LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I In acknowledging "Our Day" Bed Cross final contributions in our yesterday's issue, Pungarehu was credited with sending £1 85 in place of the handsome sum of £2B.

Yesterday's batch of recruits examined by the Wellington District Medical Board totalled BS, and rather more than fifty per cent, were passed for active service. The board continues its examinations today. Successful tests in the casting of Taranaki ironsand pig were carried out at Mr. Hopkirk's foundry, Hawcra, on Friday last. Several mouldings were cast and turned out excellently. Mr. Hopkirk expressed the opinion that the iron was equal, if not superior, to any he had used.

The Salvation Army's self denial appeal throughout the Dominion resulted in a total of £35.444 lfis 4d being collected, as against £30,857 last year. The divisional totals are: Auckland division £7011; Central Xorth £10.628; Wellington £4350; Chriatchurch £5404; Dunedin £4739,—Press Association.

The estate of the late James Leslie ■Dare v. the Australian boxer, ia valued at £1760 15a. Statistics just .published show that prior to the war Australasia imported not less than £147,000 worth of wirenetting, gauze, and iron wire from d'ermany, the largest purchasers on the list, the next biggest buyer being the Netherlands with £23,800. Dr. Walker wishes it to be understood that his remarks at the 'Baby Week meeting to-night will be addressed expressly t 0 adults, and in order that he may speak freely and openly, boys and girls under 18 years of age will not be admitted. It is hoped, however, that fathers, as well as mothers, will attend, Trevor»Rust, fencer, Douglas, whose name appeared in the list published last Friday of reservists who have not presented themselves for medical examination, enlisted with the :Xcw Zealand Forces and died in England from pneumonia about a year ago. The latest statistical returns disclose the interesting fact that the female population is now for the first time in the history of the Dominion greater than the male population. This is. of course, due to the exodus of so many thousands [of men on active service. In all the females number 550,688, as against 54!),8!)5 males. Prior to the war and for as far back as 1866 the male population had a lead of approximately 50,000. Major Cox, group commander, has been advised of a re-arrangement in the departure of the current drafts of reinforcements. The December draft had been cancelled, and the men notified to concentrate for that will not be mobilised until January. The November quota will be designated 35a and the February draft 36a reinforcements. The Alterations have been made in order to fit in with the Christmas season. Something similar was carried out last year. In the House of Representatives the Prime Minister was asked by Mr. J. Craigic if he was aware that there was r. shortage of benzine in tbe Dominion. Mr. Massey said he was aware of the fact, but just recently the Department of Imperial Supplies had been making enquiries, and had found that there was enough benzine to last to the end of the, year. By that time it would be possible to bring it from the United State*.

Tn Osaka (Japan) there are at present fifteen shipbuilding yards, and the ships now being built there number thirtyseven, totalling 76.316 tons. Of the thirty-seven ships, thirty are steel and seven arc wooden ships. The steel vessels range from 1000 to 12,000 tons, but the wooden nre from 400 to 1200 tons. Tn these shipbuilding yards in Osaka 0550 workmen are employed, an increase by two thousand since the end of last year.

Charlie Chaplin, the world's greatest comedian, appeared at The Empire last night in another Mutual laugh provoker, "The Rink." The fun with Charlie and his comedy feet on skates may well be imagined. They are everywhere at once, and with the famous moustache, the small hat and cane right after them. Anita Stewart appears in the same bill in the Blue Ribbon feature, "Clover's Rebellion." The same programme will be repeated to-night. At the East End pavilion last night, Mr. E. Whittle, on behalf of the designer and donor (Mr. O. Feek), presented the East End Bathing Reserve Committee with a roll of honor containing 26 names of those members who had gone to the front. Fifteen photographs are also included. The roll of honor, which hnfi been on exhibition in Messrs Bellringer's window, is a creditable piece of workmanship, has been placed in a prom* inent position in the pavilion. It contains the names of the following men: L. Scrivener, W. P. Davidson, J. Duller, R. (i. Sole (killed). Lieut-Colonel Fletcher (late secretary), A. W. Hardarc&ve, W. Gunson, P. J. Mason, A. Milne, C. Saddler, W. Roch, C. Lealand, L. Lealand, C. Coleman, E. ,T. Revel!, J. Bambridge, C. Scrivener, S. Hooper, E. W. Wakefield, W. James, A. Lealand, S. M. Bridger. W. J. Da vies, A. Sturmey, VV. Ainsworth, 11. Abbott and Lieut. W. Roebuck.

. The First Wellington Military Service Board on Friday afternoon at Hawera gave its reserved decisions in the dairy factory appeals. It decided to adjourn the following appeals sine die, and to "rant the appellants suspension from military service, provided they report to the Group Commander monthly that they are still in their present occupations: Charles McQueen, manager dairy factory, Manutahi; Albert, Tynan, manager cheese factory, Ngutuwera; Arthur Fleming, factory manager, Oaonui; Richard iLe Fleming, cheesennaker, Normanby; Thomas Laidlaw Currie, eheesemakeri Okaiawa; Theophilus Kenton, cheese- | maker, Pihama; George Joseph Arnold, chcesemaker, Onaero; Arthur Joseph Lacey, first assistant, Ararata; Jbhn Henry Mann, cheese factory manager, Maksim; James Bissett, cheese factory manager, Waveriey; John William Garner, dairy factory manager, Tikorangl; James Hornby, dairy factory manager, Kaupokonui : John Everett, cheese assistant, Auroa; Allan Graydon, factory manager, TCatua.

Among the attractions provided for the mart next Saturday will be a supply of_ small black cats, ingeniously made, some in the form of penwipers, others to wear as mascots. Each pussy will have a, name attached to it and two at thnsu nnmM will be eligible for prizes given by members of St. Mary's Guild. The Guild hopes for the hearty co-opera-tion of the St. Mary's parishioners in the matter of prbviding produce for stocking' the mart. Gifts of flowers (especially roses), vegetables, fruit and cooking will be gratefully received at the mart on Friday afternoon arid evening or on Saturday morning. It is hoped to have a good supply of typical English fare, such as Devonshire cream. Cornish pasties, Eichmond Maids of Honor, York- , shire parkin, and Chelsea buns. If each [member of St. Mary's congregation will contribute something for the mart on tile : 3rd a good record should be put up.

The soldiers of tlia Kaiser are very superstitious, from 1 the men in the ranks to the Crown iPtince. The chief Hun's oldest son carries a horseshoe with him on all his motor trips. The horseshoe is attached to one of the doors of the car. The skliers of Wnrtemburg pin their faitli upon a little bag containing the dry pollpn of flowers, which, they believe, has the power of warding off the bullets. The Saxons sew into the lining of their waistcoats the wings of a bat, and think themselves to bo invincible; while the Bavarians hold on tenaciously to a still more bizarre custom. Before going into battle each soldier finds a birch tree, cuts his skin, and lets a few drops of blood fall upon the tree. This ceremony, they assert, assures recovery, no matter what the nature of the wounds, when tile leaves begin to grow again. The New Plymouth Eowling Club is inviting applications for the position 01 caretaker of the green.

Brighton (England) is re-engaging its municipal orchestra for another 12 months at the cost of .ClOli weekly. Firms and companies since the outbreak of war lmv.j been advuwcil by the British (iuvernnient £4(J,1M),000, of which £27,500,000 Jia s been repaid. Mr. W. Howson, of New Plymouth, recently invented a combination for securing the wooden rail of a bedstead to a bed post. He has now received an attractive offer for the patent rights in New Zealand from a large outside firm. It was stated in the House of Representatives by Mr. T. A. H. Field that a firm said to bo a German one had bought land in a New Zealand town, and was establishing works there. The company 1 was a branch of g. very large firm that had made itself felt in Australia. | ln reply to an interjection, Mr. Field said 'the company was one interested in milk. Tho growth of the Ministry of Munitions, as stated by Mr. Kcllaway in the House of Commons, i°, .Tune 'illfi: Headquarters staff RBOS (2540 women): salaries, £(15.333. June 1917: Headquarter* staff 12,180 ((0940 women); salaries, £103,815. The Australian Consul-General for Greece has received a mobilisation order calling Creeks of military age to the colours. The fact that it was cabled suggests that the Greek Government is anxious that all eligible men, wherever they may be, should join the colours without delay. A Palmerston resident who recently returned from England informed a Standard reporter that there was a much brighter outlook in England this winter in regard to the food question. Never before in the history of the land had so great an area been planted with potatoes and grain, and a good late spring and summer had given ah augury of successful crops. From one end of England to another, agriculturalists had taken up the slogan of the authorities, "We must have food," and planted' all the land it was possible to put under cultivation. In Scotland, also, large areas were under cultivation. During the late summer months vegetables were very plentiful, a striking contrast to the winter, which, owing to its severity, occasioned a good deal of suffering The very firm friendship between England and France received striking proof during the visit of one of New Zealand's hospital ships to a French colony quite recently. Jußt before its arrival there one of the patients died. The following day he was accorded a military funeral, at which the French colonial troops formed the firing party, and the graveside was thronged with local residents, who sent many beautiful wreaths. Subsequently' it was announced on behalf of the Governor of the Colony, who was indisposed, that the people of the island would keep the grave green and erect a tombstone at their own expense. Torturing in Christchurch on Tuesday, Professor J Macmillan Brown said that the last lew weeks had brought a new menace to the Pacific. Domination of the Gulf of Riga by Germany meant the domination of North Russia, and the domination of North Russia meant the domination of Siberia and a pathway to the Pacific. That was the German dream, and it was causing Japan uneasiness. So long as the United States kept fit to fight, the Armageddon of the Pacific, between the Oriental and Occidental civilisations would not be fought. New Zealand would be in the forefront of that Armageddon when it did come, for New Zealand was in very truth destined to be the Britain of the South, and a great maritime and industrial nation.

"The proposal to prevent excessive smoking by young girls, made in (Parliament by Mr. Johnston, will have the approval of the medical profession," writes a doctor in a London paper. "I would not condemn an occasional cigarI ette or even from one to three daily for a full-grwn woman, but if a girl begins on a small scale in her teens she is more likely than a man to smoke too much in the course of time, Tobacco is a powerful drug, and once a girl has taken a few soothing doses of it she becomes a slave to the habit. Soon her digestion becomes disordered. This makes the blood impure, and this in turn ruins her complexion. Her growth is more or less hindered by the tobacco poison, her nervous system depressed, and her heart weakened. Wririlcles come on prematurely in the case of the confirmed woman smoker.' What bitterness has been born of the strike was instanced recently (says the Sydney Telegraph), when a volunteer worker died at Wallarah and his grave was declared "black." That shocked the community, but otherwise no harm was done to anyone—least of all to the dead man, whose grave was subsequently strewn with wreaths from the loyal workers, and whose widow, in America, will Rhortly receive a photograph of the memorial erected by his mates. Later, however, the vindictive feelings of some of the strikers were allowed to affect an unborn child One of the volunteers at a mine in another part of the State was accompanied by his wife, who wished to have her husband neaT during hef hour of trial. It will be scarcely creditled that the women of the place have boycotted her, and in the bitterest hour of travail refused to render her any assistance. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon an urgent message to the National Bureau required the immediate assistance of a woman at one of the mines. The t preceding details were given, and it was stated that although a doctor was in atI teniftnce no nurse or woman attendant I could be got. The case wag reported to. the Women's Loyal Service Bureau at the Education Department, and within two hours a volunteer nurse was speedI ing to the assistance of the prospective mother.

'A small farm of 50 to 00 acres is required. See Mr. R. A. new advertisement on page 1 of this issue. Mr. E. Jackson's advertisement of farms in tbia issue is well worthy of attention by tihose in search of a small holding. One of the farms is particularly suitable for a returned soldier, as | there is a dairy herd and equipment all ready to start with. The Melbourne, Ltd., quote the following prices on boys' clothing: Washing tunic suits, Bs Od; tweed ditto, Ms fld; all wool sport suits, 22s 8d to 32s 6d; boys' all wool tweed knickers from 4s lid to ft* lid; saddle tweed knickers from os lid to 7s lid; fine Roslyn serge college shorts. Ss lid to 12s 6d; fine serge sports suits, 2fts fid to 4fla fid. Ask distinctlv for . SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, or else you may receive one of the many substitutes. Tho GENUiNE SANDER EXTRACT cures colds, fevers, indigestion; prevents infectious diseases and heals ulcers, poisoned wounds, skin diseases, burns, sprains, etc. It is much more powerfully antiseptic than the common eucalyptus and does not depress or irritate like the latter. Flatulency and acidity of the stomach in young children is corrected by Sharland's Magnesia.

Up to the present, 32 active members) of the East End Bathing Reserves Comj mittee have gone to the front, several having made the supreme sacrifice.

The Ashburton police recoived advice] on Thursday last that Sh's Eliza Mc Larcn, aged U years, had died suddenly at her residence, Green Street, thati morning. Mrs McLaren received word that her son had been killed in and a few minutes later she expired. Mrs McLaren had been a resident of Ashburton for many years, but had .only recently gone to reside ft Green Street.-

In reply to a question in the Housei of Representatives by Mr. Veitch (Wa-» nganui) as to whether it is true than German prisoners travelling on the Auckland express train on or about October 11th were given sleepers' and first-class comforts, Sir Jatdjjjs Allen stated yesterday that a small sleeping carriage was used in preference to tho the large public carriage, .facilitating the guarding of the prisoners. By in« ternational arrangements prisoners. who) are officers are,entitled to travel first* class on account of their status. "I do not think the publie realise tlel terrible dangers that lurk in impure) milk," said Dr. C. E. Macguire at the! "Baby Week" meeting in Auckland. He) quoted the results of experiments car* ried out in New show, the mar< vellous rapidity with which milk cari be contaminated. The organisations! dealing with infant life-protection coulcj do very little good, he said, unless the)* milk supply was purified. Thie was. toe* wide a question for the Plunket Society. It was a matter for the Legislature anil the municipality. He knew the City Council was taking it up. To his min'j it would not be sufficient to have milk inspected as it came, into the city. ..Con« trol and inspection should commence «d the farms.

In this issue we advertise particular* of a four-year-old pedigree Jersey bulrj which Mr. Newton King has,for prtoatei sale at New Plymouth. This Wl, "Grannie's Knight," has been used by Mr< Charles Goulter, of Blenheim, fdr the bun" two years, and he has* tent him across to! Taranaki for sale. His sire; "K. 0.'8.," it too well known in this district to require] further description, and hie dam, "Gran-t nie's Girl," is equally well known. Thai bull can be inspected at New Plymouth* and early application to Mr. Newton! King is necessary.

A meeting of ladies Will be held !ra the East End Pavilion at 7.30 to-morrow; evening, for the purpose of electing si ladies' committee for the ensuing year. The meeting which was to have been held this (Tuesday) evening at the Good Templar Hall, under the auspices of the Protestant (Political Association, when an address was to be given by the Rev, Howard Elliott, has been tempprftliljj cancelled.