LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Since the commencement of hostilities over 2000 volunteers ii| this 'Xapier military district have been rejected as "mifit." Spurious half-sovereigns, in the shape of gilded sixpences, were circulated among the tradesmen of ralrnerston North on Saturday last. An Auckland man who went bankrupt was asked why ho did not enlist for service abroad. He replied that he "had something better to think about." A member of the staff of the Orepuki .Advocate learns on good authority that a cheque in the vicinity of £200,000 will be divided between the different Southland freezing companies in a few days. It is understood that a syndicate has been formed, with a capital of £:100,000, to purchase land contiguous to the Tauranga railway. These lands will be subdivided and sold in convenient farming properties. "Golf is not a game; it is an intelligent exercise," declared Councillor J, Fuller at the Wellington City Council last week, when someone raised a question about Sunday golf. . Fennel, which flourishes rather too well in Wellington, has been declared by the City Council to be a noxious weed. Is it a noxious weed in New Plymouth, where its growth is luxuriant? The Hawera Hospital Board has, in response to a circular issued by the In-spector-General of Hospitals, decided to send a nurse to Wellington for special training in the treatment of infantile paralysiß. Advice has reached \ew Zealand that 08 bags of parcels were lost on the steamship Maloja. The approximate date of posting these was from February .10 to 23. There were also New Zealand parcels redi/ected to England aboard the ship. A farmer in the Overdale district, Rakfdtv, was startled the other morning by a sound of coughing in an unoccupied bedroom in his house. On makiilg investigation, he discovered a lad snugly coiler up in the blankets. The 'ad was pulled out, and was found to be a Burnham escapee. He was returned to the institution.

Two men in the Marton district had a quarrel, and' they prepared to settle it in the good old-fashioned way, though the procedure was not according to law. The exorcise of fist and muscle was certainly not profitable to either. There was no big gate money, and when they faced the magisterial referee at Marton they were each mulcted in a fine of 10s and costs.

Advice from Erf-land reports that f!8 bag's and seven parcels were lost on the Malojn (says a J'ress wire from Wellington). The approximate dates o,f posting these were from 10th to 23rd February. There were also New Zealand parcels redirected to England aboard About one hundred tons gifts remain in 3tore, and these are being prepared for shipment. At the annual meeting of the Otakcho branch of the Farmers' Union the bal-ance-sheet showed that £132 10s had been contributed to patriotic funds. Mr. •W. H. Le Fleming was re-elected president, and Mr. A. J. Young secretary and treasurer. Messrs E. and C. Burke and W. Lindon, with the chairman and secretary, were appointed as the local representative, Mr. Burke being chosen as delegate to the provincial conference. A large attendance of farmers listened with keen interest at Stratford on Thursday night to' Mr. H. G. Sergei, agricultural instructor, when lie. discoursed on the subject of ''Pastures." Evidently agricultural education is progressing in this centre, as there was a lively discussion on many points. Mr. Sergei intimated, too, that under certain conditions rock phosphate had, beyond doubt, proved its value during the last season.—Post.

A very pretty military wedding was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, on Friday' afternoon, when Miss Annie B. Hignett, daughter of Mr. i. Hignett, of Stratford, was married to Corporal Frank Pryke, of Greytown. Corporal Prkye was on special final leave. The ceremony was performed by the Kev. C. W. Howard. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a dress'of crepe-de-chine and chiffon trimmed with fur, with the usual veil and orange blossoms. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Minnie Hignett, who wore a khaki costume, with a brown satin hat lined with rose pink. A. full choral service was rendered by Miss Hignett's choir friends. The Church was crowded with friends of the bride, and several relatives were also in attendance. The wedding breakfast was held at the bride parents' house, and the happy couple left for Wauganui by the afternoon train. —Post. Speaking in the House last week, Mr. Veitch (Wnnganui) stated that two YVanganui blacksmiths and farriers had been refused supplies of iron and horseshoe nails by three merchant firms in Wangnnui. even although they offered to pay cash. The reason given for the refusal to supply these men was that they were not, members of the Employers' Association. The refusal to sell was made in his (Mr. Veitch'sl presence. He communicated with the Prime Minister, who replied stating that he had referred the matter to the Attor-ney-General for his opinion. Subsequently he received another communication from the 'Prime Minister, stating that no action could be taken. by the Government, as the goods did not come within ilie scope of the Commercial Trusts Act. The only thing that could be done was for the men' who had 'been refused supplies was to seek their own remedy at common law. This the men could not afford, as it involved an outlay to £SOOO to test such a case.

IT IS THE DISTINCTIVE QUALITY. OF SANDERS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT—its freedom from resins and woody impurities, its great antiseptic, healing, stimulating powers, and its safety—that prompted th.; highest medical authorities to recommend it as the only eucalyptus produced fit for interim] use. At the Supreme Court at Victoria, a witness testified that he «i's made much worse by a substitute which was sold as "just as good" as SANDER'S EXTRACT, and his trouble (ulcer) was healed rapidly by the GENUIN'K SANDER 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 a remedial agent, SANDER'S ' EXTRACT can be used on the most tender surface or internally with perfect safety, and when taken as directed will always benefit. KARBOL, sold in 6d, Is, and Is lid bottles.—Sykes, Chemist. For Children's Hacking Cough, Woods' Gnat Pajiß.ir&lnt Cur*.

Good pi.->gress is being, made with the erection of the ne* fire station in. Inglewood. A cable received from Sydney last night, ruturt» (hat Mrs. Ford won the States singles tennis championship. A telegraphic chess match between lie VVelliin-toii end (Jhristchurch clubs began on Saturday night. At the end of the evening's play Christchurch had three wins, whilst Wellington have a slight advantage at five of the remaining nine boards. The mail train flid net reach New Ply. mouth until 0.3!) p.m., on Saturday night. The cause 0 t the delay was a mishap to one of the wheels of the engine in the afternoon and oyer an hour and a half was lost. A report on the progress made since the inception of the New Plymouth Recruiting Committee on March'is last was presented by the lion, secretary (Mr E Lash), at a meeting of the committee on Fnday night. Mr. Lash's report showed that 228 report cards hid be'en sent in to the group officer at Hawera, and 91 enlistment the latter 65 were of New Plymouth men, the remainder being from all round the district. One man was from Victoria.

Arrangements have just been completed for Commissione- Jlodder, who is thjjchief officer of the Salvation Army in New Zealand, to visit New Plymouth for services next Sunday. It is'now some fifteen months since Commissioner Hod-' der paid his first visit to this part of the Taranaki district, and his services were largely attended in the Good Templar Hall. On Sunday afternoon a special gathering will be held in the Good Templar Hall, at which a number of leading citizens have signified their intention of being present to hear ar address by this distinguished visitor on the Army social and rescue work in the Dominion. In the evening a memor'al service in memory of the New Zealand fallen soldiers will be held, when Mrs. Hodder will, as well as her husband, deliver an address. \

Writes the Okv'awa correspondent of the Hawera Star:—! s,ee Mr. Vigor Brown, of Napie:. has paid Taranaki a. visit, and. as a conseauenee, is charmed with the country am', the novelty of passing through till gates, and that he intended to "v.'jwosly" oppose the abolition 01 the latter. ' A visitor is not quaiifiel to offer an opinion on the subject. Tie is on a ln-lidav, and a few shillings are neitW here nor there.' He should take a farm on the western side of our toll gates, and then he would be in a portion to judge e..i to the efficacy or otherwise of the ga'es. Mr. Brown says he has nefrer been in a district where the roads are so good. Has he ever been in a distriot where the rates are so high? to the roads, I am sure Mr. Brown did net travel over.the Normanby Road, which now, right from Normanby to the Inahu Road, is about the roughest in the district. While all are agreed that tin- upkeep of the roads is most important, all are not agreed that the toll gates are a fair and equitable means of doing so.

In a letter from Mr. 'Ellison (London agent of the National Dairy Association, of New Zca'and), it is stated that the Danish rennet manufacturers cannot fulfil contract?, to supply rennet to New Zealand factories, owing to the Russian embargo on cilf's veils. The British Government lure endeavored to have the embargo removed, but without avail, as the Russian Government fears the supplies will go to enemy countries. Mr. Ellison stmrgly recommends the la.lnufarlr.lc of rennet in the colony, and suggests that representatives from all cheese factories in the Dominion send delegates to the conference at Palmerston North Show to consider the question. The position is exceedingly serious for all cheese factories, as without rennet it is impossible to manufacture cheese. Is it poi-sibie to establish a rennet factory in Taranaki f

In this iisuo particulars are published of a clearing sale at Oaonui, on Friday morning next, on i>?count of Mrs. M. A. Mills, who has so'd her farm, and is leaving for Midhirst. The ■Melbourne, Md. has opened out two specially fine line? of men's suits, th(> exact counterpart of exclusive Jiigh gratia custom tailor work. The fabrics arc pure indigo eoatHigs. and flue worsteds in soft suede flnish In shades of blouse mixtures. Prices no more than usual, nimely, fin? Cd. Mesrs Webster Bros will submit to auction on behalf of Mr. 0 Grey, on Wednesday next, May 24, the furnishings of his denta; rooms. Particulars arc advertised elscWier.:.