LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 84, 4 September 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To attempt to gauge tho. success ot ' the lOermans by measuring ihe num- | her of miles by which, from time to time, they shorten the 'map-distances (0 | Paris- is,'of course, futile. Franco has j taken care not to put all her eggs in one basket, says a writer in the Wellington Post. ' Her arsenals and military stwnvi are, mainly in the sou'-h | and west. GermAny wiil not win by investing Paris. She must smaslh the I French armies she retires, or [ her campaign, will be a failure. The Borough engineer, in reply to a statement which appeared in, the press, to tho effect that the cost of kerbim; and channelling by day labor, and wi'.li the concrete mixer, was £> 15s per chain, has submitted a report to the Council in which he gives the cotit of these works as a whole, which include sonic heavy earthwork, the average cost per tihain being f-l 7s 2d, while the average cost of the concrete crossings is £2 each. iWhere the earthwork is not extra heavy the average is about, £2 las per dliaiiu. Germany is the greatest potato producer in the world, 'llie total crop of the season in the Kaiser's Empire ior the past season is estimated at 48,500,000 tons. v Of this quantity 0,000,000 tons were lost 'by front, rotting, etc., and to avoid the loss, as well as to diminish the. importation of concentrated feeding stuffs, 'the potato drying industry is being developed There are at present in the empire 300 factories', capable of treating altogether live to six million tons .of'frcah potatoes!, and the process is aid to give satisfactory results. Tho cost of a potato dry ins iplant is something like £3500. The bulk of tlie German potato crop is utilised in the following my:—-For human food 13,000,000 tons, starch factories 1,500,1100 tonti, alcohol factories 2,500.000 tons, feed factories 5.500,000 tons, cattle feeding 10,000,000 tolts.

All unfortunate expedience has be- | fallen Mr J. L. Kri.ttain, who arrived at ] AudkJamd from i-iyd'ney by ne Uivenna to take up thß position of Cou'-uMvcu-erul for tho United (States in New Zealand* (say© an Auckland corresponded.). I lie was previously Consul at Coburg, I Gormia-iiy, and .when he was appointed to Auckland he packed up the wiiole of hi« belongings and consigned tliem by the <.!e,nusui steamer YYusemar, whi.'.'i 'was inaugurating t-lie direct, wnv'iee between' Germany and. New Zealand. Tint steamer left llamburg on 23rd 1 .lune, and since that time -Vtr Brtttttio ha« not iheard of lier. Included in iho' articles ore a nuinlber of valuable books, pictures and euariosrities which lie luw rol-lec-ted 1 since he ins been in tine Consular service. It- is thought that the WisemaT Ims gon« to a neutral port, where she will re-main during the war. A special «üble despatch to an American newspaper flays: —-The health of the Prince if Wales is becoming more and more •« matter of anxiety to tins King ami Q :.een. IVlore going to camp with the Oxford Cadet Corps last month the 'Prinuc ww* medically exaamned with the rest of ..ie. corps, and no. was among six declared unlit for tnaiiung. 'lhe l'rince to been specially warned against tho dangy.r of chill, as -it is t'ca.red tliat a Ixul. eh HI would develop ' chest complaint ami make him an invalid for a considevaMe lime, if not for life. Tho King's medical adviserhave constantly recommended a long voyage for vae rrince.. and I lie 'u ! tention lias been to semi him on a. cruise to Aiu'stralia. Karly in the year of the tour to Australia an ! Oanada wero (planned for the autumn. Political reasons also rentier*'! a visr. by the .Prince to the. colonies. .iesiraWe, but bis detestation of the .*• a seems likely to prevent the materia' -ation of these plans.

"Even since my son Iteggie waa twelve months old I 'have him Clc-nnbcr- , lain's Cough Remedy for ermip," says Mr Joe Stephens, Warren. N.S.W, "\a matter how bad tin- attacl. may be. after a few dose.-; of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy he has always been relieved. I have recommended Chamberlain's Coiifjh Remedy to dozens of people as I consider it the best remedy for croup and colds, and would not bo with-

A glare was observed in wie direction of Franldeigh Park at about 12.30 this morning, but at time of going to pre»3 no no"-- of a lire had,been received at this office.

Arrivals in New Zealand from ofer•*ca» during July were -2354, compared with 2081 in JuVy, 1913. The departures totalled 21)151, as against 1847 in the previous July.—Press ....Association.

An incident occurred in the gun rescue event at the Hunt Club, races whien created considerable amusement to the spectators, though it rather chagrined those principally affected. The conditions were that team? of four mounted men should gallop some distance up to a cannon —in this case a very gc-cd imitation—attach ropes thereto and gallop with it back tio the starting place, t'e.s gun. being replaced at the original .point for the next squad. Time, as well as style, wa« taken into account. One of the squads, while galloping heroically to the scene, was astonished to see the enemy, in the shape of tiiiree inveterate jokers, emerge from a gully near by, commandeer the cannon, and' make.oil with it to the next paddock. The dis - comfiture of the squad at the wasted gallop can be imagined. Of course, the gun was 'brought back, and the rescue commenced again. The particu:.ir squad did not win, and, of course, laid the Wame to the gaJiop having blown their mounts.