LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 91, 12 September 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

English and American mails, ex Moana at Wellington, will arrive here tflis (.Saturday) afternoon. Under the will of the late. Mrs Sui-an P.objolins, the following .amounts artleft to Napier institutions: --Xapier Hospital, £2OW>; St. Paul's Presbyterian Church £500; Uiildrcii's Home," fIUOJ. At Stratford yesterday Henry Barriiigotn pleaded gtdlty to theft of drapery from ilorey and Son's Stratford branch, valued at £l9 18s, and was committed for sentence. ]| c confessed that, he stole the goods to send to his wife in England, in lieu of money for which she wa s pressing hi in. Alt a meeting of delegates fiwm Oka to, Warea, Fungarclm and jlanotu it -was decided to Mart a herd-testing association) for the utoast. vSaiiurthing over 1701) cows were promised for entry, and the position of fester waj oll'ered to Mr XV. Taylor. Mr J. Burgess was eleete<l lion, secretary and 1 treasurer.

An exceedingly rough passago from Capetown was experienced .1)/ the Cori-nthic, which arrived at Wellington on Tuesday from Li ndon. There were ten clergymen on board, and Hie, usual sailors' suggestion with regard to the aftinity between -clergy and bad weather found p.xpr<*i>ion "itfiioiijr the crew (says the Xew Zealand Times). The cast-off elotliing committee would like those who intend giving garments to kindly forward them as rfou as possible, as there will be an early opportunity of sending t.lii-iii to England. Warm clothing in fairly good condition is -what, is most needed, and may be. left ■with Miss LewLs, Devon street, C. K. Baker and Co.. '.Mrs Crooke, Vivian street, or -Mrs .Melsaac, South mul.

Twelve stud liiiinney rams will be shipped to .Sydney in the Aloeraki 'by Mcitsim l)a!gety and Co., to the order of a New South Wales station-holder. The majority were selected tram the Hock of' Messrs Rutherford ami Co.. Lower llutt, the price paid being over £SO per head. The -balance of tho shipment was fbtained from the flock ot the late Mr. .1. Holmes, i/aimahaica, Southland.—Press Association.

Speaking at Otaki on Sunday, the Rev. W. 1!. Poole, of Fiji, gave some interesting particulars of how the war had affected Fiji ami the Islands. Mr. l'oole stated that when news of the lvar reached him he was at Levuka. The residents of that town ..were ordered to prepare for emergency, and, mustered in full force, found they could only command some 50 rifles. The Mayor' of Levuka was a naturalised German, wlio was widely respected. At Suva great excitement prevailed, and residents made every precaution in case of an attack from the enemy. Fears were allayed, however, when a French cruiser dropped anchor in the harbor. The Rev. Mr. l'oole left Fiji about a fortnight ago. An unusual application was luadaijjfcfore Mr Justice Edwards i» chambers by '.Mr Hughes on belialf of the widow of the late Wililam Henry Leech, who died last dune. The widow applied for probate of a will made in 18!l(i. It appeared that probate had already been gi anted to the widow and Charles Leech of a will made, by the deceased just prior to his death. It was, however, shown that the last will did not contain real and personal property, which was covered by the terms of the iir.-t will. Tho application for probate of tho will was granted to the widow.

One of the questionable occupations of the city, in which sharp salesmen make money out of the ordinary housewife's keenness for "bargains," was mentioned in the Police Court at Auckland (says the Star), when--a man named Louis Irwin was charged with being an idle and diso?deriy person. The poltcs stated that the accused was what was known as a "shoddy-dropper." The prat-lice of such persons was to buy cheap serges and similar cloths, to don a sailor's cap, and then to make a round of the suburbs offering the cloth for sale as a ''bargain," and stating that it was something extra special which the vendor bad smuggled into the country off a ship, and goods worth about 10s were in this way sold for oOs. His Worship gave the man a chance by convicting him and ordering him to come up for sentence when culled upon.

Should the Government decide to employ Maori volunteers in any operalions against the Hermans, it might be found convenient to send ;v company of the Natives to Samoa when the titix' cornea to relieve the white contingent now in occupation «f Apia. The Maoris would welcome the opportunity of doing soldierly duty in the homes of their long severed Polynesian cousins, who would assuredly give them cordial greeting. It niiiy be «ilwo that Maoris from tho North Island would find- the el innate of Samoa more to their liking tlian while troops would. It should not lie forgotten that the hot season is now coming on in the Samoas, and the young white New Zealandcrs will find the suirjmcT of Apia exceedingly trying. It is possible that the Maoris of VVaikato or the Ngapuhi would soon adjust themselves to the climatic conditions under which their ancestors flourished not so very long ago (says the Lyttelion Times).

The. Colonial Sugar Refining Company insert a notice re advance in the price of sugar.

The New Zealand Flourmillors' Cooperative Association', Ltd., advises a further increase of £1 in the price of flour.

At Whitclcy Memorial Church tomorrow evoniiu: the llev. A. It Chappea will take for his subject "Tramps •and Travellers" Tne choir will render the anthem "The. Kadiant ftm." (Lightwood.)

The speaker at the usual mealing ot the Brotherhood to-morrow afternoon will be Mr. J. V. Arnold, of the Labor department. Mr. Jr. Cocker will tie flKiirman and Mr. G. Lambert soloist. For chronic chest complaints, TVoodi' Groat Peppermint Cure, Is Cd, 2s 6d,