LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Stratford Dairy Company will pay to its suppliers on 20th inst. for June milk £281; iinal payment for the season, £29,642.

There is now on view in Drew's window a very handsome silver cup presented to the 'North Taranaki Hunt by the president, Mr. A. A. Alexander. The cup will be presented to the winner of the North Taranaki Hunt Steeplechase.

An Auckland resident while in a crowd one day last week noticed sonic bank notes on the ground. He picked them up, handing them to a constable near by. When counted, it was found that they amounted to a considerable sum. No owner has yet come forward to claim them.

The mail for England and the Expeditionary Forces, which closed at Melbourne on Tuesday of last week, filled 1000 bags. This is a record. It is estimated that the number of letters must have been very close to 1,000,000. To deal with the mail it was considered necessary to supplement the mail-room staff by about 90 men from other departments.

At the East End beach on Monday, Miss May Sole, daughter of Mr. (ius Sole, and an accomplished horse-woman, well-known in hunting circles, met with an accident, being thrown from her horse, which, it is said, also kicked her in the hack. She was conveyed to her home, and is now receiving medical attention.

A reminder is given of the sale of Indian and Oriental goods and novelties at the Good Templar Ilall to-day and to-morrow. Mrs. George M'Kenzie, who has charge of.the exhibition, has for the last eighteen years interested herself in the Raniabai Child Widows' of India Mission Fund. The proceeds of the sale are to be divided between the child widows and the British Rod Cross Fund. The ladies' committee will he at the Good Templar Hall this morning to receive cakes and home-made bread for the afternoon tea and produce stall.

Tlit? bargain of the season—the lino of moil's wire cord trousers at (is 11(1 at the Melbourne, Ltd.'s sale. In view of the increasing cost of everything every worker should be vitally interested in this remarkable offering as affording u considerable saving, A CONTINUAL ANXIETY. Coughs and colds are an anxiety to mothers as children rarely get through the winter without them. For young children a medicine that acts quickly is necessary or croup may develop; it must contain no opiates and be a medicine the children like. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts quickly, contains no opiates, children like it and it is everywhere regarded as a certain cure for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Sold everywhere. IT IS THE DISTINCTIVE QUALITY OP SANDER'S 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 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.

Some time ago there was published in the Daily News a correspondent's report of an alleged marriage of two Newall lload folk. The sequel will be heard to-day at the Magistrate's Court, when another JJewall Jtoad resident will be prosecuted for sending the untrue statement to the paper.

Members of School Committees throughout Taranaki should bear in mind that to-day is tiie last way for voting ballot papers, if they wish their vote recorded at the present election for members of the Taranaki Education Hoard. The, result of the noli will not be known until August r s ?* on wiiieh dale the votes will be counted by the returning oflicer (Mr. P. IS. Whitcombe), at the lioard's ollice, Xew Plymouth. At the Magistrate's Court New Plymouth, yesterday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., judgment was given for plaintiff, by default, in the following undefended eases:—(Jeo. Pearce (Mr. A. F„ Lsiwry) v. liangi Parikapa, £2 10s (costs 15s); Siadden and Palmer (Wilson and Grey) v. Waiorenga Te Ara, £lO 12s 6d ( £2 2s Sd); State Advances Superintendent v. Annie and C. P. Johnson, £2B 13s Gd (£1 Sa.) The recent suggestion made by Mr. Walter AmVury to hold a ploughing match on Mr. If. Western's farm at Bell Block, to prepare the land for another crop of patriotic wheat, was an excellent idea, but tlie project has been abandoned for this season, partly in consequence of Mr. L. Connett having generously offered his team and plough free of expense, the committee to find the ploughman's wages: Another reason is tha.t the Agricultural Society is holding a working hoe on the racecourse on the proposed date of the ploughing match. The ploughing has already commtneed.

Working bees will again be held at th* old show grounds on the racecourse to-day and to-morrow, for the purpose of pulling down the pens foi removal to tha new grounds at Wuiwakaiho. Those held last week were fairly well attended, a lot of useful work being done. On Wednesday fifteen attended and on Thursday nine turned up. Mrs. Blewman kindly supplied afternoon tea, whicl. was much appreciated by members. The Society is endeavoring to supply the district with one of the finest show grounds in the Dominion, and this can only be done by the voluntary support of the public, so is hoped tliere will be large a attendance of willing helpers this afternoon and to-morrow, especially in view of the fact that the pens must be removed by August.

"Fifty-one" writes to the Hawera Star:—The death of Miss Upjohn at New 'Plymouth brings to mind a well-known figure in the days of the Maori war, and also as a Provincial Councillor. I refer to the late Mr. J. T. Upjohn. He was one of Tarnnaki's best and most respected settlers, albeit lie was somewhat self-opinionated." To convince Upjohn against his will was a Herculean task, and anyone engaged in the effort would as likely as not get a poke in the ribs from a very ancient umbrella that was always in evidence. I remember, after one meeting of the Taranaki Provincial Council, a gathering took place 011 the old town bridge, when the late Mr. Seft'ern and Mr. Upjohn had a wordy encounter. The umbrella was produced, and a poke in the ribs induced the Fourth listate member to beat a has.ty retreat to his sanctum. Those were the good old days, when people could discuss politics in any part of New Plymouth, and even take off tlieir coats if they thought fit, without attracting the attention of the police force.

A striking appeal to mothers and to teachers for a more careful and sympathetic study of the child was made recently by Dr. Elizabeth McDonald, medical inspector of schools, in the course of an address at a teachers' reunion at the Auckland Training College. "What you are is more important than what you teach," declared the speaker to the teachers present. "You should live so that the child, by daily association with you, becomes more truthful and obedient. The child grows according to the example you set. If you have not in your heart a fine sense of honesty, I would never trust you to teach a little child to be truthful. It would not do. In dealing with a child it is the spiritual atmosphere that counts. Could anything finer he said of a mother than that her children grew up good, or of a teacher than (hat children obeyed her through love? Use patience, insight, and love; study the child, and try to create an atmosphere in which it will grow towards goodness and virtue.' Mechanical obedience is not worth having. Unless a child leaves school with a healthy body, an active mind, and a character fitted to stand the sharp test of contact with the world, are we any further on with our teaching?"

A correspondent writes to the Otago Daily Times: "War has its side issues which are not sad and sorrowful, Sometimes they bring gladness to human hearts, as the following incident illustrates: 'About thirty years ago a son left the home of his parents, who reside not 100 miles away from the town of Mosgiel. Since that time nothing,was heard of the wandering boy until the English mail which arrived this week brought a letter, along' with the photograph of a fine, stalwart mail, from an Knglish ca nip to the "auld folk at home" to say The son was well, had enlisted and wan 011 the point of going to the front. Not knowing what might befall him in the war and probably' having t f me under influences that had made him remember he had filial duties he had written to tell liis parents if they should have survived that he was still alive and now doing his bit for his country.' Needless to add, though the shock was great, the pleasure of the old couple was still greater."

English mails, via Suez, arrived last night. Those via 'Frisco will arrive this afternoon. W. H. and A. McGarry advertise a leasehold dairy farm at Kaponga, Substantial financial assistance will be given to the right class of tenant* judge tea by flavor, and "Desert Gold" easily comes llrst. Delicious, refreshing and economical always. Get the 2s grade. 2 Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, never fails. SELDOM TROUBLED. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is not only a certain cure for croup but will prevent the attack if given as soon as the croupy coitgli appears. In thousands of homes it is on hand for instant use when the croupy cough appears. These homes are seldom troubled witlv croup for the attack is warded off by the prompt use of this remedy. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can be given to the youngest child as it contains no narcotics. Sold everywhere. For Uronciiial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

At the mooting of the Taranaki Jockey Club Committed last night., the question of the distribution of profit* was (liscussed, urnl it was decided to allocate them as follows: ldO guineas to the Salvation Army for camp work, lOOgns lo the Y.M.I.'.A. (25gns of this latter lias already been adimiced); 5/Jgiis to the New Plymouth Women's Patriotic League, and oUgns to the Red Cross Society. The balance of the profits, the exact amount of which is not yet ascertainable, will reach a considerable figure, and will be given to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund.

A member of our staff, whilst on a recent visit to the I'ortrose district, was told a story of love and fidelity that is worth recording (says the Orepuki Advocate). About three yoaia ago s, lady from Auckland visited Tortrose, and expressed a wish to see the graves of the victims of the ill-fated Tararua, which was wrecked in April, 1881. Mr. James Templeton, who is now a baker at Waimahaka, accompanied the lady tp the lonely spot, which is some twelve miles distant. After carefully inspecting the numerous mounds that were overgrown with long, dank grass, the lady, was manifestly affected through being unable to locate the grave of a male passenger, whose body was picked up on the beach, Ms principal identification being' the name which was stamped on the neckband of his shirt. Mr. Templeton made enquiries after the lady's departure, and through the police records at Invercargill, and the a9istance of an old identity, the exact site where the man was buried was located. The ladv was communicated with, and she instructed that a headstone bearing both the man's name and her own be erected over the spot where lies the disintegrated remains of the lover she lost in those far-off days.

"In view of the benefits derived, es. peeially by weakly children, from openair schools." says the Minister for Education in his memorandum on educational progress, "I have made wide investigations concerning the various ways of working the system. In several districts in Xew Zealand teachers have this year made more frequent use of playgrounds and sheltered open Spaces for the purposes of class teaching. In addition, we have in Wellington an open-air school building which has been in use for some time. Reports just to hand show very striking improvements in the health, height and weight of the children taught in the open air as compared with those taught inside. Teachers and scholars alike express a distinct preference for the open-air section of the school. I hope to arrange for further extensions of this type of school. If more money is made available, I hope to arrange for a more complete stall' of medical inspectors and also to secure the services of school nurses, who could follow up the work of the school doctors so as to ensure that proper remedial or preventive measures nre taken on the basis of the medical report. They would thus form the link between the school and the home."