LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ohura settlers are moving in the matter of establishing a library. The annual meeting of the Xew Plymouth Club will lie held at the Chili's rooms this evening. The 'Scottish Society has arranged to hold a concert, dance" and gift auction at the. Stratford Town Ilall on Tuesday. July 20, in aid of the si:-k and wounded returning from the war. At the '-Magistrate's Court, Ilawera. yesterday, 11. Mowbray was fined £lO and costs, £2 14s, for.supplying a Maori with a bottle of whisky off'licensed premises - The street lights of Stratford will he extinguished at '1 a.m. from .July 1, Thursday next. The consumption oi' electricity will be checked by meter, the council 'expects to save a good sum in this way.

A large area of land is to be -put down in wheat in the Jlasterton district this year. Settlers generally are displaying a 'patriotic desire to assist those in need of lood by providing as much wheat as •possible. In British naval circles it is persistently stated that two electrical engineers, absent from the Bulwark during the night of the disaster, were discovered to he Germans and arrested, although their subsequent fate is unknown. The making of respirators for the Xew Zealand troops is now engaging the attention of several ladies in Wellington, and a good supply, according to' the Mayoress (Mrs. J. P. Luke), will soon be available, Mr. W. T. R. Avery, Awakino, writes: "I am enclosing cheque for £:l 10s ;id, being money collected as Awakino for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. One or two men in the Awakino boardinghousc started an impromptu concert, ami, taking i!j> a. collection, tint above amount was I'ojli'ci

The Governor lias proclaimed about acres, being the properties of .Messrs. Larco.n Bros., Thomas Winks, .lames linker, and Jleatlicole Livingston, comprising sections 5, 7, 8, !). 11, 1-2, 13 and 14, block Ilawern Survey District, to he a sanctuary jor imported and native game. As the result of some trouble on board the ?f]ioom>r Albert Meyer, now discharging Oregon pine l'rom the Pacilic slope at Clyde Quay Wharf, Wellington, -Mr. David (Bertie, mate of the vessel, was admitted to the hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from a broken lc". —'Press Association. , ° I lie Y\ inter Show at lla\vcra promises to bo most successful. The weather is good, the standard of the exhibits hi"h and the display made ii.v the Government IS the best yet shown in Taranaki The school gardens competition was won by oKaora with ITS points. Fraser Road second 1.,!), Mangatoki third ir,ii. Okaiawa fourth 150. The usual weekly meet of the North ■a.anaki Hunt Club will be held te-mor row (Tiinr,.)av), the throw-oil" takin" p ace at one o'clock. On account of Mi--11. >t. eet s Illness the hunt will be held r Esmo.,t ' " "*? s I"-'"t a great deal of ti.ne i lag (lie country to be hunted Mel. and it is anticipated that there a large attendance of huntsmen <tiNl tln'ir friends. Mr. T. Harle Giles, f'onciliation Comii'issiMiier. arrived in New l>I V moutii f ; ' n laud yesterday. The Concilia - ' '' iiU.il wdl lueel tomorrow niorn'".S ill" 'lSoroush Council 'Chambers leu 0.-iock for the purpose of iieartec dispufe between the Taranaki "?' , V'I" S tl "' -^'nalgamuted Society "i ( ai-peiiJei-s ami .Joiners and the euip.o.ve:-. I|[ the Taranaki district,. The ;;-■■■<';■ ".r, for the union are Messrs W. 7 I'ascoe and George isms'.'Ss, and tlie employers Messr*. f. Alfred liooii and F. A. C'oleThe eivil -if ting of tile New vnumth ■''agist "ales Court ye.-terdav.jj r . A CrooU presiding, was of verv'brief duraf.en, (In. following being the onlv cases: ■' by default—Walter Little U"". .A. 11. Johnstone) r. Alex. C. Hal"'"'son. CS -Is. costs CI Us lid; Copper. !"i I'i'e-i nev y. Jimies T. Paticwon, ,Ci •>s l»d, co-Is :,s; Amalgamated Stioletv C'l C.np,:::,and Joiner:- 1 },!;■. F. .K, "> v - ' *<-i-.-::ui, U- :d, costs ins. l'i. iudgi.ien!, -iin.ii.ons order wes made in (lie ease of Fninia 0. l'earee R. <\ Ilrj:e0 v. -K. iii lIOHOII Gie 11:t \: 1■ 1 ■ 111- oi Ihe lull ainounl. cauiei'd, ()-; ad. ! m or be.ore -Inly il: delaalt, three days' imprisonment.

leinhrs ler !he erection ol new husl--11 ■ premi-e< for Alorov and Son, drapers. have lieon accepted. We have j hint (lie privilege of seeing the plans. et'\. and can safely s in - that when completed there will he no more up-to-date 'h'aper-,' e-.ialilisliiiieiit in the province. !'■ is the inl,'nfiim of to have the littines, etc.. equal in any in I lie doniiniiin. While tlie building is being ("'vied. !!io linn will carry on business as n•>!!>!. on and after duly ltl. in the -■ho'.) next to (il'ieller's, jewellers, ami di"e lly o iiio-ife Vewion Ki'iu's. Devon Sireej Conical. I'arfieiibir.- as to sale, eh'., will be <1 nly advertised in the firm's r, 1 -pi'i ein this paper The Loan and ile Agency Co., ii~;i:e" " e (he elearin.e s-(h ''i' A !r. V. .1. I.eeieeui. of Sole-'locid, X'e e. I'l'iI'he lines to be :'dd a''e woi I!i I he perusal of Iho-e w a.uiii'g good daii'v i stock, etc.

v A..m>vl experiment' trading is contemplated bv th<M Aup - land Automobile Association. A month ■ go the comimtte decided to invite tenders lor !«,«'») of 'benzine, its purpose being to determine whether it is practicable lor the Association to purchase sufficient supplies for the requirements ot lis members. Half-a-dozen tenders hav,'been receive,! and they will be on sidereu. by the committee at a special merlin:.. According to the local paper, consider- ■"» F"vid,,l nt a gift audio,, v\i' 'fr- of wiiHoi.u '""•'.v. olienng ,:t-r baby for S!l ] C- T) baby, which repos > ( | comfortably in the anus the «i'/t:wiiw, Us sold'time af"7 '"V IT > itt all. and ..., lH ; 11 '>««* lo its mother. 1 ' b: 1,1 , ' won the first p.'l/.e at til.' ba-.v show at Otaki last Saturday week for the heaviest lribv turning the scale at 341bs. Writes a Home correspondent •—[ know of half-a-dozen Oilman prisoners in one trench who had been guilty of treachery, and of treating oi:r wounded ■ ' l'»r *«'"• very penitent when captuied ami spoke tearfully of their "ives and children, and how sweet, a tiling freedom would be if they could but get it. Our captain listmed. and then made a gesture u, his men. "Take them away.' he said gravely. "Tile thing thev ask cannot be. We must do our duty " They we; e marched away, and heard'of no more. ! Aiul that is war, bloody and ■j'utiless. 1 would not say that lcindiv things do not happen between individual men on opposite sides, but mostly you find them on your own side. As an example of how faithfully Kre*lish contracts have been kept, Mr. A. St-1 itlli ll. provincial secretary of the. I'armers' I'nion, mentioned to an Auckland report t that linns in (.'reat j!v tain were now fulfilling orders taken ten or twelve months ago at the quotations which were given before the outbreak ~f war. This applied to goods that lad risen' in price lr» mSO *r> 120 per i Ono item lie in \y:;k canvas. If; ■ had gone up to the extent iridictatc:!. y:t Knglisli houses wen.' now delivering at the prices hooked twelve months "ago, .f.0.b., KnglUh ports. This,' be thought, was a splendid illn-.tratio-.i of IVl.ish commercial integrity and of the advantage of patronising British firms. An incident full of humor to everyone but the victim occurred ill the shop o) 11 Cathedral Square tobacconist on Saturday alternoon, says a ClnistchtU'cli paper. lady called in to 'make a purchase, being accompanied by a small boy. With, the natural curiosity of his kind, the lad immediately began to look round for objects of interest; and at last enthusiastically exclaimed: "Oh mummy, look at the moncv-box." Immediately he pushed his right forefinger into the bole in the top of the cigarcutter, which he had mistaken for*the receptacle of small change. There was a vicious sua]) and a long bowl, and the lad letired precipitately from the counter minus the top of his finger. Wails ol anguish filled the atmosphere for some minutes —Jmt the population of Cbi'istchurch now numbers one more person who will not mistake t'ho dccapitators of Flor iFinas for money-boxes. I he best business and financial opinion in Canada is unanimous in the view that the Dominion is entering on the new reason with every prospect- of a Round revival of activity. All reports point to i 'cord crops. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, than whom there is no mol'e shrewd or 'better-informed judge, is well satisfied with the outlook. I(is view is endorsed br Mr. .1. H. Hummer, the president of the Dominion Steel Corporation, who stateil in Montreal t,lie other day that people were busier as a result of the advent of spring, and although actual business conditions showed little improvement. there was a general tendency to view the future much more hopefully. Officials of the Dominion Steel Corporation expected a gradual improvement ill the steel trade of Canada to take place. The prosperous condition of the fanners' would ultimately menu better conditions for all other business jn the Dominion. .A remarkable feat accomplished hy the "lien of Tlntam is mentioned in ,i hdv re'IVV"-*'7 in f*»" a '"l.\ lesident in London. The letter state., that, within an hour aff,. r (be re!lVJ''Mi r,,, n , '"! a 1 for r ' s l liratf)rs . for the !„ the poisonous Is employ-d bv the Ocnuans, a million were ready for desp-,tch to France Jt may be added that the War Office n,,! nou need previously that, (he naffenis 0 1,0 ( ".mailable in difrcrcnt 10-alilies ■lt a certain hour on a -mrlieular dav A iother interest, ntf f a ., t mentioned i„ flu letter IS that, the women of 'Britain ai;o industriously wnvk . il)!r „,. lkin£J . „ pillows and ctishions for the use of the «wn"led men. Waste „a,'cr from news-l'-'l'-'r offices and elsewhere is heiii" cut '"s;i smi ' ll l' its »«<' used for stuffing!' *. >" l( ™' s and cushions, on which the '".lured limbs of the wounded men rest' " the pillows become damp from the wounds, the pillow eases are easily re-fill--0(1 with papor.

Rpfproncp was mi »dp l,v Mr. \ ■n at ,no,>i. lnsr of t]l(? Wdii, lf ],lst «'eok to tlip quo.*,,, " f stl >mgp oi choose. h 0 s .,i,i ,j , f is* •;*'" win « , ™' Accommodation 'or (!„> , on? * ,;t pin,.;,. H - as j"' t!l " ext, ; ! ! si »" of " for i'il',',' 1 rwVln' l ' ! ! J -' llPC ' r ' lil( ' i. "" nnothpr Cvll'i;) for ;■> I,'! ; a "'.' *.n assnrainp W "n" '-i V 'n hy lfr " !l >- <!'" i\~. '' iV"' 1 ! wild insist in.lt all arl ., villJ , i, ; AV«-H:n«tor I'"- slm>!>m s s.iouid , )aS3 llu .(1,,. 1 wll "» Sir. V .-n1.,.n mov"I as an aniPndmpnt.. "Tli.it it be ,v.„. fi.l.upnt on flu. '.nvmnviiit nial-ina- it oi\ t!i»i 111! clipps . |):i<,int( otl-r ( f "' I in the ,00l ;n'TT' 1 ,'" s in- Mr. R. w.,i>W .'fist *h*{ a,: . , :L ' :,S ' ni,n - shi:i;,„s (p., V' m tn " J»«1' « j,.,t sill])!),,! fro,.-, Pat..,,, am! Y-nv Ply. moutli n-as !>:-."-n.ly c00,.Th.. should hp ,1 ll'ci'i'iitial At- r»lwn ,f ' t: ' « "Hi" :l "n. .-iiii! il, ■ ,„o. h, . ,h " :1 "> ■"•- ' «■!-- ea-rvl on t*W VOU'PS. . J' 1 !' x,nv Z.-Hhiriu l.»an ami Mi-run-t!)<' A-.MM-V !.fii.. draiv Hip attpnilon l! "' "» M "' "• :!"• ''lparin;; , v |.j,. h they are hoi,liny OH Friday. .Tnlv :!. at l-ristol l'oad. V, .ulni. on ai-oimt of Mr T!o;n1 - who lias sold liis farm' I'nil par! n-ulars ill hp found in our ; vevlMnj; ,'oI u 1 1in s on pap- s. Clients nislmi- to fin- sa!p arp r,v n ip=r f, to -c,!.l in llifir i';inip--. vromnUv. th.it motor fnuisil can ~ arranue'd. ' N, ' w :ll; uid .1 .oiln and Mproan--IP.' .\n-pnpy Co.. J" i.|.. Stratford, wisli fo "otiiy ill,. iliat, their cKtriii* s -''' lC; «««• on. an-! a full list of s :nri ,", -'id b» found .-il nii']o S of this i-u-. 1 '•••' ! " :1U s»"«1 V-svantilp arp offorin" j Pi-ia.l 'prins 1o ]„irrliasprs of dairy ; ;i!" illi' Willtov Sint\\- j :n Nrv. i : lvr ( oi'i!i si i'f • nniiJ},.(l i hilt; pri;v I jh'\v :f \ .ii!:» hit*. I

• > jOimiclid new lines of men's fash■■'kmY .iii! Mi;' lAt hath have been opened o::;- ;■ f the Melbourne Ltd. Two new •Y- ; n -nio.-t'i To 1 !/-, in nutria—-a new of b'.'i-.vn- and darl- Yai'—a y-tv itork shade of !ii!no<;t blncl:-~:;i I are Mire to be popular. The third line is a remark-ably ';oed value ldaek volour at 12s Oil, worth at least 17s Cd.