LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Defence AT!'-' b.is received a message stating that the 34th Reinforcements arrived at a port of call, all well. —Press Association.

Tho Taranaki Producers' Freezing Works Company has received advice of allotment of space for home-shipment during the next five weeks of .30,50(1 boxes of butter, and 17000 crates of cheese.

A question by Cr. Browne at last night s meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Council as to news of the Council's electrical bus, elicited a reply to the effect that advice of its shipment waa expected daily. The Minister of Defence (Sir James Allen) has received the following cable message:-—"Summary of work of New Zealand Division for February: Division remained in the line on the same front. Small raids were carried out, resulting in tiie capture of & few prisoners. The division is now out of the lino training. There is nothing further to report."

The iPukekura Park Board, which is " " ■■ in the interests of New Plymouth people generally in carrying out improvements to the Park, appeal to all lovers of tho Park to with them in proto«ting it from injury. The Board especially asks visitors to tho feteon Thursday to refrain from climbing tin or down the terraces or sitting on the terrace banks. 4

A feature of tiie Empjre theatre entertainments, is the artistic musical programme by Miss D. George and Mr. F. Symes. The chic-f picture attraction showing to-night is the World film feature "The Guardian" starring June Elvidge, Montague Love and Arthur Ashley. Amongst the performers at the railway social gathering at New Plymouth on Saturday evening was Mr. T. L. Shone. For spelling his name with a "c," making it "Schone," which has a Teutonic flavor we owe him an apology. The name ''.Shonc" is distinctly Welsh, and the Welsh, so the Welshmen never tire of telling us, are the remnants of the ancient Britons who refused to be tVßsimilated with the Saxon and Norman and other invaders.

The Borough Electrical Engineer (Mr. R H. Bartlev) stated last night that practically ni) inconvenience A had boon caused to light consumers through the boisterous winds of Sunday and vesterday._ Some minor dislocations, of the service were reported earlv. ycsteiday morning, but tho interruptions were only very brief. Some other matters were reported requiring attention early in the evening, but all adiustmen'ts were effected before dark and the lighting was not •itorfordd The wind was particularly boisterous during the night, however, and it will not bo surprising if sonie (j ftma g e t 0 s t ree t lights and lines.

When the question of widening the culvert in Vivian street at the intersection of Carrington road was before the New Plymouth Borough Council last night, one argument used in favor of widening and forming a footway over it at the same time was that it was a prescribed stock route and there was no provision for pedestrians who might meet cattle at that locality. One coundSlor said he had seen a mob of about 150 cattle gaing along the street one day recently, in charge of two men, and they occupied the whole road, from fence to fence. At a meeting qf the local branch of ;.jip N.Z. Veterans' Association it was decided to hold a special celebration of tho • annivers"!— '■« branch on March 28.

A parade will be held at St. MnrvV, Church at 1 p.m. the veterans meeting at tho Post Office and marching to the church, where an appropriate service would be held. It was also decided to arrange for afternoon tea to' be served on that day at 2.30, A committee, eon ; sisting of Messrs G. F. Robinson, J. Black, Of. A. Adlam, T, Williams and Kenyon was set up to make the necessary arrangements.

Frost in February! Christchurch papers comment on the extraordinary fact that frost was experienced in parts of the district on the night of February 28. Although it was light, in some places where the ground is low-lying damnpe was done to the tomatoes and vegetable marrows. It is the first occasion for very many years since frost has been experienced in Canterbury in Taken in conjunction with the extreme varieties of the weather in Wellington this summer, and .the flood rains of tho far north, tho indications are that the season is not normal.

Complaints regarding straying cattle on the County roads were received by the Taranaki County Council at its meeting yesterday. Damage to property as well as danger to traffic were referred to. It was pointed out that the road foreman woald not lay information and that the inspector had great difficulty in locating the offenders. The nearest approach to a solution of the trouble was in the- suggestion that immediate communication should be made with the County office when complainants found cattle straying on the roads, and that tho inspector would then endeavor to proceed to the locality and secure the necessary evidence against the offenders.

Recent happenings seem to point to the conclusion that Napier is under the spell of a fire-raiser (says the Hawke's Bay Herald). Within the past two or three months some half-dozen mysterious outbreaks have occurred, and no explanation of their origin has been revealed. Following on the outbreak at the Congregational Church a week ago another incipient fire was discovered in an outhouse at another place of worship. This was luckilv noticed by the caretaker, who was able to suppress it without the necessity of raising an alarm. Alongside where this outbreak occurred, it is stated that the caretaker found a quantity of paper and inflammable refuse in a small cupboard having apparently been deliberately placed therein to assist the spread of the fire. Had the discovery not been made so opportunely a disastrous outbreak would probably have resulted. The frequency of these efceurrenews is causing a decided feeling of undent and anxiety in the community.

The increased attendance nt the l'atea High says the Press, has warranted the appointment of another teacher.

The New Plymouth draft of the 30th Keiiu'orccmciiu leave by the mail train, en route for Trend.,im, to-morrow morning. They will be publicly farewelled at the station.

At the sitting of the Military Service Board at Wellington on Friday, Cornelius William Skelly (sawmill contractor, Opunake), wrongly enrolled in class A of the Second Division, was transferred to a hu>r class.

Mr A. N. Poison will forfeit the deposit he had to lodge with his nomination, having polled less than one-fourth of the number of votes east for the winning 'candidate. Mr. Poison's total was 720, and Mr Luke won with 2980. Benzine is scarce in Auckland, and ai'.vi'.ueed prices are being askc-d by holders jsays the Star). Three boats a; >on the wiiv with further supplies, but even •when these are, delivered litoeks _will be on the light side. Under such circumstances prices for benzine are expected to keep firm.

An astonishing incident came to light, in connection with the Halifax disaster. A live bnhy was found in an oven. Th<barking of a dog brought a rescue party to the ruins of a house, and as a consequence of the persistence of the animal a search was made, and the infant was discovered unliurt deep down in the wreckage. s The Times correspondent at the Italian headquarters says there is evidently a determined desire that the Italians shall not see from the air the traffic on the roads, for endeavors are being made to form a barrier with lines of hostile craft, among which are many German machines. Two Italian scouting aeroplanes, convoyed by ten chasers, were, for example,- attacked the moment they were seen by 23 Austrian and German chßsers, some of the new whitey "invisible" type.

One of the results of the restricted diet iioiv enforced in Germany is a new dispense due to malnutrition. This, which is called an "oedema disease," and is now very prevalent, is discussed in tlie Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift by four physicians who have been studying it. This disease manifests itself by swelling of the feet anil legs, sometimes of the hands, ftnd often of the face. The blood is found to be watery. Rest in bed on ordinary hospital diet is followed by recovery but this is very slow.

Thi' military medical authorities have notified Dr. Ick-Hewins, of .Manaia, that he is to go into camp in May next. The local Witness remarks: "The people of this district are now confronted with a very serious position, and no time should be lost in ascertaining directly from Dr. Vnlintine whether, after the conscription of Ri\ lek-llewins, the district is to be left without the services of a medical man. The conditions that made the doetor's appointment imperative still exist. Is it intended to appoint a successor to him, or what arrangement, if any, is contemplated? The position with which the district is threatened is a very serious one."

"Somebody has said the wheat peoplo have been making fortunes,'' remarked the Prime Minister at a meeting at Wellington on Tuesday-- "Let the man who has produced wheat for twenty years running show me his books, and I_ will guarantee that that man is not a shilling richer-how than when he started twenty years ago. I have been through the mill myself. They are not making a shilling an hour, the very best of them. Here is the difficulty, and I hope when we get back to normal timci. it will be put right. The shadow that hangs over New Zealand is the fenv of dumping from Australia. We shall have to put the New Zealand wheat-grower on a level with the Australian wheat-grower, so far as Customs duty is concerned, and then he will be protected." An infant boy, named Frederick Jupp, aged 19 months, son of Mr and Mrs Jupp, of Arthur Street West, Onehunga, died at the Auckland Hospital last week from the efleets of poison. The child's mother took down a packet of poisonous crystals from off a shelf which she was cleaning, and while her back was turned the child reached out and swallowed some of the contents. A doctor was summoned, but the child got worso, and was sent to the hospital, where he died at a late hour in the night. An inquest is being held.

"The statement was made recently that the price of fat stock is higher in the Argentine than in New Zealand, but the fat stock market reports show that this is entirely wrong," Baid tho Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. F. Massey) to a Times reporter. "For example, at the Burnside works, Qtago, 'bullocks, extra good,' nre quoted at £23 2s 6d whereas in the Argentine the price is only £l4 to £ls ]ss. Again, at Burnside, 'bullocks, good,' are quoted at £lO 10s to £lB 15s, and at West,field, Auckland, at £l3 17s Gd to £2l 17s Gd, whereas in the Argentine the quotation is £8 15s to £lO 10? only. The significance of these figures (added Mr Massey) lies in the fact that the Argentine markets are under the control of the trust, while the New Zealand markets, hajjpily, are not."

An instance of how fortunes are being marie in Japan as the result, of the war was jyiven recently by a visitor to Auckland from that, country, Mr. T. Herliliy Referring to Mr Asano, now the largest ship-builder in the Far East, he said that lie was a poor uneducated boy when he fust arrived in Yokohama. He managed to get employment as an ordinary labor, er, in discharging vessels. About 20 years ago Mr Asano secured the necessary money and built three small steamers, which he ran to San Francisco. From that, ''tart he had gone on, until now hj» owned tile largest lines of steamers in Japan, and since the war he had become one of the most wealthy men in the country. Mr. Herliliy said lie knew of another man who, before the war, worked for £G a month. He retired last year with a fortune of £4.000,000, an. quired inside two years. There were several other Japanese almost as rich, all of whom had made their money out of shipping, by buying and selling. Last year, however, the Japanese Government stepped in, and prohibited the sale of ships to any foreign nation, without its authority. Ask distinctly for ZANDER'S fiUCALYPTI EXTRACT, .. r else you mnv receive one of the nr." • substitutes. The GENUINE ■ : AXDF.H KXTRACT cures ?oMs, fevc indigestion; prevents infectious disea-es and heals, ulcers, poisoned wounds, skin'diseases, burns, sprains, etc. It is much more powerfully antiseptic than the common eucalyptus and does not depress or irritate like the latter. On Friday morning lie', t commencing '.U l)."!l Webster Bros, will sell a quantity of good second-hand timber and ir-:' just post f ' ,n "'"''•ttikailm sale v;-' t' he fi.ot oi ...lone hill. Full, tieulars are in vur auction eolunmfe. ,