LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood that Mr Ben. Tippins, inspector under the New Plymouth Borough Council, will shortly vacate his position. At Te Kuiti, Percival M. Brail.hwaite was charged with keeping liquor for sale, and fined fifty pounds and costs.—Press Association. There is every probability of the election of directors at the annual meeting of the Kgmont Box Company last Tuesday being declared illegal on technical grounds, states the Argus. Mr. Walter Topless has sent the Taranakl Acclimatisation Society six cock pheasants, bred by himself.' Last year two hen pheasants belonging to Mr. toilless laid over 200 eggs. The staff of the Hawera Hospital are being kept very busy just now, as there are over thirty patients in the institution. There are two eases of scarlet fever in the isolation ward. Word has been received in Hawera that Captain K, I'. Cox, of Hawera, lias been wounded. He went as third in command of the Wellington Regiment, under the late Colonel Malonc. No details are available as to the nature of the wounds. Adjutant Cibba, who has been in charge of the lOltham branch of the Salvation Army for some time, has taken over the charge of llotoroa Island. Adjutant Robertson, is now in charge of KM ham. He was previously in charge of Rcioroa Island for three years. Writing to Mr. W. A. Hewitt, of the Loan and Mercantile Co., Stratford, Mr. F. W. Walters, now of Waitoa, in the Waikato, slates (hat lie has just sold a draft of fat bullocks at .''Ml IDs and a nice line of fat wethers at :!2s (Id. Prices for fats would, therefore, appear to be better in the Waikato than in Taranaki. The Wounded Soldiers' Fund Carnival opened at Opunake in fine style yesterday, and will be continued to-day. i veiy large amount of interest is being taken in the carnival by the people of Opunake and district. The programme of events is interesting' and entertaining, and the committee is doing everything in its power to ensure the complete success of the carnival. At (ireymouth yesterday Michael Holly Malavey, teller in the Bunk of New Zealand, pleaded guilty to a cliarg* of the theft of ,ti). r >. A shortage in silver was discovered on the occasion (if the bank's visiting officer's examination. Accused said that he had taken £IOO to send to his mother, £o of which had been repaid by him. He was committed for sentence.—Press Association.

"Our regiment has been made a line regiment," writes an Auckland member of the Karl of Liverpool's Own front Ranigotu. Bille regiments are peculiar in that they march quicker than ordinary regiments, and 7!enee they are generally lirst into the firing line and last out. They never move with 'sloped arms.' but always at the trail and shoulder. A'l facings on uniforms are black.

There have been a number of changes in Tokirangi and Onaero properties lately. Mr. Unguiaii, late of Htiirangi, has acquired Air. W. Snell's place; Mr. D. George has taken part of Captain Armstrong's old farm from Mr. kangley: Mr. I). OriOiths has sold to Mr. .). T. McKenzie; and Mr. A. Corney has sold to Mr. Grifiilhs. The Onaero changes are: Mr. A. Smith has sold to Mrs. Jonas; Mr. F. Gibson to Mr. (i. Taylor; while Mr. Gib- ' :i leased a propertv to Mr. .I'. Smith.— ; M:lil.

At (he lluwera IliMriot IF'iuli School (hiring the hist month, tin' (if Stanilards IV, V, mill VI, assisted l.y (he lady teachers, have been busy makim; lilM mercerised lawn handkerchiefs (khaki) tor llawera soldier buys. Tin; scholar havo also cmitriluitcd :ill:i rakes ol' scented soup. Parcels of n dozen har.dkorehiefs and ten cakes ol' soap have been •jiven to local members ui (lie Si\th and Seventh Reinforcements, and parcels are ready for the boys of tlie KighUi Cou(ingeiit, leaving next Holiday. Letters from the school girls are placed in each parcel. The only topic of conversation in town U tlio fete in aid of the wounded ut the Hoys' llijrh School. (If course, yon are coming, Following are the prices of children's cashmere three-i|iiarter soeka at tin l Melbourne Mil, ,Nlze four !ld, five lOd, six lid, seven Is, eight and nine Is M. These socks are guaranteed pure wool and warranted fadeless, livery pair has double ribbed tops, Colors, black and Uu

(lirls have begun to work in one of tlio chief Sydney banks. The local dairy factories yesterday reduced the price of butter, wholesale, in New Plymouth from Is (id to Is -Id. The wholesale price of butter in Auckland will be reduced to-day by twopence, to Is 3d per pound.—Press Association.

Til the last Issue of the (jazeltc is noted the appointment of Air. Walter R. Howard, of luglewood, anil Mr. Arthur Ij. Wiley, of Awakino, as deputy registrars of births, deaths, and marriages. A Duncdin telegram says that the school at Wylie's crossing was burnt to the ground at a late hour last night. Only part of the furniture was saved. It is supposed that in sweeping out ashes from the fireplace a spark may have been left in the broom and smouldered, thus setting fire to the building, which was of wood, and was very old. "Instead of coming and giving us a hand," writes Sergeant Keg. Miller, of Mastorton, who is on the headquarters staff of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at the Dardanelles, "in every illustrated paper one piekß up one sees photographs of race meetings, sports meetings, football mate-lies, etc., and to hear the remarks passed by the soldiers in the trenches concerning young men whose faces are seen in the photos would make the hair of the persons referred to turn grey." He goes on to say: "Every man is wanted, and every single man who is medically fit, and who is not a coward, must come and do his hit beside the noble New Zealanders, Australians, Indians, Englishmen, Scotchmen,

Maoris and Frenchmen who arc fighting to crush Prussian militarism and barbarism and to uphold th:s liberty and freedom of speech which has been the privilege.of the free nations for so long."

Some day, when a .complete history c> the war is written, the general public will be made aware of many interesting incidents which for the present remain unchroniclcil. Writing to a friend in Wanganui, a. Home resident makes reference to an nnderseas mystery off the Scottish const. At one particular 10-ality -ality German submarines of the big V class were particularly active, but some time elapsed before suspicions arose that their movements were du'ooted from the Scottish, shore. Investigations, which exemled over some time, were fruitions. Then a ruse, which proved successful, wai carreid out. A British submarine travelled under water in the locality, and on rising to the surface displayed the Cierman cns/gn. Immediately signals were made from*u lighthouse a few miles away. The submar'ne then dived, and on returning to her base the lieutenantcommander at once made his report. The sequel was the visit of an armed guard to the lighthouse, where they discovered one of the assistant keepers dead, and a revolver clutched in his hand. It appears that lie was a German, wdio some vea-s before had become a natural-'<:sc-d British subjects.

Captain Allen, late of Ngaero, has kindly promised to give two patriotic recitations at a social function to be held in Whiteley Hall on Thursday evening.

Be sure and keep to-morrow for the Boys' High School Fete in aid of the fund for the wounded.