LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow is the :tnnivei>ary of the surrender of Samoa,. The Premier announced yesterday that three additional steamers for the carriage of frozen meat will be available Zealand, two of them in September and one in October. These steamers will have a carrying capacity of 187,000 GOlb carcases.—Press Association. The Hon. G. W. Rus-'l, addressing the Auckland Hospital Board, said the sick and wounded at the front were first forwarded to Alexandria, Cairo and other places, so that any who were soon able to return to the firing line could do so with the utmost dispatch. Another section was sent to England. Up to the present it had been supposed that the men returning to Xew Zealand should be onlv those not likely soon 4o be able to go back to the front. After leaving the hospitals they would return to their homes, so the strain upon medical men and hospitals in Xew Zealand would not be as great as anticipated. He intended, as far as possible, to distribute the returning wounded (o the hospitals nearest their own homes. Serious surgical csuses must be dealt with at the main hospitals and secondary cases in smaller hospitals, where surgical and musing staffs were able to cope with them.

The Hon. G. W. Russell has received a cablegram that out of a total of 480 cases on the Tahiti only twenty-seven were hospital cases and fifty-seven were convalescent. The remainder were described a.s "40."> othens." What the hitter meant lie did not know, but apparently they did not come under the military definition of "convalescent cases." In view of the Budget proposals the shareholders of the Whangaxei Dairy Company decided to empower the directors to make donations as deemed advisable to tlie Sick and Wounded 'Soldiers' l«'imd but not to the War fund. The limit of the donations is to be £kSO. equal to 1 Sd per lb on butter-fat produced last season. A IPtress Association message states that the new duly of fourpence per gallon on low-grade kerosene will bo fell, severely in the Wanaganui district, where it is extensively used for transport wagons, motor delivery vehicles, and river steamers. It is estimated that tHwj cost of running ths Wanganui Elver i service will be increased by £IOOO per lannum. A number of vessels were recently converted from coal to oil fuel

Fifty-seven new members were elected at Hie monthly meeting of Hie general committee of the Egmont A. and P. Association on Saturtlay. The nursing class in connection with the St. John Ambulance Association will commence to-morrow evening at the Technical College All ladies wishing to join are asked to attend at 730 sharp. The honors board in the F-ltham Fire Brigade rooms contains the following names: Lieut. Clark, foreman (killed in action); Sergeant J. Smart, Privates X. Howell, B. Hastedt, C. Hundley, S. Clark, S. Masßu, W. Borablow, and E. Velvhi (billed in action). Whatever the fortune of war may be there is the consolation (says an eminent writer) "that England always wins one battle, a.nd that battle is the last one in the campaign." Next week Superintendent Bellringer, of the Now Plymouth Fire Brigade, will address a public meeting in the Foresters' Hall, Stratford, on matters dealing 'with the ibenefits the local Brigade 'would derive if it vested its proper/y 'under a Fire Board. The value of dairy products, including by-products, in '.Pahiatua district for the past season, is estimated at over £151,000. The total value of wool, sheep, cattle, t'alves aaid pigs railed from Palliatua, Jfangaitainoka, and Hukaiiui for the 1i914-k> season amounted to £244,101, m against £220,832 for the previous year.—Press Association. During the absence of the occupants, between 7 and 11 o'clock one night last week, a residence in Hobson Street, Auckland, was broken into, and a large quantity of jewellery was stolen. The contents of almost every drawer and box in the house were gone through in the '.search for valuables. —Pre3s Association. Cable messages may now ii.; aeeepM at E.F.M. rates (ninepence per «'ord) for soldiers in Malta, with instructions to reply at cost of sender. The conditions are the same as in the case of mssages to Egypt. Soldiers in Malta ure nHo allowed to send collect mj-ssages to Xew Zealand, up to twelve wdv.ls, without receipt of a request. The usual weekly meeting last night of the ligmont Lodge, Xo. 112, 1.0.0. F., was opened by the Chief Templair, Bro. White. The programme for the cluing was a recitation competition for the .sisters. Items were given by Sis. Hall, Sis. Mis. Bruce, Lily Bruce and Sis. Blanctard. Sis. Mrs. Bruce was awarded the prize, and Lily Bruce was awarded a speoial. The session was closed I y the Chief Templar at 0.30 p.m. 'Our Eitluuu correspondent informs us that Mr. John Clcgg's lecture there last night, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, was a pronounced success. Mr. Clegg gave a highly interesting account of his personal experiences in the present war, and embellished the sombre side of his talk with some racy and humorous anecdotes, while the proceedings were further described by some beautiful lantern slides, each of which was adequately described. Mr. Clegg will deliver bis lecture here on Thursday evening, at the Good Templar Hall. j

At a special meeting of the Moa Dairy Company, held at Inglowood on Saturday, tihe committee appointed to investigate the store question reported that only two courses were open—(a) for the shareholders to sign a guarantee to the bank and run the store separate from the Dairy Company, or (b) (o form a new company apart from the Dairy Company. After a long discussion it was decided that if twenty shareholders, including the factory directors, signed a bank guarantee for £2OOO the store be continued, but be kept absolutely apart from the dairy business. The store manager, chairman of directors, and secretary were deputed to visit Kaupokonui to obtain information as to thevr methods, the expenses to be charged to the star.! account.

The abolition of junior national scholarship is advocated by members of the Wellington Educational Institute. Recently a committee of the Institute went ■into the question of these scholarships, and has now made the following report to the institute:—"(l) That the language used in the papers generally is beyond the comprehension of the children who sit for the examination; (2) that science questions should be placed under headings showing to which brnmh they belong; (3) that the scope of the insOrumcntal drawing should lie clearly defined ami restricted!' (11 that representatives should be urged to vote for abolition of scholarships."

A meeting of the executive committee that was appointed at a public meeting held at the cud of May to provide labor for farmers at harvesting time, and to encourage the growing of cereal crops, was held in the Mayor's room at the Town Hall last evening. It was reported that the work of ploughing ami sowing 'the 1.5 acres of land' at Fitzroy, lent liy Mr. T. H. Western, has been completed; that all fencing material, labor, services of teams, manures, etc.. had been supplied free; and that the Union Company had generously carried free the wheat (given by the Government) and the manures. The proceeds of the crop will be devotd to the Wounded Soldiers' Punt!. A vote of thanks was ae.orded to aft who had donated to or assisted In the work.

Reduced prices on clothing should be of extreme interest to evervoue at iiie present juncture, in view of tie cnor lnous Increase in all classes of w jolh n goods. Therefore the money saving chances on men's and coy,' toils an 1 overcoats at (he Meiboir.i:: s.-nii-an-nual reduction s:ile are siu:n that the public cannot afford to owiriril: them. Attention is.drawn to Vm i'.'-teratiou in the fares of the Motor T ansport Company's Xew Plymouth-Opium';- rail motor coadi. The new schedule .•.ill come into operation to-morrow (Wedn-sday, September;. G. W. Hnrtnell and Co. in their replace advertisement i.i this issue rdvisc they have farms of tli si-<s fir silo Mid lease upon exceptionlly nnv te>ms. How the seasons hurry round. Spring fashions are now in evidence very strong at Anilmrys; they are already showing smart spring costumes, ready-to-wear hats, shapes, trimmings, blouses etc., in groat variety and will announce a big display shortly. Mr. Williitm Bell, Gill Street, New Plymouth, will tell you how Flunezol cured his o-yenr-ohl child of a severe attack of croup nil within an hour, and after several other remedies had failed. Yet there are still a few people foolish enough to allow themselves to be put off with "something just as good"! Fluenzol saves both your time and your money. Gargle in tcaspoonful doses undiluted at fairly short intervals and hold the head well back. Swallow for influenza. Madam, test (his tea with (he richer flavor—"Desert Gold" Tea. Refreshing, stimulating, wholesome, economical. Use the 2s Wend, '