LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'A start will be made shortly with the erection of live workers' dwellings in High Street, Hawera. Mr. E. A. Paee.v, who secured the contract, yesterday pegged out the sections with Mr. I'. Pettett, tlie Labor Department's representative in Hawera.—Star,

Applications for land agents' licenses were granted to the following by Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday:—W. B. Davies, E. L. Humphries, J. Crockett, A. B. Gibson, R F. Cornwall, and W. V. Young.

A special meeting of the Waitara Borough Council was held on Saturday night for the purpose of opening the applications for the pest of electrical engineer to the uorough. There were seventeen applications, and eventually Mr. Howlett, or ingleivood, was selected.

Judgment for plaintiff, by default, was entered in connection with the following undefended civil ease, heard before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday:—J. McNeill v •Joseph ftogiißki, Inghveood, £lO fls fid. E. E .Croot, New Plymouth, was ordered to pay the Waipa Railway -.and Collieries, Ltd., the sum of fif) -Is 3d before January 30, in default 28 days' imprisonment. A little boy named C. Wasley, staying with Mrs. Batson, in Seyton .Street, Stratford, met with a painful accident on Sunday afternoon. The little chap was looking for some fish-hooks on top of a cupboard, and found a "small tin box." This apparently turned out to bo a, detonator, the result being an explosion a little later, which blew away tlie thumb and forefinger of the left hand. The child is now in the hospital.

In connection with their Autumn Meeting, which is to be held on February 7 and 8 at Xe w Plymouth, the Taranaki Jockey Club has made arrangements for special trains from Whangnmomona, so as to enable residents of the county east of Stratford to attend the races The train will leave Wliangamomona on Wednesday morning, in time to conned with the morning train at Stratford for Now Plymouth. The special train from New Plymouth will connect with the Wliangamomona train each evening. Excursion fares will also be available.

A strike occurred at the New Zealand Refrigerating Company's works at Imlay, Wanganui, on Monday afternoon (says the Chronicle). It appears that the butchers and butchers' assistants at the works had a dispute ■with the management regarding overtime rates of pay. The butchers were receiving wages at the rate of time and a half, while their assistants were being paid at the rate of time and a quarter. After dinner the assistants asked for the same rate as the butchers, and, the request not being granted, both parties knocked off work.

Complete arrangements for the treat to be given the children of St. Mary's Sunday School at Moturoa on February 1 were decided upon at a meeting of teachers hchl last evening. Light luncheon will be given the children on their arrival at the beach by special trams, and facilities will be provided for bathing and digging in the sand. A programme of races and games will - he carried out, and towards the evening the children, will be entertained to tea. Should the weather be tine, an enjoyable day's outing should result. In the course of a spece-h at Peria on Saturday, the Auckland Herald representative with the 'Parliamentary party states, Mr H. J. H. Okye, M.P. for Taranaki, said the North had been decsribed as a dried-itp area, Where it was necessati.to put colored spectacles on the cows in order to induce them to eat the grass. The laughter treated bv tihis remark was renewed when Mr. Okoy said he had declined to be persuaded into buying a pair of colored spectacles at De-'vonport before starting the tour, as he desired to see the North as it really was. lie added that, as one who had been born and bred in Taranaki, lie was able to say that much of t'lie Land near New Plymouth was, a few years ago, in no better state than the present condition of the Northern lands. Mr. DAIRY FARMER! As a progresMve dairyman what you are after and perhaps already using- is SYKES' DRENCH! Why? For these five sound land convincing reasons: 1. Because it makes cows clean quickly in the natural way. 2. Because it prevents Catarrhal discharge which is apt to result in contagious abortion. 3.. Because it will cleanse the blood and act as a safeguard Milk Fever. 4. Because it will act as a tonic, not a purgative, and tone tip the digestive, organs, .i. Because it. has the iargest eale of any Cattle Drench in Australasia, and is regularly used and recommended by breeders of Stud Stock and Dairymen everywhere. Stocks in all dairying centres. Price Is fid per packet, IBs "per dozen, It costs 8d to drench a

Tlic Timnni Borough Council have do eided not to sanction any more street collections on behalf of the war during the next tliree months, it being considered that the townspeople are being 100 much exploited while others, not so easily accessible, are giving within". Moreover, tin' council considers that all money needed for the war should be pot through taxation imposed by the (Joverninent.

Visitors to Wellington and Christchurch, except for the men who are in' khaki, would never dream Unit a war is in progress. All the places of amusement draw huso crowds, while trams and trains are filled daily with people in search of pleasure. Throe-fourths of the population of the Dominion are not taking the war seriously, ami they need to he awakened from their .state of inlse security.

The recent thunderstorm wa~s very severe in the Irwell district. The lightning set. lire to a gorse fence on Mr. Joseph lirook's farm in several places over a length of about fifteen chains, and nine prime Southdown cross lambs which were taking shelter under the fence wero killed, while a number of others were affected. It is a very miusual thin" for lightning to do any damage in the Kllesmere district.

With a view to doing some very practical war work, a Girls' flift Society has been formed in Paimerston North with the object of raising funds to purchase an ambulance ear for presentation to the authorities. The sum required is atcut .£OOO but the young ladies who have taken the matter in hand are not dismayed by the amount, awl are going to make a big effort to secure the money.

A party consisting of the Misses Oliphant (Auckland), Curtis (Stratford), and Mosul's Riddle (Inspector of Union Bank. Wellington), G. Hall, 0. Clark. R. Curtis and R. Muir (Stratford), made the ascent to the summit of Mount Kgmont via the Stratford House on Sunday (says the Post;. The climbers were delayed part of the time on account of the mist which prevailed. It is worthy of special mention that the journey was accomplished without the assistance of a guide, a.' none of tihe climbers had previously made the trip.

Not ft little embarrassment was caused to a visitor to the Wellington races by the insistence of a young lady (a complete stranger to him) that he was her long-lost brother, whom she 'had not seen for 14 years. It was in vain that the hum protested. "I know you are my brother and yon know it too," olio r-aid. "But I have never had a sister and 1 ve never seen you before," replied the man. JiventnaMy lie manAged to convince the young lail.v that sue- had made a mistake, and she h-!t him somewhat reluctantly,

At the Hastings Courthouse Inst v.-eck (reports the Napier Daily Telegraph), Mr. W. G. I\. Kenrick. S.M., commenting on the difficulty of licensees identifying prohibited persons, said that in these days of rapid motor transit, a piohibitei' person could travel many miles and obtain :i drink at an hotel where he was not known. The only way to deal with the position was to issue photographs of the prohibited persons on the prohibition orders forwarded to the publicans, so as to facilitate the identification of prohibited persons by those whom they ask to serve them

Factory managers in Wellington complain of the scarcity of female labor. The difficulty arises from the ea.se with which girls wo finding employment in offices, and especially Government offices. liven where wages and hours are equal the girls prefer the office employ ment., rightly or wrongly considering it. as one employer said, "more genteel." The principal inducement, however, is the much-increased money which tin-' girls are able to earn at office work, the amount being, one employer stated, more than double the award rates ruling in the factories.

A South Canterbury angler is said to have had an interesting experience recently. He was making a long east when he realised liis line was caught behind him, but to his astonishment he got the distinct and unmistakable thrill that denotes life at the end of the line. He had foul-hooked a rabbit with his devon and recovered from his astonishment barely in time to prevent its regaining the-safety of its burrow The resulting struggle among the toi-toi and gcrse, though it ended victoriously for the fisherman, rendered it necessary for him to discard a nearly new trace.

A "striking incident of a trench raid made by New Zealandcrs "somewhere in France" is related in a private letter received in Auckland. Amongst the prisoners taken in that raid was a Herman who spoke English. This person showed a desire to cultivate familiarity with his captors, and put to them the question "Is there anyone from Tauniarunui amongst you?" Afterwards it was discovered that the man, who gjive the name of .lorgaiisen, ha<l been in New Zealand, and had worked in a sawmill at Taumaranui. He expressed the wl-:h to meet, any of his former workmates who might be amongst the British troops. If any Taumarunui lads were about the trenches, however, they showed no eagerness to renew acquaintance with their ex-colonist foeman.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Companay advertise in this issue an addition to their Hawera sale entries to-morrow, comprising 1000 4 uud 5-year Romney-Lincoln cross ewes.

In ''Going Straight," the Triangle drama, which is being screened at the Empire to-morrow, there is a little boyactor of about five years of ago, whose work never fails to elicit praise and applause. George Stone, for this is his name, is one of a number of clever children who belong to the Triangle Studios. These Ifttle tots, whose age's range from three to five years, have appeared in a number of pictures with N'ornm Talmadge, but this is their first appearance here. Two special directors, The Franklin Brothers, direct these children, and it is said that tiieir mothers were looking for iilie Franklins for allowing the youngsters the run of the pantry in the scene where the killdies are seen with jam-covered faces. The Triangle children will he welcomed by quite a lot of people in their next picture

It was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Melbourne, that (1) SANDER'S EXTRACT is much more powerfully healing and antiseptic than ordinary " eucalyptus preparations; (2) SANDER'S EXTRACT does not depress the heart like the so-called "extracts" and crude oils; (3) SANDER'S EXTRACT is highly commended by many authorities as a safe, reliable and | effective household remedy. Get the [genuine— insist if you have to—and be safe

Last year the boys' hostel in connection with tho Wanganui Technical School proved a complete success, and efforts are being made to arrange for a hostel for girl pupil*. Tlie golden fleece is simply pouring into Wanganui (says n loci! paper), and so great is tlie demand for storage space that ell'orts are being made to secure more holding accommodation. On Friday there wore 80 trucks of wool in the railway yards.

A Bluff resident, lias invented a new shell which has tieen offered to the War Office through the Defence authorities. The invention promises to be as invaluable us it will he destructive (suvs the Bluli Press).

Owing to tlie great shortage of labor for harvest work in the Waiuraniii district a number of girls, all of them the daughters of well-to-do people, offered their services to pome of the farmers. Those who have employed these girls are loud in their praises of the excellent work they are doing. They are paid a shilling per hour for it nineJiour day. Charles Chaplin's notable comedy, entitled 'The Shopwalker," will be presented at the Empire . Picture Palace to-morrow (Thursday) evening. In, this production the popular "Charlie" is said to be,-seen at hi.* best.