LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On 20th instant His Honor Mr. Justice Uiapman granted probate of the W'U of the late Mrs.- Mary Lawson to Ine executors named in the will, 011 the motion of Mr. Anderson (Stoudisk and Anderson).

Speaking at Wanganui lately, Mr T B. Slipper said that it had been stated that there were 15,000 "dodger*" in the iirst Division. He said that he had n "-"'d l>y a person in authority whose name he could not divulge that the actual number wiw 17,<>00.

Labour papers und many alleged leaders of the Labour movemcut in Australia appear to consider that by denouncing Capitalism and profit-mongers, and war iu all its aspects they can in some vague way help to bring the fearful tragedy to an end and push the cause of universal peace forward. The most humble man in khaki is doing more • every day of his life for the protection of Right and Truth and Justice than all ttu'se others do iu year 6» —Sydney Bulletin.

According to the "Local Advertiser'-' | (June 7), copper has been discovered in Poland in the district held by the Austrian army. In the government of "Kielce especially valuable deposits have been proved, and are soon to be worked under military direction. The existence of copper, it is stated, has long been nurmised, but it had not been exploited Russia secured all the copper die required from the Ural region. Referring to Wytscliaete, captured by the British, a writer in the Evening Standard says:—A Flemish correspondent kindly supplies me with a phonetic aid to the pronunciation, which 1 gladly pass on to my readers. In Flemish the name is rendered as if it were "White's Shat" ("a" as iu father). In French the word is pronounced "witlrs Cat." The name Wytechaete, is derived from "Wide Schoote," a word which means "longshot." Never in its history, I suspect, has the place so fully justified its name as it is doing in these days. Our Tommies call this place "White Sheet."

Iu suggesting that the services of an interpreter should be utilised during the examination of a Maori plaintiff in a case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, counsel stated that the native understood English, but under the skilful examination of learned counsel ai 'Maori was more liable to be cajight unawares than was a European. His Honor said that he had witnessed the practice adopted in the Admiralty Court, when in examining foreign witnesses, the examination was taken in English and aninterpreter stood by to assist the witness if he required assistance. This procedure was followed in the ease in question, though the majority of the questions had to be interpreted, the interpreter finding considerable difficulty in getting witness to confine himself to 'directanswers, the witness, as the majority of Maoris do, evincing a tendency to make a long rambling statement. Mis. Burgess wishes to thank Mrs. .Street (Niger Koad) for tray cloth competition, won by Mrs. J. C. Morey; also Mrs. Firth, silk nightdress competition, Y.M'.C.A, won by Mrs. Allan Waters. Miss K. Healy, Vogeltown, is now the liappy owner of the-doll's "bedstead, and Lucy Knight, Fitzroy, the suite of doll's furniture.

In private life Kitty Gordon is Lady Boresford, and is known the fashion

world over for the originality and gorgeousness of Iter dressing. On the screen in "Vera, The Medium," showing at Everyliody's to-morrow afternoon and night, the lavishness of her gowns is most unbelievable. That (?ach dress is a- creation, can truthfully he said about this dazzling display. At the Melbourne's final boot dispersal sale there there are many oddments Jeft in men's and children's boots and rarious lots of sbppers, These are being genuinely sacrificed to-day and tomorrow, as the firm wishes to "see the end of them." Sale finally closes Satur(lay.

Eor Hacking Cough at night. Wenfa? <?resi'Pepponnmt Cure. 1/6, 2/0,

Mr. .T. MeCook, of Opwiake, who has his four sons serving at the front, has received word that his eldest soil, llobc;rt, who was dangerously wounded and gassed on June 21, is now in a convalescent home in France, and that his youngest son James, who was severely wounded in the leg and shoulder, is improving. He was also wounded last •September, and, after making a speedy recovery, returned to France. Their brother Jack, who was wounded in th& Sum me battle last September, is still in England as bomb instructor at Sling ('amp, but is expecting to return to 1' ranco shortly. They are three of four brothers on active service, one being invalided home after nerving at Gallipoli! Thev left N'ew Zealand with the first battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and after some service in Egypt were sent to France, where they iiav» been until they were wounded.

.Some interesting figures in milk production were given by Mr. Jacob Marx chairman of the Mangatoki Dairy Company 011 Tuesday, when touching on the imposition of the butter-fat levy. In all, over a million tons of milk were produced annually in the dairying industry. yielding 05,000,0001b of' butterfat. Of this butter-fat 40,000,0001b was converted into cheese and 55,000,0001b into butter. 'Practically the whole of the cheese was exported, whilst one third of the butter was usi>d in the Dominion. The Board of Trade, obsessed with the idea of keeping down the cost of living, had imposed the butter-fat levy to provide cheap butter for all, from the Chief Justice and the wealthiest to. the poorest. The actual result meant a saying of 5s to every man, woman and child in the Dominion on a year's consumption, whilst to effect this saving had cost every dairy farmer an average of £lO or £l2.

An attempt to escape from custody was made in Auckland on Saturday evening by Albert Aslier, immediately after his arrest on a charge of incest. The accused was arrested in Queen street, and was being conveyed to the lock-up, when lie eluded the police and boarded a traraear that was just gathering speed. He walked from the rear end of the car to the front, and although the tram was thdn travelling fairly fast •he jumped off and quickly hid himself among the crowd. . It was known thathe / had relatives living in Kingsland, and a watch was set on the house. The accused was subsequently discovered hiding between the ceiling and the roof,

and was again taken into custody. Aslier is a well-known 'footballer, and was a member of the Northern Union team which visited Great Britain a few years ago. The Daily Express correspondent at Geneva states: Painful details of a Cavoll ease, of which two Swiss ladies were the victims, are published in the journal La Suisse. Tito two ladies, Mine. Pftster and her 22 year-old daughter, were re* cently arrested in the village of Forrcttej on the Swiss-Alsatian front, on a cliargo of espionage. The prisoners admitted that they had received letters from an Alsatian family ai Molhouse, and had lonvarded them to relations in Switzerland. They pleaded that they had no knowledge of the contents of the letters, and "Sivy, had acted simply in a friendly ! way. Nevertheless, they were both shot, the mother being forced to be the horror-stricken witness of her daughter's execution a few moments before she herself fell a victim to the German rifles. The evil influence of I.W.W, in Australia was referred to by Mr J. iVt. Meimie in an address al the Auckland Commercial Travellers' Club. He stated that when he was in Sydney recently he had seen and heard "from 10 to 20 .speakers in the parks on Sundays addressing largo crowds and uttering seditious sentiments. These people were protected by the police. Mr Mennie stated that during the progress of a lire in Sydney members of the I.W.W. had rung up the police and impudently declared that they had caused the out" break. He had urged upon people in the New South Wales capital the danger of letting the I.W.W. spread its doctrines, but they had treated the matter lightly. Now they were in the throes of what was practically a rehellion against the city authorities and the Government. To liis mind there was great need in Australia and New Zealand for the education of the young in political matters, lest they should grow up imbued with pernicious doctrines,

"I have a strong eon-Fiction thai with, peace will come a close federation of the nations who are fighting the great, fight'for freedom (said Lord Northeliffc to an American interviewer). You have only to look at the great spectacle, of what I might ca.ll the united nations of Great Britain to-day to see the effect that the war has upon the co-ordination of peoples a«d nations of widely conflicting temperaments and national structures. You see democratic Aubtraiia, a nearly Socialistic New Zealand, a vast country like India with its feudal princelets and other rulers, a free Canada, and what is nothing less than the Eepublic of South Africa, all pouring their blood and treasure out upon 'the battlefields of France, linked by common feeling of Empire and sustained by a commdn hope of liberation from the militarism that sought to dominate the world. A close federation of the nations now fighting the good fight will be the only insurance against the autocracy that made this war possible and tire horrors that the armies of the autocrat perpetrated on innocent non-combatants. The world must hemade free for democracy."

One of the most expensive flirtations' on record lias just been revealed ia .tlie American Courts of justice, in wlfich May and December were the leading figures. After many days' hearing In the New York State Supreme Court in' T.onp Island City, a verdict of 225,006 doHars was awarded in favor of Miss Honora May O'Brien, an attractive young woman of 27, in her breach of premise suit against John B. Manning, a retired banker and millionaire, 84 years old. The plaintiff, with brazen. elTontry, testified that she did not loveManning, but respected him as a man of brains, because of his business success ■ and high standing, and when he proposed to her one night after dinner at his home at 81 Riverside drive, she accepted Iris offer of marriage. He later changed his mind, she said, which was worth a million dollars to her wounded feelings! ' The jury did not admire the cold-blooded manner in which the dainty Irish lass spoke of her attempts to gain a "meal ticket," as so many artful and designing maidens of America flippantly term their husbandß; but the 12 good men and true gave her a little less than one-eighth of her claim, considering that her feelings had not been very materially damaged. Manning is a widower with six children. Miss O'Brien departed from Court with her fortune highly elated, evidently worrying very ilttle at the loss of her millionaire swain.

The beauty of pearly white teeth may be preserved from childhood to old age by using "OZO" TOOTH POWDER. 6d per tin everywhere.

A Hokitika telegram states that at Ross on Wednesday the Magistrate, Mr. Hutchinson, fined a flax mill owner at Waitaka, H. Dcering, £25 and costs fu employing an unregistered reservist. The Old Drill Hall and site at the corner of Te Kawau and Gill streets were put up for auction at the LandsOffice, New Plymouth, on Wednesday, bu,t no bids were offered and Ae property was passed in. It consequently remains open for the period of 6, months.

At the request of a number of country patrons, and as a special attraction for the. kiddies the beautiful feature film "My Old Butch" will be screened at the Empire matinee to-morrow afternoon, This is the last and only occasion that this picture will bo screened in New Plymouth. When an application for bail was be. ing made before the magistrate yesterday, Sub-inspector Mcllveney asked that it should be made substantial, as they had given one man two days' start, and had never got him since, stating, in reply to the magistrate, that lie referred to Granville, who was wanted in connection with some liquor cases in the Kins Country. At the last monthly meeting of the Education Board application was made to the Education .Department for a subsidy for the erection of a teclmieai school at Waitara, towards the cost of which the residents had forwarded a cheque for £2OO subscribed in the district. Notification lias been received that Uie Department has approved of the plans and will subsidise the amount raised to the extent of £ for £.

The plant of the Taranaki Oil and Freehold Company at Vogertown, which some months ago went into liquidation, has been sold, attd is being dismantled. The 12-inch casing which is now being removed from the bore is in splendid order, and lip to the present no serious difficulties have been encountered in connection with this work. It is interesting to note that the exterior of many lengths of casing is covered with a thick coating of congealed oil, which ha 9 emanated from the veins passed through during the drilling operations some years ago.