster.s throughout the country, witu instructions to deliver th'em .to 'edit/Old of all newspapers at tihe time appointed for the delivery of the Statement." (Jnder present conditions the whotle 01 the Statement is telegraphed, entailing a tremendous lot of 'work to the Telegraph Department and the papers. This, and the attendant cost, would be saved by following the business-like course suggested by Mr. Okey.

Out contemporary, tho Taranaki Herald, celebrated its sixtieth aruuviorsary Oil' Saturday. The occasion- ms marked by the 'holding of a. "YVaysspgoose" in t-lie evening at May and Ariiowsmi.t'lrs, t-lwj staff and a few friends being' present. Advantage was taken by the stall' to present the proprietor (>.&•; Ifenry Weston) with a large photograph of the staff and offices. We desire to offer our hearty congratulations to the Heu'ahl on the attainment of its diamond jubilee, and to express the hope -that it will continue to progress and- prosper. It is worth recording that the Herald is the third oldest paper iu. the Dominion, having been published in 1852, the fourth oldest, we believe, being the T'airanald News, which was born in 1857.

Cooking is a .subject wili-ic-h intoreiftU all, rich and poor, old and young alike, and therefore i't is not surprising that tire lectures and demonstrations on the subject, which are being given in (the Good Templar Hall by -Urs. Gle-nner, late principal of the Ladies-' Training College and College of. Domes-tin Economy in Melbourne, are attracting many interested spectators. On Suluanday, Mins. Glenner lectured and deyioiis-traiti'd 'both hi the afternoon and evening. In addition to. her demonstrative work, Mis. Glennorj spoke interestingly on health and how to attain it. She vval'l give -fuirthe den|o.nst : ratioiM at 2.30 -o'clock this afternoon, and to-morrow in the Good Templar Hall, wihen those wishing to join the cla&rcs are asked u> hand in their names.