LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 296, 24 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Waihi Cold Alining Company during the four-weekly period ending the 7th inst., crushed and treated 15,7.'lK tons of ore for returns valued at TCecortl produce entries have been received by the Ffawer.i winter show. Last year 47 cheese entries and -IS butter entries were received. This year they are !K! and 58 respectively. A. shocking accident is reported by an Australian paper. At a sawmill works nt liumligo, Thomas Ilea (HO) fell on to a saw bench, and before he could be rescued he was practically sawn in two. Death was instantaneous.

'Jtha- natives of the north are much ! concerned by the discovery that the grave of the famous chief, Marsh Brown, in Waiomio cemetery, has been disturbed, and probably rifled of the tribal belongings that had been buried with the- chief. The Executive Council of the Xcw Zealand Locomotive Ungine-drivers, Firemen and Cleaners' Association decided at its monthly meeting, held at Christchurch on Sunday, to send three delegates to the Labor Congress to be held in Wellington in July next. •A movement for the establishment of a locally-owned ferry service has been taken up by a number of Gisborne gentlemen. The capital proposed for the new company is from £30,01)0 to £40,000, and the object is to run a suitable steamer between Gisborne and Napier in a continuous ferry service. The project is meeting with hearty support.

An Auckland boy soldiering with the New Zealand troops in Egypt, in a letter to a friend in that city, remarks: "I'm not surprised at Moses and the Israelites wanting to leave Egypt, and you can take it from me it was not Pharoah that made them trek. It was mosquitoes, ants, scorpions, beetles, and other alligators."

Here is an instance in proof of present day strenuous life. A business man of Hawera on Thursday morning left at an early hour in a motor car. lie travelled first'to Wanganui, spent a couple of hours there, and then pushed on to Marton, where he caught a train for Wellington. There he stayed for some time in the transaction of business, caught a late train, and at Marton again took to bis car, and arrived back at Hawera at 6 a.m. on Friday.—Hawera Star.

In this issue appears the announcement of an organ recital to be given on Wednesday nevt in St. Mary's Church by the Rev. E. Chitty, M.A., of Audiland. The programme to be submitted is drawn from works of the best known composers, Mendelssohn, S. Bennett, Guilmant, Lemare all contributing a cpiota to make a well-arranged selection. The prelude and figure of Mendelssohn is probably the only item not well known here, but nevertheless will prove quite interesting and well worth closely following. Mr. Chitty will also sing the aria from the "Messiah," and ''Tin; People that Walked in Darkness." A collection will be taken iu aid of organ funds.

Tlie fame of a good thing travels from' mouth to mouth. 'Dial's why so many well-dressed men arc wearing Melbourne Clothing Company suits and overcoats. And a good many are saving almost the price of a suit as against what they used to pay a custom tailor.