LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Australian mails, ox Manuka at Wellington, will arrive at New Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon, 16th inst. ' "Witli a matcli I made a thousand pounds," was the statement of a West Coast settler, who took advantage of the fine weather to burn the fallen bush on his selection.

"It seems a very peculiar thine;, 1 ' said Mr. D. MrLaren at a sitting of the Military Service Hoard in Masterton, "that the men coming before us never considered their obligations to the country until drawn in the ballot, ar.it t!>en required time in which to arreng' ' their affairs."

A Fcilding farmer, iibout 51 years of age, an 'enthusiastic soldier, who held a commission in the volunteers, passed the doctor, sold up hi., farm, and went into camp. After he had been in :amp for five months, and imdergom a full course of training, tlif 'Military authorities discovered that he is too aid for service. lie lias been discharged. The Hokitika Guardian says that fires are raging all through tiie district, and for the last few days smoke has obscured tile view of t'.ir mountains. There are many reports of damage done to sawmill trams and bridges, especially in the. Ruatapu district, .nit nothing definite is to hand.

A Mnngatainoka settlei M- lately been endeavoring to exterminate spreading blackberries. The preparation lie used, however, is reported to have had a very disastrous effect in li s dairy herd. ' Two valuable cows, in full milk, came along the way of the blackberry hushes, and evidently got o lie of the ■poison, for they have since succumbed.

At a .ncetiHg of the newly formed Fitzroy Improvement Committee, held last night, Mr. J. Kibbv presiding, it. was decided to put in repair the track leading to the teach. It was resolved to join the Royal Life Saving Society, and to form n class in connection therewith. The Citizens' Band is to ne asked to give one of the municipal concerts o:i the beach at the foot of Beach street.

The statistics of infectious diseases for December show n general decrease on those for November. The scarlet fever cases in the Dominion wore 25], a reduction of 3D: diphtheria 170. a decrease of 27; enteric showed a slighf increase; cerebro-spinnl meningitis ten cases, four in Auckland and si.v in Wellington; only two cases of infantile paralysis weie notified in Xcw Zealand m December.— Press Association.

A Itastcrton wounded man had a ■inique experience while oil furlough in England. He was walking through the streets of Bristol, when he was accosted by an elderly lady, who, after remarking ''God bless you lad!" endeavoured to t'lrvst a ten shilling note into his hand. Almost immediately afterwards a .pros-perous-looking, well-dressed gentleman r.dic.-sed him ; as folows: "What ifl a hardy looking' fellow like yon doing in England? Your place is in France, and not on home service."

At the meeting of the Borough Council last evening the. building inspccto drew attention to an instance of a house, that, was now being built in Devon street, being a few incite# short of t.hfc limit of distance prescribed by the Borough lniilding hy-laws. Cr. A. IT. Johnstone strongly protested against a breach of thin nature being overlooked and ho ffas supported by Cr. L. if. Monteath. After considerable, discussion, it was resolved to grant permission to -proceed with the work, several councillor: dissenting. A motion was brought down by Cr J. W. Hayden. at the meeting of the Be-rough Council last night, proposing that sections .if the beach at Xgamotu be placed under municipal control, an? that portions of the beach be set asid' l for sun-bathing for males and female-' The object of the motion, said Cr. Hay don, was to prevent the indiscriinir.aU of males and femah-g to ! gether, and the stopping of the improv.r conduct of a number of women who f'v [ quented the beach. Cr. F E. Wilsot 1 said by-laws certainly should he mail; l | regulating the conduct;, of people on tin; beach. While some people there did not actually commit acts of ir.Ueeenej there were frequently suggestions of imnrcprioty that might, lead to 'unpleasant results. The border-line was often very thin. Tt was resolved to instruct the By-laws Committee to frame by-laws regulating sun-bathing. With reference to Cr. Hayden's motion, it was resolved to defer consideration pending inquiry as to tho Council's powers.

An example of what frequently hap- i puis In inexperienced motorists occur- I red at Hillsborough 011 Sunday afternoon. A retired farmer, residinu at Inglewoc.l. was passing through Hilubrtrounh in his newly-acquired car on his return homo after driving round the mountain, when something* went wrong with tlif machinery and no further prtgross conli. he made. Included in the occupant? of the war were two ladi-M and a child, and as rain 1 hre.atened, their plight was an unenviable one. A member of the party, while on lih way to ask assistance from the dair\ factory manager, rnet Mi'- B< H. Bartlej, borough tramways engineer, who was drwin* in from the Mountain Houae t" whom lie explained the position. Ml Bartley readily lent his help, and in n few lniuutes found out that in changing the gears the owner of the ear had bent the clutch, uTid not understanding the apparatus, made matters worse by using force rht fault was quickly riprhtod, and the.- ear proceeded on itr vn\ just aa rain fell heavily. Before departing the members of the part\ expressed their gratitude to Mr. Bartley for his timet) help.

x'hc Melbourne, Ltd., for ladies' fine hose. For instance: White nicicerised lisle hose with silk ankles, zs wl; fino black lisle thread hose, maivo. Tlmvley's famous dye, Is ftd pur: black silk ankle hose, '2s Od pair; bhuk mercerised lisle thread 'hose, Is lid pair; "Jason" mercerised lisle hose with cashmere feet and tops, 2s lid.

The members of the Junior Band are notified that there will be 110 practice this (Tuesday) evening.

THE POISONING OF THIRTY GIRLS in a Melbourne factory by eucalyptus lollies which we.ra evidently made from the common eucalyptus brings home forcibly the importance of using only the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT internally. SANDER'S EXTRACT sniffed up the nose and three drops on sugar, is a sure and safe protection from meningitis and other infections. Applied to ulcers, poisoned wounds, sprains, chilblains, eczema, SANDER'S EXTRACT brings quick relief and permanent cure,,

What a Yarmouth soldier describes sis a piece of official humoui was the following, taken from the ' oflk'nl summary which is issued dailj at the front: "Two Germans were observed lighting; each other behind their lines They were impartially assisted by our maehinc guns." It is not every locality that can boast of ; parson who shears his hundrci sheep a day on week days and returns to town for the week-end and his church (says the "Mataura Ensign"). The services of Mr. Matthew Bell, of the Rare Church -if Christ, have lately been in much demand. In the course of a jontroversial letter in the Wellington Post. Mr. H. A. Parkinson, a leading schoolmaster s'ays: The fact is that in no other Protestant, -ountry, and* probably in fev Catholic o.iuutrie.s, is religion so regularly and per>istenlj taught in the public schools

\s in Prussia. From the day a pupil enters the primary school untii he leaves l'ie technical school or high school regular instruction is given in religion. The lime varies from five hours a week in tiie lower primary classes to two hours in the upper technical and secondary (ias.-es. Which goes to show that a people may bo very_ religiously taught, .vithout being morally educated, and Prussia is not the only example that can be quoted.

A farm lahmu'or whf appealed for "xemption owing to the fact that his employer could not obtain labour to work the farm, 'told the Military Service Board in Masterton yesterday that he know for a fact that two men engaged to assist in harvesting work bad not turned up. while a third man engaged iiad stayed to tea, but had left the ne\t morning. Captain Walker remarked that the time had arrived when a large number of these men should be sworn in as soldiers and drafted on to ftrnls to do work. There was evidence every day that men, who should be assisting 'lie farmers and the country, were loitering ab'out doing nothing, and would Hot take work when offered to them.— ' \pe. ■

Mr. Clarke Hutchinson, of Waihi, re'atcs a remarkab'e experience in regard to a small pup which lie place., some value oil. Whilst suckling its mother it was rolled on, ani badly crushed It had every appearance of being dead and after making a oarefiil examination. Mr. Hutchinson miried the remains in ilie garden. The next day he was digging near the spot, and, unearthed tlr supposed deceased puppy in a spadeful of earth. To his great amazement, ihc! animal shook itself clear Mr. Hutchinson picked it up. brushed it c'oai., and put it down, when it ran olf to its mother. Notwithstanding the fact that it was buried for 3(1 hours, and had received what apparently looked like n fatal wound, the wonderful canine made a complete recovery!

Although the old-time industry of "beach combing" ha: long since passed into its decadent stage, those who st.il! pir.y the free and independent callins find it very profitable at time., A fere days ago a Grey River Argus representative, in strolling alonj, the North Ilcach, caftie across #ll experienced digger busily engaged 'i shifting a patch of sand and gravel which had recenr!y keen deposited on the beach at highwater mark A "prospect" taken by tii„ scribe revealed several grains of gold to the dish, and the lufky miner who had pegged oft the small'claim stated that he to make ■■■£3 per, day from the drift for a week at least The same •niner reported that some time ago, in the same .locality he struck an alluvial drift which lie worked for 31 hours without a break, the yield in yellow metal working ont at the profitable rate of .CI per hour.

A young New Zealand soldier named Private E. Brebner "-Ik (•".isi'.v 1 in Westpnrt, owes his life to •' rather curious coincidence. When he was spending l''' R fi'"*' >ea\c in West] •v' the Mayo* of timt town (Mr. f . placed' in liis mone, belt ;> ' uckv" halfpcir.lv, ..ml the storj nf >io\. this coin contributed tov.-i.rdr savin. his lifi is best told in liia r>\vr vo/.'il. 1" the course of n letter, written to Mr. Leave, from the Xev Zealand General Hospital, Codford, Tisglr.r.u, Private Urebncr ,-avs: "Vo.i wit' probably have 'ieard that I 'stopped >..< v T was saved iv your lucky h.'lfpen. y. Tin brllet struck the pouet. of the money belt and gh.neeil oil the coin rutting it in two. I have one ~icce, lr.it am sorry io say the other Is missings otherwise l. intended sending it to you as a souvenir Itlt&rc n nastj gash, but Mirf..cc onlj, and I hope to be right a,sain in a month at most." 1

Sonic interesting figures, showing the adv.ii'Oi'S ill the price of footwear which have taken place during the war period, were supplied to a representative of the New Zealand Herald by r.n Auckland retailer. ''There has been an all-round increase of quite 25 per cent, in the price of goods," lie said, "and, in some arades, an increase of 100 per cent Shoes which were selling at 3s (Id previous to the war, now ;o~st 7s 3d; other lines hnvc risen from 7s fid to 13s, and tlies" are prices from English makers direct." Not silly lia.ve the imported goods increased in price, but the liome-manu* facvured article as well. "What else could you expect." asked another authority' "When we now. pa.,' close on Is tkl'a foot for a glazed kid that cost 7id before the wart That is onlj one rvample, and the latest cablegrams from America .tate that the price of good <|i;aiity of glazed kid is how 4s il a foot." There lias also been a ponding increase in the price of articles used in the manufacture of footwear. Brass rivets for the soles, formerly costing Sid per lb, now cost 2s 2d. and there has bc-n 100 per cent, increase in machining threads and linings, while the eyelets for lace-holes lis-ve advanced 50 per cent. In addition increased wages are i also being paid to workmen.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile drar attention to their sale in the Ma tun u'.rds on Thursday. Jan. 18, at 1 o'clock. Full particulars will bo found on page eight of this issue. feuit time nt the Palatine! It lias been proved that out suits■ to-:iiea«ure are the finest productions to be had for the money. Men who desire quality, style and economy should send for patterns. "Palatine," New Plymouth.

DOCTORS SAY flies carry the germs of IXFAKTILE PARALYSIS. FEI-KEELO kills flies, therefore FLT-KEELO prevents IXFAXTILE PARALYSIS. Obtainable from all chemists and storekeepers. J