LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The butchers of Stratford have notified the public that the price of meat is increased by one penny per pound as from September 1. Further annual subscriptions to the Pukekura Park are:—Mr. S. Percy Smith £l, Mra Martin 10s, Miss Godfrey 10s, Mr. G. T. Murray £l.

The rainfall for the Patea district for the month of August was 3.'54 inches, which is the highest for this month for some years. In 1812 the figures were 1.46 inches, in 1013 1.98 inches, and last year 1,89 inches.

"Arrived all well." So runs a cable received dn Stratford "on Thursday "via Pacific," presumably Albany (Australia), .from Lieutenant Vernon Crawshaw, who left Wellington with the Sixth Reinforcements (2600 troops) in the Willoohra and Tofua. No doubt relatives of any soldiers from this district will be pleased to learn the news after nearly three weeks' waiting. Mr. J. Connett addressed the statutory meeting of the Waitoitoi Dairy Co. on Friday in connection with the proposed re-orgainsation of the Taranaki A. and IP. Association. At the conclusion all present intimated that they would become members. They comprise Messrs J. F. Phillips, H. P. Corcoran, A. Smith, E. T. Butler, J. R. Sorenson, A. C. Sorenson and P. R. Spurr. Mr. E. T, Butler was appointed the company's representative on the committee.

It is almost impossible to convey a popular idea as to what a million sovereigns means, let alone 1136%' millions, whjch is our estimated expenditure for the first year of the war. A thousand million sovereigns weight 8618 tons, so that our expenditure would represent 8935 tons of sovereigns. If the sovereigns were piled one on top of the other they would make a column 1085 miles high. Were they placed edge to edge they would make a line of 15,705 miles long, wihich would extend from Brest, in Western France, to Singapore, in the Straits Settlements, and buck to Brest. The request that telephone facilities be available up to 8 p.m.' in districts where there are not more than thirty subscribers was recently brought before Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., by the Clifton County Council. At Friday's meeting of the Council a letter was received from Mr. Jennings stating that lie had submitted the same request on behalf of the Awakino, Ohura, Kawhia and Waitomo County Councils to the late Post-master-General, the Hon. W. H. Rhodes, who stated that the amendment would be granted on all offices with 30 to SO subscribers paying £ 1 per annum each. The letter was received. Fourteen employees o£ the, Clifton County Uouneil in the Xgatiiuaru riding petitioned the Council on Friday for an increase in wages of Is a day. The petition stated: "Owing to the increase in the cost of living during the last twelve months, and also tlie extra I heavy work which at the present time k exceedingly injurious to a man of a strong constitution, we find it necessary to apply for the above-stated increase in wages." It was stated that the men were receiving 9s a day, but hearing that some men employed driving a tunnel at Tarata were getting 10s ( the petitioners wanted a similar wage. Tile chairman admitted that the cost of living had gone lip, but he thought it was only temporary. He was in favor of the permanent -workers having their cottages free of rent during the war. As far as the petitioners were eoncerned, it was pointed out that -they were casual workers, and the Council decided that it could not increase their wagea,

Very welcome rain lias fallen in Canterbury. At Amberley it was the heaviest for over twelve years. The Auckland Savings Bank trustees have decided to take up 1150,000 of the Government louji of £2,000,000 . The usual session of the New Plymouth Brotherhood yesterday afternoon was postponed, owing to the wet weather.

At Marlon on Wednesday evening, during an interval at a picture entertainment, a picture donated by Mr. Leslie Way, of New Plymouth, was auctioned, and realised £!)7 17s Od for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

Messrs Howe Bros., of Inglewood, who are importing a new and up-to-date combine, have offered to thresh, without charge, the crop of wheat grown on Mr. 11. Western's farm at Bell Block for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The offer has been accepted with gratitude. An Auckland telegram says that a double record was put up at Glenfield on Saturday, when the Methodist Mission Church, a neat and commodious structure, 55ft. by 24 ft., was erected in one day, not only free of debt, but with a small credit balance.

An amended regulation under the Motor Regulations Act, 1908, has been gazetted. It provides that, in the case of a motor-cycle, the registering authority may require the registered number to be fixed both at the front and rear of the machine.

On the motion of Mr. Quilliam (Govett and Quilliam), probate of the will of the late ill-. S. T. Crocker has been granted by the Supreme Court to the executrix therein named, and letters of administration of tiie estate of tWe late Mrs. Alice Gilmouir have been granted to Mr. E. K. C. Gilmour.

On the motion of Mr. QuiUiam (Govett and Quilliam), probate of t'he will of the late Mr. S. T.'Crocker lias been granted by the Supreme Court to the executrix therein named; and letters of administration in tho estate of tho late Mrs. Alice Gilmour have been granted to Mr. E. E. C. Gilmour.

The committee which was in charge of the very successful fete at the Bote' High School last month, on Friday naid the sum of £205 16s 2d to the treasurer of tlie Mayor's Patriotic Fund. The committee acknowledges donations of £3 3s from Mr. and Mra.W. Bewley, and £1 Is from Dr. E. F. Fookes, also several smaller sums.

A new motor cycling record for the return journey by the .road between Napier und Wellington has just been made by B. Power, of Napier. At midnight last Saturday he set out from Napier for Wellington, and lie was back home at 11.20 o'clock on Sunday night, having lowered the previous best time, 23 hours 58 minutes, by 38 minutes. The total distance covered was over 400 miles.

At the conference of engineers at Wellington to consider the possibility of manufacturing munitions in New Zealand, the following telegram from the attorneys of the Waihi Goldmining Company was read by the Hon. Mr. Myers, and was received by the conference with applause:—"Waihi Company can offer six lathes, also drilling and, planing machines, available sixteen hours per day, for munition work; also brass and iron foundry."—Press Association.

Fire destroyed a house in Hobson Street, New Plymouth, occupied by K.V. S. Breach, and owned by Robert Moms, farmer, of Opunake, early on Saturday morning. The fire had a big hold of the building when t'he brigade arrived, and the house was enveloped in flames. It was impossible to save the house, which, together with the contents, was _js>tally destroyed. The building was insured in the State Office for £450, but there was no insurance on the contents.

The Allies' Queen Carnival for the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, which has been proceeding at Pahiatua for the last few weeks, concluded on Saturday night. There were five candidates l and Miss May, of Mangatainoka, was elected queen. The total raised was £11,200, Which, on a district population basis, is over £2 per head. The final counting created considerable excitement.—Press Association.

On Saturday the New Plymouth East Flying Club decided the first race for the old birds season from Aramoho, a distance of 85 miles. Forty ; four birds competed, representing seyqi.'jofts,, The weather was fair, and fair w.ere Results:—W. Koch's Hydroa 2hr, 38inin. 1, J. James' Surgeon 2hr. 38min. 13sec. 2, F. A. James' Run Ruan 2hr. 39min. 3seo. 3.

The British Weekly states that it is impressed by a letter from a distinguished Cambridge man, who writes from Boulogne as follows: "Wo shall in any case drain through the major portion of our young manhood. If we do it stupidly, or disjointedly, or with friction, we shall lose our manhood, and at the same time miss the prize; but if the whole of England plunges into the task with the unanimity and devotion of a religious crusade, beside which no interests or socalled principles are of the slightest consequence, then we shall indeed lose men, but we shall win our prize, and the next generation will be glad for it."

Speaking in favor of lierd-testing at Mid-hirst, Mr. N. Fulton, dairy instructor, said New Zealand was a good country for dairy cattle, and the time had: now arrived when we had'as good dairy cattle as could bo got in the world.' There was now a good demand for those cattle, more partieularly in America. We had started on the lines of obtaining good authentic stock, and if we continued on the lines of authentic records for pur dairy cattle people would turn their attention .more and more to our cattle, and we would .be able to supply the ..world's markets,. He further stressed the importance of farmers obtaining pedigree bulls with authentic parentage, records, and in this connection a reminder v to our farmer readers of the clearing sale of Mr. Newton King's and Mr. A. Harold's Street's pedigree 'Hoi-stein-Friesians at Bell Block next Wednesday should not be out of the way. Records of the sires and dams from both these herds make very interesting reading. THERE IS ONLY ONE SANDER EXTRACT, and that is wJ.y the people insist on getting it, and why they reject the many inferior substitutes, and the cheap and frequently harmful "just as goods." The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is free from, the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus oils and the so-called "extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT is the most powerful antiseptic and healing remedy that can be used with safety; it prevents and cures all infectious diseases—influenza, colds, fevers, smallpox, diptlieria, 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 lunr' iffections. Rheumatism, neuralgia, am' ootha<?he are quickly dispelled by .it. Reliability, effectiveness, and safety are the great attributes ot SANDER'S EXTRACT,

Mr. K. Newman, member for Rangitikei, lias given notice to ask the Minis* tcr of Public Works whether, in view of the present financial position, the Government will consider the expediency of reducing expenditure on new Parliament Buildings until after the war. A profit of £S3BS lias been made by the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Meat Company in its first year's working. The amount, which is equivalent to 12 per cent, on the paid-up capital, is to be carried forward.

So long a spell of fine weather has been experienced in Taranaki that the fanners are anxious for rain, stated Dr. 'A. W. Averill, Anglican Bishop of Auckland, when he returned to Auckland last week. Some o-f the settlers were beginning to fear a drought, said the bishop. He remarked also upon the excellence of the roads, even in the backblocks he visited. Taranaki was looking very flourishing, and the dairying season was just started, making matters very busy. The effects of the war Were being keenly felt owing to so many men having left for the front. The late Colonel Malone was one of those most missed in the district. The bishop vfas gratified by the response to his efforts on the part of the Taranaki people, especially those in the backblocks, where the congregations at his services were very large.

Mr. P. W. Jones, manager of the Christchurch branch of the International Harvester Company, has returned after a visit to the taiited States. He says that, in 'his opinion,- there is no country on the face of the earth to beat New Zealand, and fhe more he saw of other countries the more firmly that opinion got fixed in his mind. While in America he travelled from New York to Hamilton (Ontario, Canada), fnd the. thing that struck him most wa? the stagnation in the general industry of the States and, to a less extent, of Canada. With regard to the situation in the States, he was not at all sure that it was the war that was solely to blame for the poorness of trade. "From what .1 have seen lately, I am satisfied that at the present time New Zealand is absolutely the most prosperous country on the face of the globe. All the primary products are in good demand at high prices, and everything a New Zealander touches he should be able to make money out of."

A touching incident in the course of a lecture in Sydney by Ohaplain-Colonel Rowe, on the operations on Gallipoli Peninsula, is thus reported by the Sydney Daily Telegraph:—So far, as last night's lecture was concerned, the principal figure was Private Frank Downes —a great, splendid specimen of Australian manhood, with his eyesight for ev&r gone—who held the audience spellbound in the interval. This man has been shot t'hrotigli the right eye, and his left is permanently damaged. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, in an unacsuming way, "we were going up the Wli, and I happened on a wounded Australian. He had been shot through bo'.h knees. We bandaged Hum, and he s.v'd, 'Matey, it doesn't seem too good a place to lie,' and I picked him up. But I don't think, ladies and gentlemen, that I had gone IAW yards when—when—well, ladies and gentlemen, that's all I know about Gallipoli.'' The storm of cheers which greeted this simple story showed that it had carried the meeting off its -feet. Chap-lain-Colonel Rowe, when the demonstration had subsided, sadly and modestly mentioned tfiat. Private Downes would, no doubt, enter the Stato Blind Institution. He did not doubt that he would there acquit 'himself in the same magnificent spirit which he uad fhown with J'h comrades -in the fir'flg line ' Few (concludes the writer) listened unmoved to tue story and its sequel.