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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The mart takings for "Our" Red Cross Day have been further increased by a donation of £2 2s from Mrs. A. MacDiarmid. It is understood that a combined meeting of Taranaki railwaymen is to be held in New Plymouth this'week -end, for the purpose of discussing various matters affecting their interests. Arrangements are now being made for the next subscription concert to be given by the Male Choir towards the end of next month. The New Plymouth "Our Day" fund now exceeds £IOOO, equal to the collection made in Wellington on October 18. Among the additional subscriptions are the following: Mr. and Mrs. W. Honnor, Brixton, £5; sale of mangle, etc.. £1 10s fid; hospital patient, 2s 6d; per Mrs. H. Baily, £7 8s 3d. It was Sergeant Hugh Fraser, of New Plymouth, not Private H. Fraser, of Uruti, who wished to convey thanks to Mr. Wright, of Rahotu, for sending a New Zealand paper to "A'Wounded Soldier" in a French hospital. Mr. Geo. Feek is presenting to the East End Committee at the annual meeting, on Monday evening, a roll oi honor, designed and made by himself, containing the photographs of fifteen members of the committee who at various times have joined the reinforcements. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand yesterday, it was decided to donate £SOOO to tlie Red Cross funds ("Our Day"), to be equally apportioned among the Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin Red Cross Societies. —Press Association. Fresh apples, only five weeks off the trees, are something rather unusual at this season of the year. Such, however, is the case. Messrs Webster Bros., who import direct from British Columbia every year a large quantity of apples, rave shown us a very fine sample of this fruit. The apples retain all their natural freshness, and are of exquisite flavor and appearance. An ordinary person can cause quite a lot of fun to the onlookers wben that person happens to be on skates; imagine, then, the humor of the situation when an extraordinary person such aa Charlie Chaplin fastens the rollers to his dainty understandings It is impossible really, to stretch the imagination far enough and to save local picture goers that necessity the Empire Theatre management has arranged to present Charlie in his latest Mutual comedy, "The Rink," next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On the same programme Anita Stewart will be starred in the beautiful Blueribbon feature, "Clover's Rebellion." The huge rata tree, some five feet in diameter, that fell across the track on Monday night about throe miles from I the Dawson Fall's House, seemed a formidable obstacle to the party held up in Mr. Van Staveren's car. However, Mr. Murphy, guide, philosopher and friend to so many climbers and holidaymakers quickly got to work, and very hard work it was. With the splendid assistance of Mr. Van Staveren, who handled a big cross-cvit saw in fine style, the great trunk was sawn right across in three places. Then three heavy charges of dynamite broke up the tree a good deal. There fqllowed three solid houre' hard work in chopping, jacking, and by main force hauling and heaving the great logs off the track. A solid rata log some ten feet long, and as mucrt round, requires a lot of persuasion, and there were several of these for four men to move. By four o'clock the track was quite clear, and the car got away leaving Mr. Murphy and a visitor to the house to retrace their weary way to tho top of the track.—Star. Artillery-Sergeant W. .T. Wright, of Rahotu, in a note from the firing line, August 12, says: "The weather is pretty rotten here, and will interfere with the harvest which promised well, but will be all wanted, as Germany is a long way from being beaten, as she has plenty of material. You might as well expect an irruption in Mount Egmont as internal trouble there,'and most of those reported are only German dodges to make people believe things are bad. The storm centre has been shifted further up the line, and we are having comparative quiet, but as I write there is the steady swish of shells overhead and with now and then the scream of a high velocity shell on its 10 or 12-mile journey. Last night Fritz dropped some shells into our battery and sixteen of us slept in a small dug out, 15 x 9, with blankets tightly drawn over the small doorway, as the strong smell of mustard told us the Hun was putting out his latest variety of gtis.'' On the second day of the fight at,, Messines this artilleryman got a moutnf«l of gas which had then no effect on him, but four days later he was violently ill and it was found lie was suffering from gas poison. He says the first day at Messines was a picnic; the second day (counter attack) was awful. Of all the flowers in our gardens at this time of the year, the rose is undoubtedly the most admired, and flower lovers generally will be pleased to learn that St. Mary's rose show on the Ifith of next month will offer them a golden opportunity of seeing a glorious display n f the pick of these choicest of flowers,

The Stratford Post says that one of the butter factories, which does its business in Stratford, was fortunate enough to land and tscll four thousand boxes of butter at tho big rise just announced. A recent visitor from Auckland confesses to receiving two surprises in Taran'aki. The first one was the excellent condition of tile roads, and the second was the fact that New Plymouth possessed an up-to-date system of overhead electric tramways. The first ballot of members of the Second Division of the Expeditionary Forces Reserve is to be held, as previously announced, on Monday next, and the results of the ballot are to be 'gazetted on November Cth. The last steamer that arrived in New Zealand from Australia brought no fewer than 325 passengers, and many intending travellers who were caught in Australia by the recent strike were unable to secure berths. Parents should warn boys of the danger of throwing lighted crackers at passing motor ears, which might very easily be destroyed through the firing of any escaping benzine vapor. Only the other day boys stood near the Fire Brigade Station and engaged in throwing crackers at passing cars. It is a pity they were not caught and spanked. We are in receipt of a copy of "The Kiwi," being the journal of the 28th Reinforcements. It is quite an ambitious publication, consisting of 36 pages of closely printed matter and sketches and photographs. Several articles, we notice, have been contributed by Taranaki boys aboard. The men left the transport at a certain port. Large Home liners took them the rest of the journey. At the annual meeting of the Now Plymouth Tourist and Expansion League it was stated it was not generally known that New Plymouth was the smallest town in the world with overhead electric tramways,. On 'the same occasion it was mentioned that the Council's reserves in the Stratford district would, when the leases ran out in about ten years, produce an annual revenue of 'between £3OOO and £4OOO. Mr. J. C. Thompson, M.P., paid a visit to his son in the Greytown Hospital, and motored there from" Wellington. The case may have been an urgent one, but we fail to see why Mr. Thompson should ask the Government to foot the bill. The motor hire cost £lO. The Government paid it. Memo: Would a member of an Education Board, County Council, or other public body be allowed this picking, and will the Auditor General pass it ?—Contemporary. Writes the Lyttelton Times:—Certainly \vhile cash is scattered about on racecourses like it was last Monday, in the fourth year of this ghastly war, and as it is being spent in a score of other ways that may be innocent enough in peace time but cannot now be considered right—while these conditions remain, without a serious official movement to check them, the restriction of soldiers' allowances cannot be defended on the plea that the country is hard up. Mr. T. M. Philips, the retiring chairman of the Waimate (Manaia) County Council, at a recent meeting said he had no hesitation in stating that their roads would compare more than favorably with any county roads in New Zealand. They had about 80 miles of roads opened in the county and at the end of the season will have 47 miles of new tarred main roads in the county. Thev had expended £-10,000 out of their £OO,OOO loan on these 47 miles of tarred main roads. With the assistance of Professor Kirk, of Victoria College, Wellington, the Gisborne County Council is instituting a, vigorous campaign against flies for the summer months. The slogan "Swat that fly" is being heartily takon up, and pamphlets are being issued to householder", containing instructions on how to achieve the best results. Professor Kirk is giving demonstrations on the making of tanglefoot and other snares for the enemy hordes. A farmer, in appealing for the exemption of a ploughman before the Third Wellington Military Service Board /said he had advertised for a man to fill the reservist's place, offering £3 per week, a free cottage and firewood, but he got only one reply from a man with six children, and he was unsuitable. Captain Baldwin, the military representative, then recounted his own personal experience. He had, he said, recently advertised, offering £3 a week and free cottage for a man who had to be able to plough and shear. In reply to this advertisement he got no fewer than 38 replies, some of which he handed to the less fortunate seekers for help. A lot of interest was manifested among local picture goers in the screening of the first of the "Rex Beaeh Travel Pictures" at the Empire last evening. One of these pictures will be screened each week at the same theatre, taking the audience" on a fifteen week's journey through some of the most interesting and fascinating country in the world. Rex. Beach was accompanied on the trip (which occupied 'lB months) by Dr. Salisbury, the noted big game hunter, and other celebrities. On the same programme is shown the third episode of "The Secret of the Submarine" and a line Metro feature, "The Dawn of Love." The full programme will be screened at the matinee this afternoon and for the last time to-night. The Red Post Furnishing Company were the successful tenderers for furnishing the isolation ward at the New Plymouth Hospital. Nominations for the office of councillors on the Taranaki County Council and Taranaki County representatives on the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board close with the returning officer, R. O. Ellis, Robe street, New Plymouth, on Monday, November 5,1917. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., draw attention to their Stratford sale, on Tuesday. October 30, at 1 p.m. Full particulars will be found on page 8. A further rise in the cost of living will soon be announced as the price of all linoleums and floorcloths have been advanced in England by the makers. Fortunately the Big Store, Waitara, holds a big stock of floorcoverings which you are offered for a few days on page four at last season's prices, but you must buy quickly. It was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Melbourne, that (1) SANDER'S EXTRACT is much more powerfully healing and antiseptic than ordinary eucalvptus preparations; (2) SANDER'S EXTRACT does not depress the heart like the so-called "extracts" and crude oils; (3) SANDER'S EXTRACT is highly commended by many authorities as a safe, reliable and effective household remedy. Get the genuine—insist if you have to— and be There is lustrous beauty in a pearly H'hite sot of good teeth. The regular use of "OZO" TOOTH POWDER will cleanse and preserve from decay! and keep them white. 6d tins everywhere..

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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 4

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