LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.Miss Pollard is holding a sale of work this afternoon from '2 to f> at her conv.ilesci lit home, Vivian Street, in aid of the lielgian I,'c lief Fund. Afternoon tea will be dispensed free, but a small charge will be made for admission.

The following is a copy of a cablegram received by the Covernor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:'—"lt is his Majesty's wish that on the occasion of his Majesty's birthday this year flags should be llmvn. but no dinners, reviews, salutes or other celebrations should take place."—Press Association.

The Waitara West Road Hoard met on Tuesday; present--Messrs. hopper, Turnbull and Surrey. Mr. I.epper was elected chairman for the year. Jt was reported arrangements had been made with Mr. Richards to supply metal at 7s lid per Yard. Mr. Ward was appointed to the position of surfaceman oil ti'i.il. Accounts amounting to (Is .)d were passed for payment.

The Hoard of Control of the New Zealand Spurts Protection League has, in view of the prominence given in the newspapers to the increased din ;-t taxation on sports, asked the branches of tile league throughout the Dominion to resist any such special and distinctive taxation <m the grounds fully set out in a eircu'ar letter by the chairman, Mr. C. P. Skcrrett, K.C. —Press Association.

At the luncheon at Otorollanga, in conni'i-tioii with tiie opening of the'new Municipal Hall, it. was stated by Lieuleuaiii t iosey that the small communitv of I itorolianga. was represented in the '''moire's tiring line by „wr J (JO men. Mr. 1!. Wallace, the Mayor-elect of To Awuinutu, surpassed this by stating that his li's'rhi had sent away over -JOlt men. "In l.id." he mlile.!. "I may say that every young man ironi our district has slrcsoy «mie to the front."

hi the course of his address at the Council ( 'liumlicr last evening, Mr. Sennet t mentioned that one of 'the secrets i««,lrilrot<il io Cermanv's commercial siirce-'s was the realisation of flic vahb- o[ s.-i.-aee in connection with it. Tie- same also applied io agriculture in Auurce, and Canada, lie also stated teat, fhe profit on C.Tmany's exports was about ten times smaller than on (hose of other couniri-s, that country having ciii li.e price, and tiii-i'cl'orc the prolifs ) i" 1 in fueir endeavor io graii.-, the markcis of the world.

A peep into the past was afforded hv Mr. .1. \\. Kills in a speech at the opening of the new I,nil at <ltorolianga. The suppiy ~f wheat was the topic-.' for the moment, and Mr. Km* somewhat surpi ised al] but tic older members of the gathering by revealing the fact tleit there was a time when' Kawhia was the greatest exporting port south of the equator. 11 o had known the time in the lute ''forties,-" !„. w l u . n ' ;1S many as three three-masted vessels had at one time been loading wheat and other produce at Kawliiu. All the wheat (lien, he said, was produced hv handdigging.

The Citizens' Band, through the kindJiess of Mr. Brookman, will render a number of patriotic items in the White i iart balcony this evening at 7.30.

The North I'aranaki Hunt met at Mr, h. Coimett's property, licll Clock, oil Thursday afternoon. A few minutes after tlie hounds threw off they were in full cry, and pussy led the way round the 'property, till' ough to the front of -Mr. .1. Conuett's farm, and hack again practically to its original starting point, where the hounds got their first kill. There were a number of other runs, but several were marred as the result of hares getting oil to forbidden country. The fences on Mr. C'onnett'a farm, which forms ideal hunting country, had been well sparred, and, with one or two exceptions, the jumping was of a very high order, whilst the hounds were very keen, and worked splendidly.

Says the Otago Daily Times:—All is not gold that glitters. The closing of the King's Pictures and the reduction of prices at the picture theatre in tho Octagon suggested an enquiry. Interrogated by a representative of this paper, a gentleman in a position to place a linger on the pulse of the moving picture business likened kinema speculation to a mining boom. "Everybody .save the shareholder will tell you that the picture ..usiness is the royal road to .tortime." -People go to the picture theatie on a busy night, and oblivions to such mere circumstances as the thin houses on other nights, tile heavy weekly expenses. with the possibility of a high duty on frms, discovers a veritable gold mine. The pioneers of the enterprise made big money. The inevitable, followed, until Dunedin had six picture •|!iiSiK-es, with a vaudeville house, a theatre for the parsing show, and rumors of several additional kinema ;?ieatres to contend for a share of business in wktt is recognised as an indifferent show town. The pinch, accentuated by diminished patronage, on account of war conditions. was already being felt pretty generally in the picture business. 'And the end of it? Our informant summed if up in five words —the survival of the fittest.

Tile Itackbloeks Mission League held n. social evening in St. Mary's Hull on Thursday evening. Short addresses were given bv tin? Yen. Archdeacon Evans and Kev. Iledloy f buck blocks missi<j;>t■: ), ;inil Mb :, CoiHYey,. the energetic, sccremiy 01 the l.eague, explained the inner workings of tin- League, showing tlii' gt.od work tin' League was doiujr in tin; backblocks districts, and wlinli work was not commonly known (ii t ! i" townsfolk. The providing of clothing for distribution by the district nurses, and toys for the little backblocker.-; were appreciated by the reeijiients. The Lea;,'lie had also provided the funds for the purchase of a horse for t!ie Rev. Ilo.dley, tile liev. Ilouchen I'a v iny already generously donated to the mission a trap and harness. The Archdeacon stated that the Brown-Co-vett memorial enili;wnient would snon be ill a position to provide a steady yearly income, and lie hoped that the district would soon be .able to entirely support on its own one missioncr, A lar.ee quantity of useful articles were received for the League's stall at the forthcoming 'bazaar.

The Rev. V. Hales will preach at the Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow on the •'i-'ccond Coming- of Christ." The subject in the morning' will he: "Christ's 1 loinise to lieturn, 1 and ill the eveni))"' "Our Attitude Toward Christ's Return/'

The Melbourne. Ltd., notify that arrangements have been made for continued, supplies of their stylish while silk Idouses at !>s lid. These blouses are made of splenid dqualitv silk and the fit and cut are excellent Ask to see th«in

'Co-day tin- public will bo „|,V to ins'poct till' stock of "fent.'s c-]othii)!j-. mercery. etc.. in tile corner premises of the Cofl'ee Palai'o. Messrs Cock and Thornhave had these premises well fitted '■p. and as their stocks are entirely now imd seasonable customers mnv r<-]\- on good service and rolinblo goods'.