LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A- Dunodin produce firm received a jeab'egram from Melbourne on Saturday, stating that all business had been stepped by the strikes.—Press Association.

Sir Joseph, Ward received a telegram stating that the Auckland Savings Bank had decided to invest £250,000 in the new war loan.

The Patca Harbor Board has accepted Mr. Heskctt's tender for the lease of the harbor reserves for ironsand purposes. The Press understands that the erection of the necessary buildings and plant will bo proceeded with immediately. A hospital snip which left New Zealand some time ago experienced a rough time during part of the voyage, breaking over the boat and doing some damage*. On one occasion the ship was iu a cyclone for eighteen hours. To-night's programme at the Empire is a four-star selection of players and ti three-star selection of pictures. William Desmond and Margery Wilson appear in the Triangle play "The Last of the Ingrahams." Charlie Chaplin works a laughable career in the Mutual comedy "The Vagabond," whilst Billie Burke learns ''The Bitter Truth" in the IStli chapter of "(iloria's Komance." The second term of the Now Plymouth Technical College day and night classes closed on Friday. The third term will commence in a fortnight's time The majority of the schools in the Taranaki Education District- closed on Friday for the spring holidays and will resume on Monday next. The town schools have arranged. to taice their holidays lattfr, after the annual examination, which takes place in a few days.

The Taranaki County Council for bomb considerable time havo been losing various supplies from the roads, such as drain pipes, loose tools, old bridge timber. The latest theft ia at Spotswood, where thr gravel held in reserve for tar ■work is -being removed from tlie road. Tile Council have decided to institute proceedings against the offenders.

A significant question was put to tho Defence Minister in the House last week by Mr. Jennings (Tauniarunui) as follows:—Whether tlie Minister will take 6teps to prevent the degradation of a soldier's uniform by the practice of informers (not soldiers) using the uniform for vhc purpose of securing conviction for offences, not crimes? > An accident occurred on the Franklsy road yesterday by which Mr, F. Soustor, of the Methodist Church, had his leg broken above the ankle. He was in a gig with Rev Sinclair wheii the norse slipped on some new metal and fell, both occupants being thrown out, and Mr. Souster sustaining the injury mentioned. He was conveyed to the hospital and received medical attention.

The Mart on Saturday was under the charge of the Mayoress (Mrs. C. H. Burgess) and her patriotic committee. The -takings amounted to £SO. The Mayoress thanks all friends for their lovely gifts of spring flowers, and the school children for their liberal supply of eggs to stock the stall. They came packed in boxes ami tins from'thc Punilio, Okato, Tataraima'fca, Omata, Hillsborough. Ma> ngorei, Frankley road and Vogeltown schools, while tlie town boys and girls brought theirs in baskets and bags, to help swell the number. One little boy brought "one from each of us and one from auntie." Altogetlter about 100 doftn or more were received and every one disposed of. The competitions fur the doll carrying her eggs to marke: will bo decided to-dav when the i".y. in the case have been counted. Mr. .V. Fniton won the cake, which had mimeriiing in it. by guessing tlie length of a pii-je of fencing wire. Tlie Gape Egmont Dairy Company on Saturday, by a narrow nmiorii>... Ed to agree to the proposal st' ! -mlted by iMr U. A. Browne, director of agricultural instruction, to contribute In pe.' ton on t.ioir output, on condition that, a monthly series of demonstrations »» given on farms n the district. Several suppliers spoke strongly in support of the scheme, one man, who hail opposed the proposal to contribute last year, stating that he had been converted after witnessing a demonstration given l>v Mr, BVowne at -T'ahotu On the result being announced several suppliers strongly protested, ono stilting that he would take steps to see >vhether the company could legally yaakc the deduction from liis cheques. Some of tho ladies present also objected, oil tho ground that their time was too fully occupied at present to permit of them attending any demonstrations.

A trial smelting of iron sand took place- on Friday night ai. the New Zealand Iron Ore Smelting Co.'s works at Moturoa ill the presence ot the local directors. The trial took place in the small experimental furr.«ce, which wan 'lighted up early in tlifT afternoon and charged later in the evening. At 10.4S p.m. the furnace was topped, and the run of iron was drawn off, this contain ing a proportion of broken pig, smelted at a previous experiment, to act as a starter. Exactly two *>ouwi later the furnace was tapped again, and a good mn obtained entirely from the new compound and ferro-cobc. The condition of the furnace 7as very good when >t was nlugged again, but an hour or so later Mr. Heskett detected signs ef clogging, and decided to shut down. Careful investigation, led to the conclusion cha.t too large n- proportion of '''fines" had been tipped into tho furnace. Xtr. Hcskctt had intentionally mixed i certain proportion of "fines" A'ith the larger material, in order to make the test of his process as severe as possible, but it had been rather overdone, -jith the result that clogging had taken place. It was discovered in time to prevent any serious accumulation of cold iron on the health, and it will not take long to ciear this out. In a' few days a further trial will take place, eliminating the "fines" to tlie utmost degree, and little doubt is entertained that successful results will follow.

The doll competition in connection with Mosdamcs Bai'.y and flonrisonrs Christmas-parcel«-for-soldiers egort was won by Marjory Vayie—name "Nell." The doll can be obtained at Mrs. ilugh P.ailv's residence, Dawson street. Mrs. Baily svill be glad to receive. Bell tea tins from anyone willing to give them.

In this issue wo advertise particulars of a pedigree Jersey sale to be held on the Avenue Road, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, September 5. Catalogues aro nov, T being prepared, and will be forwarded or. application to the auctioneer, Mr Newton King.

M.P HITS OUT. The member for stated at that beer was the "working mail's tea." The lion, gentleman's attention is rc(sp&ctl'nllv called to tlie fact that ARCADIA TEA is only 2s per lb, has a delicious flavor, and is BUd by thousands .of Tyorkins men. ,

•Mr, Jennings (Tauesarunvii) asked the Defence Minister'ia Piwlianieirttho other day whether any oawss W>e huso. brought under his notice where returned loklitrs have gone back to their fanner employment, after receiying tbjeir discharges, and have had to take reduced wages, or have been offered same, because they had a ginall ponsion allowance.

At the annual meeting of the Maketawa DaTry Company on Thursday the chairman (Mr. J. Brown) stated that besides donating £l'lo 7c 4d in cash to patriotic funds the company had donated nine boxes of butter, valued at over ;C2I!, to the Women's Patriotic Committee at New Plymouth, to be tinned anil forwarded to the boys at the front. That the butter was appreciated was evidenced by the letters received, copies of which had been forwarded to the company by Mrs! Burgess. (Applause.) Mr. J. H. Dombroski, one of the directors, stated that .alter lioaring the letters read he felt that the giving of the butter was fully justified and should be continued. Shareholders expressed their approval of these sentiments. A man named William Stockman, laborer. Oaonui, was brought before Mr. A. (Jrooke, S.M., aCtho Now Plymouth Magistrate's Couft on Saturday, cUarg«l i wiili having made a false declaration before the registrar of marriages at Opunake, for the purpose of obtaining a certificate authorising his marriage with a 'laughter of Mr. Thomas Paul, farmer, of Lepperton. Mr. E. Marshall, of Opuiiake, appeared for the accused. The evidence for the prosecution was to'thu effect that on May 22nd last Stockman palled at the registrar's office at Opunake. and obtained the necessary certificate, by declaring that the young lady he desirsd to marry was 21 years of aj; . whereas in fact she was only a little ofer 11, h-vang been born oil March 17, 1000. The marriage took place in Opunake ojr May 22. The accused was committed for trial at the sittings of the SupremeCourt opening in New Plymouth today.

Walter Thomas Darcy left Wyndham (West Australia) on tlie night of Auguss 1 to see his brother, who was seriously injured, at Hall's Creel*. TIo left with five liorsea. and rode 14 ! 0 miles. He picked up fresh fiorscs some distance from Turkey Creek, reaching -Hall's Creek early on -Sunday morning, 80 hour.3 from Wyndham, having covered 350 miles, For the last 110 miles the actual iding time was 15 hours, and .for the last 21 miles two hours. 'The ride was accomplished minus blankets and with very little food, the man being in the saddle practically the whole time over some of the roughest country, in the Commonwealth. This is con-

sidered to easily hold place as a feat of endurance in horsemanship. At the' New Plymouth Magistrate's Court on Friday, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., two women aged respecitvely 21 and 18 years wore charged under tho War Regulations with keeping a house of ill fame. Sub-inspector Mcllveney described the condition of .-{fairs discov. ore'l by the police when they paid a surprise visit to the house occupied by tho women, and suggastcd that they slouM bo convicted and admitted to probation as if sent to Addington prison tliqy would be associated with more hardened uriminals. His Worship adopted tho luggestion, and, to give the women an opportunity of reforming admitted to probation for two years n tho following ipeeial conditions: (1) Shall not be out after 8 p.m. for a period of 12 months, unless accompanied by s=omc adult fe'nale or relative approved by the probal!vi officer; (2) slmll not attend dance-i or associate with persons of bad repute: (3) shall lead a strictly mroal life aud report to the police officer in charge of the district ia which they are living once every fortnight for tlie first 12 months, and" once monthly thereafter. fhe popular Er&rybody's Theatre was again too small to hold the crowds who sought to gain admission on Saturday night, and after viewing the programme one can quite imagine a repetition of the same crowd to-night. Jack Warren Kerrigan and Louise Lovely are superb in the Blue Bird drama "The Social Buccaneer," whilst delioiously dainty Peggy Ffviand excels her previous big success of "The Chattel'* in the present picture '■The Enemy."

A meeting of householders residing in «lie borough of 'New Plymouth will lie hold in tlin Soldiers' Club this (Holiday) " iV;' (he of three members of the committee for the New Plymouth Technical College.

Mesdames Baily and Morrison acknowledge with thanks £1 Is from Mr. and Mr 3. Collins and 5s from J. 8., for the Christmas Parcels Fund.

Members of tho Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (Second Group), are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable to-day, August 20, at tho Secretary'.? Office, Currie Street, from 0 a.m. till 12.30 p.m., from 1 p.m. till 5 p.m., and from 7 p.m. till 8 p.m.—Advt.

Melbourne Ltd. towel values are supreme. Specially good are the colored striped towels in the following dimensions: 19 inches wide by 45 inches long Is each; 25 inches wide by 46 .inches long "2s (Id pair. Also large wliito towels at similar prices and more to open in a few days.

Ladies who are seeking silk values should turn to Mercy's announcement Which appears in this issue. It contains Gomo really fine examples of the firm's low price policy, "" ~ ' RHEUMO CURES RHEUMATISM! "Uric acid poisoning"" is another term for Gout, Lumbago, Sciatica ami Rheumatism. Therefore the only way to cfl'ect a permanent cure is to eliminate, the excess poisonous acid. External treatment cannot do this, and it is not.' necessary to resort to salts with foreign names. R'HBUMO has cured thousand's of the tortures of Rheumatism Mrs. E. Mowat, of Gore, 'writes: —"Having Rheumatism and Sciatica, I tried many cures but did not derive much benefit fronr, them. I was advised to try RHEUMO and can recommend it to anyone as it is the only thing that has. done me good." RIIEC'MO eradicates the excess uric acid, and cures because it removes the cause of the disease. It reduces the pain and inflammation and seldom fails to effect a cure. 2/6 and 4/0— chemist or store.

THE POISONING OP THIRTY GIRLS in a Melbourne factory by eucalyptus lollies which were evidently made from the common eucalyptus brings home forciblv the importance of using only the GENUINE SANDER. EUCALYPTI EXTRACT internally. SANDER'S EXTRACT sniffed up the nose and threu drops on sugar, is a sure and safe protection from meningitis and other infections. Applied to ulcers, poisoned wounds, sprains, chilblains, eczema, SANDER'S EXTRACT brings quick relief and permanent cure-