LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 301, 29 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manaiii has raised for the Belgian and British Relief Funds over £S3O.

F.aetihi has obtained a loan of .CiO.U'H) from the Public Trust Ulii.ro for jui-ji'e impro.cmentr.

A small advertisement in a good medium is belter than a large advertisement in a poor medium, but a large advertisement in a good medium is better than both.

The Damievirke News mentions a monster turnip grown by .Mr. R. C. Clark, of Mangatoro, which is 4S inches in circumference and 371bs in weight.

News to is hand that the Moa dairy butter scut home per Ruahine fetched, on the London market, 142s lid for salted, and 1-1-1 s for unsalted.

Tlie Ontario Department of Agriculture lias arranged for the growing of a potato war crop by -45,000 children in 245 rural schools of the provinces. The proceeds will be devoted to a patriotic purpose.

At the Empire, Picture Theatre last nigllt the monthly Belgian benefit produce:!: Poor receipts C 5 Pis (id and Captain Allen's collection /.'-l 7s 0 1 /.d, giving a total of £lO 3s C'/id.

The commission of inuiiirv regard in™ the toll-gate which the Stratford County Council proposes to erect on the Mountain Road, at AYaipukii, will sit at Stratford on .Tune 10. Mr. W. S.J Short has been appointed commissioner.

The settlers of Frankly and Carrington Roads are tendering a farewell social to Messrs. C. C. Gilbert, If. Leighton, If. Ryder, C. Boswell and L. Okey, who are going to the front, in' the Carrington Road School on Tuesday evening. The occasion will be marked by the presentation of a wristlet watch to each volunteer.

The Stratford recruits who left for Irentham yesterday were entertained oa the eve, of their departure at the Eginont Club, the Mayor (Mr. J. Boon) presiding, Mr. J. B. Iline, M.P., and Mr. \\ . P.. Kirk wood being amongst those present.

At the Stratford Stipendiary Magistrate's Court yesterday, judgment by default was entered in tile following eases: Manoy and Hassall v. Robert, Roberts, £" Ss, costs ,C 1 Ss (id; same v. James Stringer. .CO-Ills fid, costs 10s. Mr. T. 0. Fookes appeared for plaintiff in. liotb eases.

There was a large gathering at Inglewood on Thursday'night'to entertain tlie departing recruits. The Mayor presided. The send-oll' at the station yesterday morning was also largely attended, the recruits being addressed by Mr. Henry Brown, who wished them every success and a safe return.

A further stop towards the scheme of providing voluntary labor to assist farmers in harvesting will be taken on Monday night, when a meeting will be held at the Town Hall. The meeting is called by the Mayor, and he invites townsmen and farmers to attend and discuss the matter.

The American magnetic survey ship Carnegie left 'Brooklyn on March fi for Lyttelton, via Panama Canal, to make Lyttelton the base and starting point of a complete circuit of the globe between parallels (10 and 05 degrees south. She will commence the work in November next, and is expected to complete it in about two years.

The Stratford Co-oJWntivu Dairy Factory Company voted the sum of ;C3flO as a contribution to the Empire Defence Fund shortly after the outbreak of hostilities. The first instalment of :CIOO was paid during October and the balance' of .C'2oo has now been banded to the honorary secretary of the Patriotic Committee.

At a meeting of the New Plymouth Patriotic Committee last evening, it was derided to provide a number of small inscribed cash boxes, and to request the tradespeople of the town to place tluiii in prominent positions in their simps. People will thus be enabled to donate small change, and 1 lib result should prove very satisfactory. The boxes will be a permanent institution for the duration of the war. 'At the first meeting of creditors in tlie estate of Brocklebank Bros., of Stratford, baiii.Tiipls submitted a statement showing the total assets as ;SISOG anil the liabilities CSPS. Tt was decided. to have steps taken to realise, the assets of the estate comprising stock-in-trade. book debts, veal property, leasehold rights and the remaining asset-;. The Depufv-Assignee was instructed to obtain a. legal opinion as to the validity ef a hip of rale given !>y the bankrupts to an old creditor. II was decided that, if i' l " nv.-vierly furniture in R. Pre klehank's residence is in the name of Mrs. Brocklebank no steps would be taken to realise on it. The meeting then adjourned sine die. — Post.

The recruits who left Eltlmm for' Trentham yesterday morning appear to have been given a .most enthusiastic send-oil'. On the previous evening they were entertained at a smoke concert, and at the station in the morning there were over a thousand people to see them oiT with hearty cheers, after brief addresses had been given fcy the Mayor (Mr. B. Dive) and Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P.

A very satisfactory indication of the improved conditions and facilities of the New Plymouth Harbor was found in the arrival of the 'Knituna, from -Newcastle, yesterday. The Kaituna's gross tonnage is 1077, and she was drawing 17ft. 2in. mean (Hjft. llin. forward and 17ft. f>in. aft). She was berthed at •' dead low " water, and under most disadvantageous conditions, having to negotiate the most shallow portion of the basin. No trouble was experienced, the depth provided proving ample.

The combined stall' of the ITawera railway station tendered nine of its fellow-workers (members of the railway engineers) a farewell social on Thursday evening, previous to their departure for the Trentham camp yesterday. There was a large gathering at tiie railway station yesterday morning to farewell the recruits from the Hawcra district, tiie Citizens' Band taking part in the proceedings, and the school children, carrying miniature flags, formed a guard of honor. Patriotic addresses were delivered by the Mayor and others, and heal'ty cheers and good wishes were given to tiie men as the train left for Trentham.

The president of the New Plymouth Saturday Half-holiday Association, Mr. R. C. Hughes, has communicated with tiie associations in Auckland, Wanganui, Waitara, Duncdin and Wellington, suggesting that a conference be held in A\ eilington to resolve upon united action to promote legislation fixing Saturday as _the weekly half-holiday o\ er tiie Dominion. If the Government will not introduce a Bill to this effect, it is to be asked to bring forward a Bill to abolish the local option vote, and to substitute a Dominion vote on the Question, to be taken on the occasion of the triennial election of members of Parliament.

l'or some weeks past the Prime Minisicr has been i:i communication '.villi llic Imperial itni'-oritirs concerning the problem of lio-.v lust to deal with "enemy subjects in Xew Zealand. Mr. Massey informed a reporter that fairly definite instructions, in addition to tliose al!ead\ received, had now come to hanil, but lie could not make the advice public for a day or two until the necessary arrangements bad been made to make it possible for the authorities to give effect to them. He thought, however, that what was proposed would give satisfaction to the public, without entailing any hardship 0 n aliens who were loyal to Jintain.

A 00ft. addition, together with extensive alterations, makes Aubl's Genuine Rebuilding Sale a necessity. Son the badies' Readv-toAyear Felts and ■r.lack Velvet Hats (were 10s fid to 15s M) for (is lid.

'The Wild 'Ass's Skin." one of the, most famous 0 f Tialzac's stories, will be. bnsis of the Rev. A. B. Chappell's ■sermon at Whitelev Church to-morrow iiiffht, in continuation of bis series on "The. Gospel According to the Novelists."

Tlie 2S T ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, and Messrs. Webster, Dobson and Co., draw the attention of clients to the 'Stratford sale, which they are holding in their Stratford yards on Tuesday, .June 1 J'liU particulars will be found in our advertising columns on page 8.

Arrangements have bee» made bv the Melbourne Clothing Company with the manufacturer of the «Sivandri » Waterproof Clothing for a regular supply of mens walking and riding overcoats. These coats are made of pure colonial wool fabrics, atul are absolutely guaranteed by the manufacturer to be wholly impervious to water. Latest jmproved "Swamlri" coats are now on sale at all the Melbourne, Limited, Branches.

Under a weeping willow tree at Wai.nri, 40 miles this side of Napier, there stands (savs Saturday's Gisborne Times) !i mud-covered and abandoned motorcar wailing until a spell of fine weather enables it to be got back to civilisation H 's n. monument to the impassable , il j oE t!, c roads between the inrpor- ;" «*trwof tl«- Kast Coast, and has , U ' m ' Slnt : <! Monday last, and seems -V to remain there for some time to i Its owner, Mr. J. Ballin. of < hi istc,lurch, accompanied by Mr. Fred. Cunningham, of Wangaimi, stepped off ■ south coach last night full of thankIllness at having at last reached their p»a after nearly a week's delay on the and without a thought for the abandoned ear.