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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There were no petitions in bankruptcy in Wellington during July. For the seven months three were registered, the fame number as for (he corresponding period of last year. —Press Association. A combined memorial service in honor of the fallen soldiers will be held in the Hempton Hall, Okato, on Sunday next, (lie Stl, instant, eommencimr at*2 p.m. All are requested to attend, especially Hie relatives 01 the local men who have made the supreme sacrifice. At the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday Air. M'Carthy, ,S,M., fined Cole, Crump and Cundy, a milk vending firm, ~{-HO for selling watered milk The Karori TMi llr Supply Company was similarly charged, and fined JCiiO. Jos. N'athan and Co., for selling short-wei«hl butter, were fined £4O, Notices of appeal were given.

At a meeting of tho executive .of the New Plymouth branch of the Second Division it was decided to call a. public meeting for Friday evening of next week, and to invite Messrs T. )!. Slipper and C. If. Burnett, of Wangamii. to give addresses. It was also agreed to hold a meeting at the Soldiers' Club looms on Friday evening next, to receive reports from the delegates to !he Wellington convention.

All inquest was held at Urenui, Oil Friday last, ouehing the death of Moa Matene. the Maori whose dead body was found jn a room of his residence, at Pukearuhe, by his wife, after the two of them and a number of friends bad attended a dance at Urenui. The evidence disclosed the facts already published, with the addition that deceased left a. rambling letter in the native languaire which indicated that he was mentally deranged and that he intended to commit suicide. The jury returned tt verdict of deatli caused by a gunshot wound, self-inflicted by deceased while in a state of temporary insanity. Mr. R. n. Pigott, J.P. acted as coroner. The Taranakian, the journal of the New Plymouth Boys' High. School, and edited by the boys themselves, is issued twice a year during the currency of the war, and the number for the first half has just come to hand. It contains over 100 pages of school news and records, many photographs of pupils and ex-pupils, including a number now fighting for the Empire's cause, and a large amount of other matter of interest to those who are, or have been, in any way connected with the school. The editorial notes deal with general education matters, as well as with those of special local moment, the attitude of the Board of Governors and tho Education Board regar ding the proposed new school, receiving prominent attention. The halfyear of football, cricket, swimming, shooting and tennis, the school rolls, and the IV!! of Honor complete a highly creditable number of an admirably conducted and printed magazine."

It will be remembered that at a reeent meeting of the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board a discussion took place with regard to tho furnishing of I a room for soldiers at the hospital, and it was decided to ask the society on | what authority they had furnished the room. The secretary of the Red Cross Pociety (Mr. A. B. Gibson) has replied that they had acted on the authority ox a letter from the board's house committee, conveyed to them by the medical superintendent. Mr. Gibson's reply concludes as follows:—"My committee regrets that the board has shown feeling in this matter. The society had 110 desire to trespass on hospital authority, but merely to render a small service of kindness to those who have done so much for us. In view of these circumstances my society is prepared to remove all furniture and carry out replacements without expense to the board if you so desire."

I When sending; toKncco to our l>ovs at thi? front remember that any ordinary tobacco is liable to become mildewed on its way out, as a result of the humid atmospheric conditions. Solid Gold Pouch and you run 110 such risk because X.Z.gnown tobacco will stand any change of climate and keep in perfect condition for anv length of time. No other tobacco will remind our boys so much of home, for Hold Pouch is grown in the land they are lighting for its the. pride of Hawke's Kay. Gold Pouch Aromatic is essentially a soldier's tobacco—it contains but 11 per cent, of nicotine and can bo smoked all day without affecting the heart or producing dimness or nausea. Send your soldier a big bulging' 2'/407. hag—only Is. If he's a cigarette smoker, send" N.Z.-grown Three Diamonds tobacco. On Friday next Mrs. Lee Cowie will lecture on the "Strength of the Nation Movement" ft tlie Fitzoy Hall,

It is officially slated that tho Government is considering the question of proponing another war bonus for public servants this year.

1 The more land they get the more they want," said Mr. W. T. Jennings in the House of Representatives the other night. ''lt is," ho added, "the same sort of thing that happens to a man who becomes addicted to alcohol."

The customs duties collected in Now Plymouth last month amounted to £3.-vSi> 8s lOd and the beer duty to £]sl Is 2d. Tor July, ]Dlfl, the figures ••were: 'Customs, £-1017 8s 2d; beer duty A)I4S Ss Oil,

I licai d of the case of a man who, with one strike of his pen, made a proJit of £7OOO on goods which he had purchased before the war began. That is the man I want to see tiusdAn opinion expressed by Mr. W. T. Jennings in the House of Representatives. 'I have come across eases in which W 9 "If' Ir rS ° f have ,loit with soldiers' pay and the soldiers' mothers have been left to starve," said Mi. Aosworthy in the House of Repre■sentatives. He urged that the Government should take steps to bring about a dillerent state of affairs.

It only needs to be told that the wcompbghed star, Marie Empress, plays the title role, for picture patrons to Know that the. production of the "Girl "ho Doesn't Know" i s a masterpiece of screen craft. Her characterisation of tins part opens the hardest heart with its wistfulness. its sorrow and longin" 'iOr "what might have been." This f.ieat moral lesson will ,be shown on a double programme! with William Farlmm in the Fox feature, "The Man From Litter Eoots." at tho 'Empire to-morrow night.

After a little over six months' tuition and work a number of returned soldiers ha\e been able to produce hand-woven tweeds on a commercial basis in Austialia. So tar only eleven returned soldiers are engaged in 'the .industry, but it is hoped that since it has been demonstrated that cloth can be produced at a price that will return a profit after wages are paid, there will be ,an immediate extension of the enterprise. The hand-woven material on view is a high-class product. About SoO yards of tweeds of various patterns and weights are to be submitted for •sale by public auction, in aid of the repatriation fund.

"The Second Division is absolutely killing tin- motor oar business, it was men, such as farmers, belonging to the Second Division who were the best customers but as they aro now liable to be called up of cour>o they don't want -co buy car?." So raid a debtor in the New Plymouth rate's Court as one ox the reasons why lie could not satisfy a judgment against hini, adding- that business had become so bad with"the firm by .whom )m -tt-as employed that it was likely his .services wouid be dispensed with at the end of the present week. He was a married man with five children, :-,ul his wages while employed were £S 5s per -ivcek. Under the circumstances no order was made.

''Wife and mciher writes to a Christchurch con temporary regarding the de- | spicable practice 'of sending while feathers through the post:—'This morning a well-known Christehm-eh resident received three of the.se. The family consists of three sons only, the eldest of whom left with the Fourth I'.ciiiforoemenls and served through GaUipoli and is still serving abroad. "The father left with the Tenth Reinforcements, and after sixteen months of active service •has just returned invalided, after a severe illness, and has been classed by a -Medical Board as unfit for active service. He also served in the Boer war for two and a half years, and is now well over military age. The two remaining boys both went into camp last March and were discharged by a Medical Hoard as unfit. If the 'hero' who sent the feathers would like to know (lie reason he can find out 011 application. I wonder what record his family can show If the unknown sender wished to hurt anyone he h»s only succeeded in hurling the feelings of a wife and ■mother."

Thames correspondent of the New Zealand Herald reports;—A native •'named Porangi Meo and his daughter Wairata Hulcu wore drowned near Xcvesvillc 011 .Sunday, July 15. In comj pany with Ilari Hukii the hitter's husband, they were returning to Nevesville from Wharekawa on horseback, and had completed the greater portion of the journey, fording the river a number of times. When crossing the river, which was in flood, four miles from Nevesville, Hari Huku's horse got into difficulties and rolled over. He called io the other two, who had already crossed in safety, for help. Presumably they returned to his assistance, and lost their lives in the endeavour to save him. Ilari. Huku, after being washed down some distance, succeeded in effecting a landing in n much bruised condition. 1-Ie managed to make his way to the Golden Belt battery, believing that the others had gone on into Nevesville. It was not until the next morning that he ascertained they had not 'returned. The bodies were afterwards recovered about two miles below the crossing. At the inquest a verdict of accidentally drowned waa returned.

■ The decorum of Magistrate's Court, proeeadings at Milton was rudely disturbed oil Monday, states the "Otago Daily Times," when an excitable person (who was appearing for his wife, charged with allowing cattle- to wander) became abusive and defiant to the Magistrate (Mr. Acheson), who ordered liim out of the Court, and the abusive language continuing, ordered his arrest. On Constable Fox proceeding to carry out these instructions a rough and tumble ensued around the Court-room before the witness gave up the struggle. The Court was adjourned, to allow the man time to cool down and apologise, ■<but 011 again being given the opportunity he declined to apologise. Thus the unusual event terminated, but further proceedings are to be taken.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Stratford, in conjunction with the Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society of New Zealand. Ltd., have received instructions from Mr. A. 1). Johnson, of Hastings Road, Lowgarth, who is leaving for the front, to sell by auction his lien! of cows and sundry implements. The sale will take place on Monday next, August fi. Full particulars will be found on page 8 of this issue.

Cotton goods are becoming extremely [ dear. Buy these now at the Melbourne, 'Ltd., before prices are raised: Horjrockses' 36in A 1 calico, SJil yard; Horrockscs' 30in "Ideal" pyjauia cloth. Is4d yard; "Advance" drill, Is 3d yard; large strong grey towels, Is and Is 3d each; splendid Forfar, 24in 9d yard, 30in Is yard, Gain l s fld ; plain navy print, 31in ■ SJcl yard*

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Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1917, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1917, Page 4

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