LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

One of the veteran suppliers at Kaupokonui, Mr. W. H. Cunningham, has given five sons to go and fight in the cause of Empire. Opunake Post Office and Bank of X.Z. took up £!)!)0() in the war loan. Patea was responsible for £IO,OOO, and Waitara £30,0110, one settler taking ui> £4OOO debentures. Information placed before Parliament on Wednesday shows that there are 270 Germans interned on Somes Island, the cost per head per day being 3s Sd. Seventy Germans are employed on useful Work. The Wellington City Council lias decided to raise the price of electricity to consumers from the tramway powerhouse by one halfpenny per unit. This applies to power purposes only, and is the first increase in charges for municipal services since the war began. The purchase of a < big concrete storo at Patea and the 'suggested lease of tho Winter Show Committee's big half at Hawera are parts of a comprehensive scheme of dealing with the storage of the present season's output of cheese and butter. Tho present outlook, say some of tho factory men, is not good, and it is quite probable that all the storage accommodation available will be taxed to the utmost.—Star. A Wanganui telegram states that the Queen's Park School, one of the principal State schools in the town, was practically destroyed by fire at midday. It is holiday week, and the origin of the outbreak is a mystery. The fire had a strong hold when discovered. The insurances total £IOOO, besides which tho department take a risk over the oldest portion of tho building.At Opunake on Thursday a Maori named Momona was charged with assaulting W. A. Tylee at Rahotu on oth July. The evidence showed that Tylee was riding a motor bike, and Momona was behind in a ear. Tylee kept in the

van until he reached a mob of cattle, and waved Momona to come on. The Maori swore Tylee put his digits to his nose, and promptly "went for" him when they reached Rahotu. Mr. Crooke, S.M., fined Momona 10s and co?,ts. At the same sittings ,T. F. Scott was convicted of striking Hugh McCann, Opua road, over a bush contract dispute, and was fined £3, which was. paid by friends in court.

"There are still being forced into camp men who are broken down," declared Dr. Thacker in questioning the Premier on Thursday regarding a soldier who, ho alleged, forced to enter camp against medical authority. He had examined the man, and could bear outthis view. His mother had written stating that he was ill in hospital (it Featherston. "Will the Premier say that his Cabinet will stop this sort of thing?" continued Dr. Thacker. "This man was a farmer in Akaroa. He went then? for his health, and was told by the Military Board that ho would be drummed into camp, and here he is being drummed out of camp." Mr. Massoy promised to get the Minister of Defencb to make a full enquiry.

To-morrow all meetings at the Salvation Army hall in Brougham street will be conducted by Brigadier Toomer. In the afternoon the brigadier will speak of the Salvation Army and the war. (Property owners looking for suitable exchanges are recommended to peruse Mr. R. A. Large's new advertisement appearing in this issue. Mr. R. Whale wishes to notify tlr; public of New Plymouth and surrounding districts that he has opened up a motor tyre repairing business in King'y Buildings, Brougham street, New Plymouth, and hopes, by strict, attention to business, and best workmanship, to obtain a fair share of repair work, and. at tho same time save patrons a lot of their tyre troubles—Advt. DANGERS OF A COLD. Do you know that of all the minor ailments colds are by far the most dangerous ? It is not the colds themselves fhat you need to fear, but tlifr .serious diseases that they so often lead to. For that reason every cold should | .be gotten rid of with the least possible delay. To accomplish this you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy of I .great help to you. It loosens a cold,, relieves the lungs, aids expectorationfind enables the system to- throw off the' icold. Sold eyerjQvligsg,

Two ministers and one priest were drawn in the last ballot in the Wairarapa area.

Over 300 Burnham boys are known to have enlisted in the Expeditionary Forces and arc doing their duty to theii King and country. "So far as I know, no naturalised Germans are employed oil any wharf in New Zealand," declared the i'riine Jiinistor the other afternoon. "Some months ago instructions were given to clear them off,"

A sign of the times is apparent in the fact that there are now three women gardeners constantly employed at the Ohristchureh Botanical Gardens, fliey wear neat, workmanlike overalls, jnd. present a very trim appearance. The French are proposing to put on (lie market a uniform cheap boot, and to forbid the sale of any others. This scheme will prevent extravagance and lead to considerable economy in production.

An English lady whose husband is still a private went into her kitchen to lind her cook entertaining a soldier. He rose, disclosing an officer's straps and stars. "My nephew, Colonel, ," .murmured the cook in mingled pride and confusion, mentioning a name made familiar by a recent Gazette. Private cablegrams received from London by Wellington houses show that Danish butter is realising 300s per cwt, Government exercising no price control over it. A nninber of dairy produce exporters will meet the Prime Minister to-day in Wellington with reference to financial arrangements for the new season's butter e.vport trade. Tlie peeps at actual warfare in "On Dangerous Ground" are cleverly fashioned, and in spito of the fact that they are only incidental to the thread of the story, give a thrilling vision of ithe dreadful incidents that accompany war times in any country. Carlyle BlackweVi und Gail Kano are featured in this fine World film which commences at Everybody's matinee this afternoon.

In the course of the cross-examina-tion of the plaintiff in a breach of promise case before the Supreme Court in C'hvistchiirch, counsel quoted from one of plaintiff's letters: "V ou have never told me in plain words that you loved me." His Honor caused a smile in Court by commenting that "the average middle-aged Scot never tells his wife that he loves her till he is dying."

It is understood that the match factories of the Dominion will closo down shortly, and it is anticipated that retailers will experience great difficulty in obtaining sufficient supplies. It 1 is also rumoured that some of the candle manufacturing; concerns will find difficulty in continuing their present output, but nothing definite in this connection has been announced.

Charlie Chaplin has just completed a contract of an extraordinary profitable nature with the National Exhibitors' League—an amalgamation of the principal theatre-owners in America. Chaplin was offered £200,0(10 for eight pictures—and it is more than likely that ha is receiving an even greater sum. On tho new basis of .£200,000 for eight pictures, he will receive £25,000 a film—or £;:S00 per week.

Olga Petrova captured the hearts of a large audience at the Empire last evening with her fine emotional portrayal in the Metro wonder-film, "The Waiting Soul." The programme also includes a film of special interest entitled "Fighting Forces of America," showing tho great efforts of tho U.S.A. to bring thoiV naval and military power to the required standard for co-operation with the Allies. The same programme will be repeated for the last time to-night.

The spring flower show at Whiteley Hall was open again yesterday afternoon and evening, and although the weather was not of the nature to tempt people from their homes, it was well patronised. The vast collection of beautiful cut flowers and pot plants was twain the subject of unstinted admiration, and the excellence of the exiiibl. tion as a whole was unanimously voted a credit to the district. The variofis stalls did capital business, and at the close few of the articles remained on hand. The glee party, organised by the Misses Collis and Connell, and conducted by Mr. A. Gray, gave a number of items last nip-lit. adding the charm of delightful music to the pleasures afforded by the magnificent floral display. The takings yesterday amounted to £4O, making a total of £l3O for the two days, a gratifying financial result, upon which the promoter's must be most heartily congratulated. Mr. Jennings. M.P., asked the Government recently -whether the system of reform recommended by the War Economics Committee of Great Britain to secure uniformity inn our system of weights had been considered by them* This reform he said. Would prove a boon in regard to large purchases of agricultural produce and the simplification of arithmetic in schools. The abovementioned Committee recommends the abolition of corn measures, and that a himdredweigli t be equal to its name, etc. The Hon. (1. W. Russell (Minister of Internal Affairs) replied: Particulars of the system of reform recommended by the War Economies Committee, of Great Britain have not been placed before the Government. Section 25 of the Weights and Measures Act, 1008 legalises the metric system in New Zealand, and while there is power to make it the. only system of weights and measures recognized for use in the Dominion, th& Government has not yet' considered it tlcf.irai.ble to do 50,.. The Weights and Measures Act also provides in section 24- that flour or oatmeal may be sold by the ton of 2,000 lb. avoirdupois.

The Melbourne's great reduction sale is attracting considerable attention particularly in view of the reduced prices on many standard lines such as Horrockses' SOincli calco, '7s lid dozen; Clark's machine cotton 3d reel : Advance navy drill, Is 3d yard; Koslyu all-wool boxed suits, 3fis fid; Ttoslyn, Petone and Kaiapoi sports, suits for boys, 2os lid and 2s(! Cd for sizes 7 to 12; all cashmere hose is reduced considerably.

In this issuo wo publish the date of Mr. Xewton King's annual Waiwakaiho bull fair. This sale has in recent years proved very popular with both breeders and purchasers and it is anticipated that there will be another biff entry this year. Vendors are asked i:i the advertisement to note that al! bulls will be sold in tho order in which entries are deceived subject to breed.

A sic distinctly. for SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, or else you mar receive one of the many substitutes. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT cures colds, fevers, indigestion; prevents infectious diseases and heals ulcers, poisoned wounds, skin diseases, burns, sprains, etc. It is much Imore. powerfully antiseptic than the •common eucalyptus and does not. degress pry irritata; ill"

Tlie quarterly meeting of the Tarahiiki Licensing Committee flxei for yesterday did not take place, there being no business to deal with.

Walter Sutton, was charged at Hawera, yesterday, with making a false declaretion imder the Marriage Act, and was committed for trial. Bail was allowed.

The Mnoris evidently consider there is noney in billiards. Two different syndicates of .Maoris are reported to have purchased billiard saloons at Waitotara.

According to reports there has been considerable mortality amongst cows in South Tarannki this season. Whether this is attributable to weather conditions has yet to be determined. England spends £28,000,000 on bacon and pork products yearly, said a speaker at) Nirea-ha Dairy Company's annual meeting on Friday, "and New Zealand (iocs not get a threepenny piece out of it." '

The driver of the Opunake car (Mr. T. Harland), now in Wanganui Hospital, is reported to be seriously injured, his throat and hands being affected in consequence of the accident he sustained at Kai Iwi.

It is proposed erect a new Anglican Cathedral in Kelson, at a cost of .■€(>0,000, to seat 1000 people. If the scheme is adopted, a portion of the work (chancel, tower and transepts) will be constructed as soon as £30,000 or £40,000 is in hand.

| Writes a correspondent to the Wellington Post: Another very glaring inequality in the income tax. A and B have £IO,OOO each. A will risk nothing, and puts it all on mortgage and draws aii income of £OOO a year certain. I!, wishing to do a little good with his money, invests in large commercial joint stock companies; he also lias made £fiOU A (who risks nothing) pays £43 ii>s tax; B would pay £225. Surely the Minister of Finance can devise a Better scheme than this.

Short letters received from Private Charles Richardson, son of Mrs Richardson, of High street, Greymouth, and who is a prisoner of war in Germany, r.° to show that he was working from 7 a,!)!, daily in driving a team of bullocks, draining land, and planting potatoes, at the command of the Iluns, a "mob of women" being employed in the same field. One parcel of many sent, from Greymouth relatives, reached him on his last birthday. It was a parcel containing cake, and it arrived ''just in time, for there woa not too much food about."—Greymouth Star.

An inquest was opened yesterday by Mr. A. Crockc, coroner, concerning the death of I.e Vcniey Alley, the woman who was found dead in bed at her residvnce in Devon street on Wednesday night by her husband, Hyat Alley, a confectioner, Devon street. The husband gave evidence of identification, stating that he believed the deceased, a halfcaste Hindu, was born in Bombay, India, and that he married her in November 1016, at Pataruru. The Coroner adjourned the case sine die, making an order that the stomach, etc., be sent to the Government analyst for examination. Senior Sergeant Bowden represented the Volice.

The fighting abilities of a Taranaki soldier in the Imperial Camel Corps in ■Palestine, whoso life is one continual struggle with sand, heat, thirst and flies, will not be increased when he learns that his two favorite horses, which lis refused to sell before volunteering, have been impounded by the alleged orders of a local body. Writing to the chairman oi ', the ParLh;ika Road Hoard, this trooper's next-of-kin requests a return of the 14s Gd charged for driving these horses a. short distance and allowing them the use of the pound for a couple of hours, as they were impounded underreported unusual circumstances less than twelve hours before. The writer severely criticised the management of this Board by which 17s a day was paid for a foreman ranging while" the staff for want of a head wero working anyhow. The Dnnedin Star says editorially: One other matter to which reference may fittingly be made is the need for Parliament obtaining the fullest possible information regarding the cost of equipmetn and maintenance of the two hospital ships. The bald figures "Malicno £200,051" and "Maranm £184,471" signify precious little, and do not afford much comfort to the taxpayer. The fear expressed in certain quarters that the publication of details of expenditure on these two ships many not be palatable in the highest quarter is, or should be, quite groundless. And in •this connection there are some things that a Joseph Hume, if the present House possesses one, may well demand specific information upon, if only to stop the "man in the street" from talking. For example, is it the case, as nas been asserted, that the stall's of our two hospital ships do not return to their respective vessels on the next voyage to Europe? If not, why not? Or is it the cajse that these staffs receive as long as six months' furlough, and that many of tliem during that period return to their ordinary vocations 1 If these men wore reported as physically unfit wo should be the last to complain about their, temporary release from active duty, as in that case a spell would bo well earned; but while people's tongues are wagging to the contrary there should be a clear cut official contradiction of such possibilities, otherwise it may become a fixed idea in the public mind that "things are seldom what tluy seem."

In the Hahotu Church to-morrow (Sunday) both services will bo conducted by the Rev, E. 0. Blamires, Hawera, who will also be present at a special Homo Mission meeting on tho Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, when he will give a recital on "Old-Born Drunk" (from Harold Begbie's "Broken Earthenware")

Although it has a soft, delicate taste, Desert Gold is a full flavored tea, and economical housewives find that it more cups of delicious tea to the lb than any other brarid. It is real thrift to purchase this high-grade tea—Desert Gold—for it gives full value for every penny paid; the best quality at the price on the New Zealand market. Our readers are recommended to use it regularly—all grocers sell it. Order the 2/2 grade, tisn everywhere. 12