LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 70, 12 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For the convenience of the Taranaki football team on August 20th, and the Southland team on August 27th, the Rarawa will leave Onehunga on August 19th, and 26th, returning a day earlier than usual to the northern port. Mr. J. G. Wilson, President of the Board of Agriculture, in discussing the prospects as affected by the European war, said that he was very much afraid the farmers would not 'be able to get their fat lambs away next season. He thought all farmers should put in a double quantity of winter feed for next year. Captain McDonnell, officer in charge of the local Defence office, has received instructions from headquarters that all those members posted to the general training section have now been transferred to the Territorials. It therefore behoves every member to get into communication with the Hawera or New Plymouth Defence offices. The Telegraph Department advises that deferred cable messages for the United Kingdom must for the present be routed "via Pacific and Commercial." From • to-day the system of week-end messages is suspended to all places except Canada. Until further notice deferred messages may, be accepted via Pacific for American continent. Special train arrangements have been made for tho Ranfurly Shield match to be played at Stratford to-morrow between Wairarapa and Taranaki. The train leaving New Plymouth at 12.50 p.m. will stop opposite the showgrounds, and a special train will return from Stratford, arriving here at 7.28 p.m. Excursion fares will Be available by both these trains. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr A. Crooke, S.M., judgment by default was given in the following undefended cases:—L. A. Nolan and Co. (Mr. J. C. Nicholson) v. Arthur Cliff, £2l 14s 4d (costs £2 19s); same v. Paul Jenkins £6 4s 9d (£1 8s 6d); Mrs. B. L. King (Mr. Nicholson, for Messrs Wilson and Grey) v. Arthur Richards, £SO 1% ( £2 15s). No order was made in the judgment summons case of the Borough Council v. Walter Smith. The Manawa,™ Herald fears that with•the continuation of - the war there will come a temporary cessation of the flax industry. It is possible, under terms of the contracts, for buyers to cancel their contracts if war breaks out. The paper states that the storage capacity of the imilleTs and the buying firms. is not sufficient to keep the mills engaged if the flax cannot 'be shipped away. Should the industry cease many men will be thrown out of employment. A final reminder is given of the benefit entertainment to be given in the Theatre Royal this (Wednesday) evening, the proceeds of which arc to be donated to one of the members of the West End Bowling Club, who is dangerously ill. A special picture programme is beiijg arranged by Mr. Saunders, and the public will again have an opportunity of listening to such talented perform<ts as Miss Gilbert, Miss Harrison, Captain Stevens, Mr. A. V. Carbines, Mr. W. J. Smith and Mr. Norman Day. At the inquest at Dannevirke on the death of'the youth Frank Englebretsen, the evidence showed that four lads went shooting in tlh« bush at Teiohunga, and iln m to play at bushrangers. , 'ule fl °»ig so, one named 'Marshall shot at Englebretsen at a distance of a tew yards with a small shotgun,, with fatal results. A verdict was returned > t f',,T caused h i' a 85,04 fired m Marshall, the coroner expressing the hope that this would be a warnin" to those who were in the' habit of playing with firearms. * ° The Age states' that in view of the European crisis, a number of Wairarapa dairy companies are endeavouring to open up a trade with the United States, South America and Canada. Questional by a Standard reporter, a local dairv facoary manager stated that trade to the United States and "anada was no new departure, as dair, companies had been exporting to Vancouver and San ifancisco. Last year and the year before an appreciable quantity had beei exported to both places. 'The South African market had: also been operated on for some yeare now. A meeting of the local branch of the -Bible-in-Schools League was Iheld at St. Mary's Hall last night, Mr. N. K. .MacDiarmid presiding. The object of the meeting was to consider a proposal made by Canon Garland that the Bill should be dropped for the present, and that the League should contribute £IOOO for ambulance equipment, and asking the co-operation of the members of the League. Considerable discussion took place, m which it was evident that though the project in itself was a verv worthy one, yet if was outside the special purpose for which the League was formed, and that members would ! 'H g »° ot!,er or^nisations (onna.tcd with the expeditionary force tinn t "' aS ,k ' <!i(kd that subscription., to the! proposed ambulance fund be solicited through the Press, but that no personal canvass be made. On e marked result of the effect of the war scare on the wheat market hal been to redirect the attention of farmers to wheat-growing i n Greater arei than (has been the rule of late (says the Oamaru Mail). & is now ( known, tuere is a regrettable absence of Wheat in the hands" of our fUrmcw at a time when they have an easy chance of disposing of .the same at. sav tlie - Cf PW ' bus,ld ' an( i' this Without bringing any direct influence t. bear m the way of raising prices of manufactured foods, th e rates of which are controlled by purely outside influences and complication. Locally the marketable value of milling wheat still lemains more or less nominal, but as regards the value of seed quality thcra « S li s P ecu kition. Merchants state that the demand {or seed wheat for spring sowing is unproceJcntel', sind that five shillings' per bushel is readily given tor red tuscan variety. Nefiily everyone is liable to uric acid trouble, and yet many persist ill garding the first signs—pilins and swellings in the joints, stiffness and soreness l? I i. ,n ": scles - These symptoms show that the liver and kidneys are not doing their work properly—excess uric acid is accumulating in the blood. This uric acid may accumulate for a long time without serious trouble. But as soon a 9 you are run down 'or exposed to cold or damp, it will surely assert itself 1 Ills excess uric, acid must be removed. one remedy that will do it is RHEUMO. Rbeunro naturalises and eradicates the excess and leaves the blood free and pure. Tl.ousahds have been cured by this wonderful remedy. Read how RHEUMO cured Mr Mat. Orannitch, the popular proprietor cf the i emul;a Hotel, well known throughout Canterbury. "For a long time I suffered from Kheumatism, using all kinds of rente.,le*. Hearing of . RHEUMO I tried it. i have not felt better for the past n n S' f s A " n(1 1 ean honestly say that RHEUMO m my case has been a great rmrrnm ."° W - ofit a ° ot «« of ! i i from your chemist Early morning, breakfast time, middle m the morning, after dinner, evening—these are the times when "Camp" Coffee is such a lurury, convenience and delight.

The associated auctioneers of Feild- J ing are organising a gift sale of stock in tlie Feiiding yards on Friday. The whole of the proceeds will go to New Zealand's expeditionary force fund. The sum of £8 Is ftd has been donated to the Uniti Nursing Association by tho local Tennis Club, and also £3 by a Hawera gentleman, who desires to remain unknown. The Uruti l-lall has been greatly enlarged lately.—Own correspondent. A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at 12.40 this morning at New Plymouth. The epidemic which was responsible for a number of deaths among the natives at Eaetihi has been diagnosed as typhoid fever. A large number of Maoris are affected, and tlhree deaths have occurred. , Prior to tQie departure of the Warri,moo from Wellington on. Friday, the English and foreign mails were taken out of her. This is to be regarded .simply as a precautionary measure, in' view of the fact tfha-t- both letters and newspapers might contain information for an enemy who might seize the mails. Tho Post Office authorities are taking steps to ensure that the mails will not be delayed for more than a few days. The Australian mails went as usual. At Featherston on Monday the death occurred of 'Mr. James Crawford, at the age of sixty-five. He was 'bora in Edinburgh, and came to New Zealand fifty years ago, residing at Lower Hutt and Wellington before settling in Featherston. He was patron of various local institutions, and well known for his generosity. He was elected a commissioner of the town district in the early part of this year. For some months 'he had been in ill-health. The Public Service Commissioner has appointed Messrs T. 6. Fielder, AK.S.I., of New Plymouth, and A. Burgess, of Cliristehurc'h, to the positions of inspectors of factories at Auckland and Dunedin respectively. Mr. Fielder is an Associate of the Royal Sanitary Institute and holds certificates from the Board of Education, South Kensington, for building construction, and from tne CSty and Guilds of London Institute for plumbers' work. He won the London County Council "Evening Exhibition" in science and technology, and is a member of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers, England. Ho was engaged in England for some time as a pupil teacher and as clerk to a firm of engineers; has served eleven years in the execution and supervision of sanitary work in England, France, Germany, Switzerland, as well as New Zealand, and is at present inspector in New Plymouth under the Public Health Act. Mr. Btirgess has had an extensive commercial experience in England and New Zealand, and has had under his supervision workrooms and large numbers of persons employed in factories and shops. He is a competent bookkeeper, and has a knowledge of commercial law and ,ic--1 countancy.