LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Huiakama settler has (says the Post) gathered two crops of .Irish Peach apples from one of his trees this year.

Thus the Manawatu Times:—Dame Rumor has it that as the result of an audit, a well-known solicitor in a neighboring district is £17,060 short. At the last meeting of the Taranaki Presbytery the Rev, T. H. Roseveare was appointed Moderator of the W&itara, Inglewood and Okato Home Mission stations. ' '

"I believe the way to get rid of spinal meningitis is to intern all the Germans in New Zealand," was a significant utterance made by Madame Boeufve at a recent anti-German meeting.

"New Zealand has the lowest infantile mortality in the world," said Dr. Mirams at a meeting of the Plunket Society at Petone. Ho attributes this to the education of the public along the lines upon which the Society was working.

Ralph Stanley Lewis was brought up at the Magistrate's Court, Wellington, on Monday, to answer a charge of the theft of £4lO 13s on or about March 23 at Eltham, the property of Henry Blake and Edward Charles White. Accused "Was remanded to appear at Eltliam.

The Inglewood paper copies our paragraph re the complaints respecting the New Plymouth! telephone exchange, and rudely observes: —"This (an inefficient switchboard) may be the case in the New Plymouth office, but so far as Inglewood is concerned we are inclined to think that it is the absence of a switch birch across the broadest part of the trousers that is the fault, and until some effort is made to remove the fault and instal the switch any improvement h hopeless; certainly complaints are of no avail."

The Belgian Sewing Guild at Eltham has for a considerable time made and sent regularly to the destitute Belgians a large amount of children's clothing. The president of the Guild (Mrs. H. J. Barnard) has received the following letter from Mr. J. Navaux, secretary of the Belgian Relief Committee in London:— "I read 'with great interest your kind letter of December 20. A second ease, in addition to the one of which you advised me, has come to hand safely. I am delighted with the contents, which arc just what are required at the present time. I am constantly receiving appeals for help from poor Belgian mothers over here for infants' garments, and the need is equally great in Belgium, where there are numbers of my countrywomen who. have absolutely nothing for their little ones, nor have they any money to buy the necessary clothing. Your liberal gifts will come to these poor souls as a great boon. Should there be any surplus garments they will go to one or other of the creches for Belgian orphans wfiTeh have been established under the protection of H.M. Queen Elizabeth. I cannot thank you enough for all you have done to assist me in my work of relief. Please extend my sincere thanks to the kind friends in New Zealand who have' so generously cooperated with you. Their gifts have been the means of bringing comfort to the comfortless in numberless instances."

The recent decision of our Defence Department by which a large number of Polish settlers are placed on the same plane as a native of Germany is causing very much soreness not only amongst those directly concerned, but amongst many settler* of British nationality who

avc lived and worked with these people

for years (writes a correspondent). It seems as if our head men, who ought to know better, are in r terrible state of funk, and everyone having a name

that isn't British must be a German, and is to be treated accordingly, but the indignity put upon the Polish men cuts more deeply than those who give the orders can imagine, and it is unanimously hoped that a method will be devised

whereby it is removed as quickly as possible. One. iPolish lady of 40 odd years' residence in Taranaki avers that al! Poles who came to first

went to Plymouth to join their ship and were made British subjects before their tickets were issued, and it seems very probable thai the authorities of the time would insist upon that being done before the immigrants could proceed on their journey or before they could take advantage of the concessions offered. At all events, interested parties are enquiring:

into the statement, and if verified the action of our Defence authorities will be all the more ridiculous, as men who have resided in the district for 40 odd years, reared laufce families and proved themselves valuable settlers deserve better treatment.

With the Highland pipe band that will be present on Soldiers' Day at Stratford, it is anticipated that there will be a big gathering of Scots at the ?arnival. and for this reason a programme of Highland events will be put on, including dances for Scottish laddies and lassies. The pipe band will take part in the big procession. An interesting addition to

the procession will be the grotesque heads beads and figures, the Stratford Carnival Committee having purchased some seventy of these from the Taranaki Garrison Band. The decorated mo-tor-car section of the procession will "be worth seeing, the ladies'of the district having come forward with offers to decorate any cars placed at their disposal for the purpose. 'Already over a dozen decorated cars have 1 been provided for

the section. The Stratford Hussars will create a deal of interest, and mounted on their gallf-nt steed* will make a

The gold- entered for export during the March quarter was .valued, at £447,056.—Prea8 Association; '.' ,

A case of infantile paralysis Was notified from Upper Hutt to-day, says a Wellington telegram of Thursday. A conference between representatives of the medical profession and Friendly Societies that was held at Wellington on Thursday proved abortive. The point of contention is the per capita fees for medical attention, which the doctors want raised from fifteen to twenty-four shillings.

The Stratford "Soldiers' Day" 'Committee have arranged with Mr.' Fred Foley, the proprietor of His Majesty's iheatre, Stratford,, to transfer his picture entertainment from His Majesty's Theatre to the Town Hall on Easter Monday night, 50 per cent, of the gross takings being kindly donated to the So diers' Day" funds. The programme to be screened is headed by an exceptionally good film, entitled, "The Valley of lost Hope." '

• T i!. e A Z" d o{ the Arbitration Court in the Taranaki'.operative bakers and pastry cooks' dispute has been received by the clerk of awards and may be seen at the Supreme Court office during office hours. In a memorandum annexed the Judge states that the award embodies with some slight modifications-the re-commendations-of tho Council of' Conciliation which the parties had agreed to accept. The preference clause is in a form agreed on by the Council of Conciliation and is not in the form which the Court itself imposes. It will be remembered that about nine months ago, Lord and Lady Liverpool visited Parihaka, being accompanied by the Native Minister (Hon. Mr. Herries). The visitors were entertained in true Maori style and Maori games and sports of all kinds were arranged for the distinguished guests. Fl o part of tl)e Maori. entertainment interested their Excellonies so greatly as the Poi dance. The troupe from Wanganui, under Mrs. MacGregor, of QUeen Carnival fame, were present, as also were troupes from Waverley, Patea and Waihi. The latter, who are representatives of the Ngatiawa tribe, were accorded the honors of the display and their leader was called before Lady Liverpool and «m----gratulated by. both their Excellencies on their exhibition. This same troupe will give the poi dance at Kawaroa Park on Monday next, and the public of the town.and country will be able to view the performance that was accorded an, honor when shown before vice-regal patronage.

A soldier writes from the front:—"As I hear of the boys I km more and more struck by the fact, that very few of them seem inclined to ealist. Now, why is this? , . . While the war was simply one calling forth adventurous spirits of the country, getting married, etc., was well enough, but now that every "man Jack" of the country is required urgently out here, getting married is a cowardly means of evading responsibilities. I am sorely disappointed to think of all the young men I know in the public service in Wellington, and more so of our own friends who are content to stay at home. Such men are only flag-wavers and lotuseaters. What about touching them up a bit ? Wo had to work 14 and 15 hours a day, week after week on the Peninsula, making terrific efforts to keep level with the industrious Turk, all because there was a shortage of men. Thirty-four thousand who will not serve at all; eh? All they are doing is sitting back and waiting, for' the pick of the jobs, knowing that when we return, if we ever do, we have no chance of displacing them. I can assure you that out here all the men are strong for conscription. • Bring them along, in irons if need be, we will look after them. and I was talking the other night, and I bet some of the sleek boys in New, Zealand had burning ears."

A word to-day with you, Mr. Farmer! Remember that first man at the factory on Monday morning next means first man away. Say you will be that man, and thus give yourself plenty of time to catch the train to New Plymouth to. witness the big displays at Kawaroa Park. Also, an hour earlier to the men at the factory will enable them to run in on their enr or 'bike." A special train arrives at New Plymouth at 10.10 a.m. and another at 10.45. The return

train are 4.25 p.m. and 5.30 p.m., each running to Hawcra. Come to the Now Plymouth station, and a tram will be waiting to take you to Kawaroa Park for one penny. Have you read the advertisement? See it in this issue. The poi dance, the displays by the children and Blondini and the clown can bo viewed in comfort on beautiful lawns. Hot water and milk is free. Shelter trees in thousands. If this is your first visit to Kawaroa Park you will be surprised at its lovelhiess. The main displays commence at 1 p.m.

One of the many attractions at East End on Easter Monday will be tho music supplied by Mrs. George's orchestra of, fifteen performers. This orchestrn- is recognised as the best in Tarnnaki, and the music will bo "worth while.." Patrons nre assured of an enlivening programme.

Special Enster services will be hold at Whiteloy Memorial' Church to-mpr-row. The Rev. C. H. Olds will preach in tho morning and the Rev. A. B. Chap"pell in the evening. At the evening service the anthem will be "King of Kings" (Caleb Simper), and a solo will be sung by Mr. N. Day. The East End Committee nre holding their usual Easter dance on Monday evening in their largo pavilion, which has the best danoing floor in Taranaki. The music will be supplied by Mrs. George's fine orchestra, so patrons can rely on having a good night's outing. All the supernumeraries employed in the war play "Under Fire" are returned New Zealand soldiers.

Bpeciul Easter services will be held in the Baptist Church to-morrow, Appropriate sermons'will be preached by the Rev. F. Hales. The ordinance of Believers' Baptism will be attended to at the evening service. ' Tl\e Melbourne, Ud., notify that, in view of another possible shortage of their famous lines of women's plain and ribbed all-wool cashmere stockings at Is Cd and Is Dd per pair, not more than three pairs will be supplied to any one customer.

It is said that the popular actor, Julius Knight adds more loaves to his laurels as the Irish captain in the war play "Under Fire." J. B. Athohvood, tho Belgian inkeeper, lias in his time ( been cast as an old man in so many character parts that the public generally recognise him as a Methuselah. Ho isn't really such an ancient, but he is one of those, men who from'his very boyhood in the profession has been known as "Old Jimmy." •

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A sitting of the Supreme Court will •be opened at New Plymouth jpn sfcy 16. f The Railway Department aAVertifa that excursion fares will be isiuttf up to and including Tuesday, April 215.

All territorials and cadets of New Plymouth are requested to parade at Coronation Hall on Anzac Day at 1.45 p.m.

Members of the Defence Rifle Club are requested to parade at the Coronation Hall on Tuesday afternoon, at 1.18, to attend the Anzac Day commemoration service.

Two first offenders were charged with drunkenness at the Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M. One was fined 6a and the other, who did not appear, wat fined 10s. . -

_ Commander Milne has given permission to Scoutmaster Sandford to go on trek with a number of Scouts to-day, leaving the Technical School at 8 a.m. All baggage must be at the Technical School not later than 7.30 a.m:< ;: A Wellington telegram aaya that three of the crew of tho Aurora, who accompanied Lieut. Stenhouse to the Antarctic, have enlisted, and left for Trcntham yesterday. They are C. Jltfe ger (carpenter), E. Danglade (steward), and A. Downing (A.8.). ; The Postmaster-General has authorised the transmisisori free, by post, of New Zealand newspaperg donated Iby publishers for the entertainment of soldiers in convalescent hospitals at Rotorua and Hanmer.-rPress Alloftia-i tion. ...