LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Auckland yesterday iPeter Hisson, who admitted keeping a common gaming house, was fined £loo.—Press Association.

Further donations received towartl the Women's Scottish Hospital Fund are: Okau Victoria League, per Mrs. Corney, £3 3s; Miss Percy Smith, 10s; Miss Robson, 2s Gd; Anonymous, fls. The South Taranaki Winter . Show Company has made a start with the erection of the new additions/ which will comprise a large hall lS7ft x 40ft. This will be ,ised for the motor car exhibition at the show. The secretary (Mr. L. O. Hooker) states'that the entries in the dairy classes are already coining in.

In connection with the award of a Senior National Scholarship to R. Clare, of Waitara, his father writes stating that the figures given were wrong. , Instead of securing only 1200 marks (as previously stated), young Clare obtained 1385, just one mark below tjie number constituting a pass, but, Mr. Clare adds, the Director of Education on a reconsideration or a recount, recommended the candidate for a scholarship. It is estimated thta up to the present about 12 per cent, of the Crown tenants in the Taranaki district have enlisted or been called up for war service, the larger proportion being under the voluntary system. The percentage is high when it is remembered that for the past few years the single men in ballots have been passed over in favor of married men who had preference under an alteration in the land laws. '

An application before yesterday's Land Board for consent to the transfer of a Grown lease of 200 acres to an alien received very scant consideration from the members when the secretary of the Board read the details of the proposed transaction showing the would-be transferee to be a single man of military age.; but not subject to the Military Service Act owing to his foreign nationality. Members expressed themselves as strongly opposed to the idea of our Crown lands passing into alien hands whilst our own boys are away fighting for the country. Mr. A. De Bavay, the eminent analytical chemist of Melbourne, testified at the Supreme Court of Victoria that SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT compares with other eucalyptus products like well-refined and matured brandy compares with raw spirit. Bv insisting on the GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT you will get tUe advantage of quality and will be safe from harmBANDER'S EXTRACT.

In connection with the recent fire til Foster's Hotel, :ui incident attended by remarkable circumstances is worth recording. Mr and Mrs Foster's bedroom was on the upper Hour, and its furnishings included si Perry safe, in which Mrs Foster kept, her jewellery and money, which, at the time of the (ire, included u roll of notes to the value of AII2V. When the floor of the bedroom succumbed 1o the flames, the iron safe crashed through to the ground floor, and, in failing, broke oil' a tap which was projecting from a water-pipe immediately in the line of its fall, the result being that, it was played upon by a continuous stream of water in the midst of the fiery furnace in which it was embedded. When the recovery of the safe had been rendered possible, it was found that, except for the charring of some cardboard boxes and papers, the contents were ininjured. Willi this exception. Mr. and Mrs Foster lost the whole of their personal belongings. The following resolution was carried at the conference of the \ewspaper Proprietors' Association of New Zealand: ''That this association desires to place on record its admiration of the gallant rally to the colors of members of all branches of the newspaper and printing business of the Dominion, and its pi aver that those who are now fighting on the war fronts, or have been wounded or disabled, having done their duty nobly to their King and country, will be spared to return to their homes in this Dominion to receive the grateful thanks of their fellow colonists. To the "memory of (he hallowed dead who have fought their last fight in defence of the liberties of the Empire 'and the world we record our reverential homage. Their comrades and relations will know them no more, but their deeds, will live to inspire future generations and add fresh lustre to our nation's history."' War bonds were referred to as a mixed blessing at a recent meeting of Jlie Petone Borough Council. The remark was prompted by .the reading of a letter from one of the council's creditors, who stated that he was unable to renew his loan of £IO,OOO to the borough, as he w.ishcd to invest the money in war bonds. Those, he pointed out, were considerably more remunerative to him. Tn a general discussion it was stated that the attraction of capitalists to the war loan ,lay in the fact that, these investments were exempted from income tux. Councillors agreed that it wdjuld he hopeless to renew the loan through the same channel, and (he matter was left in the hands of the borough executive officers (o arrange to plnco (lie loan elsewhere. According to the Mayor (Mr J. W. M'Ewan) the war bonds were going to have the effect of raising the rate of interest generally as regards local bodies. A well-known business man is of opinion that the best way to solve the problem of the Pacific Islands is to form them into a new Division of the British Empire. This would be formed by linking up for purposes of self-gov-ernment New Guinea, Solomon Islands, what the Empire has of Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Parotonga. New Zealand, he considers, has enough to do to look after her own territory. Australians were not capable of looking after dark people, whom they would not admit into their own country. Crown colonies were only successful up to a stage, and the time came when (hey should be given self-government. The natives should be allowed to elect representatives' to Parliament, which might sit at Suva. Such a Dominion would be a source of strength to the Empire, would contribute to the British Navy, and would be an education in the art of self-government to the native races in the islands.

Tlie Land Board was occupied the whole of yesterday with a very full agenda paper and spent a good deal of time with settlers and othtib who desired to interview the Board personally on various matters of business under consideration. The war is still responsible for a fair share of the work devolving on .the Board each month in the way of exemptions from personal ■ residence ami rental concessions on account of active service abroad. One ease under review was that of a Crown tenant, who enlisted last year and was granted a full remission of rent for that season but who is now posted as a deserter from one of the military camps. Under the circumstances, the Board proposed to cancel th« selection on the ground of nonresidonce; but in view of action being taken in the matter by the Defence authorities the Board finally decided to adjourn further action until the next meeting. Some of the Board members wanted to give the man short shrift but the chairman (Mr. Billiard) counselled a little delay. Amending regulations under the Motor Regulations Act, lflOS, are gazetted as under: Every registering authority shall assign to eacli motor a separate number. Such registration shall have effect throughout, the whole of New Zealand. The registered number of \ the motor (other titan a motor-cycle) shall be fixed upon the motor in an upright position parallel with the axles, both at the front thereof in any place where it will bo clearly distinguishable, and at the back thereof in any place where it will be clearly distinguishable by day and illuminated at night by the rear light. The registered number of the motor shall also be fixed at the back of any v.'iiiehdrawn by the motor in any place where it will be clearly distinguishable by day and illuminated at night by the* rear light. The registered number of any motor-cycle shall be fixed in an up-right position at the front thereof on toi.h sides of a plate parallel with the front mudguard, and at the Inck of the motorcycle on a plate placed transversely.

"The Man Who Forgot" heads an excellent programme at Everybody's tonight and to-morrow night. Robert Warwick dopicta the career of a man who, by over-indulgence in liquor, temporarily loses his reason. Incidentally, there is a picturesque setting of a Chhiese fpiiim den. The plot is full of interest from "start to finish, and the manner in which the nero finally "makes good" is a splendid finish to a well-told tale. Mr. Welch advises that Mr Norman Fairlie, late of Gisborne, is now in charge of his 35/45 5-seatei" Willis-Knight silent engine motcfr car upon the taxi stand available for .lire.

The Loan and Mercantile, Stratford, notify clients that their Stratford Supplementary Sheep Fair will be held on Tuesday next, March 5, instead of Monday, March 4, as advertised on cards. The Salvation Army Brass Band will play at the Hospital 'Sunday afternoon. A BOY'S ESSAY. Tea prevents women, including grandmothers and sisters from dying. You get it either from Ceylon, off a tree, or from next door, out of a packet labelled AfICADIA.

All outbreak of typhoid fever lias occurred at Tolago Bay among the. Maoris. The Minister of Defence lias been advised that the 3,'ird Reinforcement have arrived at their destination nafely-t'-ivss Association. The idea that every candidate for Parliamentary municipal and other State, and public positions should be subjected to a phrenological examination has been put before the Britisli, Phrenological Society by Mr J. if. Severn. ; When a military witness was giving ■ evidence before tin; Defence Expenditure Commission at I'almerston North, he re> marked that his boots cost him .'!Ss Gd per pair. One of the Commissioners doubted whether the ordinary individual wnrr- gueli expensive boots, and shoeing iiis own, remarked: ''Ten shillings—in London." A stranded whale may not always be the bonanza its enthusiastic discoverers hope, and the claim staked out is not invariably found to be rich in pay dirt. Unless the youths who carved their names on the whale which was cast ashore at New Brighton on Saturday last quickly turn their iind to payable oil they may have to regret their eagerness. At Monday evening's.;- meeting' of the New Brighton Bov-ngli Council it was decided that the owners of,the whale be requested to remove the earcase, failing which the council would remove it and charge cost to the owners. The ronnding-up, roping, and breakingin of wild horses is admirably shown in "The Penlington Bound-up,!' which commences a three-night season at the Empire to-night. It is a fine picture of a new type, and in it are seen some sensational feats of horsemanship. There is also a very fine Metro feature, 'The Lifted Veil," in which the gifted actress, Ethel Barry more, is cast in the leading role. When consulted about last week's earthquake, Mr George Hogben, Gov--1 erhment Seismologist, stated that the • instrument registered a strong but short - earthquake, strong because of the vibrations that were registered for some time after the shock itself. He had not all the data be would like yet, but judged i that the seat of the disturbance was somewhere in the open part of Cook '■ Strait, between Blind Bay and Cape Egmont. The shock was severely felt all along the west coast of the North Island as far north as Taranaki, and the : crew of the Hincmoa were awakened by the vigorous shaking given that vessel us she lay off d'Urvillo Island. Mr Harry Lauder makes the follow--1 ing defence of his brethren from the land of thistles and whisky:—"Most of the jokes, stories and lies circulated , about the meanness of Scotsmen were manufactured north of the Tweed. Knowing ourselves, we delight to jest about the one and the other. In spite of all, the songs of Barley Bree, the Scots are really a very temperate race; yet, they love to paint themselves as a 1 nation of drunkards. And so, though ' there are many generous Scots, they all blush to find their generosity discovered. Few of us, indeed, have the leaking purse, which is a sign, not of but of incontinence; and ft reputation for meanness is a buckler against the shafts of the sponger." Upon one of the Antarctic journeys Sir Ernest Shackleton was obliged to reduce his luggage to the smallest possible quantity. Up to this point thft Bible given by Queen Alexandra to the shin's library (provided by the British and Foreign Sailors' Society) bad been carried with the party, but it was do- ■ cided. with reluctance, that this must be abandoned. As the Bible eontanied, on the fly-leaf, a message written by Queen Alexandra, the leaf was cut out together with the page containing the 23rd Psalm, and the chapter in the Book of Job which speaks of the sea being frozen. These pages were car. vied to the end of the journey. Sir Ernest has promised to present them to th"6 society, to be sold on behalf of its funds. The Loan and Mercantile notify clients that they are holding a sheep fair and cattle sale at Tahora on Wednesday, March 13, 1918, in the yards of Mr. Cha's. McCnlihaft by his kind permission.