LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 141, 7 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Now that tho initial war scare is over, business m Daimevirke is improving. One large firm which found it necessary to work half-time for a while says tho News), is now again working full time and occasionally overtime, time.

Amongst ex-soldiers who joined for the war is Scrgeant-Major F. 0. Brad- ' ley V'.C,., who .spent some years in Nuw ' Zealand. As a driver in tho Field Artillery, Bradley was awarded the Victoria Cross at Itaia, in Zululand, when General Louis Botha made his daring attempt to outflank Natal near tho end of tlie war. Bradley rejoined the Field Artillery, The French tri-color flag was invented by Lefayette, and the red and blue in it are intended to stand for Pan's, ! and the white for the ancient monarchy j of France. The. flag has been in use ■ since 1780, and is thus twelve years older than our own Union Jack, as it j now exists. The Belgian Hag perpej trates the color of the Duchy of Brabant, and was adopted when the ruon'archy was set up in 1831. The red, it should bo noted, .by those who wish ti uso it correctly, forms the fly of the flag, tho yellow'the middle, and the black tho hoist. The Russian Imperial Navy flics ancient blue salt-ire oi St. Andrew on a white ground. | t The gale experienced in Masterton on Sunday night was the most violent that has visited the district for several years, '/saya tho Ago. The damage done'is, in j tho aggregate, very considerable. A skylight was ripped of? one residence, ! and carried a distance of nearly a f quarter of a mile. Fences and oul- < ki.ilcj'ngs have suffered great damage, i The gale appears to have been felt sevevelly in tho surrounding districts. I A shed on tho-property of Mr Donald {.at Tc Ore Ore, was lifted bodily and deposited on a neighbor's farm. In i other places out-houses were toppled over and fences knocked down. Glazier; and plumbers were very busy in Masterton on Monday repairing the damage done to windows in the town by the gale. It is not often that children of such tender ago as five months make their appearance in the Police Court, but such was the case on Friday (says the Auckland Herald), when two babies, each of whom was born only last May, were summoned for being without means ] of support. This step was taken to j enable tho infants to bo sent to an . Industrial School, which was done. One child, at the age of eleven weeks has ; been left at tho District HospitaJ, and j the police had been unable to trace the j' parents. In the ordinary course of i events children committed to an lnj dustrial School are taken there by a i constable, but in tho present case,'Mr ,; Frazer, S,M., thought that tho spectacle ■ of a constable with a young baby on 1 each arm would be rather incongroiis, so I ho arranged with two sisters to take the two children to their new home in a taxi-cab.,

At Okato last night, Mr 1). J. Hughe;, Liberal candidate, criticised the Commissioner of Kailways (Mr Hi-ley) on his action re tho railing of gifts to the poor of Britain and ' Belgium. Mr Hughes informed the audience that a Leppcrton settler's wife forwarded some necessaries to the poor of Britain and Belgium and this consignment was charged the sum of seventeen' shillings for railage from Leppcrton to Wellington The New Zealand Express Company carted the goods free, the shipping ditto, from Wellington to England; anil tho London Exnre'ss Company likewise. But wo in New Zealand, had charged for carrying it on our own railways. This, the speaker described as a sample of the Hifey rule instituted by the Government we have in power. '' Mr Hiley was a manager of a'private railway company iii' Kug'and, an.l h.> thought only of the profits. A.-ipav. ently money was no object lo him. as he wanted already £3,'>rtfl,o(t() for tic; railway business of this country \ o t bad this for a. Government ,vhosVbattle- ] cry last election was "We will reduce bol ~fnwiii3.'*

ivmeids evidently <i'.!;-c-.i tin; ( .., of :i c.::ium ■■ii-b.s: ni-r,urK;«.-!i \, afci--" w;.o attempt t,, evade li:a Clitic, by joinm"' ihe K>r, : e ( si v,.-; .{!.:• j-V. !C Press, -this youne: nut!::.' came has i Vi , u b el o ,, !;"'„ *, lu ' ,u - 011OIU ' <,r - two " et;i " b-.!i tin- autnoniies had failed *,r> locate, iiim. He had, in fact, fnine to tin: ri.iViii Jsiand, and enlisted at Pal- : merr-ton North, an.i aiijjlit have poi | d< an away bat for ;t ■jiocu.Har coinI Cat. [ICV. !l!:,tl';n! of lV!!l:<il!ijl£f With 1l!l' ; Vilkcciior, couiun.eut he happened to i he oin (if ji hundred men. drafted down ! !c Dinieili:; to complete. Olaeo's lUioJ.u, and a., hick would have it. h-Vom:d hir.iI self in t'.■..: squadron omimandod l.ye I (■hitlitb u!l'iei'i- not unknown in !"-;i ; j ri'clis. Kin! v,-V.o |n).-.--e.-.si«! a nil] i.uo-w- ---| l<<i;>c of Ihe ynuns' m:\W-, attempt [:■ j \\v.<M. was iimimvtly roeoe'srlsrd. but ! !'< lor:' the mi'.;'.;' am: of Ihe law n«i'd Imieh hill! ho took : ,1.%!T,1 and promptly ■ li'i'l (he eantr. at. Taluo'ei lVr;.". T»:e ! law, however, was on hie f.'acl:, end the j le-'.v hern bronchi-to booh:. '!i' his desire i ;nr soldiorir.u' was roully ho .proi b.sbly now wishes Suit he lum! stayed ! i i '•;""" mid faced Ihe "iiiii-'ie." nil hi i addition to iiU other troubles ho has

SrVftenlny bs-iuar i iu- h.st r.;crt'n!a t.£ Uie v.'iiiinly jn-ior to the. election o! ;» 11; ■ r*r> ;i iit-i' l!r\t week, Zanders (•r.prc-:..,;',! to She Uiairmsui liU jil.-sumrc as Uto t':u-ndlv spirit, iiuit had always prevailed, an.; vwc.i the liopst that tin- ehalratmi would again I;.: returned to the council. Mo also referred to the zealous performed by Hip . cngimvr, ihn Hwk, ::nd foi'.'-aiiiii. in rep'y. ' L he e staled that matters had pone alonir smoothly during t!u> year, tiioirdi nothing of very ;;vcat importance ll;i:3 liwa tronsaeted. Hie gmilest event had boon the visit. of the .Minister of I'aV.lif ' Works in April, as the result of which a considerable amovint of work liad been iloiifi on Jit. Mesnwiigi'r. indeed, tie, felt certain that if it had not been for fclie Kuropean eruption it would have In en metalled ewinnkXely beioro the end of the Bummer. Even now, lie atldfed, Mm hill was ho improved that one. would hardly knn-,v it for tile same. t!.eferrino- to the financial position of the conned, lie stated that thi? was not i|iiiti> as ;',ood as it was twelve months »S<>- In contdiwion, he thanked the councillors for their good wishes. From Mr A. S. Brooker, hookseller, Now Plymouth, we have received a cany of a hook of beautiful views of New Plymouth and district. As a souvenir tho publication, which is retailed at H would be difficult to excel.

| WHY CO HUNGRY? If your stomach is weak and you arc suffering from indigestion, don't sacrifice your health and comfort Eat nil the wholesome fond, you want. Then take one of Dr. Rhe'don's Digestive Tannics after cacti meal. They digest your food, and thus nourish and build you up, while the stomach is recovering its natural tone. Is fid and 2s 6<l per tin. Obtainablo everywhere.

The new children's ward at the Hawera hospital was opened on VVedm •>- day. The cost was £ltitA>, derived l'fu.'u tho Gillies-Roid donation of £suo, Uovp ernment subsidy of £OOO, tho Hospital 'Board providing the balance "If justice is done, the Prime Minister will be the first to stand his trial."— The use of these words in the House of Representatives on Thursday mornin" by Mr. P. 0. Webb, referring to the Huntly disaster, led to tho suspension of that honorable member for the rest of the sitting. Immediately the words were uttered Mr. Speaker called upon him to withdraw, them, but Mr. Webb refused. The leader of the House (the Sight Hon. W. F. Massoy) then moved the motion for suspension, and the motion was agreed to on the voices.

The second shipment of butter to \ ancouvcr tliis season was made by the Makura on Tuesday at Auckland (states the Herald). It comprised 4550 boxes, which is worth, approximately, £12,500 f.o.b. at Auckland. The total quantity 1 of butter shipped from Auckland this I season, including the consignments by the Makura, is 86,323 boxes, comprising! 70,753 boxes shipped to London, and ' 15,570 boxes shipped to Vancouver. The | export of butter this season already ex- j coeds double the quantity shipped during the corresponding period of last sea. son, during which shipments were made aggregating 41,1C0 boxes, comprising 22,336 boxes to London, 17,778 boxes to Vancouver, 702 boxes to the Pacific Islands, and 29Q boxes to South Africa. The approximate value of the exports of butter this season is £240,450. There is a natural disposition to assign to Lord Kitchener the credit of tlio marvellous organisation and administration at the War Office, the more striking by contrast wVth the deplorable siup oitv that at the opening of the Jloit var nearly lost South Africa to the Empire (writes Sir Ji. 11. Lucy in the Sidney -Morning Herald). That Lord l Kitchener is the right man in the right piace everybody acknowledges. Uut it is too soon to forget that when ho went to the War Ofiice he found existing a slite of things 'inaugurated by Lord Haldane during the term of oilicc, carefully tended by his immediate successor. Ctlonel &eely. The earliest success which astonished the world, and greatly cheered this country, was the secret landing in France of an army something like 150,t>00 strong, fully equipped, an enterprise accomplished within twelve days of the declaration of war. Lord K-tchener went to the War Office two days after the order to mobiliso lui<! been issued. Doubtless he directed the transport of the Expeditionary Force with his accustomed skill and resource. Uut he found ready at hand machinery j carefully planned and completed by his i jo tdecessors. Another more broadly-' planned, further-reaching scheme for [ which the country is directly indebted I to Lord Haldane is the creation of the! Territorial Force. During the earlier j stages of his establishment of the force; 3ie was assailed in the House, of Comrrons, on the platform, and m the party press with harsh cr> ticism, ridicule, and misrepresentation. It was a hard light. I'.ut Lord Haldane, after hjs constitutional manner, cheerily plodded on, and vhi-11 he quitted tile War Office for the Woolsack he was able to hand over to j ln> successor a supplementary force to the regular army of inestimable value. Ir, this hour of peril the stone which (lie builders has Income the chief cornerstone in the structure of the reserve forces. The Territorials have not onlv u.luuteered by battalions to go to the front: they form a valuable recruiting pound for the regular arm> r . At the Whiteley Church to-morrow the Rev. A. 15. Chappell will preach at both the morning and evening services. As it is "World's Teniperit'iee Sunday," Mr Chappell will, in the evenim,'. re( to that subject under the title of "Tin- ! v urse. of jM'eroz.' | lie price of suo'hj- lias beiai advanced j 51 per ton.