LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Plymouth draft for the 41st Reinforcements will leave for camp by the mail train on Wednesday The usual send-off will be given to the men at the railway station. Owing to the unfavorable weather yesterday, the proposed band recital at Kawaroa Park was postponed until next Sunday afternosn. For the five vacancies on the Moa Road Board seven nominations have been received, namely, Messrs A. Corkill, J. M. Hair, Jas. Hunter, H. Trimble (retiring members), J. Diggins, D. Todd and R. T. Williams. Mr. A. E. Laurence is not seeking re-election. The No. 3 bore of thevl'aranaki (N.Z.) Oil Wells, Ltd., continues to flow, and a fair quantity of oil is being received. Last week 1000 gallons were forwarded to Peilding. Good progress is being made with the re-easing of No. 5 well. The lOin. casing is completed and the Bin. casing is now being put in.

There was a sitting of the district medical board in Hawera on Friday. The percentage of fit men secured was good. Thirty-one Second Division reservists—B Class—were examined, and of these H were passed A. 2 CI, and 15 C'2. One First Division reservist was boarded C2. Six volunteers presented themselves before tho board and two were certified as A, one CI, and three C2.

Kthel Clayton is appearing for the last time to-night at Everybody's in the brilliant World film, "The Woman Beneath." Helen Holmes will also make her final appearance to-night in the sixth episode of "The Girl and the Game." The new - programme for tomorrow will feature a magnificent Bluebird feature, "The Rescue."

Joseph Sweeney, late of New Plymouth, appeared in the Napier Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on a charge of the theft, at Mohaka, of a horse, saddle, and bridle, of the value of £lO, the property of Mr. W. J. RadclifTe. Accused was alleged to have sold the horse for £3. Plain-clothes Constable Fitzgibbon, of New Plymouth, said lie interviewed accused on April 15, when he jnade a written statement in which he claimed that the horse had been given to him. Accused reserved his defence and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. "Horatio" contributes the following to the Sydney Bulletin: The Government dairy expert was lecturing an audience of cow-cockies at a small Taranaki (N. 1.) township. Said he: "I want you people to realise that there are cows and cows, just as there are eggs and eggs. Some cows pay, some cows don't." This was too much for the local grocer, who spoke up from a back bench: "By cripes, mister, you're right! An' some of the cows that don't pay are in this 'ere 'all to-night!"

For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Wood*' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6,-2/6

Early on Saturday morning a washhouse "owned by Mr. H. W. Baxter, of Egrnout Village, was completely destroyed by lire, together with its content;-, which included a quantity of carpenters tools. The glare was noticed by a neighbor, who roused Mr. Baxter, but it was impossible to save the building, which was insured for £ls. In connection with the foundering of the launch Monarch at Wanganui on Thursday morning, the identity of the third victim has been established, the body having been recovered and is known to be that of William Bateman, a railway surfaceman. Deceased is said to have two married daughters living in New Plymouth, and they arc asked to communicate immediately with the New Plymouth police. Any other persons knowing anything of deceased or his relatives are asked to place themselves in touch with the police at once.

'•Some of us have lived to curse the word Anzac," declared Captain Turnbull, DJ3-0., in proposing a toast at the Ansae dinner at Gisborne. "We New Zealanderg and Australians may have done a great deal at Anzac, but 'as a matter of fact we did absolutely nothing compared with that incomparable 20th Division—(cheers)—who landed at Relies. There are some of you who, like myself, caw Cape Helles a week or ton days after the dear old 29th landed. It was something that can hardly be realised, much less described. lam proud to belong to the same nation, although I am u. ?few iiealander, and they ore Britons. [ don't for a moment belittle our landing at Anzac, but compared with the vwork of the 29ths, where barbed wire was run out deep into the sea, and the water ran red with blood—well, I take my hat off to those fellows. (Cheers). We, of the Anzacs, may have done well, ns I have said, but we have grown Hshamed to see our deeds extolled from wnd to end of the Empire while the incomparably greater service.of such English troops as I have mentioned goes practically unnoticed." (Cheers and prolonged applause.) In its issue of April 6 the Dunedin "Star" published a North Auckland message describing 1 how two ladies, wives of the leading solicitors in th'j district, had discovered 25 whales near their Easter camp on the West Coast Two male campers later discovered the school, and at once cut their brands on each carcase and promptly arranged for a boiling-down plant, when the original lady discoverers put in their claim as the owners of the whales. The following is the sequel—as told in a letter to Dunedin friends by one of the ladies—to this exciting and interesting adventure:—''We had great fun at faster time Twenty-five whales (sperm) were washed up at our camp; discovered toy Mrs and me, but we did not know we should brand them and someone else -.qot in and branded them. However, Mr took the matter up, and after a 'bit of a go we got a half share, which wq presented to the Coast Syndicate /or camp improvement. We expected .to make at least £ISOO out of it, when a tidal wave came and swept the whales, boiling-down plant, and a huge tank of ISOO gallons of pure sperm oil out to sea. It. was a joke, and we could ■not help laushing after all the fuss over them; all the same, it was a big loss. Fortunately the members of the syndicate share the loss, which will only be about £2O for each of us. Mrs and I had gathered 20 tins of oil (20 gallons) and were having it sold for the Bed Cross —would have come out to about £IOO. Absolutely hard work getting oil and the smell was terrible, but we worked and to think it Ivas all for nothing."

Nominations of candidates to fill three vacancies on the Waitara West Road Board, caused by the retirement by rotation of Messrs Frank Copestake, R. Turnbull, and P. H. E. Surrey.- closed at noon on Saturday last. Only the retiring members were nominated, so no election will be necessary.

Considerable interest is being manifested along the coast in the grand patriotic sports meeting which is to be held at Okato on Thursday, for it is recognised from past experience that the committee of the coastal township spares itself no effort when it sets out to raise money for patriotic purposes. This gathering will prove no exception. Indeed, the committee has exceeded all previous efforts and has arranged a programme that will include numerous and novel items to delight spectators and add considerably to the funds. These novelties include Professor Vinpeppo's marvellous side show with its performing dogs, ponies, and buckjumpers; also Professor Blondon; whilst there will be horse competitions, foot races, wrestling, boat race, bike race, goal kicking, throwing the cricket ball, sheaf tossing, stepping the chain, tug-of-war, boys' and girls' races, guessing competition surprise packets, baby show, etc. Arrangements have been completed for a band to be present.

The graceful screen artist, Miss Olive Thomas, is the heroine of a very pretty Triangle play that holds pride of place at the Empire to-night and two succeeding nights. "Indiscreet Corinne;" it is called, and it is a film that should not be missed, for in it Miss Thomas shows the faculty of taking tired people away from their own monotonous lives and holding them for a time amongst the rose tints of romance. Miss Thomas, since the time of her first picture play, has held a place in no film that has been so consistently pretty, and in which the plot moves so rapidly. The second series of the "History of the War" is also included on this programme. The Melbourne, Ltd., has opened fresh ur,pplics of the following goods: Boys' washing ties Cd and 9d, Mosgiel fine knit dark grey socks 1/0 pair, "Jason" three quarter socks to 2/11, ribbed knitted pants 5/11, boys' navy worsted jerseys 4/11 to 7-/<i ( heavy Boslyn dark grey saddle trousers 19/6, and boys, ißoslyn all-wool sport suits, 25/6 to 33/6.

Members of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (Second Group) are notified that subscriptions will be due and payable to-day, Monday, April 29, at the Secretary's Office, Curric street, from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.—Advt.

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 Taw spirit. By insisting on the GENUINE SANDEB EXTRACT you will get tje advantage of quality and will be safe from hannSANDER'S EXTRACT.

Age brings wisdom, and, the oldest and best judges, when asked their opinion, invariably declare in favor of D. and J t McCallum's "Perfection" Whisky. All hotel* . 4

A New Zealand merchant says that he has in stock whisky to the value oi £12,000. He adds that if ho were to scud it back to Britain and placo it on Mie market there it would realise £24,000. There are fortunes in whisky for those who were early on the market and purchased to the full extent of their credit.

"The whole crux of the question is the teacher/' said Mr. R. Darroch, headmaster of the - Roseneath School, Wellington, referring to education reform. ''All should realise it—the Government of the day, the Councils of Education, the parents, everybody. An indifferent syllabus in the hands of a good teacher becomes, so to speak, a work of art; a good syllabus in the hands of an indifferent teacher becomes a curse for ever."—Post.

One of the main contributing causes of the relative facility in overthrowing the Romanoff regime was the enormous increase of the industrial proletariat in a dozen so of. the principal cities of the Bussiafr Eijj|ire. A few authentic figures relating to this momentous change in the composition of the population of Russia are furnished by Les Annalea de Geographie (Paris):—"The city population was in 1897, 10,855,000; in 1915, 27,405,000. In 1897 there were in entire Russia twenty cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (total population of these twenty cities, 0 000,000); in 1915 there were forty-six cities in this category, totalling 13,384,000 inhabitants. In 1897 Petrograd had 1,307,123 people; in 1915, 2.318,645. Moscow had 1,035,604 people in 1897; to-day the ancient capital harbors over 2,000,i 000."

--A London cable of April Oth to the Australian papers says: Captain Trollope, of the Air Forces, is reported missing. He recently brought down six aeroplanes in a single day,.beating Captain Ball's record bag of five. Details of Trollope's victories show that durirtg the mottling he shot the first aeroplane' to pieces. It broke in midair. Another two-seater went down in flames. A third was a ■ single-seater, which was forced into a spin, and wai seen to crash to the earth. During the afternoon he attacked a two-seater, which exploded in mid-air, and fell to pieces. Then he saw two two-seaters low down. Trollbpe crashed both. Finally he Baw 12 Huns attacking an Englishman, and went for them. The English-, man escaped, and Trollope, having no more ammunition retired. Count Von Uiclitofen, the celebrated German airman, was wounded while bringing down his 75th adversary. Richtofen is the best known of all German fighting airmen. His score of 75 planes is higher than that of Immelmann or Boelke, but it is believed that at least one British airman has a score as big as lub 'to his credit.

"It is hardly, recognised how greatly the incomes of the Australian people have* 1 increased since the first year of the war (says the Sydney " Daily Telegraph"). Good seasons, high prices, and the vastly increased expenditure of the Commonwealth Government itself on the war have all swollen them to an unprecedented extent. Largely the pepple's production, which, according to the Commonwealth Statistician, was £200.500,000 in 1914, and £251,600,000 in 1915 and there is'abundant evidence that in' 1918 and 1917 it was materially greater. The purchases of the Imperial Government in the past two years have been enormous. Then, if the Commonwealth Government this financial year expends some £80,000,000 ou the war, quite £50,000,000 falls to the people in Australia, and it is only to a minor extent represented by production. Outside production, too, there are the incomes of the mercantile and professional classes, as well, as the Go- j vernment services, and it is fairly | evident that they have expanded, similarly. It is for 'such reasons that loan subscriptions, which a few years back appeared impossible, are not so, while the high prices and inflated Government expenditures continue. When they are curtailed there will come 8 period of adjustment; but the borrowing pressure will then have been curtailed likewise."

Illustrating what a fall in the rate of exchange between Britain and the United State!} means. Mr J. E. Fraser, in a lecture to the Auckland (Society of Accountants last week, quoted some startling figures. He pointed out that with the pre-war rate of 4.80 dollars for £l, the sum of £IOO would purchase 486 dollars' worth of American goods. Now, with the exchange rate down to 4.7G dollars for the £1 the same amount of English money would purchase only 476 dollars' worth, thus increasing the cost of American goods to British consumers. During the three years to the end of IM7 the United States exported goods to ' the yalue •of £16,000,000,000 in excess of imports. The majority of this vast quantity went to Britain, and, owing to the fall in the exchange rate, the, British were paying an extra sixpence in each pound's worth, as compared with pre-war rates, for which they received no value. , The total sum thus lost to Britain was approximately £4OO- -