LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 259, 31 March 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Members of B. Company Territorials are notified that the parade called for this evening has been cancelled on account of Anniversary Day. There are how seven typhoid cases under treatment at the New Plymouth Hospital. They all come from the Vvest Jwid. The disease is of a mild, type.

A settler who has been in the New Plymouth Hospital for nearly two years continuously will be leaving the insHtution to-morrow, cured, happily, of his

There ] S already considerable speculation in Manaia. as to the route ithe railway line will take in approaching the town, and prospective sales of land for the line and station are pleasantly agitating the minds of not a few people.— Witness.

At a meeting of the Waitura Harbor Board on Saturday afternoon, it was decided to write to various marine engineers asking on what terms ihey would visit Waitara for the purpose of supplying a report on which to base a scheme of improvements to the river entrance.—Mail.

Tile directors of,the Patea Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Works met on Saturday, «,nd it was reported that £7900 worth of shares lad been applied ior. it was thereupon decided to get out plans as soon as possible and erect the new buildings in either brick or conarete, or both, probably the two-storey buildings in concrete and the lower buildings in brick.—Star. A young man named Bert Pennington met with a nasty accident at Okoke on Friday. He was working on a metalling contract, when a charge of powder went off suddonly, with the result that he received several cuts and bruises about the face, hands and back. He was brought into New Plymouth and medically attended to. He will be incapacitated from work for about three weeks.

To-day is the 73rd anniversary of the landing of (the first batch of immigrants to Taranaki. Several of those who arrived in the first boat, the William Bryan, are still alive, and hope to take part in frhe proceedings at Moturoa today. The day will bo observed as a strict holiday in New Plymouth and some of the neighboring towns. Investigations bto being, made by \.hc Now Plymouth health authorities' into the origin of the cases, of t'">hoid fever which have recently been reported from the West End of the town. It is understood that the source of infection has been found, and a forma! report will be made to-day. Complaints have reached this office about the state of a stream at the bacL «.f the West End School, which, it is alleged, .is badly polluted and gives off an offensive smell.

The Moturoa Seaside Committee wish to thank the following for additional subscriptions to the Sports funds:—N. (Iroiner, gold brooch, Webster Bros, box of tea, Mrs, J. Paul 10s (id and refreshments, Nippert Bros, fl 10s, H. McOjiude 10s M, D. Bern- !0s (id, J. Abbott ss, A. R. Standish 10s Od, W. B. ss, A. R. Waldie 10s, R. C. Bowie. 10s. J. (lillbanks 2s 6d, A. H. Callaghan' 10s, J. MeMahon ss, A. Loveridge 10s, J. Brough 10s, Skipper Bs, C. W. Williams p, 0. and C. Oakea 10s, E. Lowe ss, M.

Mr C. Leech, chairman of the Awakiuo County Council, informs the Waitu.ra Mail that the reason no forward movement is being made in respect to the Moksiu bridge is tlicit a majority on tho Council, being representatives of the Tc Kuiti end, will not support a. proposal- to raise a loan. Mr Leech has a remit before the Back-Mocks' Counties' Conference nt Taiimaruutti shortly, whereby the Government is urged\ as/ a general principle ito provide iv subsidy of £2 for every fl raised by counties for the making and maintenance of main roads. Such a scheme as that might go hand in hand. A local man whose experience of firelighting invests his opinions with weight, expressed the opinion to -i>. News reporter yesterday that the explosion which killed Isix ,men at Uoper Hutt on Sunday morning could not Jwvc been caused by the acetylene gas »>hnt, but that the cause will be found—if ever it is found—in a charge of explosive material. Some explosives are not affected until the. heat reaches a-certain temperature, and the fact that the catastrophe occurred about threc-ouartws of an hour after the discovert' of the fire he regards as evidence of -the tenab'eness of his theory. A local housewife had -i rather unusual experience recently. Attracted bv the buzzing of bees outside, Hhe made sure 'that they were about to swarm, but further investigation showed that the bees had gained access to a vantrv and alighted on a iar of jam that had been knocked over. The bois came in in battalions and were soon in complete of the nantry. The housewife was helpless, and, tea-time coming and no edfblcs being outside the pantry, she fled to the home <)f a neighbor, <i beekeeper, who, furnished with a "smoker," was aide to drive out- the busy and hungry little customers, which, in a very short time, hid absorbed every of 'am not under protection. The following day the bees returned and kept up ?. perfect bombardment <if the iantry window., which was kept bee-tight, however.

It's a ■/;':: .'..-,." ...-I that knows the age of liia cow. A country paper records the strange fortune of a venerable beast. About fifteen years ago a Mr. Nelson purchased a cow from a Mr. Rood, paying £5 for her. He was told at the time tthat the animal had had several calves. In the early part of this week Mr. Nelson disposed of the cow to Mr. Hall for the sum of £4 and the latter noticed that the animal had an earmark registered by his own father. Inquiries disclosed fftie fact that the cow had been purchased by Mr. Rood from Mr. Hall's father when he held land at Hampden over twenty years ago. The old problem of deserting husbands was briefly discussed by the North Canterbury Hospital Board recently, when Dr. Fenwick suggested that the Government should be "shaken up" to go after the man who had left the country. He said tlwt the Board had to keep the wives and families, and the ratepayers footed the hill. The Government should bring the men back and mako them work. Mr. W. W. Tanner replied that frequently men were brought back and the wives refused to prosecute. This wa« the difficulty, and it 'had not been overcome yet

A boy named Roderick Morrison met with a rather painful accident at the baths on Sunday morning. It appears that he climbed upon a stool with the object of swinging himself from a pipeline into the baths. In springing, however, he missed the pipe by a few inches, with the Tesult that he fell tin to the concrete below, sustaining a fracture of his arm above the wrist. The caretaker (Mr. Morris) and others rendered first aid to the little sufferer, and after medical aid had been summoned he was conveyed to his home, where he is progressing favorably. We have been asked by the boy's parents to state that the practice of swinging on this pipe line had been strictly forbidden by the caretaker of the baths, and that the latter is in no way to blame. The Christian World gives some interesting particulars of "Go-to-Church" Sunday in the United States last month. "The newspapers took the idea up, and 'boomed it.' Other methods of advertising were skjlfully used. Invitation cards were delivered with the bread, milk, and other daily necessaries. Public interest was aroused, and curiosity ex-

cited. The Churches prepared for a great influx of peopla not usually seen in the pews, and their faith was justified. In Brooklyn the usual 300,000 church-goers

rose to 500,000; in Chicago, instead of 500,000, a million and a half flocked to the churches. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson attended services at two churches in Washington. Preachers and eioirs wore on their metal, and regular church-goers were smiling and affable to strangers."

The picture craze shows no sign of abatement in Wellington. As the outcome of lengthy negotiations the directors of the Opera Houße have granted a long lease of the building to a company which will spend thousands of pounds in turning it into what is promised to lie the most beautiful and com-

modious picture palace in Australasia. Remodelling, alteration, and renovation will begin'ut once, and by dint of untiring exertion tho theatre will re-open in its new dress and present the first exhibition of films about May 14. The entire front of the building is to be changed beyond recognition, and the entrances will be after the style of those prevailing in the most up-to-date palatial picture 'houses of the Old-World. The electric lighting scheme both inside and out will be on the most extensive seale, and an entirely new installation will bo put in. The stall floor will be lowereS, and Bpecial arrangements have already been decided on whereby an uninterrupted view of the screen will prevail from every seat in tho building. When the theatre opens there will be six continuous picture shows in Wellington and three night shows. The, Ulster crisis and the resignation of officers from the British Army, rather than serve against the Ulstcrmen, led the London Observer to recall John Churchill's action in 1088, and that of British officers in 1777 during the war of American Independence. The action by John Churchill occurred in connection with the arrival of William of Orange in England. Churchill—Baron Churchill he then was, afterwards to become Duke of Marlborough—had .received most distinguished favor at the bunds of James 11., but he had already declared at tho French Court that if ths King of England should change the religion of the State he would at once leave his service. It was not long before the intentions of James became apparent to the world. Churchill was one of the first

to Send overtures to William. Although he continued in a high position under dames and drew the emoluments of hW places, the Baron promised tile Prince

of Orange to use every effort to bring over troops to his side. King James Juid been warned against putting any trust in the loyalty of the man upon whom die had showered so many favors, but the warnings were in vain, and when William landed at Rrixham, Churchill was promoted to be lieutenant-general, and was sent against him with 5000 men. When the Royal army had advanced to' the Downs, and* a battle seemed imminent, James w:is dismayed at finding that in the dead of night his general had stolen away into the opposite cam]). The present year will he one of unusual interests to astronomers, for a

glance at an astronomical almanac shows that some thrilling phenomena are due to occur. Foremost in importance will lie a transit of tilic planet Mercury agrees the sun's disc. It will take place on November 7th, ami will be visible from Oeenwich. The'phenomenon will be of assistance in checking or modifying present estimates of the size of this planet and in augumenting the information couwriiiug its atmosphere. A total eclipse of the sun on August 21st will be visible us ;> large partial eclipse at (Irecnwiclji. It will be seen as a total eclipse from Norway and Sweden, and astronomical parties are arranging to visit likely stations in those countries from which to watch the event. Among the periodic comets which are predicted

to return this year arc those of Tempel, Swift, Metealf, liineohini and last, but not least, Enclce's comet, it mysterious little, body, almost as interesting as tlallev's, whose vagaries 'have perplexed astronomers. "RUEUMO QUICKLY CURES KHKUMATJSM." Read what Mr. John Abbott, the wellknown Plumber and Gas.'itler of New Plymouth, thinks about RITKUMO. tie writes.—"l have taken RUEUMO for Rlieumalicg, anil consider it the best remedy for anyone who suffers from Uric Acid— the, main cause of Rheumatism or Rheumatic fiout. I can honestly recommend RUEUMO, tfs I have used other remedies. I have been a resi- [ dent in Xcw Plymouth for over 30 . years, so that lam well known. I shnli consider it a pleasure to acquaint anyone 1 know what RUEUMO did for me-Jo!m ABBOTT, New Plymouth." Your storekeeper or chemist sells RHEUMO at 2/0 and I/O. Try it. 73