LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 285, 11 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night's meeting of the ]sorongh Council the Mayor stated that the hospital rate for this \;ear would be I'MAt- the .Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Crnoke, ■S.'M.,' a firstoffender in drunkenness was eonvieted and discharged upon undertaking to pay 4s expenses. T'.ie Wellington Boxing Association has arranged a match between Tim Tracy and oung' Taylor, at on June llltli, (lie proceeds lobe in aid of the wounded soldiers' fund. —Press wire. To-night at the Defence Ritle Cinli instrnr 1 ! innal class Mr. H. Arniilage will h-liiie mi "The lliile,"' and also give a >■4■ Ilil ic [;i j?rei 1)! is ieclui'es. Any iiiember of (lie club wishing extra instruction I I- n,i>- territorial will he Welcome to atII ml Ike le.-l 1!. e. The annual harvest thanksgiving service at llarrett road was held in the Anglic:! 11 I'hni'i-h on Sunday. The little building wa- d;cerafcil for the occasion, ii'ii! lac ii'iht. veegtabie.. and home prodive ili.-i'i'l a- a I leuiksgiving were certainly thr-be-i oi their kind. An apisvtM'rirtf v.-as preached by the i;i-\. !'raw; haw. Cll Su udamorning I'hilip Cameron, a. ('■'iiir-r reading at l!l| llutt Bond, IVtone, p-ported to the police that three' members of his family were i!>.ii 11 having my (crio!:d\ ,:i between ! 1 J'i I."iiionii ■ I'j and Saturday night. The !" ■■■ p'e ai'i- Mrs, .Vnrah < aineron. ' ' 1 ' -n'cr.'u I; 1 -1 ■, 1 III), and Donald ! ' ,M ("i.l ! ' Tlie mi sing people 1 •a -■ -I•,' e , :ii::::!! •■ in a!: 1 = iher anb- ' i'i 1 hj" V I: .11 i M-,!C a vva V k ''a: :i , ,offeree V-. V . 1'.11.C.5.. M 11. ■ - I. "I :'• I a ,•>!•■•!• cen lilt- ' 1' ■ ~.-|.\ 1' I "li- ■ ' ■ ■ ; i;.o a 1 ~ - ' ■ 1 " 'll \ i-a ; 1 . \\! i.Ww ■ a ; a ' 'ihoicrs. Captain Veale:, a-, a. ill be reinend.ered. served V.ilh ear force, at Samoa, but: the nutliorikes have -in 1 , e dispensed with his .service.. on I In* akegial ground of unlilness. Sir kaiuhcrt Orinshy is an intiniafe friend of Captain Ycates, and when at Home practises in Dublin. The standard of examination of the Bovnl College of Surgeons is the highest in Creat TSritain. and it is men with desrees from 1, that art .'er the forces.

Tf there is one citizen more than another of whom l'atea can feel justly proud (says the J'atca. it is its Jlarbor Hoard chairman. A Dane by birth, In' lias served his adopted country faithfully and well for many years, and has occupied practically «verv position in th« public gift from the mayoralty downwards. Now he lias followed up his good work by giving up his only unmarried son of an eligible age to t'le service of his country and has supplemented this by an offer to act as a railway guard or in any other capacity for twelve months if men are 'badly needed in the future in order to enable a younger man to go to the front. The Empire could do with a. few thousand more of Queen Alexandra's countrymen of Mr-. Christen'sen's stamp.

In a list of colonials serving with the British forces published in a late number of the British-fAustralasian, the following Now Zealanders are mentioned: Mr. J. 11. Swales Kakaira, is with the. Royal Fusiliers. Mr. ,T. Alymer Bunting, of Cliristchurcli, is 011 speeial service for the Admiralty. Lieutenant Edward Roberts, of Dunedin, is in the Ordnance Department, at Woolwich. 3tr. F. I''. Miles, late of Balliol College, Oxford, is a second lieutenant in the !)th Gloucester Regiment, and is at 'present at Cheltenham. 'Mr. Arthur Kelly, who was formerly the famous half-back in the "AllBlack" Rugby football team, is a trooper in the 2nd King Edward's Horse. Mr. T. 1). Smith, of Christclmrch, has a commission in the Northumberland Hussars, Lieutenant IT. Elsdale, of Wellington, is in the nth .Service Battalion of the Gloucester Regiment.

As reported last wee!;, the Union Company's 11 M.S. Niagara made a record passage from Auokland to Sydney. The vessel left Auckland 011 Monday last, and covered the 1281-mile journey in three days and twenty-three minutes—nil average speed of nearly 18 knots. Although the Niagara lias made several smart passages previously between Auckland and Sydney, her present record is the fastest made since the great race which took place several years ago between the Union Company's steamer Mararoa and the American mail steamer Sonoma. 011 that occasion the Sononi i made the run in three days, three hours, forty-five minutes, the Mararoa's time being three days, seven hours. In 1807 the record was held by the Moana, which covered the distance ill three days, four hours, thirty minutes. In .July of last year the Niagara arrived at Auckland from Sydney, after a record passage tf two days, twenty-three hours, thirtyfour minutes.

Xew Zealand pears came in for warm commendation from Mr. Thomas Cunningham, fruit inspector, Vancouver, lie referred particularly to a shipment of 1011 boxes. "These pears are about the cleanest that ever came into. British Columbia; they are in perfect condition," said Mr. Cunningham to a Daily Xews Advertiser correspondent, "and 'if Xew Zealand and Australia can ship such fruit as this we shall be. only too glad to receive it in lieu of that which comes from south of the international boundary. The opportunities of reciprocal trade between those . British countries anil our own a re Their season is tile reverse of ours, and if a reciprocal tarill could be set up it v.'ould mean that fruit would be cheaper on account of no dntv having to lie paid, and it would mean a continuous supply. All we ask for is absolutely clean fruit. It must be free from all infection in order to come into British Columbia."

Here are some prices on winter apparel at the Melbourne Clothin" Company that will show a distinct saving as against prices charged at other stores:— Men's famous "Drover" oilskins 10s fid, men's ordinary riding oilcoats 12s 0d! men's oiled canvas coats (guaranteed waterproof) 3,>s, men's Hydrotite raincoats 335, -f.is and 48s fid, lmvs' oilskins Ss 1-ld, hoys' riding oilskins 10s Cd

J ue many now and charming styles of eoats this season almost make it imperative that every lady should indulge ,m one. Morcy's in this issue are advertising some of their stock. Turn to their advertisement.