LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The First Wellington Military Service Board will sit at New Plymouth on Thursday, the 17th instant.

The Minister for Internal Affairs has Authorised the publication of a journal of science for the dominion. It i 9 to bo npen to contributions of a scientific and technological character.—Press Association.

The school children of Inalia are conveyed by motor bus each morning to the State school at Manaia. This is considered more, satisfactory than establishing a separate school at Inaha.

'Mr. A. C. Gibson, hon. secretary New Plymouth brunch of the British Red Cross Society, acknowledges with thanks a donation of £-2 2s from tht Xiem Plymouth Croquet Club.

A Port Darwin correspondent reports a new discovery of wolfram near Waucliopo crossing, in the Davonport Ranges, is causing some little stir, and sevoral claims have been pegged off. The discovery is about fiO miles to the west, of the Hatches Creek field, within eight miles of the overland telegraph line. Major Lampen, D.5.0., grew reminiscent at the opening ceremony of the Soldiers' Club at Trc-ntham on Monday afternoon. On Gallipoli, when they were eating bully beef and jam, the New Zealanders, he said, used to say, "What oh, for a night in Trentliam to-night." In those days there were no hutments, but mostly mud. With the advantages the camp now had, the soldiers at the front might well say, "What oh, for a night in Trenthani camp!" The Pukekura Park Saturday collection will take place on Saturday, June 2. This was arranged at a meeting held at the office of the chairman of the board on Wednesday evening. As far as possible districts were allocated to lady collectors, and street collectors were al«o named provisionally. A further meeting of collectors will be held at the same place on' Monday, May 28, to complete arrangements. It was decided to collect the annual subscriptions a few days prior to June 2.

London newspapers, suffering under the present paper restrictions, are telling their readers that unless the public will lie content with fewer newspapers, they will presently get none at nil. Further restrictions on the paper supply of British newspapers resulted in the abandonment of ail old custom on March 10. The- Government issued an order prohibiting the use of "contents bills," or display posters to indicate the contents of the newspapers, and Londoners will now have to buy a paper to learn the latest war news.

The first sale of fish under municipal control was held in Taumarimui last week. The recruiting stand was used as ,a distributing centre. All the fish obtained from Auckland found a ready sale. The retiring Mayor, Mr. G. S. Steadma", who opened the sale, presented a bunch of fish to Mr. Durtster, who is credited with being the first to suggest the municipal fish market. The sales will be continued twice a week .

The more or less frequent statements that (lie war has had the effect of unsettling the returned men is not borne out by the law examinations held in March last. Among the candidates at these examinations were three returned ,soldiers, who between them topped the Jist in every subject, while it is stated that not one of the outside candidates got to the top of the list. Soldiering in the case of these men appears to have added to their powers of application and concentration.

"The young men in New Zealand nowadays don't study ns the young men did where I was brought up," said Sir Koliert Stout in the Esperanto Hall in Wellington. "We had 110 theatres and no picurc shows. Though perhaps we had eoncerts in the winter months and lectures occasionally, we had' no amusements as you have. I have seen a dozen lads there, artisans, standing in the shelter of a dyke during a snow shower, engaged in the discussion of the latent, magazine article. You would not And young men doing that in New Zealand. They would be discussing football."

A regular supply of fish is now reported to be reaching Wellington, and the.demand is good. Most of the fish comes from the Sounds, Lyttelton, and the waters round Wellington and Paremata. The wholesale mart at which the fish is sold is available to the fishermen all night long, so as to ensure regularity of supplies. The most prevalent fish arc groper and hake, and with the facilities offering for getting their catches on to the market, the fishermen are keen on exploiting the fishing grounds at all times when the weather is favorable. The export of fish is practically at a standstill, owing to the lack of shipping space.

A moulders' strike in New South Wales provided an interesting instance of financial loss often sustained by the workers who resort to this means of settling industrial disputes. The moulders were out for a period of fifteen weeks, fighting against a decision of the Wages Board, ivhich reduced their earnings from Is 9d to Is (id per hour. They went back to work at Is 7Jd, which amounted to an increase of 6s per week on the award which they repudiated. In the meantime each striker had lost about r £s4 in wages—a sum which he may make goad' by remaining steadily at work for V/ s years without a strike or other disturbance. . ww

A very hearty reception was accorded to the 276 returned soldiers who arrived at Wellington 011 Tuesday afternoon. The crowd was so great that it was with difficulty that the people could move about, and viewed from above a veritable sea of facos met the gaze. Among those present were many from Wairarapa, M'anawatu, .. anganui and Taranaki, each of which had representatives among tlips" who were being welcomed home. The voyage was a delightful one, and the healthful effect of the voyjigc 011 the men was shown in the restricted number of cot cases. When they left England the complement included 100 cot eases, but there were only ten lylni' Auckland whs reached, six of whom ware for Wellington.

The serious outbreak of diphtheria at Christchurcli is causing a good deal of concern. Jt is stated that In a large proportion of the. eases sent to the hospital the disease has been allowed to go so far that there is no hope whatever ru saying the children. Death sometimes takes place 24 hours after they are admitted to the institution, from January 1 to April 28 this year 196 cases had been reported, as against 30 In the aa mo period last year, The Canterbury district health officer stated that there was a tendency to treat too lightly the fact that a child had a Bore throat, All sore throats should ho looked upon with suspicion. Diphtheria, if taken in its early stages, could be cured by sfmploand wellknown remedies, but if it was; allowed to go too afr the effoativoaeea.of the.xanw-1 idles wea greasy daenagwb J