LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Plymouth Boys' High l-k'hool re-opened yesterday fpr the second term. The officer commanding the 25th reinforcements reports that they have arrived at a certain port, the health of the troops being excellent. The motion-picture actor who cbmmrtnds a salary six time* greater than •-■at of ,tbc President of the .Unifed States, to wit Charlie Chaplin, will appear on the change of programme at Kverybody's to-morrow afternoon in his latest success ''The Pawnshop." A New Zealander writing from Sling Camp says there is no shortage of food there a"iid no waste. The "cooking is li'iich better than in the New Zralaml camps and the food mipplv is better distributed. "The dreadful v,asi.» v.-liich one sees at Trentham and Featherstonhas no counterpart here." During the last visit to Taranaki of the No. 3 Wellington District Medical Beard, Lieut.-Colonels Fulton and'Guthrie examined IS!) recruits at New Ply'loutlt and Hawera. Of the numbenexii.mined, 08 were classed as fit for active >ervice, 130 were classed C2, fit for home service, and one was declared to be totally unfit. Of the men examined 67 were farmers or farm hands.

Whilst motor-cycling from Okato to his home at Oxford Road, Private L. O'Sullivan, who is home on final leave, met with an accident. At Putt's corner something went wrong with the machine, which collided with a telegraph post, throwing the rider to the ground, nd rendering him unconscious. He was taken to his home by a passing motorist, where it was found he 'was not seriously injured. The motor cycle was considerably damaged. The No. 1 Wellington District Medical lioard, Lieut.-Colonels Lindsay and Jennings, will conduct an examination of recruits in the Taranaki district next, week, commencing at New Plymouth on Monday, 28th 1 inst. They will proceed to Hawera, and will examine recruits there on the 29th and 30th instant. Stratford will be visited on Thursday, the 31st instant. About 200 recruits have b.-cn warned to report themselves for examination on the dates mentioned.

A couple of passengers on the train hist evening vfere 'discussing the serions.menace which faces the Dqminion as the result of the. operations of the American Meat Trust. "Do you know," said one, "we are receiving as much for our store sheep as we are getting for our fats, and the sorry part of tie I :ies? is that the people at Home, as well as those in New Zealand, are compelled to pay more for their meat thin they should, owing to the operations of the Trust. The Government," lie contended," could easily ond the matter by commandeering the freezing works in this countyy and controlling the sale of the meat at Home."

Joseph Chamberlain and Aloys Mathes, two Swiss, were charged at the Eltham Court on Wednesday with assaulting Constable Liston and doing him grievous bodily harm while in the execution of his duty at Kaponga on Friday, ISth instant. The accused pleaded not guilty, and elected to bo tried by a jury. Constable Liston gave evidence that wtfile taking a man named Lynch (whom he had arrested on a charge of being drunk while in charge of a motor e.-.-r, and using obscene language) to the lock-up, the two accused interfered with him, and started punching him, breaking one of iiis ribs. G. Pat-ergon and P. Pitcher gave evidence that they went to the constable's assistance, and corroborated the evidence as to the assault. Dr. finist said he had examined the constable after the assault, and found one r- e bin ribs broken. The accused were committed for trial at the Supremo Court, New Plymouth, bail being granted, each in their own recognaisance of fIOO, and each in one surety of £IOO. Several cases connected with alleged b. caches of the King Country liquor regulations were mentioned at the New Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday. They consisted of: (1) A charge against K. Granville, storekeeper, of Marakopa, •jf ordering whisky from ■ Gold water and Co, of New Plymouth, which was in : tended to be taken into a proclaimed area without notifying Goldwatcr that it. was to be so taken; (2) A joint charge a?ainst Granville and Joseph Friend Startup of having taken the whisky to, Kawhia without having the packages so labelled as to show the nature, of 'heir contents; and (3) charges against /two men named Clare (for whom Mr. '.Tnhnstone appeared) and Gillard, of Waitara, of assisting Startup in the latter offence. In Granville's case, Subinspector Mcllveney stated that'the summons had not- been served owing to the defendant's absence from his usual place of abode. With regard to the information against Startup, Mr. Hutchens, instructed by a Hamilton firm of solicitors, applied for an adjournment to Kawhia, but this the police opposed, and his Worship (Mr. A. Crooke) refused. ■Eventually it was arranged that the whole of the cases should be taken at New Plymouth on Thursday, June 21.

On Monday next at Urenui saleyards at 2 o'clock' Mr. Newton King ia offering by public auction the well-known property in the estate of the late Arthur Gibbs. This property is a very fine piece of country, and should meet with keen competition. The annual meeting of shareholders of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society will be held in the Foresters' Hall, Hawera, on Saturday, at 11 a.m. For Ave vacancies on the directorate, there are seven nominations. On Saturday next Mr. Newton King will sell at his mart, New Plymouth, a freehold property, on account of the ■■state of the late A. Sowry, of Urenui. The property is situated about eight miles from the Uruti poßt office, and is a pood grazing farip. Full particulars can be obtained from the auctioneer.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile draw attention to the clearing sale they are holding on accour ' Mr. Jas. Sprigging, Beaconsfleld R< Stratford, who has sold his farm. ! irticulars will be found on page Bi. His issue. HEAVY DRINKER 3JOR YKARS.

"Although a heavy drinker for years, my husband is now off the drink, thanks to 'Drinko.' It ia wonderful stuff." So writes a grateful wife. Drinko can be given secretly in liquid or food. Write for free booklet, in sealed envelope, giving full details. State if Mr., Mrs., or Miss. Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietory, 212 J, Lambton Chamber*, Wei' lingtoa,

The children will have a great treat at the Empire Theatre matinee to-raor-r.iw, when the programme will include Charlie Chaplin in his latest comedy, "The Pawnshop," and the remarkable feature' film "The Dumb Genius," in which an almost human chimpanzee is the chief actor.

The sudden acquisition of wealth does not disturb "the even tenor of the way" of some people. A Maori woman in Gisborne last week had over £IOOO : n notes tied in a silk handkerchief fastened to her waist. Until a pakeha friend called her attention to it some '£2o 7iotes could be seen bulging out of *!: c "wSI." Another Maori woman had over £l7O concealed in her clothii'.» and others had greater or lesser sums in their possession. Some excellent land in the vicinity of Kaponga has been Offered by Messrs Parker Bros, on easy terms and at a !»«' price, to the Government for soldiers' settlement purposes, (says the Kltlmm! Argus). They are desirous of doing some partiotio work. The owners ere above, the age at which they could offer for active service in the field, but they are desirous of "doing their bit." The. only method that they can see as being within their Bcope is to offer their land for settlement by soldiers. There are 400 acres and the configuration of the land provides for it being easily and econcmi. illy divided into several farms averaging something between 50 and-70 acres each.. The/Land Purchase Board earnestly recommend the land to the ■Government, and we have little doubt but that it will be accepted. v If it should not be—-then there is no use in offering land to the Government. The vendors have offered to take the whole of the payment for their farm in 4-.t uer cent, debentures.