LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is estimated (says the Timaru Post) that, of the GOO fire'men who were at tho last demonstration at Timaru, quite 400 have left for the front.

The Government has arranged with the Public Superannuation Board, the Railway Superannuation Board, and the Teachers' Superannuation Board, to pay the allowances to annuitants for December on the 24th of the month.

We have to acknowledge receipt of £5 4s, being proceeds of concert given at Warea by pupils of Mr. R. B. -Harnett, music teacher, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. This amount we will hand over to the proper authorities.

The mail steamer Maitai was unable to get away from Wellington on Saturday for Frisco owing to repairs to her boilers not being completed. It is expected the vessel will be ready for sea early today.—Press Association. The Salvation Army's pioneer party for China was dedicated for service in that country in London recently. CMonel Rothwell, lately in command of the Army's work in the \Veßt Indies, is in charge. A the same meeting officers were farewelled for India, Korea and Java.

A young woman was arrested at Whangamomona 011 Saturday, in regard to a serious offense, alleged to have been committeed in Auckland. She was brought before the court at Stratford on Saturday afternoon, and remanded to appear at New Plymouth to-day.

An entertainment entitled Little Red Riding Hood, will, be given in the Nornianby Town Hall on Wednesday next, December 15,- in aid of the Presbyterian Sunday School prize fund, and as part of the proceeds are to be devoted to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, the entertainment is sure to be well attended. It will be repeated at Okaiawa on the evening of Friday, December 17. The Hon. A. Myers gives the following particulars to date relating to the working of the Miners' Phthisis Act:— Eighty claims for pensions have been received, including two from widows. Of these sixty-nine have been granted, ten are on hand waiting completion of the ncvessary enquiries, and one applicant died. The total annual value of the pensions is £3215.

In tin? bygone days, when tlie New Plymouth Supreme Court sessions were held at the corner of King and Brougham streets, in the old Institute, great inconvenience was caused to judge, jury, and the public by the noise made by passing vehicles, and not Infrequently line baric from a tannery was laid down in Brougham street to deaden the sound (savs a writer in the Ilawera Star). It will also bo recollected that a stone (or monumental) mason followed his occupation *lose to the building, and the contunt chip—chip—chip was most tantalising, especially to the judge. One day he sent word to the man to cease his labors while the court was sitting, but no heed wns paid to this command. Thereupon some policemen marched the delinquent before the judge, who laid down the law on contempt of court, and sent the man away in fear and trembling. Anyway, the Court was not annoyed in ths same way again,

New Zealand products exported during the week ended Tuesday were valued as under:—Butter, #12,875; cheese, £6G,934; frozen kmb, £18,73j( frozen mutton. £31,5-20; frozen beef, «to, £42,084; gold, £192; grain and pulse, £4ll j hides and skins, £5331; kauri gum, £1530; flax and tow, £87,747; tullow £3039; timber £7011; wool jg 124,304. .Total, £351,812.

The New 'Plymouth contingent for the Eleventh Reinforcements will leave for Trentham by the mail train at 7.20 this morning. The Mayor (Mr. C. 11. Hurgess) will give a brief address to the men and the baud will be in attemkiiKO. Members of the Patriotic Committee are asked to be present, also returned troopers and the general public to give a hearty send-olf to the men. The steamer Themis, which arrived in Wellington yesterday afternoon, left New Kork on September 12 for Ww Zealand, via Panama, but she had to be diverted from Colon, via Durban, owing tn (Hi'U's in the Panama Canal. Tiio vessel is a 'Norwegian tramp, ami has 13,000 tons of cargo, including 40,00(1 eases of oil for New Zealand.—Pres, Association.

It appears to be just dawning on many people in Waitara and the surrounding district that with the closing up of the Mokau river, coal is going to be a much dearer article amongst household requirements (says the Mail). The coal to be availed of will come from the Waikato, unless the still dearer Westport product is purchased. Representatives of the Waitara Borough Council recently inspected the piers of tho Waitara bridge, and found two of the piles forming part of the piers damaged. One on the western end, bearing a portion of the structure's weight, appeared to be badly fractured as if by sheer weight of logs behind it, while the other pile, being a part of the cut-water, is not quite such a serious concern, though there is no doubt, whatever, steps will be taken to guard all the piers by dolphins, or something of that kind. At the Municipal Abbatoirs last month 109 cows, 42 bullocks, 10 calves, 59S sheep, 102 lambs and 101 pigs were slaughtered for local consumption. Compared with the corresponding month of last year these figures show an increase of 11 sheep and 9 pigs, and a decrease of lfi cattle, 5 calves and 52 lambs. Condemned: Three cows, 1 bullock, and 8 pigs. Slaughtered for export: Seven cows, 1 bullock and 14 bulls—a decrease of 18 cattle, 3 calves, Q5 sheep and 43 lambs. Two cows and one bull were condemned.

The proposal from the Mt. Herbert County Council that local bodies should be given power to strike rates for patriotic purposes did not find favor with the Egmont County Council, who considered that if any tax were necessary it should be imposed by the Government. A councillor remarked that tile Mt. Herbert proposal was evidently aimed to get nt a very wealthy man, who had contributed practically nothing to the funds, which drew a comment from Cr. Dudley that one need not go outside the Egmont county to find similar cases.

Out of six hundred boys that have passed through the New Plymouth High School, 1-20 are to-day serving tlie Empire at the front, and several have made the supreme sacrifice. All the boys who have left the school since 1912, with a couple of exceptions, have offered their services to their country. The 1913 senior football fifteen has a unique record. Eleven of its members have left the school and all have gone to the front, one (Private Crone) has already laid down his life, whilst another (Lieutenant Lepper) has been wounded, and decorated for gallantry on the battle field. This shows that the school i» doing its duty to the Empire. At the dinner on Saturday evening, Mr. Moyes £the principal) intimated that it was hoped to appeal to the old hoys of the school to raise £IOOO to erect a memorial library as a monument for all time to the brave lads who had laid down their lives.

1 A very interesting letter Jias beeii received in Wang&nui giving an account of a Rugby football match played at Lemnos Island, between Australian and New Zealand teams. The New Zealanders won by 33 points to nil, after what is described as a fast and willing game. The match, was played on the beach when the tide was out, and with a ball. Goal-kicking was found to be an impossibility, not one try being converted. The New Zealand team had quite an AllBlack flavor, the rear division being: Full-bask, George Murray (Auckland and North Island); three-quarters, Marks (Otago), Cuthiil Otago and New Zealand) ; Bertrand (Taranaki); five-eighths, S. Cameron (Taranaki), E. Roberts (Wellington and New Zealand); half, AVood (Taranaki). Some well known players figured among the forwards, two being McNab (Auckland) and Taylor (Taranaki and New Zealand). ' The Egmont County Council decided to support the Petone Borough Council's resolution re amending the Pensions Act so as to set forth elcßrly and definitely the amounts payable to dependents of soldiers in the event of death on active service, but they did nit agree that the country should be put to the expense of calling' Parliament together at once. Qr. Dudley, who is recruiting for OpunaKe, considered that the uncertainty regarding the amount of pension was the greatest stumbling block to recruiting in the district. If there were a fixed seal# recruiting would go up 100 per cent. If a man joined tho forces he was a soldier of the King, and was entitled to his pension whether he was worth £ooo,000 01- £l. The chairman remarked that lie was astonished when he saw liow the Pensions Board were sifting matters before granting pensions.

During the past fortnight the New Plymouth East Flying Club have decided two races. The first was a flock race from ■ Christchureh and the second an interval race from Auckland. The flock race resulted: .Tamps Bros.' Success 7hrs 58min 2see, 1; W. Boat's St. Hclier, 7hrs 59min 2(lsoc, "2; H. J. Moverley's Patience, Shra Omin 13sec, if. The interval race resulted: 11. .T. Moverley's Siri'is, shrs 2min lsee, 1; James Bros.' Zig-Zag, shrs lfimin 20sec, 2; W. Beal's Panana, Ohrs lOmin 3sec, 3.

THE GERMS OF CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS are stated by the Director of tha Bacteriological Laboratory of the University to Melbourne to be quickly destroyed by eucalyptus. SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT yis.it 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 any sort of eucalyptus; if you are—you use only SANDER'S EXTRACT, 3 drops on sugar. It protects ydu not only from meningitis, but from all other infectious diseases; scarlet fever, measles, influenza, typhoid, diphtheria, small-pox, ett. SANDER'S EXTRACT is the strongest and safest antiseptic, and its curative qualities have been demonstrated to be genuine a'ld lasting—it not only disinfects, !>ut stimulates and gives new vigor to diseased parts. Ulcere, poisoned w#unds, cttilblains, inflamed skin are quickly cured by SASDEB'S EXTRACT,

A Lepperton motorist came to grief between Midhirst and Tariki on Friday evening. Missing the road, he dashed in* to a bank, overturning hla car (a ne\* one), but escaping injury himself. Tho car was righted next day, the only damage done being a bent front axle. An enthusiastic open-air meeting was held at Masterton on Saturday night in the Square when Mr. Robinson delivered a strong address on the Unity Platform. Hie following resolution was carried: 'That New Zealand sot an example in the Unity of the Empire by organising to its full capital mart power for war, and requests that Parliament be convened for that purpose and undertakes to abslutely support the National Government in whatever steps it decides to take towards victory."—Press Association.

The Ladies' Patriotic ftllild of the Whitclcy Memorial Church have been working for several months preparing clothing for the poor of Belgium and Britain iii' London. .Mrs. \V. Ambury, ti.e president, wishes to acknowledge receipt from the Westown T.udie- 1 Committee, through Mrs. Iladdrell, of a large parcel of about 100 most varied and useful garments; also a parcel of wanu garments from Miss Cideon. These togellu"*.' total nearly 500 garments and have been carefully packed and consigned through the Minister for Internal All'airs to London for di>tribution.

Two more members of the Oailv News staff —Messrs W. K, Lauchland and G. Ben—have responded to the Empire's call, and been accepted. Prior to their departure for Trentham they were the recipients of presentations from their co-workers, ami at ''Maranui", the beautiful residence of Mr. T. C. List, there was a happy little gathering yesterday, when most' of the staff assembled. After a tour of the picturesque grounds, the company were entertained at afternoon tea, and then, in a few wellchosen words, Mr. List, on behalf of the stall', presented Mf. Lauehlaml with & pair of ebony-backed military brushes, and Mr. Bcu with a radium wristlet watch. He assured them of the goodwill of all present, and that If they came back safe from the front, their positions would be still open for them. The recipients briefly returned thanks, and "For they are jolly good fellows" was lustily sung. Mr. and Mrs. List were thanked by a representative of the News staff for A most delightful outing, happy reference being made to the men who had heard the call. Vocal honors were accorded "The chief and Mrs. List," and tl(p gathering closed with "Auld Lang Syne." Then, through the kindness of Mr. Newtown King, tiie party were shown over tho beautiful grounds and gardens of Brooklands, which were a revelation. This was perfect finale to a most pleasant afternoon.

"Only a fortnight to Xmas." Thi» sliould be a reminder to shoppers to commence their Christinas purchases in order to avoid Xmas Eve rush. The Melbourne as usual is prepared with full stocks ol holiday goods at lowest prices.