LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 25 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On a charge of vagrancy Thos. Harvey was yesterday sentenced toy Mr. A. Crooke, S.M. to three months imprisonment. In addition to tho list of special prizes, already published, Messrs West and Sons have given a special prize of •'half a guinea as a .points prize at the , New 'Plymouth Horticultural Show. | News has reached London from an unauthoritative source to tho effect that all the banks in Germany havo been called upon to exchange the gold in their possession for notes, the gold being wanted for the IReichbank.

In view of the financial stringency brought about by the war, most of the leading London clubs are considering the advisability of suspending tho rule that if a man becomes bankrupt he ceases to be a member of his club.

A lnass meeting of 2000 colored people, as distinct from natives, was held in tho City BJall at Capetown. A resolution was carried approving of the raising of a corps of 500 colored men for active service at home or abroad.

The North Taranaki Dairy Company 'paid' to suppliers this month £2754 3s 8d; milk supplied, 504,,03 Mb ; cream. 3351b; butter manufactured, 7a,92511). aitara Hoad: Paid to suppliers £1925 2s sd; milk supplied, 004.4981b; butter manufactured, 52 4421b. Payments were 111 both cases at the rate of lod per lb for butter-fat.

At the. Magistrate's Court yesterday judgment was given in the following undefended cases: —Johnson Bros. (Mr. Quilliam) v. Pat Maguirc, £4 14s lid and costs lis; E. Griffiths (Mr. Quilliam) v. John W. Ward,. 14s Od and costs 'ss; George: Griffiths (Mr. iP.tandish) v. W. Skipper, £1 15s and costs 11^. An active and useful organisation in Waitara is the Seaside lniproviiiien'Kock'ty, whose tbjcct is to popularise the fine beach there and to .make it attractive. The official opening of its year takes place to-morrow ,\vhen there will be children's sports, treasure hunt, and a demonstration of life-saving by the members of the East End Life-Sav-ing C'lub, the following members of which will make the trip:—-A. V. and L. B. Stohr, D. Newell, Winter, Hardgrave, Tabor, 'Brown, Flanagan, Ivivell (Statford) and Ainsworth. Tlie proceeds of the afternoon will be handed to the Belgian relief fund. A (Scotch lawyer tells of a good story of a soldier in the Black Watch, who returned home, slightly wounded, lie travelled home from London to Edinburgh and much liquid hospitality loosened his tongue. There were a number of German prisoners as well as British wounded on the ship, and one of these, not noticing that the sergeant was wounded, asked him why he was rc-

turning. "Well, yo ken," said the sergeant, 'we have a rule in our airmv, that when a man lias killed two thoosan Geirman lie . get three months' holiday. I'm just starting on my wee vacation, and I'm coming back again at Christmas to start on my second twa thousand At an unregistered race, meeting up country two horses finished so closely together, that the result was much in doubt (says an Australian exchange). Some thought that it was a dead heat, others believed that Geehung had won' while others were, just as sure that it was Cranberry's race by a nose. "Who won? What is it?" yelled the impatient crowd at the judge, who was looking very doubtful himself about the result. He replied not a word, hut searched the faces of the crowd eagerly. His own face lit up when he saw his own brother approaching. "Wilis did you back, Bill?" ho n.skrvl

The following generous offer is published by the Christchurch Press: 'ii nairarapa correspondent writes: A station holder on the East Coast, whose modesty in regard to the non-publica-tion of his name is only equalled by his generosity, has promised that every lat sheep turned off his property this season will be for the Belgian Belief I'und. As liis fat sehep last year numbered SCOO, some idea of this stationholder's generosity may be gained. His action has been prompted by bis admiration of the plucky stand put up by the Belgians in the present war." The Red Post Furnishing' Co. Ltd, have presented the Ngamotu Foreshore be.iutilying and Improvement ftoeietv With a. challenge cup for a Marathon -Quad bare, f o r competition between tquads _ot boys of any 'primary public school m faranaki, cacli squad' to con.lot 0 eight boys whose, ages must not exceed fourteen years. The cup will be competed tor annually on New Year'. • v : alul ">»st he won twice in suc-

cession or three times in all to "become the properly of the school. The ce , wll , l] c about three miles commeiicmg m Xew Plymouth and fishing < i tlii; Vamotu Beach, Moturoa. Each a'lneil'iT w ll'T 0 <listilß ' tivcl colow and of H i • Presented to each bov ot the winning team. CimnW 'f ° f tllc HalVL ' ra referred t f-ownwrw, the chairman ' « i K 0 °l J "nako railway and i-it tlT* Bt , r" Ch 5t S, ' oU,d ■ •n. the lint". There might be bm C, of C tt f.? p,n i 0n among tlle jnw "' Ji . • "'mnber as to the phic fliieie the junction should be but fler" sonally he fe,t that the matter lull h ought before the Premier, lie b.V rlelei had previously tin I, ' " ,? ron,lse fr » m Premier s&r-gi & luuu, made concerning the rniln-.v i„. Messrs Wilkinson and Poarce in" their speeches, which would indicate tlew n «"• S «»' »" "" Premier. After fnrt),,,,. I uewi ° t' l * Sstl'H

Entries for tlio horticultural allow at New Plymouth, oft Thursday next arc coming in very freely. Gardens aro particularly prolific in glorious plants and blooms just now and a magnificent disflay is assured. The ladies' committee will dispense afterenoon tea in tile Whitcley Hall. Amongst other prizes ■Hill be a quarter ten of coal from Mr. W. Bcndall, to be given as a .points prize in cut flowers, classes 121 to 150 inclusive.

It •is not generally known that recruits for reinforcement drafts for the main expeditionary jforca may not have to go into camp at an early date. The military authorities aro anxious to be in a position to maintain the strength of tho expeditionary force at 8000 at short notice, and although registration is .proceeding fairly satisfactorily, it is trusted volunteers will come forward in numbers in order that tlie authorities may know -that the required Tecruit3 will be available when called upon.

lAs to tho final outcome of the war, writes the New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, nnbHv here wavers in the belief that the Ailios will prove victorious, excepting, of course, the Ger-man-Americans, who share the Kaiser's illusion that Go.] i s on their side. American army officers havo been canvassed by the York World to ascertain their professional opinion regarding tho war and its outcome. Forty officers above the rank of captain were asked two questions:—l. How long will the war in 'Europe last? 2. Which side will be the victor? In brief, the answers were:—Tlie war will last from nine to eighteen months, and Germany, unless she is superhuman, will be tfefeatecf. the majority of the officers estimated tho war to last one year. Twenty offl. cers declined to reply. One said that Germany had a fighting chance to win. A remarkable feature of the discussions was that in nearly every instance the same line of reasoning was followed. One tiling upon which all agreed was as follows: "This is a war, not only of ready resources, but of all resources, and until one side, has exhausted all its resources, the fighting will go 011." Other discissions led to this:—"From the manner in which the belligerants have struggled, and with the knowledge of the state of mind of the Powers engaged preceding the war, this struggle is"to be almost a death struggle—that is, unless one side is crushed that it will' require half a century or even more for making a recovery. Needham's salve heals and drawOnce used always used. In use for over -00 years in one family. See advt. for lnrtlier particulars.