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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Melbourne cable states that owing to the depredations of mice amongst seed wheat, many districts have discontinued sowing.

The mayoral election for Waitara, owing to a failure to elect at the statutory time, has been held this week. Mr. Morgan, whose nomination was previously delayed owing to the non-delivery of a letter, was returned unopposed.

A member of the F.gmont County Council, during a discussion on loan mattery stated that he knew a farmer who was holding £2OOO at call in the bank, while waiting for a speculation in which to invest. Meanwhile he was receiving no interest on it. i

' The Egmont County Council's annual contribution to the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable 1 Aid Board, based on si valuation of , £1,867,104, on a levy of Is Od in the £IOO, amounts to £I4OO 7s, or a monthly payment of £llO 13s lid. Councillors remarked that each year the leVy was increasing.

During a discussion at the Egmont County Council meeting yesterday,/the charman (Cr. M. Fleming) remarked that the nearer, one got to Opunake the less became the traffic on the main roads, although Opunake was the county town. He thought" that Egmont was probably tho only county in Hew Zealand where such conditions applied. It, was explained that the reason was that all the traffic from the county was conveyed to ! tho railway line. ! Mr. J. M. Sehapiro returned from Auckland yesterday morning, bringing with him a splendid collection of rave and antique silver articles, which are to be sold by auction on Friday at the Soldiers' Club, where they are now displayed for inspection. These articles, like the pictures submitted last week, wera given by wealthy people in England to be disposed of for the benefit of the Red Cross funds. They include a large number of rare and beautiful specimens ol the silversmith's art, such as have never been seen in New Plymouth. Mr. Sehapiro extends an invitation to everyone to go and see the collection between now and Friday—the rooms will be op*n this evening-rand as nothing can be sold except at the auction on Friday, visitors need not be deterred from attending lest they be asked to buy. The balance of the pictures unsold last Friday will also be on view and will also be offered at next Friday's auction. ■'The' finest and cheapest blouses In New Zealand." Thus rhapsodised a lady yesterday when seeing tho lovely crope de chine Mouses at tte Melbourne, Ltd. The quality is superlf, while tho prices—18s 6d for white and 19s Gd for colored ■—are almost unbelievably low. Colors aTe represented by shell pink, oyster grey, sky blue, navy, and wedgewood.

ld-KEELO KILLS FLIES, Awarded first and special gold wedal at the Auckland Exhibition. Successfully used throughout the .Dominion. Have you tried iit IT IS STOCKED BY AI*L CHEMISTS ■AXD STOREKEEPERS, and is MADE BY BRITISHERS IS' THIS BQMQHOSU 5

"Turn up thd lights," said 0. Henry, lis lie Jay dying. "I don't want to go home in the dark." Whimsically ho used the refrain of a song then popular in America, and, characteristically, he gave it a new beauty, a new hope. He had boon thinking of a novel, a long, full noveV perhaps the oft promised real American novel. "I want to gefcat something bigger," he would say jL "what I have done is/child'a play to wTiat I can do, to what I know it is in ine to do." And when somebody asked him why he did not read! more fiction his answer was, "It is all tame as compared with the romance of my own life."

Considerable feeling seems to exist at Marton in connection with services held. there recently. Tn tne course of an address recently the Rev. L, J. Hunt, of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, made pointed reference to (.lie fact that Hermans living around Marlon were allowed to hold .services in the Oenuan tongue. "I do nob wish to be misunderstood in this matter," said Mr. Hunt. "I. would be the last one in the world to advocate- the closing of any particular church, for nobody needs a church at the .present time, more than Germany; but I do wish that some pressure could be brought to hear upon some of these people, who seem to iiave no idea of the eternal fitness of things. In the light of recent events it. is an insult to any patriotic community to have the language of their enemies thrown at them in this manner. It is about time that these people were gently reminded of their indebtedness to the British Empire for their freedom and protection." A steamer, while en route from New York to \ew 'Zealand, recent!/ oalled at Piteairn 'lsland, the solitary home of the 'mutineers of the ship Boun'tv. The commander of the vessel, before sailing, interested himself in the welfare of the islanders, and invited, through the American prts f |, contributions of goods for presentation to them. The matter was warmly taken up, and gifts flowed in from various directions, with the result that the vessel started on her'voyage laden with about £SOO worth of presented goods. On arrival at the island the captain landed an American organ for the use of the inhabitants, dresses for the women, a suit of clothes for each man, and miscellaneous other articles. The steamer also carried what was advertised in America as the first official mail from the United States to .Piteairn Island, comprising 73 letters. The gratitude of the islanders for the presents was touching, and their reception of the officers and passengers of the steamer was hospitality itself.

If all the secrets of the jury-room .were disclosed, some funny reading would be provided (says the Wellington Times). At a recent criminal sitting of the Supreme Court a jury retired on a very clear case for acquittal about noon. The foreman, addressing his fel-low-jurors, said there was little room for doubt that the verdict should be one of "not guilty," and there was little use going through 'the whole of the evidence. There seemed to ibe general commonsense until a red-headed man from th# country exclaimed: '-Hold, .1 cannot agree to tha* verdict, or, in fact, to any Verdict, until I have had my dinner."* The other jurymen entered into the joke to 'be entertained at the Government expense, and filled up time, till 1 o'clock telling stories and singing comic songs. After lunch the foreman again asked the red-headed one whether he was ready to return to court. "I suppose Ave better finish now," sfcid the hungry man. "There Sb no fiance of getting afternoon tea?" "I should think not,'' replied the foreman; '(you had beer for dinner, I noticed, and I think you have got enough out of the Government for one day." t

The disquieting circumstance in connection with the "settlement" of strikes is th-it in most cases the strikers have to be bribed to return to work, which means that tlio. reckless and defiant forces of anarchy score against the forces of settled law and orderly government (says the Dunedin Star). The whole thing reminds one of the immunity purchased in certain districts terrorised by lawless ibaud's of desperadoes. The arbitrary freaks of strikers continue their wilful way, because the community is weak" and compromising, and so accustomed to the, uninterrupted routine of demand ajid supply that it shrinks from any prolonged inconvenience, and soon gets excited and impatient, nnd prepared for almost anything that will stavo off tlio threatened privation and loss. If a strike is plainly arbitrary and vexatious, illegal,, and unjustifiable, the community should be resolved not to give, way an inch, whatever the result might be. Such humble bargaining with recalcitrant labor is altogether pernicious, and only means further trouble. And surely it if never more pernicious than when it takes the form of interference with law courts. It affords immense satisfaction to note that the S.M. •before whom the "go-slow" cases were recently heard distinctly declined to recognise the compact lhado with the miners by the Government through their "Ministers, and refused to become a partner to an agreement -which mado the Court a party to "bargaining with justice." • i ■!"...'';

Why does some tobnccp Vito i the tongue? Experts now toll us ■ that moisture is the offender. Common-sense, too! Steam forms during the combustion of the tobacco, and fhis hot stcaln burns tho tongue. Hence the drier the tobacco the cooler tho smoke and the bettor the value, 'because surplus water adds to weight.. Gold Pouch Aromatic, tho Now Zealand grown tobacco, never burns the tonguewt is. pure, genuino tqbncco, without exce9s moisture. Unequalled in combustibility—burns freely down to the last whiff. New Zealand soil and climate alone can produco a tobaco so mild, and with such a. small percentage of nicotine. Gold (Pouch Aromatic is the least injurious of ail smokes—does not affect the heart. Cheaper, too; 2>4 ozs. for Is. Cigarette smokers should use tho New Zealand grown Thifje Diamonds Tobacco.

The New Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., draw attention to'their Matau sale, on Friday, May 11, at 1 p.m. Mr. H. G. Sergei, agricultural director under the Taraimki Education Board, announces that he will lecture at Maka> tawa this (Wednesday) evening, at 7.30; at Durham Road on Thursday, at 1.30; and at Pukeho, on Friday, at 7.30$

Ask distinctly for SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, or else you may receive ono of the many substitutes. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT cures colds, fevers, indigestion; prevents infectious diseases and heals ulcers, poisoned wounds, skin diseases, ■' burns, sprains, etc. It is much more powerfully antiseptic than the eommoil eucalyptus and dfies 'not depress w

: The oniy casa dealt with, by Mr. & Crooke, S.M, at the (Slew (PJyaiouta. Magistrate's Court yesterday ww on* in which John 0. OStorJco, fanner, Ofconui, for whom Mr. A. 0. Lawiey Appeared, sought to recover '£lßß 12* 3d Ifrpm Alfred Shaw, wheelwright, ttt Hamilton. Judgment was given toy da-i fault for the amount olaimed, with cost* 1 £8 4a 3d.

The aignifloaiicl of the etrlp of gold braid worn on the left sleeve of men in uniform is one which is* not alvflay* recognised in New Zealand. The badge it one authorised by the War Office to Signify that the wearer has been wounded in action during tho. present war. The badge is also authorise* by the New Zealand Defence (Department, which undertakes to isgue to the returned aoldier, still- in uniform one strip of" Braid for each separate occasion that lie has ibeeu wounded. If a man invars three pieces of braid it means that upon three separata occasions he has appeared In the casualty list as wounded in action. Tie regulations especially provide that shell shock and "gassing" are classed as being wounded for the purpose of issue of the bin id. Sickness, however, does not flUftli- • fy a man for the badge.

Amongst the few 'Australian actresses who hate joifrneyed' to 'America and made good in the motion picture art there shines one Bright particular lUtc in the person of Miss Louise lovely (knowm in Australia, .as Mist CU Oarbasse). This talented young lady escaped all the bard grinding work to' reach her present position by reason of her exceptional ability and fine appearance. From the start she secured good parts in feature productions, and quickly roße to 'leading lady with the famous Blue Bird features, Miss Lovely is now om of the most popular screen' stars in America, and will appear at the Emplr* Theatre to-night in "Tangled Hearti.'?

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Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1917, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1917, Page 4

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