LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 218, 22 February 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tim prion of bread in Pc.lmerston North lias fallen from oil to 4%d for the 21b loaf.

"Antwerp Under Shot and Shell" will lie nil own at the Empire Theatre, for to-night and to-morrow night only.

The six nursing sisters who have been selected to go to the front from the Auckland Hospital are to have their positions kept open for them.

The ruination of the Taranaki County for tlic> purpose of striking tlm hospital and cliaritalile aid levy fo? the year lfHi)-l!(l() lias hpen (Icf'-rniiniMl at £2,215.30-!. by the Vahier-fieiicral. A Wlianp.ri'i woman lias fern lk-ens-od as f, driver of a. taxi. The inspector stated that t!ie applicant was well mwlilied for tile work. _ In Blenheim a' woman wlio was previously driving n eal) lias now turned lier attention to taxi driving.

The Royal Pantomime Company produce tlie gorgeous spectacular pantomime, "Iluiiipty-Dumpty," at Hawera next Wednesday and Thursday: at Eltham next Friday; at Stratford next Saturday; 'at Inglewood next Monday. They appear in ]S T ew Plymouth on Tuesday and Wednesday, 2nd and 3rd March. Full particulars will be announced later.

The president of the Auckland Racing Club, the lion. E. Mitchelson, was askod if he cared to comment on the action of those in charge of the Manurewa Children's IToma in refusing to accept the donation of £,"> lis, forwarded by the committee of the club, lie declined to offer any comment, but lie mentioned that the club disposed of £3OO a year in donations to charities, and this had been going oil for years. This refusal was the first the club had ever experienced. The money returned to the club will now be forwarded to the Salvation Army Maternity Home.

A fine line, of bullocks that were beine driven Wnitara-wards on Saturday.got.

somewhat out of 3>an,l at times. Two or three of the more excited of the animals evinced a preference for shelter in a shop at Elliot street, but were got away. Considerable diflicnliv was experienced in getting them 'past ,I'avnters Lane, and by tile time they reached the Fitzroy s:ores. where three roads diverge, there was more trouble. Aroa's store attracted attention, and. though none of tlio mob entered, one went so far as to get bis bead through a window. It was a iively time while it lasted.

■Members of the Ivpiitable Building Socii.tv of Xew Plymouth (First and Second Croups) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable today (Monday. February 22ndi, at the secretary's office, Currie street, from 0 a.m. to 12.30, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to S p.m. —Advt.

At a representative meeting of residents of Lepperton, on Friday night, it was decided to hold a monster fote and gift auction at Lepperton 011 Thnrs. day, March 25th. This will be followed by a concert and dance in the evening. If available, the fete will be held 011 the Waitara racecourse. The proceeds will be devoted to the Poor in Britain and Belgian Relief Funds. ,

A horse attached to a four-wheo'rd vehicle tlmt had evidently been li -'t unattended caused some excitement "n Powder 11 am street yesterday afternoon by bolting along the road, with the vehicle upside down, and minus-two of the* wheels, which had been lost en route. The animal's career was stopped by some pedestrians near the new Fire Station, and the vehicle, which was considerably the worse for its journey, was left on a vacant section.

An amusing little iniident occurred at the Christchurch recruiting office last week. ."As young woman of about .<() years of age came along and asked for an enrolling form. She said she particularly desired lier husband to enlist, but lie was not at 'all enthusiastic. She considered he would go through the medical examination easily. She went away blithely with the enrolment form, announcing her intention of making her diffident husband append his signature to it.

An unusual incident marked the opening of the swimming carnival at Kapier on Monday, at tin; municipal baths. Mayor Vigor Brown, M.P., in declaring the meeting open, spoke from file low spring-board, and after his formal declaration, announced that a visiting "sport" had offered to give £5 to the Hospital if he (his (Worship) would dive off the board and swim a length. ''Here goes for the fiver!" concluded Mr Brown, &a lie dived in, amidst applause. When lie completed the length the applause was even greater.

All's flail that comes to tlic net, of a certain type of person, and Castleclifl' in particular (says the Wanganui Herald) lias lieen unfortunte in possessing more than one individual who cannot distinguish between mine and thine. Their depredations take various forms, among the latest being the practice of one of them of rising early in the morning and milking a certain fellow resident's cow. The. disgust of the latter at finding himself unable to extract any milk for the family breakfast table can. be better imagined than described.

As showing: the capabilities of the West Coast of the South Island for sheep-rearing and wool-growing purposes, the Christcluircli Sun remarks that it is an interesting fact that at the Christchurch wool sales, held a feudays ago, wool grown on the West Coast realised the highest price. Mr. T. Hondo, of South Westland, entered oighfc bales from which lie obtained 14d per lb., whilst Mr. P. Butola, 0 I Poerua, got 13% d for his entry of ten bales. This, goes to show that provided the most suitable breed of sheep is obtained for the climatic .conditions, wool as good as the best produced in Canterbury can be grown on the West Coast.

it is-the busincs-3 of a High Commissioner to advertise (says the Sydjiey .Bulletin), but Mackenzie, of AT.L.j overdid the drum-banging when he wrote to Churchill, after the smashing of tile Blucher by Boatty's battle-cruisers:— "The gift of Now Zealand's ship was a roost far-seeing act of statesmanship," What the Maorilandcra would hav e thought about it if tliair remote and vulnerable islands hid been bombarded by raiding Germans is another matter; and that the raiders didn't actually arrive was solely due to their dread, not of the distant New Zealand, but of the lingering 'Australia. Some varieties of "far-seeing* statesmanship" need a plain business-like lifebelt to keep tilers' from foundering. It was Maoriland's good luck that Australia was able to supply the lifebelt. Hi connection \vitli the blackberry pest iii ildwke's Bay, the Herald has been requested to state that the Commissioner of Crown Lands has received from Mr. A. T. Daken, of Whangakoko Marlnorough, a sample of the blackberry blight, which is doing such good work in killing off this pest in the Sounds district of Marlborough. Mr Dalcon says, in forwarding the parcel of blackberry runners showing the blight, that "it is just'hatching now, as you will see by tile tiny white eggs. I only wish you were able to see it and what it has done in the wav of killing the weeds in these parts, The bushes are just white with it now." He goea on to say that anyone communicating with him can have the blight forwarded, with instructions how to use or apply it to the growing blackberry' bushes or plants.

Dr Pomare, the Xative Minister has designed a special badge for the Maori contingent, which has been east in bronze, and is now being worn bv members of the contingent on the front of their helmets. The budge is of, neat design, comprising a crown with a Maori battle-axe and spear runnin" through it. and an encircling border bearing the following inscription:—"To TToko Whito A Tu." The inscription is a pure legendary one, going into the twilight of fable. The literal translation is "Seventy of the fiod of War" while the ordinary meanin" is "Very desperate unto death." gone f.ges seventy specially-fitted warriors were invariably chosen as the fighting squad of the natives for anv desperate enterprise, and the custom was handed down until quite modern times.

The reference, made bv Mr Winston Churchill in the House of Commons to the laws of ancient Rome dealing with tile crime of parricide is stated in the cable messages to have puzzled some of the members until an explanation was provided. It was in the year SI B.C. that the first Roman law against parricide was enacted. Under it the, murderer of a parent was sewn up in a sack and thrown into the sea. In 52 B C. another law was passed and it provided that for the murder of a parentor grand-parent the guilty person be whiinvd Ml he bled, sewed up in a :eck with a dog, a cock, a viper and an ape, and thrown into the sea. Failin" water, the unhappy subject was either to be torn in pieces bv wild beasts or burned. The First Lord of the Admiralty makes the suggestion that while the laws of nations may not provide .« gainst the fresh crimes that Clcrmany proposes to begin, "th 0 judges will be , equal to th ( . emergency."

The Gisborne correspondent of the Ohr'stchureb Press telegraphs that the sbotrage of steamers to convey Xew Zealand produce to tlio Old Country is having its elect on tlio Poverty Bay district. Thorn are about 6000 halo's of wool awaiting shipment, whilst the limited refrigerated space that is available lias caused a curtailment in killing operations. The sliovtiifjo of food caused the fanners to rush their stocks to the works, with tile result that so far this season the numbers killed show a large. increase on previous year's figures for the same period. Killing operations have now been greatly reduced, and there is likely to be a further curtailment shortly. Farmers are thus having to bold on to their fat stock, and it is fortunate that the drought has broken and the pasture is coming away nicely. I

The Awakino mail arrived at Waitara at. ten minutes to 12 on Saturday morning, easily creating a record for the road, which is now in very fair order. Messrs. George and Johnson are, using their big char-a-banc as I'.-.i- as r.ionni Messenger, whilst a couple of motor-cars are kept in commission on tile other end. Mr. D. George, however, had occasion to living one of these right through on Saturday, and brought on the mail. The trip through to Awakino can now be made under very pleasant conditions, quite a contrast to those of a couple of months ago, when the state, of the road this side of the mountain necessitated sledging the mails a few chains from ear to coach. That portion of the road was almost impassable for either vehicle, and the passengers had to scramble through the mud as best they could. This piece of road is now being metalled.

'Die death of (he late Mr Robert Drysdale, at the Opilii river, furnished a further illustration of the fact that, too much care cannot be taken in haii'lling poison (says th» Timnru Herald). ; The. poison to which he gained access h<wi l>"cn given. 12 months previously, by Mr James, \of Timaru, to Mr Drew, ono'hehut holder at the Opilii, who had asked for it to poison rats, with which ho war, f.nnoyed at his hut. Prior to this Mr ■Tftmes had kept the bottle locked up in his own hut, where he had been using it for destroying rodents. On giving the bottle, to Mr Drew, he impressed upon him that it contained a deadly poison, and that he should exercise the greatest care .with it, Mr Drew said lie would, but some time later he left for London, and presumably forgot all about the poison. Tile late. Mr Drysdale had access to the hut, and drank a portion of the contents of the bottle. At the inquest the coroner remarked that Mr James's explanation was quite satisfactory, and that 110 blame was attachable to him.

'I lie work of tha full hatchery at PorloboLo last. year I says. the utago Daily Times) consisted cmeily of rearing tha stock of turbot which was brought out in 11)12. One hundred and ninety-.live llsil, the largest the size of i.alf-a-orown, wore placed in tile tanks in April of that year. To-day there are ilil, many oi diem being loin, in length. '"lns result,- unequalled in the history of li.sli lutelcn-iua and marine aquaria, has. been brought about by the scrupulous can: and attention bestowed oil them !>y Messrs Anderton and Adams. It is intended to increase the tank aqcoir.liiodiitiDii, and, if possible, retain the fish over another winter, when, it is expected. they will commence to spawn. .'J.'iirbot coram> , nc.« to spawn when'from I -ill to Dm in length, and produce enormous quantities of eggs .If the fish yrow too large to retain the -whole stock, then a portion will be turned out on *i.m e sandy beach away from trawlers and fishermen, and tile remainder retained for spawning. The probabilities are that this finest of European food fishes, which grow to as much as 3ft in length, will be permanently established '.n New Zealand waters at a ridiculously low expenditure of money. During the year soino 750,00') lobster fi'v and over 30 million fry of the large European crab 'have been liberated :;i the harbour. These eiusaceans may he looked for at any time now, it, is ijx isr seven years since the first wer-3 set" free.

ii'ajor Gt. J. Scattiii, ffj'o left Christchurch on Thursday night fey Trenthann, where ae joins the reinforcements, has had a long career at a volunteer (telegraphs the Ohristchurch correspondent to i-:e -V.2. Times. He knows field artillery work from A v.o having steadily ,vovked h's way up from t ; hc rank-, j rfcvcVat veal's ago lie joined tile D Batt'T,- .Wellington, and it was wheil llie ',D" was one if the most efficient of tlie old volunteer [batteries that he ,\as grouu',led in his artillery Work, Of fi:3 physique and the real stamp of a (.runner, he quickly n;ado his mark t!ure. Before, however, he had time to i - ''-e to tlie commissioned ranks, his l.lliliU'S-; caused his removal to Christihureh, where he threw in bis lot wi : :» the K Battery.. He was elected lieutenant, .md served unto Captain Duncan. Full of energy and with a fine groundwork of artillery knowledge, his I'rtvice and assistance kept the old E Battery up to its position as the premier .battery of New Zealand. On the introduction of the terriorial system, Lieutenant Beattie was appointed captain, vice captain N. Duncan, resignedRetaining the old non-coms, the E Battery was one of the few old units that did not suffer by the introduction of the compulsory system, and to-day, mainly (>wins to the energy and attention to detail of 'Major Beattie, it has improved rather than gone back on its old form. He was a constant attendant at the artillery officers' camps wherever held., and when, in 1013. he went for his major's examination, there was little doubt of his success. His practical ex.■■mi'iation for his majority took Til.ice

•t tlm artillery brigade camp at Mount Torle'se and those who witnessed the ;n-o d.i"s' Ttir'llin!» test under tlve late "Major Mnidlow, will remember tihe sue- <■<•«"» hp ««oro(i A tactful disciplinarian. M.ijor i= an id"al artillovv cominnde". and olio under whom men will ve their host work.

"Members of the Operatic Society are reminded of the final rehearsal to-night of the performance of "San Toy" on Wednesday next. All members, principals. corps de ballet, and tout ensemble are requested to bo at the Hall to commence punctually i;t 8 p.m. The orchestra is requested to be ready to commence at 7.45, an independent rehearsal of incidental music beuur required, so as to prepare for a finished performance.

At Whitclor Schoolroom to-night, at 7.30, there will a sale of tile harvest festival produce displayed at vcstonlu\s tli: iiksgiviiig services. CJifts of ih.> list fruit have been sent to many ■>iek •rconV. but there still remains a large quantity for sale. A good programme of music and elocution will he presented —Advt. YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND.

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