LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1917, Page 1

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A telegram from Auckland states that the Auckland city quota for the twentyninlit reinforcements are 77 men short. The New Plymouth draft of the "27th Reinforcements leave for Trenthain to day. Excellent support T?as given the ladies who conducted the mart in Devon street 011 Saturday. The sale of goods realised £»4. Miss, Rockal won the cake competition. The concentration camp of the lit' (Taranaki) Regiment has been removed from the Rewa Rewa rille range to the Waiwakaiho show ground. A church parade was conducted by the Rev. H. A. Favell yesterday morning. The remainder of the Regiment will move in to-day and to-morrow. The Rev. T. G. 'Hammond has notified the Methodist Conference that he will retire from the ministry in 1919, when lie will have completed forty-five years of service. He is to be/asked to continue in harness for another year. Mr Hammond lias 'worked among the Maoris during practically the whole ol bis ministry, and is just completing thirty years' service among the Maoris in Taranaki.

The final municipal concert of the season was giver by the Citizen's Band on Maryland Hill yesterday afternoon. The weather was delightful and several hundred residents wended their way te the summit of the hill and listened witli pleasure to the music. There was a marked scarcity of seating accommodation oil the hill, a fid it was felt by members of the Band Committee that a few more seats would he an acceptable acquisition to one of the most interesting sputs in the town. Tile band, which was in charge of Mr T. Hughes, of Waitara, played the following programme: —"lmperial Echo," "Largo," "King and Country," "The Bosary," "Canberra,'' "Lead Kindly Light," "Come, All Ye Faithful," "Eureka," " Auld Lang Syne" anil the national anthem.

A parade of the Hoy Scouts wa? held in the Whiteley Memorial Church yesterday morning. There was a, largo attendance of Scouts and their masters, as well as a fair sprinkling of veterans. The l!cv. A. B. Cluippcll consecrated the Hags of the Scouts, and these emblems will remain in tho church. In his sermon Mr Chappell spoke encouragingly to the boys about their work, and theii object in life, A pleasing ceremony took place i:i the churchyard at the conclusion of the service. The Scouts were drawn up on parade, with the veterans near at hand. Mr Chappell called Ma jor Sar.dford, V.D., Scout Commissioner, forward, and asked the Mayor (Mr C. H. Burgess) to present to Major Sandford a gold medal, the gift of the Scout headquarters, as a token of appreciation of the long service rendered in connce.tion iwith the Scout movement. The Mayor said it afforded him great pleasure to do as lie had keen asked, for he recognised tho value of the Scout movement, and was aware of the splendid work Major Sandford had done. In handing over the medal, he wished the Commissioner health and strength to continue his work, and expressed the hopo that he would live long to enjoy the honor that had been conferred upon him. The medal, which is oval in shape, lias the Scout device in relief, and tin! words "Be Prepared" on one side, ami the recipient's name and date on the other. FLI-KEELO KILLS FLIES. Awarded first and special gold medal at the Auckland Exhibition. Successfully used throughout the Dominion. Have you tried it? IT IS STOCKED BY ALL CHEMISTS AND STOREKEEPERS, «d is MADE BY BRITISHERS IN I THIS DOMINION. S

"The Germans lmvc hm' advantage of Christianity for t. :ousa»d years, and the Maoris for oj. hundred veal's," said the Mayor of Wellington in tlm course of his remarks at the Methodist Mission Demonstration last week. "But yet the Maoris are to-day lighting against the Germans to uphold the cause of civilisation!" As showing the mildness and also the dampness of the season, says the Gisborne Times, the unusual spectacle of seeds sprouting on sheep's backs was observed on a sheep station. The sheep, which were in full wool, had been grazing at a stack containing burr clover, and some of the burrs had clung to the wool. It was this seed which lia-1 sprouted, and when the /sheep were yarded many were noticed with a distinct tinge of green on 1 heir wool. The number of applications by discharged soldiers for the areas of land set apart for them in the Auckland district bv the Government is not large. Last week a ballot was to have been held at the C'rown Lands Ollice for six sections, comprising in all 21(12 acres of second-class bush land, 011 the Mokau river, in the Awakino County, known as the Mangoira block. There was only one applicant, however, and lie was deemed unsuitable by the Lands Board. At the previous ballot, for twenty sections in the. I'uhipuhi block, there wore only 15 applicants, but at tho one prior to that there were 40 applicants for 31 sections offered in the Pakarau and Taniwha settlements. The sections which were to have been offered last week, and others not applied 'or, remain open for application by rctui soldiers. An unofficial ocean race I>. aveen two sailing vessels terminated 011 Wednesday on the arrival of the barquenlines Laura and Senorita at Auckland. The two vessels left Newcastle 011 February 11, within two hours of one another. The Senorita, getting a tug first, passed through the Nobfoies ahead of the Laura. When the latter vessel let go the tug, the Senorita had all sail set and was well under way. The vessels parted company that night, but both meeting strong south-east weather, were driven well to the northward of New Zealand. The vesels next met off Cape Brett, twenty days alter leaving Newcastle, with the Laura in the lead, an advantage she maintained to Tiri. Both vessels being there together the tug picked up the Laura first, and after bringing her to the wharf returned for the Senorita. The Laura was the winner by a very narrow margin considering (ho length of the race.

The services of young American doctors an; being secured to release British doctors for active service. Writing 011 January 1"2, the London correspondent of the N.Z. Herald states that, in view of the fact that hundreds of young medical men of military age now serving iu the Home hospitals iwere desirous of taking commissions in the army, the army authorities some time ago approached the medical authorities of the United States to see what assistance could be obtained. There are in the States hundreds of young doctors who have volunteered for service in the British Army, but could not be gratified with cominisisoHS, as tiley are not British practitioners. Already arrangements have been made for bringing over to England detachments of thew young men to take the places of young English doctors who desire to go to the front, A letter just received by an Auckland commercial man from a firm in Great Britain gives a fair idea of the reason for the prohibition of the export of many lines of goods. That this was anticipated by the makers at Home is shown by the fact that in some cases orders

sent out were increased above the quantity asked for. The following extract is from Urn letter: "Considering the scarcity of ships, we are hugely surprised that it is still possible to send such large quantities. Consumers may settle down to the hard fact of being compelled to pay until peace comes, and notwithstanding all the American and German Notes no one here expects peace within six months of this. Our railways are almost, but not quite, commandeered for Government work. A vast number of stations are closed—true, mostly small ones, but some important suburban —and in places where somewhat uncalled for lines had been built the rails, sleepers, and ballast are being lifted and sent to France. Flour and oatmeal are £2B per ton, best fresh eggs 5 s per dozen, 21b loaf Gd, milk 2s per gallon, and beef, ham, cheese, and'fish at extravagant prices. This does not look like an early peace."

A thrilling tale of the sea was told in the Admiralty Court, London, recently by Robert Fcrgusson, mate of the deepsea tug Vigilant (220 tonsj. Fcrgusson and two firemen claimed salvage for the tug. Fergusson stated that during a gale, which the tn<t met on the way from New York to Ivngland, the captain of the tug, believing that the position was hopeless, sent a 'wireless message for assistance. Fergusson then appealed for volunteers' to save the Vigilant, and two hronicn volunteered. The remaining l(i members of the crew said they were not tired of life, and boarded a liner with the captain. The men left 011 board navigated the tug through the gale, which grew worse. They were without light, owing to the failure of the dynamo. They escaped destruction on a reef by 50ft., hut eventually made Cardill' after a fortnight's struggle. The tug is worth £20,000. Sir Samuel Evans (the President of the Admiralty Court) eulogised the courage shown by Fergusson ami his companions, which was lie said, worthy of the highest British sea traditions. Ho awarded Fergusson ;C2' ( )00 as salvage, and the two lirenien £l2'do each.

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A farmer in the Temuka district, states the correspondent of the Lyttclton Times, recently sold three triplet lambs, reared this season, at 28a lid each, and got 10s for the ewe's wool. A member of' the Wairarapa Egg Circle, who resides at Morrison's Bush, received last year £325 in payment for eggs supplied. This particular breeder has a (lock of 300 birds, and apart from his cheque for eggs, sold chicks and birds to the value of about £SO. The Circle is at present receiving Is lOd per dozen for its eggs. It is expected that the price will soon reach 2s. A volunteer from the country, who drove into town on Saturday to make final arrangements before proceeding to camp to-day to prepare to fight for his country, left his horse as usual tied up in the yard of a public institution. On returning an hour afterwards he discovered that- someone had removed the rope from the horse, which fortunately had not strayed, though the rope, which he hopes was long enough to hang the sneak thief, had disappeared. What was described as a most disgraceful affair occurred in a railway carriage on a train which was returning from the Ilawera races to Wanganui, and it was investigated in the Magistrate's Court before Mr. J. 0. L. Hewitt, Wanganui, on Wednesday (tin Herald' reports). A man named Sidney Weatherall happened to be in the ear-, riage, and an argument arose between him and a man named Smith. The outcome of the argument was that Weatheralt assaulted Smith and used exceedingly objectionable language at the same time. His Worship, in inflicting a fine of £0 for the assault and £7 10s for the "language," said he was determined to stamp out this sort of behaviour, especially wnen it occurred in a railway carriage. He had been responsible for having it stamped out in one district, and he was determined to do the same here. In conclusion Mr. Hewitt said he would deal very severely with cases of a similar nature that came before him in the future.

"Put not thy trust in princes," quoted Cr S. .T. Kennington at Friday's meeting of the Clifton County Council, when the question whether the Public Works Department would redeem its promise to subsidise the loan raised for the Tangitu Tunnel, Uruti, was in dispute. It was stated that the settlers wanted the money spent at once, and members of the Council were of opinion that the Government would not subsidise the amount, £2OOO, after it had been spent. The loan will be raised on two debentures of £IOOO each. It was suggested that one debenture be signed, and as soon as the engineer was ready to proceed with the work, the debenture be sent to Wellington, and the money lifted. This suggestion was adopted. The engineer said he would be ready as soon as ho could get a licensed surveyor to assist him.

With a view of assisting the children of deceased or disabled soldiers to attain the educational advantages that they would have enjoyed under normal conditions, Cabinet has approved of the recommendation of the Minister of Education (the Hon. J. A. ifanan) for the issue of regulations providing for war bursaries for such children. The -regulations, which are now in course of preparation, will enable boys and girls (under 14 years of age) of deceased or disabled soldiers to obtain free education at a technical school on much the same terms as are now applicable to free place holders, but without requiring the free place qualification. In the case of children of such parents who qualify in the ordinary way for free places in a secondary school, technical school, or a district high school, but who, by reason of distance, are unable to take advantage of the free place qualification to enable them to attend such school, a boarding allowance will be arranged for those obliged to live away from home, and in other cases .where conveyance has to bo provided a grant will be made towards the cost of same. To those who are entitled to receive university bursaries, and who are similarly obliged to live away from home, an allowance will be made in addition to payment of tuition fees. Some provision may also be made in the proposed regulations to covei' the cost of books and other incidentals of these pupils at the secondary stage, and also when attending tlje university. Ladies anticipating that the prohibition of the importation of silk into England may later on apply to New Zealand are freely buying "the Melbourne, Ltd.'s lovely white Jap silk at 2s lid yard and the white crepe de chine, 40 inches wide at 5s lid yard.