LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The New Plymouth Bo.vs' High School will break up on Thursday, November 2!) th, for the Christmas vacation. The prize giving ceremony will take place that evening in the Good Templar Hall, and it is probable that Bishop Averill will be invited to present the prizes. The Girls' School breaking up ceremony will take place on December 13th, probably in the Good Templar Hall. An annual cricket fixture has been arranged, between the New Plymouth High School and Wanganiii College. The first match will be played at Wanganui early in February. At last night's meeting of the Board It was decided to vote £5 towards the improvement of the cricket ground, and the chairman, Mesrs Robertson and Sladden were appointed a permanent grounds committee. It lias been decided to close the patriotic rooms, St. Aubyn street, from the. beginning of December until the first week in February, thus enabling the committee and all patriotic workers to take a well-earned rest. This has been a fairly strenuous year, and the committee are unanimous that by so doing work will he renewed with double energy for the coming year. Double quota of gift parcels are being prepared this month, and sufficient gift hold-alls will he in readiness for the men leaving during January.

Edyth Stirling will bo featured in a powerful Mutual drama showing to-night only at Everybody's. The triumph of innocence and purity over brutal natures and the winning through of a true-heart-ed girl in spite of horrible temptations is the main theme of the story, which is strongly handled. The picture should make a strong sympathetic appeal, especially to women.

A meeting of the local Efficiency Trustees was held yesterday, when there were present: Messrs T. Furlong jun. (chairman) E. Whittle, F. J. iHll (sec.) New Plymouth. J. S. Connet (chairman Country Trustees) and A- Morton (Inglewood Trustees). Mr. T. Moss, the Wellington District Commissioner of the Efficiency Board, was also present. A number of questions incidental to the working of the Board were dealt with, and some discussion took place on matters that were brought under the notice of Mr. Moss. The subject of office accommodation, which has been rendered necessary owing to tho increase in the work of the local board, was discussed. Mr. Moss endorsed the proposal, and it w«8 decided to establish an office in New Plymouth, the arrangements being >left in the hands of the local trustees.

During the past few weeks a good deal of pilfering and tampering with yacht and launch fittings has gone on m the mooring grounds at Ngamotu, and owners of boats have been put to considerable trouble and financial loss. Many of [the acts have been done simply in a spirit of vicious mischief. Early on Sunday morning Messrs T. and R. Williams put out to the fishing grounds, /caving their dinghy at the launch moorings. On returning a little after midday they found no trace of either the boat or the moorings, and were lorced to make fast to the wharf. It transpired afterwards that someone had cut the painter, thereby dropping the moorings and letting the boat drift. The strong wind quickly took it some distance towards Waitara, and had it not been picked up and towed in by a returning fishing bSflt, would probably not have been seen again. It was only after several hours' grappling that the moorings were again brought to the surface.

In our advertising columns will "be found an important notice relating to the Registration of Aliens Act, passed by Parliament during the past session. Every alien is required to make application for registration in the prescribed form, not later than December 1, "Alien" means any person of either sex, not less than fifteen years of age (of any nationality whether hostile or friendly) who is not a British subject by birth or naturalisation in New Zealand, and the Act applies to seamen as well as to resident aliens. Forms are obtainable at all police stations and at Customs offices,' and applications must be made in duplicate and delivered personally to a' registration, officer at a police'station or Customs office. Persons failing to make application or who make misleading statements, or any alien seaman who lands without applying to be registered will be. liable to a summary conviction • and a. penalty not exceeding £SO. On removing from ono I county or borough to another a regis- | tered alien must notify the new place of abode within. 14 days. A penalty not exceeding £2O will be imposed in cases 'of failure to give such notice. A certificate of registration will be issued on receipt of each application. Full particulars will be taken by registration officers, and in order to prevent the interchange of certificates finger prints will be taken. i The Melbourne, Ltd., announce the arrival of more shipments of English made brown striped towels. These towels being portion of an old oontract compare very favorably with present day values. Prices are 2s and 2s 6d per pair. As prices are expected to advance soon buyers should lay in a supply now to cover their Christmas requirements. Owing to arrangements made for rehearsals for to-morrow night's Male Choir concert the senior band practice will be held on Friday evening. The junior band held a practice last night. 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) SANDERS EXTRACT i 3 highly commended by many authorities as a safe, reliable and effective household remedy. Get the irenuine—insist if you have to—and be

J iifan tile paralysis lias again made its appearance ill Hawkc's Bay, the first victim this year being a child. The disease terminated fatally, the sufferer never rallying.

Reports of excellent sport with trout liavo been received from anglers at Taupo and ltotorua. It is stated that in some localities the Natives—probably on account of the increased cost of liviii"— are charging anglers 2s fid for the privilege of fishing: To make a charge for fishing rights is unlawful, but the astute Natives have got over "that small difficulty by levying a 'toll'for crossing their land.

Two soldiers escaped a day or two ago from a detention camp in New Zealand. | They cut their way through the floor of the hutment, in which they were confined. They also left a message of farewell. Despite efforts to locate them, the pair are still at large, and are considered to have taken to the bush. Both have been in the limelight before this present escapade. German good? were on sale at the Christehurch show. Late in the afternoon a returned soldier bought from one of the vendors of fancy goods on the ground a shaving mirror, which he found stamped "Made in Germany." Investigation of the vendor's stock by an official showed that practically all of it was of Gorman origin.

Two girls in the Poverty Bay district did a successful day's "droving" on a recent Saturday, taking a uiob of sheep from Kaitaratahi to Kanakanae. The journey occupied all day, and the mob comprising woolly sheep, they required careful "handling. • The first crossing of ' the Kanakanae stream provided some exciting incidents, including the rescue of bogged animals. At the next crossing the drivers met with assistance, and had the satisfaction of handing over the mob at tiieir destination.

The proposal to increase the railway fares in order to provide a bonus for tlioso employed in the service is not likely to work out as calculated by the authorities, asserts a Masterton exctip/igp. The users of railways now-a-dsiys are not the moneyed classes.Thev have their motor cats. The increased charges must, therefore, have a tendency to reduce the number who will use the railways, and consequently there will he a shrinkage in the returns instead of the anticipated increase. The proposal to rob Peter to p.'.y Paul is likely to cause greater dissatisfaction than if the payment of the bonus was suspended altogether.

The Woodville. Examiner says: The first ballot for the Second Division has hit Woodville hard. When, it comes to seeing our bank manager, the secretary of two of our dairy companies, and tlio manager of one of our cheese factories, j not to mention one of our business men and quite a little bunch of farmers, all roped in by the very first cast of the military net, wo : may well ask whttt is' the country coming to. It will Wean re-' and again re-adjustment after that—that is all.

Grim humor and'optimism were characteristics of ,aif., incident occurred in Ashburtoii the other day' (says the Guardian). An old gentleman (lie is over 80) was hobbling along the street, and, chancing* to look up, he encountered the cheery smile of an undertaker who was passing. The old fellow raised one of his sticks in the air, and, shaking it menacingly at the undertaker, he exclaimed: "You needn't look at me. You're not going to get me for a long time.'' A meeting of the general committee of the Taranaki Agricultural Society was held on Saturday afternoon, Mr. W. B. Grant presiding in the unavoidable absence of the president, Mr. J. S. Connett. There were c.lso ..present; Messrs N. W. "Sill, A. Turnbull, ,H. C. Sampson, H. Ward,.C, Hoskin, C, Dojbson, C. W. Ruebe, B. Honeyficld, A. I R. Gudopp, W. Hall, B. Gilbert, ft, Olsen, A. Lister, L. Hill, H. Linn, The recommendations of the schedule committees who had revised the schedule of the forthcoming shoyv were approved. Judges -were also selected^. Mr. W. M'Kenzie was appointed a. member of the committee. It was decided, on the recommendation of the executive committee to invite dairy factory managers to attend a meeting to be held on December 1 to revise the dairy section schedule of the Winter Show.

On Friday, Mr. Newton King sold on behalf of the Agricultural Society, at the Waiwakaiho yards, a, number of cattle which had been donated in connection with the special effort which is being made to raise funds to effect further improvements at the show grounds at Waiwakaiho. The result ■was as follows:—Heifer, donated by Mr. G. V. Tate, £7; heifer, Mr. D. Tenwarden, £2 fls; two ewes and lambs, Mr. W. B. Grant, £5; bull, Mr. W. Mace, £3; bull, Mr. W. Hall, £4 10s; 'bull, Mr. C. W. Reube, £5 ss; bull, Mr. H. 0. Skelton, £1 10s; heifer, Mr. •F. Earp, £4 15s; heifer, Mr N. W. Hill, £7; heifer, Mr. H. Sampson, £8 ss; heifer, Mr. B. Honeyfleld. £5 ss; heifer, Mr. W. Stanley, £3 12s Od; heifer, Mr. .T. B. Marsh, £3 ss; heifer, ■Mr. T. Smellie, £3 10s; heifer, Mr. A. Marsh, £3 2s 6d; two bulls, Mr. W. H. Jury, £5 16s 6d; bull, Mr. W. E. Cole, £1 15s; two steers, Mr. N. Miller, £4; heifer, Mr. L. W. Bishop, £4; making a total of £B4 Os 6d. The whole of this amount goes to the credit of the fund, Mr. King having generously offered to forgo his commission in these sales.

Shipbuilding on the East Coast of Scotland seems to be 011 the upgrade, and no mistake (says Fairplay). The Dundee yards have been undergoing extensive extensions and improvements; at Aberdeen a new establishment is being laid out for the repair and ultimately the construction of small craft; at Leith, we were officially informed' some time ago, Messrs. Hawthorne and Co.s yard was being greatly extended and improved. Besides somebody was to revive shipbuilding in Kinghom. Now we are told that Messrs. John Cran and C 0.,. of Leith, have acquired from tfie Leith Dock Commissioners a piece of ground on which they hope to be able to build vessels up to 300 ft in length. The ground, which waß occupied formerly by the Hast Coast Salvage Company, has a good frontage to the open sea," and at present it is being cleared of buildings and levelled for the erection of the necessary buildings and plant. A beginning will be made, it is understood? by the construction of a steamer for Messrs. (iibson and Co., of Leith. Then from Aberdeen it is reported that a local Shipbuilders' Association has been formed, representing all the smaller areas on the Aberdeenshire and Moray Firth coasts, with Mr. George Forbes, sen., of. Sandhaven. as chairman. The new organisation will probably join up in time with the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation, and thus get in touch with the industry all over the United Kingdom. 1 ' ' ■ Heartburn and sick headache is relieved by Sharland's Magnesia,

An American recruiting poster m}vy dm' view in Dunedin is attracting.nxucli tention, says tlio Star. It is ® spirited representation in color of a bonny girl, " all alive and kicking;," as the Dlirase goes, saying to herself: "Bee, I -wish I were a man; I'd join the navy." The artist is Howard Chandler Christy, famous for his Gibson Girl heads, and other work of that eiaijs, and this produotiott is well worthy of bis Wpiitationi <»'• >i}« • .In "John Ayscough's" book, "French Windows," is given a terrible pictflfc'fpf a French village from which the Germans had been expelled by the advancing Allied armies. The author .passed from one house to another ' .'inding in each the same ruin, havoc, spoiling desecration, liltli and shame; you would Bay that bands of malevolent apes had been .hphK, >ng sjiijeful,' senselqsg/' fjfeSf strnetive carnival there, as though loiig kept under by the superiority of man, they had seized a moment of anarchy for revenge—not revenge of an injury, but of man's sense of decency and reverence; had marked for peculiar insult and de' serration the things man holds sacred by Nature: the privacies of his womenfolk, the play of his children, the shrine of his hearth."

The old Victorian convict ship Success, after voyaging round the world fromi Melbourne, where* she bought for! • show 'purposes, has turned up at LouisMile (United States) and news was received in Sydney recently that she is to be commissioned for sea again. On account of pie scarcity of tonnage for deepsea carrying trade, a shipping fi rm has bought her, and plans to turn her into a cargo vessel. The old craft, which was on exhibition in Sydney harbor some years ago, was built more than 80 years ago. With the cells removed it is expected the ship can carry 750,000 ft of lumber, and the new owners arc fitting her out for that trade. The >Succ«l&..i!< one of the few sailing vessels in the world made of solid teak, and her hull is said to be wonderfully well preserved. The Success will be remembered qs a feature in the Panama-Pacific Exposition. It is stated bv the. Otago Daily Times that an exciting experience fell to the lot of Constable Fox at Milton recently. He wis informed that a man bad been ill-treating h horse, and on making investigations he found the latter in possession of a gun, which had, been procured for the purpose of shooting the animal. The man asserted that the horse jibbed badly, but the, constate tried to persuade him to leave it alone. A moment later, it is alleged, tip, gun was pointed at the constable's "'head,' iuid lie was peremptorily ordered to, put up his hands—a request that met with a ready compliance. At this point the man's brother appeared on the scene, and taking advantage of the distraction caused by his arrival the constable closed with his man. An exciting struggle followed, ifr the course of which the gun went off, but no one. was hurt by the charge. The man was eventually disarmed by the other two men, and was promptly arrested by Constable Fox for attempting to discharge firearm? with intent tp do bodily injury. . Notice is inserted that Carrington Rd. from, Pendarves street to Courteney street will be closed to traffic as from to-morrow, 21st inst. Tl.e programme to be rendered ufc the Alato f '.ir concert v.Vch is to be ill Kvercbody'i Tlienire to-morrow n:uot, appears in tills issue, aid it requ ; r 9 but a nirsnry g'r.iee to snow that the oon-" cert will provide another musical tr.iatj eclipsing even the success 'achieved at previous concerts.