LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•3,.. *0 _ ~. At the Auckland races Mr. T. 11. Lowry's horses won £5820 in stake.", '■' Everyone should he home by eleven o'clock at night, and probably those out after that Wouldn't know whether the town clock was chiming or not,'' remarked a councillor at last night'a meeting of the Works Committee. The following recruits left liltham yeslcrdav fo~ camp; .Messrs C. T. Ihvi-ii. A. Grav," 11. McLaughlin, J-.'. Cain, H. ,1. Pryde. T. M. White, )). K. j'lioumiiie, L. iS. Thoumino, (I. V. Shaw, J, V. Trott, E. Dunn, and C. Voikort. At the Magistrate's Court, Ifawera, yesterday, the licensee of the Dominion Hotel was fined Cf> for having exposed liquor for sale when the premises were required to lie rlosert. Defendant pleaded grr.lty.—Star. The attendance and receipts for the \"ew Plymouth baths for the month of December were as follow: Men J2(!(I, ladies Sfll, total for month 21.17; hot baths 10!); receipts £25 10s 4d. an increase of £7 lis fld over December of IAI4.

At the meeting of the Tramways Committee of the Borough Council last night the tender of Mr. T. Avery for printing regulation? was accepted; also Messrs Hallenste'm Bros.', for the supply of motonnen's and conductors' uniforms, coats and caps; and that of Mr. W. y. Perry for cash bags. "t'asual labor is going to raise a big question in the future." remarked the chairman (Cr. .1. Brown) at the meeting of the Taranaki County Council yesterday, referring to the engineer's statement that it was necessary to pay casuaHiands lfls a day. Aft'er a brief discussion, it was decided to increase the wages of all the Council's hands from fls a dav to 10s a day.

P,ecently complaints were made that New Zealandcrs in Egyptian hospitals were poorly provided with New Zealand newspapers. The Minister for Defence cabled last week for information, and has been advised that supplies of newspapers are ample. After each mail arrives they are delivered as soon as possible to each hospital in proportion to the number of iNew Zealand patients therein.—Press Association.

The question of stopping the chiming of the town clock during the hours from 11 p.m. to 0 a.m. was again before the Works Committee of the Borough Council last night. A petition from a large number of people'was recently received thnt this should be done, and inquiries showed that it would cost the Council from £ls to £IS to comply with the request. It was decided to inform the petitioners that the Council had no objection to the stopping of the chimes as desired, provided it did not entail any cost to the Council. „

The question of concrete roads was referred to by Cr. D. MoAllum at the meeting of the Taranaki County Council .yesterday. He mentioned the piece of concrete road which had been put down in Brougham street at a cost of us per square yard, and he estimated a roadway of 13ft 6in would cost £2OOO a mile. It would be a costly undertaking, but once the road was put down it would be permanent, and the upkeep would be very small indeed. On Cr. McAllum's motion, it was decided to ask the engineer to report on the matter at the next meeting of the Council. A meeting of members of public bodies in South Taranaki, to discuss the question of formulating a scheme for augmenting the funds for the assistance of wounded soldiers was held on Saturday at Mawcra. After some consideration it was decided to call a public meeting for Thursday, January 27, and to ask the following gentlemen to sign a circular calling the meeting:—The chairmen of the Hawera, Pa'tca, and Waimate. West County Councils, the Mayors of Hawera and Pa tea, the chairmen of the Normanby and Manaia Town Boards, the president of the Egmont A. and P. Association, and the Egmont Racing Club, and of the Chambers of Commerce.

A copy of the following resolution, passed by the Greymouth Borough Council, was read at last night's meeting of the Works Committee of the Borough Council:—"That this Council views with astonishment the number of persons resident in this Dominion who, according to the National Register returns compiled by the Government, arc not prepared to act in any capacity whatever in connection with the war. In fairness to those who have signified their intention of acting in any capacity, the Government is urged to publish a complete list of the names and addresses of those who are not prepared to act in any capacity. If names and addresses cannot be supplied, on account of the confidential nature of the returns, then that the numbers of the 1)4,000 'no capacity' men be shown as for each city, borough, and county in Xew Zealand. Failing the aforesaid information, that the Government be asked to amend the Act so as io enable them to publish a j complete list of the names and addresses of those who are not prepared to act in any capacity in connection with the war." It was pointed out that the information supplied to the Government was confidential, and, in view of -this, it was decided npt to support the resolution.

Is it necessary for a young man to qualify? There, is only one answer—Yes. The young man who volunteers for the front knows it is absolutely necessary, so goes into eamp and put in three months' hard training to become 'efficient. What about the young man who cannot go? What is lie doing in the way of training? It is lie to whom the country looks to carry on the commercial war. Ts he going to turn his country down because he doesn't want to train? Be a man and play the game. Think what the future has in store for you. It only means an hour or so a day for a very small portion of your life and your future is assured. Remember tliis. voui- brother is doing his share in trenches, nnd doing it manfully. Won't you do yours, too? Keep the wheels of commerce going and he ;i leader. Mr. Hemingway. F.P.A. (V7..L solicitor, director of Hemingway and Robertson's Correspondence School's. Ltd.. \ncldaiid and Afelliourne. will tell you how to qualify to necome n bookkeeper, accountant, shorthand-writer, architect, advertisement writer. lawyer, civil, mechanical, electrical, or mining engineer, etc. Call and see him at the corner office, firiflith'' Building*. Vermont. Street. \ew Plymouth, to-day. between 111 a.m. and 1 p.m. o>' 3 p.m. and ."i.f!(l p.m.. or to-night between 7 and !1 o'clock. .1. J. r.ic'i, Travelling Representative.*

With our wannest weather yet to come, the following Melbourne, Ltd.. prices on men's and hoys' suits should he of interest:—Hoys' khaki and white linen hats, Is M: mens' and boys' fineplait Nine Mand hats. U (Id: men's and youths' felt hats. 3s fid. 7s fid; men's Brazilian hats, 4s lid. 7s (Id and ins fM: hnvs' boaters. 2s fid: men's boaters. 0«' fid and 7* fid- men's finwhite r.'.Mir..i» 103 I'd and 253.

Yesterday morning twenty men left Stratford for the training camp at Trentham. His Worship the Mayor ad dressed the men at the Drill Hall befort leaving, and the large crowd at the station gave the men an enthusiastic sciid-iifr.—Own correspondent.

The Secretary of the General Port Office advises that the cable cocied indicator for the .New Zealand Uille Brigade, the Karl of Liverpool's Own, is as follows:—lst Battalion Zciwlagie, 2nd Battalion Zciidainic. :!r<l Uatiu'Vfri Zeadatt, 4 i!i Battalion Zeadd. The remains of liie late Hon. Wi ['ere were laid to rest on Monday last in the Waeroiiga-a-hika cemetery, Gisborne, and there was a large giilhoring of native and European friends. A large concrete vault, with dome 10ft by 12ft. has been erected in the cemetery, and into this the coflin was lowered through two removal slides. A concrete wall and nn ornamental iron fence 22ft hqnure surrounds the vault. The eoflin containing the body was made of polished panelled English' oak, with heavy silver mountings, while a plateglass lid is let into the casket. The body Had been embalmed for four .weeks, with ilie coffin Open the. whole time, and was in a perfect state of preservation. A Melbourne writer gives a sketMi of a stirring address by Dr. Lawrence Kcntoul. a leading Presbyterian clergyman, In the Town Hall, Melbourne, at'a meeting of the Australian League, of Honor for Women and (iirls. She says: —The following is only one of the delightful stories Dr. Kcntoul told during his talk, lie was travelling one day lately in a train, and seated in a corner of the carriage was a small boy of about twelve years of age, knitting for all he was worth. Opposite to him lounged a long, lazy gawk of a young man, who stared at the knitting boy. Finally he spoke. ''Sonny," he said, ''you oughter been born a girl." Like p. (lash came tlli reply of the small boy. ''Daddy Longlegs," said he, "you oughter been bom a man, and then you would have been away at Gallipoli, fighting with our boys for your country." Some interesting light on the prevalence of sickness at Gallipoli before the withdrawal of tho troops from Anstac and Suvla Bay, is furnished in a letter received by Mrs. W. J. Miller from her son, and written in the Military Hospital, Helonan, Cairo. ''Dysentery and ifever are beginning to rage on the peninsula," says Private Miller, "and the men are coming to hospital here in thousands. They do not appear to he able. to cure it here, and even if they do it leaves the fellows very weak, and it in many weeks before they are fit for the firing-line again. It ha; been proved that who has had it is liable to again contract it at any time. Some fellows I know have had at least three attacks, and they will never be the same chaps again." Christinas Kve saw a recruiting boom in Gisborne, for no fewer than 50 men handed in their names at the recruiting ofliee. This was far in excess of the previous heaviest day's enlistment, which was 20. The recruiting office was kept open itill midnight, but the greatest rush was between S p.m. and 11 p.m. Special efforts were made to draw in young men, and numerous assistants worked hard in the office dealing with the cards. Piper Simpson, in full Highland dress, played stirring tunes on the bagpipes, whilst Sergeant-Major Oman, a returned wounded soldier, did a great deal to induce recruits to sign on. U was expected that the numbers enlisting would increase ns soon as the holidays were secure to the men, but it was not anticipated that such ar large number would give in their names on Christmas Eve.

At the Egniont Club at Stratford, on Friday evening, Private A Wilson'made reference to the treatment of, returned wounded soldiers. He said the returned men had received the wounded soldiers handbook, which stages that they are entitled to 2» a day lodging allowance. He knew of men who applied for the money about the end of December, two days after they received .the .handbook, and had received the reply: "No ration allowance payable." Mr, j. B. ,Hine said he would have done his best for the boys if he had known the circumstances. Private Wilson, continuing, said (he returned men were entitled to a railway pass for three weeks before reporting at'the camp on the way back to the firing line; the authorities had been written to, but no notice was taken. "It is about time their heels were kicked up," he said. Then, the men were supposed to fret a change of clothing, and they bad to pay the postage on such goods out of their allowance. In conclusion', Private Wilson said: "We have been treated rotten since we came back!"--Post.

Many good stories are told of men over age keen to join the Kxpeditionary Force, but the story concerning a well known Rangil ikei settler will take a lot of beating. His real age is iS'i, but I anxious, to do his little bit for the Umpire, he registered at the local Defence office, giving his age as 30. Ho was pass&l by the doctor, who was apparently satisfied with his statement a> to age. In course of time the old-young soldier arrived at Suez with bis company—the fittest man of them all. This ardent patriot has a son in camp whose age is 38 years. In another case n married soldier who looked as young as he said he was, and who, of cour-w. gave his correct ago when lie enlisted, was applying for reparation allowance for his wife. He was naturally armed with a copy of his marriage license, and the adjutant comparing note- •■midenly remarked: "Why, man, yon must have been married very early; according • to these nates you must have heen married when vou were throe years old.!"