LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 277, 15 April 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In a flooded paddock near Winton, two rabbits were seen on the back of a sheep. Field mice were also observed on fencing wires. Mr. Massey states iliat lie has not yet received the financial figures for the past year, but he anticipates that the surplus will be about £i]oo.oiX).

The, Postal Department reports that the steamers Wimroera, lonic, Warrimoo, Makura, Kauroa, Moeraki, Fiona, Macedonia and Xavu'a should be within wireless range. We understand that Canon Garland, the organising secretary of the Bible ill State Schools League of New Zealand, will be visiting New Plymouth at the end of this week, and addressing, a public meeting on the subject.

The type of men now offering fov tlie New Zealand Police Force is, it is said, distinctly above the average, both in point of physique and educational attainments. Several of them have seen service in other British police forces. While receiving a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce, Wanganui, the Premier said that a few days ago, he was talking to an American who was in New Zealand trying to place an order for 30,000 cases of apples, and he placed the order. The Premier went on to say that he thought New Zealand had a great future before it as a fruit-grow-ing country, and there was a very good market in America for fruit.

Mr. H. J. Okey, M.P., is in receipt of the following letter from the Prime Min-ister:-—"On the termination of my recent visit to the Taranaki district, I desire to thank you sincerely for your kind assistance and co-operation in making my trip to your electorate so successful and enjoyable. I feel sure that good will result, and the information I have been able to acquire during my tour will be of great value to me in dealing witli afi'airs relating to the .district."

"The Court does not intend to encourage laziness." said Mr. Justice Sim at the Arbitration Court at Auckland on Monday. This remark was occasioned by the secretary of the Auckland Bakers' Union bringing forward an application to have an employer's name attached to the award without having ascertained the Christian name of the party to be added. "'lt is perfectly easy," said his Honor, "for a union secretary to find out what the employer's first name is. If he doesn't do it. it's laziness. On that ground the Court intends to dismiss the application."

' lie local lion, secretary (Mrs. Dock- > has received a letter from the see'i'y of Dr. Barnardo's Homes acknow-

;ing the receipt of the New Plymouth

actions for 1!112. amounting to £sl Is 3d. ami asking her io conv&v Jiis heartiest thanks to all good friends who rendered assistance.' Mrs. Dockrill has since forwarded another sum of £2l 2s 7d. _ Of this £2 Ss is the balance of the ladies' collections, and £lO 14s "d was handed over to her from the New Plymouth Brotherhood as their donation towards the Homes, This makes n total of £72 .I-* 101' for the var.

Tn a letter to the .Vew Plymouth Borough Council last night. Mr. A. Y. Carbines stated that, provided he could secure the permission of the Borough Council, he (•onte'iipliit'vl arranging a series of orchestral concerts during the winter, to lie held in the Theatre Roval about every third Sunday. The programme would consist of selections from the best classical and popular compos- - ers. The concerts would be given' under the name of the Xew Plymouth Orchestral Society, and the proceeds, after expenses were paid, would be devoted to suitable charities. The application was granted on the understanding that the programme of music would have to he approved by the Council. The performances, it was mentioned, would commence at 5.30 p.m.

A local angler who has just returned from a fortnight's visit to the Wairarapa. reports that some of the best streams have been largely depleted of fish by shags, lie gives as the reason for the increase in the number of shags, that the Acclimatisation Society of the district has ceased offering rewards ior the birds' heads. Coming nearer home several local fishermen have noticed that shags have largely increased on the Waiwakaiho and other streams during the past few months, since the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society has released this year's trout frv. As these birds are the most expert of fishers it can well be seen that their toll of fish from our streams is very considerable, as a shag will easily capture and devour any fish up to three-quarters.of a pound.

Whilst Mr. Luke Cardan, of Wanganui, was in the act of opening the front door he was hit by an individual with a heavy piece of wood, and though wearing a thick tweed cap. that article received a cut nearly two inches long, and his scalp was slit for about three inches. It was evidently a sharp edge of the wood which came in contact. The wound required several stitches. Though almost felled by the blow. Mr. Carolan succeeded in opening the door and getting inside. Then, with blood streaming from the wound, he escaped by another way and advised the police, who searched the locality and found the culprit, a man named Kniest (Vreen, who was talcen in a taxi-cab to the police station, and confessed to the whole affair. He is very subject to fits, and he explained to the police that he frequently does not know what he is doing. Instead of having a charge of assault preferred j against him. he will be medically I examined to test his sanity.—Chronicle.

A mcotina: of the West End Foreshore Improvement Committee was held last night, there being a good attendance, and tlic chair was occupied by Mr. Eustace. The resignation of the secretary was accepted, lie llmling his business duties too onerous (o permit of his continuing in office, and Air. Barv was appointed to the vacant position. Mr. jtfovcrley wis appointed treasurer, and it was decided to oiien an account with the T'.ank of New South Wales, With regard to a hand rotunda it was decided to hold a meetinn- of the executive and ns many ladv friends as could attend at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday next, to discuss the selection of a site. It was decided to hold a series of social evenings (luring the winter in aid of the funds of the Society, and the first of these will he held 011 May I. Messrs. Eustace, Russell and Han- were appointed a committee to confer with the Seaside Improvement Society with a view to arranging for the hoMing of a. joint picU \C on New Year's Day.

lients in Auckland are abnormaliy high. Citizens are prepared to pay al« most anything in order to secure q| dwelling. / A meeting of the Expansion and Tourist League was held last evening, thfl chairman (Mr. T. C. List) presiding over ,a small attendance. The business trans* acted was of a routine description. On a recent Saturday, the Danncvirkft Hoy Scouts' contingeut, under the supervision of Mr. M. Burgess, Dannevirke,. constructed a bridge about 30 feet long across a gully in the Mangatera river. The local paper says the work was capably carried out, and was a credit to the troop. Over 20.00(1,000 stamps ordered 1)y the United States Government to commemorate the opening o! tin Panama Canal have betn withdiawn owing to an< error. Instead of a view of the Gatnu Locks, the picture, when printed, wanfound to be (.liat of the San Pedro Miguel Locks, with the name of the (Jatun Locks printed below. A new stamp with the picture unaltered, but with the words "Panama Canal," iias been issued.

Eulogistic references were made by various Councillors at last night's meeting of the Borough Council to the annual report of the Town Clerk (Mr. F.. T. Bellringer). Cr. Ambury remarked that the town was indebted to Mr. Bellringer for the excellent report he had prepared. It contained a number of valuable suggestions in the interests of the town and he hoped that the incoming Council would go into these and act upon them. Whether the petition for taking a half-holiday poll in Eltluim proves to be regular or irregular does not appear to -matter now, for it is certain that the Saturday half-holiday will not be agreed to (says the Argus). Some of those who were most keenly in favor of the Saturday half-holiday have declared that they would not support it unless Stratford and Hawera were also closing on Saturdays. As that is not possible now, Saturday closing in Eltham is "off."

Speaking at a meeting at the Hotel Cecil, London, held to inaugurate a national campaign to advertise advertising, Mr. T. .T. Barratt, chairman of' Pears' Soap, said it was commonly supposed that advertising necessarily increases the cost of the advertised article, but his very lengthened and extensive experience proved entirely the contrary. "As a consequence of that expenditure," he said, "the greatly increased output has resulted in enabling us to so reduce our costs of production that our specialty to-day is obtained by the public at over 30 per cent, less than the price charged without that advertising expenditure. To-dav, after twentythree years' lapse of time, bringing my total to some £3,000,000 spent in advertising. my experience permits me still to endorse that sentiment." Two bee farmers and a .Wyndham pressman were exchanging views on flood topics on Wednesday. "No bees will be left on the flat lands about here." remarked the newspaper man. "You'd wonder how tenacious of life the bee is," observed one of the bee men, who was no other than Mr. James Allen, tlie •doven of district apiariits. in reply. "I had an outlying apiary of fifty hives on a farm at Mataura Island which was completely submerged by the flood. Every one of tlids? fifty hives was fully covered with water for several hours. On my visiting the scene after the waters had subsided somewhat, judge of mv astonishment to find eighteen colonies more or less alive, from which I hope to secure at least a dozen strong .colonies. I first of all noticed that some lof the bees in a state of semi-collapse; but after getting sorted out and a touch of sun. they began to move their wings, and wero soon very much alive." "

A rather amusing sight was witnes- , sed on the Frankton road recently (says the Lake Wakatipu Mail), when a motor car was seen to he in equine tow on the prohibited area of this road. The iron steed was not disabled, as many thought; its owner wag but sagaciously circumventing the Lake Countv by-law re atms to motor trnffie. which is" not allowed on (he road between the town no"wrv nntl thp Fn.iirfon wharf. The "id by-law proclaimed that motors shall not he "driven- on the road in nuestioii; consequent/, as the Shotover TJivor. which crossed ihe rout« usually folhnyed by the car, van i„ fJoo-l. an',l liad taken some negotiating earlier i n the day. the owner ct th« riot ->r nnieklv came to the conclusion that. thou«h his car might not be Mriven," there'"' was no reason win- it should not l,e 'drawn.' Suitin? his »w>tion U his words he yoked up two hors«= to his civ and went on hia wav chuckling. -So iliil the two horses, bo it is said! 'lhe Hutt Borough Council, assisted by the police, established 1 a "motor trap" along the main road recently, and 'it the dose of the day a dozen motorists numbers were taken, with a, view to prosecntion The "trap" took the distame of half-a-nule, and ila» signals were used to take the time. The sS limit m this particular place is 20 miles an hour. One rider of a motor-cycle lid the run at the rate of -30 miles' «n .our, and his mm ber was qllL™ traffic 1 n, " joritv of *'»<■ motor S> Iml I'- o "''?'"' ' tray elled at between 7r !, mi, * s an hour, whilst others m the know, travelled at a funeral pace, and sarcastically „ ske d the offi' ' cers if thev were travelling too fast "trans"' • Cll ln - en<l t0 haVe other taps in various parts of the borough hedTT' 1 W ' th a te ¥ lonp ' whirl, is held to be more accurate than the llaff system, and, is better at night a hiimoious point in Saturday's "trapping" s , t ' mt ,v ' ,on tf| e fare were on the road home from Trentham they could not see the officers at the of he trap,' but at the southern end a policeman was in full view. „ n d m "t 01 ists, thinking they were just entering the tin p. slowed down to a crawlinp pace, when perhaps they had driven through the 'trap" at an express rat"

MEN'S WINTER WEARABLES AX THE MELBOURNE, LTD.

With the passing 0 f Easter, one's thoughts naturally turn to consideration of cold weather requirements. Men's clothing winter needs are specially ered for at the Melbourne, as the following items will testify;— Men's merino shirts and pants, 1/H, 2/6, 2/11; n „tur a ? shirts and pants, 3/6, 3/11, 4/11; tSI SA7 BtS . a ", d . pants ' American ial nk, !^ 1 " knitted pants, eoloni pn,r 'grand value); men's splendid quality all-wool Crimean shirts , (special value); men's Mosgiel knitted socks, three pairs for 2/0- men's warm Roslyn all-wool socks, black or plain grey,.]/- pnlr . men > swam sad(])(> tro e u e ser 9UI B/fi 3t, f C: men V' eavy trousers, 8/G; famous Oamaru saddle trousers, 13/-G; nev Hydrotite overcoats. tll'r a x au P eTwr raincoats. 39/8' 2/n? mm?' ' men ' 9 Tidin S oilskins, 12/0, mens new oiled canvas coats * rastrsr 3m Baind '

[ . A SCEPTIC CONVINCED. I was very lwid with colic," writes Mr ■Joseph Ryan, Ifotelkceper, Pahi, \JS ' and J" y i vife was rpp °romendcd to give me Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea' Remedy. I w as sceptical and refused to. take it but at last I got so bad that mY wife prevailed upon me to trv it. Aftertwo cfosos I was alright and' have beenso ever since. I swear by Chamberlain's: Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy now." All chemists an d storekeepers.