LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The takings at the Manawatu winter show, both turnstiles and stand, totalled £798 ISs Sd, this being £3l 14s 7d less than was received last year. The falling-off is said to oe due to the wet weather experienced. A clergyman resident not a hundred miles from Balclutha has offered to work three days a week in ; the Kaitangata mine as a miner in order to let an "eligible" away for the frost. In the House of Representatives, Mr. •!'. B. Hine (Stratford), has given notice to ask the Minister for Railways whethei he will improve the travelling comfort of the men of the Featherston camp by substituting carriages in the place of the improvised vans now being used in conveying troops to and from Wellington and the camp. The Stratford Post reports that Madam Bernard lias succeeded in forming a company in Wellington with a capital of £IO,OOO for the purpose of erecting an up-to-date picture theatre in Stratford. There is more than a probability that she will return to Stratford and personaly manage the new business.

New Zfalaud lias for years been trying to secure the markets at Home for its output of cheese (writes E. J. Judd in the Hawera Star). This has only been done by much advertising and expense of keeping an agent at Home for this purpose. Now, if the whole of next season's output of cheese is taken for army purposes, not one pound will go into the ordinary channels. Our markets, Becured after many years of hard work, will be taken by the Yankees. At the end of the war we will have to begin again to fight our way into these markets, and that, too, when a slump is on, for we must look for this after the war. I would urge upon the representatives who have, the final settlement of this question with the Government, that they should do their very utmost to retain at least half of our output, tc go into the usual channels on the markets at Home, thus securing a hold on the markets that we have taken so much trouble to secure. W. H. and A. MeGarry, of Eltham, advertise firesh properties for sale or lease. Don't forget, neglected cold leads to consumption. SYKES'S CUEA COUGH leads to a cure. Is 6d, all stores. Tor Krnnelilal Conehß. tak»

The mails which left Xew Zealand on May U arrived iji London on the 20th in st.

Yesterday was the nineteenth day of the trial of Rua, at Auckland. It is now evident that the hearing will last well into July.

Mr. C. Jenkins' motor-ear was destroy, cd by fire on Sunday evening (says the Opunake Times), The car caught fire when travelling on the main road near Middleton's farm..

The good old days! A Masterton settler showed an Age representative a receipt for six hundred culled ewes purchased by him in the year 188 D. The price was £2O, or 8d a .head.

"I am a coward," said a fine, healthy looking fellow of 21 in appealing for exemption at the Williton (Somerset) District Tribunal. A member: "That I fjuite believe." Application refused.

The Kaimata Dairy Co. has just paid out a bonus of 3d per lb of butter-fat, making Is 3d so far for the season. A further bonus of at least a similar amount to the present is expected at the end of the season.

A London cable states that the Rev. Or. R. J. Campbell, formerly minister of the City Temple Church, in a forthcoming hook on his spiritual pilgrimage, maintains that all ordinations except those of the Roman Catholics and Anglicans are invalid. The newspapers foreshadow a resounding controversy.

In a letter to Mr. W. Rowe, of Hawera, Mr. James Kowin, tin- well-known' butter buyer, writing from Streatham, London, under date May 10, among other things, says: ''We are suffering just now from greatly increased prices" of nearly nil necessaries of life, and people with limited incomes are feeling the pinch. In many cases prices are double what they were before the war. Pork is Is 4d to Is 5d per lb, beef Is 4d to Is fid. But one hears very little grumbling. We shall have a b'ig fruit harvest this year; I never saw the blossom so thick on the trees."

"The We9t Coast is sot the only place where coal can be got." declared Dr. Newman, when the Mines Estimates were being passed by the House. Messrs. Pcarce and Okey concurred, calling the Government's attention to the deposits at Tangaraknu Gorge, near the route of the Stratford-Ongarue "railway. Mr. Pearce said that dairy factories had to secure coal from Auckland, 300 miles by rail. Mr. Maedonald replied that as no official reports on this deposit had been made for 20 years, it was time to looked into the matter again. When a . urvey party was available he would sec what could be done. A wounded New Zealander draws this moving picture of the scene in Westminster Abbey on Anzac Day:—"Many a pageant has the Abbey seen, but never before have throe thousand men from the outskirts of the Empire worshipped their King in its storied pile," he writes in The Times, "The service had a climax almost oppressive in its oadness. The Australians and New Zcalanders turned their eyes towards the altar as the notes of the National Anthem echoed through the Abbey. They saw there the simple khaki-clad figure of the only man in our Empire who does not stand when the Anthem is sung. And they wondered what he thought. Surely he saw as they did that every man in whose company he v orshipped would again lay down' his life to uphold his sovereignity." The children were greatly interested in the film, "Britain Prepared," shown in the Theatre Royal yesterday. As the views depicting the enormous preparations for war and the power of the Fleet were shown, the juveniles cheered themselves hoarse. The appearance of the King, mounted on a charger, shown with great clearness, reviewing one of the Kitchener divisions read) for the Front, evoked tremendous cheers, the whole of the house rising. The views if the Fleet were very line. After seeing the heavy seas and the buffeting about the ships receive in their ceaseless vigil in the North Sea, one is better able to appreciate the hardships our sailors are undergoing, and also the the wonderful power of Britain's right arm. These pictures, which were taken on behalf of the authorities, are very educative, and no one should miss seeing them.

A short sitting of the -Xe\v Plymouth Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., presiding. Several cases of breaches of by-laws were dealt with. W. A. Scott, who did not appear, was fined 20s and costs 7s for allowing five cows to wander in Leacli street. Wm. Coombe pleaded guilty to a charge laid by the Taranaki County Council (Mr. A. C. Lawrey) of allowing a horse to stray on the Main South road at Tataraimaka, and was fined 10s and costs 17s 6d. Chas. Andrews, who was charged on the information of the .police with motoring round the Coffee Palace corner on the wrong side of the street, pleaded guilty and was fined 10s and costs Os. \V. A. Geisc pleaded guilty to a charge of connecting a rain-water conducter witli a sewer without the written consent of the engineer, contrary to a borough by-law. He was fined 5s and costs 7s. The borough sanitary inspector (Mr. Day) stated that he did not ask for a heavy penalty, but they wanted plumbers to realise that the by-law must be carried out, and that it was essential that rain-water should be kept out of the sewers.

The Melbourne's the place for real bargains in men's and boys' overcoats, oilskins and suits. Fine ranges also of shirts, ties, socks, underwear and hats. Melbourne prices are admittedly the lowest in the land.

Many picture patrons have developed the idea that owing to the exceptionally large seating accommodation it is not necessary to book their seats for entertainments at the Theatre Royal. A large number who attended the screening of "Britain Prepared" last evening proved the fallacy of this idea, and were unable to secure scats in the dress circle, owing to their failing to reserve during the day. The plans for to-night and to-morrow arc on view at Colliers', and intending patrons might well heed the experiences of the unwise last evening.

IT IS THE DISTINCTIVE QUALITY OP SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT—its freedom from resins and woody impurities, its great antiseptie 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 was 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 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, 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.