LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A telegram from London states that Sir Joseph Ward has subscribed £IO,OOO to the war loan.

Aa an outcome of the suggestion made at the meeting of the New .Plymouth Harbor Board on Friday evening, a public meeting to consider a proposal to establish a local shipping company will bo held in the Soldiers' Club building on Thursday evening next at 8 o'clock. A meeting of dairy factory managers and representative? of the Winter Show Committee was held at Hawera on Saturday, and it was decided to add two extra classes to the schedule ot the Winter Show, one for pasteurised and nne for non-pasteurised cheese. The exhibits will be chosen haphazard from the March make.

Evidence of the remarkable popularity of Ngamotu beach as a bathing resort this season may be gauged from the fact that since the opening of the Ngamotu pavilion on last New Year's Day, I'fljSOO people have used the pavilion dressing-rooms. These figures do not take into account country picnickers, for whom special arrangements were made.

The death is announced by a London rblegram of the actress, Mrs. Adeline U'.llingtoii. She was born in January. 1425, and made her first appearance on !hc London stage in 18,17. With her late husband, John Billington, she was for some sixteen years. She played in Shakespearean drama, modern drama, and in melodrama at Drury lane.

The directors of the Eltham Dairy Factory Co. are coping promptly with tho position created by the destruction of the Te.Roti factory (says the Argus). For a few days the milk will be taken at the Mountain Road and Hunter Road factories. The old factory building at Te Roti will bo again placed in commission and separators installed, and butter will be made there for the remainder of the season. The old factory will probably be running in four or five days. The directors have dealt with the emergency in a very prompt manner. During last week an official visit was paid to the oil bore at Huiroa by Mr. Matthew Paul, Inspector of Mines, Waihi, and it is understood (says the Stratford Post) his report will he forwarded to the Government. The depth of jLlie Huiroa bore is now 4793 feet; the indications promise excellently for succesd, the strata showing brine water, which invariably is associated with petroleum deposits. Mr. Paul visited tho New Plymouth wells on Tuesday. The theft of a wallet containing £"i In notes, a cheque, and a number of valuable documents, the property of Mr. If. R. Cattley, occurred on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Cattley, who was engaged in his officb in Brougham Street, took oIT his coat, in one of the pockets of which the wallet lay, and hung it behind tho door. Thisiness took him away from the office for a few minutes, and he left the door open. When he returned he noticed the coat had been disarranged, and lie then discovered his loss. The police were informed. Captain Davis, of the Aurora, told an amusing story at the Commercial Travellers' Club luncheon to Sir Frnest Shackleton. "One day while the Nimrod was on view iii the Thames," ho said, '"i noticed an old lady following Sir Ernest Shackleton about and listening with great interest to what he was saying to a party of friends he was showing over the vessel. The old lady waited till the party had left, and then, going up to him, said in a tone of great astonishment: 'Young man, have you been there ?'"

At the Commercial Travellers' Club luncheon in his honor, Sir Ernest Shackleton told how, when the Nimrod was on view in the Thames some years ago, i a mulatto managed to smuggle himself on. board, and, obtaining one' of their Endurance caps, was showing the visitors round for a "consideration." (Laughter). He caught him. however, and sent him ashore. "Of course," he added, "nothing of that sort can happen here when the Aurora is thrown Open to visitors." (Applause). On another occasion stated Sir Ernest, he was giving instructions to one of the officers of the Nimrod, when an old lady with ringlets came up and said to him: "Are you Lieutenant Shackleton?" He replied that he was. "And is this one of your officers?" she asked. "Yes," he replied. '•'Then," she said, "do you think I should be out of place in asking you to tell him that his coat is on fire?" (Loud laughter.) It seemed, said Sir Ernest Shackleon, that the officer had been smoking when called aft for orders, and had at once pocketed his pipe, with disastrous results.

Lady patrons will be interested In the announcement that Miss Louise Glaum wears fivo thousand pounds' worth of gowns during the screening of the remarkable picture, "The Wolf Woman" but probably more interest will attach to the fact that Miss Glaum designed every gown herself. Buyers of hoisery are reminded that the prices at the Melbourne, Ltd.'B great stocktaking sale will only obtain during tho currency of the sale. For instance, plain cashmere hose now offering at Is Ad will be Is lid; ribbed hose now Is lid will be 2s fid after the sale is ended. Similarly all cotton goods will show substantial increases.

Members of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (Second Group) are notified that subscriptions will be duo and payable to-day "(Monday, February Ifl, n't Secretary's Office, Currie Street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1 p.m. to s'p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.— Advt.

SUPPORT THE COUNTRY THAT SUPPORTS YOU—SMOKE NEW ZEALAND TOBACCO.

"What!" you say, "Can New Zealand produce tobacco?" Yes, and, moreover, it produces in Gold Pouch a brand that is superior to the imported article. The soil and climate of Hawke's Bay are ideal for tobacco-growing, and you need to just try one pouch of the finished product to admit that no imported brand can compare with it in flavor, sweetness, coolness and value. Try Gold Pouch: your own interests compel ,you to do so. Think of it—2Joz. for 1/-, at all tobacconists and stores—4s per cent, better value than tho foreign brasda, . " •

An enjoyable municipal recital was given by the New Plymouth Civfzens' Band on the Ngamotu Beach yesterday afternoon. There were 32 instrumentalists, who were conducted by Mr T. Hughes, of Waitara. The recital was well attended, and all present wero pleased with the music rendered. That there is still a big amount of wasted energy, despite the shortage of labor and the talk of national control, is admitted, and there is probably no more absurd position existing than that in connection with the .sheep industry (says an exchange). While the Railway Department is appealing for exemption for its firemen and drivers and others, sheep are being bought in Hawke's Bay within a few miles of Hastings, Tomoana and Whakatu works, and sent through to Wellington for slaughter there, while on the other hand sheep from the W'airurnpa are sent to the Xorth British and Hawko's Bay Freezing Company's works at the Western Spit, Napier, to meet their doom. Absurd as it seems on the face of it, it is all the more so when one considers that all meat is commandeered by Government, and that the same price is paid all round!

The very latest thing in the way of an. aid to locomotion was soen on the streets df Christchurch this week, and caused considerable interest. This was an American machine, exactly iike a glorified edition of a child's "scooter." The little machine, the front wheel of which is driven by a small hut powerful engine, got over the ground at a great rate. The passenger, who stood on the platform and steered by means of a handle which also controlled the engine, seemed to he having an excellent time, and his passage through the town caused a good deal of amusement. Although there are no doctors on Pitcairn Island, the inhabitants—KiO in number—are described by a recent visitor as a remarkably heititny and longlived people So simple and so well ordered are their lives that disease is practically unknown A vessel now in port called at the island in June last year, and again at the end of last month, and. in tiie intervening seven monus there had been only one death, that of a rittlo girl. The people do not like beef or pork, and tobacco and alcohol are unknown to them, the only smoker among thcra being an old sailor from California who joined the settlement years ago. "When the history of this war comes to be written it will be made as clear as clear as the light of day why the Admiralty acted as it did at the outbreak of war, and what led it to adopt certain principles," remarked Prince Louis of Battenherfe. "Were it not for the censor," Prince Louis added, "I should feel tempted to give you an example as to why it is so necessary Hint when tiu records of the war are written, not only will there be a narrative of facts, but, still more, of everything that led up to the policy which caused those in authority to adopt certain measures, but perhaps, as I said, the censor might not like it, so I think I will leave it at that. What may be obscure now will bo as clear as daylight by the time the labors of my friends here see the light of day."

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile draw attention to their Stratford sale, on Tuesday 20th February, at 1 p.m. 'Particulars on page 8.