LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The secretary of tfie New Plymouth sub centre of the British Red Cross received a donation of £2O from the New Plmouth Agricultural Society.

Owing to the numerous enlistments and the further drain due to the ballot, the Bank of New Zealand has found it necessary to close several of its country branches for the remainder of the war period.

A little excitement was causta in Devon street on Saturday afternoon by * horse attached to a spring trap backing the cart into the kerbiug, tlie ht|rse being thrown. No damage was done to horse and trap, but a bicycle alongside the kefbing received the full force of the impact, and its framework was considerably bent.

Harvest festival services were held in the Salvation Army Hall, Brougham street, yesterday. Adjutant Scotney, of the JGltham Boys' Home, conducted the services. This evening an entertainment will be given in the hall, and on Tuesda evening, a' musical programme, contributed to by outside local talent, will be given. At the conclusion of the" entertaimnent'tlie goods given for the har-

vest festival, including several cases of apples, will "be sold.

Good work was done at the patriotic mart on Saturday, £25 (gross and net) being realised by the sale of goods. The winners of the competition held were Mrs Mackay and Mrs Johnstone. The demand for cake on Saturday was greater than the supply, and the committee has decided that next Saturday a prize will be given to the lady who brings to the mart the best cake before 10 o'clock, provided 20 cakes are received.

A North Taranaki countryman felt quite important a few weeks ago when he got notice from the Land and Income Tax Department to send in particulars of his income. Not wishing to appear as poverty-stricken as he-was, and wanting to be aa good as his neighbor, ho showed his income to be quite a respectable amount. Two weeks ago ho received a little bill of £6O from the Department as his contribution towards the'cost of the war! The man has not £6O to bless himself with, and what the Department will do to extract blood out of a stone is exercising the minds of those in the know.

St. Mary's Church was crowded' to the doors last evening, and when tne Rev. A. H. Colville, who has been vicar of the parish for over five years, preachea his farewell sermon prior to taking over the care of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland. The preacher took his text from the 42nd Psalms, "Put thy trust in God, and I will yet than* him." He emphasised that the success of the church depended upon the congregation and the church workers, and he trusted all would maintain their interest in the work, and use their best endeavours to promote the spiritual welfare of the church. What ho had learnt in New Plymouth would stand him in good sk'ad in Auckland.

One of the planks in the recent Presidential campaign in the United States was "preparedness." A gigantic parade was organised in New York city, in which 140,000 persons participated. The march through the crowded streets is one of the manj big scenes in f *Ncw York by Night and Day" at the Empire to-night.

One of Ijhe mosf awe-inspirinc; si«88l imaginable is the panorama of New York city, taken from the fowcr of the Woolworth Building. People in Hit. streets look like ants crawling in Waggon ruts. As far as the eye can roach sky-scrapers top serried ranges of ordinal- ten to twenty-storied . buildings, looming like snow-clad peaks above !owj lying foothills. The smoke and steam | from thousands of factories float above them like scurrying clouds. TAKE PLENTY OF TIME TO EAT. There is a saying that "rapid eating is slow suicide." If you have formed the habit .of eating too rapidly you are most likely suffering from indigestion or constipation, which will result eventually in serious illness \mle33 corrected. Digestion begins in the mouth. Food should be thoroughly masticated and insalivated. Then when you have a fullness of the stomach or feel dull and stupid after eating, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets for the stomach and " liver. Many severe cases of stomach trouble and constipation have been cured by the use of these tablets. They are easy to take and. most agreeable ill effect. Sold everywhere.

I EVERYBODY'S DRINKING ITI What? GREEN GINGER. A pure, wholesome and refreshing drinlc for sensible people. A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE. A tablespoonful to a large tumbler of water 50 drinks to the bottle. 1/6 per bottle; all grocers. Order to-day from your grocer! ,You pull be satisfied.

It is expected £hat the Hon. Jaines Allen will formally open the new showgrounds at Waiwakaiho on Thursday. The Mail understands steps <ire being taken in Waitara and Wellington to acquire a steamer to "run between the two porta for the carriage of general merchandise. It is stated in the town that if a steamer is put on, Messrs. Bortliwiek will keep Die Wetere in extended river limits, otherwise she will be fitted to go further aflield.

Ail Auckland paper reports that the last Home passenger brought out fifteen young women, who came to take up domestic service. They were in charge of Matron Nvkes, who has been nursing in English Hospitals. They will be gladly welcomed, especially in Auckland, where the domestic question is said to be even more acute than in Wellington.

The first Pukekohe soldier to win tin. Military Medal is Private Maurice Ford In a letter irom France, Private Ford relates how lie gained the honor. "One night a mate and I were 011 the 'Listening Post,' he writes. "At 9.30 about 40 of the Germans came over. The night was very dark and tney came very close before we saw them. My mate went to give the report to the Machine-guns. One of the Germans came close to me and I shot him. I was in a little dugout and they could not see me. Then I got out of the hole and threw my bombs and I held them back until our machineguns got at them. I got about three of them—one shot and two bombed. The 'Listening Post' is out on No-Man's Lund outside our barbed wire."

A Palmerston carrying firm recently had an opportunity of making comparison between the respective labor tariffs of Wellington and Palmerston North. A certain lot of goods was loaded by one lorry and one extra man in Palmerston nt a cost of_ £1 12s (id. To unload the same goods in Wellington, however, took two lorries and two extra men, and the cost was £4 6s Bd. The Wellington stroke!

The other day a prospective appellant to tlie Military Service Board consulted a Wellington solicitor as to his chances of being successful in an appeal. After hearing the full statement of the facta from his client, the solicitor replied that the most he could hope for was a month's exemption. The client's face was clouded for a moment; then his eye brightened, and he said: "Well, a lot of bullets can be fired in a month, anyhow."

For some time past it has been common talk that published acceptances for certain meetings have not been as genuine as they ought to be. but no action was taken in the matter. Happenings at a recent fixture in the North Island, however, have caused inquiries to be made, and the officials of the club in question have been asked by the District Committee, under which they race for an explanation. It will bo interesting to note the outcome.

Mr. B. A. Bcattie, agent for Messrs. Dalgety and Co., while motor cycling to Matiere from Taumaruiiui last week, fell over the bank beyond the summit of the Okahu tunnel hill, and rolled down a precipice one and a half chains. Ho pulled np 011 a ledge, where he remained unconscious for an hour. He then called out, and his dog's barking attracted two men who were passing on the road. Assistance was obtained, and Mr Beattie was brought out by horse, and afterwards by motor car, to the Taumarunui Hospital. He is, suffering from injuries to the spine, and a dislocated shoulder.

"Shouting is not a crime," said Mr. Kenrick, S.M., at Feilding Court on Wednesday. "The anti-shouting regulation was introduced because the authorities wished to lessen the amount of money spent on unnecessary articles." Mr. Kenrick went on to say that this was the method adopted in New Zealand instead of closing the bars at- 6 o'clock. More restrictions were being placed upon the sale of liquor in England, and lie thought it was more than likely in New Zealand the Government would much further restrict the sale, especially in view of the fact that the anti-shouting regulation,was being so little regarded. A strapping young miner named George Proctor, of Otago, who had some vocal training in Du'nedin, is making a name for himself about the firing line in France. He lias won several classical competitions, and has been accorded the highest prase of French judges, who have spoken on warm terms of appreciation of his tenor voice. Mr Proctor has been retained behind the lines specially to sing to wounded soldiers—surely a striktribute to a young vocalist on active service. It is not long Bince a Government official in Kaitangata urged upon Mr Proctor having his voice trained. He did, and scored an immediate success at the competitions in Dunedin. His latest efforts, .however are more noteworthy. At a meeting of farmers at Hawen: on Wednesday, called to consider the position of farmers in connection with recruiting, Mr. 0. Hawken said there was no doubt that the Board had an altogether erroneous idea as to the practicability of carrying on dairying with labor newly introduced into the business. And in regard to "doubling-lip" in dairying, it was utterly impracticable. Dairy farmers were already working 1C hows a day, and whereas a good, deal might be done in other industries by working •in extra two hours a day and cutting out half-holidays, that was impossible in. dairying. The basis of exemptions should be practically the same here as in the Old Country. Here it was a matter either of cheese or men, and it had come to pass in Taranaki that if the authorities say they want cheese they can have it; but if they say they want the men, they cannot 'have the cheese too. They must now take their choice. There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just us goods. SANDER'S EXTRA.CT i 3 free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus. Sander's Extract cures ail infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT. WHY SUFFER WITH ECZEMA? Why toss on your bed at night, and scratch your burning skin! Although Eczema is the most common of all -kin diseases, and often results from a trifling exposure to heat, or eold, do not linder-estimato its 'anger. It often becomes chronic, causes dreadful suffering and disfigurement, and evon blindness, deafness, or loss of hair. Rexona, the Rapid Healer, r is a dire enemy to Eczema, as well as to all other skin diseases. Rexona will make your skin healthy, destroy the germs of the disease for ever, and cause the building up of new skin tissue. A hot bath with Rexona Soap, geiUle anointing with Ilexona Ointment, a pleasant treatment, result —sleep quietly, skin soothed and healed, while soon all trace of the disease leaves you. You are healthy. Eczema yields to the powerful healing influences of Rexona, the Rapid Healer. Price, Is Od and 3a Obtainable everywhere.