LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Drs. Fookes and Leatham sat as a medical board-at the Coronation Hall on Monday and examined eight returned soldiers. Two were declared unfit for further service, two transferred to Rotorua, and four recommended for treatment locally. •

An appellant told the Military Service Board at Hawera that he had cWit brothers, but 'lie did not know where they were or what ocfcujpations thev were following. He presumed they were somewhere in Xew Zealand.

The Dawson's Falls House Committee, tlie Star reports, purpose shorting issuing debentures up to £ISOO. These will bear interest at 5 per cent., and bu repayable in twelve years. Of (his sum it is proposed to spend £12.30 in adding five bedrooms, two bathrooms, aud a billiard room to the present buildings. The billiard room will be fitted with" a double tier of bunks, steamer fashion, and will therefore on emergency, provide considerable sleeping accommodation. £250 will 'be spent on the main track in widening it considerably and providing a good, even surface. Motorists will then negotiate it with comfort and safety.

A meeting was recently held at Opunako, when Mr. Cave, the present owner of the wharf, members of the Harbor Board, and Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., [after examining the wharf, discussed matters with a satisfactory result (says the Argus). A price was mutually agreed upon at which Mr. Cave would sell and the Harbor Board would purchase the wharf.

It is proposed shortly to place some permanent memorial in St. Mary's Church to perpetuate the memory of the late Rev. A. H. Colvile, who was vicar of New Plymouth from 1012 to 1917. A fund has been opened for the purpose, and subscriptions will be gladly received by any of the members of the committee, viz., Messrs S. AV. Shaw, J. Paton. A. Crooke, and the Rev. F. (I. Harvie. The fund is to remain open until the end of April, and the character oJ the memorial will necessarily depend on the amount subscribed. A boy named Leslie Lacy, aged about 15 years, while riding a motor cycle from '' a picture show at Okato to his. home at Tataraimaka on Monday night, met with an accident, at the bottom of a hill where he collided with a motor lorry driven by a man named Mcfiregor, and owned by Mr. ,T. S. Fox, of Okato. Lacy had sonio ribs broken, and one of his legs was seriously injured. He was brought into the New Plymouth hospital, where lie underwent an operation yesterday, and was last night reported to be progressing satisfactorily. By error Mrs. Alex. Muir's name was omitted from the Okato list of workers at the, Red Cross Mart, New Plymouth, last Saturday. New to seaside picnics will be "Skying the Football" for the first time at the monster picnic at Kawaroa Park on Easter Monday. Book the date April Ist, and you wiU not regret spending the day at the picnic promoted by the committee of the Kawaroa Park. No dull moments; fun all day long. Host of attractions for young and old. Arrangements have been completed to [ again screen the big Universal film feature ''Robinson Crusoe" at the Empire to-night- In view of certain published statements it may interest the public to know that this is the first original copy of the story, produced by the Universal Film Corporation and featuring Robert Leonard and Margcrita Wilson. On the same programme Olive Thomas will star for the last time in the Triangle comedy-drama "Broadway, Arizona. 1 ' Nazol relieves cold in the head and Ijasal Catarrh.

The News will not be published next Friday (flood Friday). It will be published as usual on 'Monday (Master Monday.) At the Magistrate's Court yesterday land anenls liecm-es were "runted to T. W. Welsh u>d V.. li. C. (Jilmour. Eltham has raised £173 towards the Soldiers' Appeal Fund. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday, a man who had given evidence was seated in the court, and while counsel for his side of the case was addressing the Bench he kept interrupting the speaker with his versions of the facts being related. The interruptions became so annoying as to cause the magistrate to warn the offender that unless he ceased he would be ordered out of court. At the Hawera Magistrate's Court .yesterday, before Mr. W. ft. Hasclden, S.M., on charges of Sunday trading, three Chinese —Ah Jack, Lie Young and Ah Wang—were each lined £1 and "osts 7s. Jessie Jenning pleaded not guilty to a charge of using a previously used stamp (ljdl on a postal parcel. After hearing evidence defendant was fined £'?., with costs 7s. Jane Hook and Daisy Hook, latter licensee of the Commercial Hotel, pleaded guilty to supplying drink after hours. The S.M. lined Daisy Hook £4 and costs 7s, and Jane Hook £l, costs 7s. Here is a sample of how the burned out settlers arc talcing their losses. A man was staying at King's Court Hotel at Ohakune. A friend of his came into the dining-room and said, ''Hullo, old i e'lta-p! How's things?" "Oh," said the diner, ''l got hit for about £HIIOO. But t would like to get hold of the chap that sneaked my new felt hat out of the hall last night- He's the bloke I'm xl'ter." "The number of new theatres building in New York (says Mr F. J. Tait, who has ju*f returned to Sydney from the States) is simply wonderful.'' Eight have been opened since December, U!IG, and the foundations are laid of four or five others. And this, too, within a circuit of ten blocks, equal to about half a mile, where there are at least sixty theatres catering for the publicAs the seating capacity of the new theatres is smaller, the prices of seats show a tendency to rise. Some theatres seating' about 300 charge as much as three dollars. The predatory habits of hawks in regard to chickens are generally recognised (says tho Nelson Colonist), but that they w'.W tackle full-grown poultry was exemplified on a Wakapuaka farm recently, when the farmer caught a hawk making off with a White Leghorn hen. A well-directed shot with a billet caused the marauder to drop bis prey and make oil'. The farmer got his gun and waited, and on the return if the hawk later had the satisfaction of ridding the farm of a most undesirable visitor.

One German concern advertises pliable wooden soles as the best substitute for leather, and Germany'? supply-of cork having evidently been exhausted, a manufacturer advertises a substitute for cork stoppers. A textile mill advertises "paper fabrics of all grades." I'he use of wooden soles just mentioned appears to be very extensive. A Berlin manufacturer held, an exhibition at the end of November, which was described in the newspapers. "His establishment had been founded only a year ago, but he had already sold 15,000,000 pairs of substitute soles, and within the next three months ho expected to sell 12,000,000 more.

The vagaries of the gale included an incident which sounds almost incredible, but is nevertheless true (says the Christelmrch Tress). At the corner of Colombo street and Moorhouse avenue a man's hat blew oft': It was carried along by the wind right past a passing tram, and a youth who was a passenger reached out and caught it. The owner of the hat was running after the tram, and the catcher leaned out and pitched the hat towards the man, who was some distance behind. The gale sent the hat spinning along in the air towards its owner, who made a leap and caught it in Ms left hand. The much-travelled hat had actually gone 100 yds. oryso in the aft and never once touched earth.

"Jason" all wool three quarter hose with double ribbed tops, are in. full supply at the Melbourne Limited. This hosiery is guaranteed to keep its color, and furthermore is warranted not to shrink Prices: Size 3 1/9, to size 10 2/11. On sale at all Melbourne stores.

The manager of the Taranaki Amusements Ltd., reports having received the following letter yesterday:— "Please reserve me five seats upstairs for Friday night's performance at Everybody's which you are so kindly giving in aid of rebuilding the New Plymouth Boys' High School. Enclosed please find £2 2s in payment and as my small contribution to a good cause." Seats are Is and and Is (id, but the High Schol Rebuilding and Is C;l, but the High School Rebuilding reservation may be more general. The management have generously offered the total licit profits of the programme at Everybody's and Empire Theatres on Friclav night to the re-building fund of the Boys' High School- The boys commenced the sale of tickets at Is 6d and Is yesterday morning.