LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Press Association message states that the Pluuket Society's Baby Week Was opened yesterday in Christchurcli to raise £IIO,OOO for a Babies' Hospital. The sum of £SOOO is already in hand. Dr. Truby King is assisting the campaign with a series of lectures. An unarmed man who, through sheer physical fitness and swiftness of action, can overthrow several armed enemies is ''some fighter," but this is done with lightning speed by Doug. Fairbanks in •'The - Americano," now screening at the Umpire The Postmaster-General has received notification of the opening of information bureaux for .prisoners of ,var in Spain (secretary's office of his Majesty the King). Paris (.Swiss Legation), and Christiania. Correspondence addressed to any of the bureaux is free of postage.—Press Association. Meetings of Second Division reservists are to be held next Friday at Inglewood and at Waitara on the following Tuesday. Efforts are being made to hold meetings at Hawera on Friday and Manaia on Saturday night. It is probable meetings will also be held in Patea and Elthain. The return of number of 'births, deaths, and marriages for the district of New Plymouth (Mr. J. S. S. Medley, registrar) for the month ended June 3D is as follows, -the corresponding figures for WIS being in parentheses:— Births 34 (42), deaths 10 (10), marriages 10 (8). The figures for the half-year ended June 30 were: (Births 209 (19!4) ; deaths 72 (84), marriages 44 (82). The 500 golliwogs sold on Pierrots Dav were made toy 'Miss T!. M. Kelly White Hart Hotel, as was also the silver bullet. The wool for the golliwogs wa< presented by the Kaiaipoi Woollen Co These little souvenirs all sold readily at (Id '•■'.<, and the silver bullet realised £5 17 The special prize donated 'by Mr. Leslie Clarke brought £5 fis, and was won by Mr. E. Sanson, Okato. 'On behalf of the Tierrots Mr. Flanagar has disposed of half a ton of c-haff tc Roy iParkin, 1\ tons of coal to H Brookman, two books, to J. H. Fowler Mr. Gordon (Eraser lias kindly consented to place the wheat 'for the Pierrots at full value, also the acetylene gas plant, Mr. .Tenkinson has undertaken the disposal of the cultivator presented by him, which cost £3 15s. The barrow iui,l strips presented by P. Jury are now under offer to two gentlemen, so that the Pierrots may Tie complimented or making a clean slwce-p of all goods at fair value. At the meeting of the Taranaki County Council yesterday a cony of the resolution passed at the conference of the Hawera, Taranaki, Stratford, and Elthain County Councils -relative to apposing any Bill for the abolition of tollgates was read, and on the motion of Cr. Andrews it was decided that the chairman be appointed the Council's representative on the committee to oppose the passing of the ißill abolishing tollgates, and that a letter be forwarded to Mr. H. Okey, M.'P., asking him to oppose the Bill when brought Ibefore the House. (Local amusement seekers are promised •a feast of special attraction at Everybody's during the next few days. On Thursday and Friday next William Farnum will appear in the powerful Fox drama, "Fighting Blood." Farnum is seen in his element in Canadian lumber

camps, then western mining camps and lastly as a "bathing" clergyman with the strain of "Fighting Blooci." On Saturday, the Empress of Emotion, Clara Kimball Young will commence a three-night season in "The Bark Silence," a worthy successor to her '•Common Law," anil directed by the same motion picture genius, Albert Capellani. t The following Wednesday will see the commencement for a three-night season of Robert Chambers' last novel, "The Girl Philippa," produced by Greater Vitagraph with Anita tSewart in the lead, and now proving to be one of the greatest picture attractions throughout the world. These special features will each be screened at the usual prices of admission. An abandoned infant, about six days' old, was .found in the left-luggage room of the Henderson (Auckland) railway station about eleven o'clock on Sunday morning. Unusual sounds attracted the attention of the stationmaster. On making a search he discovered that the sounds were the cry of a 'baiby, and that they issued from a dress-basiket. which, it is thought, arrived at Henderson from Auckland at 5.5 p.m. on Saturday. On removing the lid of the basket the stationmnster discovered a very young female baby almost suffocated. He summoned Mrs. Curtis, a nurse, of Henderson, who pronounced the tiny infant to be nlbont six days old. On a piece of paper pinned to tlis little one's clothing was written: "Catherine Vale, Rotorua." Enquiries, are being made as to the "parentage of the foundling. The dress-basket was fastened with a piece of rope, and a bottle of milk was left inside. The little one was warmly clad, and is still in charge of Mrs. Curtis.

There was a large audience at AVhiteley Church last night in connection with the foreign mission anniversary and to meet the Rev. R. C. Nicholson, pioneer missionary of the Solomon Islands, and Daniel 'Hula, a native of those islands and the first convert to Christianity at Velle Lavette. The chair was taken 'by Mr. C. E. Bellringer, and addresses were given 'by Mr. Nicholson and Bula, while a duet in the native language was sung by Mrs. 'Nicholson and Bula. In his remarks Mr. Nicholson described the difficulties encountered by the missionaries in the Solomons, their aim now being to train the people in industrial pursuits. They had been semi-civilised and had given up their old head-hunting and other savage customs, and to counteract the tendency to idleness and laziness, which has supervened, the missionaries are endeavoring to cultivate the dormant capabilities of the islanders for useful work. During the evening the Rev. 51. A. Sinclair announced that the offerings towards the mission fund on ] Sunday amounted to £G2, and those of ' yesterday to £BO, adding that already New Plymouth had increased its contributions fourfold as compared with last , year, although the work of collecting j had only just commenced. , HOME SAVED FROM DRINK. , "Our home was saved from a down < fall, and we can only thank 'Drinko' fo it. Only two packets were used." S. > writes a Dunedin wife, Hundreds of similar letters on file. Write for free booklet with copies and full details of this wonderful secret drink cure. Address Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, G.P.0., Box 855, Wellington, . 'PARENTS. ) Protect your children against <li»l t theria. Give them Sykes' Formalin 'i'a'u i lets—all stores J/jfc " l {

_ Palmerston profbalbly holds the distinction of having the first three women contractors for outdoor war work. Three women advertise themselves in the Manawatu Dally Times as willing to undertake the milking of a herd of 103 or more cows nest season with machines. "You are a valuable asset to the country in these times." said the Lambeth coroner to a Mrs. Elliott, who lias had ten children, including twins and triplets. For the latter she received the King's Jounty. For grinding a small American flag under his heel, Joseph Glalbasrin, a Ger-man-America, was fined 25 dollars, in New York, and sentenced to wear the American flag <jn his coat until the termination o,f the war. This is making the punishment lit the crime with a vengeance. ; A New Zealand officer, writing to a friend in Wellington from France, says: "The N.Z. Division is going strong, and ranks as a first-class fighting division. From what I hear, there is much competition amongst the Army Corps Commanders to have its co-operation in order to stiffen their men." A pathetic figure at the Solemn Requiem Mass to Father McMenamin at the Basilica in Wellington was Chap-lain-Captain Dore, who was seriously wounded while on active service on Gallipoli. He was so severely injured about the spine that,he is scarcely able to get about with the aid of two sticks. "You take it from me, that numbers count in a deputation to Parliament," said Mr. P. Nathan at the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association at Palmerston. "You send five or six in a deputation and they give you an evasive answer. Send a few hundred and you will And the reply very different." Sir Joseph Ward, who is considerably thinner than when he left New Zealand, remarked in tfrioiidly conversation that one doesn't get fat on war rations. "Half a slice of bread at a meal and no sugar, that is what you get in England now—and here in New Zealand there is plenty to eat." Describing thr> Returned Soldiers' Settlement at Takapau* a writer in a Napier paper says the soldier farmers have a splendid field for their labour, as the land is some of the best in'! Hawkevs Bay, and well watered by streams. The soldiers have fenced and ploughed their holdings. Some have 'sheep farms,, and some dairy farms. No farm is of less area than 100 acres, and the value of each runs from £2OOO upwards. One can read the name of each farm on the gates; all are gathered from Gallipoli, stern reminders of sacred spots on Turkish soil. According to a London paper all farm stock is to be rationed. A grave ■warning 'by Mr. Prothero to the farmers and stock-raisers points out that, while the concentrated feeding FtuiTs available this year will be only a sixth of the pre-war supply, there is more live stock than ever. If the farmers do not voluntarily reduce the feeding stuffs to the animals rationing will be made compulsory. The number of cattle must be substantially reduced before Christinas, but the milking herd must be kept up. Corn must not be given to pigs. No more poultry should be kept than can be maintained on scraps and waste food. A little incident that occurred in connection with the recent flood in •Hawke's Bay is worth relating. Mr. N. Welhvood had a boat fastened to a willow tree at AwhangQ. The whole of the protection works were "carried away, including Mr Wellwood's boat. Forty-eight hours afterwards the boat was secured at Clive Grange, about five miles away. When pulled ashore the boat contained a passenger—a live hare, which made off on reaching land, evidently none the worse for its- rough sea voyage.

On a Tecent show day a Palmerston larly was motoring into town to ipay some bills. An elderly man, apparently in (i state of agitation, made frantic signals for her to stop the car. He then informed her that he was in a great hurry to catch a train and asked for a ride into town. The lady good naturedly complied, and the man was accommodated in a back seat. Subsequently it was found that, a handbag containing a considerable sum Of money and some .idwollony had disappeared. It had heen lying on the front seat. The individual concerned has been accurately described, and the police, have hoipes of laying their hands on him. Women have invaded many fields of activity in Germany during the war. Professional thievery is their latest. Two women, both married, aged 46, and 39, have just been arrested in Berlin for stealing on an extensive scale. Like True Prussians, they thoroughly "organised" their operations. Deciding to loot the huts and allotment plots kept by the working folk on the edge of Berlin, the women first sent out their little boys as scouts to ascertain which places were unoccupied during the day or early evening. Then the mothers would sally forth. They specialised in stealing ducks, geese, chickens, pigeons and rabbits, and confessed to the police that their weekly "turnover"' in sale of illgotten gains sometimes amounted to £125.

I One of the tasks Mr. Massey -undertook when he left New Zealand was a thorough investigation of the operations the machinations of the Meat Trust in Britain. At that time the Meat Trust was a corporation belonging to a country with whose neutrality many people were out of patience. Now that country is a powerful and whole-hearted Ally, and Mr. Massey will not say all that lie thinks about the trust (telegraphs the Auckland correspondent of The Post). He will have to say it to Parliament, but he is not for the present offering any remark on what he learned about the workings of the tru9t. Mr. Massey did say, however, that he found that the trust controls all the Argentine meat and that it has some hold over New Zealand. In addition to his remarks on the shipping problem, Mr. Massey admits that the dairy industry is likely to be seriously affected, and especially the butter industry, There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods. SANDER'S EXTRACT' is free from the objectionable , qualities of the common eucalyptus. ] Sander's Evtract cures all infectious dis- , < rises, all winter ailments, uloers, burn?, , ■sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the , GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT. , CHAMBERLAINS TABLETS FOR CONSTIPATION. , 'For constipation, Chamberlain's _ Xa' i lots for the stomach and liver arc c:: • ccllent. Easy to taike, mild and v.on.V,( ', in effect. Give them a trial, Sole', j everywhere, i