LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 January 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Brisbane cablegram reports that a cyclone is raging in northern Queensland and it is feared that heavy damago- lias been caused. ' ■At the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, land agents' licenses ' Were granted t 0 Mr. E. A. Large and Mr. A. b. Gibson. Owing to on inadvertence, the name of i Alfred Sidney Leonard Brooks was mentioned m yesterday's issue in connection with a charge of vagrancy, for which Joseph Sweeney was before the court. Mr. Brooks was not before the court, but was taken to the military authorities at Hawera for failing to report for medical examination. It is only due to him to make this correction of an error that we regret. The railway revenue for the fourweekly period to £> was as follows: North Island, £210,599; South Island, £15.1,017; total, .£372, file. The revenue from April 1, 1917, to December S was: North Island, £1,731,440; South Island, £1,228,867; total, £2,1)00,307. The expenditure for the same period wasn > OS2 >M 5; South Island, £90.5,712; total, £1,986,207. The per centage of revenue expended was 67.]. Quite a. new departure for women, [■rohauly in any country, will be the drilling* of our cadets (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). So inatiy of the'country State schoolmasters and assistants are away at the war, that it has been decided to train the women teachers to Instruct the cadets in country schools. To enable them to do this the military authorities have arranged for them to be instructed in Sydney, The railway revenue for the fourweekly period to December 8 was as follows: North Island, £219,,199; South Island, £153,017; total, £372,616. Expenditure: North Island, £142,252South Island, £117,573; total, £259,825. The revenue from April 1, 1917, to December 8 was: North Island, £1,731,440South Island, £1,228,867; total, £2,' 960,307. The expenditure for the same period was: North Island, £1,082,555South Island, £903,712; total, £1,986,267. The percentage of revenue expended was 67.1.

A ftye military record is being made by the family of Mr. and Mrs J. H. Still, of Pet,one. Eig'lit sons have enlisted voluntarily. The eldest (Pte. ,T. H. Still), iiged 35, who was educated at Mount Cook and Newtown Schools, and left with the 18th Reinforcements in October, 17916, was killed in action on December 14 last. Five of bis brothers are still fighting, and two more are going into camp early next month. •limson was proud of his umbrella. It was a beauty. But lie was haunted by the dread that it would be stolen. So, when he went to stop at a hotel, he labelled it t'hus: "This umbrella belongs to the chanijpian boxer in England. Coming back in five minutes." When he did come back, however, there was no umbrella; only another notice, which ran: "The umbrella has been taken by the Champion runner of England, and he's never coming back." The Railways Department continues to believe that every day is the Ist April. AV it'll one hand it encourages horse-racing; with the other it forces the traffic off the railways and on to the roads. The railways are being deliberately run at u loss, the public is being put to a maximum of expense and inconvenience. Trains can be foilnd for picnickers, but not for racegoers. That disposes of the idea that the railway staffing is not adequate to cow with extra traffic, ft confirms the rumor that Mr. Hilev is not a strong, brainy, resourceful administrator, but merely a factotum. It intensifies the mystery as to what we are getting for our £3OOO a year and expenses.—iPalmerstou Times. A few weeks ago a little boy, son ot a Maori of rank on the Waimate Plains, died. A short time previously the family had invested in a motor car, which was an unspeakable joy'to the boy. Very much after the habit of his ciders, it was the absorbing delight of bis plays, and, according to the family, was the subject of his dreams at night. His death left his mother distracted with grief, and at her request the car was declared tapu (sacred to the dead), and was rigidly excluded from use. But the memories recalled by the presence of the car were too much for the mother, and as a final act she destroyed it. Asked a few days ago in Manaia by a resident where her car was now, she replied: "Boy very fond of it; he die, car must die all the same." An Oamaru woman gladly tells her experience of DRINKO:—"My husband has not touched drink since taking the powders. He is a good man and kind but that failing has been a great trouble. You can understand how pleaded I am at such marked improvement." In scores of other eases DRINKO has proved what is claimed for it. It is an inexpensive treatment and can be given secretly if desired. Pull particulars and copies of testimonials posted free in plain sealed envelope. Adress me in confidence today, stating if Mr., Mrs. or Miss, Lady Manager, Drinko Proprietary, 212 A.C., Lambton Quay, Wellington. 2 If your throat is sore and irritable take NAZOL; it will give you relief.

A letter received in Jlanaia from Corporal V. J. Byn.u from France, under, date November 15, nays: 1 was in two big battles recently, and 1 liiUHt have a charmed life. But we lost many good boys. They were made of tlie Tight stull', and went down lighting as "ame as you like. Lots of them were wounded beyond all hope, but not a whimper out of them. I tell you it is an honor to light and even die beside such men. While there are men whj> can figjjt and 1 , die as they did, tlie liberties of fiie world are safe. There is no need to grieve for them. It is for the people in New Zealand that lost such sons that I feel sorry. There were some features of our second engagement, which was on a. scale, of which I may not write, of a nature; so terrible that it will never fade from my memory." A dog which-was taken from New Zealand by the Main Body as a mascot wa, brought back by some of tlie soldiers who returned recently. The dog has been with the forces for three yeftrs in Egypt) Oallipoli, and France. O n ' iirrival'th New j Zealand the soldiers wore surprised to find vliai. flic dog was not allowed to land' with them (says the Auckland Herald). The New Zealand stock regulations allows only dogs from Great Britain and recognised "clean" States in Australia to bo landed in New Zealand. Representations are being made to the head, of the Stock Department in Wellington with aE view to securing authority for the release* of the dog from quarantine. Jn the meantime it is being well cared for. The Cbristchureh correspondent of the Dnnedin Star, as an indication of the lavish way money was spent in that city at Christmas time-, says that a business man who makes a speciality of high-class china stated thai he had been so rushed with orders that he could not give delivery in time-lor Christmas. These orders represented thousands of pounds, several of them being for sums like £SOO for a dinner set or a single vase. Orders came from all over the Dominion, and the many costly articles, unable yet to be delivered, amounted in the aggregate to many hundreds of pounds. An outstanding feature was that practiealy in nearly every instance sppt cash "had been paid. Some jewellers say they experienced a better Xmaa trade than in the years before the war. The sequel to the recent unseemly meeting in Roclchampton (Queensland) Baptist Church, when a section of the flock decided to give the pastor (Dr. Hughes) three months' notice for the part he had taken against conscription, occurred on the following Sunday. There was a large attendance at the morning service, a large number of the congregation being supporters of their pastor, and who were not present at the meeting last Wednesday night. However, Dr. Hughes did not arrive to take the service, and the senior deacon filled the pulpit. Thereupon a large section of the congregation without more ado walked out. The news travelled, and when evening arrived a larger crowd than ever rolled up to see what would happen at the 7 o'clock service. This time, however, they remained outside waiting to see if their pastor would put in an appearance. But Dr. H/ghes was still absent, and the senior deacon again took charge. The Dr. Hughes section of the congregation then dispersed. A visitor from Australia is loud in his praise of New Plymouth as a holiday resort. '"Never had a more pleasant or restffll time in my life," he exclaimed to a News representative. "The park is simply wonderful. I heard a good deal on the other side about the New Plymouth grounds being, the best in New Zealand, but I did not know they were so interesting as I have found them to be. The mountain trip is quite unique. Were it near Sydney, it would bo boomed all over the Commonwealth. I must compliment your people upon the ujsthetic taste displayed in their gardens It is quite a revelation to me to see so many fine, well-kept gardens, and such a range of gardens. 1 visited ,'Brooklands' on Sunday, and I must frankly admit we have in Australia nothing like the grounds, with their wealth of beautiful and tastefully-arranged flowers set in your glorious New Zealand bush, as well as the huge Spanish chestnut tree, the I perfectly symmetrical and graceful rimu, and immense puriris, etc. I enjoyed myself on Sunday as I have seldom done, and all 1 can say is that you good people of New Plymouth are the luckiest in Australasia, for you live in what undoubtedly is 'The Garden of New Zealand,' if not of Australasia."

Information has been received by the Christchurch Sun from an outside source of the case of a- man who originally left •New Zealand with the Sixth Rein'forcement. Whilst serving in Palestine he received intimation that his wife had died, and thati his mother-in-law had taken charge of his children. Later came the further news that the mother-in-law had died. Concerned with the problem of the card of his children, this soldier applied to Major-General Chaytor for leave to return to New Zealand to arrange his domestic affairs. That officer promptly recommended the application to General Allenby, who granted it. It may here be said that the military record of the soldier concerned is beyond question, whilst he has never been off duty through sickness. He arrived in Auckland on December 23, and before going ashore representatives of the Defence Department came on board the vessel. They granted him three weeks' leave (from December 24, 1017, to January 13, 1!H8), and hi* pass was endorsed "without pay." So far, it is understood, he has received no notification of this condition of leave having been changed. After his record of service (two and ahalf years) such procedure on the part of the department would call for mention, but it presses more hardly when it is remembered that such a suspension of pay might conceivably restrict his efforts in the settlement of liis affairs. Wise housewives are stocking up with sheetings, tbwels, calicoes mi! hosiery in anticipation of tho scarcity and extraordinary high prices which will soon he ruling. In view of the expected shortage the management of the Melbourne, Ltd .J have decided to limit quantities in order to eke out present stock. The Northern Steamship Co. points out that people going north by the Rarawa on Friday will bo able to see both days of the Takapuna races (Saturday and Monday), as the Rarawa does not leave Onelumga to return here till Tuesday afternoon. 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 GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT. OZO TOOTH POWDER has become popular in thousands of homes. Have you tried it? 6d per. tin everywhere. Rough roads don't worry the users of CLINCHER TYRES because they are composed of the best quality rubber made by honest British labor. Trade imperially and buy the British article.

liwi-ntly at the 'NVeliiiiptoii Zoo an op ti'ich was found dead. A post inoricit examination revealed tliat death way caused by st blow. The Post stutes that lliis is not (lie liril ease in which tlicru have been indications of inmates of the Zoo having mot with a violent death, A cotton speculator of Osaka,, who succeeded in cornering the cotton supply in Japan, and making a fortune of £5,000,000. hold to his cotton when tlie price began to drop till lie found himself tIO.WKWIOO in debt. His failure )ia» produced much confusion in the market One hundred and twenty-two vessels have been lost ''without twice" dur:ns» the past three years. As the average number iiij times of peace does not exceed fifteen: a year, the excess is taken to represent the sinkings by German submarines in accordance with the advice of the German Minister to Argentina, 'T act as a general banker for men in the neighborhood," said an out-back pubfliertn )f ,\vben giving evidence at the Masiertort''Magistrate's court this week. This remark followed a statement by the publifan that he had been tendered a cheque of £NK which lie hold until an opportune time arrived for him to hand back tlie cliange.