LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Hannah, of Mangoi'ci, lias presented a donl;cy to the Now Plymouth High School for disposal at tin: fete this afternoon, ft is riunored that the donkey will be ridden through the town by ft 'prominent citizen, and if so, this will undoubtedly prove the popular draw of the day, ,

To-niglit, at Whitelev Hall, a social gathering is advertised to take place, the object 'being to raise funds jn connection with the forthcoming annual spring flower show. A programme of music aiul elocution (to which Captain Allen will contribute two patriotic recitations) will be varied with competitions and refreshments.

■Following is the latest military report concerning sickness in the various military hospitals:~Palmerston North: Total cases 41, none serious. Waikanae: One influenza and eight convalescents; no serious cases. Kaiwarawara: Five convalescent eases from Tauherenikau. Wellington: Six serious cases, all doing well; total cases 38. Trenthajn: Total eases Bfi; the dangerous case shows slight improvement, and other serious ca-ses show improvement. Tauhereuikau: Seven cases. Greytown hospital: Thirteen cases. HastertoO: One case. Total, 313.-

"If young larrikins want to have their fun, they must pay for it, He will be fined £1 for each stone," was the remark of His Worship at the Wellington Magistrate's Court in dealing with the case of a young man named Ernest Harris, charged with throwing stones at Pah&utanui to the danger of a local resident. Harris had thrown the stones on the roof of the house in question and had, as the police said, caused her considerable alarm and annoyance, He was fined £2 (£1 for cadi stone he threw) and costs 17s. A meeting of ladies interested in the nursing of wounded soldiers and the district nurses' scheme of tlio St. John's Ambulance Association was held at Dunedin on Tuesday. A motion was passed ex/pressing the opinion tihat as the St. John's Ambulance Association is the duly constituted organisation for nursing sick and wounded, soldiers, there ia no noccsity for the recently formed Volunteer Sisterhood, and urging on the Government the claims for official recognition in carrying out this work. Fifty-one ladies handed in their names as being willing to assist as district nurses for wounded soldeirs and hospital nursing. '""May I have a prohibition order taken out against myself?" inquired a first offending inebriate very politely from His Worship at the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. "Yes, certainly," replied the Magistrate. "And may it take efi'ect from Wednesday next," added the applicant. His Worship naturally inquired the reason for the proviso, and received an explanation that as accused had done most of his business in hotel bars he wished to have until Wednesday to collect' his "accounts. The Magistrate smilingly acquiesced to both applications. At the meeting of the Taranald Hospital Hoard yesterday Mr. D, McAllum brought up the question of the insurance of the now hospital. He thought the £IO,OOO decided on was not sufficient, but that the building should be insured up to its full value—£3o,ooo. The chairman said that £30,000 was an abnormal amount for the class of building, and the reason for fixing' the insurance at £IO,OOO was that it was a remote possibility that damage to the extent of £IO,OOO would be done by a fire at the hospital. After further discussion it was decided to insure the hospital for £20,000.

On Tuesday evening, at the Good Templar Hall, a, special sale of work, under the heading of the, Britannia Fair, will be opened and will continue on the following two evenings. This special effort is under the management of Adjutant and Mrs. Home, of the Salvation Arinv, and the funds raised will be used by the Army in their noble work amongst the poorer classes. His Worship the Mayor has consented to be present for the opening on Tuesday eveningj and the Citizens' Band and a number of local friends will contribute the musical part of the programme. The hall will lie specially decorated, and the various stall-holders will no doubt do good business. Special attractions will be offered for Wednesday and Thursdav.

The Bishop of Glasgow, preaching in day, carried out in one of Auckland's suburban districts some time ago, is to be repeated at Glenfiold (says the Star). Up to tlie present time the only building available for religious services ha? been the local school. The idea of providing a more suitable building having been mooted, was taken up with enthusiasm, and the erection is to take place on a Saturday early next month, the opening services being arranged for the following day. The organisation of the work is in very good hands, and the response for funds and labour has been so generous that it is anticipated tiiat the building will he completed in the day and opened free of debt.

During the past few weeks Mr. J. S. Connett, president of the Agricultural Society, lias been addressing dairy factory meetings in North Taranaki with the object of infusing fresh life into the society. He lias been meeting with very fair success in the way of increased membership and donations. Yesterday the cudgels were taken up by Mr. F. Watson, who addressed the suppliers of tiie Bell Block Dairy Company, of which Mr. J. S. Connett is chairman. Mr. Watson, in the course of a forceful address, pointed out that but for the support given by Bell Block the society would have died four years ago. BeH Block had always supported the society well, botli financially and by entries, and he made a strong appeal to those who were not members to assist the society. As a result the following additional members were secured: Messrs G. Pitt, YV. Clielliiigs, C. Colsou, T. Sampson, 11. An ron 'Marsh, l'i. Karena. A. G. 'Marsh. W. C. Cole, A. J. Hale, 11. Jeffrey, Haskell. J. <>. Jones, L. J. lUindle, H. T. .Bishop. A. Burriball, L. F. Laurent, J. Walker, and J. Bates,. Donations to the amount of .C4li fls were also promised towards fixing the new grounds: ,T, S. Connett £5. J. R. 11'11 .€5, F. Andrews E. Griffiths .Co, H. C. Sampson £o. T. Smellie X 5, J. H. Street .W 3s, F. Watson CI! :ls, H. Sampson £3, N. W. Hill .C,'2, and T. Sampson £2.

Spring is here, and with the earliest approaches Amliiirv's are to the front with a splendid range of ready-to-wear hats. This will give pleasure to the ladies, all tired of the dark winter fashions.

''The Wife,'' a notaihle production by Klaw and Erlanger—ibig American featlire film producers—is hilled for the Theatre Koval Pictures next Monday and Tuesday, Those who wish a good scat are advised to reserve, I'lait ut Hoffmann '«

The Moa Dairy Company will pay out,' Is 2d for the current month's milk. The Taranaki Plumpton Coursing Qui) will kold a meeting «t Glcnavon to-day. Tlie entries are large, and as several "outside" dogs are competing, some fine courses are anticipated. 'Die hares We well trained, and some of them have been on the property all the scasga. On Tuesday night the float in El-l-ham wan vetry severe. All the fields at an early hour yesterday morning were covered with a coating of frost that made them look as though tfliey wore covered with snow. Many garden plants were shrivelled up, and the spring bulbs suffered. ■The - 6th Reinforcements will be accompanied to the front hy a fine specimen of the bulldog' family, which is appropriately christened ''Kitchener," The mascot was presented I»y Mr. Austin Walker, of Wellington, who has received a letter from Captain C. H. Weston (commanding B Company) heartily thanking kim, en behalf of the. officer* and men of the Sjxtk, for Ma generous gift. A successful euchre party waa keld.at Vogeltowu on Tuesday in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' l'uud, and an auction ibroiught a good contribution to the funds. The prize-winners were:— Ladies': Kirst, Mrs. Cholwill; second, Miss Groombridge; third, Miss White; gents'.: First, Mr. A. Richards; second, Mr. N. Hill;. third,.. Mr. JSeniier,. An enjoy&Me slipper "was proyiilisd 'by' ithf' ladies of Vogeltswn and excellent dance music was played by Mr. W. Perry, extras being supplied by Aliases Brewer and Syinonds and Mr. Fred. Boulton.

We have received a copy of the Tahitiaii Taller, No. 1, vol. 1, which is described as "the unofficial organ of that portion of the fifth reinforcements, on board li.M.N.Z.T. No. 25, Tahiti." It is brig-litly and breezily written, and is much more pretentious and ambitious than the majority of journals of a similar nature, for every troopship has its publication. "The Tatlcr" deals fully with items of interest on, board ship, and much of the writing is in a humorous and original vein. The paper is a distinctly good one. Altogether it reflects great credit on its literary staff. Mr. G. J, Fama, of Patca, is one of the joint editors.

Speaking at an educational function at Gisborne the other, day, Inspector Hill referred to ideals in teaching; "We want to train our children without the question of getting ricllj" he remarked. "That is the curse of the schools to-day. We want to train the childin higher ideals Of life; in those noble attributes which Christ himself manifested in self-sacrifice. Do we do it? I say no." They should train the children in unselfishness, and in the art of doing something for the benefit of all, not one. Ho believed the idea of competition in their schools was doing a great deal of harm. They should tr»in the child to learn knowledge for the love of it, not because he wants to beat his neighbor, but to do it because it is right. (Applause). The Bishop of Glascow, preaching in London, made this striking statement: "The slack, pleasure-loving, indolent boys of yesterday put themselves willingly under the severest military discipline. In a few weeks there was a change, and when he saw them marching past his house in Glasgow they had become men. It was the Bame in England as in his own country of Scotland. There had never been anything like it since Edinburgh after Flodden. Day after day he had to write letters to those who were leaders in Scotland, to try and give words of comfort, because one son after another had been taken. The succession of what tliey called the great families of Scotland, almost without a single exception, had been altered by the war." Writing to a New Plymouth friend, Dr. Home says there is so much deceased Turk now incorporated with the Gallipoli soil that the plants will 110 longer be dependent on the air for ifitrogen, and he mentions that there are many very pretty leguminous shrubs on the sharp ravine edges and steep slopes, but owing to the absence of rain nothing grows very big. Referring to the health of the men, he says: "We are in the height of summer, and I am waging war against microlbes and flies, so far successfully, in that we have no dangerous disease of the cholera, dysentery, or enteric type amongst the men, but one has to keep ever 011 the alert for possibilities." It is satisfactory to learn from Dr. Home that the Turk is much better than the German in adhering to the rules of the Red Cress, and lie mentions two occasions on which he personally knew they had treated British wounded well. His many friends will he glad to hear that he has kept very well all along. The residents of the Egmont Village and adjoining districts are not going to be behind-hand in raising their share of contributions to the national fund for wounded soldiers. With this object in view they are holding an auction sale this afternoon, at the Village, of quite a large number of articles, from horses to jars of jam. springing heifers to turnips; in short, anything that can be turned into money will be received, and will, no doubt, he sold at full value. The ladies have also been working hard, and aa a result have a large number of useful and fancy articles to dispose of. These will be arranged in the Village hall, where afternoon tea, provided by the ladies, will be dispensed. Tn the evening a miscellaneous concert will take place, the principal item being a mock court, which will administer justice to various offenders. There is also a Carnival Queen contest which is attracting a lot of attention, and • the finish • will be particularly exciting. The final count of vbtes takes place at 8 o'clock, and the crowning ceremony will follow.

The Melbourne's semi-annual reduction sale commences to-morrow. As barga.in events these sales have 110 equal, for the rofson that practically cYery item in stock is considerably reduced, thus affording a saying to every customer, no matter what article is purchased. The sale is for three weeks only. A RHEUMATISM CURE AT LAST! No matter how long you may have suffered from rheumatism, you'owe it to yourselves to try RHEUMO. It goes to the blood and removes the uric, acid—the cause of the disease. The gralual easing of the pain as the excess acid'is expelled from your body, the subsidence of inflammation and reduction of tfce swelling will come as a blessed relief, as it did to those who tried other "cures" without avail. Read what Mr. Henry Uristow, of Port Ahuriri, writes:—"l experienced the pains of Rheumatics or Rheumatic Gout, and for eight or ten weeks had to take t» my bed. My sufferings were very severe, so bad, in fact, that even the closing of a door would make iuy 'heart jump. Having heard about RHEUM©, 1 decided to try it. I am very pleased to say that I got relief and was soon able t» g».t about and t'rtllow iny occupation. If anyoim would only lake RHEUMO as soon as they fel any rheumatic pains, it would, to my mini, stave off a '.sng illness." RHEUMO Is a proven our&—it brings relief Vfiigrf