LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A'couple of members of the Pierrots were on the warpath at the winter showlast evening, and secured some poultry from the Bell Block stall. TJiis they soon turned into cash. To-night they will be present in greater numbers after further plunder for the great £IOOO day.

The following are the members of the 31st Reinforcements due to proceed to camp from Eltham on June 27, 1917: A. R. Bates, F .Briscoe, J. D. Crowley, P. P. De Launay, C. Dixon, N.Hookor, E. W. Maekay, A. Moore, J. M. Poynter, C. Reeves (reporting Napier), J. Sattler, W. H. Slater, J. Spence, A. P. Wallis.

Jim Blake is the son of a millionaire, and takes things easily, when suddenly his money mill stops grinding and he is "up against it." After a heap of trouble and many a weary day and wearier night lie "proves "All Man." Handsome Robert Warwick is cast as the hero in this virile World film which commences a local season at Everybody's matinee this afternoon.

Fresh bargains at the Melbourne. Ltd.'s great reduction sale: New -wide end ties. 9d each; winter weight singlets, la lid and 2s Od; navy flannels. 5s 9d; ail-wool ribbed pants, heavy ir.«j««di tjfebed gnat* *» w i

Amongst those called up in ilie recent ballot, is a Levin young man who baa a wooden leg.

Maiy .Fuller is cast as the heroine iu the dramatic sensation, "Thro-,ni to tins Lions," to 1)0 screened at 3 rybody's ii'ixt Tuesday and Wednesdo;. rim title is a metaphor, the lions in this instance being two'logged beasts who aro movers in fashionable surroundings. There will be a church parade of the Fitzroy Fire Brigade at the Methodist Church, Fitzroy, tomorrow evening.

Thomas Wilson, the father of nine children, enlisted in Melbourne on May 28, and was enrolled as a private in the A.I.F. by Recruiting-Sergeant G. Young, of Port Melbourne. The eldest son of the new recruit is a. soldier on active service. Wilson is 43 years of age. Writes Captain W. S. Shirteliffe, son of Mr George Shirteliffe, of Wellington: —"I haven't tried to describe the cold in France, for really it was beyond all description. The ink in my office was always frozen, and if you melted it to a liquid and tried to write it froze on the pen before you could get it to the paper. Reports written with boiling ink and a hot pen required no blotting, but when they were taken into a hot room the ink melted and ran. This is no exaggeration at a)l—it actually happened, Trouble with engines was awful, because the carburetter would freeze up just as you left the ground, probably meaning a landing in a field, where they would bo thawed out with hot cloths. The milk in the meßs üßed to be frozen, despite huge fires." One would scarcely expect to find In the statistics of the poultry industry in England a remarkable growth* in the consumption value of eggs and poultry, and yet such is the case. Though the foreign markets have supplied very little during 1016, the production in England has been most remarkable. In 1013 the value of eggs and poultry produced in England amounted to £9,000,000, while in 1916, the third year of the war, the value has rißen to £14,400,000. The Irish increase in production amounted to £3,000,000, while the decrease of foreign importations amounted to £5108,000. The war has taught the English farmer that each year he has been unnecessarily importing millions of pounds' worth of foreign eggs and poultry. "That the Government be respectfully requested to utilise the German prisoners now interned on Somes Island In cutting lupin on the board's reserves." Such were the terms of 4. motion proposed at yesterday's meeting of the New Plymouth Harbor Board by Mr. D. J. Hughes, and although the other members appeared inclined at first to treat the proposal with levity, Mr. Hughes soon convinced them that he was serious and sincere. He protested strongly, he said, aaainst the interned Germans waxing fat in luxurious ease at the country's expense, while they might be made to do something to pay for their keep. No one supported Mr. Hughes' motion, although it was seconded pro forma, to permit of discussion, the general idea being that the- cost of keeping, paying, and watching the Germans would amount to more than the cost of ordinary labor. A point was made of the necessity for guards and warders, although it was conceded that the Germans, after their experience as prisoners of war, would be too fat to Tun away.

I'll!! particulars of pedigrees of Mr. K. >T. 'Kirkwood's cattle can lie seen in trie neat catalogues that have been issued, and are now available form Mr. King. Included in the list of cowa are two very ihoice imported" cows and one heifer and these should attract considerable attention from breeders.

The preacher at Whiteley Church on Sunday, both morning and evening, will be the Rev. W. A. Sinclair. At the evening service the address will be more especially to young men and young women, and the subject will be "From 19 to 35," Special music will be rendered by the <hoir.

For the convenience of intending purchasers attending the sale of Mr. Jos. Mourie's pedigree stock on Monday next at Manaia, bv the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Compauy, a motor coach will leave Princess street, Hawera at 11 a.m.

At the Rahotu saleyards next Friday Mr. Newton King will sell a very choico line of Jersey in-calf 2-year heifers. When buying dairy cows why not have the best? Farmers have a great opportunity by being present at Mr. A. T. Peter's sale on the South Road, Hawera, on June 27, where some very choice Jersey cows and heifers will be offered for sale. Full particulars at the Farmers' Co-operative office.