LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. Mr. W. Perry's gift of 320 acres at Xaratahi—the nucleus of a farm for the rest and training of returned soldiers—is valued at about £7OOO.

In the new electorates the name Taumarunui disappears, because the town of Taumarunui goes into Waimarino. The name of the electorate will now be Waitomo, and itj is much less in area than the old Taumarunui electorate, At the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday, Charles Frederick Priest, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, was fined £5 for permitting shouting. Mrs. Priest, who was also charged, was convicted and discharged.—Press Association. <

A hig haul of schnapper was made by the crew of the Arapawa while waiting for the tide at Waitara yesterday morning. In about an hour a hundred or so, some of them very fine'flsli, were hooked. .

We beg to acknowledge receipt of two cheques of £9 each for the Y.M.C'.A. and Salvation Army funds, proceeds of a concert held at Warca on September 24, forwarded by the secretary, Mr. E. M. J. Clothier.

Thorndon ladies had charge of the Wellington Red Cross shop yesterday, realising over £IOOO. The'wives of 'visiting parliamentarians had charge of one stall, the takings being £2s7.—Press 'Association.

1 A Wellington wire states that the commercial travellers arranged a surprise packet campaign on behalf of the blind soldiers and sailors, setting out to sell sixty thousand envelopes at a 'shilling each in two days, whereas they sold the lot in six hours.

At last night's annual meeting of the Patriotic Committee, Mr. C. E. Bellringer stated that men at the front had written him that the finest .parcels received in the firing line came from New Plymouth. Parcels from other packing centres very often arrived in a battered and untidy condition, but those from New Plymouth always reached their destination in tiptop order.

A detail map attached to the Representation Commission's interim report shows that the Patea electorate has been contracted north and south, a Blight portion being thrown into Wanganui, while Normanby is now in Egmont. The northern boundary of Egmont goes south of Rahotu. Taranaki members are of opinion that the Commissioners' decision to bring the boundary of the new Waitomo electorate down to the coastal district of Taranaki, north of New Plymouth, is a mistake, as the real community of interest is with New Plymouth, whereas the district is thrown into an electorate stretching to the North Island Trunk line.—Hawera Star's Correspondent.

"Rags" delighted a big audience at the Empire Theatre last evening when this wonderfully successful picture, freely admitted by a vast majority of regular picture patrons to be Mai-y Pickford's best portrayal, was screened on a double programme with the Metro wonderplay, "The Silent Voice," in which the favorite artists, Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow were featured. "Rags" will be the star item at the matinee this jafternoon, when children will be admitted for threepence and adults for sixpence. The programme for to-night will include both the above pictures and a most interesting topical number.

It seems to have escaued the attention of most onlookers that for a year past not a single German counter-at-tack on a large scale has been successful (savs a. recent writer in the London Daily Times Ms ,h mi don Daily News). These attacks failed all through the Soinme. They have failed at Verdun; and at Vimy; and they have failed along the Chemin des Dames for the past month at a cost of .about 100,000 men. They failed at Messines, They failed yesterday. And they will fail to-morrow. The Germans can still defend stoutly; a hidden .ma-chine-gun with a lot of wire in front of its hole in the ground can still baffle tlie finest courage. But the Germans cannot now make successful counter-ar tacks because their units are unsuitable. Half of thei? battalions are made up of returned wounded, and the 1!)1S class. To worsen the matter, they have selected from these battalions all men of known skill and courage to form their "shock troops."

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In four years Lincoln culled to his command in defence of the Union of the American States, and the abolition of lElavcry, 2,000,000. Of these enlistments more than 2,000,000 were boys under 21, more than 1,000,000 of the soldiers were not even 18; SOU,OOO went intothe army before 17; 200,000 before they were 10, and 100,000 before they were 15 years old. Someone asked John D. Rockfeller why he was bo seldom seen at publio dinners. "Well," replied the millionaire, "in the first place. 1 don't eat much, and while you don't have to cat, you do have to sit through the speeches; and, to my mind, the average after-dinner speech is like a bicycle wheel—the longer the spoke, the greater ( the tire.

The Sydney markets last month were glutted with eggs, from the suburbs and the South Coast and railway centres. Though the demand was extremely brisk, it was not strong- enough to clear half the supplies, and prices were reduced by Id per dozen. New laid sold at fld, and country lots at 8d per dozen. These prices were said to be the lowest that have been paid in Sydney during August in the last ten years.

"The Waikato River is exceptional among the rivers of the world in that in no other river is such a large quantity of fine sand brought down," said ]Ur. Ashley Hunter at the sitting of the Waikato River Commission in Auckland on Saturday. Mr. Hunter stated that he had come to the conclusion that at least 2,000,000 cubic yards of sand came down the Waikato every year. The quantity might be even double that amount. He looked upoft dredging the Waikato as an ltterly futile operation for the purposes of improving it for navigation, How many people know the real story of the Kilkenny cats? asks a writer in the Daily News, London, The legend, is really of German origin. It happened that the British Government employed Hessian Regiments in Ireland for the purpose of putting down the Rebellion of 1798. Some Hessians located in Kilkenny conceived the notion of hanging two cats over a rope with their tails tied together, so that they might light while so suspended. One day they were surprised at this precious "amusement" by an officer, and a trooper drew his sword and cut down the cats, leaving their iails behind. The cats, quite alive, ran through tin open window. When the officer entered he asked what had become of the icats, and the reply wa3 that they had devoured each other. Hence the tab

In the drawing for America's first eonscript Army of (387,000 men, Mr Baker, the Secretary of War, himself drew the first capsule, opened it, and road the number aloud. Later two blindfolded men took up the work. A number of Congressmen. Provost-General Crowder, his aides, and several Army officials and a score of newspaper men and motion picture operators gathered in the Senate oflice buildings. A huge glass bowl was brought in under guard, and there was silence as Mr. Baker nproached it. Then the kinema machines began to click, and when Mr. Baker read the first number it was sent by wires connected with the room to all the newspaper agencies. Each of the C37.00ti numbers is enclosed in a gelatine capsule similar to those used by chemists, but larger. The blindfolded men worked steadily with them, and their drawings for the day were estimated at 10,500. Some time ago (says the Hastings Tribune) a bankrupt filed a petition at Napier showing unsecured creditors amounting to creditors Only one—a Hastings firm, and the smallest creditor—proved for a sum of 14s, and will receive 20s in the £. The bankrupt's position is fortunate. It cost him £0 to file, and he will get back iXi .'is (id. In conversation with a Tribune reporter, Mr, Somerset Smith (Deputy Official Assignee) said this emphasised the necessity for business men proving their claims, which had to be done within two months of the bankruptcy. This particular case was, ol course, a most unusual one. but he found that in many cases people gave their proofs too late. The D.O.A. mentioned another case where a large firm presented proofs of debt in connection with six estates, and all were too late. The following story is told by the Sydney Sun. A South Sea missionary became bushed while visiting some outlying parts of his district. The leaven of Christianity was working very slowly among the dusky inhabitants, and this perturbed him somewhat as he tried to hit tin- home trail again. After many hours wandering he saw some natives squatting in a circle in a clearing. They appeared to be engaged in some mystic ,rite. Cautiously the wanderer approached, undecided whether they were friendly or otherwise. He got near enough to see the tense emotion on their faces and the excitement m their eyes. ;He was retreating stealthily into the bush again when one of the natives jumped up and shouted, "Why the devil .didn't you play the ace?" The missionary breathed a sigh of ralief. "Thank God," he said, 'they are I Christians."

On the motion of Mr. Quilliam (Govett and Quilliam) probate of the will of the late Mr. Edward Lewis Fearon Norman has been granted by the Supreme Court to Mrs. Marion Nonnan, the executrix therein named. Messrs Webster Bros, advertise in this issue particulars of a sale of furniture which they are conducting on behalf of Mr. A. L. Cooke, who has sold his residence. The sale, which will commence at 2 p.m., will be held at tile residence, Devon Street East (corner of llob3on Street). The Waitara Freezing Works Baby Committee are holding another huge ball, on a grander scalo than the last. One speciality of the evening will be a Maori poi dance, with full choir and orchestral eefi'ct, also hakas. Special prizes are being given for the best fancy and the most original costume. A special service will be held in the Methodist Church, Okato, on Sunday evening, October 7, at 7.30, when the names on the new roll of honor will be read. Solo by Mr. Jenkins. "The Two Cities." Preacher, Rev. E. IX M. King. Subject: "The Call for Help."