LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 13 January 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hundreds of girls aided Russian soldiers by digging' trendies to keep the (Germans from crossing the Vistula. At Newcastle a father and son who had enlisted, each unknown to the < :her. 'found themselves by chance i.; tlx same company. A Masterton fanner had to sell his cows last week, because lie had neither grass nor fodder with which to l'eeii them. The recent Waitotara show resulted iu a" sum of C2OO being raised for tile. British and Belgian lielicf Fund, the profits of the show going for that purpose. Robert Blatchford, England's militant Socialist, has provided geographers with a new definition of an island. "An island," ho said, "is a piece of land entirely surrounded by the British navy.'' The statu of the labor market can be judged (says the Southland Times) from the fact that an advertiser for one or two men to unload timber brought forth about 30 applicants. In discussing the drought with an Age representative, an old Masterton settler stated that he remembered forty-eight years ago the Taueru river going com- j plctely dry. Such a filing has, he says, j not happened since. ' It seems curious to read of scarcity of feed, starving stock, raging bush and grass fires taing place in other parts of ; the country, while here (Ohura, Taranaki's hinterland, inland from Stratford I . there is an abundance of green grass, and the stock and country looking splendid. Under the Fruit-preserving Industry Amendment Act, passed last year, advances up to £9OOO can Ue obtained from the Government for the purpose of establishing cool stores for fruit, tlie chief object being to encourage, growers to .. serve local markets in a systematic manner throughout the year. A French mother, writing to the. Kclio do Paris, makes the suggestion that women who lose their dear ones in the war ' should refrain from wearing ordinary . mourning, aud should instead wear a , small tri-colored cockade over the heart. t Since the war broke, out the wearing of [ evening dress in the London theatres and restaurants is the exception rather than ' the rule, and the hotels at which the ! management made evening dress coinpul--1 sory at dinner have abolished all hard ■ ami fast regulations

Tin' Featherston County Cimncil boon served with a writ claiming C.mM , damages oil account of the destruction uf tlie Morrison Bush Hall, it is alleged says the. Wairarapa, Times, that a spark from the Council's road roller was the cause of the fire. j A moviiuonl for the rebuilding of Belgium in England is projected in Birmingham. The idea is to employ refugees in constructing portable buildings, which can he. set up amid the ruins of towns and villages when the war is over to all'ord temporary habitations for the ropeople while the destruction of their homes is being made good. Miss Bertha Krupp, the real head and owner of the huge Krupp wyrks in Ocrmany, is described as one oi the richest and "most capable women in the world. She is an authority on great guns and battleships, and the military represcntaI tives of countries needing armament frei quently meet and discuss their business with her personally. She is only about thirty years of age. Haymaking is now in full progress in the Mamiwatu (says the Mamiwatu Daily Times.) Although the crops, with the ' exception of lucerne, are not so heavy as last year, farmers consider the yield will be satisfactory. Dairy returns 'in many parts showed a fatling-off as compared with last year, but have picked up welt during the last few weeks. The sea beach at Hokitika has shown a considerable improvement during the past week or t\«o (says the Oreymouth Argus). The beach has made up considerably, and it is difficult to recognise the very grave danger of such a short tiine ago when the waves were dashing with such great force against the bank, and carrying away valuable property. A little Belgian %irl ,who had been adopted by an English family, cried half the first day and night and utterly ret used to eat or to be comforted. At length, the family doctor entered, dad in khaki. At once she rail to him with outstretched arms, crying "Bittisli! Bittish!" Then she nestled in his arms and fell asleep, sleeping the elock round. At the present time the outer harbor of l.vttelton is infested with sharks, some of which are at least Ott in length. A party of six men left Lytteltoii a few nights ago and went to tinhead of Cliartevis Bay Equipped with line and hooks, red meat being used for bait, they were soon engaged in catching sharks The night's sport resulted in a haul of 110 fewer than nine sharks, the largest of which measured Oft from nose to tail and was equal in girth to a man. It seems, however, that they are seldom, 'if ever, seen on the Lvttelton side of the harbor, the reason being probably that the foreshore is rocky and sandy, while 01) tlie opposite side it is shallow and muddy, providing plenty of feed. Police cells are not usually the place in which a dishonest person would be expected to seek to enrich himself. David Win. Rowe, however, went to the police cells at Mount Cook on Tuesday, in a drunken condition, with twopence halfpenny iu his pocket and thought to come out with £3. Another prisoner who was placed in the cell with him allowed him ;£3 which hail not been discovered when the police searched him. Howe waited his chance, and, while his companion slept, transferred the money to his own pocket. Then he produced the money as bail. This led to police enquiries, with the result 'that Rowe was charged with and pleaded guilty to the theft of C 3, the property of Win. Heaps. Rowe had been convicted previously of various offences. Mr. Cooper, S.M., eon. victcd and discharged him for drunkenness, and on the charge of theft sent him to n-aol for one month. —Post,

A ClllilNTt'iiUhVl! CniK:) OK KIDNEY COMPI.AIXT BY BR. RITKI'.DON'S GIN PTT/LC. "While following my avocation a* a nurse for a long time I have bora suffering with Kidney Complaint in its worst form, with all its umikl painful .symptoms,'' writes !Mrs. K F.vaus. 83 Durham street, Sydenham, Ctiristchureh, New Zealand. ''You may imagine my sufferings while having to do r.nrsi-'s duties to her patients. I had no freedom from 'pain, night and day, and had very little sleep. I tried everything advertised, hut they were of no use. By aeerdent T noticed an advertisement oil a slip of paper about Dr. Sheldon's Gin Fills, and half-heartedly I started giving thein a trial. My avocation as nurse getting mo so much professional advice gratis I natnrallv thought it would turn j out like most advertised euros. Tn a very short time I was surprised at the j good work they were doing, and am now cured and in better health and strength than ever T was. and I shall make it.'roy business to impress upon all smflfcW* the value of Dr Sheldon's Gin Pills." Dr. Sheldon's Cm Pills are sold at Is fid and ' •2s fid. _ Obtainable creryvrhwe,.

V»o give the usual warning that ai, til's season 01 the .year it is not at all uncommon lor snarks to visit turn cons 1 ., and burners should not venture tou iar a nay ji'oin uie sliorc. There ss no need, oi course, lor alarm ainoiiysi, me puodicrs and waders who coilline ii en operations lo Hie Jialiow waters According i« a Tiuivs and SydAey Sun cahie, tile "tango" is dead in Panb, and eccentric fashions have vanished. .Red Cress uiulDinis are everywhere. Freiuli women ih clare that t.iiey would have lien unab'c to stand the rigors of nir.s:iig Inn lur naving hardened ila-ir muscles by dancing lor hums daily last season. Mr It. 0. i'.lli,--, lion. secretary oi the ■, Ngumolu (seaside Couimiuee, ucsiies to. acknowledge receipt <ji"' the following donations towards tlie ■ -i\'iv'-; fund-.t; D. Hughes, £1; W. o. Weston, Ids (id: seaside enthusiast, 10s (.id; 11 Wiley, JUs; ii. bauson, lUt,; Drapir. i(R Many fanners imve experienced great trouble from liints atWcKiiig their turnip crops this season (Hiit.es the YVouil»a correspondent of the .Mataura Jsnsign). Nome tiehN have her]! , 0 badly attacked that uiily half a crop is now 'expected. The County Council is not buying t!n> eggs here this year, and no doubt the rapid increase oi young birds, together with lack of warmth to force the turnips ahead, have both assisted to bring about the trouble. The Bayly Scholarship, presented annually by the Taranaki Rugby Uri-on, is this year won by a New Plymouth High School hoy, Alexandra Jt. Cullender, who obtained 120 marks in the at'hletic competitions and fiOS in the scholarship txaniin:! l ion, a total of 728. Th 'ii fame Erie. lan-cy (NU'.II.S.) 100-(Slo—720; Wm. 11. .-Ukimon (N.P.11.5.) 85-014 eflfl; 0. M. Co'pestakc (S.D.H.S.) 246-453 —IiTS. The taigby Union has yjjito meet to officially award Hie scliolaflpp, previous winners of which liave been A. Bacon, 0. Crono, and H. Coutts, At the Loyal Stratford Lodge, •M.U., 1.0.0.F.. on Monday, a good (leal of business was including the installation ox officers for the ensuing te.nn, tfhieii resulted as follows; — GAL, Bro. A. U. Gorton; X.G., Bro. 0. 11. Lawn; V.G., Bro. G. A. King; <War- : den, Biv. Walhson; Guardian, Bro. Somer- . field; P.S., P.PA.I.M., Bro. C. ,D. Sole; Treasurer, Bro. A. E. Gorton; E. 5.., Bro, J. H. llfirston; L.S. to N.G.,' P.G, Bro. T. Lawson; R.S. (left open); R,H, to V.U., Bro Goodwin Ford: T.S. to V.G. P.G. Bro. E. \V. TTaueock. -Post.