LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Magistrate's Court on Saturday, a Maori, was convicted and discharged for drunkenness. Last week, 50,000 eyed brown trout ova from Hitkatarnma arrived in good order at the Stratford hatcheries. The annual Sunday School tea and concert held on Friday night in the St. Andrew's Sunday School Ilall proved a most successful function. A Sydney cable reports that splendid general soaking rains fell on Saturday. Races were postponed in consequent. The Corinnn- will to-day tnke 32*1!) cratijs of cheese and a small quantity of butter for transhipment to the Ta'inui nt Wellington, This shipment w'll clear the store nt Moturoa, and will be the last for this season. The takings at the Red Cross mart on Saturday amounted to £l2 14s 6d. This brings the ;otal to date to £843 10s. The ladies are anxious to increase this to £IOOO before the end of I their year, which closes in September.\ On Saturday evening, Constable Fitz,gibbons arrested a cadet in the Wai lara Post Ofliee, on a charge of theft of money from letters passing through tin office He will appear before the court at New Plymouth this morning. The eclipse of the s\m yesterday besun at 41 minutes past 1 o'clock begun at its greatest phase (about (iO degrees* at three minutes past 3 o'clock, and ended at sixteen minutes past four. The clouds obscured the eclipse. ■The product? fair organised by the Wellington schools in aid of Belgian children closed on Saturday morning with a clearing auction. The rll'ort has been a great success. The gross proceeds exceed .-ClloO and the expenses will be small. Mrs C. H. Burgess gratefully acknowledges the following donations: Taranaki .Toekey Club, 50 guineas (Women's Patriotic 1 Coniinitt.ee; Fitzroy Hard-up Social. lis (Naval Depend ents' Fund); and ease of goods for No. ! Stationary Hospital from the Mokau and Awakiuo Sewing Guilds. Friday night was one of, if not the coldest night experienced in Stratfor.i this winter (says the Stratford Post). A resident reports that a number of water pipes in the southern portion of the town were frozen, this having been noticed only once before this year. T'ne police nt Stratford received information yesterday that a fatal shooting accident had occurred at Te Wora It appear.' that whilst a party were out pig hunting, one of the number. Arthur Simmons, was accidentally shot dead. Deceased, who was engaged as a ri<>ay surfaceman, leaves a wife and five children.

The loh;ip?o stall fnr collrftinu finub to send tob:m-n to ou> hoys at the 1 front was aLMin in cvidoiuy on Saturday at AmbmVs cornrv. nnri Mr. I), J. Hiifflics reports t],:it as a result tin* sum of €l2 -1s 2Jd, indmliny lss lid from Mi. H. Brookman, was collected. Mesdames K. Street ami Jenkins, and Miss Herbert were the collectors The money is to be sent direct to the Y.M.C.A., who will purchase the tobacco ami forward it to the men in France. A nasty accident happened on the main road, near Bel' Block, on Saturday. about fi p.m. A youth named ■lack C'opestake. was motovcyelius from town, and although lie bad a full lijjht showing evidently did not see a man on a push bike < goina in the same direction, and into whom be. crashed. The cyclist escaped injury, but Copestake fared considerably worse. Tie was taken to the Xew Plymouth hospital suffering from a fractured skull and evere bruising*. On Saturday, Mr. Xewton Kins submitted to a laree ai tendance, a number of properties for sale by auction. A farm of 2()S acres, on mprising (1) S acres, being part section 32, Oakura district, (2) SO acres, tiart section 32. Oaknra district, (II) 120 acres, sections 42 and 4.'i. Oaknra district. was bought in on the mortgagees behalf at -CO per acre. Xo bids were received for section 10, block i*i. Kgmont 8.D., situate on the (Harrington Jioacl There were no offers for Messrs. D. Nathan's, Ltd.. nvoperty, with frontage tn Courtonay Street, together with commodious three-storey varehonse erected thereon.

The annual meeting of the Taranaki United Fricmllv Societies' Association was held on Thursday, at Stratford, when ilr. \V. S. Gilbert, presided over an attendance of J .O delegates. The membership was shown at 2200. and the amount of C 1420 7s (id was paid on ac-' count of members to the various hospital boards. During' the year, several accounts «f over £1(111 had been paid on behalf of individual members. Despite an unfavorable year as regards sickness, a credit balance of E4ft was shown. The nnarterly contribution of members was fixed at 3s fid. and a limit of £3(l benefit per year was adopted. After a vigorous discussion as to the past year's working of the association, the following officers were elected: President. O. D Sole, Stratford; vice-president, Mr Tunbridge, New Plymouth; secretary, and irca surer, Mr. F. Amoore, Klfham; auditor. Mr. Pepperill, New Plymouth; members of executive, Messrs, W, S. Gilbert, E. Caldwell, F. Brabant, and H. Evans. Sunday afternoon recitals by the New Plymouth Citizens' Band are now being looked forward to by the music-loving people of the town and district, consequently it was no surprise to find that there was a very large gathering at Kawaroa Park yesterday afternoon to listen to the recital under the baton of Mr. F, W. G. McLeod, coAdftetor. The spot is a charming one for the purpose, and the splendid programme submitted was thoroughly appreciated, the musicians being applauded it the close ol each item. The programme was as follows: Quickstep, "The TCina's Guard"; overture, '-'The Pied Piper"; grand selection, introducing solos for euphonium cornet, and trombone, "Sullivan No. 1 ; morcoau. ''Pomona 1 '; cornet solo, "The Rosary,'' soloist, Musician N. Lovell; hymns, (a) "Aberystwyth,' (b) ''Nearer My God to Thee"; march, ''Loyal Hearts"; National Anthem. At the conclusion, the. bandsmen were entertained to afternoon tea at the bungalow. A collection ill aid of the Soldiers' Comforts Fund realised £2O His. As the result of making big sacrifices on smart up-to-date goods, Ambury's have had a very busy time the last three weeks. To finish their sale they are giving all winter goods a big run this week at still greater reductions. Many lines cannot be carried over stocktaking, which is now proceeding, and the public can procure splendid value lines at half-price this week.

IS YOUR TASTE FASTIDIOUS? Then drink CAMROO Dry (linger Ale compounded from an original Belfast formula—moat delicious and healthful of all drinks. We only ask a trial. At all hotels and stores, 24

The Otaki Mail pays it is understood that writs, claiming £2OO and £5Ol damages respectively, have been issued against Otaki and To Horo residents in connection with a recent alleged sheepstealing case, hoard at Olnki, the claims being for alleged defamation of character. During an animated discussion at. a recent meeting of property owners on the 'literest house property in Wellington returned, Mr. J. .T. Boyd said the Government valuation of his houses amounted to £0.">,000, and they only returned him C-IMO a year gross—that on the Government valuation. His valuation \v»- about .-0100,000. Various speakers agreed in stating that after deducting rates and taxes and other charges their returns from house property in Wellington only amounted to 3 per rent.

A fine spirit of good-will was shown recently by a Maori farmer at Raetihi toward a returned soldier who had taken up-a holding near by. The Maori, anticipating some of the difficulties with which the soldier would find himself confronted, demonstrated his appreciation of the lattor's patriotism in a practical manner. He called on the returned man and expressed himself to this effect: "You good, fellow. You go and fight for me. I like to do something for you. I'll send my linshnieii to give yon a ham.." And he did, sending the whole gang, and keeping them on the work for several days. Describing the origin of the European War as ail outcome of the insane idea of Pun-Germanism, M. P|iul Hyacinthe Loyson, lecturing in London recently, told an interesting story of German boastfulliess. Oil the authority of an officer friend he stated that, when the Hermans entered Trance and were drinking the plundered wines of the country they w.ore devastating, one of their favorite toasts was: "To Paris in three weeks; To Loudon in three months; to New York in three years." This was no drunken boast of the German soldiery, but the solemn pledge of Pan-German-ism.

.With reference to the paragraph in •Saturday's issue rotating to the reduction in tlie price of coal, we have been asked to state that the lowering of the price had liotliiiip: whatever la do with the visit of the Bonn! of Trade. Negotiations bad been in progress for some months between the local firms and the colliery proprietors, and it was only on Tuesday that matters were placed on n business basis, as,a result of the visit of the manager of the colliery company, The reduction at present is only on one particular class of coal, and this for cash 011 delivery. If a cash <vstem can be evolved the public will be given the benefit of the saving in ln'cik-kccpiiiy on all clashes of coal.

The kumikumi, or Mauri vegetable marrow, crops have been exceptionally heavy in the Taurangu district this season (favs the Bay of Plenty Times), and will enable many local farmers to eai'rj cattle through the winter in good condition. A paddock of fifteen acres on Mr. Lysaght's estate was planted in maize and kuniiknmis, and is now providing feed for numeral:? bullocks, which are 1o be fattened on the area. The maize turned out v/clj. while the ground was literally covered wiih kumikmnis. It may be stated that the kumikumi is relished by cattle, and possesses excel* lent fattening qualities. While there is venerally uncertainty in growing turnips, the kmnikumi may always be relied on to give a generous yield and as it may be sown with maize the farmer is thus able to provide winter feed for his stock at a minimum outlay. An immense number of rabbits has been railed from Central Otago to the freezer this season, says the Daily Times. Uabbiters are now getting 10d a pair on the fence. On the Maniototo Plain a four-horse team lit to rmi any coach service has been bringing rabbits down from the fity.':, between twenty and thirty miles from the railway. The Alexandra Freezing Works are despatching large quantities of rabbits ready frozen. The winter i:i Central Otago has been very open, with ail exceptional rainfall for this dry urea. Stock are in splendid condition, and every day for weeks past special trains have been leaving for Dtinedin with fat sheep and rattle. The Central Otago grazier has had a splendid season for taking advantage of the abnormal war prices for bis stock. .Some farmers have refused 27s per head for sheep on trucks, preferring to take the chance of a larger price at the Kurnside yards. Times have changeX for the old identities who took up land under the lease in perpetuity title.

In ali countries now at war the lick of paper has caused newspapers and magazines either to stop circulation altogether or cut down their size consid■■l.ilily. Since the beginning of the war ipiite a number of papers in England iUnup have stopped, the last and most famous being the London Standard. In France the paper famine is very serious. Many Feneh newspapers have not contained more than two or four pages for months, while, of course, a large number iiave stopped. But Herman newspapers have been more affected by the paper riimrtage than any others. More than HIM) have ceased publication till the war is over, while all the remainder have increased their subscription rates by 20 per cent. Another cause besides the shortage of papoi which has stopped German newspapers is the fact that they have to supply huge quantities of copies free of charge to the Herman troops fighting in France and Russia. This has proved much too heavy an expense to many. Journalists are, indeed, in a very bad way in Germany. The Unworn and Molls Dairy Companies have decided to pay their suppliers 2s G'd for each first-grade calf "til. 5

Mary Piekford. ""The World's Sweetheart," incontestable' the most popular picture-player of the Jav, is ftocn in a congenial part in tlio Famous Players' enchanting cinema adaptation of "The Dawn of a To-morrow," wliicli appears with the new programme at the Empire to-iiifjlit. "The Dawn of a To-morrow'' is a stage production with a most successful record. As a motion-picture work it loses none of its lustre. Mary l'ickford assumes the. vole of a little, ■'irl of the slums of London, a child with an angel's heart unsullied by the smialid surroundings and pernicious atmosphere of the lowest alley of the metropolis.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., draw attention to the clearing sale they are holding on account of J. T. Ross, Esq., at tin homestead, Upper Hastings Koad, Lowgarth, on Monday, 31st. inst., at 10.30 a.m. At Pukearulie, on Thursday next, Mr. Newton King is holding a clearing sale at Mr. E. J. Butler's farm. The property has been sold, so that everything, including 80 dairy cows, must be cleared without reserve. Thyire will also be submitted for sale the goodwill of a native lease of HS acres, with 19 years to run, A sneeze leads to a Cough. SYKES'S CUE A COUGH leads Uj Cn-<> J-i ad, all stores.,