LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Woiifen's Patriots League has forwarded a case, of new clothing to tlio Belgian Consul at Wellington. Three bales of clothing have also been sent to a Belgian baby show in Flanders.

. Ji, Jpnionade,,bottle which has been us'ea at {lie dfosvciioi Hotel to collect riiofley far patriotic purposes was taken by Hiss Harrison on "'Friday to the Women's Patritic Depot, and on being opened was found to contain 18s 7d.

Tha Chic. Postmaster notifies tnat Christmas and New Year greeting telegrama to 01 from members of tile expeditionary force in Samoa, are. to bo accepted up ,tp„ and.including January i next at sixpence per word.

J* is expected that Mi. S. tile well-known local footballs!' bid •strong swimmer, also Mr. W. Hard wick, will take a. lap with Mf. Christen seii in his Marathon swim on New Year'* Day

..Hie following,,scJW,l *<?!?,? ft a , ve <??j' tered, iul .th* Marathon race on New YeaVsb'av.-Tikbraiigi; Urehu}; WmIH (holders;,' OmaW .Ce«K»l (2) «oya must assemble at the Drill Hall at 11 o'clock sharp, "a motiir-car will be .'» attendance to take theii clothes, <lu

The Red Cross mart will be on Saturday, January, 8, ( ihe Coffee: Palace Buildings. The committee derirea.tn.tluwik .all.wlio .hay* ,s,o £e,ner,o ( u8 \f. Buppov,kdJh£.niart..4inj;e„iLl):as.«i>e> , ed, and hopes that this support will Dv continued in the new premises, . _. e t A railway enginfl;dwy.er..>Y.M., l ? n 1 l!i £l > at, Auckland last Wednesday „{qj; an uiterange which it was held, might prejudice recruiting. He informed a cleaner, who.hafl enlisted that "youth's.going to the .front, we're mugs, and practical-. ly .before they arrived there " The' magistrate said it wa,s, not "a, very bad case, so he inflicted a light penalty Chaplain Thornton,.,who.-is in Egypt, sends a useful .hint. He points but that unless, cigarettes are packed in air-tight Una .they arrive, in a, mouldy and useless condition, Hundreds of. cases . where donors packed cigarettes in socks.bad to be thrown away. The same remark ap : plies to ,ajid,.cut tf.K c , c Tllls VrouDle seems to arise on the voyage, the warm, humid surroundings quickly affecting the leaf.

What ar£ the, usual profita.,of a taxi; cab? The, question] came up in ,fcu« Magistrate's Court at Auckland in, connection with an investigation as to the means of a taxi-owner who, wafi sued oajujiidgm&at aumjuans,,,, ownjlfestimony on the point was that, between competition an 3 ffie expenses of wear and tear, he found W difficult to mak.e £1 a day. "11 one could always make £1 a-, day,"** addei, ".tfiat ,W<>uM be a fair thing." The.,same witness stated that hi 3 running and repairs expenses were more than £2OO a year.

In JesiMj, *4?tMge a movement was started to establish a Soldiers' Club. On Thursday the promoters handed over a handsomely furnished, commodious,_roijm M. returned soldiers and Trentham men now on leave. Lady Russell formally opened the club, and expressed the pleasure it, gave her to .meet so many men who had so gallantly fbuglvfc for tlielr country,-. The letter to Mi Excellency the Governoi, whieh w*a"i*ad,»*y.ithe,Eev. sroc,Wen; hurst. Public subscriptions to the club total '£\\U, as\well as gifts of a billiard table, piano, and furniture. Sufficient funds are now in hand to maintain the club for two years.

.The steamer Werrfbee, which arrived at Wellington on the l&tti inst from San Francisco and other Pacific Slope ports, has brought- down the largest shipment.of.pager carried in one. bottom to Australasian ports. Altogether the vessel loaded..32oditonft.'Of paper at the Powell River paper mills. The officers of the Werribee state that to know told them that the Wembee's caigc* ofvpaper-wae th« larfeest^wrsbipj vessel is under charter to Messrs Car' migbael aj«l,Co. v j>aje.r..v merchants, of Sydney, and she has freight on board for Several New Zealand as well as Austra* lian ports. One reel of paper would cover a space three miles long. Each reel.weight«,fti fte. there are 3"20fl tons of paper on board, there should oe 12;i00 reels of paper 4n the r yess i e4'g holds. ; f he. abpw 4 qua.ntity would covej a length of about 38,400 miles.

/. Press Association message says that Christmas Day passed off quietly in Wellington. Christmas Eve* saw the streets, and business generally was brisk aa «si«r,, ~AbpiUt downpour of rain ajmost in n. inomei:t, "drid- caiighii' people but dfflpito i,his, holiday, tbrpngs seemed, determined to make the nest of things. There was a very large influx of tuMUlti twin iho vuiious c-amps, more than accommodation could be found for. Throughout thv city men-ranged -in search of bedb, but many had to wandev 'tho streets,all night. The Defence DtiajtnicDt People made. sl('ake4pwns fpr as many ai came alo,ng at the barracks, and despite discomforts every one of the men accepted the situation philosophically, seeming: glad to be out of, camp for a briei speß. ,Xh* services in the various city churches yesterday marked the Christmas festival. The vagaries of luck are \hiTy .Veil known, but a distinctly novel situation has-been rc«ently..jdjsclosed.„at..Napier i»aya< tt'a.JCriesvftPh) Uli ,Aaf^it o ! Mil clmscd a ticket for a shilling in a local art unjon in, aid of the, Wounded Sol; diers' Fund' ahd.-»'*s r ,in addition,., in a fair way te making good money in the district when the police took a hand in his .proceedings. After being before the magistrate, the, visitor "skipped" quietly away to foreign lands and left two friends sadly bemoaning, a'., century in hard cash. In, the. meantime the fugitive was the succesfuKticket holder in the rafflJ, ajid a fine Broadwood piano I was his re\vard~?but he is backward in claiming his prize. The piano has been placed in tht Soldiers' Club to be held in trust for tip winner, but the odds are distinctly in favor of tbe.,pJiaii;> remaining with the soldiers.for good

. siVN i £a,m'o.tu foreshore Improvement Society acknowledge, with thanks s re' ■JSpt of the followin'g gifts, wh"iU will form some of the prizes io be won at the treasure hunt which takes, place at 'the piftyi'f at Moturoa v on New Year's Devt; Pair of Crockett and Jones' boots or "shoes, value jU W. Dockrill; pair of ladies' boots, yahje:£l ty.horn McEwen Bros.; 51b box of tea, 4o»wftter -Bros.; jjlocti^. SJi...j.\lfQ!i£i^e; rose bowl, Mr. J <3. Sole ; tennis racket, Mr r .G. Bamson- ,j'ristl»t bjrpflfiS, with case, H. 8.; lady's handbag, Vrap! an4.Spps:/jipe'j.Mr. P- liealana; hani, Mr C. ,Bond; ■mik,M T - U» Stacker;. o,p .jam disfc jjk Wm) two, EMi ffi X W, Hljrttt.

The Canterbury.wind Board oriWidnesday resolved, that a\ng]£ i&to of miliary age shall, not in nttuMJ gt admitted to land ballots or obtain Crown leases by transfer. i Under an Order-in-Council ga«ettes this week, the kea (or mountain parrot), black shag, white-throated .shag, and'ecu shag are no longer to be deem* ed protected. A, Melbourne message say's' tHa't ihi Federal Government has appo'litfe'd Jan« nui-y «ia i.'s :'* day 01 special prayer throughout the Commonwealth, for DU viae traidaniic in aid of the Allies. ifi .-■ i. - > ~ - -* 'ifv .. * A Welingtbn resident on Thursday re« ceiv.ed * cablegram from u New Zealand i.ur* a. Alexandria- "Placing, wreathi bit Wow Zea'lSnders- grave« it CBrfltin'&s:"

Amongst, the events to be decided at tip. East, ?m m .Kw.% fy&M be a sQ.yards race for leturned trooperi, tile first pfi'ze being a hTufliisb'ine' -pipe, and the second a tobacco pouch. Then will also be a 75 yards race open to all ( troopers., who have ..ebJiitfedj, for wjifcli ,w,ity ]w similar. ..The, entriss fo. 1 those and ail oilier events 4>,c free at, tie ml Enß 6n New td.fi Day.

Vlie sb'iiifi and iJariee at the East End ' Ms .fr.y.*m<: very largely . attended. 'Aftei a strenuous day aty the racet in evening py the seashore »» tjiis evi> .popular resort is very soothijji , effect. Is usual everything will be if th,. tat,,,amUiflU.JJ)e *r6fi«d« j^illße given, to the Wounded §ol4iejß;jPund: A Sydney cablegram states that fji Qzonia Profrietwy..Conjpajiji,Ju>*,fte>ti finec, *ov selling o?onia as a druj Jalsjly de'aer'ibea .' Tlie prosetuting wpft&aaid tkt «Re evidence sliiwed -Mb »|Bolfla TCU,sold at I\.&LJ&, value of the contents was ( one. peony, TJij- % v ¥,r^niejt v anf(|yat reported that

fhe Chnstchurx!h,.Newß saroMtlcoJly suggested the following as ,an. iildendum to, we prayer, on Christmas morning tar. our,soldier* arid sailors i—""Arid enlig&ten the Soil«. Minister iot Defence and. his Chief of Staff that then, may Jiee tpe lands that lie, sonpnof >tb» itoaits ,pf Cook are, not.-necesiarUjr .esil lan£» wh.er.eoiu the. soldier* Qf,.CanJertyry ra£y hot, as. JihOM tljat lie /wound. "Awipjwfc Bftpgjotu; and Wwkanae, ,or even as the holy of holies.at.Trentha.m." A Chinese jiamed Ah ,N#e, who died the ot%r day. (says thp. Sydney Daily Telegraph came to Australia with the hteiMr.J L. Brown, the original owner of Tohderburine Station, with thraj? other of .hie eoiwtryjwm*, in. •VsQmji h * in a email sailing vessel. At Nee y>*» then considered to be 32 years of age, so that would make him at the sni« iff hU.deafch. 117. E«b tbo.nast.eO Mara So %** been with the Ferguson family, and lor nearly half a century with Mr Peter Ferguson, of £ulargambone Station, fiejng a, faithful .employee in hit early We, Mr. Ferguson made evtrji provision for his declining years, He erected a comfortable cottage for him on the station and provided an attendant to loot: SfW him. The Ugamotu Seaside Committee an* notfnee f thit*4hMi#.#«»gMfflrttt «J several patrons, upwards of £25 in wlue, will B-burirfi.for thfeijrataite Jyunt on teaft&*2^ n a d s noj«»ip»n O\M mow than heaval <vifl-commence-ki 2.6'£loeK sharp, and by th« steward in charge before starting. t IhaeKew tile Agency Co. Ltd., have reeeued- th* following cablegram <i?m their London house under date 24th_uwt:~ "Wool sales closed. Market strong as comfavor of sellers;"