LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The question of outstanding accounts due to the New Plymouth Hospital was raised at yesterday's meeting of the Board and the secretary was authorised to take steps to recover such amounts. The work of revaluing the borough of New Plymouth is about finished. The valuer (Mr. H. F. Russell]"has had to do no fewer than six thousand separate valuations. It is understood that the values of- properties in the districts served by the tramways will show a substantial increase. The Member for Egmont met with an experience that might easily have terminated fatally on the Pukearuhe beach the other day. He was clambering among big rocks when he missed his footing and fell info the sea. The water was deep and swirling, and as he was dressed lie found difficulty in keeping afloat. Fortunately a companion was near and, by ,a stroke of good luck, was able to give him assistance just in time. Tint for this, Mr. Wilkinson would probably have lost his life. The other evening, just about dusk, a car was stopped outside a home at Fitzroy, and the occupants left it standing for a time whilst they made their visit. On returning they discovered that a portmanteau containing clothes, etc., had been taken, together with the icoy of the switch of the car. The thief had locked the car so that it could not he immediately used whilst he got away with the portmanteau. At Ngamotu a business man left his clothes in the lupins whilst he bathed, and on returning found his pockets had been rifled. These thefts should act as a warning to the public to he careful a s to safeguarding their belongings whilst they are absent. Patrons to the Empire to-night, tomorrow and Saturday, are requested to note that the first picture will be screened at 7.4.5 sharp, this early start being necessitated by the length of the programme. The attractions are George Walsh in the Fox film, "Melting Millions," Viola Dana in the Metro wonderplay, "Lady Barnacle," and the fifteenth and final episode of the "Secret of the Submarine." Few people know what a fine beach and summer camping ground Taranaki possesses between Urenui and the Mokau. Almost any portion of it affords fine and safe surf bathing, whilst the beach itself is very interesting by reason of its peculiar conformation, due to the erosion of the papa or sandstone cliffs, leaving here and there miniature islands and caves of various sizes, as well as by its unique historical associations In "''the old days this part of the coast was greatly valued by the natives because of its teeming fish and taro and kumera productivity, and the local Maoris had to constantly defend it against the exclusions of their envious northern neighbors. A recent visitor to the beach says' that he can quite understand how the beach and the land adjoining were so highly prized, in the olden days, for better fishing grounds or more fertile and interesting countrv cannot be found in any other part of the Dominion, and our informant has been from the North Cape to the Bluff. A visit to this splendid beach makes an enjoyable run for motorists. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile are holding their monthly sale at Tarata tomorrow. They have an exceptionally large entry of both sheep and cattle for this sale. Full particulars on page 8. A second-hand 6-seater 16/20 Wolseley motor car is advertised for sale. HEAVY DRINKER FOR 30 YEARS DRINKO OUR.ED HIM. A grateful wife writes on' November 14.—'You will be pleased to know mv husband is splendid. He tells me he ha, not now the slightest desire for drink. He was a heavy drinker for over 30 years. We are all so grateful." Satisfy yourself that DRINKO is a genuine cure. White for free booklet describing the treatment and containing dozens of similar testimonials. I will post it in plain sealed envelope. Treatment i 3 inexpensive and easily given—secretly if desired. Address me in confidence, Lady Manager Drinko Proprietary, 21gA. C» Lamb'ton Jouu. Vftaga* -,
U is slated that of eight Paf.cu residents wiio recently went up for tnedieiil examination as members of the Second Division, only one passed. A man of about 30, believed to be William Cafhro, a teacher in the King .Country, died in the Auckland Hospital on Tuesday night, as the result of a. fall down the steps of a public convenience. The police arrested a man early last evening, in the vicinity of the New Plymouth railway station. He will be charged in the court this morning with using obscene language. The well known Ascot Estate. Mangere, leased until recently by Mr. Hugh K. MeKcnzie, the well known bloodstock breeder, has been purchased by Mr. H. Han-is, a southern gentleman. The price realised is in the vicinity of £40,000. Out of the twenty-six men from Patea who joined the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (says the Patea Press) only three are alive unwounded, and at the front. All tlie rest have either been killed, or have been invalided home through wounds or sickness. The names of the men at the front unwounded are Geo. Gould, G. F. Muggleton and S. H. White. A small whale was washed ashore on the Mokau beach a few days ago. An enterprising visitor carved his initials on it, with a view to monopolising the oil later on. Unfortunately he forgot to tether the mammal. After he had spent the rest of the day in gathering a multitude of empty kerosene tins, and hiring a bullock team to take them to the scene of action, he found the tide had been in and borne it away.—Own correspondent. It is the intention of a party of Mokau residents to make a trip up the river shortly, for the purpose of investigating certain seams of coal in close proximity to the river, and ten miles* nearer the wharf than were the old coal mines (writes our correspondent). It is said one of the seams is from twelve to fifteen feet in thickness, and in another place the bed of a creek—called Coal Creek—is entirely composed of coal. Should a mine be opened in thin locality, big boats would have no difficulty in loading up by the river side, for it is beyond this point that the snagging operations will commence—in the future, A young woman, Miss Nellie Freeland, daughter of Captain .1. Freeland, who resides at Mountain View road, Morningside, was admitted to the Auckland hospital on Saturday, suffering from a scalp wound and severe bruises on the hand, inflicted by an unknown assailant on Friday night. Miss Freeland had been visiting a friend at Grey Lynn, and was returning home along the Point Chevalier road shortly after ten o'clock. When near the Western Springs, in a rather lonely part of the road, she heard quick footsteps behind her, and at the same moment received a violent blow on the head, which dazed her. She raised her hand to her head and immediately received a second blow, which fell partly on her fingers. The second blow felled her to the ground, but she did not entirely lose consciousness. No further attack was made, however, and there was no attempt at robbery. Miss Freeland states that she saw nothing of her assailant, and, beyond hearing the footsteps before receiving the first blow, heard nothing. The wounds received by Miss Freeland are not considered dangerous, but the brutal nature of the attack is indicated by the fact that, in addition to the scalp wound, one of the fingernails or, the hand which received the second blow had to be removed. A striking feature of the ballot in class A of the Second Division (men without children) is the number of reservists who are appealing on the grounds that they have been wrongly classed, some having as many as six children. This was due to the Government Statistician having placed all reservists whose cards gave room for any doubt into the .Second Division, in reply to questions by the chairman of the Appeal Board sitting at New Plymouth yesterday, practically aTI stated they thought they had filled in their papers rightly, some stating that their wives had correctly filled them in, and they could not account for the mistake. Mr. D. McLaren stated that his experience in Wellington satisfied him that appellants were to blame and he instanced a sitting of the No. 3 Board there, when some fifteen appellants appealed on similar grounds. After several had affirmed that they had filled in the papers correctly he had asked that, the Government Statistician be called to produce the cards. This was done, and in every case appellants themselves had made the mistake. 'Second Division reservists who appeal on the grounds that they are wrongly classed should be careful to bring with them their marriage certificate and the birth certificates of their children in support of the appeals. That they do not realise this was manifestly evident at the Appeal Board yesterday, for despite the fact that the chairman of the Board early in the proceedings advised any second division reservists present to obtain their certificates and adjourned the cases until the afternoon, quite a number of cases then had to be adjourned for production of the marriage certificates. In many cases appellants produced the birth certificates of their children, but in at least a couple of cases they produced certificates of vaccination which they thought were the birth certificates and were apparently surprised when told these were no good. Members of the Board impressed on appellants that the onus of proving that they should he placed a different class rests on themselves. Now that the excessively hot days are with us, lingerie that is dainty and cool is much in demand. Call and see the beautiful midergarments now showing at Morey and Son's. Archdeacon Evans will address the children on the Ngamotu beach this afternoon at ,'! o'clock, in connection with the special sand services now being held under the auspices of.the New Zealand Children's Mission. The service will be preceded by a sand-decoration competition at 2 o'clock, followed by a lollie hunt. A united final rally will also be held on Friday evening, at 7.30, in the* Baptist Tabernacle, Liardet street, to be ■addressed by the superintendent of the mission (Rev. E. Palgrave-Davy). "As you are strong, have mercy. I did not know." These words falter from the lips of Anita Stewart in "The More Excellent Way" now showing at Everybody's, who had married her guardian for protection, and finds that he is a man with a man's desires and a man's strong will. WHAT IS YOUR CHECKED BAGGAGE SYSTEM? Well; it's the best system ever devised for handling baggage. You tell us when and where you are going. Thereafter we collect baggage, cheek on, receive on arrival, deliver immediately. No trouble en route—anywhere. Finest thing imaginable for travel comfort.— The New Zetland Expreaa Co.. Ltd.
A Southern exchange states thai all the elements of a Iragody were present' In an accident which happened in the Olydu-Croimvcll Gorge on Saturday morning. Two lady visitors from Dimedin set mil to drive to Cromwell. The horse w:is a quiet and reliable one, and nil '.vent well until they were ascending the hill at Gibraltar, when through the sudden breaking of a trace, horse, trap, and occupants were precipitated over the bank—a drop of about 2<lft The ladies ' had mira?ulous escapes, getting off almost unhurt, but the poor animal was so badly injured that it had to be destroyed. Before proceeding to the ordinary bus'noiis at yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, cordial reference was made by Mr. G. Capper to the return of the chairman (Mr. W. Fraser), and. on the motion of .Messrs Capper and Sykes, a vote of appreciation was accorded the chairman tor his attention to the interests of the New Plymouth Hospital while awny Mr. Fraser suitably responded. He said lie did not think he had done much that would immediately benefit, the hospital, imt ho had gathered a great deal of in formation that would he of great assistance to himself as chairman of the Board. At. yesterday's meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Board a letter was received from Dr.i E A. Walker recommending that the time hud come when effect should be given to the oft-expressed wish for evening visiting hours for the friends of p'lticnts in the hospital. Dr. Walker I pointed out that though the authorities were always ready to issue permits to visit outside visiting hours in cases of urgency, and would still be prepared to do so, he thought it desirable that regular evening visiting hours should be arranged. He recommended that Wednesdays and Fridays from 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. should be appointed visiting hours, and the board adopted the medical superintendent's .suggestion. Domestic conversation in London is still mainly about air-raids. Undoubtedly they have hud a disturbing effect, particularly on the poorer aliens. But (writes a correspondent of the Weekly Scotsman) the effect altogether is negligible when one thinks of London as a whole. Many employers of labor speak with enthusiasm of a staff which, after! bad nights, turns up as usual, and the spirit of the ordinary householder and family is what one would expect. I have seen the same sort of war improvisation' that occurs at the front shown by matrons- here without any fuss, only a little amused .by the absurd*side of it. One of these was the appearance on a halconv of a lady during one of the raids, wearin" .a big electroplate dish-cover on her head. She thought the raid was over, but took that precaution against shrapnel. Another lady, having to cross a square to reach her shelter, also wore a dish-cover with a cushion under it, and another had i pewter dish as a shield. It was a procession that ought to be commemorated. A Christehurch correspondent states:— The German prisoners who are to bo placed on Ripa Island are Count von Luckner and Lieutenant Kirseheiss, and another, who will bo orderly to the two officers. So far as is known at present, no other prisoners of war will be placed on Ripa Island, the object of the new scheme being to separate the leaders of the party which escaped from Motuihi from anyone who could give them assistance in further attempts to escape The measures taken for the guarding of the prisoners include the erection of a stockade, and the establishment on the island of an armed guard of sufficient strength to enable the prisoners to be guarded night and day. At the same tune the preparations will ensure adequate comfort for the prisoners, without relaxation of the precautions. Captain 0. V. Leeming, M.C., of Christehurch, lias been appointed commander of the 'internment camp at Ripa Island. Captain Leeming is a well-known Field Artillery officer, who left with the Main Body and served in Gallipoli and France, where he won the Military Cross. After his return from the front, as a result of being seriously wounded, he was appointed adjutant to the Canterbury Field Artillery Brigade. The Christehurch Press states that Major-general Davies, of New Zealand, now has command of a large camp in England, where many "thousands of young men aged from IS to 19 are being trained on a novel and extremely valuable system. Education is combined with military drill. The lads are taken through stages of British history. They are fhown what British freedom means, and who won it for them. They are made acquainted with the lives and words of great Englishmen, are taught the geography of the Empire, are shown its greatness, and are told of the men who built it. They are also taught the fundamental principles of government, and are as far as possible imbued with an idea of the responsibilities and ideals of our race. F.lemcntary science, such as botany, geology, and physics are dealt with in the open air as far as possible, and handicrafts are taught. About half the men's time is occupied thus, the other half being devoted to purely military training. General Davies has secured the assistance and co-operation of some of the ablest men in England 1n carrying out this great work. The idea is to create character and pride of race, and to turn out thinking and clean-living men. An enterprising young motion-picture photographer, Mr. Martin Elmer Johnson, who is accompanied by his wife, has arrived in Wellington from the Pacific Tsalnds, where he has been taking some remarkable animated pictures of the inhabitants of the various groups. Mr. Johnson informed .a New Zealand Times representative that he has spent a year in the Pacific visiting out-of-the-way places in order to get photo records of the wild men of the islands, and many exciting experiences befell himself and his wife. The places he traversed Included the Solomons, Luauneau Lagoon Isles, .Santa Cruz, ~Ke\v Hebrides, New Caledonia, Banks, Hawaiian, and Samoau Islands. Mr. Johnson secured (to.OOOft of film, or equal to "ten complete programmes, depicting wild human life among the Islands. While in Sydney Mr. Johnson had his negatives ''fixed." and he says t-hev all were found to he in first-class condition. He has forwarded tbp lot to America, where they will be offered for sale to motion-picture concerns. About nine years ago Mr. Johnson accompanied the late Jack London as engineer on his auxiliary yacht Snark during his cruise in the Pacific, and on that occasion Mr. Johnson secured many attractive motion pictures. Tie will return to America at an early date. The Melbourne, Ltd., have a quantity of the Hollowing standard lines at prices much below wholesale or "sale" price* elsewhere: Hovrockses' .Ifiin Al enlico, IOJd yard; Clark's sewing cottons, 3.U1 reel; Advance navv drill, Is fid yard; "S.S.S." navy drill,'la 8d per yard;' Roblyn three-ply wools, fid skein. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile draw attention to their Stratford horse fair, on Saturday, 19th instant. Particulars on noire 8,
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