LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Kakaramea .Dairy Factory Company lias 'paid out Is 3d and is paying out an extra *l, making l s 7d for'fhc seasoil.

(An effort is being made to form a laranaki (Federation of the Church of r.ngland -Men's Society, and a contere-nce of delegates for this purpose will be held iit Stratford on August 14. Tin* BisJiop of Auckland (Dr. AverilJ) will preside.

At a meeting of the directors of the Poverty Jiay .Farmer.-,' .Meat Company, which was held a day or two ago, .Mr. \\. D. Lysnar Has elected permanent chairman of the board. Further shares to the cxt.-nt Of £2-11(10 weie allotted, making a total of x;J2,UII() tn date. >■'• a. l,!lo\, ledge lv j" ! tl'ejn-oce.-ds 1,;,, s ,j,. I M :l ' l * ha M. I[■ civil iei, v.hii-ii J!" 1 '"; 11 I I'.c-adilly 1 Warrant, ■rougiiam >ln ej. mi Ti.c- day uie.il 1,1 v - hj! he handed to [ I . | lr , ~ 1 "liMih'il New . i-- Ji i *1"! 'h-iHiKi.-nu. I'he < ii.-loiiis jin,l dulies V„|. '''' 1:1 -\'C".V 1 1 J V 11! ij U t l l !w----1,1 Ali>lvl ! It" 4 were •;e, - -1. 1111 i:. p,-,-;,.,) j u !in 'j:, f | at the eori ":a;ee:,! w,,, J./ ■U>7. ;

[ i i.e stcn ol a tragedy euiicermn..- i. . 1,1 «as. unlolded at ... re.-ent, ineetiiig- of wives Coimnittee at Wellington. The 1,11,11 week, and appot, t mortem a-, iodd. It was disc.vcred that its death was due to copper poisoning. Ju its -tuinach were found a dozen pennies worn down ihy the digestive organs to' the thn'kness of a threepenny bit, half a penny similarly worn down, and three If".pennies. There were al-o a cart- - I'l pipc-steju. and, it is 1-ei.ort-(•<l. a hxi- cartridge,

I hell a certain iiniintenaiu-e case was ['■-tiled in the Wellington .Magistrate's I "lift on Monday, counsel for defendant Mood up .and said that- his client was tinder the impression that complainant (his wile) 'was dead. Apparentlv, s aid connwl, defendant could not be Ida lor this, as he had received a memorial and other notices referring to his wdes death. True enough, the wife '"'."'e no appearance, nut, as to whethet this was duo to counsel's suggestion the j (im,rl ' WI,S "°t informed. The case was -Inick out.

In writing of New Zealand. Mrs. Philin . nou-deu *h,v*.—"Nowhere in the -world e; there a more beautiful country than New Zealand. The climate is delightful ;iin[ tlic atniospliero so clear that Hit* outline* .of J[t, Cook at a hundred miles distance is as clear as if the mountain were only a mile a-wjiv. There is no poverty apparent, excepting such as i* in used" by disease and vice. EverVbodv can have work, if he br",fl,e Will go 'where the work is, and nobody need starve ! " hat .Nature has not done for the «ood of the .people the Legislature has accomphshed, so that there is little to he don? and few problems compared with the uo&4s and problems 0 f the land they c»f as 4 Horac. , w

A rl]in<jftou telegram Unit liarohl Harlinir llowoll, Hiar'ivd with uiitainiriLj goods at \e.w Plymouth In l ni'-aiii wj valueless <mwas r«*marnhM to appear „n Priday. lie wu-i committed u.r trial on similar chart's in tho Wel;in«:;i<t:i district.

The Legislati ve Conivil had another short sitting yt'htfrdiiy. Mr. P. Jl. 1). Pell <;avv uotio- to mow that the Council vlioiild appoint 'W'.'dtic-.tiay, July -2K. a.- t,:ic date I'm' the e]r<-ti«ni <i Chairman o' Committees and tin* Council adjournal to that dat«'.

Comment w;h made at Stratford County Council \i-*,tcn|ay upon tin- extent of heavy iralli.- i!y rtintr Cumuoocl on tho comity road-. Some of the roads air practi aiiy worn out. and tin' Hh'uvv Irani.* is cutting them up \\or>i! still, fhi' council has decided to prosecute any person breaking the bylaw*.

It is "propn-t.*.! to ]i'.*id a patriotic demonstration in New Plymouth on or übtMit the anniversary of the outbreak 01 Die war. Kritain's declaration was made on August 4, hut. a> that date will be Wednesday, it is prolan Mr the function will take place ilie following day, August If the u eat her •permits, the Keeivatiou SiporU '.ruiind wii] 'he the s-ene, and it i« that the Kug'by Union should organise a >even-a-side tournament as a mean* of assisting in drawing a crowd from ail parts of the district. The band will lie enjiaged, and patriotic addrf-.-fs *;iven.

Dm Postmaster-* leiiersil announces that parcels for soldiers addressed to f-Sypt, and superscribed " v;a Austra lia," will (be forwarded direct to Egypt at postage rates of Is lud for parcel not exceeding lltli in weight, 2s ~\U\ tor those exceeding and not exceeding "lb, and 4« I y'.d for tliixo execedinj-' "i'l) and not .•Needling 11 lb. The special .postage rates for soldiers' parcels at present in force of Is 2d and •'(s for pawls weighing up to Dili, 71b and lll'l) respectively are lor parcels forwarded via. the I nitrd Kingdom, and wiil I>e continued. Die, now arrange, nient lias been made after negotiations with the Australian .i n<l Egyptian Administrations, and will avoid delay on parcels forwarded Iby dire/t steamers to London, thence to J'-gynt.—Press Associat'on.

An nmilnilnn.'t l does not appear to bs useful fur any other object I'han that for which it was mad.'. The Xursing Assoviat'ou lit Opnnake. Isa-s an ambulance i'or which no u*e has bean founf for some years, and when its disposal was being discussed at the meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Hoard yesterday the chairman asked if there was no generous l'arlnrr in the district who collected curios anil would like to add the ambulance to his collection. Mr. Mai Reynolds anticipated no hope of this, and then when another member suggested that a street hawker might find use for it Mr. Macßcynolds declared that it would be of no use even to a street hawker. 'Eventually, it was decided to-bring the ambulance to Xew Plymouth, where it is hope,], use will be -found for it.

Surprise and regret were expressed by members of the Taranaki Hospital \Board yesterday, when a letter was read from the Borough Couipil, refusing t'he request to expend £-.'."iO on a suitable approach to the new hospital. It was considered unjust treatment from Uhe A'ouneil after the board providing the town with such a valuable asset- as the new hospital, for it would detract from the comVletene-'s of the institution to have to do without a suitable entrance, -while wfliat was move important (as one member pointed out) the care of ■patients would be improved if there was a proper entrance.. Country members emphasised the support received from the country for the new -hospital, and contrasted this with the. action of the council. It was decided to approach the council and ask it to reconsider its decision, and it, was further decided to ask the doctors to co operate in pro. tcs-ting against the council's action.

Waitara River was in high llood yesterday as tllie result «,f tin l heavy rains of the past day 01' two. Indeed, it is questionable if the level of tha flood has been exceeded during the past t<?n or twelve years. The large quantity of timber coming down on the turbulent water was watched with interest by a large crowd of tpcc'tat-or* on the bridge, and also on otJier vantage points, whilst it aUr, 'provided employment for many in salvaging their winter firewood supplies. The water reached the decking of the • attle wliarf, fully two feet higher than tlie llood of a fortnight ago. Piles of timber gathered ngainst the (bridge pier<, which nobly stood tJhe strain of the onrnshing timber. which struck them witill such force us to \-hake the whole -tnu-tiirc. The' two massive cylinders. presenting all

that remained „f the ~!■! bridge, were demolished. Vmlermined liv the Hood and 'battered by In-,, they li'nall.v had to bow to a tern lie l>7mv ;i huge tree and fell With a re-.-undiiig eriNl, into' . mf "'- W-'lellre filey will lU'obllblv have tu I'r itiii.,l,.l U J. m t;„. ~;v , .r -ides. The lim„U -imaa! "f -C(;11 V! i ,j v j | ■■■ M - ■■■ \ii" 1 I :> M.'-,! -1 I ! ■' < " I'.M iu X--V. I ; >n V". \\ . |i. ..... lM ';, Y - at Stratf.n-,! "»-«iti:iv ami -t„, !, i n - The si-!e starts aj ; y,,.,- '

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AUm the snpp...- a.lj, )ilst fWr P T7"' ri ' :l,li "S nf Ml". Wil- " ( li s Mat,. Ailvnmvs .ii,K :i,:,ih nt Bill (<liscus,ion on wliif.;, „„ . )itJ;O wis agron.l to on t>i,, V ,,;,v % ami tlic Industrial II, ;i n.l 'JVr.rl.--s Unions Kna.iling Bill wna iva,l o qorojkl pro forma, Tl.e Home wljonrncrt at'j

Thirteen ( 'himreturned by (he iioeraki l.(i Wellington mi Tuesday, jiftcr a trip In their native country.

Arbitration Court H-s-ioiis have been lived as follow: New Plymouth, .July 2:1; Napier, .Inly 211; (iisborne, .inly Palmerston Xnrtli, August •>. '

In (lie i I uii-e oi' licprcscntatives last night the .Minister of Health notified that a ea-e of measles was reported on the hospital -hip Main no, and that C:e sufferer and hi- mate had been landid at Adelaide.

All abundance of winter feed is iu.ii eated by reports which the Karmer-e Union has rcceivul from various districts, says the Auckland Star. Some little time ago. when the weather waunusually dry, it was feared that tic cattle would have a bad t inic through the winti r. Happily, recent condition- hawbeen mild despite the quantity of n.'.n, aud so the outlook has brighter.ed.

"Is it not a fact that the profit o-.i confectionery is oil per cent/" asked counsel of a witness ill the Wellington .Magistrate's Court. "No," said the witness. "There are sonic linos on which there is a profit of 100 per cent., but o:i some there is a profit of only 2} per cent."

News has been received by the Minister of .Defence that the Fifth Kiinfor-' liients, which left Wellington oil .lime 12, have landed their horses in India and have left again for their destination. The landing of the horses in India wis arranged before the troops left, the Imperial (iovernment having pointed oat that it would not be advisable to take them through the Red Sea during the height of the summer.

A correspondent writes to an ".v eliango: "My son, writing from the Dardanelles, mentioned ill one of I letters that if 1 desired him to answer my letters it would be advisable for a sheet of notepaper and a plain envelope to be enclosed, as there is no opportunity on the (lallipoli Peninsula i"or the purchase of stationery. This is a suggestion which 1 think should be made public."

The second contingent from Fiji will have a strength of 00 men. The (lover nor of the colony has received advice that the services of this number of men have been accepted, the following acknowledgment of tlie offer having been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—'Your proposal to increase the second contingent to 00 men has been gratefully accepted. This must be regarded as the maximum limit to the admirable effort made by Fiji.—Kornr Law.''

A new definition of an alien enemy is given in a (iazette .Extraordinary issued on Tuesday night. It is:the purposes of the War Regulations (except clause 20 of the War l!egii!ations of November 10, 101-1) every person shall be deemed to be an alien enemy who is, or has at any time ben, a subject of any State with which his Majesty is now at war, notwithstanding the fact that such person may be also by birth, naturalisation, or otherwise -i British subject, or may have in any manner ceased to be a subject of any such State."

A Stratford resident, •whose business takes him right into the baekbioeks and around the district extensively, reports that the back roads -are in a vey bad state. Bet-ween Douglas and Stathmore there is a big washout. The whole road is one mass of slips. FroniiKiore to Purangi the road is practically impassable. The Mangapapa Road will be impassable for weeks, except perhaps for pack traffic. A large number of sheep were lost by settlers during the late spell of bad weather, the worst experienced for years in the dittriet.

The president and vice-president of the Taittnaki Chamber of Commerce waited on Mr. Waite, the Railway Department's commercial agent, oil Tuesday morning, and 'brought several local matters in connection with the railways under his notice. In the afternoon, Mr. Waite -met the chairman and other meanibers of the Kxjransion and Tourist League, who asked that the Department should issue excursion weekend tickets from Hawera to New Plymouth in the summer months; .that the morning train should be timed to arrive in New Plymouth an hour earlier, and that a late train (from Xew Plymouth to Stratford should be run on Saturday nights. Mr. Waite left for the south by the afternoon train.

"The most welcome man among the Xew Zealand troops, Koth in Egypt and at <the Dardanelles, was the postman," states Private 0. W. MtConchie, one of the wounded soldiers who returned by the Willochra. "Though they were non-fighters on that blood-stained Uallipoli Peninsula, vet they proved themselves brave, fqr they wore exposed continually to the deadly shrapnel while deliverinj; the mails to the men in the trenches. The postal men from New Zealand who are in duties i( t the I roilt deserve a word of praise for the manner in which they are 'peifonn-

, lug their -pai-t in tiie "l-cat stui(j«!<\ -And the 'daddy o) tlieiii all' is Siajieant lie;-'. •Miller, who went over with its as IM.-tma-!i r. and who is now en (lie !i,-,id-i|liarter-i stall' „f (l,e en.l \i\v Zealand Army I'orp-. ili-: paa;;i.iMn- I lii.l'ls t' i -ee,!,:' at V,-' ;,■! , a;■ . I.i:'il matter [> rn ill 11! iy. h» s .J t !. . , | 1,,| Us 1, : ; e plaee! I all 111 lis I;! 1. i'' j L ;! (i, (■!) (::, I ',. ■; j„ >. ... | v-uit. Mill.--i'e,V .a■ ■ M I'uh. ii; ; '''- :r i'; -!:' i' 1 :t !l 11l ,■ i'ront. -A rat ill'!' i : ;'||! ! Hi (ji-eiiM-en in Auckland i.ii i.i ■1: 11. v. hail the sii'ie!-, "ere ill rcliiic.! v, it ii pc.pie j„ <v,d-.,ilie !:, "»c I ' :r ""Hiidnl t'roni the Dardanelles. '' ■' ' 1 i 1,1 roadway. and into iniiniV ! " ;t ' r '•••'".« trampled under j ! ■-" |' ■ ' lie hv-l :t ii dei ■- awoke toj !'■" tnat iic a'iotliei' was under (lie j inlittence of drink, and totally unable I in look after either herself or iter'ba'bv. A policeman took char<ro of the mother, the ha by ami the jirain. and tran-i'ferred them tiv motor-ear to the lock-up, lest they should come to harm. There the poliee matron, who mothered the baby

while its real mother «'iis n'fcuv,! to rest and m-ov<»r. lenn.vd tis-at t.he \\». man was a hi»Wy respectable iv-idi>n!. •" v !i'l {'#'l hurried i!,s wn town to son t!i« " ,l(l . Vs " l ' on "' ■ '""I, bt-iiijj in lie.ilih, had fi<>t ii-rv weak uinlcr the of standin- for a c.»u|.ln „r hours, flailing tor the train to arrive. £j]c cnnsi'(|ii(Mitlv went to a quiet hot.l : oul «ot a fjlax of -tout to enable her to keep lie!* strength. I.ut, the unneustonicd 111 Ik;'" »''■«!< of health. had the elle:-t ot making liei- drunk. Ulie'i she had rested at the poliee station ficietit.lv to reover from flic, physical el. feet ol the drink, although intensely distressed inentaliv by the eiivuiiistaii.-'cs ot her arrest. she permitted to home. "

Me.-svs H.. (oilier and Co. annomi.-e m another column (hat the piano u,ed ■;it the Cherniavsky concert last ew.iiiiff was not a Krinsniead or Chapp. ,1 piano.

Considerable interest is by .Icr.scy breeders in ihc ratrie of the .Jersey bull donated by Mr. K. OriHitiis to the I'atriolic Fund. The books of tickets sent out by the Xcw Plymouth committee have been almost invariable sold, ami the proceeds should consider, ably help the fund.