LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Dailv News will not be published on Friday "(Good Friday), but will .appear as usual on Saturday and Monday (Easter Monday). The trawler has lately been working in the vicinity of Kawhia, where some splendid hauls of fish have been obtained. A London cablegram states that the price of beer has been raised to 9d and lOd per pint, and bottled beer to from Is 2d to 1b 4d per pint. The Blenheim oil bore is now down 4DOO feet. It is in limestone lormation, below which it is expected tho main oil measures lie.

The new dredge Wallace, in charge of Captain Tinney, arrived off Patea at 9 a.m. on Saturday, after a remarkably fine passage from The Bluff. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, a man named Joseph Dossenbach was fined 10s, in default 4S hours' imprisonment, on a charge of drunkenness. At a meeting of the. executive of the New Plymouth Employers' Association held yesterday it was decided to recommend retailers to observe Good Friday and Easter Monday, those days being the usual statutory holidays. It is expected that Messrs E. Griffiths, J. Hayden, F. E. Wilson, and F. J. Hill, of the old New Plymouth Borough Council, will again offer their services, as will Mr. J. Clarke, an excouncillor.

Those residents of the Patea Borough who have been suffering from the effects of the recent drought will be glad to learn that there is every prospect of an abundant supply of water being available from the Borough Waterworks system in about two months' time. The power house in connection with the water and electric light schemes of the Borough is now practically finisacd, and the necessary machinery is at present being installed.—Press. Thirty-one applications have been received for the position of engineer to tlie Eltham County Council, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr. Basliam. At a special meeting of the council on Saturday, these were reduced to six, and a final selection will be made at the ordinary meeting of the council on Saturday, April 14. '■What's that?" said the chairman of one of the Military Appeal Boards to an elderly farmer. "You want an exemption for. your shepherd? 'Ridiculous! Absurd! Nonsense! Pooh-pooh!" "But I cannot (fet on without him! I can't keep going. He's the only reliable man I've got!" "Preposterous! You can icasily get someone else to take his place! Why don't you try a woman?" "A woman! Have you ever 'heard of a woman shepherd?" "Well, I—er—or—(iv_" "i only heard of one woman who ever tried to'be a shepherd. That was Little 80-Peep. And you know what happened there—she lost the lot!"

"NO DESIRE FOR ALCOHOL."

So writes one man who had been a heavy drinker for 10 years. DRINKO can save your husband, son or brother from the drink habit. The treatment is inexpensive. Can be given secretly if desired. Booklet in scaled envelope post free. State if Mr., Mrs. or Miss.—Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, 212J Lambton Chambers, Weljjngtpn.

There is likely to be a triangular contest for the Napier Mayoralty, two candidates being in the field against the present Mayor, Mr. J. Vigor Brown. One of the candidates is Mr. H.'lan I Siin6on, who contested the Hawke's Bay scat agiunst Sir John Findlay.

A yearling Hereford heifer, "Pukctiri Graceful lltli," sold at Captain J. C. McKillop's dispersal sale at Masterton for SOgns. This (says the Age) is understood to be a record price obtained at auction for a yearling 'Hereford heifer .for New Zealand.

Following is a return of the number of births, deaths and marriages for the district of, New Plymouth (Mr. J. S. S. Medley, registrar) for the month of March, figures for the corresponding period of lust year being given in parentheses:—Births 28 131), deaths il (13), murriageti 7 (0). For the quarter ending March 31 the totals are: Births 03 (87), deaths 40 (42), marriages 10 (31). Tlie Customs duties collected at the port of New Plymouth during the month, just en'ded (March) amounted to £4059 lis, compared with .€4500 6s 8d for the same month last year. The beer duty for the month was £156 12s sd, compared with .€173 5s 2d. For the quarter thu total revenue was £14,028 ltfs sd, compared with €13,47!) 3s in-the first quarter of 1916. The total revenue collected during the year just ended was £53,711, against £47,282 in the previous year.

A man named William Henry Wright, who was arrested at Wanganui, was yesterday charged before Mr. A. Crooke, S. M., with having deserted his wife and family. Evidence waR given by the wife, who was represented by Mr. A. H. Johnstone, that accused, who had been away three months, had during that time forwarded 17s Od towards the support of herself and four children. The court made an order for the payment of 30s per week, £1 per week to the wife and 2s Od per week to each of the children, the amount to be paid fortnightly, first payment to be made on April 16. A correspondent write.? to tlie Dominion complaining in strong terms of the improper spectacle presented by two women who paraded the Paremata railway station platform in tight-fitting and very scanty bathing attire a couple- of days ago, while the Napier train was at the station. The train passengers, the correspondent states, expressed very strong indignation at "the shameless way the women paraded from one end of the station platform to the other." How history repeats itself! In a re-cently-published work on Frederick the Great, a saying of the latter is curiously apropos to present-day happenings on the Sorame: "Cannon, niy dear sir, decides everything. M. de Turenne boaßtcd of his splendid artillery, which consisted of only seventeen pieces of cannon. What would he say of us, who each of us has more than 200? I would wager nearly always to win a battle, but at present ■we can do nothing against this frightful artillery." So his deeeudant, the Kaiser, is finding out on the Sommc.

At Waitara yesterday Mr Beckbessinger, chairman of the North Taranaki Patriotic Socictv, brought before the Hon G. W. Russell "the fact that the three weeks' railway ticket granted to returned soldiers was only available for a certain time after the men's return, and frequently the men were not well enough to avail themselves of the privilege. The Hon. G. W. Russell said that while this was a matter for the Defence Department, he quite recognised the point, and thought that perhaps some arrangement might be made whereby a soldier's holiday could be deferred on the certificate of a medical man. He promised to represent the matter to the Hon. Sir Jas. Allen.

Apparently Australia. 13 not so well supplied with available men as New Zealand i 3, iudging from the following extract, as New Zealand has nob yet employed many (if any) women in the Railway Department:—"Practically all our women employed in the Kailway Department, even in the clerical branch, have entered the service to release men for military duty. About 00 are now on the clerical staff. As yet only six are placed at the ticket windows on various stations, while thirteen are engaged in cleaning the slesping cars on the trains says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). Queensland is ahead of New South Wales hi th<\ employment of women in the railway. There they have as many as 40 at the ticket windows alone.

Extracts from Trooper Chas. Hughes' letter, N.Z. Mounteds, Egypt:—"Towards the end of the attack on El Arish Ewart Gamlin was shot dead. He was a cheery, brave comrade, and died with the old blue and black Waimate football jersey on, and he played the game to the last. General Chctwood, when reviewing us, said he was an old cavalry man himself, but he had never seen an entrenched position attacked and taken in such a manner. Our versatility surprised him. AVe had at Ohristmas a long cablegram from the acting Premier (Sir James Allen), wishing us the complimenis of the season but hundreds of us would have been more pleased if he had added the name of the winner of the N.Z. Cup, as we New Zealand™ here are keen sports." Hurrah for the seaside! What fun we shall have with paddling and digging in the sand I Mother, at the joyous shouts of the Children, pauses at her work and smiles for she has promised to take them to the seaside fete and picnic at Kawaroa Park on Easter Monday. Work on the farm has lessened, and father will also be able to come. Every mornI ing at the factory Kawaroa Park Easter Monday has been discussed, and all the neighboring settlers have signified their intention to be part, of the record crowd which will assemble. The excursion fares and the leaving of the trains from New 'Plymouth at half past five is very convenient. The enthusiasm has spread everywhere, and now that the programme is published anyone will agree that a day's full enjoyment is assured. Who would miss the children's spectacular displays,of which more later? What a pleasure for other children' to watch, a pleasure in their play hours will be the chief theme for' many months. So bring the school children for whom admission is free. .Make a picnic of it. There are thousands of shelter trees at this seaside resort. Hot water and milk is free to all. ' Echo again the popular phrase "Kawaroa Park on Easter Monday."

Bellringor Brothers advertise a big w duction m the price of o'Cedar Mops.

BRINK RUINS THOUSANDS. You need not let your friend suffer. One woman writes: "Drinko Powders have made a new man of my son. He is now off the drink." This wonderful remedy is inexpensive, and can be given secretly at home. Free booklet sent in plain sealed envelope. State if Mr, Mrs. or Miss. Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, 212J, Chambers, .Wellington. --.•-.-

"I breed thoroughbreds purely as an industry, and have only raced one horse in thirty years. I very seldom bet on a race and do not attend race meetings,!' sold a witness at the Military Appeal Board at Te Arolia last week. "You can't teach me anything about horsebreading. There's nothing like losing money to teach you a knowledge of 1 orse-broeding," replied a member of the board, who added that he had been a director of a stud company. "If you or anyone else want a sympathetic hearing and favorable judgment from this board you must come before us as a dairy farmer, not as a thoroughbred horse-breeder. The very best time to sell young thoroughbreds is the very first opportunity. Don't lose any chances, either!" Witness retorted that he certainly did not advance horsebreeding as a reason for exemption.

Regarding the shortage of malo teachers now existing in the State schools, and which is daily becoming more acute, it is pointed out that the scarcity is likely to be felt for a considerable period now, for not only are trained teachers Joining the Expeditionary Forces, but the Training College students and pupil teachers are also being depleted of their male section. As many of those will not resume their teaching avocation after the wan. their places, as far as men are concerned, can be taken only by males who have not yeb started oil their courses of training, which occupy several s' ears - ■'•■*&:%!«!'!!

"The Hon. Mr. Russell," Bays Mi*. Maurice K Denniston (president of the N T cw Zealand Dental Association), "rightly states that in the past the members of the dental profession have proved themselves a patriotic body of men by their work for recruits and re-" turned soldiers; but, as to whether or not the members of the profession will be willing to extend this patriotism to the treatment of school children at a very low fee I am not prepared to say. Of this much I can assure you, as president, that the members of the New Zealand Dental Association welcome the Minister's interest in the question; and, as in the past, so now, we will be only too oager and willing to assist the Minister with the Interests of the profession. The question of the school children is a very large one, and will require expert advice, which} of course, the Minister has always access to; and, if he desires it, the officials will, I am sure, always be prepared to discus's such matters with the Minister and render any. assistance or give any advice in their power." Dr. Elizabeth, Mac Donald, at the W.C.T.U. Convention at Auckland last week, gave an earnest address on the subject of the evils attendant upon immoral living, and moved a resolution supporting the policy of the Government in checking venereal diseases by retaining for treatment in" prison hospitals until cured, prisoners of both sexes found to be infected. It was a perfectly fair thing, said Dr. Mac-Donald, that both sexes should be treated exactly alike. Men in camp who were found to be suffering, were segregated and isolated until cured, and the women should also be detained. All women ought to understand something of the danger of these terrible diseases, for innocent as well as guilty women were often the sufferers. Doctors, in the name of humanity, often forbore disclosing to these innocent sufferers the terrible nature of their disease. The doctor went on to speak of the results of the scourge, in infant mortality, and numberless eases of women condemned to lives of pain and sorrow through no fault of their own. It has been stated at a repent meeting in Auckland that the time 'had come for a fight "with the gloves off," and in that nglrb, women must join. The time had passed when women could allow feelings of horror and despair to restrain them from action; as the mothers of the race, they had their duty to perform in aiding every movement in tho direction of stamping out the scourge of venereal disease. The doctor concluded her speech by a plea to mothers to impart to their children that knowledge which would help them to realise the sanctity of the human body and the need for self-control.

Attention is drawn to .the statement by the Melbourne, Ltd., tliat their stores are replete with stocks of travelling "gear" for the forthcoming holidays. Brief bags, lis 6d to 17s «d ; attache cases and suit cases, 7s lid to 21s; Gladstone and kit bags, 27s 8d to 455. On pago eight will be found a land advertisement of Mr. E. Jackson, who is commencing business entirely on liis own account. Buyers in search of dairy farms would be well advised to avail themselves of Mr. Jackson's 20 years practical experience and advise.