LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 73, 15 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Fitzroy Fire Brigade will held a church parade on Sunday at the Filz- : roy Methodist 'Church. An automobile association has been formed in Hawcra. Mr s. Tonks is president and Mr A. VV. Webs.er secretary. Mr C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., states thai though some delay has occurred in connection with the Opunake Railway works,** the first fconuuet for eaniiv/orks will be advertised for Jn a few days. The final performance of "The Rosary" at the Theatre Royal last niglu. by the Willoughby-Carroll Company, afforded much pleasure to tliu°" present, 'ilie development oi the stor .... 1( wed with keen interest, ai: performance reflected grea,. ere. on the talented caste. The sitting of the Arbitration Court, which was to have been held at New Plymouth on Monday, to hear two claims for compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act and an application in respect of the Plumbers and Gasfitters' Award, has been adjourned sine die. Mr J. B. Simpson, of Maketawa, met with an accident on Saturday night through his gig capsizing while he was driving up the Durham Road. He was rendered temporarily unconscious, and was not found until early next morning. Fortunately, however he escaped with, slight injuries. The New Plymouth Fire Board, at its last meeting, passed the following I resolution: "That this board admires the strong feeling of patriotism displayed by the members of the New Plymouth Fire Brigade, as shown by the liberal manner in which they have responded to the call for funds in connection with the war." "Ought a Christian to go to the Front V" will be the subject of the Rev. A. B. Chappell's sermon at Whitelcy Church to-morrow evening. The anthem will he "Hail to the Lord's Anointed," and Mr A. Gray will sing "Arm. Arm, ye Brave," from Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus." At the morning service (which will he mainly a children's service) the Rev. J. H. White will make reference to the life of the late Mr S. B. White. The Auckland barmaids who left for Sydney last week appear to have had a cordial reception on arrival there. The Sun says:—Australians have a likening for New Zealand girls who are Messed with the fresh and rosy health the cooler climate bestows, and somehow have escaped the creed of the average New Zealand man, that the world begins at Auckland and ends at Bluff, and that a long thin man from a long thin island represents the highest effort of creation and the highest stage in evolution. The girls from the little group of islands to the south-east are somehow more companionable than the men. When they are barmaids, a spice of interest 1„ lidded to them; because the barmaid, yo.i know, is a very sympathetic woman as a rule. She understands men's frailties, and makes allowance for them. Where the ordinary wife punishes a husband who has stayed out late with cold words and stony eyes, the wife who has had the experience at the bar discreetly looks away while he slakes hi* parched morning throat, and she unobstrusively puts the bottle of Worcesobtrusively puts the bottle of Worcestime. Many hard things are said of barmaids, but it must be admitted that out of their knowledge often springs the sweet blossom of kindness."