LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Peter Bowling, well known in (Labor circles in New Zealand a few years ago, is now energetically assisting the recruiting campaign in Now''South Wales. He lias sons on active service in France. Record pives are being realised in the Wairarapa and Manawatu ifor good dairy herds, which upset the contention so often heard that there would be a slump in dairying. The hostesses for the last patriotic tea In Rahotu were Miss Wright and Mesdames Burns and Arthur Harvey, while those for Friday next will be Mesdameß Anniss E. Duggan, W. (Fleming and W. Larkin. j

Mr. Browne, director of agriculture, meets the Rahotu farmers at 11 o'clock on sale day. His opinion on grass lands is worth going a long way to hear.

Very great dissatisfaction is being expressed at the prospect of a Id rat,e Btruck by the Parihaka Road Board, especially as there is every probability of the Opunakc, Opou and Oaonui wards merging into the Egmont County.' The lighting arrangement at the New Plymouth railway station, leave much to be desired. The few gas lights that do service pro\.,!c inadequate illumination and give the place a dingy, forebidding appearanco to the province's main station building. 'Sitting in feivil jurisdiction at the New Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., gave judgment for the plaintiffs in the following undefended cases: Chas. Bond (Mr T. P. Anderson) v. Thos. Northcott, £5 Is 7d, costs £1 12s fld; Robt Whale (MrD. Hntchen) v. Chas. Smith, 13s, costs ss; Ridd Co., Ltd. (Mr J. Quilliain) v. Joseph jDownos, £l3B 17d 10s, costs £6 Jflsj" Emily Curtz v. William Banks, £5 10s, costs Bs.

New Plymouth people will not this year have an opportunity of viewing the Imperial Challenge Shields which were won by the boys of the New Plymouth High School in competition Against the schools of the Empire. Mr. W. H. Moyes, principal of the school reported to the Board on Monday, that he had received a letter from the secretary of the National Rifle Association stating that after consultation with the High Commissioner it was decided not to forward thp valuable challenge shields won by the school last year. This decision was arrived at owing to the risk involved and the shields were now hung in the office of the High Commissioner in London. The other prizes, including £55 prize money, have been forwarded and should reach New Plymouth in the near future. A member remarked that the boys would have- to again win the shield, when times were normal and it could be brought out.

At Eltham on Saturday a meeting adjourned from a previous Saturday was resumed. After addresses bad 'been delivered by Mr. Wilkinson, M.P., Mr. Buttoridgc and Mr. Astbury, the following resolution was passed on the motion of Mr. Ast'oury:—That in the opinion cf this meeting it is desirable that a better understanding should take place between the farming community as a whole and the farming community as a whole and the industrial organisations of New Zealand; that to further this object the following steps be taken, viz., (lj A committee be chosen from this meeting who will communicate with the head executives of the union organisations for the purpose of meeting them to discuss the possibilities of coming to a common understanding on questions considered vital to each in particular. (2) That they discuss questions which appear antagonistic. (3) That the committee reports to a further meeting as to results.—Seconded by Mr. Osmond and carried. The following wero appointed as. a committee:—Messrs. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., Geo. H. Buckeridge, and D. L. A. Astbury.—Argus.

June Caprice, the latest film star, was born in Boston, Mass., U.S., of English parentage. 'She has grey-green eyes, '■'■'; brown hair and a fair complexion, manv of the favorites, Miss Caprice

*. had no stage experience. More, she almost immediately jumped into film prominence, lier first screen appearance having been made in the stellar role in "Caprice of the Mountains," a Fox film, showing at Everybody's to-morrow. Her .director, John Adolphi, saw the possibilities of the novice, and her vivacity not only gave her a screen name, but tjie title to her first picture, which was originally known as "The Road to Nowhere." Since ier first debut she has appeared in numerous Fox features, but she has the unusual record for a screen player of having been fleen only $n stellar parts and never having played in a production of less than five rejls. Many if not all of the stars date back to the three-reel days. Miss Caprice is a "sixer."

The name of Mary Fuller is identified with the old biograp'h when she appeared in the production of that concern at the time that. Mary Pickford, Owen Moore and many of the old stars of the present day were all beginning their careers. Like so many of tlio youthful players of that time, Miss Fuller had had only a brief stage experience, but by persistent effort and the cultivation of her natural ability, she. rapidly developed into a great favorite. Miss Fuller's latest success, "Thrown to the Lions," will be screened for the last time at Everybody's this evening. PARENTS. | Protect your children against diph- | theria. Give them Sykes' Formalin Tab' lets—'V. stores 1/6.

In addition to the amounts acknowledged iu another column as having been contributed to the Bensley Relief Fund we liave received £1 from Mr. Walter Nash.

The l'alea Harbor Board has notified that work has now been commenced on the extension of the western mole, 348 feet, and this eastern breakwater, 400 feet (work to be done simultaneously), after raising the old walls to the new level.

The Taranaki Jockey Club, at a meeting last evening, maintained the good name they enjoy of being real sports, by voting, unsolicited, £IOO to the fund being raised by the Pierrots. Mr. R. 0. Ellis was the purchaser of the winning motto ("England expects that every man this day" will do his duty") in connection with the Accountants' Day at the Mart on Saturday last. By mistake the subscriptions of Messrs Largo and flibson were stated at 10s instead of £1 each,

At a sitting of the Military Service Board in Wellington, an appeal was heard on behalf of Charles Clifford Oakes, fireman, of the New Plymouth dredge Paritutu. Captain Walker, military representative, questioned whether an employee on a dredge was in the same class as a man in the mercantile marine. It was decided to adjourn the ease until the board sits at New Plymouth. The question of the selling price of wheat in New Zealand is still receiving consideration (says our Wellington correspondent). The Dunedin shipment is being sold at 6s 3d per bushel, which is Btated to be the landed cost, the purchase pricc< being 5s 6d. The Dunedin millers have asked for an increase in the maximum price of flour, which was fixed at £ls a ton per bushel. But objections come from Canterbury, where millers are reported to hold considerable quantities of local wheat purchased at New Zealand rates. The Minister is not prepared to say more just now than that the whole matter is receiving consideration. New Plymouth is promised something novel next Saturday, when the New Plymouth lawyers will actually work without fee. They are to be given charge of the Mart, entrusted with the task of raising £SOO without the aid of their clients, having to rely l for once, not on their wits, but upon the intrinsic value of services rendered; in other words, upon the value of the goods they offer the public. They have,„of course, no small job ahead of them, but the "Devil's Own" are fairly resourceful, and should be able for once to earn their fees, At any' rate, the fact of their endeavoring to earn an honest penny in a good cause should commend itself to the public, and lead it to support their efforts to hit the £SOO target, and show the way to the more ambitious, if more scrupulous, Pierrots. "Things in the United States just now are rather unsettled, owing to the fact, that we are entering upon this world war, and we have got to go through a period of readjustment," says an Illinois farmer, in a letter to Mi'. T. G. ; Sargeant, of Wellington, dated May 10. "Dairy products here are bringing higher prices. For example, last month on my farm, where I separate cream, I received 45 to 47 cents a pound for cream, based on butterfat content. The price is now down to 40 cents (Is 8d). Hogs have been bringing 16 cents (8d) a pound live weight. Potatoes have been about 4 dollars a bushel, wheat 3 dollars a bushel, and corn has reached the unheard of price of 1 dollar 50 cents a bushel. The wheat crop this year is not going to be as large as last year. The acreage planted to other grains will be larger than ever before."

At a meeting of the Patriotic .Committee last night, the matter of rendering financial assistance to returned soldiers was discussed. The War Relief Association is being appealed to by the men for this assistance, and it was the opinion of the meeting that in view of the position of the funds of the association, it was not justified in granting more than £SOO to any one applicant. Mr. J. Clarke said that the Government should do more than it was. It would grant a loan up'to £SOO if the returned soldier took up Government land, but if he took up private land he could look in vain for Government assistance. He contended this was illogical and unjust to the soldiers. The chairman (Mr. Burgess) referred to the movement afoot to extend Government financial help to returned soldiers to £IOOO. The Government desired the men to get together as much as possible when taking up land, as they were thus able to render assistance to one another, besides which the Government did not wish to have any of the land left on its hands when It opened up a block for settlement. The Melbourne's great reduction sale continues to provide bargains for hosts of satisfied shoppers. ' For example! Chintz wadded quilts, single bed size, Ss 6d; fleecy warm bush rugs, (is lid; wide end silk ties, fld each; boys' navy all-wool jerseys, button shoulders, VS to 32 inch, 4s fid to 7s fld; radianta blouses, 6s lid; ladies' and boys' white handkerchiefs, eight for Is.

"I want to be a movie actress or a girl reporter and interview murderers and corpses." This is the announcement made by Glayds Hulette as the heroine of "Prudence the Pirate," screening at the Empire to-night. On the same programme there is a most interesting picture of "British Submarines in the Mediterranean."

Builders, farmers and speculators are invited to inspect the timber now being taken out of the building known as the Old Inglewood Hotel. This hotel, we understand, was built some UK) years ago by the late Mr. D. Berry, and ns showing the remarkable difference in the quality of timber from that day to the present, it i= very noticeable that this building's timber is practically in as good heart today as when it was put in. Anyone who is intending making any building improvements should make a point of inspecting this timber whilst it is being snicked" in preparation for a monster sale which Mr Xewton King will hold on the site some Saturday, the exact date of which will be advertised biter. Mr. Newton King desires to draw attention to the alteration in date of Mr. T. Curran's clearing sale, which will be held on July 3 instead of July 5.

A meeting of members of the Second Division is to be held at the Soldiers' Club to-morrow (Thursday), nt 8 p.m., when, as tbo business is important, a full attendance is requested. The warm night-dress is a positive necessity these nights, so Morey's announcement contains good news for you. Tin ' gramme appears in this Issue of tb 'i' of work to be held in St. Mary': t r 11 on Thursday, in aid of the BackbliK-Us Mission fund. The various stalls will be well stocked with useful articles. Ham, tongue, brawn, cakes and home-made bread in any quantities and variety may lie procured at the produce stall. A fjood concert will be held * the evening.

A Christchurch meeting of citizens resolved to await the return of Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, a~4 bring before them details of the disastrous effects of the restricted trait) scervice on the port of Lyttelton and North Canterbury, with the object of getting the whole position reviewed, the return of Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, and bring before them details of the disastrous effects of the restricted train service on the port of Lytteltou and North Canterbury, with the object of getting the whole position reviewed. At the meeting the the Hawera branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Gane, junr., enquired if anything was being done with regard to shipping away the coming season's dairy produce. Both the chairman (Mr. Pierce) and Mr. Hunter re> plied that the farmers could rest (insured that this matter .wos being more closely watched than ever by the representatives of the producing community. For using, without the authority of the Minister of Defence, the heraldio emblem of the "Red Cross" for the ointment trade, contrary to the provisiions of the Geneva Convention Act, Emilia Dutton was at Dunedin, fined court costs and two guineas solicitor's fee Alexander Murdoch, a manufacturing chemist, for using tlie words "Red Cross" in his advertisements concerning Dutton's ointments, was fined 40s and 49s

It is freely stated that in Taranaki farming land is rapidly passing into the hands of foreigners. A land salesman informs us that the position is getting serious. He says that our own countrymen are going away to fight, and when they come back, if they ever do, they will find their properties have passed into the hands of foreigners. From whut our friend tells us, it would appear that peaceful penetration is getting in its handiwork in Taranaki. Is anybody going to do anything in the matter before it is too late ?—Eltham Argus.