LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wellington telegram says: Speaking a s chairman of the Recruiting Board, the Hon. W. F. Massey said the ■response In the Board's appeal had been almost entirely favorable and replies were pouring in from local bodies and recruiting organisations anxious to do everything m their power to make the 'scheme a success.

There was a large attendance at the Jong night dance, which was held in the East End Pavilion last night and an 'enjoyable time was spent by all pre•sent. The music, floor, and supper were. as usual, all of the highest order. Another similar dance will be held toflight, when Miss and Mrs. George will ■again provide the music.

'•My husband has not supported me or my two children for a considerable time," remarked a woman who was applying for maintenance against h<>r husband at the Wellington Magistrate's Court. "My husband comes to the place where I am employed, jingles his money, imd asks me if i would like it. ,On one occasion he said he would go in and out of gaol like a concertina rather than support his wife and children." An application for a new trial was filed with the Registrar of the Supreme Court on Tuesday bv plaintiff In the case of Saunders v. Weston, a claim for £IOOO damages, in respect of alleged libels contained in an article published"in the Taranaki Herald. Last week the action was heard in the Xew Plymouth Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Hosking and a common jurv, which returned a verdict, for defendant on all counts, with costs against plaintiff. The application will be heard at Wellington on February 2,1.

The annual picnic in connection with the Hart Road school will take place at the East End reserve to-morrow. A special train will leave Wliangamomona at 7.30 a.m., arriving here shortly after 11 p.m. They will leave on the'return journey at 4.15 p.m., reaching Whangnmomona about 8 p.m. It is to be hoped that the children from ithe hinterlnnd I will be favored with fine weather for their few hours at the sea shore, as the trip is eagerly looked forward to and the residents of that district certainly show 'great enterprise in undertaking the journey of over 70 miles.

The commercial editor of London Truth writes: "I hear that both Lord NortlieliiTe and his brother, Lord Rothermerc, have just retired from the Board of the Amalgamated Press, Limited, the company which ilhey founded in 1900 under the title of Harmsworth Bros, to take over the business previously carried on by the Answers' Publications, Limited. The capital is now €1,219,500, nnd for the past ten years the ordinary |share-holders have received a dividend of 40 per cent., while for 1912-13 a bonus of 30 per cent, in addition was distributed. Lord Xorthclid'e is a much-criticised newspaper proprietor, but nobody who knows him will suppose ,lhat he would relinquish his chairmanship of this company if its position were in any way unsatisfactory. Ear from that,' there is reason to believe that it is doing well in spite of the war, and it is probable that, the customary 40 per cent, will be paid for the financial year just ended. It is expected that Lord NorthclihV (who has not taken an active part in the business for the past two or three years) will be succeeded as chairman (if the company by Mr. G. A. Sutton, who has been a lirector ever since its formation."

Re-inforced concrete for road-making purposes i s now coming rapidly into favor, and in the United States they are constructing a trans-Continental re-in-forced road, whilst Canada is building one five hundred miles long (says the Ha worn Star, anent the report, before the Tur.innki County Council with reference to concrete road-making). In England, too, many miles are being laid down. The old system of concrete road was never a success for the reason that, in the course of time, constant vibration caused it to crack into blocks, which ultimately worked up into an uneven surface. This, however, is now obviated by the use of a reinforcement in the nature of a steel inesli, which effectually prevents any cracking and ensures an absolutely permanent road. Eminent engineers now agree that reinforced concrete roads must be the roads of the future, but their cost of construction can only be determined by the cost of material and conditions obtaining in each particular locality. Whilst tarviated and tar-macadam roads will probably give very fair results, ;lhey cannot be as permanent as concrete, fur the season that any tar preparation is a deteriorating substance. In this country,. ..however, prepared tar is serving a very useful purpose, and must continue to do so for many a day ito come for the simple reason that the cost of constructing re-inforced concrete roads would be quite beyond the financial resources of most local bodies in New Zealand.

CATAKEH AND DEAI'NJSSS ! With motors and trams whiziiui; through, ths streets, sufferers from Catarrhal deafness mn considerabU risks. The Eevd. W. H. Hinton speaU; Irighly q£ Fluenzol for Catarrh and as t means of clearing the ear passagos. iWhile lying down pour, at intervals, a .'te&spoouful i)i ?St° eßcb

The list of cadets who qualified for Duntroon does not contain any Taranaki names.—Press Association.

At the .Wanganui session of the Supreme Court yesterday, Creary, for theft from the person, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

Taranaki land takes beating. On an eighty acre farm in the southern portion of the province the owner will take off well over £BOO this season.

After all expenses have been paid, the sum of £208,507 6s Cd will represent the amount raised by the Queen Carnival Executive for the funds of the Auckland Patriotic; Association. The total administrative expenses amounted to less than a quarter per cent., being actually about 4s 7d per cent. Those who are unable to attend the races and will not have the chance of hearing the Wanganui Garrison Band will be delighted to hear tiiat the band has kindly offered to play through the town this morning, leaving the Post Office at 11.15.

Recruiting is very slack in the South Island, reports the Ashburton Guardian, and Ashburton is no exception to the rule, no recruits having enlisted there for the past six days. Difficulty is going to be experienced in finding the South Island quota for the 13th Reinforcements.

The heavy rain of Saturday has (writes the Da-rg&ville correspondent of the Auckland Herald) caused fine freshes in the various creeks, and thousands of logs are now being poled down to tidal water. In the Mangakahia, 4000 are under way, and in the Awakino 2000, which will relieve the past acute shortage in the mill booms.

The annual conference of newspaper proprietors of the Dominion will be held in Rotorua this month. The directors of the United Press Association will meet on February 17, and the annual meetin" of the Association will be held on February 2.1. These meetings will be followed by those of the Empire Press Union and the Newspaper Proprietors' Association.

A dairyman, who was a competitor in the grade dairy cattle section at the Feilding show last week, informed a press representative that competition had become bo keen in these classes that the small man was being ousted altogether by the large breeders, who entered their better class stock, and consequently took the honors. The large breeders should be excluded from competing in these sections in order to give the small man a chance, otherwise the dairyman would have to go in for prize cattle like the big breeder in order to compete on more equal terms.

The Paparoa, which left Wellington on Friday evening for London, took the following dairy produce from Xew Zealand:—For London: Wanganui, 1453 boxes of butter; WelhV,'fcon, 22,873 boxes of butter and 706G crates of cheesej Gisborne, 23 crates of cheese; totals, 24,320 boxes of butter and 7091 crates of cheese. For Avonuionth: Wellington, 1813 boxes of butter and 1459 orates of cheese; Auckland, 203 crates of cheese: Oisborne, 25 crates of cheese: New Plymouth, 0 crates of cheese; Patea, 5149 crates of cheese; Wanganui, 04 crates of cheese; Lyttelton, 205 crates of cheese; Dunedin, 123 crates of cheese; Bluff, 501. crates of cheese; totals, 1813 boxes of butter and 7825 crates of cheese.

The Commonwealth Government's policy regarding enemy shareholders has been eagerly discussed throughout Australia. Last week the Sydney Morning Herald said:-—lt is evident "that the regulations will not ha so strict and comprehensive in their application to naturalised persons as was at first feared. While the Ministry will not agree to the suggestion that all naturalised persons should be exempt from the application of the regulations, it is probable that favorable consideration will be given to tlie cases of persons who have sons at the front, or who can substantiate their claims to be considered loyal Britons in other ways. The onus of proving their bona fides, however, will probably be thrown upon the applicants for exemption. The Acting AttorneyGeneral has received a large number of 'letters from people who fear that they will be barsbly treated under the proposed regulations. A, number of his correspondents were, born in ScbleswigHolstein, or Alsace and Lorraine, before the German occupation, and they contend that if they were brought' under the new rule it would be most unjust.

The idea of working the. land seems to be very popular with soldiers. The cards circulated by the Australian Defence Department amongst soldiers enlisting in Australia, with a view to ascertaining, among other things, the number desiring to settle on the land after the conclusion of the war, are now being returned to the authorities. In Xew South Wales, of 8085 cards examined to date, 1515, or 17 per cent., express a more or less definite preference for land settlement. Of these, 1103, or 73 per cent., show previous farming experience. With regard to resources, only 90 of the men have declared themselves possessed of capital, the sums specified ranging from Co to £4OOO. Of these, 30 possess under £IOO. In South Australia, of 5500 cards examined. 1300, or 23 per cent., desire land; 900 represent men of previous experience, and 200 possess some, resources. Tn Queensland, of 118G cards to hand,-377, or 31 per cent., indicate a preference for land settlement; 92 per cent, of the men have, had previous experience, but only 8 per cent, appear to have any resources, Tn Tasmania, of 979 cards received by the War Council, 228, or 23 per cent., desire land. Of these 228 prospective settlers, 34 are without experience and 177 without resources. The amounts of those possessing capital range from £2O so £SOO.

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