LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 20 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

It has been decided 'to form a band at Whangaan'onronsi, with Mr \V. H. Keader as secretary. The Telegraph Department advises that'until further, notice the present Sunday morning attendance between J. 30 and 10 for telegraph purposes is suspended, and in place tlhereof all offices at -present observing Sunday morning attendance will, on and from Sunday, the 23rd inst., attend between 10 and 10.30 a.m. For the present .the evening attendance, 5 to 5.30, is "•unaltered. At yesterday's meeting of the Taranalci Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Vhe chairman stated that vciv "ood Pf ogress w being made with the emt™W *V*? new hos Pitel- In connection with the non-payment of oontribii. tions by some of tihte contributing local bodies, Mr Macßeynolds gave notice to 1W* 1 ? ,"-m- meecin g: "That as the Hospital Gilding fund will be short by the amount of interest fhat has to be paid on overdraft through non-payment of contnbutions by certain local contributing bodies, it will be necessary to apportion suth shortage at e wiio are behind from time to time." hJ T' :e f t:on ci establishing a relief fund to relieve eases of distress arising out of the war was briefly dit cussed at the meeting of the Turanaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yes torday Yifl K . n the chairman (Ma- F 6 J BeUnnger) stated that there were" many who would not donaue towards «b present Patriotic Fund" but who bad intimated that they would -be prepared to contribute towards a relief lund. The difficulty of administering such a fund m as to guard against orar-la.pp.jig alK i, in, sauiie cases, possibly ot assisting -undeserving cases was point- J ed out: It was resolved- \h.\t as the Hoard, •inrough the carrying out of its ordinary duties, is in a superior posi- « t-on to he a-blo to use. just discrimina- '* tion, etc., in connection -with thte dis- , ! bureenient of funds for the purpose of k relief of distress arising out of the ■ war, the 'Board is willing, if so desired, '. ad administer such fund l , buit wkhes it ] I*.' ba understood that such funds will i be kept entirely separate, and their ' administration will not 'be allowed to i have any effect on ov in connection with tllileir ordinary business as a Cliari- ', table Aid Board. ' Theatre-goers attending the grand re- [ cital of Tennyson's '-Enoch Ar'dcn" iu ( the Good Templar Hail on Saturday evening next are notified that there w.ill be an abundant supply of home-made sweetmeats available, the gross proceeds * from the sale of which will be handed t to the War Fund, I

The arrival of the chassis for the Petone nmitiicipal motor-'bug service appears to be some distance off, according .to the Mayor (Mr J. W. McEwan), who informed the council at a meeting last. week that when they were ready for shipment to the Dominion, itiey were commandeered by the British 1 Government. Mrs. G. H. Saunders was very successful with the three Irish terriers which she exhibited at the Wellington Kennel Club's show yesterday. Pukekura Ginna and Pukekura Tigris secured firsts in all the classes for which they were entered. The latter animal also secured the fifteen-guinea cup. Pukekura Prince secured four seconds. Mrs. Saunders also obtained first prize with a brace and a team. On Sunday a little trouble occurred • among the Bailors on the troopship Waimana. It is reported that some of the stone worktoen who were paintdng the, vessel, and who were receiving 4s per hour, were dispensed with, and some of the crew put on to the work at eightpence per hour above their ordinary wage. The mem demanded Is 6\l per hour, and after some little delay were given it, and t'hte work proceeded. Mr George Bernard Shaw, ii.-....d to take pant in a symposium agai,.,,., war, said: "A symposium on tllito madness of war at this crisis would 'be about as sensible as a symposium on th* danger of damp sheets if London were on lire. Ii war is madness, we -should have thought of tiiiat before. It is of no iise piling up armaments and Mustering for years and then, when the first shots a'.'-: fired suddenly joining the Quakers. We have anode our bed, and we must Me on it." .j;,..i,-. ' Mr J. 8.. Scott, secretary of the ■lSouth Island Dairy Association, reports that he has received general cablegrams 'from London intimating that the Home 'firms are prcrjared to establish credits heretofore against dairy produce shipped from the Dominion. Ibis will apply to the new season's shipments, 'T>ut Mr Scott states that he does not 'expect any buying of our cheese outputs 'to take wlaej for about a month. All 'the Home firms,, however, are prepared 'at ifll times to accept consignments! This, said Mr Scott, shows confidence in 'being able to get the produce to Lon'don. 'The German-born naturalised British subjects, in Wellington (says the Free Lance) hiave shown a 'fine steadfast spirit in thi(< wail by promptly giving practical proof of their firm resolve to stand by their adopted country and share in any saorifices that require to be made. Mr Max Eidhelbaum was one of ,tihe' first .to respond to the Patriotic Fund with a donation of £'2o. Mr H. Wollerman) himself a veteran soldier of the Franco-Bressian war—and a BranderibuTgcr at that—is sending away his only son, .Lieutenant Wolienman, a popular young officer of the sth Regiment, to take his place in the fighting line. And these are but types of many others. A cargo of 250/100 cases of oil arrived from New York in Auckland on Saturday by the steamer Verdala. The steamer's freight was one that caused the local agents considerable anxiety until she put into port. Strangely enough, none of the crew of the vessel was aware that a state of wa.r existed between England and Germany until the pilot met ttocm in the Bangitoto Channel, and informed them of the state of affairs in Europe. When an examination of the ship's crew was made, two men who owned to German nationality were taken into custody by the police. The vessel occupied 83 davs on the dong voyage from New York, tine only port touched at en route being Durban, South Africa. When the Austrian Consulate in Auckland was closed at the end of last week, the Government did not, take the. step of compelling the Consul's withdrawal from. New Zealand, although, it was entitled to do so, in view of the fact iiihat Mr Langguth is not -i naturalised subject. The Government gave him the option of remaining, provided that he reports daily should tiie police so desire, it Is improbable that ithe police will require this procedure. Mr Langguffli told a Star representative that he intendfe remaining in Auckland, seeing •that his home and business, are there.. He has been a resident of the city for thirty years and has a son at present in one of the forts, and who will pro,bably go with the expeditionary force. Therefore hre curare syimpathies are with New Zealand. "I consider thlafc the Government has acted very fairly," said Mr Langguth. A cable Ifrom the Home Government announcing that the rate of insurance had been anxiously awaited for several days, but has not yet arrived. However, a hopeful circumstance, showing that tho matter is receiving attention at Home was a conference on Tuesday of the Underwriters' Association and representatives of the Government to consider 'an answen to some important enquiry by cable (from-England. Shipments of produce will be made on the ten steamers engaged for the transport of troops to England. The Minister of Defence,, when questioned by a correspondent, said the Government had absolute control of these ships, and would take cargo in the ordinary way, the shipping companies being their agents in the transaction. "Preference," he added, "will be given to cereals and food ifor the Motherland, and after these products we will take any cargo which was offering when the boats were handed over by the shipping companies. We have made very satisfactory arrangements for war risk insurance on the transports, but shippers will have to pay freight, and provide their own marine and war risk insurance. But," he added rcaHsnrinsib-. "the latter will be a comparatively lipht one."