LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A schoolgirl travelling daily in the train from Marton to Wungumii lias in ten weeks collected £IOO in aid of the Red Cross Fund. The foundation stone of the new municipal buildings at Stratford, to replace those destroyed by fire, is to be laid by the Mayor to-morrow afternoon. The Land Purchase Board (says the Timaru Herald), paid £20,(19!} for the Maraeweka Block, Maheno, comprising 101 acres, recently opened for settlement. At the send-off to the recruits from Eltliani on Monday night, Mr. T. B. Crump (in the absence of the Mayor), Addressed the men and wished thein success as soldiers of the King. The work of erecting the public slot telephone at the corner of Devon Street and Brougham Street was commenced yesterday, and the telephone will be ready for use to-morrow. A Press Association telegram says that Wig Agricultural Department lias received a. cablegram stating that the Federal Government has reimposed the duty on wheat, bran, straw, sharps, pollard, hay and chaff. Triplets were born to Air. and Mrs. Ernest Gengc, of Menzies Ferry, on Tuesday last, states the Wyndham Herald. The babies are uniformly strong healthy boys. The weight of the average baby in New Zealand is 81b at birth. The respective weights of the triplets are 71b, G'/slb, and 'Mb. Reserved judgment in the share-milk-ing case of Lamb v. Geary Bros,, recently heard by the Magistrate at Hawera, was given yesterday. The S.M. held that plaintiff was entitled to graze a hack, in addition to two farm horses, free, of charge, and gave judgment for £D 4s and costs. An Auckland message says: "Potash and iPerlmutter" is proving the greatest comedy success ever staged by the J. C. Williamson, Ltd., It has had in Auckland record bookings. We eutertained 300 returned soldiers, and also the Carnival Queens. Great enthusiasm provailed throughout the performance, and the soldiers cheered the artists. At the Magistrate's Court, Hawera, yesterday (reports the Star), Mr. D, Mason, clerk of the Court, was farewelled by the S.M. and a large attendance of members of the bar, on the eve of his leaving to take up the position of Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court at Dunedin. His courtesy and efficiency were highly eulogised and wishes expressed for his future welfare. A suitable [presentation is to be forwarded to Mr. I Mason. The Parilutu Working Bee will resume operations next Thursday afternoon. Much has already been done to improve the access to Paritutu. and this is appreciated, by visitors. The committee, however, 'find it necessary to form a new path from the lower slopes Tight up to the perpendicular part of the rock. The route will be steeper but more direct. This will involve heavy pick and shovel work. Afternoon tea will be provided, and any one willing to help will be welcomed. A Taranaki resident who went to Wellington to see his son away with the reinforcements recently complains very much of the arrangements made by the authorities. Parents and relatives desirous of seeing their boys off were (kept outside a special harrier, until after the soldiers had marched on to the wharf, but unfortunately a huge crowd of sightseers were allowed to follow iin- ' mediately behind the soldiers, with the result that when the parents were admitted they, in many instances, could not get near enough to their lads, neither to bid them a final farewell nor to hand them any parcel of comforts that loved ones might have sent to beguile the tedium of the journey on ship board. At the- Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff in default of defendant in the following cases:—Wilson and Grey (Mr. Geo, Grey) v. J. P. Hooker, £i 14s (10s cost), same v. F. .J. Greenway. £8 18s ( £1 lis 6d); C. A. Harrison (Mr. Geo. Grey) v. H. M. Stowell i £4 (15s); H. T. .Toll (Mr. Bennett) v. Walter Yardley, £1 18s Id (os); Caroline Appleyard (Mr. Bennett) v. George Moorhead, £2 12s (10s); John Hoskin (Mr. H. R. Billing) v George Moorhead, £2 2s Gd (10s); Whitakcr and Son (Mr. R. C. Hughes) v. C. Smith, £3 2s 10d (10s). In the judgment summons case, H. T. Torrens (Mr. H. R. Billing) v. R. W. Fisher (Mr. Lawroy), an order was made for payment of the judgment and costs, £lO 17s 4d, forthi with, iii default ten days' imprisonjment, the order to be suspeuded as long as the defendant pays the amount in instalments.

Under the heading "A word of exhortation to the negligent," the Cologne Gazette appeals for subscriptions to the war loan. It says:—"There are still many, very many, who have not yet subscribed, although they are able to' do so. We have in Germany some 29,000,000 bnsiuess men (Erwerbstatige) and almost 15,000,000 households, and even if many of them cannot spare anything for the war loan, there are still certainly at least 9,000,000 to 10,000,000 men able to spare 100 or 200 marks, which they can lend to the Fatherland. Only 2,000,000 people subscribed to the last war loan. Where wev the remaining 6,000,000 or 7,000,000 subscribers? They could still subscribe a milliard or more, since, without doubt, many of them would have been able to subscribe not only 100, but 200 or 300 marks." The appeal closes with an exhortation to Germans to show the world the falseness of the reports that represent Germany as exhausted and at the end of her financial resources. The public are requested to be on the lookout for the Melbourne Clothing Company's annual "Mill and Factory" sale. Many sensational bargains have been secured and will be advertised in tho daily newspapors. Remarkable values in gents' suits; 24 gents' sample Box suits bought at a greatly reduced price and selling at 25 per cent, less than ordinary. Suits usually sold at 38s Od for 30s | suits usually sold at 17s Od for 355; suits usually sold at 57s (id for 455; suit usually sold at 05s for 52s Od; boys suits at equally low prices.—The Kash, Devon Street, New Plymouth,

A big slip occurred on tin- J'raukley Road just above the old tannery yesterday. A portion of the high bank ou the west side of the road canie down, leaving probably 200 yards of earth to be cleared away. Fortunately traffic was not blocked, there just being sufficient room for a vehicle to pass. An inspection made from Air Jones' property .show, that i the. bank for several yards beyond the slip is cracked, and this will have to be removed before it will be safe for people to use the footpath after the present slip is cleared. I wish you would look up the statistics with regard to the average length of a Turk's life, and see how we compare (writes the late Major Elmslie to his wife at Waverlcy a few days previous to his death). Perhaps if we*are a long cr-livcd race tlian ,thcy, we may beat them that way! Just fancy your enemy dying of old age!—no load on one's con science then! They are a jolly decent, enemy, and never resort to unfair methods. It is perfectly true that when the Triumph was torpedoed and sank, the Turkish .batteries refrained from shelling the men as they clambered aboard the boats that had hastened to their rescue. The disaster happened well within range of a goodly number of Turkish big guns, and the opportunity was theirs! We were witnesses of the above, so can speak with authority. And I have not heard of, certainly not seen, any abuse of the white flag, but have read of it and don't believe it. We read, too, of the Turk as being of a decadent race Well, he may be, but decay doesn't affect his fighting powers, and they seem to have a perfect genius for this fighting in 'trenches, while we have it all to learn. However, all boiled down, there, is not much required but common sense, and the strength of miiftl and will to ''stick to it." All the boys you know are just a s when T last wrote. I think Con Macdonald should arrive about the same time as this letter. My best regards to him when yon see him, for ho is one of the best, and if he had had any luck, would have been heard of here.