LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The bore of the Canterbury Petroleum Prospecting Company, which is operating near Oherteey, has reached a depth of <M2ffc. The bore is still in the shingle. The extra Customs duties imposed by the Budget are now in force. None of the other extra charge will come into force until authorising legislation has been passed. A Brisbane cablegram states that mercliants have reduced the wholesale price of butter to 140s per cwt., which Is £l'B per ton below the prive fixed by proclamation. "" The recent heavy fighting in the Dardanelles has led to a boom in recruiting in the Wanganui district. Within the last week over forty men have been selected for active service, and many others are waiting examination. It is estimated that close on 1000 men have left the district since the wiar started. The cake, which was the prEe for the weight-guessing competition held in connection with the conversazione at the Stratford 'Parish Hall on Thursday evening is to be sent to file Stratford boys in the firing line. The weight of 121b Boz (correct weight 131b B'/ s oz) was guessed by three people, who have signified their willingnes to send the cake, instead of dividing it, to the Stratford soldiers. A lecture on certain phases of the war, by a well-known oitdzen of Dunedin (Mr. John CI egg), is to be given in the Taxanaki towns shortly. Mr. 01 egg is touring New Zealand entirely without remuneration, lecturing on his experiences in France, Italy, and South America shortly after war broke out, and on his experiences as a captive on a German cruiser. All proceeds are devoted to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

At the Stratford Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning, a first offender for drunkenness, wlio did no-t appear, was convicted and fined 10s, tiie amount ,of the bail. A female first offender was convicted and disdiarged, Mr. C. D. Sole, J.P., remarking that there was a considerable amount of drunkenness in Stratford at the present time. Every day, he said, die saw drunken people about tilK l , streets, the last few days especially. Seirgeant Dale said there had not been so many convictions for drunkenness as last year. Air. Sole: "No, but the drunks are on the street." Writing to a friend in New Plymouth a New Zealand trooper says the Turks fight very fair. "You see," he adds, "they are playing a losing game, and it will be all the worse for them in the end. . . . A Turkish officer told us they have only two or three hundred prisoners, and they are French, English aud Australian, while we have a fen- thousand Turkish prisoners here at Cairo. The Turks are always trying to be made prisoners by the British."' There is still the liveliest demand in Wellington for four, five and six-roomed dwellings, and instead of there being a fall in rentals, the tendency is rather the other way, particularly for houses on the city side of the compassing hills. Somk ■house agents report that several sales have taken place dining the past three months, owing to people not being able (o secure suitable houses by the payment of a weekly rent. This state of things reflects the condition of trade in Wellington, which is described as quite normal, and in some instances tradespeople are finding things better than for. several years past. Owing to the long-continued spell of dry weather, and the consequent, withering of the grass, a number of fanners iji the out-districts ale losing sheep (states the .North Otago Times). Many fanners are hand-feeding their flocks, but, despite this, a proportion of the sheep seem to sicken and slowly die of starvation, refusing to eat anything. Something in their systems demands green feed, and unless it comes soon it is feared that the mortality among flocks wil be serious. A meeting of the West End Foreshore Improvement Society was held on Friday evening, Mr. A. 15. Svkes presiding over a good attendance of members. It was reported that the hand rotunda was being repaired am! tlmt a concrete kerbing had been laid around the structure, adding considerably to the general appearance of this '((articular portion of the park. The committee has received a donation of 51) native trees, aud these are to be planted immediately. It was decided to raffle four pictures of a total value of E4O, 'half of the proceeds of which will be devoted to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund and the balance towards improvements at the park. A stone wull is proposed to be erected on the Weymouth street entrance. Improved facilities in connection with the afternoon tea arrangements are to he provided by installing cleclroe heating appliances. THERE 13 ONLY ONE SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people insist on getting it, and why they reject the many inferior substitutes, and the cheap and frequently harmful " just as goods." The fIENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus oils and Iho so-called 1 extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT is the most powerful antiseptic and healing remedy that can be used with safety, l it prevents and cures all infectious diseases—influenza, colds, fevers, smallpox, dipthcria, flatulence, dyspepsia, diarrhoea. dysentery, and kidney troubles. SANDER'S EXTRACT, applied to ulcers, burns, sprains, cuts, inflamed and itching skin, gives instant relief and cures permanently. Three drops in a teaspoonful of cod liver oil is a specific in all chronic lung Rheumatism, neuralgia, ar, oothache are quickly dispelled bv it. Keliabllify. effectiveness, and safety are the great attributes of SANDER'S EXTKAC&

Mr. J. Russell, proprietor of the Waimate Hotel, ilatiiua, bus sold his interests to Mr. B. L. Brown, of Whangarci, Tlic gas works ut Palmerstoi) North have been municipalised, and were foi'mally taken over "by tlie Borough Council on Friday. The value of the TJruti Nursing Association to the district a,nd to Kcw Zealand at the present time wa.s emphasised by the secretary at the annual meeting on Saturday. He stated that it had been the mean& of saving a man's life last week at the Moki, as but for the fact that a mirse was available he limit have Mod to death. The recovery of the identification discs of soldiers who have fallen at the front was suggested by the member for Taumarunui (Mr. W. T, Jennings) in the House of Representatives yesterday. He said that the relatives would be glad to receive these relics. The Prime Minister promised to see what couJd be don« in the matter. The statement made by Mr, J. Payne,' M.P., that a , firm at Wellington had 50,000 cases of kerosene in store, and would thus make £7OOO by anticipating the new duty was refuted by a Now IPlvmouth merchant in conversation with a N'owa reporter. He stated that the Vacuum Oil Company (the firm probably referred to) was prepared to supply buyers with their actual requirements at the old rate, making no advance in price in spite of the duty. TJie oompany wouild distribute its stock amongst Its customers in proportion, but in order to prevent any speculation the .company would not fulfil orders w!]ich it considered were more than adequate for the buyer's requirements.

As a result of the recent Lake Ellesmore swan drive in aid of the distressed Belgians, 1000 swans have been shipped by the T«,inui to the Belgian Minister at London, to l>e used by him as he thinks best for the needy poor of the country. With the view of putting this consignment to the best advantage, it has been deemed desirable that a recipe for the best way of cooking swans should be forwarded with them, and those who can furnish recipes have been asked to furnish them as soon as possible to "T.Q." Ataahua. The Cfmstchureh Meat Company and the New Zealand Overseas Shipowners' Company have generously given free space for the consignment. Most of the letters and cards received from men at the Dardanelles are interesting documents, but a card received by a New Plymouth resident should claim to bo one of the moet peculiar post-cards which have ever crossed the world through the Post Office. It is a small white card (smaller than the orditiary post-card) and one side emphasises the excellent quality of somebody's biscuits, the writer explaining that he took it "out of a box of our staple diet in this land of blood, battle and sudden deaith." The olean sitle was ruled by the writer to afford space for the address amd a few remarks, and further rnajked by the stamp of a field post office and the censor's mark of approval, the card came safely from the slopes of Gailipoli to New IWymouth. A letter recently received from Ma*. Dinneen, a former master of the Auckland Grunman' School, who went away to join the Royal Flying Corps, makes the fate of Major Stuokey, of the 6th Haurakis, appear more uncertain (says the Auckland Star). Mr. Stuclcey was listed as wounded on May 4, but after extensive inquiries were made it was stated that he was missing. In his letter, dated July 19, Mr. Dineen says: "I saw Colonel IPiugge yesterday at his sisters' 'house. He had a bad attack of Malta fever besides his wound, but is all right now, and is soon going back. He has had a wire from Major Stuekey, saying that the latter is well, but he does not know where the wire <ame from, and it is the first he has heard of Stuekey, although he had tried all he could to find out about him."

A surprised man was Mr. J. C. Hay, farmer, of Church liay, Lyttelton, when lie enteral his stable yard on Sunday morning last and found an unusual visitor, in the form of a large light-colored animal of the seal species, The animal was about seven feet in length, and three hundredweight avoirdupois, and had evidently found its way up Lyttelton harbor from the south. To prevent it from escaping a barricade was erected around it. When the news became known in LylteUon, a party, including Mr. E. J. Haynea (taxidermist to the Canterbury Museum), left iu a steam launch to take charge of the animal. Some difficulty was experienced in getting it bound up, as, whenever it was approached, it showed a mouthful of cMsel-tik« teeth and growled in mi ominous manner. Eventually, however, the trouble was surmounted by rolling the animal in a pieetf of tarpaulin. Despite its snorting and wriggling .it was lifted up and carried on hoard, and upon arrival at Lyttelton was placed in a railway trud;, it n;ing the intention to send it to Christelmreh to place it on view in aid of the Patriotic Fund. However, as nobody in authority coukl be found to take charge of the animal in town, it was taken to tlio wharf and given its liberty, being out of sight within a few moments of taking to the water. Mr. llaynes stated that it was either a male sea tiger or sea leopard of a species similar to one which was washed up on the beach at Sew Brighton about two years ago. Probably it came ashore to rest or on account ut illness.

The Melbourne';! npiiii-umiual rcdu> tion sale oll'er.-i exceptional chances for scouring men's trousers at groat saving.3; for instance: Jien's prey-,striped denims, 2s lid; ui-ey-stripeil doublefronter denims, lis lid; men's dark grey saddle trousers, 7s fid; lioslyn paddle trousers, 9s Gd; Kaiapol saddle trousers, lis lid: and finest Oainaru saddle trolltiers, 13n fid, \\ e call attention to o , uv advertising columns of tile annual meeting of the N'gamotu Seaside Committee. This small hand of workers have undertaken a lot of pioneering work, and we understand they have planted several hundred trees and shrubs under adverse conditions, This society is deserving at the support of the town and suburban population, and while there are more important calls for the patriotic at the present time, we would like to Mill attention to the good work that can be done with a little help, and no doubt will make the Breakwater beach one of the finest bathing resorts in.the North Island, THERE'S NO DANGER. There is no disease that cruises more bodily and mental diaccmfort or so successfully defies medical aid as influenza, and 110 medicine that will give such prompt relief as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. When this medicine is taken the pain in the chest disappears, the fever subsides and the whole body becomes more comfortable. There is no danger of pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is taken at the first symptom of influenza, Sold by all Qhwiiists and Storekeepers,

It'is reported that plaintiff in the case of P. P. Jiuiiro v. W. A. Mowbray involving a claim of £IO,OOO for alleged libel, settled for £32">, with costs. Tlw New Plymouth M.Mk Vendors Association have decided that they tlu» year will be unable to reduce the price of niiU during the summer months. The price will therefore continue to be 44 per quart or l« per gallon in large quantities. This is due to the fact that dairymen arc also feeling the effects of the high prices of feed, etc. The effect of last month's floods are still very noticeable on the main road througji the Mimi Valley. Quite a number of slips have occurred in the adjacent country, whilst wash-outs at various culverts have narrowed the road in several places, so m to render careful travelling, especially at night, an absolute necessity. "Glimpses of India" was the subject of an address given to the New Plymouth Brotherhood yesterday afternoon by Mr. Hugh Fraser. Air. E. Dockrill presided. The speaker gave a description of typical Indian aities and the life tihore, and then described trips which he had made "off the beaten track" in India, He touched on some of the principal problems of India, and showed how the light Qf Western learning was spreading amongst the people and bettering the conditions of* India's millions, while a brief reference to India's 'part in the war concluded the address. During the afternoon Mr. Rupert George gave a violin solo, which was warmly encored, During the past week the Clifton County Council have been metalling the Qnaero Ml, on the main road to Urenui, with crushed metal, and as it is the custom not to blind this until a considerable length haa been metalled, traffic, particularly motorists have been having a difficult time negotiating the hill. On Friday night it is stated that an impromptu working bee foregathered at the spot and blinded the metal by moonlight, ako commandeering the traction engine and very effectively rolling the offending metal. It is said that this action was a protest against the method adopted of leaving the road unblinded, and certainly the contrast between the part so treated and that laid down on Saturday wae noticeable, to the d(.'turnout of the latter.