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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Carnegie, who. recently celebrated liis 80th birthday, has given away in public and private benefactions £80,000,000— £1,000,000 for each year of his life. The takings at t'he Red Cross mart on. Saturday amounted to £9 10s. The ladies in charge report a demand cor jams pickles, preserves, etc.. and tliev would in future be pleased to receive donations of this nature at the mart. The lady who was reported missing from the fiarawa on its arrival at Xew lymonth on Friday has been identified as a daughter of the late C, F. Brown, of Wellington. She was coming on a Mrs. Pf.ddiaon, of Taruiutangi, and had taken a return ticket from Onelmiiga to Xew Plymouth.

A meeting of interest to many Taranaki shareholders \yill be held at Auckland oil Wednesday, when the affairs of the Home Builders' Association will be reported upon bv the special committee set up for the purpose, with Mr. Bradsliaw Dive as chairman. It is understood the committee's report will recommend drastic action being taken. The winding up of the Association, and taking legal action against certain of the offi° cers will be among the recommendations.

Dairymen throughout Taranaki report that never before has the late autumn and winter been kinder to their herds, which consequently are in splendid condition. Feed generally is plentiful, and stores of hay and ensilage have only been partly used. The dairying season will commence this year quite a fortnight earlier than last, which also was an early season, and with the high prices prevailing the outlook was never so cheerful.

Professor Isherwood, spiritualist, and clairvoyant, who lias been operating at Hastings for three months, was (says a press message) arrested there on Saturday on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences by the sale of alleged medicine to a Maori. Other similar charges are pending. He was remanded for a 'Week, bail being fixed, himself in £4OO and two sureties in £2OO each, South Taranaki settlers in the old days were very keen on boxthorn for hedges. It grew quicldy, afforded good protection for the cattle, and resisted the severe winter weather. But boxthorn is cursed by the present generation. Its very vigor is a disadvantage, as it is difficult and expensive to keep back, and is always a source of danger to those who have to cut it. Quite recently Mr. J. Forsyth, of Pihania, contracted a poisoned arm through handling boxthorn, and for some time his condition was precarious. All the boxthorn hedges in the province are not worth the life of a settler.

Mi\ Schwartfedger, manager of Mr. Harold Thompson's farm at Inglewood, had a narrow escape from death on Thursday last. He was leading a Jersey bull when the beast turned on him and got him down. Mr. Schwartgedger says j he was on his back for about 15 minutes | with the bull on top of him, trying to gore him. After a big tussle he managed to get hold of the ring in the bull's nose and rise to his feet. Letting go suddenly, he jumped into a swamp and waded across to safety. He was unable to walk home without assistance. He had a hole gored in his thigh, and his ribs were scvtrclv bruised.

There was a very good response on Saturday afternoon to the appeal made for funds to purchase tobacco for our soldiers. A neat little stall at Ambury's corner compelled attention to the cause, and Mr. D. J. Hughes, who had charge of it, did the rest, lie was ably assisted by Mrs. Jenkins (Fit/.roy) and the Misses Mouatt, as collectors, the result being that £S !>s 7d was handed to the Mayoress, viz., cash donations £8 Os lOd, cigarettes Bs, cigars Is. The stall, which will be in evidence on future Saturdays, was built by Mr. Coleman, and donated by Mr. J. Avery. Mr. D. J. Hughes wishes to thank Messrs C. Honeyfield and W. Seamark, as well as all others who assisted the good cause, including Mr. Bartleit and Mr. C. W. Williams.

There is 110 doubt as to the popularity of the Melbourne Ltd.'s sales. To show the public is not slow to appreciate a good thing the firm's great winter sale has commenced to slashing business and .a great bargain feast is assured for the whole period of the sale. Mrs. MacKenzie has written to her local secretary (Mrs. Hall) explaining that the sale of Indian goods and novelties, advertised, in this issue, will take the form of a Grand Patriotic Oriental Bazaar. It has been decided that the proceeds are to be divided between the British ami Indian Ked Cross work. There is a very large assortment of goods, amounting in value to £IOOO, and these will make a most attractive dUnlav.

Tlio officers of the Japanese squadron, having intimated their desire to obtain -somotliiny written in Maori as a remembrance of Now Zealand, the National Reserve forwarded (iOI) copies—:}oo (« each warship—of Hie song "Tippenuy"' translated into Mauri and set to music. "The French lassies are,'' says a Mastorlou trooper writing from the front, "really great. Naturally the lirut thing the boys did oil arriving here was to endeavor to make love to them. In most eases they were true to their brave boys fighting in the trenches, and the answer invariably was 'promenade after the war.' "

"The soil in Mesopotamia, which is silted up by the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, contains 15 per cent, of lime, and is one. of the richest patches of land in the world, and will, I hope, soon be open to British sons to occupy," observed Mr. Reynolds, of Cambridge, at the Conference of the Council of Agriculture. An Ashburton country resident, who lias not yet relegated his buggy to the scrap-heap ia favor of the motor car, complained of the use of the excessively brilliant headlights by many motorists in the county. He stated that the lights on many of the motors are so glaring as to completely dazzle horses and driver alike. Many horses refuse to face the lights, and on many occasions, he states, accidents have been narrowly averted. Even the Westminster Gazette, the most faithful supporter of the Government, joins in the grumble at the official policy of secrecy which is being steadily intensified, largely through the action of the different departments which are interpreting the regulations in a very extreme fashion. Thus, one journalist was prosecuted recently for communicating' news over the telephone to his office. The Magistrate dismissed the case. I

We arc in receipt of a copy of a booklet entitled "Memories of Kapouga." being a history of the Anglican Church of that township, written by the Rev. 0. M. Stent, vicar of Opunake. T'he history of the church is largely a history of Kapouga and district, and Mr. Stent has done full justice to it. He wields a facile pen, and has shown care and judgment in the handling of the subject. This is apparent in the references to the building of a vicarage, a question which seriously divided Manaia. and Kaponga, both belonging to the one parish, and which led to the transfer of the then clergyman and put back elmreh work considerably, The Plains held a bazaar, raising £.139, the idea being to erect a vicarage at Manaia, where it had hitherto been located. A Kaponga church man subsequently offered four acres at Kaponga, and the Diocesan Trustees accepted the offer. The vicar favored Kaponga, and the fat was in the fire. Manaia regarded it as a breach of faith, and refused all attempts at compromise. After a long time Mr Barton, of Hawera, was appointed arbitrator, and he gave judgment in favor of the Manaia site. Thereafter peace prevailed. An exhibition of the Wizard gas light will take place at Opunake to-morrow afternoon and evening.

Hall Caine's popular novel, "The Christian," in motion picture form, produced by the London Film Company, will be shown at the Theatre Royal tonight. The subject is handled in a masterly manner, the mountings being on a most elaborate scale. Mr. Derwent Hall Caine, the author's son, interprets the role of John Storm. The screening of the play occupies the whole evening. Appropriate music is contributed by the Symphony Orchestra.

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Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1916, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1916, Page 4

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