LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. W. W. Smith, curator of IPukekura Park, has presented Canterbury Museum with several zoological specimens from Mount Egmont. According to a Press Association telegram there is a shortage of labor at L? Helton. About 320 men are employed, but 80 more are needed to work the .ships in port properly. The Borough Council, in response to a deputation, has decided to allow the swimming pool at the Municipal Baths to remain open daily until 8.30 a.m. to May 21. Notice is given that all returns of income within the meaning of The Land and Income Assesment Act, 1908, and the Amendment Acts 1012-1913, and the Finance Act, 1915, must be duly forwarded, on the prescribed form, on or before June 2nd.

A Gazette Extraordinary contains a further- list of vessels of enemy ownership which have been detailed or condemned by prize courts in various puits of the Empire. Persons having claims against theße vessels or their cargoes are directed to communicate with the Prize Claims Committee, Board of Trade, London. A fine specimen of a Maori canoe, over 50ft in length, may be seen on the foreshore at Wanganui at present, where a native expert has the work in hand of renewing the stem portion of the sair.c—an operation which entails hewing a new piece from a sufficiently large block of timber. This work has been complete!, and an excellent job is the result." The sides of the canoe are being trimmed and for additional safety a gunwale has been fitted. The Dannevirke Queen Carnival raised £13,359 for wounded soldiers. Miss Millicent Hunter, the soldiers' representative, was elected Queen, and Miss Myrtle Herbert, the Anzac Queen, second. The principal donations for the winning Queen were: George Hunter, M.P., £4050, Paul Hunter £IOSO, Cyril P." Hunter £525, while the racehorse given by Mr. George Hunter to be disposed of in a raffle brought in £1474. The art unions, including the horse, will be drawn next Monday.—Press Association. "Infantile paralysis does not appear to have died out in this district," (writes the Auckland Star's Otorohanga correspondent). "The two cases thought to be mushroom poisoning turned out to be paralysis in one of its worst forms, one victim dying within 24 hours. The other little child is in a very bad way in the Hamilton Hospital, but is expected to recover. Four children of Mr. Barker, of Kiokio, were taken away on Sunday, all suffering from infantile paralysis in a mild form." A meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the Oakura Hall at which nine settlers present, for the purpose of forming a local committee to' work in connection with the Taranaki Patriotic League. Mr. G. A. Adlarn was voted to the chair and explained the objects of the proposal. The following committee was then appointed: Messrs. L. G» Morris, W. Sorensen, L. J. Morris, T. W. Telfer, G. A. Adlarn, C. Mace, and G. Bell. Mr. G. A. Adlarn was appointed chairman and Mr. L. G. Morriß secretary. The following subcommittee was appointed to canvass the district: Messrs. L. G. Morris, L. J. Morris, \\ . Sorensen, ffrid G. Bell. The reverence with which "the little ould plant" that grows "somewhere in Ireland" is held was exemplified this week (says the New Zealand Times). By the Sydney mail, Mr. P. J. Griffin received a letter from the trenches in Prance from an erstwhile vWli.ngtoninn, Mi. Max .Turiss, the physical pulturist, who joined the King's foros in T.ondon. Mr. Juiiss- says: "I am enclosing a pieeo of the dear old plant which I received in the trenches in France on St. Patrick's Day. I know it will be of some interest, bicwing th.it it has tnvdlei from Ireland to France, and from the trenches there direct to you in New Zealand, so you will understand tVat this lear tittle shamrock has been in the '.reaches, and under fire. It is the first '.>.e I have seem the ml shamrock, and 1 >< ml it forward with tast wishes for tz*

The Frankton ratepayers, by a poll yesterday, decided to amalgamate with Hamilton.—Press Association. The values of New Zealand products entered for export last week totalled £814,683, including butter £31,172, cheese £143,91)2, frozen meat £211,454, hides £02,281, and wool £21)9,178. The population of the Dominion at March 31st was estimated at 1,102,646. The excess of emigration (including members of the Kxpeditionary Forces), over immigration during the March quarter 'las 0726. Arrivals during April from oversea numbered 1084 and departures 2502, compared with 1702 and 2458, respectively, in April, 1915.—Press Association. The Fruitgrowers' Conference at Wellington adopted, yesterday, a draft of the new constitution for federation, and appointed a committee to submit the same to the Minister of Agriculture. One of the most important clauses imposes id tax of Is per acre on members, such revenue being devoted to developing the organisation. Next year's apple show will be held at Dunedin, and the next Conference in. Wellington.—Press Association. The Buick motor car, especially the 1916 model, is a machine that is particularly adaptable for work on the Taranaki roads. Anyone in need of a reliable machine will do well to read the Buick motor car advertisement on page 7. Further particulars may be had on application to N. O'Callaghan, head agent for Taranaki, at Hawera; A. R. Cronin, Eltham; G. H. Taylor, Inglewood; and F. H. Robertson and Co., New Plymouth. In a reserved judgment given by the Magistrate at Hawera on Wednesday, John Hook, son of the licensee of the Commercial Hotel, was fined £9 and costs for supplying an inebriated Maori with liquor. The police declined to accede to the Magistrate's suggestion to withdraw the case against the licensee for permitting drunkenness and the nominal fine of £1 and costs was inflicted on her.

A young man who enlisted in Napier last week was arrested as a lunatic at large three hours after the doctors had passed hiin as medically fit. The recruit in question is now an inmate of the Porirua Mental Hospital. His main obsession was that he could move pictures by hypnotic suggestion. Ho endeavored to give demonstrations to this effect in various parts of the town and later still was observed vigorously tearing up paper into small pieces opposite the local post office. He later attracted the attention of the police and was arrested. The man in question is stated to have been released less than a month ago from Avondale. A fortunate discovery was made by two officials of the Napier Motor Cycle Club, who recently went over the local racecourse prior to a projected meeting. In the straight, in front of the main grandstand, a piece of wood, measuring BJin long by ljin, with no less than nine long brass tacks exposed, was found. Later a similar piece was found in one of the bends, which had 10 tacks in it. Had these not been discovered by the officials a serious accident would probably have resulted to one or more of the riders, 'in both cases the grass was bent over these dangerous articles, thus rendering them hard to detect. The matter was promptly put into the hands of the police for investigation, and developments are expected shortly as a result. It is thought that the pieces of wood were placed on the track by some fads who did not realise the seriousness of their action.

At the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday, Francis Alfred Larkin pleaded guilty to obtaining goods by false pretences, and sentence wa9 deferred. John Skivington was acquitted on a charge of causing bodily harm to Solomon Myers, as the result of a motor accident. Ernest Cluwles Devoin appeared on a charge of the attempted murder of Louisa White. The Crown Prosecutor explained that medical advice was to the effect that White was not expected to live long, and as a murder charge would then be preferred he suggested that the trial stand over till next sessions. This course was agreed to.—Press Association. There wero exciting scenes at the ferry wharf, Lyttelton, last Thursday night, consequent upon, scores of passengers and between one hundred and two hundred recruits from the West Coast, from Dunedin, and from other southern towns being denied a passage on the Maori, owing, it was stated, to the Defence authorities not booking sufficient accommodation. So far as could bo ascertained 70!) passengers were allowed on board, of which number 340 were recruits, and the remainder civilians. It seemed that the Defence authorities booked accommodation for only she number of men that was allowed \>n board, Major Sandel, who came up from the South with them, went on to Wellington, leaving Sergt. Smith, R X.Z.A., who had come from Dunedin with a military prisoner, in charge of those who were'left, behind. Seated in the train, the latter body of recruits saw the ferry steamer leave the wharf. They did not seem to mind in the least that they had lost their passage, but on the whole treated the matter as a huge joke, sending up cheer after cheer when they realis'ed that instead of spending the night on the water they would have «o be billeted ashore. Now is the time for blankets and rugs and warm underclothing at the Melbourne, Ltd. Blue blankets, single bed size, 1(1/(1 pair; warm rugs 11/(S, 12/(1, to 18/(1; knitted underpants and shirts, 4/11; woolette flannels, 3/6; Petone and Roslj'n flannels, 4/11.

At the Theatre Royal on Monday next "The Juggernaut," the most ambitious picture yet turned out by the Vitagraph Company, will be screened. The great favorites, Anita Stewart and Earle Williams, aro seen in this film, it is said, in the best work they have yet given us. A terrific train smash forms the climax' of a powerful railroad drama. "The Juggernaut" will be shown for two nights only. A 2000 ft Keystone comedy "Caught in a Cabaret," featuring Charles Chaplin, is on the programme. IT IS THE -DISTINCTIVE QUALITY. Of SAUNDERS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT—its freedom from resins and woody impurities, its great antiseptic, healing, stimulating powers, and its safety—that prompted the highest medical authorities to recommend it as the only eucalyptus produced fit for internal use. At the Supreme Court at Victoria, a witness testified that he una made much worse by a substitute which was sold as "just as good" as SAUNDER'S EXTRACT, and his trouble (ulcer) was healed rapidly by the GENUI.VK SAUNDER EXTRACT afterwards. In disease it Is the drop which cures that counts, and the common eucalyptus which it fit for mechanical purposes, such as making varnish only, should never be employed as * remedial agent. SAUNDER'S EXTRACT can be used on the most tender surface or internally with perfect safety, and when taken as directed will always benefit. L K i ARW &» fd in «. 1* •«* * * boUIH,~WC«L Oumitf,