LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 55, 25 July 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The amount of death duties on tin; eßtai.cs of deceased persons collected last year wis £587,703. . A number of cheese and butter factories in the Wairarnpa intend next season to instill plants' for tilte imuiuf„vture of whey butter.

Nearly 00,000 trees have lieon pliintn in t'lfe parks and gardens at Weilinglo' during the past few years by the Cit; Coui.cil.

Tlie Opunake Times states that the native nurse. Miss Ifuir, is having a fairly busy time in attending to sickness in tlie native homes. The natives have every confidence in the nurse, judging by the way tlifey seek her advice,' The other day Dr. Truby King said "The Seaclill'e Asylum cost i 175,000. I have a stall' of a hundred working, and the annual cost of the institution is over £25,000, ,l>ut all these workers do less good to the nation and for posterity than a single Plunket nurse doing her duty in the city of Dunedin."

In the copy of the Education Hill to hand, ''urban district" is denned as a borough with a population of more than SCOO, therefore I'almcrston and Wanganui each .have two representatives on the Kgnumt Education Board, and the rest of the district six representative*.

Tlie Dominion states that a wellknown coastal shipping company is about to (hauge hands." It is stated that four or live Wellington shipping firms are "bidding" for the property. wliic% consists of six little steamer's. Anticipations are that the deal will be completed within the next few days. The dairying industry lias made substantial progress i„ the Masterton district during the past season, all the lactones having handled a much greater supply of .milk than in the previous year Greater progress still i* anticipated in the coming season, and most ol the factories will be enlarged in order to cope witli the increased supply or .milk. '

It is rareiy Uuit a member cf the fai sex ii seen at a smoke concert.' bu last week's gaDlierina; of the New' Zea land Jersey Bleeders' Association fulushed a notable exception (says j Wauganui exchange), om: of those'pro sent being. ;1 wc'.l-kiiown lady breedei or VVanganui, whose success as i breeder of the little cattle was re marked on by more than one speaker Mrs. Nixon evidently keenly enjoyed Qu experience, and received quite an ova tion on rismg to respond to the tontr ot "Tlie, .Ladies."

In the courso of his remarks at tin' farewell social at St. Andrew's Hall ou Ihursuay night, Mr. \. K. HacDiannid. tile retiring superintendent of the Sabbath school after -20 years' work, introduced many, reminiscences of his career. He stated that in regard to Sumlav school work, ike hail commenced teaching •it St. Stephen's, Batlrurst, in ISO 7 47 years ago, ami had been 'similarly engaged ever since in one town or another, taking over work at St. Andrew's, New Plymouth, on January Ist. 11893. At that lime the school" -was composed of 4:.i scholars and niir teachers, but it had grown to such «i< extent tUiat, although a large had been built, it was at present totally inadequate foi present purposes. Darin" -his term of office, 130 teachers and 1350 scholars had passed through the school. In the course of his remarks l , he. touched upon ancient '.history, lie mentioned the fact that as a boy fie tame into personal contact with" the notorious Hull gang of bushrangers. In fact, he himself bad been "held up'' ■and relieved of t'li'o sum of eighteenpence. The gang visited bis parents' bouse, but were outwitted bv his mother, who secreted under Hie'tablecloth, on the table at which .--lie was working, the sum of £SO wMch his father had just brought home. • lie a'.so recounted several other exploits of this gang round the district in which they operated, and in which hie was born and reared. He concluded his reinnrks by the hope that he bad been instrumental in helping some of those under his care during the past years, and trusted they would give a kindly thought now and then for him, anil wished the Sunday school every prosperity undjr its now superintendent, Mr. Mat-hieson.

At the Oakura Dairy Company's an iiiial meeting yesterday a committee wid

set up to attend the Okator Company's annual meeting with reference to the amalgamation of the. two concerns, the committee to report later to a special meeting of shareholders.

A list of all persons evading service m the New Zealand Defence Forces has 'been compiled and handed to the Police Department. 1,, every case where til.! police line! any <>f those on the list proceedings for failing to render personal service will he instituted.

Regarding the question of Taranaki scholarships under the Education Bill, to which the Education Board' drew -attmtion, Mr. .). 11. [line has telegraphed tc Mr. 11. Trimhlc, chairman of tile Education Board, that all scholarships included in the present (1008) Education Act are,to be re-enacted in an amendment to the University Act. The Education Board's enquiry into the destruction by fire; of the Huirangi -vhool took place on Thursday. Evidence was given liy the schoolmistress I'l-Miss Meade), tbe'assistant (Miss Hutchison), and .Melva Loveridge, and tihe conclusion drawn from the hearing was that the fire was purely accidental, and that no blame was 'attachable to anyone.

With t'ho extension 'Of the Glasgow Corporation tramway halfpenny stages to double the former distance a record year has j:i n l >bwii completed'. What was known as the "bawbee" boom resulted in an increase of 20,0iW,000 halfpenny tickets sold. The receipts totalled i 1.075.000, an increase of £70,OUO over last year. The passengers carried were 336,500,000, or an increase of

nearly half a million per week. The Health Department has forwarded to the Taranaki County Council a report by Inspector Fielder on the condition of the Stony river sale yards, with ■a request that the council see that tlhw inspector's recommendations are carried out. The report recommends the removal of manure and slush, which are calculated to make the yards offensive, and that the yards be 'remetalled and hereafter cleaned out at least once a month.

An over-indulgience in drink apparently leads to an inordinate desire for water. A combination of these elements, at any rate, led to the arrest of Clifford Bertram Thomas, who wa"s discovered yesterday by Constable O'Neill in Devon street, in a dripping condition. The man was charged withl drunkenness earlier in the week, and on this occasion had apparently immersed 'him self in the Huatoki river. He was conducted to the police station and ic commodated with a change of clotting pending 'his appearance in court. i The North Taranaki Hunt held its weekly meet at Mr. Harold Street's farm, Bell Block, on Thursday afternoon, in good weather. There was a good muster of members, wlho were rewarded witih a splendid afternoon's sport. Hares were plentiful, and several good runs were obtained, resulting in one kill. The jumping was particularly good, all the hunters seeming to revel at the splendidly sparred fences. An'adjournment was made to the homestead, where Mr. and Miss Street provided afternoon tea. In the unavoidable absence of the Master, DetmtyMaster B. H. Chancy briefly .returned the thanks of the taint to thy host and hostess for the unexcelled' hospitality. •Mr. Ernest Short, the new president <>"' the Manawatu A. and: I*. Associatitfit, at a recent meeting revealed his scheme ti. raise tfno membership to 3000. He

proposes "to issue a circular inaugurating a champion membership competition, the committee giving prizes to those getting first, second and third largest number Of new £1 paid members. The -competition will bear the complexion of the Queen of Carnival competition! by the prevision that members shall nominate' candidates for the championship and t'hen secure in their

names all new members possible. Contents will close on Friday, November 6. The date of closing nominations lias not

yet been fixed. The proceeds will be used'in improving the grounds, the president declaring that the cattle 'pens are 30 years obsolete.

In a recent issue of the London Daily Mail it is stated that the 'world's

championship for beauty lias ■ been awarded to the girls of Tasmania. All the residents of the little isle, however, fail to realise when they are well off, for a modern Paris, appropriately enough in the apple business like his prototype, has been looking abroad. A London newspaper of last month prints the following: "A box of apples received at Stockton last yoar from Tasmania contained a paper from the packer, Jack Eairdcal, stating that he desired correspondence from a woman in the 'old country' with a view to marriage. The box fell into the hands of a Richmond fruiterer, who published the letter anil wrote to the Tasmanian young man telling him what he had done. He had just received a reply stating that Fairdeal, as a result, has had O'ler 200 letters from young ladies, most of whom enclosed their photographs. A Matamata (Waikato) farmer Ims

had a curious experience. About, a month ago Msie missed a beast off the turnips. Two days following he Inst another, and a search over the swamp-; and guliies discovered nothing of either. A fortnight later he missed a third beast, and naturally suspected something oxit of the ordinary. When his own dog disappeared recently, anil itayed away two nights l , the case became still more mysterious, and a more thorough search was instituted, with the result that he. found the three cattle and the dog in a water-washed hole or; a spur running down a swampy gully. Two of the beasts were dead, and the [ t'kird, who had been there for a. fortnight), started chewing the rope with which it was pulled out. The mouth of the pit, which was just about as large as to let an animal through, was overgrown) \ivith fern. Wllien the farmer was taking out the cattle, he came across the jawbones of a deer, indicating that this death trap had claimed other victims.

At the Whiteley Memorial Church tomorrow the Rev. A. B. Ohappell preaefe morning and evening, the sermon subjoi'tA being (11 a.m.) "James, a study in ambition;" and (7 p.m.) "A Man's Foes."

SMALL-POX AND DIPHTHERTA woulfl certainly not have attained proportions if the hygienic fact w r.? more gerurally known that the disinfection of the mouth by » reliable and MrmJess antiseptic is a great protecting iactor against all ailments where the Infection is through the throat or reipiratorv tract. By putting 3 drops of SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT on • piece of loaf-sugar, and allowing it to dissolve in the mouth, that cavity ie thoroughly disinfected. The volatile nature of SANDER'S EXTRACT makes it penetrate every crevice. SANDER'S EXTRACT is not nauseous nor depressing like tli.' common eucalyptus, and possesses greav antiseptic power, Bv using SANDER'S EXTRACT, you avoid ths uncertain composition of the lozenge; you i.sve the benefit of the etrongesantiseptic Hat cmn be used with safety nth' the real Jt iE protection from all ii