LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. W. James, of Bell Block, secured P nzc » .for yearling ITolstein heifer and for pair at the Palmerston North show. There was keen competition. In consequence of the unfavorable weather conditions yesterday mornin" 7 a ®, decided to postpone the Girls* High School sports till the 10th inst. In addition to the list) of donors of prizes for the Central School ball, further donations and prizes have been received horn Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Denny-Brown, Mr. R. J. Deare, and Taranaki Herald. At the cost of £IO,OOO it is proposed to erect a Marist Brothers' Training College in New Zealand. Donations received so far include two sums of £IOO each from Wellington citizens, and £250 from an old boy of tho Marist school. The return of the number of births, deaths, and marriages for the New Plymouth district (Mr. -T. S. S. Medle'v registrar) for the month of October, 1917! is as follows, the figures for October of last year being in parentheses:—Births 30 (34), deaths 14 (11), marriages 0 (6). When Dr. Florence Keller left America all the nurses in the country had been called up like soldiers, and were being detailed to their duties under Government control. The call for doctors brought forward 11,000 answers inside of four weeks, all ready to take their places in the country's services. The Fire Brigade's motor vehicle was caused some little delay on its way to answer the alarm given on Wednesday night by the stupid action of a man, apparently in convivial mood, who attempted to hold up the car as it rounded the corner into Devon Street. He had a very narrow escape from beiiy knocked down, and it is possible that more will be heard of the matter. '

A Maori witness in a judgment summons case at the Wanganui Magistrate's Court stated on oath that he had only £6 per year to live on. The examining counsel, thought this incredible, and asked how witness lived. The latter stated that once a month he bought a bag of sugar, a tin of biscuits, and a bag of potatoes, and this did him for food. "We Maoris help one another," said witness, in conclusion. Emmy M'helen, thfe star of the Metro play, "Sowers and Reapers," showing at the Empire to-night, is well known to local picture goers by reason of her ■tplendid portrayals in "Vanity," "The Pretenders," and other famous Metro films. Miss W'helen is seen to singular advantage in "Sowers and Reapers," a story in which there is a strong apoeal —especially to parents. On the same programme there will be shown the continuation of the very interesting ",Rex Beach Travel Series," and the "fourth episode of the exciting and fascinating "Secret of the Submarine." The usual matinee will be held to-morrow, when the full programme will be screened.

The Central School children are practising assiduously for their ball next week end the majority of them are quite proficient in the terpsichorean art. The t'rand march will contain about 380 children, most of them in fancy dress, and should prove an imposing spectacle. The children's dancing i 9 from 7.30 to 9.30, after which the adults will have the flour. Final arrangements for the ball will be made at Friday's meeting. Buyers of embroidery are requested to note that the Melbourne, Limited, have full stocks of those goods at extremely reasonable prices. All embroidery is best Swiss manufacture and is worked on good quality longcloth. All widths in stock; also insertions. Prices from 2Jd per yard. 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 eucalyptus 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 bo

The harmful microbes wiiich gather round the teeth may be destroyed and a clean sweet fragrance imparted to the mouth by using "020" TOOTH POWDER. Od tins everywhere.

Tl is seated Mmt at, one of the narrow readies of a West Coast stream, where llie policeman and the Aucliinatisiition (.uncial are unknuwu, the poaching of salmon trout is jjoing on on a la rye hcalc, anil that the iisli arc being «alti-cl dow-.i. not by the hundredweight, hut V tiifl ton .(nays the Ureymouth titar). (ierman prisoners captured on the western front think the Aliases are inveterate souvenir collectors. One said: ''You rob while you fight." The Australians' reputation f6r souvenirs extends through the German army, with the result that men when surrendering o"er watches, letters, notes, knives" glasses, and buttons.

During the course of an interview with a Dannevirke News reporter, Mr. \V. P. Knight, a pioneer of that/ locality, urged the necessity of settlers acquiring knowledge by reading—"so ninny of them know nothing of practical farming, and many of them at one time hardly knew a cow from a steer. They have not the experience. They should test their cows, just as we test our sheep—we know the weight of sheep and the death-rate, and the cost, and what is suitable for this part, of the country."

The scarcity of wheat in Dunedin is producing some queer market developments (says an exchange). From 100 to 200 sacks of milling wheat dribble in weekly, and, because the millers dare not buy at a higher iprice than that fixed by the Government (averaging 5s lOd per bushel), these odd lots, which would be aceptable for flour-making, are sold as fowl wheat at values up to «s 9d. One parcel that was sent to mart as fowl wheat, upon examination was found to be of such prime quality that it served to fill an order for seed wheat, and thoroughly satisfied the purchasers.

Mr. J. H. Okey, M.P. for Taranaki, has given notice of his intention to ask the Minister for Internal Affairs "whether his attention has been directed to statements in circulation in Wellington to the effect that in certain Government departments, where groceries are purchased in wholesale quantities for distribution on co-operative lines, the same are distributed to the purchasers by Government servants in Government ordnance vanß during ordinary working hours? If the rumours prove untrue. will ho officially exonerate departmental officers from such unjust charges ?"

Various theories have been formed as to the actual seat of the big lire and how it started (says the Dannevirkc News of Thursday) but ?o far there lias been 110 satisfactory elucidation of the mystery. . One supposition is that a spark from the engine, of the goods train, which comes in after the mid-day express, might have been blown hi through an open window and lodged amongst a pile of mattresses used for emergency beds at show and race times; another is that a cigarette might have been dropped in an adjacent room by the porter who slept there, but he states that he never smoked in the room; while still another theory is that the fire might have been caused from the ground floor. A Magisterial enquiry is to be held shortly. '•'At Noyon, when the Germans marched in, the Kommandantur went straight to the cathedral and said to Uie sacristan's wife: 'Kindly deliver up the tenthcentury Bible of Noyon Cathedral,'" says Laurence -lerrold in the Contemporary Review. "They knew all about it. But the sacristan's wife 'had never heard' of that Bible. For two years and a half the Kommandantur looked for that Bible, and never found it. The sacristan's wife showed it to me. It is a rare illuminated Gospel with some unique decorations. She had every night hid it in a different' corner of her house. She would have been shot if it had been found. It is back now in the vestry of Novon Cathedral. The plain, little woman tells you her storv baldlv."

Given favorable weather, Plunkct Afternoon at Kawaroa Park to-day should provide a delightful afternoon's outing for mothers and all interested in little folk and their welfare. An attractive feature 'has been arranged by a special committee in the form of a Mystery Tree, hung with toys and useful articles for thp children. A procession of decorated go-curts will be made at 2.45, and a carnival effect will be given to the fete by general decorations of the bungalow; and the 300 balloons the committee lias blown up sliould lend a very gay and happy effect. Tlie Kawaroa Park Committee is kindly assisting in connection with tho afternoon tea. NV charge for admission will be made, and it is hoped all mothers and their children will endeavor to bo present.

It was a really delighted audience that left Everybody's last night at the conclusion of tho new programme. Both Mary Miles Mintur and' Virginia Pearson stored a big success in their respective pictures and added to tfhe numbers of their local followers. The same programme will be Tepeated for the last time to-night. To-morrow Anita Stew art will star in the Greater Vitagraph •feature "The Combat." an extraordinary play—produced in splendid fashion by. Ralph W. Ince—that was the sensatioil of the month in America.

Captain Bernard Charles Tennent, M.B. R.A.M.C,, who has lately gained the M.C., is ft son of the late Bev. E. C. Tennent, of Martinborough. He was on duty in France early in the war. Captain Tennent displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in continually exposing himself with the utmost fearlessness under heavy shell fire in order to visit his posts in the front trenches. He dressed many men in the open, regardless of personal danger, and when his bearers became casualties ho took their places and assisted to carry the wounded himself. Captain Tennent was wounded in June.

W.O.T.U. members are earnestly urged to attend the annual meeting in the lodge room, tood Templar Hall, on Friday, November 2, at 2.30 p.m. Business, election of officers and to discuss what steps shall be taken in regard to the I.adies' Best Room.

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