LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There were 29 admissions to the Hawera Hospital last month, .14 patients were discharged and two died, leaving 23 in the institution. The kea has been very destructive on ■the Waitangi Station during the past few months (says the Tiniaru Herald). It is estimated that oyer one hundred hoggets have been lost. through their depredations. At a meeting of the Hawera Hospital Board on Thursday Inspector Dray reported that six cases of infantile paralysis had been notified, four in Hawera country, one in the borough and one in Kaponga. Two of the cases were removed to the hospital, the othsrs being isolated in their homes.

The Hawera Hospital Board appears to be sanguine of being able to carry out the proposed alterations and additions, and of receiving a £ for £ subsidy up to ;CIUOO from the Government. It is to be hoped the Board will fare better than did the New Plymouth High School Board of Governors w'io'l :c,ying on a Minister's promise. At Wellington on Wednesday, a soldier, Corporal Mark Barnett, appeared before Mr. Justice Chapman on a charge of theft from his employers. It was stated that the sum involved was .11206. His Honor said he could not admit prisoner to probation, even though lie was prepared to serve his country as a soldier. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. A Wanganui message says that a let-ter-card, received via Switzerland from Corporal Karles. of the Wellington Battalion, a prisoner at Constantinople, who was oiiu of the few who survived the great attack on Sari Bair in August and was wounded and captured by the Turks, intimates that he is well and having a fairly comfortable, time, and says: "The New Zealand lads would like same money sent from Mr. Massey or Mr. Allen."

"The principle of Socialism is at stake —henee my presence in the war." So writes Trooper T. W. McCristail, expresident of the Sydney Wharf Laborers' Union, who enlisted early in the war, and has been fighting for months at a stretch. "This is the third time I have been hit; previously the wounds were only slight. Two wars for the Empire U not bad for a dangerous Socialist,

The steam trawler Nora Niven will set out from Wellington on a cruise today and will come up to New Plymouth. Recruiting in Auckland during the week showed a slight improvement on the previous week. According to the official returns a gain or 105 medically lit men was made. The monthly quota for the district is (100 privates and HO non-commissioned officers, so it is necessary to recruit about 160 men each week,

After a stay of 20 days at Wellington, during which period she has undergone an extensive overhaul, the New Plymouth Harbor Board's dredge I'ar-itutu sailed yesterday for New Plymouth. Mr. h. Vnsia has joined the dredge as second officer, and Mr. S. H. Luke signed on as third engineer for the run up the coast. Harvest thanksgiving services, for which the church has been specially decorated, will be held at VVhitcley Memorial Church to-morrow. The anthems for the day include Stainer's "Ye shall dwell in the land'' and Lavater's "The Lord is good to all." Mrs. W. Shipton will sing a solo at the evening service. Harvest services will also he held at the St. Aub,.«i Methodist Church. A meeting of those willing to assist in the collection in New Plymouth today week on behalf of the French Red Cross was held in the Town Hall laat night. The Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess) presided. A good number of ladies were present and their assistance was accepted, but the attendance was not as large a:; the object warranted. Many more ladies are wanted and those who can help are asked to notify Mrs. Dockrill. The Prime Minister (the Eight Hon. W. F. Masßey), who is chairman of the Recruiting Board, expressed his satisfaction on Wednesday with the response that is generally being made to the appeal to the local governing bodies to co-operate in the new enlistment scheme. For every one who had declined to help, there were at least nine local authorities who had determined to do everything possible to secure the success of the scheme. "The matter will receive attention at once," said the Prime Minister (Right Hon. W. H. Massey) on Thursday, when his attention was drawn to a report that New Zealand prisoners of war in Constantinople would like to receive some, money "from Mr. Massey or Mr. Allen." Mr. Massey said that money had been sent to the New Zealauders in Constantinople by the Government already. The needs of the men who had been unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of the Turks would not be forgotten.

"Abominations of desolation!" The term is, perhaps, scarcely apropos to the state of Devon Street West and St, Anbvn .Street, from the railway station onwards, but it fills the bill. The channelling yesterday evening were ehockfull of stories and dust that had been brushed off the roadways so that the roadways could be tarred, and fie ordinary pedestrian was fdled with disgust (and sand and grit!) that s'.ch tilings should be. What is the matter with ratepayers that they silently acquiesce in the vagaries that are now a common circumstance in New Plymouth streets? We are not speaking too strongly when we say that the state of the two streets in question last evening were a disgrace to any borough. The Opunake Times reports the following seaside incident:—A little girl named Hyra Million had a narrow escape from drowning on Saurday. Whilst bathing in the surf with some other children, the little girl got into the unusual strong set that was running and was gradually being forced out. to sea. Luckily, Father Kelly's attention was drawn to the plight of the youngster, who was carried apiidst the boulders on the jetty side of the bay, and he lost no time in going to the rescue. Encumbered with the child, Father Kelly was buffeted against the rocks and was having an anxioua time in getting clear, when the Rev. Mr. Welsh lent a helping hand at the successful rescue of the girl from a perilous position. Father Kelly was much exhausted and felt the effects of his knocks against the rocks.

The greater part of the sitting of the Magistrate's Court at Manaia on Wednesday, before Mr. W. 'B. Hnselden, S.M., was taken up with the hearing of a charge preferred by Matthew Jenkins Jones, of Kaupokonui, share-milker, against Samuel Brown, of Hawera, bootmaker, of having committed "mischief 1 by wilfully damaging harness and other property belonging to the eompl.vn.uit. Mr. Powell appeared for the complainant and Mr. O'Dea for the defendant. The evidence for the prosecution was circumstantial and relied on the assertion that Brown was at the <-ompiuinant's house on the day on which the mischief was alleged to have occurred, and that the damage was discovered m the evening after he left. One of the complainant's witnesses, however, admitted, under cross-examination, that the damage was not discovered t'll a day later. The Magistrate dismissed the case, awarding two guineas costs to defendant's counsel. —Star.

There died at Taiporohenui on the loth inst. (writes a correspondent to the Hawera Star) a very old chief, in the person of Tc Awarua. The old man, who was said to be over a hundred years of age, descended from the tribes of Flamua, Hapotiki, Ngatitanewai. Xgitiawa and other Taranaki tribes. Ho was one of the very old schoel, and was noted for his knowledge of ancient Maori lore and the genealogical tables of his people. Te Awarua in his day had been a great warrior, having fought against the pakeha in the battles of Otapawa, Te Ngutti-o-te-Manii. Tnnituru-Mokai, Tanrangi-ika. Nnkuniaru, and various other battles. lie appears to have borne a charmed life, for, strange to say, though fighting in the thick of every battle of his time, lie escaped without a scratch. He embraced the Catholic faith in his young [l&yt, and remained faithful to it through the remainder of his life, receiving the last rites of the Church at the hands of the Rev. Father Soulas. Maori missioner, on the day prior to his death. He leaves a family of two sons and one daughter, besides several grand and great-grand-children. THERE IS ONLY ONE SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why thte people insist on getting it, and why they reject the many inferior substitutes and the cheap and frequently harmful "fliust as good." The CENU--INE SANDER EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common Eucalyptus oils and so-called "extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT is the most powerful antiseptic and healing remedy that can be used with safety; it prevents and cures all infectious diseases, influenza, colds, fevers, smallpox, diphtheria, flatulence, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, dysentery and kidnev troubles. SANDER'S EXTRACT, applied to ulcers, burns, sprains, cuts, inflamed skin, etc., gives immediate relief and cures permanently. Reliability, Effectiveness and Safety are the great attributes of SANDER'S EXTRACT,

From New Plymouth yesterday 3100 sandbags wore sent forward tu the Defence authorities.

A child died of infantile paralysis at Napier yesterday, and another ease is being treated at the 'hospital. An Auckland telegram states that nine cases of infantile paralysis were reported since noon on Thursday. The total to date are 215 cases.

A record catalogue of 1:1,000 bales of wool will be offered at the wool sales on Thursday, as compared with 5(130 last j ear.—Auckland telegram. W. Row« and Co. state the wages of C. A. Harris wen; £2 12s per week, and not £2 Bs, as stated in our report of yesterday's Court proceedings, At the quarterly meeting of the Hawera Methodist Church on Thursday it was decided to engage a sister as deaconess, at a snlary of £IOO per year, as soon a s £SO is promised. The Eete of Nations, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, will open at the Theatre Royal on Thursday week, March 2. The performance, which will occupy about two and a half hours, will be repeated for seven nights.

Mrs. V, OS. Evans has donated £5 towards the' Red Cross Fund for supplying material for the wounded soldiers at the front. The Society also acknowledges a donation from Mrs. Hill for the same purpose.

The circular from the Recruiting Board lias been before the New Plymouth Borough Council, but no action has yet been taken. The Mayor proposes to call a meeting of public bodies in New Plymouth to discuss the matter. Though speed limits are in force in the New Plymouth borough they are not notified by sign-boards. The Borough Council has now instructed the engineer to procure twelve speedlimit notices, and to have them erected at suitable places in the borough. The rise of ten shillings per ton on New Zealand freights has not come as a surprise. A New Plymouth merchant stated yesterday that the rise would add a certain amount to the cost of goods imported, but not to any great extent. The new freights come into force on March 1. Consignments of frozen meat totalling .10,500 freight carcases will be loaded by the steamer Essex 1 , which is now in Auckland. The steamer will proceed from Auckland to Whangarei to lift a large quantity of meat, and Afterwards to Waitara, Wanganui, and Wellington, to complete loading. A start was made yesterday with the tar-scaling of the footpath on the west side of Broadway, Stratford. Tho work has been held up for some time, and now the tar sealer borrowed from the Kltham Council is in commission. The remainder of the work will be completed as expeditiously as possible.

Tliero has been a further rise in the price of benzine. Information was received in New Plymouth yesterday that the wholesale price had been increased by 2s, making the rate now 21s 6d a ease. Benzine has gone from 13s Sil a case to its present price in the last few months.

Infantile paralysis is still spreading steadily, says an Auckland message of last night. Seven more cases were notified yesterday. Five were in the city and four in the country. One death was reported. There have now been fifteen eases in the province, including fifteen deaths.

At the Tariki School grounds on Thursday afternoon a garden party was held to welcome home Messrs Gernhoefer, Lepper, and Walker, returned Tariki soldiers. Addresses were given by Captain J. B. Hine, M.P., and Mr. T. E. Hamerton, refreshments being supplied bv the ladies.

Tlie Appeal Court sits at Wellington on March 8, and will hear the appeal of the Crown against the verdict in the Doeg case. It will be remembered that at the sitting of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth in December William Percy Doeg received £BOO damages for injuries received through being knocked over by a train at a level crossing near Stratford, on October 31, 1914. Advice has been received by the military authorities from the base, Cairo, that the bulk of gift goods for distribution to troops at the front arrived packed in cases which were too large having regard to transport facilities. It has therefore heen decided that such goods be packed in cases of suitable size for packing on mules through saps, and not to weigh more than SOlbs in gross weight.

The police have completed their inquiries in connection with the murder of Horatio Ramsden, the young wharf laborer who was stabbed to death at Hillside Crescent, Mount Eden (Auckland), on the evening of January 22. No further developments have taken place, and, so far, the whereabouts of the murderer remains a mystery. The, inquest will bo resumed on .Monday morning next. One has to be careful when he is only a novice in motor ear driving, and an Eltham resident has discovered the fact. It was brought home to him by the accident of placing his foot on the accelerator pedal. Before he had time to think the ear had shot against and torn an opening in the galvanised iron wail of Hie building which contained the car, which escaped with a few scratches. •••Argus. The Ashlmrton County Council held a special meeting yesterday in connection with the recruiting scheme. Two resolutions were carried:—First, that the Council agrees to assist the Government on tin; lines suggested in its circular, and, second, that the Government he asked to bring in conscription, as the majority of councils were against the new scheme and strongly favored conscription, but they agreed that the scheme must be given a fair trial.—Press Association. '

Why cannot the people of New Plymouth receive information as to the mimes of soldiers returning from the front? In most towns the full details are forwarded to the Patriotic Committee as soon as the Defence authorities in Wellington receive the particulars, but no siieli information reaches the New Plymouth Patriotic Committee. The lists of men should be available for the inspection of the public, and it is hoped the Patriotic Committee will take steps to have this matter arranged. The following new lines have opened out lit the Melbourne, Ltd. Men's knitted two pairs for is fid; men's famous Oainarn saddle tweed trousers, 14s (id: men's Kaiapoi tweed suits, 3">s; men's Harvard shirts, 2* 11(1, 3 S lid, 3s lid; moil's natural singlets with ventilated gussets, 3s Ud; men's flannel undershirt, pm'<-' wool, 3s lid and 4s Ud. that.

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