LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Gazette notice appoints Mr, 11.I 1 . M. Scully, district accountant, New Ph> mouth post office, to take statutory declarations of Postmasters and other post officers » The whole sale price of butter in Wellington has been reduced a further 2d per lb, ami it is now sold retail at is 5(1 for standard brands.—d'ress Association. Information which the Prime Minister received yesterday afternoon from the High Commissioner states: ''The New Zealand mails posted in London on 17th August have been lost on the Arabic."—Press Association. The Wellington master 'bakers have decided to lower the price of 'bread from 5d for the 21b loaf to 4V.il, from Sat- 1 urday next. Shops which liave been selling over the counter will sell for 4d. —Press Association . On Saturday a deputation waited upon Mr, J. S, Connett, of Bell Block, and asked to allow himself to be nominated for the seat on the county council rendered vacant l>v the resignation ,of Mr. J. R. Hill. Mr, Connett consented to nomination. A case of cerebro'Spinal meningitis is reported from Matapihi Hatiere, a settlement near Tauranga. The patient is a young Maori woman. The health authorities have taken measures to isolate contacts and prevent the spread of the disease. It is stated (says the Lyttelton Times) that the explanation of the recent fall of butter in Christchurch is that certain North Island firms, having 'bought well in the Taranaki district, are pushing trade in competition with local concerns. Eltham is holding a carnival queen election in aid the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The fanners, sports, and friendly societies are each running a candidate. .Considerable is being taken in the election. The sports paraded Eltham on Saturday afternoon with a fancy dress procession, and- appeared to gather a considerable amount of coin. It should be mentioned that the object of the Piov. F. A. Bennett's Maori Operatic Company, which opens a short season in New Plymouth on Thursday, is entirely philanthropic, the net profits being devoted in part to the New Zealand Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and in part of the liquidation of deist on the Maori Church at Obinemutu. At a meeting on Saturday of the committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, the following resolution was carried: —"That the net profits of the Club for the season 191510, from date, be voted to the Wounded and Returned Soldiers' Fund, and that the Club guarantees the same will not be less than £1000." The following information was received concerning sickness in the various military hospitals, as at noon on Saturday:—Palmerston North—No serious cases; total cases 30. Kaiwarra — nine convalescents. Wellington.—Total cases 20; five serious cases are doing well. Trentham.—-Total number of eases 76, six being serious. Upper Htttt.— Twelve. ITauherinikau. Total eases 14. Greytown.—Nine. Masiterton.—Total cases 180. A special train will leave New Plymouth this evening with men going to join the reinforcements, ami it is hoped a large number of people will gather at the station at G. 40 p.m., when the men are to be fareivelled. The Territorials, Defence Rifle Club and the band will parade at the Coronation Hall at G. 15 p.m. and, 'with the men who are going away, will march to the railway station. Short speeches will be made by the mayor (Mr. J. E. Wilson) Mr. H. Okev, M.P, and the Rev A. B. Chappell.' At the Wellington Dog Show last week Mrs. G. H. Saunders, of New Plymouth, won the New Zealand-bred bitch class for Irish terriers with Pukekura Tigress, whilst the same owner's Pukekura Brendan was second. Brenda won the limit class, and in the open class Tigress was first ami Brenda third. Tigress also won the brood bitch class, and the pair were second in the brace eiass. Tigress won the ten-guinea challenge trophy presented by the Irish Terrier Club. This trophy has to be won three times before becoming the property of an exhibitor, and Mrs. Sa-und-ers has now been successful on two occasions. To-morrow night will witness the opening oE the Britannia Fair in the Good Templar Hall. The Mayor will open the fair. The ten stalls which will be arranged around the hall promise to present an attractive appearance. Miss E. Roeh, who was first prize winner at the winter show for pen painting, lias done a large amount of work for the fair, and ladies are invited to inspect this work. On Wednesdav evening the Methodist friends will be seen in a tableau "Britannia and the Allies," while on Thursday evening a number of Central school children will assist in the programme. An accident, which was not attended bv serious consequences, befell Mr. J. C. Richards, a railway guard stationed at New Plymouth, at Arahomo on Friday. Mr. Richards was the guard on the Wellington-New Plymouth express, and when the train was leavimr Avamoho he jumped on the van, but while Ingripped the vail, his feet slipped and he was dragged along the line for a short distance, until the accident was noticed and the train stopped. Mr. Richards escaped with n few bruises, and he expects to have ncovered sufficiently to resume his duties to-morrow. The ITawke's Bay members of the Eighth Reinforcements who leave, for camp on Tuesday morning were publicly fan-welled at an open-air demonstration on Saturday afternoon at Napier. The men were addressed at the Recreation ground by the .Mayor, after having marched through the town in a procession, in which seven bands took part. An afternoon's sports followed, and in the evening another large crowd attended the presentation of kits. About 2000 people attended a valedictory service in the theatre yesterday afternoon, the collection at the service and gate takings at the sports being for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.—Press Association. HER FIRST PIE. They had not been married long, and it was her first pic. He helped himself to a second piece, and smiled sweetly into hoi- anxious ff.ee. His health was precious to her, but such heroism stirred her very soul. All doubts of his love vanished for ever. She did not know that deep in his pocket nestled a little tin of Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, which digest what you eat, and so the peace of one happy home remained unbroken. Pio has no terror when Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are at hand. Price is- 8d and 23 6d per tin. Obtainable everywhere-

Iu accordance with the wish of tho Arbitration Court, the parties to the drapery trade dispute at Wellington met after the Court had partially considered the matter, and endeavored to come to a settlement. No agreement could be arrived at, and the dispute will nonv have to be dealt with finally by tho Court, which will ait for thut purpose to-day (Holiday). A very successful flower day was held on Saturday at Wang-anui. when about £IOO, with some amounts still to come, was raised for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Flower stalk were located in prominent portions of the town, and a large anny of small boys and girls sold button-holes and sprays,—Press Association. The probability of a shortage of labor during the coming season was referred to by Mr. 11. D. Forsyth, chairman of the Eltham Dairy Company- at the annual meeting on Saturday! On account of the number of young men who had volunteered for the front, he considered that there was certain to be a difficulty in obtaining labor both for the farm and factory, They could not send 50,000 men a way! from New Zealand in less than two years without creating a shortage. On account of this they were certain to have to pay higher wages. They did not object to this, but there was the certainty that these higher wages woudl have'to be paid to men who were not competent and to men who were receiving them at the expense of the men who had left to fight their battle. For his part he thought that labor was entitled to a little'more wages on account of the war, as also were suppliers to the factories, but that the Imperial Government, who wore bearing the brunt of the fight were entitled to reap any benefit there might (be. Men's and boys' suits halve been moderately reduced at the Melbourne Clothing Company's semi-annual sale, just commenced. At no previous period in itlie. firm's history have the public been afforded such striking suit savings as those presented at this sale.