LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Royal Life Saving Society is presenting proficiency awards at the High School to-day, at 0 a.m. Among the attractions at the Mart on Saturday next (June 16), Accountants and land (Agents' Day, will be a Christmas tree (donated by Mr. Morshead) trimmed with 3d lucky bags. This should draw the children, and there will also be magic' buttonholes and prize packets on sale. Saturday was Westown Day at the Mart, and a busy day it proved. The Mart was well stocked, hut the attendants, Mrs. 'Fargie and Misses Norman (Westown), and members of the Ladies' Patriotic Committee, quickly disposed of all save some vegetables and preserves. The proceeds for the day were £4O. There were two competitions, which were won as follows: Miss Reube (cushion), Mrs. J. H. Street (jacket), Mrs. Xippert (quilt), and Miss Robb (handkerchief satchel).

Presiding at a temperance meeting in the Good Templar Hall last night, Mr. H. Goodacre took the opportunity of publiciv thanking the member for Tafftnaki, Mr. H. Okey, for his services in Parliament in supporting the six o'clock hotel closing proposal, and the lecturer of the evening, the Eev. John Dawson, subsequently made reference to the same matter, stating that Mr. Okey's services had been of great value. The remarks from both gentlemen were warmly applauded. ' The Rey. John Dawson, secretary of the TCew Zealand Alliance, addressed a public meeting in the Good Temnlnr Hall last night, his subject being "The State and the Liquor Trade during the War." At the outset he explained that his intention was to deal with the liquor traffic from a purely national point of view, and to consider the effect of the I drink traffic not only on economic grounds but also on those of efficiency. He claimed that liquor was the greatest foe the nation had; the enemy vithin its gates which must toe destroyed, and i compared the restrictions enforced in Russia, France, and Australia wita the inaction of New Zealand's National Ministry. The minimum demand of the people should, he said., be six o'clock closing, although absolute prohibition was the goal desired, and he strongly urged the people of TaranaAti to organise their efforts towards securing signatures to another monster .petition which is to bo presented to Parliament at the opening of next session. The usual votes of thanks closed the meeting. 'PARENTS. Protect your children against diphtheria. Give them Sykes' Formalin Tablets—all Stores 1/8,

Two old favorites, Mao Marsh and IV.iby ,'Uarron, are featured in "The Wluirf Eat,'' the new Triangle drama at the Empire to-night. Tho "wharf rut/' is Mao Marsh, and she is a quaint figure dressed in a strange pair of trousers, old slouch hat and boys' boots. The story is a mixture of love and ■pathos on novel lines. Eillie Burke appears on the saiuo programme in "The Mesh of Mystery." The question now arises, "was Frcneau really killed 1" Mary Pickford had her first aeroplane ride in "The Girl of Yesterday," the Paramount 'feature showing at the Empire next Wednesday and Thursday. "The sky came down to call on us" is ■how slio describes her first sensation when rehoarsing for the picture. ller rival in the drama has bribed an aviator to take the seductive little "Girl of Yesterday" for a sky-ride and drop her somewhere too late to go on a yachting cruise. There is a "hospital row" at Gisbonio. 'At a meeting of tho Board one day last week Dr. Collins, member of the Board, •moved a resolution which commenced as follows: "This Board is of the opinion an inquiry should be held either in the form of a Departmental inquiry, or a Royal Commission, on the following grounds, general and specific: That for a period of the past three years or more the members of the Cook Hospital and Charitable Aid Board have both individually and collectively shown (as by the transactions in the minutes of the Board) an ineptitude of either wording harmoniously together in their own interests or conjointly in the best interests of the suffering community, ot as representatives of those who have placed their confidence in them. They wish to place the following facts contributing to such an end in the category as lietcinunder stated." The motion then proceeded to set out a long series of specific complaints. This was rejected in favor of an amendment in general terms asking for a Royal Commission of enquiry. Mary Fuller, one of the most popular motion picture beauties, who appears at Everybody's to-morrow in "A Huntress of Men," has not been aeen in New Plymouth since the finest of the Fxlison series, "What Happened to Mary," in ■which this sterling artist appeared as the heroine supported by Marc McDermott. In this her latest picture she is 'cast as a woman of wonderous beauty, who has created a sensation amidst New York gay life <by her unique entertainments and -fascinating personality. The love theme is original and will delight all lacJy patrons, and even appeal to the mere men. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., wish to draw the attention of clients to their Stratford sale, which they are holding in their Stratford yards on Tuesday. Full particulars will be found on page 8 of this issue. Members of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (Second Group) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable on Monday, June 11, at the Secretary's Office, Currie Street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Winter bargains at) the Melbourne's great reduction sale: —Ladies' heavy ■white flannelette night dresses, 0s lid; men's best quality fleecy sinjleti and pants, 3s 3d; heavy brown cotton ringlets, *2s 3d; pants to match, - 2s 0(1; allwool fringed sugs, 17s 6d; men's large warm flannels, 3s lid; men's dark union shirts, fis lid; all-wool knitted socks two pairs for Is lid; all-wool ribbed' underpants, 4s lid. A profitable Ngaere dairy farm is advertised by W. H, and A. McGarry, Eltliam. Only £2OO cash required on land and milking machines.