LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 135, 31 October 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Borough Council meeting last sight, on the petition oi a majority of local (Shcmista, the hours of closing wero lixod by the Council.

Patea is proceeding with the installation of the water and drainage scheme, a Joan of £14,000 for which was recently authorised. Harry Woodward, a middle-aged mail, chief waiter at Bellamy'*, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. Death is believed to be due to heart disease.

The Marine Department has decided that -no magisterial enquiry is necessary regarding .the damago to the lluahine.

The Borough Council last night, sitting in committee, considered the Mayor's interview with tile Minister of Public Works relative to the proposed toll g*to in connection with repairs to the Waiwakaiho bridge, and decided on the action to be taken by the Council.

The local officers of the Lands and Survey Department some, time ago decided to give a voluntary monthly contribution to the Patriotic Fund, and yesterday paid into the public account their third instalment, which brings the total up to £SS 2s 4d. On the 24th inst., on the motion of Mr. A. R. Standish, probate of the will of the late William 'Parsons, of Bell Block, was granted by Mr. Justice Cooper to Mrs. Mary Richards, the executrix named in the said will.

One man in Patea evidently desire's it to bo known that lie is a Britisher for he has had the front gate and door of hia residence painted red, white and blue. Deeming this insufficient, he has also had a draught board design painted on the end of the house in the same .pa trio tic col ore. —Press. At the Foxtion S.M. Court yesterday morning Davis, a milk vendor, was fined £2O and costs for selling adulterated milk, containing 20 per cent, of water. The magistrate (M'r. Poynton) severely commented upon the abuse of this article of food, on which tho 'health of so many infants depended. The following fresh lines have been added to the Melbourne Clothing Company's great slaughter sale now on: — Men's knitted socks, 3 pairs for 2s 6d; lovely lace duchess sets, Is 6d; drawnthread tablo covers, Is Md; pretty damask and drawn thread tray cloths, Is, Is (Sd, Is lid—all very exceptional values. Tho Patea Press states that tho s.s. Mana, which, went ashore when entering the Patea river on Thursday night, has suffered 110 damage. She has on board 00 tons of cement for the Patea Freezing Company, but it is not intended to remove tlhis frjm the boat. The Mana had only recently been put into commission; in fact, this was her second trip this season. Typhus fever, which is reported to have broken out in the German lines, owes its name to a Greek derivative meaning smoke or mist, in allusion to the stupor of the disease. It is an infectious disease of a highly contagious nature, lasting for about fourteen days, and characterised mainly by great prostration of strength, severe nervous symptoms, and a peculiar eruption on the skin. It has received numerous other names, such as pestilential, putrid and gaol fever. It appears 10 have been known for many centuries as a destructive malady, frequently appearing in epidemic form in all countries of Europe. It lias most frequently prevailed in temperate or cold climates. This fever is most frequently found to affect the poor of large cities and towns, or to appear where large, numbers of persons are living crowded together in unfavorable conditions, as has often been seen in prisons, workhouses, etc. Armies in the field are particularly liable to suffer from this disease; for instance, during the Crimean war it caused an enormous mortality among.the French troops,