LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 296, 7 May 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taking time by the forelock, Councillor J. J. Marlow, of Dunedin, already announces his candidature for the mayoralty next year. Air. C. H. Drew, secretary of the Pukekura Park Board, acknowledges a donation of £lO from Air. C. W. Govett to the Pukekura Park funds.

Thev Gisborne Sheep-farmers' Frozen Meat Company has decided to take up the commercial and financial business undertaken by old-established mercantile houses. The Gazette notifies that Parliament is further porogued from May Bth to June sth. It is probable that members will not be called together for business before June 20th. The Dannevirke News states:—-An economic waste is in progress somewhere. While sheep are daily being sent through from here to the Wairarapa we are informed that 10,000 sheep were recently purchased from one ' run-holder in the Lower Valley district and 4000 from another in Feilding, to be railed to Napier and dealt with by the North Brit'nh and Hawke's Bay Freezing Company.

A veteran of the Waikato war, who is now in his 76th year, namely, Air. George Ellis, was venting his indignation (says the Auckland Star) because someone had "insulted" him by posting to him anti-military training literature. "I never dreamed," he said, ''when I was in the Waikato war that I was fighting to make homes for such fi wowseriah lot. It makes my blood boil to think that there are so many who arc living under the protection of the British flag, and yet afraid to train for the defeuce of their homes." ~. " Air. Arthur Kidman, who was so largely and intimately connected with the Canadian-Australian trade, has publicly expressed his concern at the great progress made in that trade by New Zealand. During 1012 he said New Zealand sent £140,000 worth of buttev to Canada; Australia, not a single pound. To April 5, 1913, New Zealand has sent to Canada £300,000 worth of butter, Australia £SOOO worth. He looked for good markets in the United States as well as in Canada-for Australian meat, frait and butter. New Zealand was, he said, developing the meat export trade, very rapidly and solidly. A very interesting piece of work i» now on exhibition in Alessrs Ambury Bros.' window. It is a Victoria Cross made of New Zealand stamps, with a photograph of the late King in the centre. It is the work of Sergt.-Afajor Bezar. In a covering letter to his Worship the Mayor, the donor says: "The work, which I would like placed in the reading-room, is in fond remembrance of a few pleasant years passed in your district. I shall ever cherish a love for the place, for, apart from other reasons, it was there I first met the mother of my thirteen children, and with whom I spent over forty years." The,work is of a unique kind and well worth viewing. '

This morning at 0 o'clock Morcy and Moore, Kin«; Street, offer two yards of 72 inch herringbone sheeting Is yd., good, heavy stuff.'just what you want.*

l'or clivoiiie chest complaints, Woods' Groat Peppermint Cure, 1/0,2/0.

The flag at the Post Office tower was flown yesterday in honor of the third anniversary of the accession of King George V. As the result of a plebiscite the two lion cubs at the Wellington Zoo have been, named '"George" and "Maud." Other names suggested included Adam and Eve, who scored 10 votes only. Mr. W. T. Wells has purchased a farm of 1300 acres at Glen Murray, within three hours' motor drive of the city of Auckland (says a Manaia paper). The price, compared with values in Taranaki, and especially in this district, is startlingly low.

In reference to the case of the man struck by the up-train from Wanganui, as reported by us on Monday, the Chronicle states that his name is Alfred Cole, and that on being taken to the hospital it was found that his injuries were not so serious as they had appeared. Two platelayers were crossing the Whenuakiira bridge on Friday on a jig< ger when an exceptionally strong gust of wind lifted the jigger off the rails, The men were thrown on to the line and had a narrow escape from being hurled into the river below which was in a flooded state at the time, says the Patea Press.

Mr. Hugo, Inspector of Fire Brigades for the Dominion, was in New Plymouth yesterday on a periodical visit of inspection. In the afternoon he conferred with the Fire Hoard with regard to the various suggested improvements in the local fire-fighting apparatus, and in the evening he delivered an instructional address to the members of the brigade. Mr. Hugo will leave New Plymouth by this morning's mail train.

Mr. Jacob Marx has returned from a business visit to the bush property in the King Country recently acquired by the Box Companv. He is more than ever impressed with the magnificent potentialities of the purchase. Besides an almost endless supply of white pine, the company has secured an enormous area of totara forest. This latest enterprise on the part of the Egmont Box Company has a great bearing on the future of Eltham.

An Eltham correspondent points out that Eltham observes Thursday as its half-holiday. We included Eltham as one of the Southern towns that doges on Wednesday afternoon. We are pleased to make the correction. Our correspondent continues:—"There will be no opportunity of dealing with universal holiday next year, as the Hawera poll stands for two years or till another poll is taken, which, unless the Act is altered (which is very possible), cannot be taken till next Council election." A new golf story comes from the Lower Hutt links, and it tells of a surprising shot made bv a player during the week-end. The links were covered with patches of casual water, and for this particular shot the ball lay in water and mud amongst rushes. It was an uncomfortable lie to play out of, for the making of the stroke would splash the player with mud and water. Wherefore he* shut his eyes and hit. When ho opened his eyees again the ball had vanished, and it could not be found anywhere, until the striker discovered it in the left-hand pocket of his own jacket.—Dominion. On Friday last Mr. George W. Miller, of Waverley, had a very narrow escape from sudden death (says the Patea Press). It appears that he was engaged in feeding a chaffcutter belonging to Mr. W. McXaughton, when by some means his coat became entangled in the shafting of tin elevator. His fine physique saved his life. He pitted his strength against the overwhelming force gradually but surely drawing him into the machinery, and not a moment too soon the offending coat settled matters .by bursting in half. The only injuries sustained were a badly cut hand and some severe bruises on the right arm.

A pretty and intelligent-looking girl, 15 years of age, appeared at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court last week to give evidence in a maintenance case. On being questioned she admitted having passed only the first standard, and stated that she was unable to read, and could write but little. "It is a shocking thing to my mind," said Mr. Bishop, "that she can neither read nor write." It w»i stated that the girl looked after three children, and did all the work of the house. ''lt is not fair," said Mr. Bishop. "I shall get a police report on the matter, and shall.consider the advisability of committing her to an industrial school."

The Tukapa First Junior Football Club held a euchre party and dance on Tuesday night. There was a large attendance, 16 games being played. Airs. Steffenson, Mrs. 6. Waters, and Alias O. Parker tied with' 13 games each, and in the play off Mrs. Waters won tho two sacks of coal presented by Ward and Co. Airs. Steffenson won the sec ond prize; a silver butter dish, presented by Air. W. 'Roberts. Among the gentlemen, Air. L: AlcKoy, and Air. I. Bullott .tied with 1.1 games each. In the play off Mr. Bullott won the tobacco pouch presented by Air. Arnold George. The > Becond prize was taken by Mr. L. McKoy, a razor, presented by Meßsrß. Wacham and Co. Airs. George's orchestra supplied the music for the dancing. An illuminating address on missionary work in Papua was delivered iu the Whiteley Hall on Alonday night by the Rev. AI." K. Gilmour and Airs. Gilmour, together with Aladin. a native teacher. Mrs. Gilmour outlined the work amongthe girls and women of Papua, the aim of the missionaries being to make, them clean-living, capable wives and mothers. The problem of tho native race was, indeed, with the women rather than with the men. Touching on the training and equipping of native teachers, in which he himself was engaged. Mr. Gilmour said that the climate of Papua is so trying to the European that the term of missionary service is, as a rule, short. The ideal was to make effective the native church so that by decrees, the European missionary would become unnecessary; He gave many instances of the intelligence and devotion of his people, and their liberality was a most marked feature. BLANKETS. RUGS. OVERCOATS. ADVANCE SALES. AT THE AIELBOURNE. At no other period in our whole history have we been enabled to offer such astounding values in staple goods as at present. Various reasons mav be adduced to show the reasons for this happy state of affairs, wider buying scopedue to the increase in the number of our branches—and foresight in forward buying when the. price of wool was low. Our" five Taranaki stores distribute such a huge volume of merchandise that manufacturers and "jobbers" are eager competitors for our "spot" cash business, with the result that we buy and sell at prices that make our competitors fairly wonder "how it's done." Just as we benefit by our 'spot" cash buying methods, so does the buyer who deals at our stores, because th,e savings effected by us are in turn parsed on to him, thus consolidating our goodwill and increasing our sales. The savings on these offerings are fine examples of the benefits derived by shopping at the Melbourne. Three-quarter bed all-wool white colonial blankets, 10s fid pair; large double-bed size, 1.9s fid. pair; singlebed grey blankets Bs' 9d pair; rugs, 5a lid to 15s Od; little boys' overcoats, 5s lid, 0s 0d to 10s Oil; ladies' lovely raincoats., 22s fid; men's rubber coats, 255; heavy tweed coats, 30s fid; ITydrotitetoats, 37s fid; men's grey raincoats, only *2s fid.