LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Arbitration Court will sit at New Plymouth on Tuesday, 13th instant, when disputes in connection with the carpenters' and joiners' and tailorin" trades will be considered. "

The Moa Dairy Company has commenced the manufacture of casein at the main factory, Inglewood. The creameries at Kaimata, Waitui. Bristol road and Batapiko are also being equipped with the necessary plant, and as soon as possible casein will be manufactured at these branches also.

Fifteen acres in North (Park, Christchurch, are now being planted in potatoes, and the work of cutting up the tubers ig being assisted in by two women workers. In the South Park an area of six acres is being planted by the New Zealand Farmers* Co-operative Association, which is finding everything at its own expense, and the crop will be sold for patriotic purposes. Further substantial improvements have been carried out at Kawaroa Park by the construction of cobble stone and concrete seats centring round the rotunda on its sea side. They are built on the plan of the cobble wall seat along the railway embankment, and the scheme, us now completed, provides ample accommodation which will be appreciated on occasions of concerts and fetes. The seats have slightly sloped backs, and are very much more comfortable than would be supposed from the nature of the material used.

Steady progress is being made at the Taranaki Ironsand Works, and the big blast furnace is now practically ready for firing up. Some days have been spent in packing the intake's of the blast and attending to the water jacket. A "run" for the metal has been prepared, and the works should be in full working order about Thursday. Much of the delay was due to the non-arrival of piping needed to carry -water to the cooling jacket of the furnace, but the piping is now on the way, and should reach the works tomorrow morning. Anita Stewart will appear for the last time to-night at Eiveryibodiy's in the Greater Vitagrapli feature "The Combat." This fine picture drew crowded houses on Saturday and it is too good a subject for any picture goer to miss. The new programme for to-morrow will Include a Blue Bird and Mutual feature.

Mr. T. Harle-Giles, conciliation commissioner, will preside over the Taranaki tailoring trade dispute at the court house at 11 a.m. to-day. An adjournment will be made till 2 p.m. to allow one of the assessors for the employers, who is this morning out of New (Plymouth, opportunity to be present. The union is claiming increased rates of pay and improved working conditions for both tailors and tailoresses. The assessors for the employers are: Messrs. Worn. Besley (New Plymouth), David Butchart (Stratford), and J. W. Stubbs (Eltham); and for the union, Messrs. Robert Wilson (DUncdin), W. M. Waterworth (Wellington), and Chas. Sullivan (New Plymouth). The claims to be put forward are similar to those recently made by the tailoring trade in several parts of the Dominion.

A breakdown has occurred in Feilding's supply of electricity, which is controlled by the Corporation. The Star says:— '■Not only is the day load being cut off, but the charge for current for heat is to be raised from 3d to 9d per unit. The reasons given for the. curtailment are, first, that the supply of crude oil from the Taranaki oil wells has dropped below the requirements of Fcilding alone, even though this borough was getting the whole output from the only weft which is prducing; second, that the supply of shale oil ordered from Australia' has been held up owing to the strike over there, and it is not known when it will reach • Feilding. It is further explained that the Imperial Government is commandeering all supplies of oil, and the position at Feilding may get worse still. and may not commence to improve till the war is over. To those business people who, at the repeated request of the Council, put in motors, the cutting but of the day load is a serious blow. In about 14 places in the town over 20 motors have been installed, at no little expense. Other power plants were put out of action in most cases, the users being attracted by the offer from the borough of cheaper power, and also being desirous of supporting the municipal scheme. Now these business people find themselves left in the lurch."

Farmers of the North Taranaki district and others interested arc invited to meet a delegation from the board of directors of the Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society of New Zealand, who will visit Urentii on Thursday at 1.30 p.m.

There is lustrous beauty in a pearly tyhite set of good teeth. The regular use of "OZO" TOOTft POWDER will cleanse and preserve from decay, and keep them white. 6d tins everywhere.

THE POISONING OF THIRTY GIRLS in a Melbourne factory by eucalyptus lollies which were evidently made from the common eucalyptus brings home forcibly the importance of using only the GENUINE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT internally. SANDER'S EXTRACT sniffed up the nose and three drops on sugar, is a sure and safe protection from meningitis and other infections. Applied to Ulcers, poisoned wounds, sprains, chilblains, eczema, SANDER'S EXTRACT brings quick reiki and oennanent cure.

According to an American authority, £75,000,000 represents the capitalisation of the British aeroplane industry. An earthquake shock was experienced at 12.5 this morning. Though not a .severe shock, the tremors lasted some time.

Tim young man who gave the alarm of (ire yesterday afternoon made quite sure that liiij call would be heard by keeping his linger on the alarm button until. the arrival of the brigade. One steady push is all that is needed.

Yesterday's bright sunshine .brought out a show of white dresses. The trams to tfgamotu and the East End carried full loads both in the morning and afternoon. Many bathers took their first dip of the season and found the water not unpleasantly cold.

The 'lion, secretary of the Inglewood | Ladies' Patriotic League wishes to acknowledge the sum of £1 Ss 6d from the Kaimiro Ladies' Patriotic Committee for the Y.M.C.A. Soldiers' Patriotic Comforts Fund. This sum represents the net .proceeds of a social held at Kaimiro on Oetoher 10,

An accident which occurred on Saturday should impress upon those alighting from tramcars, or wishing to cross the road 'behind a standing tram, the necessity of either waiting till the car moves on and allows a clear view of the road, or at least to use ordinary care to see that no dangerous traffic is on the road before walikng behind the tram. An alarm of fire was given from the corner of Devon and Currie Streets yesterday afternoon, at about twenty inin- [ utos to six. The fire was evidently the [work of some irresponsible individual who had put a match to a heap of straw lying nnder an old wheelless gig in the yard at the hack of Bruce and Feakins coach-building shop in Currie Street. The blaze, which was very quickly got under by two or three buckets of water, might but for its early detection have spread to other vehicles in the yard.

I am told that Mr. Gerard will almost certainly be the next Democratic candidate for the American Presidency. He is curiously little known in this country (says a. writer in the Daily News), deBpite the profound debt of gratitude we are all under to hire for his energetic defence of the unfortunate British prisoners in Germany. It was a most fortunate chance that the American representative at Berlin at this critical time was so strong a man. The lamp-post story is well known. Another perhaps is less so. "I complained to Berlin," he said, soon after hio return to New York, "and nothing was done until I told the commandant of one of the camps that I was a good pistol shot, and was thinking myself of shooting the German sheep dogs which were trained to bite the British."

Sports day at the Boys' High School has been fixed for Thursday, Xovember 8. Varioue societies have postponed or rearranged dates for their activities which would have clashed with next Thursday, and, given fine weather, an interesting day's sport should take place. The school sports 'have always set a standard of efficiency in the way in which events are got off to time, and spectators have never had to while away time between events. The entries in some cases are very large, as, for instance, 151 in the 130 yards open event and 72 in the open mile. Sir James Allen has expressed his intention of being present at the sports, and he will at 3 o'clock present the trophies and shields won by the school teams iii the Imperial Challenge Shield shooting competition. Very good business was done at the Mart on Saturday, when the Ladies' Guild had charge on behalf of St. Mary's Church parish. Home-made goods sold exceptionally well. A special "Rose Day" effort was made at the flower stall, in charge of Mrs. Walker, with gratifying results. The winners of the various competitions were: Ham, Mrs. E. A. Walker; camisole, Mrs. Joseph Wilson; linen tea cloth, Miss Marshall : wicker tray, Mrs. Cecil Gray; • rose basket, Mrs. Fabor Fookes. The winning numbers in the lucky black cat competition arc: Istv No. 42;'2nd, No. \W. In the smaller cat competition "Sambo" is the prize name. Will the holders of No. 42 and Sambo call at Miss K. Hamerton's shop in Devon Street, where they will, on producing their cats, receive the prizes allotted. It is gratifying to the originator of the above competition (Mrß. Courtney) and those who helped her to know that the result amounted to £B. The total takings were £46 Ss 6d. I Extract from a letter just received from London by a Dunedin,resident: The recent air raid in London came perilously near to the High Commissioner's new offices. Two bombs fell within Duyds away, forming a semi-circle round the offices. Sir Thomas and Miss Helen Mackenzie were staying in London that night, occupying rooms on one of the upper floors, and they, together with others, had to take shelter in the basement. This was not the first occasion «-hen they had had to fly there. The noise of the explosions, of falling glass, and ripping buildings, was terrific It was apparent the Germans were after Charing Cross railway station, which is quite close. A bomb fell quite near Charing Cross Hospital, but, fortunately, in the street, making a large hole, shat. tering many windows, and forcing in sonie frontages, One. nearer to the High Commissioner's offices, fell on the back of a small theatre, and wrecked a portion of the building; another, which did not explode, in the courtyard of the Hotel Cecil; and the fourth on the Embankment. The High Commissioner's offices were not injured, but some figures in the exhibition window were knocken over, and a picture of General Birdwood, which was standing on the floor of the window, came forward and fell down, i The following night there was a fearful thunderstorm, so that, just now, London is not the quietest place in the universe in which to sojpurn.

A patriotic picture that points a vital moral for the nation entitled "Everybody's Business" will be one of the chief attractions at the Empire to-night. On the same programme there is a five-reel Triangle drama. "The filory," starring Enid Bennett, the Pafche Gazette, a good comedy film and a Topical Budget.