LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Quite a record was put up by the Lowgarth Dairy Factory .on Wednesday last, when about SCO crates of cheese were carted Iby the factory suppliers to Ngaere railway station, en route to the Moturoa Freezing Works.

The result of the ballot for president of the Agricultural Workers' Union was that Mr. A. J. Kirig was elected by (145 votes, the next highest being Mr. John Cooper 509. The following organisers were elected: Messrs Cook, Eddy, Kennedy, Mee, Mills, Townsend. The following were appointed delegates to the, conference: Messrs Adair, Iloone, Cooke, Eddy, Kennedy, Mee, Townsend.—Press Association.

A press message from 'Wellington yesterday stated that the secretary of the General Post Office liad received a .notification from the postmaster at Rotorua stating that it was reported that a severe eruption had taken place at Waimangu, and that the caretaker and his wife had been severely injured, also that telephone communication had lieen interrupted. The First Wellington Medical Board, Lieutenant-Colonels P. A. Lindsay and E. Jennings, examining officers, and Captain T. Casserley, attesting officer, examined recruits at the Drill Rail on Saturday. About 29 recruits were examined. The members of the Board leave by the mail train this morning for Hawera, where about 30 recruits are to be examined. From there they proceed to Wnnganui. Notwthstanding the population movements caused in the town by the war, there is still an unsatisfied demand for houses in Eltham (says the Argus). When it is known that people are Jikely to vacate a cottage, it is at once eagerly Bought after. If a number of new nouses were to be erected they would at once bo taken; but the present cost of building is such that no one 13 incliined to- be venturesome enough to go in for building speculations. The probabilities are that when Mr. F. J. Basham, C.E., takes charge of the Patangata County the Council will adopt a, scheme of putting down concrete roads. The question has been engaging the attention of the Council for some time past, and a 9 Mr. Basham lias made a special study of the subject his knowledge will be of great value. If tho Council adopts the scheme the cost will run into several thousands of pounds, but that fact will not prove a stumbling block, as more than one county is concerned and all are eager to adopt a method which will pTO.ve satisfactory and permanent, and thereby reduce the cost of upkeep. The counties concerned are all in a strong financial position.—Argus. A correspondent writes:—Sometimes I see in your valuable paper reference to fjood fighting families. These references must be as balm to the parents. There is one family of five boys belonging to Mrs. W. Moles, of New Plymouth, that I would like you to mention. Then there is the Casey boys, late of Puraujri, Four of them, Jim, Bert, Tom, and Will, were all wounded in France, and Joe was killed in France. Mrs. Moles has also had a son-in-law invalided, home from Gallipoli. I think. these families of game boys deserve some praise." We certainly think they do. Their parents may well feel proud of having such fine boys. During last year Mr Henry Haywood, of Haywood's Enterprises, offered ft prists of £SO to the writer of the best New Zealand National Anthem or song. Three judges were appointed—Miss ElsieMorton, of the Auckland Herald; jur Richard Ringer, barrister, and Mrs John YnulUi Birch, of the Auckland Herald. Six pieces were chosen out of 1(11 sent in, and the final decision was left to the Hon. J. A. Hannn, Minister for Education, who awarded the distinction to "lona Hope," of Auckland for a very good and singable anthem entitled "Land of Promise." Of tho six who vew eplncl-pd l>y the three judges as worthy of honor,, the first was anonymuii-. .lie others being hy 0. L. Kennedy, Auckland; M. A. Wliitcombe, Northeote; "lona Hope," G. A. Noble Campbell, Napier; and Ernest Aldridgc, Star, Auckland.

, EVERYBODY'S DRINKING IT! What? GREEN GINGER. A pure, wholesome and refreshing drink for sensible people. A TRIAL WILL CONVLNCE. A tablespoonful to a large tEßi'blqr of water 50 drinks to the bottle. 1/6 per bottle; all grocers. Order to-day from your grocer! You will be satisfied, ~

The .Sisters of the local Convent have received the following results of the theoretical examination in raor.nc-etion with Trinity College - , London:—Preparatory division, Mona Lowrie (honors), Olga Penman (honors), John Bennett (honors), John Brien (honors), J. Kilbride: junior division: Barbara Frost (honors), Nona Mulvcy (honors), Amy Langloy (honors), Moya Boyle, Sily Lindstrom, Maseotte- Golding; intermediate division: Winifred Downs (honors), Mary Foully (honors), Doris-Hodg-son (honors); senior division: Grf.ce Pitt (honors), Eileen Hooper. Tho Auckland newspapers, which generally speak with a united voice, have had a quarrel at last. The Herald is desirous (of course, in the public interest) that when the two Main Trunk expresses are made one it shall he ran through in the daytime, starting from tin: northern city early in the morning. The Star (equally in the public interest) demands that the train shall leave Auckland in the evening and make it? journey through the night. The circumstance that the Herald is a morning paper and the Star an evening is, of course, quite beside the question! Ploughing by dynamite is being carried on extensively in the United State-'. The famous -Dnpont Company—one of Scwah's enterprises, which .last year showed a profit of twenty millions sterling—who are the biggest manufacturers of explosives in the world, have invented a system which enables the farmer to till virgin land by means of specially prepared low-power dynamite cartridges, which are placed at intervals of 10 yards. The dynamite makes a regular furrow, similar to that made by a plough, and the depth can be graded as required. Tho explosion' is so delicate that farm hands who are drilling the hole for the second cartridge nre not injured by the explosion of the first 10 yards back. Stumps of trees aro readily removed, and during peace time tlio scheme is recommended for the construction of bunkers and undulating greens on golf courses. Low gradecartridges are also now used for breaking up boilers, whether' embedded in brickwork or not, which have hitherto had to be broken up by hand with great trouble and expense. The sight of a procession of men moving down the gangway of a vessel that arrived in Wellington on Monday might have aroused tho curiosity of onlookers (says the N.Z. Times). Each man carried a small iron-bound box, and it was evident from the slow, heavy steps of the carriers that the boxes were exceedingly weighty. The procession continued until 50 boxes were placed on a waiting lorry. When fully loaded the lorry was worth a small fortune, for every iron-bound box contained £SOOO. The laborers paused at the completion of their task and surveyed the £250,000 worth with glistening eyes. There was one laborer less than when the procession started, not that the misslnrr man had dee>impod with one of the £SOOO boxes. He had suddenly dumped down his load and declared that the boxes were too heavy. Speaking on the question of the condition of the roads in the War.ganui district at a council meeting of the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening, Mr. L. S. Bassett said the roads in tho Hawera district were an eye-opener in comparison with those in and about Wanganui. He held that by having good motor roads leading to Wanganui more business would come to the latter city. If those present had not been over the Hawera roads then they should do the trip. It would do them good, especially if a comparison was made with the roads here, He advocated that Wanganui, should put it* roads in the same position as Hawera Tie had raised the question so as to get the Chamber of Commerce interested. It would pay the Chamber to organise a car trip up to Hawera to see the roads in question. He- was sure it would do good. After some discussion (the Herald reports) it was decided that the Council should approach the Chamber, with a view to infiting members of the various local bodies, etc., in this district to inspect the roads in the Hawera and Eltham districts. Information is now available as to tho new anti-Zeppelin aeroplanes used by the English war authorities. The problem has been to build an aeroplane with climbing powers sufficient to enable it to reach Zeppelin altitudes in time to meat the raiders and bring them down. The latest machines are of comparatively small wing surface, and are driv.en by unusually powerful engines, capable of making speeds of 120 to 140 miles per hour. The increase in climbing speed in the past few months has been truly astonishing, having progressed from an, assent of 10,000 feet in six minutes to 15,000 fee-t in 7J minutes. The scouting service, both on the North Sea and along the east coast is now so effective that London can be warned of the approach of Zeppelins in time to permit the Zeppelin-chasers to take the air and be in position for an attackbefore the raiders reach their objective Various means arc used by the airmen to bring down the enemy, the most effective of which is the incendiary bullet.

Listen to Isitt, M.P.:—I am a regular visitor to our Christchurch Turkish bath. Every race season I meet there a number cf jockeys, and very civil, courteous lads they are. So thin that one would think they could not possibly become any thinner, they are there to take a few pounds of llcsh oil' their skeleton frames. Lying on the benches in the hot room, sometimes blankets covered over to y>ced the process, they endure for hours an exnerii'iicc that must he very trying, and one would think in the long run iijurioiH. Parched wiih thirst, thev would give much for a drink of water, but that must not he. Already lighter than an ordinary woman, they must still further reduce their weight in order to help Sir George Clifford's patriotic effort to produce a type of horse that will lend to our cavalry mounts the size, strength, and endurance that will carry a 13-stonc man and his accoutrements on a forced march or across rough country in a 10hour pursuit of the enemy.

Easter holiday trippers requiring travelling baggage will find the Melbourne, Ltd., the best place to purchase their wants: Attache cast's, (la (is to fls Cd; suti cases, 1.3s (id to 21s; kit bags, 27s (Id to 29s Od; Gladstone bags, 2ils (id to 4iis; steel trunks, 14s fid to 10s (Id; cabin trunks, very solid, 52s 6d to G9s Cd.

THE POISONING OF THIRTY GIRLS In a Melbourne factory by eucalyptus lollies which were evidently made from the common eucalyptus brings home forcibly the importance of using only the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT internally. SANDER'S EXTRACT sniffed up the nose and three drops on sugar, is a sure and safe protection from meningitis and other infections. Applied ,to ulcers, poisoned wounds, sprains, chilblains, eczema, SANDER'S EXTRACT brings quick relief and permanent cure.

For stnoking cigarettes in a munition works, two girls, aged 10 and 20, were, in a Northern English town, sentenced to fourteen day's hard labor, the chairman pointed out that by their conduct they were imperilling the lives of hundreds of people. On hearing the sentence the gii'la burst into tears. The most amazing spectacle of the advance .is the manner in which roads and railways creep up under the hands of myriads of workers, and the prompt' itude with which guns and munitions arc brought up. It is most disconcerting to the Germans.—Delayed cable. The wife of a soldier serving in Egypt had a remarkable escape in the last air raid (says a delayed cable). She had a presentiment that something was going to happen, and she took her baby and spent the night next door. She.Ha rained on her home and wrecked the bedroom where she ordinarily slept. The neighbor's house was not damaged. A little Cockney Irishman, released from imprisonment in Germany, was describing his experiences, and said that he had had three days in the colls once because a German officer, "he comes along, and says to me, jocular like, 'Well Tommy, it's a long way to Tipperary., 'Yes', I says, 'and it's a damn sight further to Paris."

It is reported that further prospecting on the lode confirms the opinion that the recent find of scheelite at Pukernngi, Otngo, is one of the richest discoveries of the kind yet made in New Zealand. Machinery for the treatment of the ore is now being installed, and it is anticipated that the mine will be yielding scheelite in large quantities in about a month's time.

For forty years Frankenstein Germany involved war, turned every development of material and social science to aggressive ends, and at last, when sh.i felt the time was ripe, she let loose the new monster that she had made of war to cow the spirits of mankind. She set tho thing trampling through Belgium. She cannot grumble if at last it comes home, stranger and more dreadful even than she made it, trampling ..« German towns and fields with German blood upon it and its ej-es towards Berlin.—H. G. Wells.

An indication of the fine reputation New Zealand soldiers have in England was given in a little conversation between an English nobleman and a New Zealand officer. The former remarked that New Zealand seemed to be sending only gentlemen to the war. What were the other calsses doing? He was a little astonished whon told that the men he saw represented' all the classes we had. The well conducted young fellows seemed to him to be all gentlemen—a proof of the proverb that "Handsome is as handsome does." An interesting fact mentioned in the Bed Cross Record is that the income of the British Red Cross in the second year of the war amounted to £3,064,232, and the management expenses were below 7d in the £. The expenditure on the hospitals was £162,703, Red Crosß units £279,708, grants to am.'iliary bodies £102.220. The society possesses 2522 ambulances, ears waggons, and travelling soup kitchens, of which 1821) are in France.