LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tim Taranaki Agricultural Society lms received 82 entries in the butter classes at the forthcoming Winter Show, ami CO in the cheese section. There is a keen demand for Devon Street properties in New Plymouth. During the past few days three central properties have changed hands at record prices. A Wellington telegram sajrs that three ■more cases of infantile paralysis have been reported, all being young children. One is at Rangiwaia (near Taihape), and the others are at Masterton. Mr. F. Norris, honorary organiser of the New Zealand National Service League, is at present oil a visit to Taranaki, speaking at the various schools on the aims and objects of the League. This morning he will speak at the Westown School, at 0 o'clock, and will address the Technical School boys and girl 9 a' 11.0 a.m. and 11.30 a.m., respectively. Could more tragedy be put into a footnote than this by the editor of the London Nation?: —"There is a story of a French soldier (told me by M. Clemenceau), the crack shot of his regiment, who was supposed to have killed three hundred Germans, and was finally shot himself. His wife had been shut up in the occupied districts, and he had hoard that she was enceinte." Drs. Valintine and Hope Lewis visited the Willochra at l.nin&liu on Saturday afternoon and, as the result of their inspection, the vessel with about forty members of the old crew left at midday on Sunday for Wellington. Unless there are any fresh developments the troops on Quarantine Island will probably lie dispatched to their homes on Tuesday.—Press Association. Miss Hunt, millinery and dressmaking instructress, advertises places and dates for commencement of classes for next term. The big naval picture, "Friend and Foe on the High Seas,' stirs the patriotism and impresses by its strength and intimate views of ''the first line of defence." No better picture of its kind has been shown locally. The opinion of a prominent townsman at tha Thnatre Royal last night-

The Government has decided to take a census next October. The work will be carried out by the Postal Department. The Eltham Patriotic Committee's Wounded Soldierß' Fund has been transferred to the Taranaki Provincial War Relief Association. Mrs. C. H. Burgess (the Mayoress), wishes to acknowledge with thanks the sum of £1 14s !)d for the Returned Nurses' Fund, that was collected in the train between Hawera and Stratford, by Master Fred Barry, of Stratford. A three-year-old child, named Enid Morrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A Morrison, of Katapiko, was accidentally drowned on Sunday. It appears that the little child wandered from the house and when missed by her parents a search was at once instituted. The body was subsequently found in a creek which is in close proximity to the hp.uje. By the courtesy of the Dairy Produce Grader at Patea we (Star), a're able to give the grading figures of the factories which have secured the highest averages for the season. They "are: Whenuakura (central factory), 92.230Kakaramea, 92.174; Mangatoki (Matapu branch), 91.07. A large Church parade was held at St. Mary's Church, Hawera, on Sunday in honor of Empire Day and the King's Birthday. The units assembled at the Drill Hall and marced to church headed by the Citizens' Band. Major Cos was m command of the parade which comprised Territorials, Senior Cadets, National Reserve, Boy Scouts, Fire Briglade, and Veterans. The caretaker of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society suggested at the meeting the other evening that steps should be taken by the Society to have deer liberated on the Kaitoke Ranges. This class of game would attract tourists and deer-stalkers from other districts, and enable Taranaki people to sometimes secure a joint of venison while the funds of the Society would be considerably enhanced by the extra issue of licenses. A meeting of trades unionists in Weilington, at which four Labor members of Parliament attended, discussed the Military Service Bill and passed a resolution condemning it as absolutely unnecessary and futile, and calling on the workers of the country to oppose it in every way and at every, stage. At another meeting an Anti-Conscription League was formed, says the Press Association. There wan a note of warning against excessive expenditure in the Prime Minister's speech on the Pensions Bill delivered in the House on Wednesday evening. We must, Mr. Massey said, look forward to a drop in prices of at least 30 per cent., and we would have to pay interest and sinking fund out of earnings. That was the time the country had to prepare for. He was glad to say certain preparations in that direction had already commenced. He had just seen a letter from a prominent officer at the front in which it was said tho war would end in two years from next November. He hoped that was a pessimistic suggestion. The question of obtaining better shooting for sports in the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society's district was discussed at the annual meeting of that body on Friday evening. It was pointed out that pheasants were very difficult of approach within gun range. Mr. G. T. Seale, the Society's caretaker, considered the reason for this) was probably because of the fact that a couple of months before the shooting season opened a good many shootists went out with the avowed object of shooting hares. He would not say anything, but were hares were shot at, but' if the Society had the power to protect hares for the two months preceding the opening of the shooting season, the pheasants would be less startled than at present was the case. The Egmont Lodge, 1.0. G.T., held their usual meeting in the lodge room last evening. Bro. G. H. Maunder, acting C.T., opened tiie lodge in the place of the C.T., Bro. F. 1!. Peppered], who is ill. In the course of business the Lodge Deputy reported that good success had been experienced in canvassing for signatures to the petitions to Parliament asking for six o'clock closing of hotel bars. The programme of entertainment included a recitation' by Mrs. Sanders; songs by Bro. Chappell (encored), Misses Callaghan and Thomp. stone; piano solo, Sister Miss Thomp. stone; violin solo, Bro. Bransgrove. The meeting concluded with a nice little supper, provided by the Vice-Templar, for which she received very hearty thanks. One of the funniest l stories of the Kaiser appears in a Glasgow newspaper. It gives a conversation which is said to have taken place a few weeks ago between his Imperial Majesty and the Crown Prince., Crown Prince to Kaiser: ''Father, who started the war? Was it the Emperor Joseph, or King Peter of Serbia, or King George, or had the King of Bulgaria or the Sultan of Turkey n land in it'?" "No, no, my son," said the Kaiser, ''none of them had anything to do with it. There was a man called Roosevelt came from America to see me. 1 let him see my great army, my great navy, my great guns, and my huge store of munitions. He gave me a pat on the shoulder and said, "Bill, you can conquer the world,' and I like a blooming fool believed him." •Miss, Eve Balfour, an erstwhile Christchurch resident, has made quite a name for herself at Home, Miss Balfour went to England to try her fortune on the legitimate stage, and after various ups and downs, in the provincial towns, she achieved success and became a star in leading London theatres. The London Film Company, recognising her ability, secured her services under contract for their big film, productions. Miss Balfour's greatest success in film work to date is in the part of Lady Muriel in the famous Drury Lane melodrama, "The Derby Winner," which was such a boom when Bland Holt'.s dramatic company played it through the Dominion twenty years ago. "The Derby Winner" will be shown here at the Empire Picture Palace next Saturday. Mary iPickford will appear for the last time as "Rags" to-night at the Empire Picture Palace. 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 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 w.-s made ■much worse by a substitute which was sold as "just as good" as SANDER'S EXTRACT, and his trouble (ulcer) was healed rapidlv bv the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT afterwards. In disease it is the drop which cures that counts, and the common eucalyptus which it (it 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 direoted will always benefit I

A social gathering was held in the Public Hall, at Ararata, on Wednesday last to farewell Privates W. Casson and W. Murray, but the latter was unable to be present. Private Casson waft presented with a safety rsjtor and tobacco pouch, and n wristlet watch will be sent to Private Murray. The official opening of the trams will take place at 3 p.m. on Thursday, at the Fitzroy tram sheds. If the weather is line the opening speeches will be given from a platform erected outside the sheds. If wet, the ceremony will be performed inside the tram sheds. A specially decorated car will be utilised for the opening. The Citizens' Band will be in attendance, and it is expected that there will be a large gathering of the public. Information has been received by the Hawera Star's Nomistnby correspondent that Mrs. Russell, wife of Air. Thos Russell of that town, Was found by her husband in a serious condition, and smelling strongly of Jeyes' fluid. She was at onco put to bed and an emetic administered. Medical aid was then summoned. The doctor gave the patient attention and ordered her removal to the Hawera Hospital, where she lies in a serious state. There will be an excellent programme for the W.C.T.U. Concert, in aid of Y.M.C.A. funds, on Wednesday next. It Jncludcs a spirited and up-to-date dialogue entitled, "The Allies and the Pretender." There's no place like the Melbourne, Ltd., for oilskins, raincoats and overcoats. Read these prices: Boys' black oilskins, shoulder lined, 8s lid; riding coats, 10s !)d; Tower's famous oilskins, walking 14s (id, riding 19s (Id; oilv canvas riding coats, 37s <Sd; gaberdine raincoats, 335; Hydrotites 49s fld; tweed overcoats, 3,>s to 95a.