LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 147, 16 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

English and American mails, >ia Vancouver, will *rriva here to-night, per Main Trnnk b ' '

At a, fecial meeting of the Omata CooperatiTe Dairy Company, field at the Town Hall on Saturday, Mr P. KaiU presiding tie new articles of association were adopted on a show of hands. The military authorities state that it was proposed to send only four cadets to fclio Koyal Australian 'Military College for tho terms coinmiencing February nest It has now been decided to send ten.

The Waimate .Witness understands that, the tost cas» undertaken by the Audit I'opartment against tho Waimate West Council for non-publication of the county balance-sheet lias been withdrawn.

A private letter received in. Wellington by the last English mail states that the New Zealand .Expeditionary Force, upon arrival in will go into huts at BuHord, Salisbury Plain, for further training before proceeding to the Continent,

At the last sittajig' of tlio Magistrate's Court at Manaia the case of James Hdslop v. T. McPhillips, for failing to publish the yearly balancD-sheot of the Waimate West County for the year 1913, was adjourned till tho Oth December.

Constable Kyni rather a smart aue.it on Friday afternoon (sayg the Hawera Star). He was about to I'oard tiio Manaia coach to proceed to that district to assist in, tho search for a man who for 6ome months had been wanted by the police, when, by the merest chance, he noticed lus man enter | a hotel. The constable quickly arreste the man, whose name is William >McGnrrie. on a warrant of commitment to New Plymouth prison for one month for being in default for fll on a maintenance order. The defeat of At Quin for the South Riding in the Eltham county means tho removal from the table of a man who (lias most complete knowledge of county affairs. Geographically, he knows CTery inch of the country. As chairman of the County he has been active and progressive, the result being that the Eltham County is well advanced in the matter of roads, bridges and other conveniences. Mr Quin lias a fine knowledge of the working of the local Government lActs and has proved (in efficient chairman. As there was no policy question at stake, it may be presumed that personal matters swayed the result of tho election.—Argus. A novel way of preparing a floor for (Wincing was adopted by those responsible for the floor of the Coronation Hall for the Citizens' Ball on Friday evening. Motor cars were driven with trailers which first cleaned and! (hen polished the surface, small boys sitting on the trailers and acting as 'veights. The efleot was ad I tiiat could be desired, the floor, a rough one before, being voted first-class by dancers. Everything for t'ne dance wa-s given free—the musk, never equalled in the history of the town, refreshments, from lemonade to cream puffs., printing, advertising. Even the gas used for the copper was \free, the. Gas Company putting in Especial piping and fittings for the purpose. The Relief Fund will benefit •largely as a result of the dance, which hvas a credit to all concerned.

"So far the war has not materially affected the business of Messrs Craddock 8r05.," said Mr. Frank Meadowcrof t, the New Zealand manager, on his return to New Zealand on Tuesday. ('Van Houten's, being in Holland, were laboring under certain disadvantages, and the Swiss people, with their army mobilised, were finding some difficulty'in keeping iip supplies. Our people informed tlie Government authorities that if our supply of sugar—we had a good supplywas not interrupted we could not continue to employ 75 per cent, of our hands—about 7000; but if the sugar was taken it would reduce our staff te about 10 per cent .of the ordinary strength. You must understand that a shortage of sugar is being experienced owing to the German supply of beet sugar having been cut off. Whilst I was at Home, the firm got an order for forty tons of cocoa for tlie Russian Government."

A story of boyish grit that achieved •its object, despite strong opposition, was related by Mr A. Newton at the last meeting of tlie Wellington Industrial Lissoeiation. The boy—a Blenheim lad —had a liking for the medical profession, but being the only son of a prosperous farmer, his father insisted on him following his footsteps. This . did not appeal to the boy, who, despite every opposition from his parents, spent all his money and time in studying medical works. ! His studiousness bore good fruit, for he won a scholarship of iICO in cash, -which enabled him to go to Edinburgh, and, when there, to got more cash, he took to tram conducting till he had saved enough to continue his studies. He at last achieved success, and is now doing well as a duly qualified medical practitioner. A boy in a thousand," remarked a member. "Yes, we could do with some more like him," remarked another.

irom his son Harold, who is a sergeant in the Natal Light Horse Mr B U Tranent, manager of the Bank of .New .South IVVales, Invorcargill, lias rc-V'-H'cd a letter which contains some interesting information with regard to events in South Africa. Writing from Cape Town under date October (>th, Ker-gc-ant Turnout mentioned that a small army was being mobilised: to go to Gorman South-West Africa, and expected to sail in about ten days' time. At time of writing there were already some thousands of troopers operating there but little had been heard of their do:ngs. Just the day More 270 sick and wounded hid arrived back at O.ipe Town by boat, and the list of killed was beaming to assume big proportions. The Natal 'Light Horse were looking forward to being in the thick of the fightiii". ft would appear from Sergeant Teiir.enl's lottLV that there lias been some fighting in German South-West Africa of which no news has been sent out by cable. it may be mentioned that Mr Tnnnent has three sons in the Natal Light horse, Captain Leonard Tennent, forgeant Hugh and Sergeant Harold, so that the family is strongly represented.

[ A private, letter received in Napier from a, territorial aboard Troopship Ko. 7 states that one of the South island boys fell over from the Athenic, but was reseued little fcho worse for his immersion, and the same night the trooper nearly collided with the Tahiti

in a fog, so that the "man overboard" had a very narrow escape. iLancc-Cor-"poral Gilchrist (lnvereargill),, on board

the Unapeliu, died suddenly on Sunday night, October 2oth, and was buried at Ria tile following day, burial services being -held 1 on all the ships. A weekly newspaper, christened the "Gunner,''' lias been launched on Troopship No. V, H.iscocks (Wellington) the well-known cartoonist, doing the, sketches, and Blomfield (Auckland), occupying ytlie ...editorial. chair. The first issue was: ' limited:'/to, fifty ..cojpies, owing to fclio? '■