LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pihnma Patriotic League has £438 ISs B<l in hand awaiting a scheme for its disposal. The League at its last meeting passed a resolution in favor of a straight-out war tax. A correspondent writes that, in connection with the movement of making blackberry jam for the troops in camp, tfhere should also be provided witli cadi jar a bundle of toothpicks! A site has been acquire on the Marii.fi Parade for the Napier-.Sokes' C.iih, urd arrangements are now being made for the erection of a substantial building, probably in ferroconcrete Mr. F. AY. Williams has promised a billiard-table towards .he furuk''.ings.

At St. Mary's Church, Hatrera, on Sunday evening, the service was specially arranged to commemorate the great victory of the Russian army at Erzeroum. ATe Deuni was sung at the opening of the service, and the hymns were specially chosen for the occasion. The viear, Rev. 0. H. GrantCowen, in an impressive sermon, made reference to the course of the war and the great part taken by our Allies, At the close of the service the National Anthem was sung, and the organist (Airs King) played the Russian National Anthem.—Star.

The AVellington-Lyttelton ferry boats will in the, near future, instead of berthing at - the outer tees of the Queen's Wharf at Wellington, tie up at what is known as the Wool Wharf, which has been widened by 3-1 foot, to a width of 70 feet, and extended 100 feet. A shelter shed 230 feet hy 30 feet is being erected. Adjoining the berth a luggage ollice and a ticket office are to be erected. The bottom of the harbor has hud to be dredged to a depth of 34 feet. The proposed new railway station will be within 200 yards of the new ferry wharf, and the tramway system will also adjust itself to meet the new traffic, ''When T enme from l.yttelton on Saturday night by the Ataori," said Air. AY. R. ITiiselden, S.AI.. to a Dominion reporter on Sunday, "there were about two hundred soldiers on board. They had the run of the whole ship, and their conduct was an example to all troops travelling under such conditions. There was an impromptu dance and concert, winding up • at 10 p.m. with the National Anthem. For sobriety, absence of objectionable language, and cheerful demeanor, the men were, models of what we would wish our warriors to be, and it was heartily appreciated and admired by the civilians on board."

Hamilton has municipal hath**, and also a Borough Council. A petition from 47 ladies (accompanied by n recommendation from the caretaker of the baths) asking that mixed 'bathing should be given a trial, was presented to the powers that be on Friday night. The caretaker suggested certain improvements that could easily be made in dressingroom facilities, etc., but the Council did not listen (according to the Auckland Star's report) to anything like this, and on the motion of the Mayor, who "did not wish to be prudish." the petition was turned down with a thud, that reverberated even to Taranaki. So swimming i$ encouraged 1.

Mr W. G. Riddel!, S.M., at Wellington, gave judgment yesterday for plaintiff for £2l 10s with £ll 7s costs, iH the case in which James Fox, storekeeper, Okato, sued the Union Company for £!J(i damages in connection with the loss of a shipment of grain which was damaged when the Corinna struck on Barrett's Reef in August last and was sold without plaintiff being consulted.

Heavy smoke from bush fires last Friday formed an effective barrier to shipping at Onehunga. Vessels attempting to cross the bar were held up, and it was impossible to pick up Gie marks on account of the haze and smoke. The steamers Waimea (from Xelson), and the Arapawa (fror-i Wit'.lara and Kawhia) wore both kept waiting outside the harbor entrance. During the past three weeks the main strength of the Government Printing Office lias been concentrated on the work of printing the rolls connected with tlie new recruiting system. The. work, which is now practically completed, has been one of the biggest jobs ever undertaken by the Government establishment. While it was being carried out ot/her ordinary work had to stand aside, including the printing of various Departmental periodicals issued by the office, such as the Journal of Agriculture. Subscribers and others taking these publications will understand the reason for delay in their receipt this montih, namely, the carrying out of a national war measure of the first importance. It has been the practice in the Ashburton county for some years past for schoolboys, during the vacation, to go out and do 'harvesting work in the fields. Besides being congenial work, the boys in most cases make tidy cheques, earning 9d, Is or Is fid an hour, according, of course, to their aptitude for the work (says the Guardian). This year a number of boys who have been apprenticed to various trades, and earning small wages, have been released for a few weeks in order to go out harvesting. One apprentice who ordinarily earns l">s a week went out harvesting for ten days and brought home a cheque for £3 Ms. Several of the Ashburton High School boys liave earned cheques of from £5 to £l2 during the vacation. On Saturday afternoon, whilst a number of bullocks were being driven to the Patea freezing works, an open gate at the residence of the Rev. G. Bridgimin appeared to one of the number to offer a haven of refuge. Four small children were playing outside and they left in a hurry for the front door of the parsonage, omitting to close the door after them The bullock, which was in a semi-frenzied condition, followed, and, it is stated, made a tour of the bouse. After paying a visit to the kitchen it entered one of the bedrooms. An iron bedstead which happened to 'lie in the way of the uninvited caller was promptly moved out of tlie way and numerous other articles were considerably damaged before the ex'cited visitor could be persuaded that considering it was a "first call" it would be bad form to stay any longer.—Press. Tlie. Rarawa's passengers on Monday afternoon, prior to leaving the Onehunga wharf, were afforded .quite a sensation. About ten minutes before t'lie time of sailing a smart motor-car drove rapidly up to the gangway, containing two welldressed couples, and just as they were about going aboard, a young man (who was subsequently recognised as a wellknown Auckland chemist) stepped forward and dealt three or four sharp blows on the face of one of the men who had arrived by Hie car, while with the other hand he made the air whistle with a small whip that he ca.rrie.rt. Blood spurted freely from the nose of the man w'ho was struck, bespattering him and the lady with him. The quartette made a hasty retreat on board, followed by the assailant, who at once interviewed the captain, with the result that, after a short interview below deck, the lady who was the chief figure in tlie episode hurriedly left tlie steamer, taking refuge in an office near at hand. The cause of the trouble proved to be an attempted elopement, which the irate husband nipped in the bud, chastising t'he gay Lothario and bringing the erring wife to book. When tlie steamer eventually started on her journey the irate husband was moving rapidly away, still shaking 'his fist at someone on board. There was still the interview with the wife to follow!

Mr. A. W. Teller, of Iliilerest, Mataura Island, one of the severest sufferers in the South district by the recent I thunderstorm, gave a Wynd-ham Farmer reporter some,account of his experience. "The first sign of something unusual about to happen," said Mr. Telfer, "was a deafening roar of wind, on top of which came vivid flashes of lightning and terrible peals of thunder. It was quite impossible to go outside and face the storm during the brief time it lasted—some eight or nine minutes, I sliould judge. Lumps of ice two feet in depth heaped up on the exposed sides of my house; a 400-gallon tank which had run empty was filled and overflowing: and the surplus from tihe spouting was like a deluge. The ice cut the oat and turnip stalks in my fields as if T had gone through them with a reaping hook, ft was a magnificent crop of oats, well, headed, and (standing six feet high; and now the cows have been turned into it to eat it oil'. In my turnip fields four or live acres of very forward plants, thinned nine days before Christnitas, were all cut down, and are now a patch of desolation. A similar fate befell a fine clover field. In my vegetable garden, the peas, onions, carrots, etc., were all topped clean off by the swiftly dropping ice. The only redeeming feature about the visitation is tiliat weeds like thistles and tansy suffered as badly as the cultivated plants." Mr. Telfer, who (•-•"tiuiatcs his loss nt upwards of £2OO, added that his neighbor, Mr. Clcorge Hatch, is also a heavy sufferer, n 10-nere patch in a field of oats being practically destroyed. Air. Heath also had lambs drowned in a swollen creek.

The Melbourne, ,Ld„ notify that they have opened out fresh stocks of men's hosiery in the following lines:—Black cashmere socks, Is, Is Gd an Is 9d per pair; men's all-wool colonial knitted socks, Is 3d, Is Gd and Is 9d per pair; men's natural singlets and pants, English make, at 4s Gd; merino singlets, is Ud; and merino pants, 2s Gd per pair.

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There were about a hundred and fifty visitors to the North Egmont Mountain House on Sunday. The demand for accommodation is now brisker, and the house is practically fully booked up for this week.

Two more eases of infantile paralysis are reported in Wellington district. One is that of a girl, aged two years, at Wanganni, and the other a girl, five mouths old, at Foxton Presa Association,

A.Mastcrton message says that at the conference yesterday between dairy factory owners and representatives (if employees of dairy factories, an agreement was come to, which is binding for two years in the Wellington industrial district, relative to wuges, holidays, and accommodation.

The matron at the N.P. Hospital acknowledges with thanks grapes and pears from Mrs. Newton King for returned soldiers -and other patients, also two cases of pears from Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burgess, two cases of pears from Mr, and Mrs, M.» Fraser, and cigarettes for soldiers from the Patriotic League.

In connection with the French Red Cross Day on Saturday, the proprietors of the N.P. picture theatres have both promised to contribute a portion of their receipts on that day. The Marble Rar v.'ill also give all its takings between 2.30 and "1 o'clock. The vice-president of the British Red Cross (Mr*. Walker) has telegraphed to Wellington for French flags to be sold in the streets.

A horse sold from the Levin pound last month for £."> Kte (says the Horowhenua Chronicle) is reported to be a thoroughbred horse, and to be worth, say, £SO or more to anyone desirous of owning a racehorse and risking money to win more. The horse came from Wirokino, mid was unclaimed in the pound for the statutory period. Owing to the enormous rise in the price of benzine, oils and motor supplies, the Taranaki Motor Transport Co., Ltd., have been obliged to slightly increase the fares on the New Plymoufii-Opunake mail motor service. The amended table of fares, to come into force to-day, will be found in our advertising columns.