LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The mails which left New Zealand on l-2th October via San Francisco arrived at London on the 18th inst. A Wellington telegram states that a further conference regarding wool is to he held 011 Monday, between the Wool Growers' Committee and the Hon. W. R. D. Mac Donald, Minister of Agriculture. A meeting of Parliamentary representatives is being held in-Wellington this week in connection with the butter-fat levy. Mr. 11. J. H. Okey, M.T\, leaves New Plymouth this morning to attend the meeting. The Pacific Cable notifies that, owing to the large influx of international traffic, the acceptance of week-end service to Great Britain is suspended forthwith. Messages to Canada or the United States and E.F.M. telegrams are not effected. After spending a week in the prison infirmary, undergoing medical treatment a woman appeared before Mr. J. S. S. Medley, J.P., in the Magistrate's Court on Saturday in connection with a charg'e of drunkenness. Defendant was convicted and discharged, and was ordered to pay If)/1) medical expenses. Mr. W. IT. Hall, of Thames Valley, Auckland, who is reported to be one of the best judges of Jersey stock in the Dominion, has been engaged to judge this class at Stratford A. and P. Show on Wednesday and Thursday next. Mr. C. Day, the judge previously appointed, is unable to officiate. Buyers of all cotton goods, especially towels, sheetings and.calicoes, are advised to make their purchases now, as it is announced that further heavy rises are imminent. The Melbourne, Ltd., fortunately has a large stock of the above goods, which will continue to be sold at present prices. INDIGESTION, is always due to a stomach which is too weak to digest what you eat. It needs rest; you can't rest it by going without 'ood. That would mean starvation. But \Dv. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules do the stomachic work. In the meantime the ired organ is regaining fresh strength. ' 'ore long it will be as strong as ever. * 'iirjorary attack can he '"'i"'' <'' of lo"T st'nidnia naturally takes note time. But the first dose brings re- , You dent, have to diet. Dr. cShels Digestive Til ' I '■ of wholesome food. Try them for a ■ek, and see how much better you feel, /rice, 1/6 and 2/6 per tin. Obtainable [everywhere.

'\[n politics, if you do a man a good turn you make an enemy for life," siiiil ,\l.r. llornsby at Woodville the other night.

"Many a man's reputation has hem saved in tile waste-paper basket of a discreet newspaper editor."—Mr. Beddoe, Canadian Trade Representative, in a speech at Wellington. After several suggestions to suitably commemorate the death of Dr. A. A. Martin, of Palmerston North, it has been decided to erect on X-ray and Basteriological Institute at the Palmerston North and to place a bust of the late Dr. Martin in the grounds of the Hospital. "There are shop and, factory girls hero putting their hands in their pockets to keep the Home Missionary going, owing to the meanness and greed of well-to-do settlers in Home Missionary districts,'' said the Rev. Dr. (jibb in an address 011 Home missionary work at the Presbyterian Assembly in Wei* ling ton.

In September last the export of wool from the Dominion totalled 2,783,0581b, valued at £197,5/7, as compared >vith 4,110,2031b, valued at £204,014 for September, ]ol.i. For the first nine months of this year the export of wool amounted to 171,728,2901b, valued at £11,385,8!)0, as compared with 108,170,307, valued at £8,509,856 for the first nine months of last year.

At a meeting of ladies interested in the East End Bathing, Reserve the following committee was elected :aMesdames Jenkin, Stroud, George, Moverley, Maskel, Bennoch, Way, Tonks, Mackay, Hardgraves, Misses George (2) and (Jimson. Mrs. Jenkin was elected president. The committee has undertaken to supply afternoon tea at the reserve 011 Thursdays and Sundays. There is a chance that Australia will he without paper next year, and country newspapers will cease to exist (says a Sydney paper). We are depending on Canada for supplies, but America has stopped in and bought all Canada's output for the next few years. At present we are depending upon Scandinavia fur supplies. The Sydney papers are seriously troubled where to buy supplies, and a big shrinkage in the size of city papers can safely be forecasted. A city daily that used to get paper at £lO signed a contract the other day for £42 per ton.—N.S.W. exchange. "'War as never spelt blessing to teHgion," stated the Rev. .T. A. Aster at the Presbyterian Assembly at Wellington last week. All the big wa.rs, he said, had been followed by religious decadence. Ho instanced how difficult it was to interest people in the regular intercession services, and gave support to the notion that if the people had been 011 their knees during the last two years the war would be nearer ending now than it was. After the war, with the big economical struggle that was hound to come, the Church would be faced with many difficult problems. The Holt Caterpillar Tractor (a similar machine to those nicknamed "tanks'' 011 the Western front), Which arrived in Hastings recently, has been offered by the importers to the War Office. The firm has (according to the Hawke's Bay Herald) also offered to subscribe £SOO towards the cost of the machine, if others would find the balance, £2IOO The machine, complete with the three trucks and full equipment, cost £2OOO. The reply from the War Office is:— "Exceedingly pleased to accept gift from Hawke's Bay of tractor and trucks. Undeistand military authorities have spacs available for shipment." During September lfifOewt of butter, valued at £12,725, were exported from New Zealand, as against ].°i.oo2e\vt., valued at £05,011 for September, 1015. For the first nine months of this year the exports of butter totalled 200,005 cwt., vaiued at £1,448,000; while ,for the first nine months of last year the amount exported was 233,r-K)cwt., valued at £1,1100,502. In short, the exports were 24,000cwt less in volume, but the value was over £50,000 morij. The cheese exported by the Dominion in September last amounted to ]S7oewt,, valued at £8303, against 4813c\vt., valued at £18,744, for September. 1015. For the first nine months of the year the exports of cheese totalled 733,512 cwt., valued at £2,607,530, as compared with 570,992cwt., valued at £1,891,509, for the first nine months of 191-5.

A most successful euchre party and dance was held in the Westown Hall 011 Friday evening, the proceeds being in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund and the Westoivn Hall Fund. The following were the prize-winners:—Ladies, First, Miss E. Wills, 12 games (inlaid glove box); second, Mrs. W. Prentice, 12 games, a tie (handsome butter dish); gentlemen, first, Mr. A. Jfarrett, 11 games, quarter-ton of coal; second, James Lobli, 10 games (oOlbs flour). The four prizes were all donated by members of the committee. A special vote of thanks was tendered to Miss Rita Sole for her valuable assistance in playing lor the various patriotic concerts and dances held in the Westown' Hall. Mr. I!. Kidland was an efficient M.C. The committee, with Mr. V. Davies, as secretary, had made perfect arrangements, which helped materially in the success of the evening.

Judging by tho large quantities of beer «n(l other beverages which are shipped awav from Duncdin oaeh week, ■there are evidently some thirsty souls in the warmer towns in the North (says the Duncdin Star). A visitor to the' Duncdin wharves from the country would no doubt have been astounded at the huge accumulation of casks awaiting shipment. A Star reporter was informed that on the wharf recently were over 300 tons of beer, which represents over TOO barrels. The steamer Corinna ioaded this shipment, which will be distributed at Timaru, Wellington Nelson, and New Plymouth, while some will he transhipped to 'Napier. Almost the whole length of the cross wharf was taken up by the shipment, and waterside workers were to be seen in scores rolling casks of beer to th» ship's side, ready to be stowed away in her holds. New' Plymouth particularly would appear to ibe a very thirsty place, as the reporter was informed that over .100 barrels of the Corimia's shipment was consigned to that port.

Three million pounds of tobacco a year —that's what New Zealand imports eadh year from the United States, and every pound of it helps to make heavier the enormous burden which the Empire has to carry. Surely every patriotic New Zealander realises that by smoking an Umpire product he is 'helping the Empire. And when by buying Gold Pouch Tobacco he is supporting a New Zealand industry, he surely owes it to himself and the Dominion to at least try. Grown, picked, blended and packed in Hawke's Bay, Gold Pouch Tobacco is not only superior to the imported article, it is 45 per cent, better value too —2'/j ounces for | a shilling as against l%oz. At all- tobacconists and stores. i>