LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Press Association message from Wellington says the Telegraph Department made a start yesterday morning training girls as operators, with aclass of thirty.' As soon as they have fairly broken the ice, classes will be opened at Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

The memorial service for Lord Kitchener and the North Sea heroes in'the Napier Municipal Theatre on Sunday held the largest attendance ever recorded on such an occasion. The speakers included the Chief Justice. References were made in all the churches to Lord Kitchener's loss.—Press Association.

A Gisborne telegram says that a firo at Tokomarn Bay destroyed fouv shops owned by Mr. Kelly, and occupied by J. D. Kelly, Sabba, and Geo. Young. A young woman sleeping in the upper storey had a narrow escape, being slightly burned.

The Oxford Dairy Factory, which was opened last year, 'liasi had * very successful season. It h«.a 'been decided to pay out a bonus of 5(1, which, with the advances already made, brings the season's pay out to Is 6d per lb for butterfat.

The Borough Council has decided to make a concession to school children travelling from school during certain restricted hours. The fourteen onesection trip tickets will be obtainable for Od, but they must be purchased by the schools and' issued only to bona-fide scholars.

A Gore telegram reports that the window of Carl Bowmast, a naturalised German, who has a tailor's shop, was broken late on Saturday night. Three young men, John Fletcher, Joseph Davis, and Alex. Beatty were arrested and charged at the Police Court yesterday witli drunkenness. Seven other ..'barges against the accused were also lodged, and they were remanded to Saturday. Special commemorative services in honor of the late Earl Kitchener were the Methodist Church, Hawera, the the Methodist Church, Hawera. the Town Hall, Eltham, and the Anglican Church, Eltham. At the Opera House, Hawera, a united memorial service was held in memory of Lord Kitchener and the sailors who lost their fives in the Jutland naval battle, •>

For a considerable time past the famous London Film Company have been recognised as one of the leading producers of really fine, up-to-the-minute moving pictures. "Jclfs." the latest photoplay by this company, is no exception to the fule, and the final screenings at the Theatre Royal to-night and to-morrow night will doubtless draw capacity houses. The orchestral music for this picture 'a a feature.

At the 'Xapicr the Magistrate. Mr. iS. K. McCarthy, ysaid a merchant, not a Xapicr man, had" told him that out of the stock he had in hand and in bond at the outbreak of war lie wa'i making £SOOO a moilth.

Mr. A. R. Davies, of Pukearuhe, leaves for Wellington to-day to urge on the Government the necessity of acquiring the White Cliffs estate and cutting it up for closer settlement. This estate comprises 050 acres of first-class dairying land, which, it is stated, can be cut up into 50 acre farm?, and thus provide ideal areas for selection by returned soldiers. ' At present it is being utilised for fattening purposes, and its sub-division should give e great fillip to the White Cliffs cheese factory. The total gate takings at the Winter Show amounted to £232 ss, about £7 less than last year. The weightguessing competition produced £3B 14s, and the cushions £57 5s (Id. In connection with the latter a word of praise must be given to the ladies who had charge of them, Mesdames J. S. Connett, F. Smellie. W. N. Hill, and A. Lister. The winners were as follows. 1 : No 1 competition: Ist, Mr. J. Duggan (Tataraimaka); 2nd, Mrs. Grooby (Frankley Road); 3rd, F. Prentice (Mangorei). No. •2 competition: Ist, Mrs. Hulke (Gill Street); 2nd., 11. Luckin (Tataraimaka), Mr. W. J. Clianey, hon. ! " secretary and treasurer of the Poor in Belgium, Serbia, and Montenegro Relief Fund, has received, through New Zealand's High Commissioner, acknowledgments from the Ministers for Belgium and Serbia also from the Consul-General for Montenegro and chairman of the Polish Ommittee, expressing thanks and appreciation for the generous donations made from time to time from the residents of New Plymouth and surrounding districts towards the relief and comfort of the \in fortunate people, of these countries. The amount remitted to date is £I4OO. '

A meeting of creditors in the estatj of Charles Wooding, of New Plymouth, laborer, was held at the office of the District Official Assignee (Mr. ,T. S. S. Medley), on Friday. Only three creditors were present, Mrs. Patterson, Messrs E. W. Gibbs. and H. R. Billing. Bankrupt's statement showed that liabilities amounted to £(11 10s 10d, and the assets were nil. He could make no offer, and the meeting was adjourned to see -whether an anv.vment could not be made to pay Mrj. Patterson. A Palmerston North telegram says that at a large meeting of the Flnumills Employees' Union called to consider the Compulsion Bill, a* series of resolutions were carried expressing the unanimous opinion that the Bill was designed to raise a cheap army for protecting the enormous war profits of the wealthy shirkers from just taxation A pledge of united resistance, by means of a strike, immediately the Act was put into operation was taken. " Before proceeding with the business of the Borough Council last night, the Mayor moved the following resolution, which was carried unanimously by the Couneillor\standing up: "That the New Plymouth Borough Council expresses its profound regret at the great loss sustained by the British Empire by the lamented death of Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener, Secretary for War, and also records its high appreciation of tin? devoted service rendered by him "to the Empire throughout a long and illustrious career."

"I am afraid that there is a tendency among some farmers to .omplain because there is a shortage of labor," said Mr. J. H. Perrett, a Feilding delegate at the Farmer*' Union Conference recently held at Levin. "We must expect to make some little sacrifice. Up to the present we have been doing very well—we were never in a better position than we are now—and we must be prepared to put up vvith some little inconveni ence. I ''ope we will not hear- anything .more about the shortage of labor," 'ie concluded.

'■(ientlemen, j onoe wrote a story,'' said .Sir Rider Haggard at Wellington last week. His manner of stating the fact amused his audience. Sir Rider went on to tell the story—how three men, after enduring great '<■ hardship? found themselves in a treasure chamber,., with countless .vealtb around them. While they were gloating over it a little accident happened, and they found themselves shut in. At first they were not upset about it. There were the gold and diamonds, and they would soon* get out. But at the end of a day they were anxious, and at the end of two days they said, "We will give all this accursed pelf and anything else we may possess for a drop of water and a bit of bread." And what was the lesson to be learnt from that? That not all the wealth in the world mattered if we were attacked and could not defend ourselves. It all came down, to the lesson that had been taught in the North Sea; it wns man against man and ship against ship, to guard .their rights and freedom. The audience greatly appreciated this little story. Probably few had perceived previously any such deep meaning in the entertaining story, "King Solomon's Mines."

The annual meeting of the Taranaki Co-op. Egg Circle will b6 held- at the Town Hall, New Plymouth, to-morrow evening. /

The (late fov tile drawing of the Studebaker motor car art union lias, by permission of the Minister for Internal Affairs, been extended to July 2fi. An important sale of a pedigree herd will be conducted at the Auroa salcyards by the Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society on account of the trustees of the late H. Rawclifl'e on Wednesday The time of commencement is altered to 11 o'clock sharp, luncheon feeing provided. Beside? the herd, all other stock and farm sundries will be offered. Jiese at the Melbourne, Ltd.: Ladies' indigo print aprons 2s 3d; Horrockscs' ati-inch calico 7d yard; 54-inch rough serge 4s lid yard; men's fine Mosgiel knitted socks Is (id pair; all-wool fringed rugs 4s (id; men's pure wool cashmere socks Is 6d pair; men's knitted pants and shirts 4s lid; boys' braces 4d pair; youths' braces id pair. IT IS THE DISTINCTIVE QUALITY OF SANDER'S EUCALYPTI JSXTltACT—its freedom from resins and woody impurities, its great antiseptic healing, stimulating powers, and its 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 was made much worse by a substitute which was sold as 'Just as good" as SANDER'S EXTRACT, and his trouble (ulcer) wa? healed rapidly bv the GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT afterwards. In disease it is the drop which cures that counts, and the common eucalyptus which is fit for mechanical purposes, such as making varnish only, «hould 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 directs) will always benefit.