LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 149, 18 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

By Gazette notice, the importation into New Zealand of cooking utensils coated or lined with lead or with alloy containing lead is prohibited. Two lady teachers at Napier street school, Auckland, have been granted permission by the Education Board to exchange positions for some months with two lady teachers from Saskatoon, Canada. ' Amongst the arrivals by the Tuvaivina from London were 41 domestic servants under the cart of 'Mrs. Shepherd. They have all been bespoken, and arc being dispatched to ther situations all over the Dominion.

I An Auckland confectioner who* liad inadvertently passed on one of the counterfeit £lO notes last year to another business firm oil Wednesday, had judgment given against her by Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., for the amount. In an editorial the Dunedin Star says: "A few of the German residents in this city would find it advantageous to their interests to practise a discreet silence, even when their sense of justice is bruised, as it must inevitably be on occasions. Silent suffering amidst active prosperity is better than noisy inactivity in a guarded camp." After the examination of its affairs bv an inspector of the Government office, which was submitted to the Audi-tor-General, the Stratford Loan and Deposit Company, Ltd., has been approved as an institution in which it shall be lawful to invs'st trust funds funds on deposit at interest. A copy of the Government Gazette notice, to this effect, appears in another column.

1 Changes in the time-table of the ElthamOpunake mail service are contemplated. A motor is to take the place of the coach. The various bodies interested should ascertain from the postal authorities file details of the [ new time table so that tbey may have an opportunity of making* suggestions before it is definitely deckled upon. — Argus.

There is a.story told of General Joffrc which illustrates his regard for the comfort of the humblest private. He paid a visit to a remote railway station one day and found two or three companies of infantry uncomfortably crowded into trucks, with the discomfort increased by a phenomenal quantity of baggage. "What is all this rubbish V" asked the General, pointing to the heap. "Officers' kit, sir!" was the answer. •'Heave it overboard and make, yourselves as comfortable as you can!" was the order.

- A party of workmen engaged in stone (rushing in the river bed neaar Eltham nn Thursday (the Argus relates) gaffed an eel. An examination showed That ■the iisli had ini its stjomjadh a trout and a jninah. Later in the day the workmen caught another eel in about | Ihe same spot, and, strangely enough, it also was found to have'dined on trout and niinah. How these birds became a prey to the eels is one of those lpu'ZKles whk|li will interest studenfe of natural history. '

YOU SHOULD BEAR IX MIND That by using the commercial eucalyptus oil, which is now bought up at Cd per lb weight and. bottled, and on ac- ! count of the large profit pushed, you | are exposing yourself to all the dangers to which the use of turpentine will ex pose you—irritation of kidneys, intestinal tracts and mucous membrane. Bv insisting on the CrKNUIXE SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, you not only avoid these pitfalls, but you have a stimulating, safe and effective medica- :

ment, the. result of a special and careful manufacture. A trial will at once convince. Quality in a small dose dintinguishes it from the bulky and dangerous products. Remember: -SANDER'S .EXTRACT- embodies the result of 50 years' experience and of special study, and it does as promised: It heals and cures without injuring the constitution, as the oils oil the market frequently do.

Therefore protect yourself. bj> rejecting [ other brands. SANDER'S 'EXTRACT possesses curative properties ~ peculiarly its own, and can be used with perfect safety internally and externally.

AJ Press message from Wellington states that on the retrial of iStoddart on a charge of indecent exposure, he wa3 found not guilty. A correspondent writes:— "The elections for tin? VVaitomo County Council were fought out on political lines, the Liberal ccndidatcs for Dire different i ridings being. Messrs A. Seholes, P. Smythe and t\ 0 Dwyor. The Reformers were Messrs Jas. 'Boddie, Riddel!, .irid Johnson. Tlie three Liberals won. The Reform leader, Mr. W J. Quinn, was defeated at Eltham, and Mr. H. Bearee, M.P., had a narrow shave at Patea. Are these straws showing how i the wind blows?"

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday judgment for plaintiff was given by default in the case of R. J. Dearc v. Frank Tlios. Bacon for lis Cd and costs 3s. Judgment orders were made in the following cases:—John Grayson (Mr. Johnstone) v. Henry Shirley, ordered to pay £1 10s (id forthwith, in default two days' imprisonment; George Home (Mr. Johnstone) v. Win, Te Wliiti, ordered to pay £2O 0s fid before November 24, in default 21 days' imprisonment; Weston and Weston v. John Henry Robson, junr., ordered to pay £3 17s 2d before November 20, in default four days' imprisonment.

A strange discovery of hidden treasure is reported from Kapunda (South Australia). Last week a brother and a sister, Mr. and Miss Doecke, were removed to a mental hospital, and on a search being made at their house it was found that all" sorts of tins and even pickle bottles had been used as safe deposits. Each contained large sums of money in gold; while rolls of notes were discovered in the thatch of a stable. Some of the tins had been buried long enough to almost rust away, and the coins were black with age. The treasure amounted to close on £I2OO, of which about £9OO was in gold.

Under the New Zealand law it would appear that the order may be reserved as far aa the sins of the fathers being visited upon the children (says the Auckland Star), for on Friday morning the grandfather of an illegitimate child was sued at the Magistrate's Court for maintenance, as his son was absent from the Dominion. The grandfather explained that lie was sixty-eight years of age, unable to work, and his total income was £2B a year. He also had a life interest in a house and some mining shares, which were a source of expense rather than profit. His son's reversionary interest in that house, he thought,, might be worth about £IOO. He had been told that his son was a sailor on the Philomel. Under the circumstances, Mr. C. C. Kettle, S.M., decided that the case against the grandfather should stand over, but said he would make an order against the son, and see if his interest in thp house could not be attached, also a portion of his pay.

A commercial traveller had been talking his hardest, his most eloquent, his most persuasive, for nearly an hour to a shrewd old Yorkshire business man. The. old fellow seemed convinced and pleased, and the traveller thought he had his fish [landed. But the Yorkshire man said: ''There's ma lad, Jock. Ali'd laike him to hear what ye have to say. Will ye coom this afternoon and go over your talk again?" "Certainly, sir; with pleasure," replied the traveller heartily, and at the hour appointed presented himself agaiu for the interview with father and son. Again he went over the points of the article lie had to sell —forcibly, eloquently, persuasively. NeVer had he acquitted himself of a finer "selling talk." When he had finished the old Yorkshireman turned to his son and said enthusiastically: "Do you hear that, Jock? Well, now, that's the way I want ye to sell our goods on the road."

In the opinion of Mr. A. H. Grinling, of Dunedin, editor of the New Zealand' Outlook, who arrived in Wellington from Europe, via Sydney, last week, it is not likely that even the present crisis would lead the English people to go in for compulsory military service, for there was a very strong feeling against anything of tlie kind throughout nearly all classes in England. It was very evident that Lord Kitchener did not mean to let any half-trained troops go abroad to face the German army, and for that reason he was holding back thousands of men, who were being trained for all they were, worth. This meant that until these troops had finished their training instructors were not available to train fresh batches of men. Even the Canadians, who were very far from being recruits, were not being sent across the Channel, but were undergoing more training in England, and it was cxceed"'S'yuihkcly that the Australians or the New /ealanders would be sent to the front without further training in England. °

Ihe passengers who arrived in Wellington on Monday from London by the had to come from Hobart without even a clipping from the Australian paper?. The steamer made the long journey from London to Hobart' without a break, and at the Tasmanian port the passengers were net allowed to take on board any newspapers. Needless to say, they felt the prohibition keenly, as some of them have relatives and friends at the front and they were anxious to see the latest war news. This they read while ashore at. Hobart' :<nd they were very keen to see the New' Zealand papers when tlicy arrived. In the British naval Vrigade. which was at Antwerp, were three New Zenlanders, all of whom. l are safe. Major G. S. Richardson, of the New Zealand . 4 j®" Corps, who has been at the War Cfiicii since tVie departure of Colonel Robin for New Zealand, was recently appointed D.A.A. and Q.M.G. to the new naval division. He was at Antwerp throughout the siege, and arrived in London again with the main bodv. Lieutenant B. C. I'reyiburg, of Wellington, who was serving with Villa in Mexico when the war broke out. and was given a commission almost as soon as he reached England, was also a member of the force, and has returned well to England. The third New Zealander was Mr. F. C. Richardson, formerly of Auckland. Mr. Richardson was one "of those who was unfortunate enough to be pushed into Dutch territory by the advance of Ihe Geimans on the line of eonin.»\iniuitions ,