LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

file claim in an undefended case in the Magistrate's Court at Xew Plymouth yesterday amounted to Cd, the'unpaid exchange on a cheque. Costs amounted to 10s. At the next meeting of the Xew Plymouth Borough Council, Cr. -la-.-ksou will move: "Ihat the resolution deciding not to acquire further land for the Kiu-.roy Hall site bo rescinded." - j A general niiA-up between a runaway I horse and cart belonging to Mr 0. Carter, and a lamp-post on the corner of Devon Street and Belt Road, i' C ., ler day, resulted in a smashed shaft and a broken trace, but, fortunately, m. other damage. ' t The lion. Agar Wynne, PostmasterGeneral, has approved the design of the new sixpenny stamp, vhic't is copied from an exhibit sent by Mr lilamires Noting. It will be printed in light blue, with a kookabubra as the centra! figure. The new halfpenny stamp will be colored green, with a black swan in the centre; the 2 , / 2 d stamp will be dark blue, and of similar design to the new penny issue. The Waitara Mail lias been informed that practically all the natives taking part in the Atiawa sports on Thursday will proceed the next day to Pariluika, where performances are to be given before his Excellency the Governor anil l-ady Liverpool. Arrangements are being made to convey a large number of the Maoris to the meeting-place by means of a traction engine and trucks, as well as by motor car. A runaway horse and cart came within an ace of being smashed up by the mail train at a level crossing, near the Rugby creamery, a little south of Inglewood, yesterday. The horse was holding straight for the line as the train approached, and escape seemed impossible, but just before it reached tho line one wheel struck an obstacle on the side of the road, and the cart was overturned. Thiß alone saved the horse and cart from dashing across the path of the train. At the monthly meeting of the S.P.C.A. yesterday, there were, present: Mr G. W. Browne (chairman) Mesdaims Colvile and Cornwall, the Rev. A. 11. Colvile, and Messrs W. H. Moyea, .1. Paton and Sandford. An apology for abseuce was received from Mr G. P. Robinson. It was decided to increase the number of the committee from seven to ten. The inspector reported that he had visited various country districts, and hail warned several pe< pie. All his requirements had been complied with. The usual weekly meetin" of the Egmont Lodge, No. 112, 1.0. G.T., was held in the Good Templars' Hall on Monday evening last, with Bro. Pepperell, C.T., in the chair. After the usual business and the initiation of a new member, Rev. Bro. Liddell gare an interesting address. It was arranged f6r a deputation to wait upon the W.C.T.U. at their next meeting, inviting them to become honorary members of the 1.0. Q.T., with a view to securing their assistance, amongst others, in the formation of branch Juvenile Temples at the East 13nd and West End of tho town. "I think swimming should receive more encouragement from the State," said Mr. G. Gore-Gillon, president of the Auckland centre of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, at tho Albert street baths on Thursday evening (states the Auckland Herald), when extending a welcome to the Sydney swimmers visiting. Auckland. "About 150 people are drowned annually in New Zealand," he continued. 'The State might help in .the way of subsidising swimming organisations. If Ne.v Zealanders were all taught swimming when they were young I am certain there would be far fewer victims of what is now known as 'the New Zealand death.'" Bix months ago Richard Knight was murdered near his hut at Coldstream (says a message to the Melbourne Argus). The hut is now deserted, except for Knight's Irish terrier, which sits all day under his late master's bed on an old waistcoat which once belonged to him. When evening falls ithc dogs runs to a farmhouse half a mile away, to eat up table scraps saved for him. Then he returns to his lonely vigil tn the hut. The public have almost forgotten the murder, but not the terrier, and if .there is any truth in the saying tluit "murderers always revisit the scene of their crime," the dog will be there waiting when the time comes. If a stranger approaches the hut the terrier growls and sniffs suspiciously; then, satisfied that he is not his master' slayer, he goes back to the old waistcoat. Germany is the land which devotees o" the Olympic Games seem most to fear, and to which they point as a model. But the. chairman and tho secretary of the Finchley Education Committee, recently back from a tour of inspection of German schools, declare, in so many words, that "German childreu do not know how to play." From Prussia to Bavaria the trusted representatives went, halting chiefly at Cologne, Frankfurt, Strassburg and Munich, and they found that "the time-table provides for play every morning and afternoon, but the time is spent in marching round the playground. Wo got the impression that German children do not know how to play in a free and hearty fashion." Moreover, "all windows and doors were shut. Ventilation is not thought of, i and a draught appears to be a pet abomination. . . Even in physical exercises the teacher demonstrates continuously, and does not allow the smartest youngster to act as 'leader,' as is done in English schools." So that there is something to be. said in favor of English school games, playing fields and playgrounds yet. On the other hand, Germany is in advance of Britain in the matter of continuation school education, or so the Finchley explorers report. Every juvenile worker between ithe age of fourteen and seventeen attends a trade school or class for one day of eight hours in each week. "In a few years Germany will have the best trained and most efficient working-class population in the world." POX AND DIPHTHERIA < ->i,id certainly not have attained such proportions if the hygienic fact were wore generally known that the disinfection of the mouth by a reliable and harmless antiseptic is a great protecting su'tor against all ailments where, the infection is through the throat or reIpiratorv. tract. By nutting 15 drops of SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT on l piece of loaf-sugar, and allowing it to iissolve in the mouth, that cavity is thoroughly disinfected. The volatile nature "of SANDER'S EXTRACT makes •!. penetrate every crevice. SANDER'S is not nauseous nor depressing like the common eucalyptus, and pos&esse s isjgrcat antiseptic power. By usini> SANDER'S EXTRACT, you avoid the uncertain composition of the lozenge: you hjvc the benefit of the strongest antiseptic that can be used with safety, und the result is protection from aU in'SSt'Oß.

A l.i ill innt rji'lonr win ob>ivtvl by New I'lyiiioutli resident at abo\it ten minutos to two o'clock on Tuesday morning. The decision of the Borough Council to fence the culvert in IViwmhi street comes not before its due time, for the spot is dangerous to pedestrians and an eyesore. The dilapidated fence and general surroundings speak of yearn of neglect. Motorists ns ii general rule exhibit far j-'i'-.itir oon-iacration for the publk' than they used to do, hut there are still some in Xew Plymouth who delight to peoreh across street junctions and to fly round corners without soundiiisr any warning to pedestrians. A letter to the Times from Felix Tannor, of "Tanner's Ark" fame, states that he has just completed n 40 days and nights' fast at Portsmouth, England. He commenced on December 15, and finished tho fast on January 24. He claims to be the first Britisher to accomplish a long fast in England. Tanner writes that he received two silver sups and a gold medal from the sailors an- 1 officers of the British warships at Portsmouth. There is an over-supply just now of tenants for four and live-roomed houses. A house-owner said the other dav that h<; could have let his cottage ten times in one day when it became known his tenant was moving out. A good story is told of a landlord who was rushed with applications for his* house. One buxom young woman urged that she should have preference because' she had no children. "You ought to he ashamed to use that as an argument." was the response. "For iny part, I um very fond of children and don't mind if they do damage the paper a hit!" This is a distinct variation of the old-maidish phrase "no children'' in "to let" advertisements. "The North Island fanners are coining money. You can sell anything with wool or hair on it this year," said one of them at the Feilding saleyards recently. To support his statement he mentioned an incident which took place at the Waituna sale. While n pen of sheep was being offered, one prospective buyer, wiio was approaching the yards, got in a threepenny bid while still hundred yards away, before he had seen tho sheep at all. ' "Any farmer who is not making money just now ought to give his farm away rather than try to work it. There is not a single fly in tho ointment, except that a vcrv small portion of the oat crop was spoilt by tho last rains. There is plenty of grass, and look at the price of fat lambs!" In conversation with a Wellington Times reporter, Mr. K. Wynno-Jones, tho musical director of the' "Aladdin" Pantomime Company, said he held a high opinion of the musical standard in Xew Zealand. The people here, including the Maoris, were very musically inclined. lie lud heard some New Zealand girls in country towns who were wonderful players. On the whole, he thought thu-t there was a higher musical standard in the Dominion than in Australia; at least one would judge so from the results of the musical examinations. there being the same judge and the. same standard set in Xew Zealand as in tho Commonwealth. The resets showed th.-t the \(>w Zealantlers averaged much higher murks. He attribute I this to the fact that Xew Zealand phn ers applied Hi cm sokes ai.nv to iV work th.;ii their .-iitslraliiMi cfit'iinwho mostly lived for pleasure alone.' ibis was no doubt owing to there being more opportunity for pleasure over tho water than here.