LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Sydney message reports that the price of bran lias been reduecd to JC4 10s per ton. The Paten Harbor Board at its recent meeting decided to fall into line with other public spirited public bodies aiid assist the recruiting movement. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Hr. A. Crooke, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff in default of defendant in the ease Hallenstein Bros., Ltd. (Mr. D. Hutchen) v. H. W. Saxton, £ll 12s 3d (costs £1 IDs fid). Six hundred men and 30 probationary non-commissioned officers left Auckland vester.'.iv it <■ die 14th .Reinforcements, being the full quota for the Auckland district. The audited balance-sheet of the McHardy Art Union at Palmerston North has been presented to the Patriotic Society. It shows a net profit of £5737, £2OOO of which was voted to the Y.M.C.A.—Press Association. Despite the dry weatiioc. the mill: suppl/ at the Mangorci factory is keeping up well. The output is now 54 boxes of butter daily, a considerable increase on this time last year. The tests range from 3.5 to 5, Th# Rangitikei Advocate says:—During a "dust up" that followed an argument between two farmers last week, one had the misfortune to lose about half of his lengthy beard, owing to the other taking too firm a hold. It is understood that a Court action is to be the sequel to the affair. On the motion of Mr. Quilliam (Gavett and Quilliam), probate of the will of the late Sergeant Sydney Melville Okey, who was found by a court of enquiry to have been kiUed at Suvla Bay in August last, lias been granted by the Supreme Court to Messrs H. J. IT. Okey and A. M, Okey, the executors named is the will. Mr, J. E. Wilson, of New Plymouth, has received a circular from the Minister of Internal Affairs asking the patriotic societies in th<? province to meet at New Plymouth on the 24th Inst, ftfr the purpose of electing a member of the first Advisory Board of the Federation of New Zealand War Relief Societies. As in' Taranaki there is a provincial association, it will not be necessary to hold a meeting of all the societies at New Plymouth, hut the matter will be dealt with by the executive of the Taranaki War Relief Association, a meeting of which will probably lie held at Stratford on the 24th. There is likely to be a great shortage in motor-car supplies. One of the big American firms, writing to their Taranaki agents, says:—"Much difficulty is being had in securing steamship accommodation for shipping cars and parts. This is due to the very small number of sailings which occur from New York or the Pacific Coast. The position has been further aggravated by an embargo which has been placed by the majority of the railroads which carry our cars to New York terminals. For the past week we have been unable to ship a boxed car to our domestic dealers located in such places as New York and Boston, and so far as boxed cars for export are concerned, they have been absolutely impossible, the railroads refusing to load freight here at the factory. This embargo has been due to freight which has become congested around seaports, and until such congestion is materially relieved we shall have the utmost difficulty in clearing cars from seaports." The. law practitioners of Xew Plymouth recently decided tKat for any soldier leaving for the front they would prepare if required, free of charge, will and power of attorney, and notified the Minister of Defence to this effect. In reply the Hon. James Allen writes:— 1 have received your letter of February 17, and hasten to reply thereto and to express my high appreciation of the very generous attitude taken up by the legal profession in New Plymouth. lam sure the soldiers will recognise this patriotic effort on the jrart of the legal profession in New Plymouth to assist them, and that they will be very grateful for it and will make use of the privilege. The scheme is entirely agreeable to me and I shall have pleasure in giving instructions to the Defence Department to assist in every way to have it carried out. I shall also take the liberty of putting the matter in the press in the hope that others will follow the good example of New Plymouth. States an exchange: There is a great congestion of cargo in the United States, and great trouble is being experienced in getting it cleared The congestion is due to the crowded condition of the New York docks, and the railways are declining to take any goods for export, as they cannot get rid of them on arrival in New Y<?rk. A communication received by a leading Dunedin house by tlie last American mail stated that the loaded trucks from Pittsburg alone on the way to New York form a line over 500 miles long, mostly material for Europe. The position Is described a s unprecedented. In Canada no such conditions obtain. Advice by cablegram states that the freight rate from America to New Zealnd is now 100s per ton. However, despite this extreme rate, bottoms are not available, as the shipping companies prefer the short Atlantic trip to accepting a charter for a long voyage, for the sufficient reason that the former is really more payable." This iconoclastic war, as viewed by the Irish Homestead: "The exploits of Hannibal in crossing the Alps would, if repeated to-day, win for him about fifty lines or thereabouts i#i the daily papers. Wellington would probably be just mentioned in despatches for a battle like Waterloo, and people would forget all about it and him next month unless ho provided another Waterloo in the interval. Napoleon was more spectacular than most conquerors, but his greatest battles would be incidents soon forgotten in a huge affair like the struggle going on in Russia. Cortez and Pizarro might have got the D.S.O. for their forays into Mexico and Peru, and the exploits of Thermopylae have been outdone ljy millions of men wlitf get no place in history at all. Yes, we have abolished history, and the commotion in the world prevents us seeing the past, as some upheaval of mountain ranges in an earthquake, might shut out beyond great new uprisen peaks a distant country that men once saw. There is nothing to do now but to think of the future." Some reasons why the Melbourne's sale is booming:—"ivy" wool, 5d ball; men's fine Panamas, 12s Od (were 2os); ladies' smart new blouses, 3s lid; men's straw hats, half-price; men's white Jap silk shirts, 7s Od; men's Horrockses' neglige shirts, 3s lid, Watcli for further particulars. An important meeting of the Surf and Life Saving Club is to be held in the Town Hall to-night, when matters connected with the Shield competition will be ditcuuetfe 1

It is anticipated that Chaplaullajor J. A. Luxford, and CaptainChaplain H. L. Blamim, of the Methodist denomination, will arrive in the Dominion within the next fortnight The former was severely wounded at (■allipoli, where he was conspicuous by Ins fearlessness and devotion to duty. On Monday night a public nicotine was held at Eltham to discuss the recruiting question. A motion that the Aernment 9 hould give a pledge not to •*.*. l upon the married men unleßs urgent necessity arose was followed by an amendment favoring conscription, the I latter being declared carried, though (reports, the Argus), a considerable number refrained from voting either way. o F' 10 ! " ,ee " l 'S a ' " lp Hmvcra Technical School on Monday night was n record one, 51 etudents being enro'led during the. evening, while 20 were put on the register in the afternoon. The Technical School, which is distinct from the District High School Secondary Department, promises to have a successful term judging by the interest taken by the students in the work before them. , The scholars of tho Stratford Methodist Sunday School have by unanimous vote decided to forego their annual outing and devote the amount of its approximate cost to the relief of the Serbians. This j.s praiseworthy indeed, and the sum of £2 ha» -.en handed to Adjutant Cook, of the Salvation Army, for the above purpose, and which the Adjutant desires gratefully to acknowledge.—Post. Amongst the most attractive and beautiful 'ilendnrx issued this year is one by Messrs. Oco. W. Wilton and Co.. Ltd., Cuba Street, Wellington. The calendar issued for "Sydal"—the famous 1 hand emollient—is particularly charmnig and will be an ornament in any home. As a special'offer, Messrs Geb. W. Wilton and Co., Ltd., will send one of these calendars post free to any of our readers who writes, mentioning this paper.

The Fete of Nations at the Theatre Royal was again well patronised last night, the takings amounting to £33 18s Od. The programme was of a highly entertaining nature, and the most popular items of previous performances were repeated with distinct success. A patriotic item was again employed as a means of appealing to the audience for funds, and £4 lis 6d was collected. The only new item was "The Masquerador"—a novel performance in which Mrs Birch-Johnston sang a catchy song and Mr. W. Lints gave a clever dance. The stage effects in this act were particularly good. The Fete of Nations will be repeated to-night, A pulilio meeting was held in the Borough Council Chambers at Hawera last evening under the auspices of the local Recruiting Board, which is constituted of members of the Borough Councils. Mr. Murdoch, was in the chair. Mr. Bone (deputy Mayor) explained the working of the new recruiting scheme, the principal point being a personal canvass. Mr. R. D. Welsh also spoke, and finally a resolution was carried deciding to give all support possible to the local Board. Several gentlemen present, of mature yearfl, gave in their names as being willing to undertake canvassing work. At the public meeting at -Eltham on Monday night, reports the Argus, Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., brought up the matter of supplying deck shoes to the Taranaki men in camp at Featherston, He said that our men were the only ones in camp who had not been supplied with these shoes though they were most necessary for deck training. The "hat" was sent round and there was a ready response, the necessary funds being quickly raised, and a draft "was sent yesterday to Major Hamilton, featherston. Seeing that deck shoes are now a necessary part of the men's equipment the Government should see that they are provided.

An Auckland member of the Bth Reinforcements wWtes from Cairo: "Here is a story worth telling. It may be a yarn, but it is probable that there is some truth in it. The Red Cross became alarmed at the number of native funerals in camp—large numbers of natives are employed in the horse lines. So they reported to headquarters, and one funeral was stopped to ascertain if tlie deceased had succumbed to an infectious disease. Instead of a dead man the coffin was found to contain several rifles. The discovery was followed up, and two or three hundred rifles were discovered in the cemetery, to which the corpse was being taken. These are reported to have been stolen from the Australian lines." To show how the community has risen to the call for service, it may be stated that on Tuesday the Christchurch branch of the Red Cross Society was asked by the Viceroy of India through His Excellency the Governor, what portion of six' months' supplies and requisites required for the maintenance of 500 beds could it supply for the troops in Mesopotamia, says an exchange. Without hesitation the ladies telegraphed acecpting responsibility for one-quarter of the amount of material required. This means 140,000 oaeli of binders arid roller-bandages, 72,000 triangular bandages, 42,000 many-tailed bandages, 250 body-belts, and five gross each of beef and mutton essences and what t ; iey can of milk foods, at least 2000 tins. The order was taken without any hesitation, and on Saturday at the depot awaiting shipment to Bombay were 28 cases of surgical requisites, such as iwal)3, splint pads, etc., and over 13,000 roller bandages in 32 cases. Writing to a friend in Wellington, a soldier who is now in Egypt tells cf a prohibition imp.osed on the nurses engaged in the hospitals there lie says: "An order came out some time ago, issued presumably by the matron in charge of the nurses in Egypt, that no I nurse was to be seen out with ' llhcr officer, non-commissioned officer, or man, except her fiancee, if he is here, or a relation. It at once branded both man and nurse as a criminal. I take it, that they can't be trusted out together. Poor nurses, they have given up a lot coming out here, and if they cannot go out with a friend when not on duty something ia wrong somewhere. Furthermore, a large firm of tea-room owners evidently got to hear of this order, for one day after it was issued the matron was informed that the place was full of nurses accompanied by men in uniform. She paid a visit, and the nurses heard more about it. I may s&y that the majority of the nurses will not sign any paper re this order, and a woman who issues such orders and who will be so underhand in her methods cannot be taken for much, and I am sure that the people of New Zealand would not tolerate such methods of handling their own nurses." When you apply liniments and lotions Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica and Lumbago do not leave you. They l simply loosen their hold for a time. To get rid of these dread diseases you must drive tho uric acid from the blood. RHEUMO does , it—that is why it cures. 2» fid and 4a 0d fier bgttl* 4: