LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is reported that a female brown (rout, 2711). in weighth, 3ft. 7in. in length, and 24in. in girth., was caught in Ihe upper reaches of the Wangamii River near Taumarunui recently with a fly. The 1 1-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Telfar, of Waitara. fell off a bed at its home on Wednesday, and was seriously injured. The child was admitted to the Xew Plymouth Hospital. Inquiry made at the hospital last evenin:* elicited the information that the child was doing satisfactorily. A pleasant day was spent at the Mountain House yesterday, an exceptionally large number of visitors from Xew Plymouth making the trip. Six visitors climbed to the summit, passing through a fine bank of cloud on their ivav. On reaching the summit the tourists secured an unsurpassed view of the country beyond the area immediately surrounding the mountain. The mails which left Xew Zealand on November 11, via Suez, arrived in London on the morning of the 2.3 th inst. At the Whakatu (Xapier) Freezing Works last week a strike of short duration occurred. The butchers struck against handling 400 very long-woolled siieep unless paid .£3 per lfH>, double the usual price. The owner of the sheep' (Mr. L. Mctlardy) paid the increased price, and work was resumed.

A medal, awarded by Mr. S. G. Smith, of X T ew Plymouth, has been fonvardc| to the headmaster of the llawera District High School, tor presentation to Master M. Osborne, the boy who scored the-winning try in the llawera High School's football ma tell against the boys of the Xew Plymouth Central School. In forwarding the medal. Mr. Smith wrote, stating that tin football match referred to was perhaps the tirst incident of note that took place after the merging of the southern end of the district into the Taranaki Education District, and ilia t Osborne's feat wa; worthy of appreciation. A serious trap accident occurred in Union Street, Hawera, at about 10.1,1 o'clock on Wednesday evening, reports the Star. It appears that Mrs. Stanley Moore (wife of Mr. Moore, hotelkeeper at Xormanbv), Mi*.-. Winnie Moore (sister to Mr. Moore), ill'. Aubrey Deaiie (nephew of Mr. Moore), and the five-year-old daughtei of Mr. Moore were driving home, after spending the evening in town, when the horse fell, throwing the occupants out of the trap heavily on to the hard road. It was ascertained that Miss Moore had sustained a broken collarbone, while Mrs. Moore was severely injured about the Taee. Mr. Deane escaped unhurt, and the child suffered more from shock than anything else.

WISHES WOXT FILL A SACK. ,Tn wish that you had done something itos save your child suffering from INFANTILE* PARALYSIS is of no avail, Ifnit von may prevent it in others by 'fi.e simple use of DIXGO EUCALYPTI'S. Recommended as the strongest antiseptic, four times stronger than carbolic. Obtainable from all chemists i and storekeepers. i

A cargo of 20,17fi boxes of butter was shipped 011 board the Corinmi from the Taranaki Freezing Producers' Works at Moturoa yesterday. The cargo will be conveyed to Wellington, Mid ' transhipped to a Home liner. The inmates of the N'ew Plymouth Hospital :uiil old People's Home were remembered on Christmas Day, and donations received from loeal citizens were spent in providing seasonable cheer and delicacies for those in the institutions.

New Plymouth tradesmen report business to have been better than last year's, which was a record. A gratifying feature was the amount of cash payments. One tradesman who does a big credit trade received eighty per cent, eesh payments during the holiday trade. This is an indication of the amount of monej in circulation. Now iliac the carnage of the dairy produce is assured, factories will be able h make bigger pays-nut. and this will cause still more money h circulate.

The usefulness of the Tourist League's bureau has been .strikingly demonstrated this week, when visitors have been numerous. On Wednesday the secretary arranged trips for over forty people, and yesterday be made up itineraries for further parties. With provision for more accommodation, New Plymouth would undouMedh become one of the most popular holiday resorts in the Dominion.

Appreciative reference to the action of those wool-growers and brokers who were instrumental in securing the retention of Waitara as a wool valuing port was made at n meeting oi' the committee of the Tarannki'Agricultural Society. and it was resolved to extend the ■Society's best, thanks to tliem. It war. .-dated that special thanks were due to Mr. IT. d. H. Okev. M.P., who had acted as the Society's delegate at a number of conference-: held in Wellington in connection with the matter.

Tlio Xew Plymouth Soldiers' Club has been in eon-tant use (luring the holidays by returned soldiers and l)v men on Christmas leave from camp. Afternoon tea is provided every day Hie elub is open by ladies connected with (he Women's Patriotic Committee. The men greatly appreciate the conveniences furnished at the club for their entertainment. and are grateful to (lie ladies ;for their kindness in providing refreshments. The forty-second annual show ol (lie Tnrnnnki Metropolitan .Asriciiltural Society will be held at the new showground, Waiwakaiho. on Wednesday and Thursday, February 2S ami March 1, Itl'w. The schedule issued by liio Society is the most complete that has yet been presented, and it is "xpeeted that the number of entries will exceed that of previous years. The progress reports which are Mibniitted to periodical meetings of the committee show thai the arrangements for the event are well in hand. The work of erecting the buildings and of laying out (he new grounds is proceeding satisfactorily, and an ample stfpply 01 green feed and sullicicnt paddock accommodation will be as.-ured. Two girls belonging (o (he tieorge Sireet school (Dimcdin) brought themselves into strious trouble on Tuesday by enticing a child three years and four months of age into the bush in Xorth George Sireet, and (here stripping her naked and leaving her, taking" her clothes with them. The crying of the child attracted the attention of a girl residing in the neighborhood, and she took the child to her home and notified the police of the incident. The child, who was a bright one. was able to give a good enough account of what had happened for the perpetrators to be brought to hook, and it is understood that the parents administered a good thrashing to them. The ruse employed of getting tie child to go with them was the pretence of giving her some roses. A seasonable telegram was circulated during hst week-end by the lion. <l. W. Russell, Minister in charge of nil; and wounded soldiers. -On (he eve of Christmas,'' said Air. Russell, "I desire on behalf of the Government to wish all sick and wounded soldiers in hospitals and convalescent homes throughout the Dominion a speedy restoration to health, and to express to them the hope that the Xew Year may bring to Britain and her Allies victory leading to a lasting peace. The Government fully appreciates the i sacrifices that have been made by our men, particularly those who ha ve returned sick and wounded, and assures them of its earnest desire to promote their speedy return to health an:! (heir general welfare in every way possible.''

A party of New Plymouth Boy Scouts, under Major Sandford, loft 011 trek for Opunake yesterday morning. They have with them the trek cart that was used on the journey from Auckland to Xew Plymouth. Major Sandford telephoned from Tataraimaka, where Die party had encamped in the school grounds for the night, to the effect that til. 1 outing. «t far, had been most enjoyable. The boys had a two hours' spell at Oakura, where they were most hospitably entertained by Mesdames Meredith, Smart, and West. They also bad a two hours' rest for dinner in a pleasant spot by the Patua factory, where the billy was boiled, reaching Tatarai111aka about 8 p.lll. The trek will be continued to-day.

Speaking (o the 2-ttli Reinforcements at Napier, Mr. .1. V. Brown, M.P for Napier, asked: "What harm would re-.-.ult if wo were to have twe meatless clays each week? Hiitcheis would hardly object, because they say they arc losing money. Two days less, the same as in Kngland, meant that a quarter of the meat now consumed would bo saved, and 1 don't care if we have two drinkless da\ •*. lie also considered it unfair that men earning "s a day hefore the war should now . obtain 'is ]>er day extra on account of the increased cost of living', whilst a fellow-worker who went to the war got (is. A soldier's wife had to bear the burden of the increased cost of living as much as the worker with 2s a day extra. He thought it would be much fairer to give the soldier's wife 2s. lie hoped they would .net a Lloyd (ieorge in New Zealand to fix up these details, but lie must not say too much against the fiovernmont in case he was put in gaol for a year. BOILS AND CARBUNCLES. Boils 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 a boil is developed, blood aiul matter must he squeezed out, and the wound dressed with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. Persons suffering from boils should rub the parts affected thoroughly twice a day with Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment. This will prevent the growth of a vhoij crop of boils. Price. 1/G and .1/-. Obtainable everywhere. Nurses are good judges of tea. A nurse writes: "I use Desert Gold Tea in my Nursing Home; all my patients like the tea and intend using it when [they an horns," *

Sixty thousand French Catholic priests are now fighting' at the front in I'iancc, said the Very lUv. lather Lockiiigton tlie other night at the Wellington Town Hall.

A rather unusual accident occurred at labor;! (iorge on Tuesday afternoon. A party o! picnickers were enjoying themselves in the time-honored picnic way. and some <il the children were paddling in the stream underneath the bridge, with their elders watching them from the bridge above. One of the bridge party threw a large junk of wood over with Uie object of "making a .-plash." Most unfortunately, however, it, hit, a l.'l-year-old girl named Ifallett en the head, the result being a fractured skull. Dr. jStevcn was sent for, and (lie sullerer is now at home, where her - dition is reported to be serious.Se\eral amusing incidents are reported to have occurred when men wore being examined at, Masterton. One—a strong, healthy-looking individual when stripped paraded before the doctor, and was being put through the ordeal, when all at once a shoulder went wrong, and woidd not work. "What's wrong with the shoulder?" asked the medical man, its very crook!" said the recruit. "Let's have a look at it," said the doctor. After examining .it., belaid: s\\|v word, young man, you are, suffering from a very bad complaint—a very bad one—but you know we have a permanent cure for it. We'll put you into camp, and give you some physical dri'l. You are sull'ering from what they call 'a very tired feeling.' "

A practical scheme towards settling l eturned Maori soldiers of the Wainpu, Last Coast, has been inaugurated, savs the Gisborne "Herald," i> v a Maori patriotic committee, under' the chairmanship of the Hon. A. T. Ngala. A block of approximately 200(1 acres has been set aside for the benefit of the Wounded Maori Soldiers' Fund. It has been given rent free in the meantime, and is being stocked and farmed on behalf of the fund, with a view to helping each Maori soldier as he returns to civilian life amongst his people ill the Waiapu. 'file Gisborne Maori Patriotic Committee, under Lady Carroll's presidency, contemplates a similai movement on a like scale.

In convolution with a North Isl.unl farmer who is nt present visiting Southland, a Southland Times reporter learneil that the prices ruling for store entile in Southland are much less than in Taranaki, and he quoted figures to show that tlie difference was fullv CM, G4 si ml per head. He mentioned a line of yearling -leers that had licen sold at ,C 5 10s ner head, and said that two-vear-olds had fetched itp to €ll 10s. Another thing'that stnielc him was that dealers here sold quickly and were satisfied with a small margin of profit. In the Xorth Island dealers held until they could sell to an advantage which was dccidedlv material. The cost of transport was the big question, otherwise North Island buyers would be operating to some purpose in Southland at the Ifesent time.

Reference was made by Mr. ,T. W. Tibhs, headmaster of the Auckland tirammer School, at the annual prizegiving to the minriber of cases of infantile paralysis during the previous summer.' Several boys had been temporarily disabled and two permanently injured. He learned from the medical profession, he said, that there were grounds for Ihe belief that sunstroke was at the bottom of the trouble, in some eases, at any rate. Already they had boys suffering from sunburnt backs and shoulders through exposure at batliir.fr. The school cap should not be worn in hot weather, because it fitted tightly, and therefore left no air spaces, and it had no brim. The ideal covering for both head and body should be loose-fitt-ing for the sake of ventilation, and yet thick enough to 'afford 'protection from the direct; rays of the sun. The rule providing for the wearing oi' the school colors and caps, concluded Mr. Tibbs. will be related from the beginning of the vear.

If we. are to have women police, why not also a force of greybeards? (asks Mereutio in tlie Auckland Herald). The Minister for Justice lias announced that in every ease where, a policeman is drawn in the ballot for military serviei. the Department will appeal. No doubt the police force is an important service. It requires strong and capable men. ll.ut, ii is also of some consequence that it should get into step with the other Government Departments and give ft lead to private employers. The decision is altogether too sweeping. Nobody will believe Mr. Herdmau when he says that every unmarried policeman is indisponsible and if the Department has any striking success before the Military Service Board its method may become infectious. The Defence Department, which has been as prominent a sinner as any in the past, has got off its perch and lias decided to make 110 appeals. Why not also the Police Department? There must be quite a number of active men ill the force anxious to change blue cloth and the beat for khaki and the trenches. The Nine Island hats at Is fid including leather strap at the Melbourne, T.t.d., are ideal for picnic, beach and holiday wear for men. women and children. Farmers also find these broad brimmed cool hats indispensable when engaged in haymaking and other field work. As will lie, seen from an advertisement in this issue, the premises in Devon Street Central that are occupied by Mr. Thomas Furlong as a shaving saloon are to be let. This should afford a splendid opportunity for anyone desirous of opening in that line of business,

Many young farmers in South Taranaki, anticipating the time when tliey will be ealleil up, are trying hard to 'l'dit their places, offering them at cost price, and on easy terms. There was a very wrathful shopkeeper in New Plymouth on Christina* I'.ve. lie had gone to special pains to have his front illuminated for the occasion. On switching on the lights at dusk, he found that his lights had been purloined, and, instead of a brilliant illumination, his front was practically in darkness. It is stated that the undertow that sets ill oil that, part of the Fitzroy bet ell where Thomas Salter lost liis life on Christmas Day has been responsible for the drowning of * four people. The suggestion has been made that a hoard should be erected at the " spot, warning bathers against the danger. here there ate safe bathing spots, as at the Te llenui and Moturon, no one is justified in taking the risk of bathing at places known to be dangerous,