LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 11 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Whitebait whs on pale in New Plymouth yesteiday. Tim season is unusually early this year. The Bulls sSUte school was totally destroyed by lire at three, o'clock yesterday morning. Nothing was saved. The carnival queen craze has evidently laid a strong hold of the people of Taur.uiga, the principal town of the Bay of Plenty district There are sorai candidates, and with the contest unfinished, 78,585 votes have been recorded. The leading candidate ha.s 2U;2~>~> votes. Th,e (State of Miohig-an will plant this year two million trees,'' s,ays tho Chicago Tribune. "Hundreds' of acres where a few yea re ago, stood giant pine tree*, but which are now bare, will once more bo turned into beautiful forests by that State. Michigan is the- second State to take, up the mailer of reforestation. A year ago the State of Miascsofa planted 1,000,0(11) frees. The example of -Michigan and Minnesota might ■bo followed by the ofhe r States with a gw»l deal of profit." " : While the students weire paradiag through Cathedral Square, Olirist-<•■Jiiiix-.li; recently, one old ladv remarked to another: "Ain't those fellows silly, 'running about like that?" referring to the scantily-clad "negroes." 'Someone; tapped her on the shoulder, and said quietly, "Do not let iih> hear you say (hat again,'' and on turning round, she found hersc'f confronted by a policeman. Thfc old lady took tho'iua-Ucr se--ion.sly, and wi nt'away quite up>et. S.he did not know, she ' said, that these students were protected by lhe police. Sister Grace (Superintendent of the Methodist Training Institute for Deaeonessfs), recently from England, will conduct lhe evening Service at VV'liiteley Memorial Church t.n-murrow. At the morning service tin- Hev. T. (i. Hammond, Minister in chnr«e of ihc West Coast Maori Mission, will preach.

FALLING HAIR CAUSED BY DANDRUFF. [I«)W TO DESTROY TI-1E ]n\\v "'■•-' imckm and sa\■!■: voi.n ri.viK. Tln'n. brittle, nod scva-xv liilir is mute evidence uf a neglected scalp; of dandnilf. 'hat awful scouro'. There is nothing so destructive to tTio liiiir as dandruff. It robs ti,■ ■ hair of its lustre, its stroii-lb and its u-vv life, eventually producing a feveri-hncss an i itching of the scalp. wiiif-Ii if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die—then the Imir falls out fast. For the purpose of destroying the dandruff germ you should pet vour chemist to prepare a lotion consisting of :! ounees Hay Rum, 1 ounee I,avomi de Composee and i/ ( dram Menthol Cr. ■ stals. Rub this thoroughly into the sculp with the finger tins. It will kill flic dandruff germ al once and after thi !ii>t application your hair will take cm that life, lustre and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and Huffy, and have the appearance of abundance and incomparable "loss and softness, but what will please you most anil be after just a few weeks' us<\ when you will actually see a lot of fine downy , hair—new hair—growing all over the scalp. . ..S:ii3: , .!g«;i

The following letter was road recently at 0. nu-cting of Uio Ellliain School Committee;—" Dear Sire,— We have recently had to eat our dinners in school, and we are going to buck against it. There are a lot of germs flying about in the air, ami wo are liable to ea-tclti diseases. Hoping you will take a step in the clatter, yours tiuly, Schoolboys." Tho Vogeltcwn Tennis Club held a most enjoyable concert in the Vogel,town hall on Thursday night in aid of th.i funds of the Oub.ltepito th<> inclemency of tho weather, there was a good (attendance, and cnthusliastiiu jencolrcri were numerous. Items wore rendered by Mesdames Birch-Johnston and Duncan, and Messrs Lawrence, N. 0. Harding. It. Fanner, E. T. Hoi den, and other*. A somewha*- disconcerting oocurrenci took place late on Thursday evening in the East End beach pavilion during tile course of a euchre party and dance A young woman was suddenly geizet witli a species) of fit, and despite pro traeted attempt to revive her, remain ed in an alariaing condition. Eventual ly medical aid was summoned, and tin patient wa* lcmoved to her home.

At a meeting of the East End Bathing Reserve Committee this week, the kind offer of Mr. 0. C. Ward to provide materia] fo r a new fence from the pavil' ion to the fountain was accepted with thanks, and it was decided to demolish the present wiTe fence and erect tit.: new structure In connection with the learners' dancing classes it was decided to make a nominal charge of sixpence for ladies to assist towards the lighting and other incidental expense*. Two teachers were conversing tti< other day and one was telling tine othei of examples of unconscious humor .which he had come across when correcting compositions. "Oh," remarked 1 the other teacher, "but I can beat that We were reading the School Jounia. 'recently, which gave the name*, ranks and titles of the members of Parlia lnent, and when we came to Mr Masscy I asked what P.O. meant. Up went tit .'hands, and the reply came prompt "Prime Canterbury!" Pact!. .In the course of a conversation witl a gentleman well versed on finaneia matters in Palmorston, a Standard re porter was informed that money foi investment was very plentiful now. li fact, it was stated, a curious positioi |bad arisen—there was a difficulty o: placing such money, there being appar gently no denun for loans. During tin past three months, he had not investei ;for clients more than£sooo, and in on< wise had been unable to secure an in vestment for a sum for some time This, it was explained, applied to th< lending business, and not to the placiiu v of money on frail securities, whiel could be easily done. There was a big attendance at tin East End Bathing Reserve Pavilion ai Thursday's euchre party and dance Twenty-five tables, representing a hun urodi players, were engaged. In the la dies' division Mrs. Guiißoa and Mrs Franks tied for first place and in th. play-off the former proved victorious Mr. W. Roch, with fourteen game* .>;' i of seventeen played, headed the lisi among the men, while Messrs W, liar vey, senr., R. G. l.indrum, C. Bond am' F. Bon'ton, with twelve games each tied fr.r second place, Mr. Lindruni ho ing .-.ncccssfu! in the play-oil'. Aftei nipper dancing was indulged in. tin hall being crowded. The new dance* including, the. Bon Ton, La Rinka di«l Brookland .Sehottische found great favor with the dancers. Mis. George provided the music and Mr. .1. Revell was M.O. After a seiies of rciuarkahly. successful (light* in his (.'andron biplane in Crmstchiirch, Mr ,T. \V. H. Scotland, the young New Zealand aviator, came to Wellington, whero he met with bad luck. In attempting a- flight her c he encountered -very, had air condition*, and had an accident which resulted ill -the wrecking of his machine, while lie narrowly escaped with his life. Noon tifter the accident, it being found that the machine was damaged beyond hope of repair, an order was cabled to England on behal: of Mr Scotland for a new and improved biplane, and on Tuesday, he received a cable mwrcigc from London, dated Saturday, stating that the machine had been shipped Ivy the Kaiko-ura, Bailing that day for New Zealand. The Ktiikoura lis duo ut Lyttelton about August E3rd. "Air Scotland, who is now residing in OhristaJmrch, states that the new mac-hme is ft Caudron biplane, fitted with u (i(t horse-power Le Rhone, engine. It will be a larger and more powerful machine than the first and is fitted witfi sen-ting accommodation for one passenger. A a few week* ago, the French aviator Poulet, on a similar machine, established ft world's 1 duration record of Id 1 /, hours' continuous (light. It if Mr Scotland's intention, to make a series of flight* with his new uvachint from (.'hristchurch.—NX Times.

The warning given by tlie coronei at a recent inquest in Wandswurtt against the practice iiinnig motor cyclists of riding with n girl peiehc* behind on the carrier U endorsed bj the Autocyele Union (saw tho Londoi Daily Mail of <))'• Ob'sermt*>i sliows that this practice is sleudih irerea.sing, though there, i« abundance of evidence to ]«iore its danger. 'IV motor-cycle is not a stable maelrine ami its equilibrium is only malntainei with sonio etl'orl. The youth with hi.Phyllis behind has an unsteady bal anec- and an insufficient control ovri Ids cycle, lie is thus a danger not oiih to himself and her, hut also to tin public. Xoarly half the accidentwhich are privately .reported to 111<Autocyele Union arc, il appears, due !i the presence oi a second rider behind ■and a heavy addition is made to tin iinsiuruno" rate on motor-cycles u.-oil for the conveyance of more than nm person. Whether the police should n»t interfere, and forbid the practice is it serious question. In Ucrntauv. it ma l , be noted, such riding is strictly forbidden in thi) (owns. «,* are also til; eouveytuiee of children c.n ordbia'y cycles, and the very dangerous trick •of holding on to motor-cyclists wtiicii is all too common in this country. LAST WREK THE .MLI.LOURXK'.S lUMpNTffi sale, mr Heads of fmilics i in" MMWlorestcd ir. saving- money are remipßfthat the .Melbourne's gnat midwinter sale endon Saturday next. During the busy rush of the sale many oddments and > eds of lines have accumulated in every department, and will be cleared thiweek at slaughter prices. The special clearing bargains comprise-. -Merino prints with spliced seat-, 2s lid: fawn knitted, [.ants and shirts, ,1s lid: Hivlvn. Kaiapoi and Pctone ribbed and plain-pants. 4* ]ld. as (id. iis lid: blue blankets, 11.- (id. Lis Od pair: all w<'n! grev- blankets, 15s (i'd; large double bed while blankets, all wool.'-23s lid pair: Kaiapoi, Kaslvn and Pctone sniU 29s fid. Xfts fid.-, famous Xcw F.ra tailored suits, -Wod; grand heavv (weed overcoats. 29s (id. 355, .'ills Od. and <tss. double and single-breasted: fine dark grey worsted raincoats. ;)<)s fid: Jivdro tite-v 2Ds Gd to 4!ks Od. There are lirndrisls of other clearing cnd-oL-aV bargain?. All who appreciate big savings (and who doesn't!) should not miss this great money saving opportunity. We intend making this last week r, bargain week worthy of our repnta,jon for price cutting,