LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. P. S. Whitcombe was yesterday appointed by the Education Board as auditor of school committees' accounts. A Sydney cable states that the Royal Agricultural Society has decided to hold the Easter Show as usual. The next meeting of the Taranaki Education Board will be held on Wednesday, December 15. The Taranaki Land Board yesterday granted exemption from .personal residence on Government sections, to half-a-dozen lessees who are going to the Front.

At yesterday's meeting of the Education Board the resignation of Mr. Simmons of his position as caretaker of the Technical School and the Board's offices was accepted as from January 31. The Rev. A. B. Chappell has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Education Board that the department be urged to institute universal school books. ' .

At the mooting of the Stratford County Council yesterday a life-sized portrait of tlic lato Lieut-Colonel Malone was unveiled by the. chairman. A very large and representative gathering was present. At the Salvation Army on Sunday next the anniversary services will be held, and will be conducted by Adjutant and lira. Seotncy, from Eltham. On Monday night n public ten. will be held in the (iood Templar Hall and a concert in which a number of local friends will assist, will follow.

Despite the heavy downpour yesterday afternoon there was a splendid attendance of ladies in the Recreation Sports Ground to make arrangements for afternoon tea at the Central School Patriotic Carnival on Thursday, December i. All the details of arrangements were fully gone into, and an enthusiasm was displayed that augurs well for this department of the carnival. Mrs. Burgess and her committee are determined that .their part of the venture will not be found wanting.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., wish to draw the attention of the public to their Stratford Horse Fair, which they are holding in their Stratford yards on Saturday, 27th inst. Full particulars will be found in our advertising coluoub on page 8 of this lssua.

Only one nomination, that oi' Mr. S. J. Smith, was received yesterday for the vacancy on the New 'Plymouth Borough Council, and Mr. Smith was therefore declared elected. The Chief Postmaster advises that the Wellington-San Francisco despatch of October If, which arrived at San Francisco on the ilth inst. (a day late preached Loudon on the 2nd inst. (eight days late). "The chairman has necessarily to keep away from parochial affairs," said Cr. .). Brown at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki County Council, "and visit every riding. fie has got to give a lot of time to his duties, and unless he is prepared to do this he should not accept the position. 1 cannot please all the councillors, but at any rate I please one man—that is, myself."

An Auckland telegram says that the arbitrators under the provisions of the Mines Act to consider the department's contention that a third outlet is necessary to ensure safety in the working of the Taupiri Extended Mine, Huntly, decided that no third shaft was necessary. The arbitrators, in a memorandum, advise sealing up the old workings under the lake and agree that the workings under the river are quite safe. The umpire, Mr. Justice Cooper, expressed his entire agreement with the award and supports the recommendation that the Inspector of Mines and the Taupiri Company meet in conference to discuss the suggestions made with regard to the recommendations of the arbitrators. We have received from the proprietor of the "8.K." Bookshop a handy booklet of favorite quotations compiled by ihe'Kev. C. H. Grant Cowen, vicar of Hawera, and printed by W. A. Parkinson and Co., Ltd., . Hawera. For the modest sum of one shilling all who care to possess this useful and well arranged pocket selection of excellent thoughts can do so, and as the profits are to be devoted to providing comforts for the New Zealand sick and wounded soldiers a copy of this booklet should bo found in every home. It is certainly worthy of a place in every household, and its contents should give great pleasure to those who revel in the gems of thougflt and language which have emanated from our best writers and speakers. Monday's Wellington Post says:— Something like eighty men stood in the body listening to the ordinary catalouge of inebriates and disorderlies, maintenance, and so ,pn. About 75 per cent, of them were fit to serve the Empire in the present crisis; all of them must have been out of work, otherwise they would not have heen there at that time' in the morning; and no recruiting sergeant was there to take their names as wouldbe defenders of the Empire. In addition, eighteen drunks made a disgraceful appearance before the Magistrate. Many of them were of serviceable appearance, and some of them got oil scot free. One of them wore the khaki, and he was handed over to the military authorities. He, at any length, had gono to the length of enlisting. The others had merely gone to the length of getting drunk.

A meeting of the committee of the New Plymouth Tourist and Expansion League was held at the Tourist .Office, on Tuesday evening, Mr. T. C. List (chairman) presiding. There were also present: Dr. Leatham, Messrs S. W. Shaw, S. Teed, A. McHardy and J. Clarke. The chairman reported that arrangements had been made for advertising week-end excursions to New Plymouth, and that cards had been printed giving the tariff of -the various hotels and boarding-houses. These would he forwarded to intending visitors on application. These arrangements have been made as the outcome of an understanding with tlio Railway Department, that provided the latter would inaugurate the week-end excursions the League would do all it could to assist and popularise the scheme. The secretary (Mr. W. A. Collis) presented a list of responses to the circular recently sent out appealing for subscriptions to enable the League to continue its activities. It was decided to acknowledge same through the columns of the press, in addition to issuing the ordinary receipt. It was decided to supply two sets of the League's framed photographs, one for the Waitomo Caves and one for the Railway Central Booking Office, Wellington. It was also decided to take one page illustrated advertisement in the next issue of the Ideal Timetable and Guide.

In returning thanks yesterday for liis re-election as chairman of the Tarannki County Council,' C'r. J. Drown said that some letters had appeared in the papers reflecting on the returning officer. He (the chairman) did not think that the Daily News had taken up the right position in publishing letters saying that the notice for an election had not been advertised. It had been advertised twice. ' The writers evidently did not understand that neither the chairman nor councillors had anything to do with advertisements, which were entirely in the hands of the returning ollicer. 'The only fault appeared to be that the date fixed for the Moa riding election did not appear to suit some people, but the returning officer had decided that Friday next was the most suitable day, and he was in a position to know. It was only fair to Mr. Ellis, said the chairman, that he siioriid make this statement. [The Daily News does not-wish to liui'k discussion of any matter of public interest, and its columns are therefore free to those who wish" to ventilate their opinions and ideas, but Mr. Brown should know that the Daily News does not necessarily share the opinions expressed or be held responsible for the accuracy of the statements made.—Ed.] The all-wool light weight varsity 9uits on offer at the Melbourne Ltd.'s great sale are a marvellous bargain. There are only a few of each size left at the sale price of 10/0 a suit. . Other bargains for boys are "Peter Pan" tussore poplin hats at 1/ti; also tussore silk and silk poplin hats at 2/11. Very nobby goods.

On Tuesday last Nolan and Co. offered the first of the new season's clip of wool. As lias been the case elsewhere, prices were high by comparison with those obtained at the corresponding sale of last yeai'. Down wool was sold at 143 d, bright medium crossbred sold at from 13d to 14d, slighfly stained, coarser and slightly cotted lines realised from liild to l.'ljd per lb. The above refers to bale wool. Bag lots realised from 12d to 13} d for ordinary fleece and 14d for finer wool.

AN EXPERIENCED TRAVELLER SAYS: ALWAYS CHECK YOUR BAGGAGE. "I do, and I employ the N.Z. Eipress Co. Their system is best; in fact, it is the only complete one. I just tell them when I am going, and they call for my baggage, take !t to station, check on, receive at far end, an 4 deliver at once. I haven't a bit of bother. But get the right concern—The N.Z. Express Co., Ltd,"

Till! Patea Patriotic League lius <Jocideil to hold a monster function in the Dornairi on Boxing Day in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

A witness in a cargo broaching case at the Auckland Supreme Court on Monday morning stated, in reply to Mr. Tole, that his company considered themselves lucky if they got oil' with a loss of £3,000 a year through cargo broaching.

It is understood (says the Auckland Star), that the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rualiine, due to arrive at Auckland from England on December 31, will bring about 200 wounded New Zealanders as passengers. Captain Wallingford is included amongst those returning, but so far a full list of the men aboard has not been received.

Mr. W. Ross, of the Bank of New South Wales, Eltham, met with a peculiar accident a day or two ago, says the Argus. lie was carrying in one of his trousers' pockets a box of safety matches. In the same pocket he had some loose chlorate of potash tablets. The friction of the tablets on the matchbox caused the tablets to take light, and before he could empty his pockets lie suft'ered a very painful burn on his leg. At yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Education Board, the chairman referred to the recent visit of the Minister to the district, and detailed the visits paid to various schools (already reported in the Daily News). He apologised for not having a written report, adding that he had brought several matter? to the Minister's attention, but he was unable to say what impression be had made on the Minister in relation thereto.

Correspondence which now comes from the front is enclosed in envelopes specially designed for the purpose. They are of a pale green colour, and are about six inches in size. The face of the envelope bears the printed inscription: "On active service," and directions as to the manner in which the envelope is to be used. Printed on the flap of the envelope is the following: "I certify on my honour that the contents of this envelope refer to nothing but private and family matters," and this declaration has to be signed by the writer who uses the envelope for his correspondence. Correspondence enclosed in tho envelope need not be censored regimentally, but the contents are liable to examination at the base.

Mr. Fred. Pirani, chairman of the Wanganui Education Board and proprietor of the Feildiug Star, has forwarded the following Press Association message from Feildiug:—"Contrary to statements circulated as to the effect on the Wanganui education district of the alteration of education districts, the chairman' points out that the Board loses -25 schools and over 2000 pupils, in addition to almost the whole area in which agricultural instruction is being successfully carried on. The majority of the members of the Board have expressed their intention of retiring from education administration as a protest against the extraordinary action of 'tha Council of Education and the probability is that the Board will resign as a whole." One of the American buyers at the Xapicr wool sale on Saturday last said that the reason why America predominated was that the buyers representing that country were prepared to take their chance, whereas the colonial buyer, under the present circumstances, was not. "We want a certain class of clip," he said, "and we intend to have it. The wool here to-day? Very fine. It is a much liner clip than that offered at Wellington the other day, and I do not think I have seen finer wool in Napier. There is some of it heavy, but not much, and the majority of it is light and free from earth. That's the clip we want, and we intend to get it. Of course that will send the prices up, and you can take it from me that the figures will be still higher. Hawke's Bay is a wonderful wool-growing country. There is something different about Hawke's Bay wool; I think it much finer than the fleece grown in other districts." He stated that trouble wag being experienced in sending shipments to America.

Chaplain Bush King, who was with the New Zealand Forces at the landing at Gallipoli, and who returned as a member of tho Staff by the Willochra, in the course of an interview appearing in the Otago Daily Times, made some pointed comments on .the cablegram from London published on Wednesday week, in which it was stated that'in the House of Commons, Mr. H. J. Tennant, Under-Secretary for War, had said that an officer had told him that no com-mander-in-chief had spent more time in the fire trenches than Sir lan Hamilton, and that his headquarters was only 45 minutes' sail from Gallipoli. "Take your map and measure the distance from Lemnos to Anzac," said the chaplain, "and see whether a steamer could do it in 45 minutes. The distance is some SO miles, and it is a four to six hours' journey for our cruisers and transports." Chaplain Bush King went on to say that never once, from the first landing ou 25th April till Ist August, did Sir Jan set foot on Anzac. The chaplain was living right on the only road leading from the beach to the fire trenches, and was therefore, in a position to see all who came and went. He is positive that ■Sir lan never once visited the Australian and New Zealand positions, where so much heavy fighting was going on. "Was Sir lan Hamilton really not popular, then?" asked the reporter. "We did not know him," was the reply. "He never entered our thoughts. We never saw him. The only officer of any standing who came near u.s was Admiral Do Robeck, commander of the Mediterranean squadron. General Birdwood, too, often passed up and down." In next day's issue of the Dnnedin paper appeared a letter from nine returned members of the New Zealand Medical Corps testifying to at least one occasion on which they saw Sir lau Hamilton at Anzac, whence lie visited several points in the line. The General's headquarters they state, were on linbros, 10 or 12 miles from Anzac Beach.

THE GERMS OF CEREBROSPINAL. MENINGITIS are stated by the Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory of the University to Melbourne to be quickly destroyed by eucalyptus. SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved at the Suprema Court of Victoria to possess far greater antiseptic power than the common eucalyptuß oils and so-called extracts. Therefore, if you are not particular about your health you use any sort of eucalyptus ; if you are —you use only SANDER'S EXTRACT, 3 drops on sugar, It pro-, teets you not only from meningitis, but from all other infectious diseases; scarlet fever, measles, influenza, typhoid, diphtheria, small-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 quickly cured by SANDER'S BXTBACX.