LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■Satisfactory arrangements liave been made by Mr. F. D. Payne with the State Coal Department and coal companies for the supply of coal for the Taranaki Ironsand Works at Moturoa, which are shortly to commence operations.

Advice has been received from the Records Office. Wellington, bv Air. H. .1. If. Okey, iUP.. that" cablegrams, addressed as follows: "Soldier's number, soldier's surname, Zcadoocate, London," would be delivered to any New Zealand soldier on active service for Bd. per word.

At Patea on Thursday, before Mr. W. R HaseUlen, .S.M.. F, o.'loader, a baker, was charged with selling bread under standard weight. It was proved that 201bs. of bread was 12oz. short, l.oadev pleaded not guilty. After bearing evidence, defendant was lined £2l)', and costs 7s. The Health Department was empowered to advertise pr.j'tkuhrs of the case in various papers in the Dominion.

Tn his repeat, which will be submitted to the Borough Council tonight, the tramway engineer states that the tramway records for Xovombor show a further increase over the previous month of £2J> 7s, 3257 additional passengers having boon carried. The car mileage remained practically the same.

While in conversation with Mr. IT. J. ][. Okey, M.P., in Wellington on Friday evening, the Hon. tt W. S. Mac Donald, Minister for Agriculture, stated that nine ships would be leaving New Zealand this month, and each of these would take a certain amount of dairy produce and meat. At present, said Mr. Mac Donald, there were four ships in sight for January, and he hoped this number would be increased.

The. Stratford Borough Council recently circularised the newspaper proprietors of the Dominion, asking if free copies could be supplied to the library. The replies to hand are all in the negative, each pointing out that the increased cost of paper necessitated the cutting out of all free papers. A Wauganui newspaper showed that paper costing £l2 Ids a ton before the war is. now costing £32 a ton. Even at this huge price supplies are precarious.

At the Taranaki Farmers' Meat Freezing, Works on Saturday a presentation was made by the employees in the construction operations to the foreman, Mr. Theo. Fitzsinimons. In making the presentation, which tool; the form of a case of pipes and gold-mounted tobacco pouch, Mr. Penwarden alluded to the happy 'relations which had existed between the men ■and the foreman, and staled that the gifts wore a memento of their appreciation of Mr. Fitzsinimcus' sterling qualities. The recipient suitably responded, and warmly thanked the men for the presentation.

At the New Plymouth Abattoirs last mouth there were slaughtered for local consumption: 135 cows, 11 bullocks, 2S calves, -I*!! sheep, 112 lambs, 120 pigs, and 1-10 tripes were cleaned. Compared with the corresponding month of last year, the figures show an increase of 18 calves, 2-1 pigs, and 10 lambs. Four cows and three jugs were condemned. There was it decrease of 22 cattle slaughtered as compared with last year. Receipts .".mounted to .i'llt) 10s 3d, a decrease of .£4 17s, compared with the previous month.

At a sitting of tin; Eltham Magistrate's Court on Fridav, before Mc.-is.is. J. W. Stiibbs ami ],. Hill, J's.l'., si iiiiin named Jolin Norman, alias Archibald Norman, wearing a rejected soldier's badge, was charged with having committed a serious olVenee in Collingwood Street, Eltham, on December ,";. Ac cns."d elected to be dealt lyith summarily, and pleaded guilty, saying that lie was drunk at the time he committed the oll'ence. Constable Townshend asked the Bench to pass a. salutary sentence. Acc.i-i'd had also endeavored to entice little gills to Tattmata Park. Such a man was not fit to lie at large, lie had, si list, of previous convictions, which included vagrancy and theft. Accused pleaded for the Rench to issue a prohibition order against him, and, if given a chance, would leave the town and never return. A sentence of nine months' imprisonment with hard labor was imposed. NO GREATER FAVOR If you know anyone who is subject to attacks of code and diarrhoea or dysentery yon can do him no greater favor than to toll him of Chamberlain's Colh and Diarrhoea Remedy. 11. is the most -.uccessfu! preparation yet produced for the treatment of bowel complaints in any form. The quick relief afforded by Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in the milder forms of bowel complaint have l-ioiight it into almost universal use for pains In the stomach, cnU« and diarrhoea. Sold everywhere,

The chimes of New Plymouth Post Office flock ceased striking between the hours of 11 p.m. anil (! a.m. on-Wed-nesday night last, hut the hours are still struck as usual.

A little hoy, addressing the conductor of the Citizens' l'niid at Okato yesterday, said: "Mr. Conductor, there's a gentleman over there wants you to play 'Abide with Me,' 1 mean with him." Another attempt to accomplish the objects of his expedition into the Antarctic is contemplated by Sir Ernest Shackleten. During a lecture In Wellington nv said his story, so far as the objects of the expedition were concerned, was a failure. The expedition had not done what it set out to do, because it encountered forces of nature such as had novel before been experienced by adventurers into cither the Arctic or the Antarctic re glens. When the war was over, howevc, he hoped to tackle the job once more, and to carry out the programme. The chief engineer for the Public Works Department (Mr. Holmes) will probably visit New Plymouth this month to inspect the damage done to the Waiwakaiho bridge. In the meantime the contract for the weir will not be proceeded with. While visiting the district, Mr. Holmes will go to Stony Paver at Okato, and report upon the condition brought about by the erosion of the river banks. The erosion caused by the Waku River at Optmnke will also be brought before his notice by the local bodies interested.

A tribute to the courage and resource of a young woman was paid by the coroner at Palmerston North at the inquest regarding the death of Mr. William Forbes, of New Plymouth, who was killed in consequence of a motor-cat running over an embankment into the Manawatu River. The coroner said that Miss Kitty Sullivan, who was one of the motoring party, though hampered by a broken arm, succeeded in removing her unconscious, sister from the river, where she would certainly have been drowned, and after ' placing her in safety scaled a 20ft bank and brought assistance.

The Rev. Father Taylor announced at a mooting of the members of the iron's Confraternity of the Holy Familv. held in St.. Patrick's, that the fact, 'of the names of several Roman Catholic priests having boon drawn in the .recent conscription ballot, had brought to a head the. question of the' status of the clergy in relation to military service. It. had lie said, been arranged that a deputation representing the different diocese, should wait, upon the Government, headed by Avclibisboi) Redmond and Bishop Brodio. Father Murphy left by the express to represent the Auckland Diocese at the deputation. Reporting on the Stratford railway from To Kowia to Matioro, the commissioner of the Auckland ' Railway League says: "It is now six yours since this ten mile section wns started and the finish is not in sight yet—a pool record for any Government. Auckland is losing hundreds of pounds yearly through stock going to Tnrauaki that wenld otherwise go to Auckland. Tf the lines wcro completed to Matioro there would he thousands of fat. lambs leave this district, whereas now they have to be kept as stores. The same remark applies to pigs, so this matter closely affects Auckland almost as much as it does Ohrra."

A great grievance with British officer* and men who are prisoners in Germany is the totally indefensible way in whim" flic- Herman authorities "regulate" the exchange on money sent to them from relatives and friends at home. 'J'ho proper exchange rate of twenty shillings now stands at about 25 marks, but the Germans only pay the prisoners 20 J m.'.rks. This procedure, which has been in operation since the beginning of last May gratuitously provides the German authorities with many thousands of peloids a month. Intimation of this dastardly thieving comes to England from Switzerland, where a number of British n)!icer:i and men released from Germany have been sent. The anniversary of the Whiteley Sunday School was marked by special services in the Whiteley Church yesterday. The Rev. A. B. Cbappell conducted the morning service. In the afternoon there was a large attendance of children and adheirent-. Special music was rendered bv the choir, which was assisted by an orchestra. The Rev, G. B. Hintonj of Waitnra, addressed the children. The Sunday School prizes for the year were Sunday School prize? for the year were' distributed, and gifts of chocolate contributed hy the children for soldiers on active service were .received. The scheme was very successful last year, the chocolate given by the children of Whiteley Sunday School being greatly appreciated by the men to whom it was sent. A quantity has yet to be received in connection with this year's contribution, and when it. is all ready it will be sent forward through Lady Liverpool. Die general subject of profanity was discussed at seme length at a meeting of fhr !:-iiiic(i::i I'resbytcrian Sabbath School Association, states the Otago Daily Times. The matter was raised by n letter received from a prominent Sunday School worker, now in camp .n the North Island, who stated it was a moderate estimate to say that 75 per cent, of the men there were -iddielCil to bad language varying from the comparatively mild type to the wo rat kind of blasphemy and ■obscenity. A number of speakers expressed the belief that the habit of swearing was ahumiiigly prevalent and on the increase among our young people, and were of opinion that the Sunday School Association as a body ought to take some action to combat the practice. One proposed that the Sunday Schools should wcrk in conjunction with tiie liiblr classes and the day schools, in orgjiusin" a regular campaign against, profanity. The matter was left with the understanding that it would be brJcccAt forward again and dealt with by the executive of the association next year. Mails which left New Zealand, on October 12 and SI arrived in London on Xo' ember 24 and sth inst respectively

The Ardath Tooaceo Co., Ltd., of London, wish to draw the public's attention to the fact that in each packet of State Express 333 cigarettes there is a war picture, and on receipt of the complete series of 50 of these, the company will send a. handsome volume, "Pillars of Empire." Address: The Ardath Tobacco Co., Ltd., P. 0., Box 333, Dunedin. ROILS AND CARBUNCLES.

Roils begin as little pimples. If Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment is well rubbed in at this time, they will disappear, and give you no further trouble. If n. boil is developed, blood and matter must be squeezed out. and I lie wound dressed with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Linimon'.. Persons sulVcring from boils should rub the parts alVectcd thoroughly twice a day with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liiiiinenn. This will prevent the growth of a whoij crop of boils. Price 1/0 and 3/-. Oh itamable everywheve.

An Auckland message states that a iriettin.ii' attended by 250 transport workers, under the auspices of the .New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation, carried a resolution endorsing the principle of the federation of the transport workers and pledging all unionists present t'i du their utmost tu bring ab:>ut federation.

A correspondent writes to a contemporary. "I have been reading how the milk-man was always getting into trouble. Sir, the milkman goes his weary way before the rising of the sun. He cams a hundred thanks a d'ny, and often gets less than one. While lucky people, snore, and drowse, and bask in dreams of rare delight, the milkman takes bis stool and milks his cow, about (he middle of the night. If you have milked an old red cow humped o'er a big six gallon pail, and had her swat vou on the brow with seven feet of hurry tail, you'll know the milkman might to get a prize for every pint he sells; he earns his pay in blood and sweat, and sorrow in his bosom dwells. As through the city streets lie goes, he has to sound his brassy tins, and people wake up from their doze ard ci-rse him as he goes along. He has to stagger through the rain, when others -m nt home and snore, and through the rain he. has to go to take the cow juice to your door. Through storm and flood and sun and rain the milkman goes upon the jump, and all his customers complain and make allusions to his pump. Because one milkman milks the creek instead of milking spotted cows, against the whole brave tribe we kick and stir np everlasting rows. Yet patiently they go their way distributing their healthful jrice, and what they do not get in pay they have to take out in abuse.''

We remind our rer-'ers of the sale of a. farm on account of the mortgagee to be held in Mr. Newton King's Inglewood Mart on Saturday next, at 2."6.

Members of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (Second flroupl are notified that subscriptions are due and payable to-day (Monday, December 11), at the Secretary's office, Currie Street, from 0 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.— Advt.

Money savers at the Melbourne's jr-.-cat sale of draperv and elotliir.'.': [.ace curtains, 4h lid, 7s Od, Vfls fid;' Island hats, I.i Ad; lovely crepe de chine blouses, 17s (i; 12m white sheeting, Is 3d; largo heavy brown towels, 2s Od pair; ladies' camisoles. Is fid; .strong saddle tweed trousers. Ids (id; tussore silk tunic suits, Rs ?.<!; pipue skirts, wide cut, 7s (id; hvra 1 white drill hats, 2s 3d.

Miss Retford, C'urrie Street, ran now fulfil orders for machine needles, a large of which has just come to hand.**