LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The total subscription* of the Australian Jockey Club to the patriotic funds are £47,480. , Attention is drawn to the alteration in the date of the dance to be held in the Warea Hal), in aid of the piano fund. The dance wiß bs held on Thursday; January 25. Mr. A. Gray, Director of Technical Education, New Plymouth, will be at the Hawcra Technical School to-day, to meet parents who may wish to see him with respect to their sons and daughters and technical education. A farmer in South Lincolnshire is reported to have cleared a profit of £03,000 from a crop of 1000 acres of potatoes His case was brought before the House of Commons a 9 a fit one for an excess profits tax. ■At a meeting of the Citizens' Band Committee votes of thanks were passed to (hose who were instrumental in giving the bandsmen a trip to the mountain last week-end. The band will probably piay at Kawaroa Park on Sunday, and at Fitzroy on January 2S. The bandmaster, Mr. F. W. G. McLeod, was giveu a month's leave of absence for February, when he purposes visiting Eotorua. On Monday evening an examination for the elementary certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society was conduct-. «1 at the Municipal Baths. The Central, West End, Frankley Road, and Convent schools were represented by the following successful candidates: —T. Logie, C. Collins, L. K. Allen, D. F. Ballantyne, I. McHardy, E. 1-1. Golding, C. S. Wood, C. P,. Hill, and C. E. Hagenson. The Governor has received the following cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"The Governor of Japan has sent the following reply to your New Year greetings: 'His Majesty thtj Emperor is gratified by yout Excellency's message of New Year greetings, and returns his sincere wishes for the jhr.ppiness and prosperity of the Dominion of New Zealand and for success to the magnificent troops co-operating to secure complete victory and lasting peace. The friendly hospitality accorded in New Zealand last year to his Majesty's ships is a source of very pleasant recollections.' " "I would like to see every motor-car charged £1 per day for every day it is used to go to race meetings," said a member of the Oroua County Council au a recent meeting. He added that long processions of car* rushing off to race meetings did very great damage to the roads. Other members of the council smiled, out did not express open agreement with these views. It was, however, freely stated that heavy motor lorries were severely damaging the road surfaces. LOOK TO YOUR PLUMBING. You know what happens in a house in which the plumbing is in poor condition—everybody in the house is liable to contract typhoid or some other fever. The digestive organs perform the same function in the human body as the plumbing does for the house, and they should be kept in first-class condition all the. time. If you have any trouble with your digestion take Chamberlain's Tablets, for the stomach and liver, and you are certain to get quick relief. Sold everywhere. ' •

The parade of the 21st. Reinforcements that was to have taken place on Tuesday has been postponed indefinitely A discussion look place at the Napier Borough Council meeting last week us to whether an employee could smoke and work too. The Mayor did not think so, but other councillors did. No ruling was made- on the subject. The I-iangitikei Advocate states that the Government has acquired aboift 1000 acres of Mr. Hammond's property at Rata for settlement by returned soldiers. 'This is one of the best pieces of land for dairying purposes in Rangitike!, and will in all probability form n most snceessfful settlenien'.. in U:e near future. The medical praetitione. for the Ohura Mcdic.il Association. Dr. Diivtek who has been residing with his wife and family in the Ohura township for the past three years, c.vpired from the effects of poison self-admin-istefed on January 10. Di. fiunek is the third medical practitioner that has died in the same way '.n the Ohura district within five years. At the inquest a verdict of death through an overdose of chloral was returned. There wort many people who held the opinion that when the men wh( were "called up" came to meet in camp thoso who had enlisted voluntarily, there would be trouble—that it. would be n case of "when Greek meets Greek." Quite the contrary is the experience however , as far as Trentham camp is concerned. Inquiries show that everything is proceeding smoothly at Trentham, and the' "sents" and "wents" mix amicably together. The raffle promoted by tie South Taranaki Club in aid of the Red Cross Funds was drawn on Monday iii the presence off the senior-sergeant of the police nnd Mr. C. W Curtis, the president of the club. The drawings resulted as follows: lst,fl(V2; II Spratt.Hawer l (thoroughbred filly given by Mr. R. Hicks): 2nd, 507, A. Stockman. IngJewood, drapery to the value of £5 5s (presented by Mr. J C. Gillet.); 3rd, (i»3 F. Jackson, Hawera (one ton ot "oa', eontribpfod by Mr. C. K. Holland). As snowing the strain thai the present war is having on our soldiers, apart from wounds, nerves, etc., Mr. W. T, Jennings,''M.ip., on a visit to ihe Willkato Sanatorium at Cambridge recently, was told that there were twenty returned soldiers under treatment, the medimal officer stating that the strain on the battlefield had the effect, of developing any incipient lung trouble that may have been dormant. There is a proposal to erect a large additional number of huts, so that returned men from all parts of New Zealand may. be treated at the sanatorium.

The Hon. G. W, Russell (iVlinisier for Internal Affairs) statod to a "Times" representative on Jlonday thai the strictness which is being observed iii regard to the granting of passports is absolutely necessary. "The view the State takes," he said, "when u man of military age leave* the Dominion is that it loses thereby two men—a civilian and a soldier. While a man might not be medically fit to become a soldier he might still be capable of carrying out homo duties, thereby releasing another man to fight for his country. At ihe present time, therefore, a man is given n permit to leave. New Zealand not for any ordinary reasons, but only under the most extraordinary circumstances." Quite a unique style oi\ hirsute adornment has been hit upon by a number of Trentham soldiers, who have relieved the monotony of close-cropped heads by executing diagrams of various descriptions on their pates. This has been effected by a very close application of the hair-cutting machine. The lines cut thus leave bare the skin of the head :m<l the curves and angles ploughed in intricate design are apparently the pride of their owners. Other types of adornment are clfectci l by shaving close the head with the exception of one or t\w plots, which are allowed to grow in the fashion of the Celestial queue. During the year 1010 there were «o

fewer than "10 industrial dislocations throughout Now South Wales, or one for every week day of the year. In

these dislocations 136,000 workers were involved, the loss of time totalling 1,102,500 working days. These figures are given in a review of the year's oper.-i----lions made available by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Becuy). In another portion of the report it is

stated that arbitration for the same period cost the State £53,259. The coal 'strike, which lasted right through November and well into December, was, of course, primarily responsible for the

'arge number of days lost. Something like 10.000 men were affected, and, while the amount lost in wages is not recorded, it must have been considerable While the members of the Military Service Board were returning by mooor car from the sitting of the Board ai Rangiora on Monday afternoon, they noticed thai the rear portion of a nouee on the North Road was in flames (says the "Sun"). The members dismounted from the car and assisted the unfortunate occupier of the house to save the furinture and contents of the building. While thus engaged a ladjy and gentleman dismounted and added his assistance to the efforts of the -members of the Board. All proved themselves highly capable helpers, and the task of removing a large double bed, by the chaiTman of the Board (Mr. J S. Evans, S.M.) and the horseman, was executed in a manner which would have done credit to experienced furniture removers, the equestrians rosumed their ride. They were the Governor and Lady Liverpool.

At the Hawera Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, Mr. Haseklem, S.M., <xave his, written judgment in the action of the Treloar Milking Machine Co. v. J. W. AVishnowsky. in which the plaintiff company claimed £2O for instalments on a milking machine, and defendant counter-claimed for £l-20 paid hy him to the company, or, jn the alternative, £l2O for damages for broach of contract. His Worship said that what the deficiencies in the plant were it waß impossible foi him to specify, but u was shown that the plant, as assembled at defendant's place, had come irom three different sources, some from one farmer, some from another, and the bf-lance from plaintiff's store, the result being that, as erected, the machine tiio. not answer its purpose. Judgment was given for defendant on both claim and counter-claim, with costs according to scale, and' security of apneal fixed at £2O.

There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods; SANDER'S EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus. Sander's Extract cures all infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the , GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT.

A cheque for £IOO was received by the Tamnaki Hospital Board yesterday, which was formed a legacy under the will of the late Mrs. Ann Hulkc.

During last year Ssl operations wera performed at Hie New Plymouth Hospital, an advaflcc of fil on the previous year's record of 4!>o. There were S3O recoveries from the operations and 12 deaths.

The sum to he paid to the Commisfioner of Stamps by the Manawata Racing Clnli in the form of taxation v.pon Die Christmas meeting at Awapimi is £.:i:W Ifis Kid. The Auckland Racing Club lias to pay ;C 1-2.02,'! U?. (id in taxation foi its recent nieetin". A bridge is to be constructed ove the YVangamii river at Tauniarmuii The f.ci'.re.st existing bridge to the town is a railway oridge at Matapuna. throe miles away. The new bridge is expected to cost about £6OOO, and will give ready access to a large area of valuable country along the left bank of the river, particularly to a number of small sections in the neighuorhood of the town, which are iron- almost, fully developed fruit, vegetable, and dairv farms.

A fatal accident occurred at the YYrangamii Borough Council's quarry on Tuesday, the victim being James Grogan, a well-known resident of Wangamp. The deceased was working on a shelf i"'vn feet wide when a fall of earth occurred, carrying him 2o feet down the hill. First aid was rendered bv his fellow workers, but it was realised that the unfortunate man, war badly hurt, having a broken leg and severe injuries to th.» head. He was brought down the river on the tug-boat Togo, but died <vhile on his way to the hospital. Deceased leaves a wife, a son and daughter.

A Palmerston Xorth builder informed a Standard representative that sinoo the commencement of the war the. cost of bxiildinj? material had doubled and tiobied in price. On being asked for details ho mentioned that galvanised iron, which before the way was quoted at £lB to .€2O, wis now £4l, and slat"? have gone up from £l7 to .CM per thousand. Bricks, of course, are made locally, and Ihoy have only gone up a few shillings a thousand. Nails, hmvhave gone up to three time? their termer value. What war originally 12s fid pel cwt. keg now costs 3Ss. Screws have gone up from 10s to 20s, hut, in regard to house-building, they practically don't count.

The difficulty in collecting ho«pit-il maintenance fees from patients and relatives of' patients who can well afford to pay caused Jlr. G. V. Tate at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Board to ask that a quarterly return of the name* of patients and the amount of the arrears dtic to the Boar.l, be prepared by the secretary. Mr. Tate said that certain people whose circumstances were satisfactory and who v/era indebted to the Board were evading payment, and steps should he taken to make them pay. An instance demonstrating the callous'indifference of some people to the claims of those to whom they owed money was given by the secretary. A man who owed the Board £42 for hospital treatment, when presented with his account, stated that he could not pay ji:st then because he had just bought a motor-car. The secretary added that the Board did not recover that £42 for four years, and not until Court proceedings had been taken.

The present representative hi PaiT.,l- - of Wellington North is the Hon. A. L. Herdman, the Attorney-Genera!, who, it'is very generally expected, will he appointed to a judgeship, cava the New Zoalanil Times. The official announcement to this effect is looked for alaiost immediately. It is freely stated that Mr. Herdman is eager to cyjliar.ge his portfolio for a seat on the Supreme Court Bench, a position he has coveted for n. considerable time It is also asserted with conviction that the position has heen promised to him by the heads of the Government. Probably he would have attained his desire before tln3 had it not been that n wish was expressed by the party that he should"ifjiin m the. Ministry—with the promise of a judgeship before the Government left office. There was formerly ii strong political reason why lie should remain in the House of Representatives—the maintenance of the balance of parties—but that was removed by the formation of the National Government.

Well chosen underwear forms the basi.of your summer comfort. Morey and Sonj in this issue, advertise some exceptional values—-tut* to the announcement.

New suits for men and boys are in fine! selection at the Melbourne, Ltd. An excellent array of the very finest materialprocurable, cut and finished in the right fashion and at prides always lowei than competitors. Boys' tweed and fine serge sport suits in fine variety.