LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Legislative Council met at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, and adjourned at 2,35 •p.m.!

Owing to the Good Templars' Hall 'being engaged on Sunday for a Salvation Army special service the usual weekly meeting of the New Plymouth Brotherhood will not lie held. "The New Jerusalem" will be the Rev. A. B. Chappell's sermon theme at the evening service at Whitely Memorial Church to-morrow, The Methodist service at (Bell Block will be held at 7 o'clock to-morrow instead of 3 o'clock. An in memorian service in honor of Trooper Charles Hayward ana Private Eric Burr, who have fallen on the Galii,poli Peninsula, will be held in the Normanby Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening. The Wellington Trades and Labour Council represented to the Minister of Education the need to watch the proposal re school children collecting seeds, and see that the children are not exploited by farmers or their education in terfered with. Hon. J. A. Hanan replie'* that they were watching the scheme. If the children are employed to their detriment the department will take steps to stop it. Colonel and Mrs. Powley of the Salvation Army will arrive in New (Plymouth by the express this evening from Wellington, and will conduct special services in the Army hall to-morrow morning and evening. To-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Good Templars' Hall, Colonel Powley will give a special address on "The Salvation Army and the present War," and the ladies are specially invited to this gathering, as well as members of the Brotherhood. •"I can hit the hull's eye at 000 yards," said Mr. W. T. Jennings in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night, "I have three sons at the front, . . . and lam willing to go and serve myself." He did not believe we had been told the whole truth about the war, and we would yet have to make big sacrifices, and if his services were required they were at the disposal of the authorities, as they had been in the Maori War in 1569. hear).

Mr. Fred. Watson addressed the shareholders of the (Pafrua Dairy Company on Thursday afternoon In the interests of the Agricultural Society, and at the conclusion of his remarks the following agreed to the proposal that the secretary, deduct the membership fee from their December milk cheque:— Messrs, W. E. Aish, W. H. Hawkins, ®. Of. Grover, W. H. P. West, J. H. Anderson, J. Duggan, T. O'Shannessy, A. P. Pcnwarden, W. Coombe, H. Smith, C. E. Honeyiiold, J. McCanu. The Kgmont County Council decided to take no action in connection with the resolution passed by the Agricultural Conference that iocal agricultural sub-committees be appointed by County Councils throughout the Dominion, and that the Department of Agriculture be asked to make use of the services of such committees in experimental and other agricultural instructional and- development works. Councillors generally were of opinion that the Council had its work fully occupied in attending to the roads and bridges. At a meeting of the committee of the New IPlymouth brancli of the Society for the iP'rotcetion of Cruelty to Animals it was decided to prosecute the driver of a horse for alleged ill-treat-ment of the animal. The inspector was instructed to enquire Into the allegation that several cows were left in the Waiwakaiho accommodation paddock and allowed to die. It was decided to hold the annual meeting on the 2Sth inst, and New Plymouth clergymen will be asked to preach an appropriate sermon on the previous Sunday.

With the object of drawing up a list of tile most interesting motor drives in; the vicinity of New Plymouth, the' Toilrist ana Expansion. League has asked motor car drivers in New Plymouth to go o?er the different routes, fix the distance and the fares. The majority of motor cur drivers have agreed to /the suggestion and a start has been made m draw up a list. When the information is available it will be placed at the Tourist Bures-u, and visitors to the town U':il tlleu be able to quicklw decide upon drives which will fit in with the time thoy have to spare.

A Wellington gentleman has received a letter from an English relative giving inlormaticn regarding the capture of German submarines. ~ It occurred while the writer was at Dundee, the following details being supplied;—"On Tuesday we witnessed a great sight, the towing into this phes (Dundee) of two German sub. laariitOjj captured by our destroyers. Hi era WKS a great cpowd and much, entlmsiasm ua you may well imagine. Last week another German submarine was driven ashore on Aisla Craig, so that mal.« three of the beastly things done for within 10 days. And yet not a woi-Jtiii any of the papers." iV.e sitting of the Conciliation Council to hear the dispute between the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and {Taranakj branch), and the larau.'ik; employers was concluded yesterday. Mr. T. Uarle Giles, Commissioner, presided, Tile assessors for the employers were Meas«. A. b. Robert, P. A. Coleman, and W. p. Brooking, while the union assessors were Messrs. W. J. Girling, 0. Pascoe and George Ci. Burgess. The 4-i hours week was decided upon as fixed by the Dominion award. The union were prepared to stand by the preference clause laid down for* the whole of the Dominion, but the employers objected on principle. The whole matter will be finally considered by the Arbitration Court. llio resolution by (he Taumanuuii latnotic Committee that the Governnient should be asked not to enforce the Gaming and Lotteries Act during the present crisis, so as to enable art unions on a larger scale, and with a wider scope of prizes to be held, was the subject of some discussion at the Kgmont County Council on Saturday, and Or. McNeill considered that too uuu-h care could not be taken t 0 prevent money being collected by unauthorised people. Or Dudley favored raffling anything, provided it was for patriotic purposes. Or. Wright considered that the biggest raffle in the Dominion was the land ballot, and after wate ling three or four thousand people in Christehureh who had assembled to sec the marbles drawn, he considered Uuu any member of Parliament who eouid stand up and denounce raffling was the biggest hypocrite outside the churches. Oil the resolution of the chairman and Or, Campbell it was decitted to support Taumarunui's request. Picture lovers arc reminded of the bi« «tar attraction at the Theatre Royal on Monday and Tuesday next, "The Masts' Spy, a film that has been shown to crowded houses throughout the Dominion. Produced by the Regent Film Company the plot, acting and producing in The Master Spy" will be found perfect, leaving nothing to be desired. Seats jnay be reserved at Hoffmann'#

At the Xew Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., an application was made against Charles Lander /or the maintenance of an illegitimate child, the mother being a New Plymouth girl. Mr. A. H. .Jo'.--stone appeared for tile complainant and Mr. '1). Ilutchen represented the defendant. 'Lander did not appear, and it transpired that lie was now with thi Fifth Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the (Dardanelles. An order was made against Lander for the payment of 7a Gd per week maintenance and coats amounting to £l2 18s,

. The quarterly meeting of the Taranaki Licensing Committee was held in Xew (Plymouth yesterday. Present; Mr. A. Crooke, S.M. (chairman) and Messrs F, P. Corkill, W. L. Newman, W. Ambury, J. B. Connett and D. H. McDonald. ■The application of AY. M. St. George for a transfer of his license of the Oakura Hotel to E. Meredith (Mr. Geo. Grey) was granted. The police reported' that the house had tieen put in order as directed by the committee. The police reported in regard to the Terminus Hotel, Nev Plymouth, that while the hotel had been renovated the outbuildings had not 'been attended to. Sub-inspector Fouhy said the outbuildings were very dilapidated and were a disgrace to the place. The committee decided to instruct the owner to have improvements made 'before next quarterly meeting.

At the mart, New Plymouth, to-day Mr. Newton King will offer several wellknown town properties. The first to be offered is a quarter-acre section in Lemon Street with a good dwellinghouse erected thereon, and situated quite handy to the Central School. The second to be offered comprises Allotments 30 to 34, Beach Street, Fitzroy and totals in area nearly 3 acres. There are no buildings on this property but thero is a beautiful view to be-obtained from this part and these should sell readily as building sites. The last property consists of Allotments 589 and 599, St. Aubyn Street (near Terminus Hotel). The sale will be held at Mr. King's mart at 2 o'clock.

As showing that nren are not' too slow in appreciating genuine bargains the returns on certain lines of men's handkerchiefs, saddle trousers, and fine indigo coating suits since the commencement of the Melbourne's Reduction sale are quite remarkable. This fact quite shatters the well-established myth that the lordly male was not as susceptible as the gentler sex to the lure of a bargain.