LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. H. Smart, skip of the winning New Plymouth team at Palmerston Easter tournament, has sent a photograph of his rink to tho Palmerston Club.

Private Patrick Joseph Joyce, of 13 Company, 27th Reinforcements, died at Featherston Military Hospital on Saturday morning, from cerebro-spinal meningitis.

The flag was flying at the post office yesterday to mark the anniversary of the accession of King George V to the throne on May 7, 1910.

In reference to the recent appeal fot amusements for Taranaki men in the next reinforcement draft, a few gifts have already been received by the Mayoress of New Plymouth, and she will be pleased to receive others at the depot.

The Pukekura Park Board intends, with the co-operation of the ladies, who heretofore have given their valuable aid, to carry out their annual Park Satuiv day collection. With this object in view a meeting of ladies will bo held at the office of the ohairman, Mr. R. C. Hughes, to-morrow (Wednesdavi evening, at 7.30.

The ladies of Vogeltown will assume charge of "The Mart" on Saturday next, and the district is being well canvassed so as to ensure a plentiful stock of good tilings which will provide a ready sale. Gifts should be left at the Mart on Friday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. 14 W. Okey, who will arrange ,for their delivery at the Mart. A meeting of those interested in the formation of a male choir in New Plymouth, is to be held in the Soldiers' Club rooms to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock. It is to be hoped that there will be a good attendance, as from the number of mile voices available the choir only wants establishing to be a success, and to fill a long-felt-want. "The time is not far distant when the Government would be justified in having a number of watering-places around New Zealand," paid Mr. W. G. Bassett at the meeting, of the Wanganui Harbor Board on Friday night. He considered that under favorable circumstances an expenditure of £25,000 at CastleclifT would be warranted' in order to make it a watering-place for the coast, and districts reasonably served by it should be asked to contribute.* It was impossible for the Castlecliff Town Board to moot the needs of the public. At last night's meeting of the Works Committee of the New Plymouth Borough Council, the Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgess) stated that he did not intend to continue his previous practice of attending at the Mayor's room in the Council Chambers from 10 to 11 a.m. daily. He was always willing to meet councillors or ratepayers on matters connected with the borough, but he was not inclined to be tied up to a certain hour, especially as it often occurred that no one came to Bee him, and his time was wasted. He could always lie found by anyone who desired to see him. The dislocation of the train service whs likely to prove inconvenient to the Moa riding members of the Taranaki County Council, who usually rely on the train to bring them in to the monthly meeting of the council. The difficulty was, however, overcome by the chairman (Mr. J. S. Coonett) motoring in the county car to Tarifci, where he picked up Cr. Laurence. Crs. Simpson and Capper were picked up at Inglewood, and New Plymouth wtts reached in ample time to commence business. 'At the conclusion of the meeting the car was requisitioned for the purpose, of taking the councillors home. It is hoped that by next meeting the railway service will have been altered, so as .to provide a daily service from Hawera to New Plymouth, and back, as befofe the strike, otherwise the, county meeting day wjll, in all probability, be altered.

The election of four members of the Moa Road Board on. Saturday resulted in the re-election of A. Corkill, T. S. Bowler, and J. W. Hemvood, senior. Tan fourth seat was secured by .Tames M. Hair. Mr. H. Trimble, who has been a member of the board for about a quarter of a century, during tho last eighteen, years of which he has been continuously chairman, was defeated. The Inglewoo'l Record says: "The result will come ns a very great surprise to many of our readers, as it is the first time during i seventeen years (how many more we Scannot say) that Mr. Trimble has failed to reach the board, but it has ever been so since the days of Joseph in Egypt, when 'there arose another King which knew not Joseph," and Joseph's days' court came to an,abrupt conclusion;'and in the changes of time and tenants there have arisen electqrs who. know not- the work that Mr. Trimble has done for tho road district, with the result as shown." The shortage of news paper has now led to the establishment by order of the Federal Council of a central authority, which will secure and control supplies for all the German daily papers (sa,ys tho Printers' Engineer). This authority will be established in Berlin as a limited liability company, with a board of twenty members, of whom ten will b# ; appointed by the Imperial and Federal i Governments, four will bo paper manufacturers, and four will' be newspaper publishers. Prices are tq be fixed overy six months on tho basis 1 of cojst at the source of supply. Tho official announcement say 3 that "In view of the economic, political, and military importance of the [Press, especially in time of war, It. has Jbeeii tho effort 5 of the Imperial Government to secure as far as possible for the newspapers the supply of paper during the'w|ir, in order to" fflakei.it possible for them'to..hold out." 5s Earraclouijfh's Instjotly .fttam i ' .

The white residents of Fiji have subscribed £350,0Q0 to the recent British War iioan.

Splendid bags of . ducks and tealaro reported from Upper Waikato. One party of six sportsmen, shooting in the I'iinin district, obtained 92 brace grey duck, seven swans, and 17 brace teal. Tlicy report that the teal arei very thin, but the ducks are iu good condition.

Consequent on the favorable aspect of. the war, Hastings land agents report a rising barometer. One agent says that (luring the past fortnight he had put through his hands £30,01)0 worth of proparty. Other agents also report good business, and altogether there is a cheerful tendency. The serious effect of the war on the kauri gum industry, was emphasised at a sitting of the Conciliation Council at Auckland last week in the course of the hearing of an industrial dispute. It was stated that in 1914 the exports of guin totalled from 8000 to 0000 tons. At the present time tho exports did not aggregate more than 4000 to 6000 tons.

With regard to the meaning of the word "Patoa," Rev. T. G. Hammond, in the flawera Star, says: "It has been assumed that the name was given to a pa with a clear outlook, and should have been written Pa-wa-tea. Patca, however, applies to the whole district, and signifies a person bearing a burden strapped to his shoiildcrs. It) is taken from the arrival of Turi and Jvis people at Patca after the long journey from tho Aotca with their valuable possessions which they had brought from Hawaild. The modern application of the term Patea would <b« the well-known swagger. "I have worked out a mass of figures for tho Efficiency Boaid" (saya "Kareve" in tlie 'Defender). 'Needless morning and afternoon tea, wMch spoil the main i meals, account for 300,000t hours a day in New Zealand ajid seventy tons of food. In a year of 300 days the 'Waste of time amounts to 900,000,000 hours. If this time was used in work, the result would be equal to v the» employment of 37.533 persons, eight* hourß a day during 300 days. The waste of food in 3(B) days i» 21,000 tons for morning and afternoon, tea. alone (not counting late suppers)."

Our ship was coiled by a mob of black fellows, a most viUainouß crowd, under a boss whose badgo of authority was a handy club, writes ailanaia trooper aboard a transport with the 20th. At any indication of a "go slow" movement ho pushed in and beat them up with his club, occasionally varying this healthy discipline by hitting a supposed, ringleader over the head with a heavy chunk of coal. The effect was raagioi and was a tribute to the primitive method of dealing with labor in revolt. The niggers were not by any means overdressed and the few rags they wore hung together on pieces of string. They smoked pipes a foot long and in spitting thiy were certainly long distance champions. "Of all the expensive places I've ever been in, London takes the prize and incidentally all your cash." wrote a Hawera boy to his people in New Zealand jmder date December, 19! 6. "To live in London in a good locality, say West .End, costs on an average about twice aa much as anywhere I have been. It is astounding to see the extravagance pursued by the average West Ender. I am sure that the greater majority could not .afford it and dress! Almost every woman is wearing now a fur coat that one veees in the shop windows marked at not lesß than 15 guineas. Everything is ,on much the same scale. All that one reads about people devising schemes for economy is—to put it tersely, so much "bosh." With the general population, there does not seem to be the slightest attempt to economise. Except for the number of men that oim sees in khaki , and the newspapers in London, one woui'l not know that war was anything but a myth. Speaking of Mr. Arundell's property on the Whenuakura hill, Patca, Rev. L C. Hammond say6:—"Not far from Patea here is another name of ancient derivation, Whakarokakapo—the property of Mr. W. J. Arundel). At this place there is & very fertile gully where in days past the tree fern flournished, and also other plants which supplied food for the kakapo, or large green parrot, onae numerous on the Taran&ki coast bin: jiow quite extinct. The old Maoris knew perfectly the habits of these birds, and hunted them witn trained dogs. The birds came out to feed towards evening and they set a sentinel bird, to wavn them against approaching enemies This bird hung by his beak upon the branch of a tree until the birds below had pulled up quantities of roots for food, and then if no danger threatened it dropped down to get its share. When a hunt for these birds was arranged the men hid themselves iti the scrub holding their dogs in a leash. Whan the sentinel bird dropped down was a signal to led go the dogs, and if they caught the sentinel bird they could usually catch the lot. It was very exciting work both for men and dogs. The word signifies Whaka-ronga-i-te-kakapo, but for brcTity it reduced to Whaka-ro-kakapo, which, being interpreted meanß "listening for the night parrot." To the Maori mind, however, the word repi-esents men holding dogs ready to pounce upon the birds, and tho corresponding excitement of the hunt.

In the course of his- remarks at the gathering at the Elthaiu Oddfellows' Hall recently the Rev. Father Arkwright, the newly appointed parish priest of Elthain. said lie had spent sojne years at Westport and during that time hfid become acquainted with Mr. P. C. Wel)b, M.P. Not very long before leaving Westport ha had attended a. lecture given bv Mr. Webb, which Was entitled "An Advocacy !of the Repeal of the Conscription Act," I There was ft large gathering, Including a "man in blue," who wftß busy with a pencil and paper making, notes of the speaker's remarks. Tho latter soon noted this and directly and openly tackled'the arm of tho law stating that was nothing in his lecture, which copldi be made use of against Mlh. "Paddy" had entitled his lecture "An Advocacy of the Kepeal of the Conscription Act," but had he, the Bpeaker, been requested to express an opinion upon it-.Jie would have termed it "A violent tirade against the Conscription Act and ft glorification of the Labor movement in New Zealand."Argus.

This is juvenile week fit the Now Zealand Clothing, and a great display of everything in boyp' wear is being held. Our 'splendid buying, facilities enable ua, to offt?r superior goods at keen pricoa, and parents are strongly recommended to take advantage of this week's great effort. WIDELY USED. ,

Chamberlain's CougU ORemcdy is one of •tlio most widely used medicines in the market. It is popular in all sarts of the civilised world. This is Because it "iSgu eanf storays depend; SpJA- eeeai&aier^i