LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 19, 10 June 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho approximate recorpts in connection with the last Sydney Royal Agri- ' cultural Show were £24,000, and, the : profit a little over £IO,OOO. ' The governor of tho Australian Cootinonwealtii Bank says that tlw banh. is destined to 'become one ol tho greatest banks of tho world." Mr. J. Thorn, one of its organises, says that at next general election the Social Democratic Party did not intend to content any seat in district* where ) rthey tod not a psuuMip membership of j 500. It is stated that a whole day will be j devoted at the forthcoming conference , of dairymen at Palmerston North to i the discussion of the marketing of New j Zealand produce in Great Britain. A visitor to the Recreation Grounds on Sunday suggests that future Sunday afternoon band concerts should be given either on Marsland Hill or at the Kawaroa Park band rotunda, or at the East End reserve, pointing out that the Recreation grounds are shaded and cold in tho late afternoon. There is sonicthing sensible in the suggestion. Sentenced to attend church nine consecutive nights, and occupy seats in the front row, where the minister can watch them, was the penalty imposed in the Kansas City Police Court on two men charged with disturbing the peace in church. The men were arrested for disturbing revival meetings, says the "Philadelphia Record." The judge fined each man lOOdol., and accepted the payment of lOdol. cash with the proviso that they attend the services in lieu of the rest of the fine. We offer the suggestion that school committees should make arrangements for the school children to visit the Walkure in charge of their teachers. Possibly the New Plymouth children who have inspected larger trading vessels than this can be counted on the fingers of the hand, and whilst it may be that liners will be everyday occurrences before long, there is much excitement among the small fry concerning the "big steamer." Tho state of the footpath in Devon street central is hardly a credit to the Borough Council, past or present. It . is particularly uneven from the Criterion Hotel westward, but there are awkj ward tholes and depressions in many other places also. Possibly the councillors have grown used to it, but fresh arrivals in the town wonder that such a path should be allowed to exist in a progressive town. ■ In tlie Magistrate's Court, New Ply- ' mbuht, yesterday, before Mr. Crooke, . S.M., judgment by default was given ' in the following oases:—Hugh Reilly v. Robert Spence, £3 8s 4d (costs lis); W. G. Emeny v„ Hubert G. Mitchell, £7 10s (£1 3a 6d); Sash and Door Co. v. Albert Paulger, £l4. 13<s 8d (lis); J. A. Roberts v. James Crone, £5 Es lids (£1 3s Od.) A letter was read at the annual meet- * ing of tho Pahiatua Farmers' Association, Ltd., on Wednesday, from Mr W. C Jaques, Mangatainoka, alleging that uninoculatcd cattle from the blackleg districts in Taranaki were being brought there by outside stock dealers. Mr C. Avery said that some cattle branded similarly to those described by the writer had been offered for auction at a recent sale, but they were not sold so far as he knew. Mr .1. McCardlc pointed out that there was a heavy penalty for selling cattle with blackleg without their , finst being inoculated, and he did not think that there was anything to worry ' about. No definite action was taken in 2 the matter. 5 Two judgment summons eaaes were 1 dealt with in 'the Magistrate's Court . at New Plymouth yesterday. In the adjourned case of J. A. Roberts (Mr. a Hulchen) v. W. H. R. Alclnn, the judgc ment debtor produced a statement and ~ receipted bills, purporting to show his receipts and expenditure since the date e of the judgment, and after spending ; - some little time in elucidating it, His li Worship refused to make an >oirder, but e advised the debtor to make a payment on account as soon as he was nMw. W. e L. Gordgc (Mr .Bewley) applied for an t order against Malcolm Snoad for £7 lis '. 4d, for which judgment was given in last. The debtor *>aid that he had a wife and three children, and s earned £2 2s per 'week. He paid no l- rent, and it cost him and his family rl £1 Is a week bo live exclusive of cloth- , ing. He toad no other dobt«. An order was made for payment forthwith, in '" default seven days' imprisonment, the if order to bo suspended as long as pay- > ments of 10s per mouth were made until the debt was extinguished l , o A Taranaki veteran, who recently made a trip to Sydney, received rather ! ' an unpleasant surprise on his return to ' New Plymouth on going to collect his t instalment of tho Military Pension. He . was informed that under Section 16 of ' the Military Pensions Act, 1912, he had *■ forfeited his right to 'the instalment, e The section reads: "Every instalment, l- which falls due during any period, whilst 0 the pensioner is in prison, ur is an inmate of an institute under tho Mental e Defectives' Act, 1911, or is out of New s Zealand, shall be deemed to be absolutee ly forfeited." Tho last portion of the £ clause seems an unnecessary hardship, and should be removed from the statute. a The pension is supposed to be given to ; ' the veterans as a reward for services i- rendered on the field of action dur,f ing the Maori trouble, and once a veteran has established his claim to it, it °' should be available for his use, and not V be stopped if he is fortunate enough to i- be ablo to take a trip to Australia or a anywhere else for holiday purposes, or goes there for the benefit of his health. It is a matter which might engage the 3 attention of tho local member of Pavi" liament. D CURE YOUR RHEUMATISM. The many kinds of Rheumatism can 1 he traced to tho one cause—excess uric . acid in the blood. Although this fact is recognised by tho leading physicians ' and scientists, people still try to cure - their Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica and Lumbago by embrocations and liniments i and pills instead of using a remedy and rooting out the cause. If ro- ' lief is to bo obtained and a permanent - erne effected RHEUMO must be taken. . RHEUMO possesses the remarkable qual- . ity of neutralising and removing this excess uric acid and its deposits from ' the system. It acts through the circu- ' latovy system of the blood, and thus • expels tho uric acid. No matter how . long standing your case may be you can rely on RHEUMO effecting a cure. Mr. .Tohn Sullivan, Timaru Bottling Stores, ■ Timaru, has great faith in RHEUMO. i Ho has good reason to be. Read how it I cured him:—"l have taken your RHEUMO for Rheumatic Gout, and havo great faith in it. loan recommend it as a good medicine in Rheumatic cases.—John Sullivan." 8s Od and 4s 6d. 78 '•Camp" is the best of all pick-me-ups. Delicious, refreshing, invigorating. No waste, no dregs witJh Camp Coffee, t

The first meeting of the Board of Agriculture lias 'been convened for Thursday, and will Ibc held in Wellington. Arrangements have .been completed for fr erection of new freezing wtorka at Patca. The building will Ibc of concrete and designed on the most modern lines. At the annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the Victoria League, recently, Captain Hudson said that the present state ol the New Zealand forces was:—Territorials, 23,010; senior cadets, 24,770, rifle club members, 5373; total, 54,01)2. iSoon, he said, it was hoped to bring the total up to 100,000, as follows: j TerriiloriaU, 30,000; senior cadets, 45,009; rifle club members 25,000. I Throe borougjhi councillors and one ; other elector were present at a meeting : of electors of the (borough, held last j might, for the purpose of discussing the. closing of Bell, Wakefield, and Da,y street* It was unanimously decided to close the streets), which run througlh the Victoria Parle Education Reserve (Mr C. Garter's suburban residence), and are to be Hianded over to the Government ire exchange for KawaToa Park, which has* been vested in tjhc town. On Monday, Ist instant, in Chambers, at the Supreme Court, Isew Plymouth, before Mr Chtooke, Registrar, acting in the Bankruptcy Jurisdiction in the a<bsenco of the judge, Mr T. B. Crump moved for an order of the eourt approving the composition accepted by tftie creditors in the estate of Wm. Hyde, of Eltham, jewellef. The order was made and the bankruptcy will ibe cancelled accordingly.