LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 November 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

English and Australian mails, ex Hoeraki at Wellington, will arrive in New Plymouth this afternoon. Mr. Justice Chapman arrived in Xew Plymouth lust evening. He will preside at the Supreme Court in Xew Plymouth to-day. Returned soldiers arc discussing the mutter of forming a Returned Soldiers' Corps, with tlie object of offering Us services to the Defence Department, A Gazette Extraordinary was issued on Saturday, containing an Order-in-Counc-il, prohibiting the export of wool from the Dominion to any destination, except ivith the consent of t'lie Minister l'or Customs, The Citizens' Band, under Mr. F. W. G. McLeod, entertained a large crowd at the East End Reserve on Sunday afternoon. The weather was brilliant, and the music was warmly appreciated. The collection realised £lO 10s.

At a quarter past 10 on Thursday night the machinery in connection with the Waverley electric, light work was started, and the light switched on to the town for the first time (reports the Patea 'l'ress). The lamps are 2(10 candle-power. The usual weekly meeting of Egmont Lodge, LO.G.T., was held last night, Bro. S. K. Chafjpeil presiding. After the conclusion of ordinary business Bro. the Rev. C. H. Olds entertained the Lodge with readingg from Dickens. Mr. Justice Chapman has informed the rector of the Waitaki High School that by the te.rms of the will of his eldest son, the late Mr. H. A. Chapman, who" died nt sea on October 30 last, a valuable challenge trophy for swimming has been bequeathed to the school. Special services to commemorate the opening of St. Mary's Church will he held next Sunday. The.Bishop (Dr. A. W. Averill) will'be the preacher of the day. In the afternoon a Confirmation service will be held. The collections for the dnv will be devo-ted to the extinction of a debt incurred in connection witih the additions to thp vestry and the repairs to the roof of the church. The jlrat instalment of the teachers' war bonuses has been paid by the Education Department through the local boards. The scale of payment is £ls for inniric-d men, widows and widowers with children under 14 years of age, £7 lfis for all other teachers except juveniles under 18, who receive £3 only. A mar riod women receives no bonus in the event of her husband being employed by the Government or the Education Board. If her husband is not so employed she receives £7 10s. A visit was paid to the 01d People's Home on Sunday afternoon by the teachers and children attending the St. Aubyn Methodist Sunday School. A repetition of the anniversary hymns was given. Besides the inmates, there were a number of other visitors present. The programme submitted by the Sunday School was much appreciated. A collection was taken up for the purpose of providing Christmas comforts for the inmates.

A conference of employers and workers in the typographical industry was held in Wellington on Saturday, and while nothing has been made available for publication, it is stated that tile proceedings were satisfactory. The Dominion award expired on October 31, 1015, but continues in force until superseded by a new award or agreement. The workers had been taking steps to securo another Dominion award, and in the meanwhile the employers had filed district disputes. It was to solve this difficulty that the conference was held, on the suggestion of Mr. Justice Stringer. At a meeting of the Xew Plymouth High School Board of Governors hist evening, it was decided to raise the fees of the boarders attending the Girls' High School to the same as those paid by the boys namely, £3O per annum, an increase of £3 per annum. The chairman (Mr. 1). Hutchen) stated that the fees charged by the Board in both schools were below the average. Members stated there was no desire to make the fees higher than what was reasonable, but they could see no reason why the girls rfiould not be charged as much as the boys. The population of the Waimate West County is:— Manaia Town DistrictMales 302, females 304; total COG. Waimate West County (not including Manaia Town District)— Males 1034, females 945; total 202!). Grand total for County —Males 13S0, females 1249; total, 2635. jr. referring to the Government's purchase of horses for remount purposes, a Government officer said to an Ashburton Guardian reporter that there if pwed to be my little patriotism on the part- of a great" many, sellers, not only in Asliburton, but in ptlier localities. anil it was not unusual tc find men wiio asked ridiculous prices for their animals. These people were not ignorant. of the value of horses, as was instanced by the fact that one Asliburton owner was willing to, and did, sell at £ll less than his original price. Occasionally, however, farmers came along anti, with a true spirit of patriotism, offered their animals at prices far below their value, and expressed pleasure that they were able to assist in furnishing re mcunts. The Good Templar Hall should be Well filled this evening, when the Hon. W. C. Carncross, M.L.A., will deliver an address, "A Trip to Europe." The proceeds are to go to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Apart from the objects of the lecture, the merits of the subject deserve a large attendance of the public. The lecturer will be able to deliver lirst-hand information regarding wlu.t he personally saw of trench life in France, whilst tfiis remarks of incidents connected with the Parliamentary tour should be well worth hearing. The man who wants a stylish, goodfitting suit made of a reliable fabric at a mcderate price will find what he wants at the Melbourne, Ltd. Melbourne ready-to-wear suits arc famed for their superior tailoring and wearing qualities. Fabrics are guaranteed all wool. Prices from 35s to 755,

I . THE MELBOURNE, T.TD. I CHILDREN'S WASHING HATS. A smart showing of these goods is on view at all the Ltd.'a six stores. White linen hata for boys or girls with or without corda, Is 3(1 Boys' khaki washing hats, Is 3d. Boys' smart mercerised cotton tussore hat?, with silk cord, Is lid. Pure Jap silk tussore hats, 2s 3d. Extra fine quality ditto, 3s Od. Large sine white linen hats for girls and young women, 2s 3d. AH abovo washing hats are guaranteed r.ot to have brown' pajier interlining® in the brims.

"Americans are so intent on making money," said ft[r. Harold Beaudiamp, "that they are moat anxious that the existing state of things should remain, and it is for that reason largely, I tiiink, that President Wilson received such a large amount of votes at the recent rrHdoutial election. Americans take great pains to tell you that they are heart and soul with the Allies, and perhaps they a-re, but they are also, I think, heart and soul in the desire to make all they can out of the present situation in regard to trade and commerce with Britain and her Allies." A remarkable record in regard to enthusiasm for the cause of the Empire and civilisation is that of the household of Corporal C..-W. Hovell, of Coromandel, of which the head and his three sons are at present wearing • khaki, while one other son has laid down his life. The eldest son of the family, C. J-T. P. Hovell, went away with the iirst Native Contingent, and served in Egypt and the Dardanelles, and in the Gallipoli campaign he received wounds which took months to heal, but lie is again at the front in France. Private George W. Hovell, the third son, also went in the first Native Contingent, and after 14 weeks' hard fighting at Ciallipoli, died of wounds received in action, in 'his eighteenth year. The second son, C. W. il'ovell, lias also enlisted, Hint is attached to the Dental Corps, and now the fourth soiij Richard V. Hovell, has joined, and is in camp at Feat'herston. A grand ball is to be held in the Warea Hall to-morrow evening, in aid of the hall piano fund. Owing to the nunerous calls on the public for patriotic purposes, the committee ha.- decided to reduce the price of admission, which ivill be: Men 2s (Id, ladies Is,