NEWS AND NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1915, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES.

In the time of the Napoleonic wais Heligoland was used as a driUground for British soldiers. It is interesting, in view of the present situation in the Balkans, to note that to-morrow is the anniversary of the commencement of the Balkan-Turkish war of 1912.

Mr. A. M. Sliugar, of the reporting staff of the Otago Daily Times, and formerly of Masterton, won the gold nugget, valued at £IOOO, that was recently raffled by the Otago Queen Carnival committee.

The petition in favor of the remission] of the sentence for manslaughter on Alice Parkinson has 63,187 signatures to date, including 10,590 from Hawke's Bay. Petitions with over 00,000 signatures have been forwarded to the Governor, and the last volume of petitions is now in preparation. A ourious coincidence is pointed out in the letter of a Napier boy home. He says that they are endeavoring to take Aehi Baba (the big hill which commands Chanak), which some years ago Sir lan Hamilton himself planned the fortifications of for the Turks —and 'he did it thoroughly. Now he is set the task of undoing what he once built. The largest statue in the world is now being carved in Japan. It is a recumbent figure of Nichiren, a Japanese patron saint, cut from a natural granite rock on a hillside on the island of Ushigakubi, or "the cow's head," in the inland sea of Seto, Japan. The stone image will be 240 ft long from head to feet, 00ft longer than the Sleeping Buddha statue of Segu, Burma, and considerably larger than the (Sphinx in Egypt. "We can always do with more men," said Lieutenant Aldridge, of Wanganui, who has returned invalided from Gallipo'li. "Even with reinforcements my own regiment was never up to strength after the first engagement, but in spite of all odds, the conduct of all—officers and men—has been splendid. I never saw an instance of funk, and the men were always ready fox any duty and for any sacrifice, and always ready for fight or for anything. I feel proud, and any man would feel proud, to have been associated with every man jack of them. There is not a waster amongst them, and they have played the game right through." Mr. William Bell, Gill Street, New Plymouth, will tell you how Flunezol cured his 5-year-old child of a severe attack of croup all within an hour, and after several other remedies had failed. Yet there are still a few people foolish enough to allow themselves to be pui off with "something just as good"! Fluenzol saves both your time and your money. Gargle in teaspoonful doses undiluted at fairly short intervals and hold the head well back, Swallow foi influenza.

Commenting editorially on the primage, duty of 1 per cent, on imports, the Lyttelton Times states:—The principle is bad, because it increases the already dangerously excessive amount of indirect taxation which is a part of the public policy, and in our view it is indefensible for the larger reason that it will further add to the existing burdensome cost of living. Of course the importer will not pay the tax. If he did the primage duty would be a seetional and an unfair imposition. But by the time the merchant and the retailer have made their adjustments the duty will reach the consumer in a form far in excess of 1 per cent. It will, in fact, probably cost the consumer over £500,000 to provide the Government with £200,000. And this tax will have to be paid mainly by the working classes—by the people the ■politicians have deluded with promises of relief from the pressure of high | prices.'' '

The Daily Nev/s has the biggest circulation of any paper between Wellington and Auckland. It covers the whole of the prosperous and closely-settled province of Taranaki, and as an advertising medium cannot be equalled. Advertising charges on application.

West Coast lands continue to attract attention from outside (says the Greymouth Star). The energy now being evidenced throughout the district in ploughing and tultivating lands is likely to ensure substantial progress in the immediate future. All over the Coast efforts are being made to put land under cultivation. Farmers, as a rule, are slow to move, but the substantial gain of those who, a year ago, adopted the course, has stimulated others, so that the area under cultivation this # year is likely to more than double that of a year ago. Dairying is going to do much for that side of the island, not only in the immediate return to the farmer, but in the increased value of the land. Recent sales of good dairying' land on the fiats of creeks or rivers have been made at £l2 per acre, while it is not too much to expect that, under proper cultivation, farmers who do the right thing may look for a considerable advance in the near future, more particularly when through .connection to Canterbury is completed, Already farmers are looking forward to a good butter season, due to the fine winter and early spring, in addition to the good values which will rule for butter-fat.

FEAR OF NASTY MEDICINE. The fear of having to take a nasty medicine causes many a child to hide irregularity of the bowejs. Chamberlain's Tablets are. so pleasant and easy to take and so free from harsh effect that they can be given with, safety to children. Every mother should keep Chamberlain's Tablets in her medicine chest. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.

Newspapers to hand, by Hie. last mall indicate that it wave of enthusiasm for sacrifice Is passing from one end to the otlier of the United Kingdom. Everybody has tome to realise that the struggle in trhieh tlie nation is engaged is one of life and death, and only by organisation and combination can the powerful adversary be, destrpyet], The Wine spirit of sacrifice and determination is spreurttng throughout the Empire, and tlie nation has set its teetli with bulldog tenacity to see the tiling through to the hitler end. Germany may wax enthusiastic over her temporary victories against the Russians, but she has yet. t.Q triumph over France, and Biitajn, When she succeeds in doing this, whe will have cause for exultation and the ringing of church bells. Meanwhile every part of the British Empire is being stirred with patriotic fervor, and inspired with determination t& win at all costs.

The now famous Dingo Embrocation, or I'raining Oil, ean be bought from tho foilowaig saddlers:—K. Edwards (New Plymouth), A, J. Kibby (Waitara), Purcbas and Son (Urenui and Uruti), C. Meuli (Eltbam), E. Grossman (Tariki and Inglewood), T. C. Street (Okato), T. J. Mildenhall (Opunake, l , E. Tobler (Okaiawa), S. Aylward (WbangafliQmona). Cosgrfive and Pa. (Mftnaia), ete