LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Red Cross Mail was re-opened at New Plymouth on Saturday. The day's business brought about Jl'l'-l.

Saturday was the final day for voting in the election for the vacancy on the Taranaki Education Hoard. The result will not be available for a fortnight. A special meeting of the Ellhsm County Council was held on Saturday prior to the ordinary meeting, when it was decided that Thursday should be the weekly half-holiday for shops in the county.

The Taranaki A. and P. Society has decided to provide a distinctive badge for its members. This will take the form of a ueat ribbon, suitably inscribed, and will replace the usual member's ticket.

The nurses who are going to the front were informally entertained at lunch at Parliamentary Buildings on Saturday. Those who were on the Marquette were presented with badges to replace those they lost in the disaster. The Hon. O. W. Russell presided and spoke. Other I speakers were the Hons. Jas. Allen and W. Frascr and Colo'nel Valintine. On Wednesday, Mrs. 11. Layman, of Pungarehu, met with serious injury as the result of a gig accident. She was driving with her daughter and one. of her sons, near the Pnri'haka Road, when the horse took fright and shied, capsizing the gig. Mrs, Layman, who sustained a severe injury to her thigh, was brought into the New Plymouth hospital. The other occupants of the vehicle escaped unhurt. The men from Taranaki who comprise the district's quota for the Twelfth Reinforcements will leave for Trentham from the various towns by the mail train this morning. The New Plymouth men will assemble at the old Drill Hall at 0.30 a.m. and march to the railway station, where ,tliey will be farewelled. The men will be addressed by Mr. 11. Okey, M.P.

The graves of old soldiers throughout the country are being generally attended to iind o)i the recommendation of Miss If. .Statham, the Government inspector, a number of improvements have been effected and' have given general satisfaction. The work being done iu connection with the graves at New Plymouth and Vanganul is the most extensive.

From particulars that have come to hand concerning the death of the late Mr. Charles Leech,'at Awakino, it appears that he. must have been thrown oil' the dray on which he was riding, and a wheel passing over his chest killed I him instantaneously. Tho body has .been taken to Inglewood, where the in[ternment will take place this afternoon. Notwithstanding the horrors of war at her very doors, and the 'burden of carfng for 300,000 helpless Belgian refugees, Holland has gone to the rescue of the bird species of her East Indian possession that were being killed and sold for millinery purposes. It appears that throughout the whole of her vast island empire in the Malay Archipelago, 3000 miles long bj 1000 miles wide, all bird species save three are now absolutely protected against the feather trade, with a probability that eventually no exceptions will be made, The Czar of Russia's simplicity is only matched by his kindness and largehearted tolerance. On his accession to the throne, when a number of students refused to take the oath of allegiance, and as a Consequence expected to be "sent To Siberia, he said: "If they refuse to be my loyal subjects, let them leave Russia within 24 hours, and live I elsewhere until they have acquired another nationality; then they niay return, if they please, and finish their education." So impressed were the students that they immediately consented to take the oath. In the Daily News issue of June 15 last year a Press Association message from Te Kuiti stated that the Prime Minister (Mr. W. F. Massey) spoke at Te Kuiti in connection with the election for the Taumarunui seat, and in the course of his speech, Mr. Massey said, "he had been told that Mr. McNab said that if the Taumarunui election was lost by the Opposition it would be by an arrangement made in the Registrar's Office at Te Kuiti." Mr. Massey said more would be heard of that statement. He believed the registrars at To Kuiti were two perfectly honest and straightforward men, who would give no advantage to either side. The officers had (o be protected, and the statement could not be allowed to go. One of the officers (Mr. .Schramm), who was mentioned by Mr. Massey, has now taken action and is proceeding against Hon. Dr. McNab for the alleged statement, which, it is said, was made at Hangitiki, when there were fifteen persons present. The position is a curious one. for politics, like poverty, it is said brings the poor together. In the present case, the Prime Minister and Dr. McNab arc now members of the National Cabinet, though in .Tune last they were in opposite camps. The Waitara Harbor Board-is meeting with unexpected difficulties in finding a successor to Captain Thompson (says the Mail). First, Mr. Hewson, of Auckland, was appointed, and he being given an increase in salary in his present appointment, declined to take up the offer; then Mr. Bridges, of Napier, was communicated with. He first agreed to complete the arrangement with the Board, but late on Wednesday evening a wire was received to say that he was not coming. The latest act is the appointment of Mr. Forne, also of the Napier Harbor Board office (a married man. 27 years of age), and it is presumed that he will reach Waitnra, as he wired to know where he stood when Mr. Bridges declined, the two of them being fellow officers in Napier.

An all wool Colonial tweed boxed suit for :liis. Just think of it. That is what the Melbourne Ltd. offers you for 1-) days only. Those suits are splendidly tailored,'well cut and beautifully finished, and would be considered good value in th« ordinary way if priced at 455. Members of the Equitable Building .Society of New Plymouth (second group) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable to-day (Monday, January 10), at the secretary's office, Currie Street, from 'J a.m. to 12.30 p.m., from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. CURE FOK RHEUMATISM. Tliis it pot a patent medicine, it is a prescription of an eminent Knglish specialist. For years I had been a sufferer from chronic rheumatism. One year ago I consulted one of the leading specialists of the Dominion, (now deceased), On receipt of postage stamps, money order, or postal notes for 4s Od, I will post twelve doses of the remedy, which this specialist declared to be the only thing known to. science as a cure for this painful disease. F. fireville, [Editor N.Z. Dairyman, Box 502, WeK 'iiftoton—*dvt

. A Wellington merchant who lias just from a visit to Japan states that tl(ftv.TapanesQ are becoming meat-eaters.-f He predicts r big market in the East tor. frozen beat.

Two Asliburtou threshing-iulll-owners intend to commence threshing operations tins week in the district near the coast. It is stated that the crops there have ripened rapidly during the past week, and that harvesting on several farms is in full swing. In the letter written by Mr. W, R. Wright, appearing in our correspondence columns on Saturday, appeared the statement that the Y.M.C.A. was spending £IOOO in reading, recreation and refreshment rooms. This should have read £IOOO per week.

In connection with the schedule for the Dairy Produce section at the forihcoining Winter Show, the Taranaki A. and P. Association has decided to invite the dairy factory managers throughout the. district, as well as outside factory managers, that have exhibited, to meet a sub-committee of the Society with 4 view of forming a Dairy Division to arrange schedules, etc., and to control the Dairy Produce section. The president, Messrs. H. King, J. It. Rowlands and D. J. Hughes were appointed to represent the association.

A tscttler from the Awakinn district who is on a visit to New Plymouth complains bitterly of the;' stale" of Hi* main road between Tongaporutu and Mokau River. Three or four month* ago, several bad wash-outs occurred nenr the Mohakatino River and though the pipes have been in readiness for some time, no effort has been made to fill in these wash-outs. Shortage of labor is said to be the excuse, irat our informant states that he could obtain a gang to do .the work in a very short time. Meanwhile, all trallie lias to take to the beach, motor-cars having to wait on the state of the tide. The washouts, too, are dangerous, as there arc not any guard rails to prevent the unwary from driving over them. In our advertising columns appears t legal notice notifying that Mr. Cecil Wright and Mr. H. K. Lawrence have entered into partnership under the styls of Wright and Lawrence. •