LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■Up to the .present the Napier town clerk has received £17,910 towards various patriotic funds. Owing to financial stringency, notice of 'motion has been given to reduce the honorarium of the Mayor of Hastings from £175 to £IOO. The second statutory meeting called at Poliokura for the purpose of electing a school committee for the district failed in iis object. Since the War broke out fanners in the Hastings district have given fia draught horses and 47 hacks, valued ai, £'2075, to the defence authorities.

A Wellington telegram says die vital statistics for the tnontli ending yesterday sire as follows:—1(11."): Kirths ISO, (leatil's SO, marriages 10.3; 1(114: Jlirths lSii. deaths 74, marriages i) 3. The vital statistics at Dunedin for June are as follow (those for the corresponding month last year given in parenthesis):—Births 133 (I5l), deaths SI) (04), marriages 05 (70). The figures for the half year ended vosterdav are as follows (those for 1014' in parenthesis) : Births Slid (Slin), deaths 440 (14:55, marriages 307 (373). The number of calls to fires or supposed tires in New Plymouth during the past twelve months has been 0, being the same as last year. No serious outbreak has the largest loss being JlIoO. The approximate insurance on property attended was .C(l,">:>, r > and the loss on same as far as could be ascertained was a.3ti Ills, all of which was covered by insurance. A month ago a YYairarapa farmer Lad ■IOO tons „f potatoes, which he was prepared to sell at £;', per ton. but there were no buyers at tile figure. During the week he has cleared out the line at C 7 per ton on-the ground. Consequent upon the prohibition placed upon tne export of .potatoes, the price, has eased somewhat, on the Wellington market.. Potatoes were quoted on Friday at .C 7 l-"s and .C 7 10s per ton. At the annual dinner of the Waihou Valley Dairy Company, Mr. Crevillc. editor of the Xcw Zealand Dairyman, eoiii'pliineuied the companv on having one of the best cheese factories in t'-e world, and on tiie fact of it securing the record price „f 00 s for one of its ship-, men's of cheese. The chairman an:■;;],pliers I hi:, season is Is (id per pound of bnuor-fat. after allowing for dopre:■iaiiou and placing an amount to reserve fund. This announcement was erected Willi applause, it being the. liigho.-l, price c.er paid out, in the Auckland province in the history of the dairying trade. The succe-s of Ho- commercial traveller-' t|uoen Mi- K. Douirhlv—at the Welbie.-toii carnival was due to eoim.lete ~"gan.i-!.|iou. and a series of highly I he closimr of the noil at.' 0 o'clock on Si! in-day night. At S o'clock Mi-s M,-('ei-mack, the Trcntham candidate, was leadine;. with 'Miss Dough I v third, before the poll closed the commercial ii-avellcrs paid in .-CSOOO, and liie Trenlhain .p.ieeu's siipnorlers »■ >.- a buhl bid with two payments iotcll'mg l.\-||77 la cheque for Cn'o77, and amdh-'i' for €100) they had to be content wilh ; -second place. The Cnsioim, rewaiue collected :>.i ',W! lingloii .luring .lime amounted to .h'S:i, j Tim bee'l'llutv collided totalled ...".13:, I .- |'ar.d wii.i .'.''l.-,:! ho-l year. 'IV | y.,-.,0.,:s dl.l'i- |,ai,i :■!. U.lHe.lin done-: I e.'lly doable those',, i,l ',„ .'illlie, 101 I. lis j he l."l I! y reached ll.e ,|.-i i| | d;i>. ). cuiltiuuiug till the end of llm j month. [

The follow-hf,' figures show Hit? quantity of butter )i cool store at the various ports thqpughiut the Dominion on June :t<J:—Alic'kliinl S2IIO boxes, .New 'Plymouth 1-113, fateii 12:!u, Wanganui 'iniio, (lisborne 72.Wellington 77MS, l.yttcltoi ( si2til, Tiiiiitiu ISH„ Diinedin :tml Poll Chalmers ]»K!)-total 27,8-iS. Total <j u JuiKi :*(», B'l-I U7,K72; total on June \ IDKi, -il,l)!)«.—Press Association.

Til,. follt.-wing cumprisc ihe iigur> s ~f Hio LTiiin c:irrietl over Hi- S"ii*j,l:ir!<! st-dii.u of irilwn;, - for Hie u< •/; end ing Saturday last: 2I.!I!11 sacks,/!,,tal to tlitte -I :-7,(1'.1S sacks. The figun/' In,- the corro.-ipi.i.dinv: pencil of 1!) H are :t":i7 and i"..vS!!l sacks respectively. The Customs revenue eolleeted at iiie port of Itivercai'gi!! during June /cached (he record fhoov t,l' Ul'!.Si;s, ( - i; :ii;i;iifi! with CS,,|2ii for the ciHT'sp.mlm.r'period last yuir. The increase is :li:H„itahle to tile clearance of large ipantitics of spirits, tobacco, etc., in anti ;p:ition of a change in the (.'listens trilL—.Press Association.

In his annual retort, the Superintendent of the .New Pl/mouth Fire Brigade nays: -The iastalia'Jon of the new lire alarm system llii-ough.ut the borough is under consideration, an?, should tits completed within tin' next i;x months. Dining the year a new Cen'.ral Pin- Station lias been erected at the corner of Liardot and Courtenay Streets. Tt provides all that is modern in the way of an up-to-date lire station. 1 pnp'ose to remove into Hie new station a , the end of Hie present month. The ■■rection of this building has enabled tli.' East End Station to be removed to '''itzroy, which is now in process of remoal, ami with the. additions provided will ,neet the requirements of this progre.vive suburb for some years.

As a result of the special advertising in connection with tlie Tarnnaki Farmers' Meat Freezing Company, .Mr. Hugh liaily, the interim secretary, and his stall', have been extremely busy the hist few days receiving application forms and issuing receipts. He asks if those who require additional application forms would apply at the Hank of Xcw Zealand or at liis olliccs. Townspeople who have already promised to take shares are asked to make application through the bank or at his olliccs. As can be understood, it is impossible i n (lie limited time to call on all intending shareholders Support is still required from townspeople, and any person able to take shares, if only a feu, is asked to apply without delay.

Ihe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford, wisn to notify the public that their clearing sales are now on, and a full list of same will he found on page 8 of this issue. The U'un and .Mercantile are oH'crin" s-.ecial terms to purchasers of dairy stock.'

Hi.' .W Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency L'o., Ltd., draw the attention of tne ]mlilic to the clearing sale which thev are !iol<!ui«r on M'ondav, July f> on a'' ™«»t of Mr. Clms Ilazclton,' Radnor Load, Midhirst, who has sold his farm. I'Jill particulars will be found in our advertising columns on pace S. An excellent, opportunity will be afforded the public on Friday and follow"er ilars for securing big values in general drapery and everything to wear. J lie well-known firm of Amburv's have been established in Devon street for a. miartc- of a century, and have made a name for good values and great variety. The annual sale commences to-morrow (friday), continuing to the end of the month.

Some little lines hut big values at the ■Melbourne, Ltd.:-"Ivy" black mending wool, ,)d ball; Roslvn ,'l-ply fingering, 4,1 skein: ladies' handkerchiefs, a for Is; little boys' braces, :ld pair; full-size, pil-low-cases, (id each; Petone limine!, Is yard; three-<|uartcr socks, size. 4's fid, G's 10d, O's lid, 7's Is, sizes S to 0 la 3d pair; -SB-inch calico, fid yard; heavy flannelette, cream and white, Cd yard. '