LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A holiday will be observed at the Central School on Labor Day, October 25. The Red Cross Mart at Xeiv Plymouth was open yesterday afternon, when iZ'2 §s was taken. This brings the total received at the mart to £l3O Bs. Nearly 700 kits, valued at from £2500 to £3OOO, have been issued to Napier men sinicc tho war started. There are 11,597 acres of Crown land available for selection in the Dominion this month. In addition, <(050 acres sire already set apart for disposal in November.

Oil tlie motion of Mr. Quilliam (Gsvett and Quilliam), the Supreme Court lias granted probate of tlie will of the lai? Samuel Thomas Baker to (lie executrix therein named.

Oil Friday night a boy when taking the mail from Kumeroa (Woodvi'ie) v.p the Otawhao Valley had his horse killed under him by lightning. The boy got home in a dazed condition, but was uninjured. 113 had no knowledge of what happened.

The chairman of tlie Stratford County Council, Mr. W. Hathaway, states that there is every probability of the Council obtaining a grant of £2OOO from tlie fioveniment to repair the damage sustained by the recent washouts, .All old man 74 years of ago tailed on the recruiting officer at Wavericy, on Tuesday, and asked if they were still wanting men. On being informed they were needing them urgently he said lie wished to oiTer his services as he fully recognised the necessity for every man fit for service registering at once. 4 large corrugated iron building in Bridge Street, Xelson, owned-by Young'j Trustees (England), and occupied by A. Carstten as a furniture warehouse, was destroyed by fire early last night. The building was insured for £OOO in the Commercial Union office, and Carsten's stock was insured for f ISOO in various offices. Tlie stock was valued at £2500. A Duncdin telegrafh says that the Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Church has requested Rev. Professor Hewitson, its convenor, to proceed to Canton as a deputation to the Canton Villages Mission, to assist missionaries in the field and tlie church in the Dominion in dealing with matters of policy in connection with the Mission. Mr. Hewitson cannot reply definitely till after consultation with the Knox College Council, but if he goes he will probably leave Xew Zealand early in November. Admiral Jellicoe writes to his wife: 'T am sure the men are longing to get home, if only for a day or two. Tlicy are setting an example of cheerincss that is splendid. They have not the excitement of action, or the trial of patience would not be so severe, as they are condemned just to wait and watch. We don't get much comfort out of the weather The nights are very long, the sky is verv grey, and the decks are very wet.'' Three car loads of members of the Patea Patriotic League journeyed to Alton on Tuesday night to attend a meeting in aid of the recruiting movement. At the close of the speeches recruiting cards were distributed, the whole of the audience agreeing to act as recruiting agents and to endeavour to persuade all they might meet to enrol, though it was admitted that practically every recruit of military age in the district had already sent in his name.

Urr.li No. 1 Soldiers' Day is to be hold 011 Thursday, October 2Sth. It is to be on tlie s;t,me lines as the last, i.e., stalls for the sale of fancy and useful work, farm produce, etc., and with afternoon tea and Anisic. Jn the evening there will be a musical programme, auction, and dance. The proceeds are to be devoted to the Bed Cross Fund of the New Plymouth Victoria League,

On the motion of Mr. Billington (Weston and Weston), probate of the will of the late Mrs. T. J. Ward was on October 4 granted by Mr. Justice Hosking to tile executrix named in the will. Not a little excitement was caused at the Napier breakwater by the actions of an amateur fisherman casting his line from the Glasgow wharf (says the llawke's Bay Herald). The water was practically alive with herrings after refuse from the 'Paloona, lying alongside the wharf, but apparently regardless of I'nis fact, the fisherman was easting and recasting his line. At last he got v.iiat fie was after and pulled in his line. Nicely hooked on the end was a pound note, which had been floating about in the water.

About 3 a.m. yesterday, says the Hawera Star, the shops of Mr. 0. H. Taylor and Mr. Hyndmaii, at Manaia, were destroyed by fire. Mrs. Hyndham and her husband, who lost practically everything, only just got the children out in time, so rapidly did the fire spread. The fire brigade, by great exertions, managed to save the adjoining buildings, shop was insured for £IOO in the Queensland office. Mr. Taylor is also a heavy loser on motor-cycles and otlu-r materials.

Mr. AV. If. Le Fleming, of Otakoho, while driving some refractory cattle on Tuesday, was violently thrown to the ground owing to his horae falling when attemping to jump a wire gate. The injuries consist of a broken finger, one hand broken across the centro of the palm, and several sinews broken. The sufferer ivas conveyed to his home at Manaia. The accident was the more unfortunate as Mr. Kerning was shortly joining the reinforcements. — Star.

Private Evans, in a letter, to his mother in Stratford, discourses, on the work of the British destroyer: Less than half the size of a cruiser, fast as a racehorse, as cheeky-looking.its the Devil himself and just as destructive when they get busy with their guns going. The accuracy of their lire is marvellous. When the enemy guns are turned on them, they simply pour cotton waste over the flames and sent up a hell of a smoke l and obscure themselves from view! Of course, this can only be done with favorable >vinds. Then at night time they look like little black beetles on the water, with huge shining eyes .(searchlights), and woo betide the enemy when they are caught by tbo searchlight. Mr. J. E. Wilson, the ex-Mayor, yesterday drew a Xews reporter's attention to a statement In the Hawera Star stating that Mr. Wilson ''declares that of the last loan raised thousands of pounds were wasted on unnecessary work in streets that, are <not now and will not be used for years to come." This statement, said Mr. Wilson, appeared to be based on his remarks on the £42,000 loan, but not on the loan now being expended to make the streets oil the tramway route. The . .last loan was the £22,000 loan for street making. Two cases of apparent injustice to returned soldiers were mentioned in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Mr. Okey (Tafanaki) asked if it was ju«4 that a man who had been through the fighting at the Dardanelles and had been invalided home should be required now to take his discharge from the forces without first being medically examined as regarded his fitness for work in a civilian capacity. The Defence Minister said that he would be glad to receive details of the case. Mr. Wilford (Hutt) mentioned a soldier who had been refused a pension, although disabled, on tlie ground that his condition was dud to an apoplectic stroke and not to the conditions of service. The Minister said t'r,e.t the man had two courses'open to Mm. He could either apply for a pension under the amending Pensions Act jiiat passed, or he could put his cluiifi before his local patriotic society.

Smokers will be interested to learn that the Ardath Tobacco Co.. Ltd., London, have lately brought out two new (M cigarettes, the State Express No. 333 (Virginia), and the Upper Ten (Turkish). Both these brands are obtainable at 10 for Cd, also in '2o's, 50's and 100's. A 100 box would be a fine present posted to the boys at the front.

The East End Bathing Reserve Committee lias decided t6 have a procession on Labor Day, commencing from the Old Drill Hall at noon, and to invite tradespeople and motor-car orrners to assist. A baby show will also be one of the features of the Labor Day ptenfr. There will be two classes, one for children up, to nine months, mid the other extending to eighteen months. The matter for arranging the prizes for these classeß, j'.nd for the married ladies' race, was left in the hands of Messrs. F. C. Bellringer, J. R. Hill, and P. J. Flannagan, In connection with the special appeal on October 23 in aid of the Hcd Cross Punas, tho East End Pierrots will give an openair concert in the streets in' the. evening with the Band, the proceeds to he handed to the Red Cross Funds. Mr. W. Saxon Jones, D.5.0.A., late of Wellington, is about to commence practice in Hawera at Westwood's pharmacy, High street, on Monday next, 18th inst. It is the intention of Mr. Jones to travel extensively throughout Taranaki. and particulars of his itinerary will be published in future issues. Meantime his address is as above.

Good dressing is not extreme dressing. Melbourne, Ltd., tailored suits are not intended to gratify the freaky and extreme taste that some men all'ect, but they are intended to gratify good taste, which exacts rich, refined, distinctive dressing. And this at a priioc at least 50 per cent. Ipsa than that charged by custom tailors'.

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