LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During the past twelve months building permits to the value of £11,003 were it-siicd in Eltham.

Common jurors are notified that thev are discharged from furlher attendant* at the Supreme Court.

Probate of the will of the late Mr. Harry Stocker has been granted by Mr. Justice Edwards to Mrs. '.Stocker,' the , c.xecutri". on the application of Messrs. Staudish and Anderson.

A special meeting of the Taraiir.k: Education Board will be held to-day when a Una! selection will be made froii six candidates for the position of assb taut secretary to the Taraiuiki Educ:: lion Board.

At Monday's meeting of the Patea .Harbor Board a letter was read froi Mr. W. P. lleskcit, siau.ig that he hoped shortly to make a start will: the erection of buildings at Patea for the iiTiiisand works. Mr. R. Eyre, Collector of Customs for Taraniiki, has received advice that the duty on flour (of Is per 1001b.) is to be re-imposed, except in the ease of flour that is now landing or is afloat on February 7. There was a large attendance at tin ■Hawera station on Monday morning to faiewell the local draft of the 20th: The men were addressed 'by the Mayor (Mr. E. Dixon), and each recruit was presented by the ladies with a parcel of comforts. The band was in attendance. The formal opening of St. Mary's Church School, Hawera, took place yesterday. There are ihetween 00 and 100 names on the roll. -Mr. Parkinson, as senior member of the vestry, congratulated the vicar and committee on the successful start made. The. New Plymouth sessions of the Supreme Court closed last evening, having disposed of all the business on the calendar. The divorce ease set down for hearing was adjourned until the next sitting. The applications of Thomas Taylor and Richard B. Oira'nd for di-s Taylor and Richard B. Giraud for discharge in bankruptcy were granted. Each applicant had paid 20s in the £. Messrs. Webster Bros, have been appointed distributing agents for a South Sea Island firm of banana-growers. Judging from a liberal, sample left at the News Office, the bananas supplied hff the firm are some of the finest, for sk'.e and quality, that have been seen in this district.

Mr. T. MdP'h-illips told an audience in Manaia on Thursday evening that not one of the men in Taranaki who own many farms have come forward and offered to do anything in keeping with their wealth for the men who are fighting and dying for us at the front. Some of those men had given £2O or £-50, which was trumpeted in the papers.

At a meeting of the IPukekura Park Board last evening it was decided to invest the £IOO bequeathed to the Board by the' late Mrs. Anne 1-lulke. The bankuook showed the Board to have a credit balance of £l2B. With reference to an unused portion of Ho'lsworthy Road, at present lying within the park boundary, the Board decided to write to the Lands' Department, and ask that the area be vested in the Board.

The following recruits for the 28th Reinforcements entrained at Eltham on Monday:-*'. H. Walker, C. B. J. Rolf, O. R. Borehart, L. A. R. Peppcrill, L. A. D. Black. T. De May, A. E. Greig, and T. A. Walsh. There was a fair number of people at the railway station to see them off, and the Mayor (Mr. B. Dive) addressed the men, and wished them God-speed. At last! The great money-saving event which New Plymouth has been anticipating is announced to begin on February 0. Morey's "Three Weeks' Prosperity Sale" deserves your attention Turn to Uieir announcement elsewhere in this issue.

Delicious flavor and wonderful refreshing power are the distinctive qualities of Desert Gold Tea. Its purity and strength make it economical. Superb quality at 2s. Other prices: Is lOd, la 9d, Is Bd. 3

During January 12 building and drainago permits had been grunted in the Borough, aggregating in value £8075. Lord Llnngattock, a major in the R.F.A., who died from wounds received in action, aged 40 years, left an estate to the value of £1,100,000. The shearing season in Victoria is reported to have been the wettest on record. One shed had seven and a half fine days in five weeks. It was staled'at the meeting of tht Californian Press Association cm December !) that 800 country town newspapers in the United Slates of America have ceased publication since the commencement, of the war mid in consequence oi the increased cost of paper. One thousand two hundred other publications in America have since gone out. Copy of letter received from Moa ruling ratepayer by (he Tarauaki County Council:--"In the name of business, why can't you put the latest date for payment of these rates on the card, and so obviate our expense and trouble and the inclination among us to do awav with the gentle suction on which New Plymouth exists as County centre and save advertisement';"

Some larrikins, with more pluck than 'brains, have been disligiii-iug placards posted up on the notice board' outside the Defence Office during the past few days. It may be well to remind them that the police station is next door, and that the penalties for defacing Government notices are of a puui, uiarly drastic nature.—StraD'ord l'cat. '

''The price of sugar in Honolulu has \.\. creased enormously owing to the war/said air. V. J. (irecn, ' a resident or Honolulu, who is visiting K nv ,- Plymouth in the course of an interview. '"Honolulu produces large quantities of cane sugar, the value of last year's production being between 15 and IS millions sterling. The supplies of beet sugar from various parts of the world have been cut off. the result being a larger demand for the Honolulu production."

The New Plymouth Boy Scouts took part in an interesting long-distance relay race last evening. Five patrols o f six boys each participated. Major Sandford started the boys from the hospital gates, and they proceeded at u scout pace, half walking and halt running, along Frankley Road, to and across Franlcigh Park, to Carrington Road, hnishing at Mr. li. Cock's residence' where they were met by 'Major Samlfoiii. The Otter Patrol'(F.. Lenland'sf won the race, Wild Duck (J). Siuton's) Vm;; second, ami I'ec-W'iiit (F. Cumiaings'l being third.

Kvey military district in New Zealand is concerned in the ballot being held this week. The smallest shortage is that of the Cay of dlenty district, which requires one man for the 27th Reinforcements, and seventeen men for the 2Stli, The Taranaki quota for the 27th Reinforcements is KV, and the number of voluntary recruits is G.">, making a shottigo of 00. The Taranaki quota for the iSth Reinforcements is 102, the number of volunteers is 20, making the shortage 70. The names draivn i the ballot will be published in the Gazette early-next week. The draw u the largest yet undertaken by the Coveninient Statistician's staff, and the work of checking the names will take considerable time.

In summing up in connection with a criminal case before the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Edwards warned the jury that it was of the highest importance that the law of the country should be evenly administered. He said, despite the mockery to which- the custom_pf taking the oath in this country had been reduced, they must not forget they had been sworn. Taking the oath •dumld be a very solemn procedure. Here the Registrar gabbled something which few understood, and the jurors repeated like parrots, "1 do," without realisi.'i"

what they had undertaken to do. The finest oath in the world was the Scotch oath, in which a man stood with his right hand lifted towards Heaven, and swore before Almighty God, as ho <vouH on the Great Day of .judgment, t do his duty. Tliat oath, added His Honor, was very fine and poetical. The .otth had been degraded liy our eoloni:4 or .modern desire to inlcrfcr. with everything that was time-honored. In his annua! report. the secrct.ivv of the l'atea Harbc Board stated; ''The net results of the revenue account shows a surplus o f .-CiSOi fts -i.i, after blowing for usual depreciation, mid in spi< of the fc.'t of much heavier working expenditure in collecting rates, incroasi. h salaries, contributions to Tielgian Fund, and other matters. I have wiitte off the old dredge (£875), subject t.< (' Board's approval, as it seems usclc. i retain this as an asset. The year's wov' ing shows a net profit of £025 10s S' Exports show an increase in a'! lh'cp, except cased meats, while importj arr. about the same. The sum of £l!>,S3l Us lOd has no.w been expended on' of the i'SG/WO loan, and investments ma, out of loan moneys are: Fixed deposits £-1(1.000, Government debenti re:, £ lO'il,Government, cvrlilii'iites AI'IOOO. The ']■• terest on these amounts arc credited to the J rate account, as the interest on nvestmcntK is bv Statute to be credited to interest account, no rate will be required during 1917. Special Bates: Thesum or £SOUO 7s 2d was unpaid on December'3l."

The raising of the price of The Times by 00 per cent, is conclusive, answer in the common idea thai a war is a godsend to a newspaper, largely increasing i' revenue (writes Sir Henry Lucy in (' ■Sydney Morning Herald). In ordinary circumstances, when this country is hap pily free from active participation in a war, expenses in the direction of special correspondence and telegraph charges exceed any increment of revenue that may accrue from increased circulation. ]v the current war these normal charge? ar augmented hy the added cost of paper the rise in \vago=, and in all coinmei' ties necessary to the production of t ■■ news sheet. The Times puts down r\ £70,000 a year the extra cost of papel In degree this tax is imposed n«on every paper published daily or weekly in the United Kingdom, and will probably in many cases lead to an increase in its price. A fortnight before The Timse announcement _ appeared the editor i;f the principal London Sunday paper told me that the bill for paper supplied to his journal line! gone up £IOOO a week. SUNBURN May be classed by some as one of the Itsser ills of life,' hut to the possessor of a delicate skin ;t is one of the worst modes of torture to he imagined. After c glorious day in the surf, or a delightful hush picnic, the aftermath of scalding, burning face and hands and d'mf'guring blisters tahea away the happy ir.emory ,of the <!ay's pleasure. To minimise the after effects of sunburn, annotating with riexona, the Pi'ipic! Healer, ,is all that ;« necessary, and the sV.in, soothed and cooled by its wonderful influence, will quickly regain its normal tempcraturt and* comfortable coolness. Eexona, Is fid and 3s. Obtainable everywhere