LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 105, 26 September 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

English and American mails, ex MaKtona at Auckland, wiill araire here toniht.

Good catches of wiitJeuaib are being secured in Uho Waitoftara rivor. In tiio Waiwaikaaho thie fishermen toil long foe Tery little. A new Tennis Club has icon, f jrmed in Stratford, under the name of 'The Kia Ora Tennis Club," arrangements lilaving Ibeen made with Mr R. H. Cameron, Regan Street, for the use of liis lawn for tho season.

In attempting a trial fligjh-t at tin-istohu-rcii. on Thursday might {abate the Proas Association), a*Wheel came olf Scotland's aeroplane, and the machine turned an end amdS waj fairly severely damaged The aviator waa ' unhurt. A Foilding Press Aissoelation messaeo states: A meeting of shareholders of the recemitly-farmed uraua amid West Coast Meat Produce Co. decided lun&wimiously to purchase a site for freezing works, and to go on with the propiosala of the company.

A series of burglaries has been reported to the IWangaiiiui -police, duM!ng itihe last coulplo of days. At least half-a-dozen houses have been entered, and in a couple of instances the burglars were successful im getting good! hauls of jewellery and money. There is no clue.

' A Main Trunk Line paper says:— '"There is a. -man of German -birth, but 'natura'ised, living near Piriaka, ,wlvo»c views on the war do not coincide with those of local residents. Tho German Now Zc-alsimder was blowing about great German victories the other day, an.l the residents threatened to tar and feather him unless he desisted."

One of the legal fraternity im Elbliam says that it is ip-actically of no use at the pros'ont tiin-e .making applications for loans to the Government Advances'to Settlors Department. No matte;' -how wid-e a margin cif tCcurity 'Micro may be there ere :£o hyixa fe-TthcotiiEg. There is some heavy-Weight sitting cir the id of Itlie treasury coffers and tho money cannot be extracted therjfrom.—Ar^us. The sate of work in connection with St. Andrew's Ohuirch was continued yesterday afternoon and evening, when a satisfactory attendance of th public was again recorded. The financial results of the salo are. very gratifying, and the church funds' win Ibonlelit very considerably. In the evening a programme of music was a*>»ini oonJWiuuted 'by tho performers' of the (previous evening.

Houses in the vicinity of the oil wella alt Moturoa are occasionally exposed to rough treatment. Yesterday's blow out ait tlhio No. 5 bore plentifully bespattered Mr Honeyfield's Teiademee, which had just undergone the process of repainting, but the Oil uomipamy promptly Sent a stall of men to wash oil tho mud and 1 od, so th.it no damage was done. An American dramatist was casting about to ahow the difference be.twejit English and American audiences. Tne attitude of the sporting crowds afforded him the comparative values. "In England," ho said, "when a man misses a cabdh in the cricket field), onlookers say Well tried, old man, well tried'.' In America, when a man misses a catch at baseball, the crowd say, 'Kill the son of a gun!' and they say it .with great violence 1"

A. W. Rawles appeared again at the S.M. Court at Stratford yesterday (morning, and wag charged witili <pho theft on June 20th of a motor car tyVe, and a motor car tube, valued at £7 17s, the property of Newton King. 'Sergeant McNeely dated; for a further week's- adjournment. He said other charges were to bo brought, and some of the witnesses were difficult to got at. Mr j. Sr.en.ee, who appeared for accused, agreed to the remand, which wag accordingly granted, the .previous bail being renewed —accused in £IOO, and two sureties of £SO each. —PotSt.

Thoro is quite a flavour of '\llicand the moving Bantam wind about ono of tho stories from France. It is stated tliat tho British troop* out down trees in a forest east of Paris, and while tlio infantry tarried leafy (branches by way of cover, the trunk's of the trees ■were used for the protection of the artillery. The extent to which dorices of this kind can bo used in war would scarcely be credited by the average 'reader. The Japanese, for instance, in their campaign against the .Russians, repeatedly played tricks with the scenery. Thero was one case quite early in tho war, in which they undertook the rapid transplantation of a small forest simply to cover one movement. They had 'to face tlic ascent of an exposed' hill, up the side of which ran tho only road that was practicable for the artillery, and the Russians liad their entrenchments within easy rang-', so that tho uscenit looked absolutely out of the question. There was twenty of timber 'below tho road, however, and the Japanese busied themselves for a day cutting down big trees; During tho night these trees were dragged into position and stuck upright in the ground to form a .screen between the road and th 0 Russians. Prom a distinue the alteration of a landscape was not very obviouts, and -under this transferred cover, the Japanese took ..iongum up tho hilt in safety.—Press. Picture patrons arc reminded of the screening of "The Tell-tale Photograph" at the Theatre Royal this afternoon at 2.30 and again at 8 o'clock to-night. Reserves, 'phone 3G5. The Church of England services for tomorrow are:—St. Mary's, 8 (Holy Communion) and 11 a.m., and 7 p.m.; To Hcnui, 8 (H.C.) and 11 a.m., 7 p.m.; Old People's Home, 9.45 a.m.; Bell Block, 7 p.m.; Omata 11 a.m. (H.C); Barrett Road, 7.30; Koru, 2.30 (H.C). Tlio Stratford Agricultural and Pastoral Association invites applications for tlio position of secretary. ~ The speaker at tlhe Brotherhood on Sunday will be Mu- R»yd Dir ector of Physical Culture under th( Education Depart] rut, who will »pe.ik on "What 'Physical Cuftircu Means tt tho Nation."

A children's service will be conducted by the Rev. A. xi. Chappell at M'hitdey Memorial Church to-morrow manning. The evening s»rvice thwe wM be conducted by t'Jie Itev. O. H. Old*. The northern will be, "God so Ltoved the World," from Sta'mer's "Crucifixion."'

YOU SHOULD BE DETERMINED . iu rejecting the worthless and frequently injurious counterfeits which »re sometimes pushed for ths sake of greater Kiin as 'lust as good" as the GENUINE SANDER A SONS' VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Bo not deceived, ZANDER'S EXTRACT is recognised by lh« highest medical authorities as pos unique stimulating, healing and »ntispptic powers. The preparation of SANDEr 1 * EXTRACT from the pure se lortcd 1' '.<!, and +he refinement by sne cial pi-!"'.vines, fdve it curative virtucj pe:ii , its ov?n. Therefore, be not Jni'-led. Demand and insist upon the GFn-iTVNF SANDER EXTRACT, and VC'> will derive the benefit that thou samh have reaped from it before. When ill you rAordd not depress yourself more by the common, bulhy and nauseiting j eacc.lyptuß oila and Boc*Ued extracts," '

"*Tn'l3ie Supreme Oo.iipft yesterday, Thomas Bolton was awarded £550 damages from Brank Feist; of Carterton, for injuries sustained through vbeing run down by a motor-car diriven by tha dafcndanlt.-—Press Association.

A London correspondent writes:—Mrs Praser ami Mr W. Fnaseir (Dunedin) are practically among the very last English people to get through to London from Germany and Itey madia for the High Ommtoioner's off-ico ve:y tired; andi harassed. Mr Mackenzie kindly supplied them with a meal on the promises, which was tih-o first food they had had for majny hours. Th.-y hud lost every particle of baggage, and urn red "with merely the clothes tint they wore. They gave a shocking description of t'he treatment that bh;y received in Germany, where no consideration was Aown them at till. Their lu gg*ge wag thrown about aadl finally lost, and (they wiare thankful to, pet thtough with their aires. Mr, Duncan Cook, of Port Chalmers, met with similar experiences, awl was vary thankful .to reach London safely. Referring to the Government's decision to enrol % band of Maori "warrior*" and send them to 'Egypt, the Ulirfsiieliuroh Star gays: — H'o dejubt a couple of hundred able-bodied (Maori youths could be picked out of the various Mangas of the Notfbh Island if the selectors were givun a free han:l, but that is mot the way in winch it will be -done. The exigencies oi polities will dictate that the men shall b;chosen by tribal rather than by physiological considerations, and the best men witt frequently be passed oylt. As a matter of cold fact, tho >ri race has degenerated so gravely of recent years that it no longer po-wesa-ss the virility or the stamina requisite for ■the battlefield. The Maori contingent would not be long afloat before the sh.p that carried it would bo a peTamb'i*lating hospital l . As a northern Stealth Officer has pointed out, the average nativij is the "host" of varieties of contagious diseases incidental to the Maori Manner of living. This makes representatives of the race singularly susceptible, to cJlimatic influences. To seul a body of troops to Egypt to prepare them for a European campaign would under any circumstances be ridiculous. In the case of the Maoris- it is a wild farcical procedure. By liho time this squad of Maoris reaches the, front—if it ever arrives there—it will probably have cost this country £10,COI). is a big price to pay for "assistance," and it really is a great deal mora than the Maori vote is worth.

Speaking at Hawera on Wednesday on the memory of Father Rolland, Dean Power said Father Rolland was a great priest, and l .had he chosen the profession of arms instead of service of the altar, he would have risen to eminence as high as General Pau and General Joffre, and file would have shed a new lustre upon that profession as lie had shed a higher lustre upon the work he had been called upon to do. Father Rolland was a Frenchman—one of a email heroic baivj 'who came to the Dominion in the ear-iy days to preach the gospel. He was moro than a Frenchman—he was a Catholic, and a broad-minded man who attended on the battle-field to friend and foe alike. If the young men (ws>o were veterans now, and who were happily represented that day) had any faults in their character or in their cause he did not discover them; if faults existed in the character or in the cause of the Maori thav - were bidden" f,. om " ;i } m . Father Holland had eyes only for heroism and nobiility, and he admired the men of the brave race who were fighting for their own ideals; yet he also admired the men of the older race who were spreading out the borders of civilisation and iiis services were given to both sides alike; and it was those services which had made bim illustrious. In spite of all his greatness, Father Rolland was a man of unbounded modesty, and Dean Power gave many instances as to (.his phase of Father Rolland's character. One was that he refused to visit Tarainaki because of the big welcome whie'a would have been given him. Dean Power regretted that the Catholics of South Taranaki had not done anything to perpetuate the taemory of Father Rolland, and he intended to take sseps to have this reproach removed, (Applause). The Catholics of North Taranaki had erected Rolland Hall in memory of the late Father Rolland at a cost of £ISOO.

Far such occasions as the musical examnmatoonß held by the Eoyal AouUmy ILondon,) and Trinity College (LwndW) the choice of piano for .purposes of such severe tests, and where the renderuw of the most dedicate phrases luaa to"'be given itiie utmost possibility of reproduction ifchat the anost modern art in pianoforte construction can create it is a notable fact that an Hngfeilv namely, the Brinfiniead', has again been choson. The Briiusmcad seeniks invariably the piano selected by tiio examiners, and when we conic to con-idm its universal popularity amlomgst musicians there is lititJo room far wonder that suidh, should bo the case. Nothing could 'be fiirllihcir from our mind, fcham aii attempt to give a resuimo of the sterling Worth of what has already been declared by the world's famous 'artists ao Britain's uHtimatum to the pianofomtie world. It is, however, a pleasure for us to note that Mr Saint-George, who conducted tllie Trinity College of Musio ex:Acadam.y both remairiked moalb emphatically on the unimpeachable delicacy of tome and inarvelloua response of touch in the Bwnsimead pfeunw* used during the examinations just cornel titled in Now (Pflymoutii. Mwssro, H. VoSliw and 00. are the sole agents. ,