LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The members of the T.vanaki Education Board have arranged to pay a visit to the Olmra district early in February. The mails which left Mew Zealand '.n 10th November via San Francisco, avrived in London on the ISth inst. ; Members of the 22nd and 2Hrd Rein forcements arrived in New Plymouth last night on their Christnv.s leave. A proclamation in the Gazette ' last night extends the period during which bank-notes are to he legal tender til', the 50th June next—Press Association. One of the pupils i.t the l'it?roy .School named Esine Eoultan has the fine record of seven years' continuous attendance, without having missed a day. At the conclusion of the hearing of an appeal before the Military Service Hoard yesterday, the chair.nan (Mr. [j. <"!. A. Cooper, S.M.) said the Board considered that all young m.-ii who were single, and were liable to Le, drawn ill the ballot or called up under Clause 35, should start to make their arrangements for the time when they would be summoned for active service. Tile war had been going on for two year?, .added Mr. Cooper, and these men must know thstthey would be called r.p sooner or later. Messrs. Gilmour and Clarke have been appointed representatives for Messrs. I Baldwin and Kay ward, patent agents.

Mr. A. Parker, Government analyst, in liis report of a limestone deposit in the vicinity of To Kuili. says: "I consider the limestone ill this quarry practically piir>. To use this particular siono for road metal when the land is practically .starving fo; carbonate of lime is, to my wind, almost criminal.''

A curious combination of habits were adduced by a petitioner in a divorce case, heard at Cliristchurch. in support of an application for a breach of the marriage tic. The petitioner stated that, her husb»nd was addicted to card playing and to .spiritualism. As desertion and neglect accompanied the card-playing and the communion with the Spirit Land, petitioner was granted her wish—in legal phraseology, a decree nisi. A Feilding draper has received another shock. On opening a ease of goods recently which had just come .to hand from London, lie found that; it. had been very neatly broached. No fewer than 21 expensive (,'arbardine shower-proof raincoat.? were missing. Apart from monetary loss, there, is the difficulty of getting sufficient supplies of this class of goods. The gentle wharfie!—"Star."

A very alarming rumour has had some currency in Wellington during the last, day or two to the effect tlrtit the Ninetecntth licinforcements had gone into camp at their first port of call because it was considered dangerous for the transports to proceed 011 their voyage. The alleged reason was '''submarines." The Minister of "Defence slated 011 Monday that the Xineteeuth Reinforcements left their first port of call some weeks ago. and that they were going on as usual on their voyage, so far as lie knew.

The f-'ontli Taranaki Veterinary Association, with its headquarters at Manaia, is already acknowledged by farmers to be doiti.n excellent work throuji'hout the d istrict and surpri -e is expressed why. in tlii' premier dairying districts of the Do-, minimi such an institution was not established here long' before this (says the Witness). Tho Association veterinary surqeon is Mr. .1. .Tensen, a graduate of Kdiiibiirjrh University. The provisional executive of the Association consists of five members, of which Mr. S. .1. "McKay is chairman and Mr. H. It. Buxton is secretary.

In a case heard before the Military Appeal Board at Hawera yesterday, an appellant said he was wilting to jro 10 the front, but asked for t : me, so the!; he tonhl be with his wife nntil after her confinement. Mr. McLnrrr. e. ir.erolvr of the Board, observed thar the- Pat io tic Societies undertook to look aft'r recruits' domestic aP.'airs ii; ordtr to enable them to proceed to camp. M-. McLaren asked whether that sort of thin« was done in this drtrict, and ov. being informed that nothing was done In the direction indicate:', be observed there must be a lack of patriotic spirit.

At the sitting of the Military Service Hoard in Maiterton an appellant stated that if he could get a manager to take over his farm hi. would willingly go to the front. XTe was afraid that even if he got a married man he may be, called up in six months' time. "If married men have to be called up in six months' time you need not worry about your dairy farm. Your dairy farm will not be worth tuppence if it comes to that."said O.iptain Walker "If it is any information to you, it will be, roughly, 12 months before any married man is called upon to go into camp."

The Ot:igo "Daily Times describes an invention used in Runedin cool stores which is likely to be of considerable value to the trade. A ball-bearing has been attached to the ordinary hanger, by means of which the handling of eareascs s is considerably simplified. With the oN'jienditure of only a fraction of the strength at present required to shift the carcase a foot or two, a man can propel it for 50ft. or (iOft. along the bar. This will supersede the trolly entirely; and it weighs f>Jlb, compared with lloy.. for the ball bearing hanger. As one establishment may have over 40,0(10 hangers in use. tin saving, it will be seen, may be considerable.

A ease of interest to aiehi'.i ct: was heard by Mr. A. froolce. S.M.. u the local Magistrate's Court on Tr.esuiy, when .Tames Thomas Mauni:;. architect. New Plymouth (Mr. QuiUiam) nioceeded against Mr. Thomas Knowles, Mofiiroa (Mr. Fit7.licrbert). to recover the sine, of ill 4 Or Id, alleged to be due to plain til)' for travelling expenses and otiici disbursements, including advertising, incurred in the erection of a hotel a.. Opunake for defendant. Mr. Knowlcs gave evidence that lie'thouoht the ."> p?i cent, charged for preparing plan.-, r.nc specifications and for sup-rvising the building covered everything. The plain till' stated he had informed Mr, Knovlcs that the charge made bv architects was 5 per cent., a charge 01 11/*l 1 /* per cent, also being made to the co-.tractoiv Xotliing was said about advertising or travelling expenses. Afiosome argument, judgment was given for piaintift for the fu'd amount claimed, leave to appeal being granted.

The Citizens' Band Inve worked themselves into the good opinion o' residents, both in town mil country Till 1 recitals of lute have been very enjoyable from a musical standpoint, aii't this evening's programme in Pukekuri Park promises to be quite up to tl>a standard of its predecessors. Thr:c vocalists will assist. Mrs. McK'.llar, ct Wellington, will sing ''Here's to Love and Laughter'' and "Rerpiem" (Harriet Ware). She has a nice voice, with a remarkable range; His? Peart is ai ways welcome at musical gatherings; and 3Jr. Xorman Day, .whose contribution will be ''The Cur f ew" (HonkGould). These, with the band numbers including a number of well-known carols, besides a cornet solo by Hr. MeLeod himself, if he is well enough winding up with Hiuide''s immortal "Hallelujah Chorus,'' ought to provide a Christmas musical feast. The whole of the proceeds are beiinj devoted to the bandsmen as a complimentary benefit, which tlicy richly deseive.

Dr. SHELDON'S DIGESTIVE TABULKS COMPLETELY CURES INDIGESTION OF LONG STANDING. ■ "Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules have been the means of completely curing mo of Indigestion of long standing and for which I never expected to get any relief as I have used so many different remedies that were guaranteed to succeed that 1 gave up all hope of ever obtaining any relief," writes Mrs. M. Henderson, 43 Donegal street, Belfast, N.Z. "It was one of the most fortunate things that I heard of Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, and I am now a new woman through taking them and can make myself pleasant to all about me as I have quite a renewed life, and I am never in the slightest trouble with the above complaint or its symptoms for which I am very grateful and thankful." Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are sold at | la Bd and 2s Pd. Obtainable everywhere.

At the Magistrate's Court oi Tue:Jay, before Mr. A. Crooke. S.M, E. 0, Meredith, licensee of the Onkuru Hotii (Mr. A. 71. Johnstone) was el'avgod Uv Mr. W. J. Wakilin (fnsp.'ctor of Fa • torics) with two breaches of the Tarsnaki Hotelkcepers' Aware! (1) by paying an employee iM ,Is, wlieu tJie award rate, was £1 (is. 8d; (2) by failing to display a notice, sotting out the hours worked by each of liis employees. Tin? defence was that the Oakura Hotel was not bound *jy the award, as its name was not set out therein. Tin- award was made prior to •Moredi'-.h's time, and it his predecessor was not a party, lie should not be bound by it. Mr Wakelin submitted that the name was omilfel from the list by an oversight. The Magistrate held' that defendant was liable, and imposed a light penalty of H)s„ a heavy penalty i.pt being presse! for.

The military mind is an extraordinary thing. We learn that one hundred Xew Zealanders with foreign names have been withdrawn from the firing line in France and "given jobs at the base, equal to those they had followed before enlistment." Some of these men had gone through the Gallipoli campaign. Throe of them had earned the D.S.M. for distinguished jervico in the field! tf they were dangerous at the front will they'not be equally untrustworthy at the'base? But no, one of them sflys that on arrival in England: "I put in my application for furlough, and obtained nine days' leave straight away. 1 ' 0 wonderful military mind!—Palmefston Times. Scrgt. Ilustwick, of Woodvile, writing home, says:—For our X.Z. boys I am filled with admiration. Their prowess in the field was magnificent. and when they readied us with smashed and battered bodies, they were 'heroically brave and uniquely cheerful. They arc men. able to smile in their pain, content in the knowledge tiiat they have (tone'their bit. ] am proud of them and so too should he their mothers, sisters, sweethearts and wives. If in this letter I have written of tragedy I have done so deliberately that you may realist something of what our boys are going through and also the magnificent and glorious heroism with which they arc bearing hardships. The people of Xew Zealand havo given liberally of their money and goods for the comfort of the men they have sent to fight for the Empire and freedom, but they nave the satisfaction of knowing that these men have' nobly acquitted themselves. Their doings loom large in the pages o; Europe's history and will remain a pnrniaiien! inspiration to succeeding generations to obey the call of duty tho' the sacrifices involved be very great. High freights are enticing into the open sea some queer craft that, but for this war. would never have smelt salt vetor. All kinds of steamers arc being pressed info service, and especially is use being made of American lake steamers, which are not designed for oceanvurk and in the opinion of many judges (sr.ys the London correspondent of the (iir.sgow Herald) arc not suited for it. The Atlantic service is being in part maintained by vessels of this kind, and \erv high rates of insurance arc being paid on them. For war risks they are not much worse than any other boats, hut the marine risk is considered so serious that as much as ten per cent is demsi.dcd by underwriters for their insurance. And the. hike boats are not the worst of'steamers now employed. One small steamer built at Glasgow in 1X77 and owned on the other side of the Atlantic has just completed the voyage from Xew York to Italy, and was uninsurable at , r > per cent.. \.hilc hist year a steamer built in Aiticrica in 1574 set out from Xew York for Archangel. The voyage was indeed a great adventure, and there is so far no news of her arrival Altogether marine risks are not what they were in times of peace.

Some months ago, -says the- '"Toil," Messrs G. and L. Phillips, farmers, of Kaitokc, hearing that there was a shortage of khaki dyes, commenced experiments in a small way witn a view <o discovering if dyestufl's could not be extracted from local products They (lied various weeds an.l New Zealand woods- anil met with great success. At first, their attention was devoted entirely to the search for a khaki .lye, hut when they found thin they <leter-in-tied to ,20 further and see if brighter colors could not bo obtained. The result of their experiments has been the production of a wide range of colors, from pale cream to Venetian red. All the colors are produced from vegetable dyes obtained by a very simple process, and from woods and weeds of which the supply is unlimited. The khaki-dyed material, cannot be distinguished from the standard khaki cloth at present in use. It is produced, in the one color, whereas the present khaki is a combination of several tints. Greys, ; yellows, black?. browns, of all shades, have, been obtained. Messrs. Phillips state that their have been submitted to wearing and washing tests, ai d have proved satisfactory. Bleaching tests have not been carried out so far. but one sample exposed to the sun for 1 wentyfive days has maintained its color perfectly. ' Hitherto the experiments have been" carried out roughly, but a start is now being made to secure exact data a? to the qualities and processes which give tlie different colors.

Thousands of gifts for children and adults are displayed at V. J. Boase and Co.'s—the stock 'is the finest ever presented in town. Do not put off choosing —Saturday is Christmas lac and every day is precious. Visit Boase and Co. s where big variety makes choosing easy —but visit soon!

The Melbourne, Ltd,, has % lovely lot of men's ties for the Christinas trade. New wide-will tics at la (id and 28 Od; plenty of resh stud-knot ties Is each; initial handkerchiefs, Is; push more socks Is to 2s !)d; saving soap lid and Is; tussore shirts 4s lid, 5s (id: boys' and youths' tennis shirts 2s lid and 3s lid.