LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 November 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Zealand wool sales open in Christchurcli to-day. There will lie 5538 bales offered, against 7574 at the first sale last year. ' A Dnnedin telegram states that James Duncan, who sustained injuries last Friday by falling down the hold of a steamer at Port Chalmers, died in the hospital yesterday. Apart from the profits of the Manawatu Sliow, which are not yet ascertained, the various patriotic efforts run in conjunction therewith realised £2501. —Press Association. Nominations closed yesterday for the vacant seat on the Borough Council, but no nominations were received. Nominations are now called for again, to close at noon on the 24th inst. The election will he held on December 1. Colonel Logan's weekly report on the health of our troops at Samoa is brief, as follows: —"Private G. Harwood, haemorrhoids, and Private E. Lang, gastritis, convalescent." On the motion of Mr. Quilliam (Govett and Quilliam) the Supreme Court has granted probate of the will of William Willing, late of Inglewood, deceased, to the executors therein named. Asked on Tuesday whether the increased land taxation was having the effect of forcing land on to the market, the Prime Minister said there was certainly a lot of land on the market at present. He did not know what the cause was, but it was a fact, and there was also a good deal of subdivision going on.

At the monthly meeting of the directors of the Elthara Dairy Company, held on Tuesday, it was derided to par out for the month of October Is per lb fo-r butter-fat for cheese, and lid for butter. The total payment will be £11,07f1. There were manufactured 7180 801 h cheeses and 73381b of butter during the month. The average test was 3.58. The committee of the New Plymouth Golf Club intends to keep the Waiwakaiho course open for play during the summer months. If enough sheep can be obtained, the whole eighteen holes will be kept open, but if not, only nine holes will be available for play, namely, the first five, then play across to the fifteenth from near No. 0 green. If the present weather continues, no doubt a number will avail themselves of a game.

Colonel Logan, British Administrator at Samoa, has forwarded to the Mayor of Wellington (Mr. J. P. Luke) a number of Belgian postage stamps, ou behalf of Dr. 11. Nell'gar, with the request that they be handed over to the secretary of some patriotic bazaar committee to be disposed of to the best advantage, and that the proceeds be devoted to the Belgian relief fund and the hospital ship fund. When asked if the new penny-half-penny stamp was to -be made available to a greater extent, the PostmasterGeneral (Sir Joseph Ward) explained to an Auckland reporter that when the change from penny postage was made there was a very large supply of penny stamps in stock, and as these had been officially checked, they actually represented money, ft was, therefore, necessary to issue a corresponding number of halfpenny stamps in order to provide the corollary. As soon as these were absorbed, to a reasonable extent, however, a full supply of penny-half-penny stamps would be issued. A meeting of the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held on Tuesday afternoon. A letter was read from Mr. George Hale notifying his willingness to act as honorary inspector. The secretary also read a list of names of persons whom he thought were eligible as honorary inspectors in country districts. It was decided to communicate with the Mayor of Stratford, pointing out the desirability of establishing a branch of the society there, and asking'him to call a public meeting. The inspector's report was read and considered. It was decided to refer a case of alleged cruelty to the Inspector of Police. It was also decided that in any case which may come before the secretary which he, after reference to two other members of the committee, may consider a proper case for prosecution, he shall take action without waiting for a decision by the committee. The appointment of honorary inspectors was held over until nest meeting. ;

.Southland .so Icm of tin* September make of cheese have been mode at Ski per lb at factories, without shrinkage. At the Dunedin Supremo Court yesterday, John McNatnara was convicted 011 a charge of assault so as to cause bodily harm, at Hue's .1 uiu t io:i. Sentence wag deferred. John Daniel Black •was charged with ns.-auR with intent. [The jury, after a retirement of live hours, [disagreed, and a new trial was ordered at the present sitting".—Press Association. s

A jumble sale was held at the P.ed Cross Mart at New Plymouth yesterday afternoon, when tiie sum of U2 "s was realised. Oil Saturday week, the mart will hold "A Christmas Pudding Saturday." It is thought that people will be making their Christmas puddings about that time, and they are asked to make an extra one for the mart, so tlwt a large number of puddings may lie donated to be sold in aid of the funds. It ratller came as a bombshell to many Americans who thought that England was almost bankrupt, to find when England and France wanted to float the £100,000,000 loan, that England did not owe America a "red cent." It was, in fact, quite the other way There was actually a surplus of English gold waiting there to pay for the munitions of war when the orders were completed. Tho above information is supplied by Mr. Gregson, organist, of Auckland, who has just returned from America. Now that 'France, is coming to rely more and more upon her colonial recruits, it is interesting to remember that they are coming from the vast districts of Africa that Lord Salisbury once alluded to as containing ''very light land; that is to say, it is the Desert of the Sahara." Sir Henry Stanley and the late King of the Belgians saw further than Lord Salisbury. "The French,'• said Stanley, while Britain was laughing at the "very light land," "have got tho best of it, for they have got the country which breeds soldiers"; and King Leopold wagged his head at the French plenipotentiaries as he said, "Ah! yes. I see what you want there. You are looking for me." And by all accounts France is finding men there to-day. The New York Press has some .joyously sarcastic comment on Count von Reventlow's statement that it is not the British fleet, but "the geographical configuration of the North Sea,"' which haa been responsible fotr keeping German shipping off the ocean and the German fleet bottled up in the narrow waters back of 'Heligoland. Says the American commentator; "The fool English built a fleet to sail on tho sea. when they ought to have proceeded on tlift assumption, if the count is correct, that the North Sea was dry land. It certainly was very stupid of them not. to keep the geographic configuration of the North Sea in mind while building their boats. If the sea should evaporate they would bo in a fine pickle. Certainly they are a stupid lot, these Britishers." The number of women employed on the German railways is now very considerable. The Grand Duchy of Baden intends employing them for platform service at all small and medium-sized stations, but already has been obliged to grant them increases of pay owing to the deafness of living. All these women have instructions to watch any foreigner and report the slightest suspicious behaviour. A large number of convalescent soldiers are now staying at the Grand Duchy of Baden, but a Ger-man-Swiss, who has just returned from there, said he did not dare offer a wounded soldier even a glass of beer, for he would immediately have been suspected of spying. When he left the German frontier he was actually obliged to take off his boots, the linings of which were searched for letters.

Now that the National Register has been taken, everyone is wondering what will be the next step. An indication was given by the Hon. G. IW. Russell when speaking at the Dunedin Orphans' Club the other evening. He said that when the names and details had been thoroughly examined he intended sending a personal letter to every man whom lie considered capable of serving, urging upon him lis duty to the Empire. [After the compulsory registration had been got going, he intended opening a voluntary registration for women, with the olbject of ascertaining what women in New Zealand were prepared, should necessity arise, to fill the places of meii who had gone to the front. Thus, whon women were, found able and willing to do this, there would be no excuse on that score for certain men. He would say to these men: "Here's a woman who can take on your job. Now, off you go to the front." Mr. J. W 11. Martin, of Pukearuhe, has written as follows to the chairman of directors of the Taranaki Farmers' Meat Co., Ltd.:—"l handed in at the company's office to-day a. letter for you, and written by me, concerning last Monday's meeting and election of directors. The substance of the said letter is asking you to arrange for another meeting of shareholders, on the plea that I consider my defeat on that day was entirely due to the fact that the address following my name on the voting papers was wrongfully stated as Stratford instead of Pukearuhe. I have proof that a number of shareholders voted against me 011 that occasion who would otherwise have recorded their votes in my favor but for the, unjustifiable blunder that was made on the voting papers relating to myself. The secretary's answer that the mistake was a printer's error was unwarranted, and from information I gathered subsequent to the meeting,'which is of a convincing nature, justifies 1110 in pursuing the course I have elected to take. A number of shareholders inform me that' they were unaware that a meeting was called for last Monday for the purpose of electing directors. Hence their absence either in person or by proxy. I consider proper notice should have been inserted in the Taranaki papers notifying shareholders of the meeting, which would obviously have overcome any doubt in that direction." THE GERMS OF CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS are stated by the Director of th» Bacteriological Laboratory of the University to Melbourne to be quickly destroyed by eucalyptus. SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess far greater antiseptic power than the common eucalyptus oils and so-called extracts, Therefore, if you are not particular about your health you use ar.y sort of eucalyptus; if you are—you use only SANDER'S. EXTRACT, 3 drops on sugar. It protects you not only from meningitis, but from all other infectious diseases; scarlet fever, measles, influenza, typhoid, diphtheria, snmll-pox, etc. SANDER'S EXTRACT is the strongest and safest antiseptic, and its curative qualities have been demonstrated to be genuine and lasting—it not only disinfects, but stimulates and gives new vigor to diseased parts. Ulcers, poisoned wounds, chilblains, inflamed skin are quioklv cured by SANDER'S EXTRACT,