LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 149, 19 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

jv The prohibition by the military authorities of the export of newspapers ; 'from Australia has been removed. i A Tongaporutu correspondent writes stating that about 2 a.m. yesterday one I of the hardest N.W. gales that have i been experienced there for the past 20 I years set in. At 5 a.m. it commenced to abate, and so far as could be ascertained no serious damage had been done, though probably; some of the young fruit will suffer. The tender of the Dresden Piano Company has been accepted by lite Citizens' Band committee for a complete set of Hawke's silver plated iband instruments. The instruments should be to band early in the New Year, as the order will be at once cabled Home. The New Zealand Cothing factory were tile successful tenderers for the supply of uniforms ('and caps, and Messrs Cook and Lister for the satchels. > Mrs. G. H. Saunders' Puikekura ken•nek had another big record win at IWiVnganui yesterday, when her Irish terriers secured' eleven firsts, both challenges for dog and bitch, special for best dog, special for best bitch, special ! for best pup dog or bitch, two Irish "Terrier Club ten guinea trophies, also first for team and brace. - The December examinations in connection with the University of New Zealand extend this year from Wednesday, 'December 2, to Friday, December li. The local examination hall is the Tech/nical College and the supervisor the ' Bev. S. S. Osborne. Thirty candidates •have entered for the matriculation, medical and engineering ipreliminary, military entrance and solicitors' examinations, and two candidates for scholarships.

' In advocating the appointment of Native Health Nurses at the Hospital Board yesterday, Mr. MacPeynolds said I that if these appointments had been more general throughout the Dominion, he was satisfied that all the noise about the smallpox epidemic would not have occurred. He was convinced there would not have! been one genuine case of smallpox if district nurses bad been at hand to deal with the matter at once. These remarks were brought forward as a result of references to the re'cent outbreak of ake ake along Ihe coast, and the prompt mealsures taken for its suppression.

Some person with a peculiar idea of a practical joke, (placed two detonators on the tramway track in a street in Wanganui on Friday night, states a correspondent. The detonators were exploded by a passing car, and a piece of road metal was thrown up and hit a lady just above the eye as she was passing. The wound was so severe that medical attention had to be sought, and several stitches inserted.

Captain Soinieksen, a German Salvation Army officer, was called to the colors at the outbreak of the war, and was one of the crew of 'TJIS, the submarine sunk by H.M.S. Birmingham. He states that he was not the only seaman rescued. When the boat went down, by means of a secret arrangement not revealed to laymen, he and others reached the surface. He was afterwards picked and taken home by other German boats.

e A Manawatu farmer states that the f recent spell of dry weather was the , longest he had ever known in the spring. For three months he has had his teams f in the field and has hardly missed a e day—a most remarkable thing. He add- . 'ed that he was planting much more wheat this year than previously, so that if New Zealand's crops were successful, = this would leave other countries free 5 to supply the Homeland. He thought i that there would probably be a shortage . as Australia's crops had turned out badly. The war came rather too late to ! ensure a great deal more wheat being planted. Crops in the district were stated to be in need of rain, and recent showers would be of great benefit. Of interest to every dairyman.— Every year your cows become more valuable and require more careful treatment. I n the matter of udder treatI ment many a valuable cow is ruined. I In another column an advertisement will be found dealing with Sylces's Udderine. This is a safe specific that has been on the lcarket for three years, and has l [ been thoroughly tested by prominent dairymen in Australia, and New Zealand, who have testified to iv» worth. The prepMation has a very large sale, and Omy needs a trial to convince dairymen that it is the -right treat- s ment. The preparation contains no t dangerous ingredients, and is Durely an- 1 " teitttte*,.. . ■•■■+•' ■ ■ • a

The building trade is reported to be I slack just now m Hawera, says the Star. 'For the concert in aid of the Belgian Fund which is to be held at (Westowa 'to-night a high-class and varied proi gramme 'has been arranged. Songs will be contributed iby Miss Ivy .Scott, Miss I E. M'Guir-e, Messrs Asher, M' Isaac, Aiusworth, Tunbridge VV. Key and L. Smith; recitations by Miss Doig. Miss E. dVlouat and Mr Goldsworthy; instrumental items and musical sketches by Rajah Brooks and the great international trio; and 'last, but not least, Signor Goldini at the piano. A> free conveyance -will leave the post office for the (concert at 7.30 p.m. At the Hospital Board meeting yesterday an account was received for cookery instruction at the Technical College. In the course of discussion it was •lieited that eooWy was one of the pass subjects in tne nursing examr : tions, and that the Hospital Board had undertaken to pay the expenses of its ' nur3e3' tuition in that subject. It was understood that the charge would be at the rate of 12- fid each per course, whereas the actual charge was 3os. Members wore of opinion that the charge was excessive, hut the secretary stated that-the charge was 1 said 'to be only the actual cost of the instruction. Finally it was decided to hold over the payment of the account until a deputation, which is to wait on the Education Board on another matter, has placed the matter before the Board. ■ I | ' Though Holland has a pledge of neutrality, she is believed to be providing a medium, whereby Germany can carry on trade with outside countries. This is thought to be made evident by a circular received by a business man in Auckland, from a Dutch firm of merchants. It states that the firm has buying offices in Germany, and as the country is remaining neutral, ships under the Dutch flag can trade to any part of the world. Holland's splendid situation enabled her to keep regularly in touch with Germany, while all correspondence went through without interference. Letters that did not reach Germany and Belgium would reach Holland, and the firm sending the circular could do the buying. The circular concludes: "We are shipping regularly into foreign and colonial countries, so that we know exactly the requirements. We will see to it that orders are shipped by the best and quickest routes. We ship all kinds of British, Dutch and German manufactures. Do not hesitate. Do it now!"

The lifetime of a pair of socks when the wearer is engaged, in heavy marching depends not only on the character of the sock, but on the way in which it is treated. The Manchester Guardian says that stories are. going about to the effect that one day of marching "jiggers up" the socks of our soldiers. This should not be, as is shown by the testimony of a Yorkshire clergyman who has done much marching abroad, and declares he wore only two pairs of socks when he footed it from Paris to Rome, and only got one hole in them. A former member of the Manchester Pedestrian club sends word of his experience when tramping with the club some years ago in the Ardennes. The tramp on that occasion ran to about 160 miles. One member carried only two pairs of socks—quite ordinary black socks, bought at any hosiers at Is fid a pair. At the end of each day he took off his socks, .placed them in cold water, and then next day carried them outside his knapsack until they had dried—ready to be put on again in the evening. This treatment kept the socks soft. The walker was not light—he scaled fourteen at the end of the week his socks were still holeless, and they had .riot caused a single blister. | The question as to whether medicine should be supplied free- by the district nurse at Opunake or not evoked considerable discussion at the Hospital Board meeting yesterday, and members were generally of opinion that it should not be supplied free. The discussion arose over an account for medicinal supplies to the Opunake Nursing Association having been forwarded to the Board. The account was not quibbled over, but the principle was. Mr. Marffteynolds explained the position of the assoeia- '' tion fully, and wanted to know what was their duty in thei matter. Mr. MaxWell said that there was a tendency on the part of -the public to take advan- ; tage of the scheme. They could not ' expect the nurse to be collector in ad- i dition to her other duties. He did not I think that Uhe people of that district were of such inadequate' means as to I be unable to pay, and if the public were J under the impression that the scheme i had been set up to enable them to get i free attendance and medicine that mis- ' conception must be removed. He would be sorry to see tlie association imposed on. It enabled the people to secure the services of a nurse quickly, and for this it deserved the thanks of the settlers. The chairman also considered tfhat the association should be safeguarded, itinally it wa9 decided to submit the account to file medical suiierintendent in accordance with the regulations.