LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The increase announced in railway fares will take place before Christmas. It is stated it will probably amount to 10 per cent. Mr. W. 0. MtieDonald, member of the Board of Trade, has been appointed by the Cabinet to control, witli the board's assistance, the purchase and distribution of wheat in the Dominion.

The hon, secretary of the Inglewood Ladies' Patriotic League wishes to acknowledge with thanks the sum of £7 19s IOJd from the Satapiko Social Committee for the Y.M.C.A.

In order to allay as far as possible the inconvenience arising owing to the delay which has occurred re the purchase of tlie butter and cheese output by the Imperial authorities, the Premier (Mr. W. F. Massey) hag arranged for advances to be made by the Government to factories requiring same, to enable them to meet their obligations to milk suppliers this month. Tne advance will be at the rate of £3 per box of butter and £5 per crate of cheese. The advance docs not apply to cheese or butter for which store warants have already been issued. A small boy pleaded guilty at the Juvenile Court, before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., on Saturday, to the theft of some foreign coins valued at 12s 4d, the property of a returned soldier named F. L. R. Inder. The boy was staying in the same house as the owner of the curios, and came across the box of coins, which were tendered at various shops, with the result that the police were informed. After a troublesome search all the coins were recovered. The Magistrate admonished and discharged the boy. As the supply of prepared No. 2 compound ran out early on Saturday morning, Bmelting operations have ceased at the ironsand Works. In all, between 40 and 50 tons of high-class pig were obtained, and the heartlrremaing almost as clean as when the furnace was blown in. The work of extending the caking plant will now be pushed ahead, and no more smelting will be done until the labor-saving eggeting machine and larger retorts hvac been erected.

The picture version of.Hall Caine's "The Manxman" will be shown at the ■Empire Theatre to-night and to-morrow night. Patrons are reminded to be seated early as the big picture starts * few minutes after eight and every part of it is too good to be missed. In giving his verdict at the inquest on Saturday touching the death of a little boy who wsa run over by a motor lorry, the Coroner (Mr. A. Crooke) said that deceased was too young to appreciate the danger of attempting to board a moving vehicle. It was a pity that boys were not warned against such dangerous practices at school, for he was sure more good would be done in that way than by some of the lessons that are given.

Flaxmilling is reported to be an extremely profitable industry in the South at the present time, as prices for treated flax have advanced from 200 to 400 per cent, on pre-war values. Flax has not been commandeered by the Governtment (says Otago Daily Times), and, consequently prices have not been flxed; but, on the other hand, the prices for wool, meat, cheese and butter have been fixed 'by the Government. The result has been that there has been a drift of labor from the industries which are practically controlled by the Government to the uncontrolled flax industry. Tho flaxmillers are free to trade with any Allied country, and a fair amount of shipping ppace is being obtained in America. It is said that casual laborers can obtain from 30s to 35s per day on flaxmilis, and that schoolboys are being paid 12s to 15s a day. These high wages naturally are taking farm laborers away from essential industries to secure employment in a non-essential industry. The Melbourne, Ltd., has a fine stock of men's tennis and neglige shirts in the following fabrics: Horrockses' white matte 4s 6d, mercerised cotton tussore 5s Bd, fine white mercerised twill 5s 6d, Horrockses' white mercerised striped repp 5s lid, fine Japanese tussore silk lis Od, heavy white Japanese silk 14s Gd, and lovely Fuji silk 15s 6d. Parishioners of St. Mary's Church are invited to a complimentary social to Miss Devenish at St. Mary's Hall this evening. HEAVY DRINKER FOR YEARS.

"Although a heavy drinker for years, my husband is now off the drink, thanks to 'Drinko.' It is wonderful stuff." So writes a grateful wife. Drinko can be given secretly iu liquid or food. Write for free booklet, in sealed envelope, giving full details. State if Mr., Mrs., or Miss. I.ady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, 212J Lambton Chambers, Wellington^

An enormous amount, of asbestos is being fouml in tlie Prieska district, Caps Colony, and thousands of bags are now 'being shipped to England. Tlie word "chauffeur" is French and literally means an engine-stoker. English dictionaries now include tho word to mean a driver of an internal combustion engine or automobile.

Diphtheria is stated to be again prevalent throughout Poverty Bay. A number of eases have been reported during the past few weeks from both town and country districts.

In a paper, "The Course of Land Values in Canterbury/' Mr. li. Callaghan paid that the earliest sale recorded was the purchase in Canterbury from the Maoris by Major Kemp for £2OOO, or land now valued at £40.000,000. Thoro are upwards of 80,000 inhabitants on the slopes and skirts of \'osuj viiia. Tf it were not. for the fertilising jelleet of the volcanic products not more that one-tenth of that number would bo aide to find means of subsistence there. Router's correspondent in Paris states that the Temps' naval expert, who ha? visited the British shipyards, reports that he Baw in Fairfield's shipbuilding yards at Glasgow warships far bigger than the Queen Elizabeth. A farmer in tho South, who has a large family, states that he has discovered a scheme to provide cheap repairs for their boots. He is utilising discarded motor tyres instead of leather foi half-soles, and states that tho substitute is both economical and satisfactory. It is not generally known that the nursing of a soldier who has been badly gassed is fraught with considerable danger. This was made apparent by the evidence given at an inquest held at Wellington recently, when it was stated that the deceased suffered a severe illness through nursing a soldier who had been gassed. One of the old railway refreshment cars, -which has been converted into a sleeping car, is now located at Auckland. The converted cars are of the latest design, having accommodation for 18 persons, as against 20 accommodated by the old cars. The new cars have five compartments of two berths each, and two of four berths each, the older cars being fitted with four compartments of four berths each, and two of two berths each. A Mastorton resident who has ju9t returned from the South Island states that potatoes are being sold at 4s Gd per sack in Oamaru. Tlie Age says there is something radically wrong when the price paid in Mastorton is lfls per sack. The matter is one that should be investigated by the Board of Trade. The Government will surely not permit potatoes to go to waßto in the South Island while they arc in keen demand in the North.

. Italian chemists find that natural waters, which are low in calcium salts probably cause decay of the teeth by dissolving the calcium carbonate (chalk) of Hit; teeth during drinking. They find that such waters produce decay of the upper front tcetli first, which are in greatest contact with the water in drinking. Also that the decay is induced in persons, proviously normal, who move into the regions of such waters. Lime water is a good remedy in such cases.

Bessie Barriscale will be seen for the last time to-night in the unique drama, "The Snarl," which thoroughly interested a packed house on Saturday. To : morrow the winsome little Blue-bird star Ella Hall will be featured in one of the sweetest film stories that lias come this way. a five-reel special entitled "A Jewel in Pawn." Owing to the theatre being engaged for the concert on Wednesday this programme will be screened on Tuesday only.

Mr. Gerard in his book on his life in Berlin says, describing a visit to the Court: —With each of us was a representative of the Emperor's household to introduce the people of the Court, and an army officer to introduce the people of the Army. officer assigned to nie had the extraordinary name of der Ptortner von der Holle, which means the "porter of hell." I have often wondered since by what prophetic instinct he was sent to introduce me to the two years' and a half of world-war which I experienced in Berlin. This unfortunate officer, a most charming gentleman, was killed early in the war.

Thp tragic possibilities of war-time life in London for the poor were illustrated at nn inquest on Leah Harks, aged fifty, wife of a Highbury cigarette maker. Unnerved by the air raid, she had a terrifying experience later, when she went to Petticoat Lane to buy sugar. There a mob of women, seeing her with a bagful of provisions, shouted that she was a German—she was a Russian, with a son at the front—and roughly handled her. The police rescued her. Next day she wns found dead, and the doctor ascribed her death to the effects of the air raid, the mobbing, and a letter she had had from her son at this front.

Gardening ha 3 been a levelling influence in a social sense (ssvs the Daily Chronicle). It seems to kill snobbery. On one municipal plot we could name there are at work two lawyers, a curate, threo policemen, a munition worker, publican, organist, three railway porters, a retired tradesman of 34, two boy scouts, and several women who jointly cultivate an allotment. The scouts help the old man, and when the munition worker got behind with his digging', owing to factory overtime, the allotment holders finished the job for him. Then the gramaphone record reeled off an inspiring tune. Such is the goodwill.

An amusing situation exists just now between a certain Napier property-owner and a Chinese tennnt of one of his houses (reports the Iferald). Owing tjo the Celestial having got behind with his ront the landlord sought on Thursday to get rid of his unprofitable tenant. He did not, .however, invoke the majesty of the law, as represented by the bailiff, but took the matter in Jiis own hands, and seizing a favorable 'opportunity quietly entered the house, got possession of the keys, and locked up the premises. The wily Johiij however, was not to be beaten, and succeeded in re-entering the house per medium of a window. He is still in occupation, continuing to use the window as a means of egress and ingress. Being questioned on the situation by a neigiihor, lie quietly remarked with a bland and child-like smile, "he steal urn key, me get um tliloo urn window." And lie means to maintain the status quo.

There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods. SANDER'S EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus. ■Sander's Extract cures all infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the OENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT. Sharltinil's Magnesia is particularly sothing when the digestion is disturbed and there is a nasty taste in the mouth.

No Serbian teacher or professor is allowed to teach in Serbia. All the situations in the newly-opened schools are occupied by Aiißtro-llungarian subjeets, Serbian manuals, also, are prohibited, and the teaching of the German and Magyar languages is compulsory.

The ladies of the Baptist Guild had a busy and successful day at the mart on Saturday. Over £oo* was realised, and of that amount £ll 4s wag tytfcen at the flower stall and by the selling of buttonholes. The fruit salad ami jelly tables were well patronised and home-made goods, produce and plain and fancy articles sold very well. The ladies of the Guild are to be congratulated on the result of their effort.

The provisional result of the Whan<»amon»ona County Council election shows that in the Strathmore riding (for three members) the voting V. H. Nolan 3S), C. B. Finnerty HI, T. H. Mounsev 23, J, Rentoul 25, A. Coyne 20, There thus is a tie for third place, but this may be altered after the statutory scrutiny. In the Central riding for two members, W. A. MeCutchan, who is looked upon as one of Taranaki's most progressive public men, polled 50 votes, evidently every ratepayer recognising the value of his services to the County for he polled just as many votes as did the two other candidates combined—Michael Gecver 2!) (elected), Arthur Coxhead, jnr. 21.

Both inspectors of the Wanganui Education district had narrow escapes from serious accidents recently (says the'Patea Press). Inspector Strong was riding in the back country when his horse slipped and went over a bank, horse and rider rolling down some sixty feet. Luckily both horse and rider escaped serious injury. Inspector Milne was riding about the same time when his horse bolted with him and was pulled up just in time to avert a serious accident.

Every alien is required to make application for registration not later than December 1, subject to a heavy penalty. Further information relative to this appears in an advertisement on the first page of this issue.