LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Alllioupli the training camps are /airly full, llic health of the troops is particularly good. Juue lias been a bad month in other years, hut the camps are at present free from epidemics.—Press Assoc. Ik the weight-guessing eempeiitioiw at the ch.'imji unship slieep dog trial?, tliere were Chive sheep, one each day, weighing rcf-prctively 1081b, lOOl'o, and 1071b. The nearest guess on the first day was made by J. R. Robertson and A. Chapman (Matau), who divide the prize; on the second day J. Uoyd, correct weight; and on the third day Mrs. A- Hunter, lOGllb. During the past 12 months Mr. L. C. Sladden, on behalf of the Harbor Board and Government, lias carried on a series of tide observations and records for the poiposf! of determining the tide levels at the Breakwater. These having "now been ascertained for Harbor Board purposes, the Government lias decided to continue the observations for a further period to assist in the compilation of tide tables. On Monday last Mr. Sladden handed over the instruments at the wharf to Mr. Win. Laing, of the Surrey Department, who will continue the recording. The ball organised by the staff of tOie Fanners' Co-operative Organisation, on behalf of Red Cross and Keturned Soldiers' Club funds, was held on Wednesday evening, in the Hawera Winter Show Buildings, and proved a most successful and enjoyabie affair. Trier,-- was a very large attendance, ,vhiA taxed the accommodation of the large tall t» its utmost. Visitors were present from u? far north as Waitara, and ao far south as Waverley. The music was in the hands of Kirk's orchestra, and was most satisfactory. At one end of the halljlic words 'Farmers' Co-op." were effectively picked out in red, white, and blue electric lights. iFlags of all nations adorneS the walls and ceiling., Supper was served in a side room.—Star. In the Hawera Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, Albert Charles O'gilvio surrendered to his bail to answer three charges of alleged cattle stealing. The charges against the accused were: —(1) That on or about May 25, 1918, at Auroa, he did steal 24 calves, of the value of £4S, the property of one Allan Bobertson; (2) that on or about May 25, at Okaiawa, ho aid steal 17 head of of ten-months-old cattle, value £72 os, the property of Timothy Patrick Harris; (3) that on or aibout May 25, at Palmer Road, he did steal 19 heifers and one bull, to the valuo of £7O, the property of Aloi 3 Uttinger and Son. Senior Sergeant Till applied for a remand until Monday, as the police were not quite ready to proceed with the case. Bail was fixed, self £.IOO and one surety of a like amount. The sequel to a, disagretment between two men who had lived together for about ten weeks in a two-roomed whare was heard at the Magistrate's Court; New Plymouth, yesterday, when John Gilmour James proceeded against Donald M'Donald on a charge of assault. pleaded not guilty, and was represented by Mr. A. C, Ln-wrey. The story of the complainant was that on the evening of June 3, while he was sitting by the fire reading the newspaper, the defendant, wbo was sleeping in the adjoining room, Without any provocation ca-aiß out and assaulted him by striking him and knocking him down. Accused was not sober at the time. He had known accused for some years, and they bad always been good friends, until the drunken habits of accused had caused the breach between them. Defendant had been invited to share the vvhare, and bad assisted to build, tbp second room. He accused complainant or being a loafer. Complainant intermittently worked In a Chioamaiv's garden for 6s per day and his vegetables. The story told by defendant (a returned soldier) was that somplainant ms always demanding money from him, which ho spent in drink. On the night of the alleged assault be was in bed, and James came in and demanded woney, and when it was refused ho pulled the bedclothes off and pulled defendant out of bed. Dedendan-t jiid not strike James, but put Jlim out of the house. He came back t he next day and demanded money again, and was refused. Ho had kept James in food and beer for nine weeksIt had cost him £0 15s, in addition to ISs for beer, for complainant and bis toother-in-law, for building the new toom at the whar6. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate dismissed the information, there being nothing to enable him to determine which story was the true one. He suggested the two men should settle accounts over the wharo and separate from each other. The feautiful finish of a Kover car showifls; in the first annexe at the Win. ter Show lias palled forth unanimous expressions from visitors to the Show, who have expressed surprise pit learning that it is not a new car. The car, wkigh is painted in electric cream, picked out ■with green mould split with white, presents a most pleasing appearance. It is just a fair sample of the good workmanship that is put ijitp ail cars entrusted to Jiim by Mr. Jb» Jcwkiflson, the well-known car painter of Brougbftffl. Street Hall. Gar owners, therefore, would be well advised •to ■ visit him if they want their old cars made new for the coming season.—Advi.

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A new food is being manufactured fcr the Germans. From Berlin come rumors that several factories are working on this food, which, it is expected, will be used by the whole German population. lly the last mail the Church of lingland Military Aii'siirs Committee received a letter iron Prebendary Curliic, D.D., funder of tho Church Army, in which he states that (luring the recent German offensive over fifty Church Army Huts were destroyed. There is no dombt that some of those erected by Jiew Zealand funds were amongs the ones that suffered. Money is urgently needed to replace them. Tho Government statistician, Mr. Malcolm Fraser. lias taken a keen interest in tho military ballots. His interest has hitherto been of a purely impersonal nature, however, the nances which be has assisted in drawing having hu.i for him merely the interest of a man anxious to see that his part of, the busbies* is conducted without the possibility of error. In the present ballot, Mr, Fraser will have a personal interest as well, for among the 20,000 names in the C Class roll of reservists is his own.

A sad story of his unhappy marriage, was told by a soldier in a divorce cas&, heard in the Supreme Court, Wellington, last week. He was petitioner in the ease, and his story vraß that he had been married 15 years ago. There were three children of the marriage. His wife became dissatisfied when he returned to his homo after a hard season of grass-seeding in Canterbury. . His. earnings had been poor, so his wife left liim. He attempted to take his life, and when ho was tli barged from hospital he learned that wife was in Wellington. She never returned, hut sent her three children back to him. When war broke out lie enlisted and left with the Main Body, returning after three years. He evidently gained distinction there, for a strip of ribbon decorated the front of his, uniform. Finally he told his Honor that he was returning again to the front in a few weeks. All woollen goods are constantly ris> ing in price. Ladies contemplating new dresses and costumes should secure some of the specially good values in smart, reliable tweeds advertised by Morcy's to-day. Tenders are called ui this issue for a corrugated iron shed, 12ft by 10ft, and several lots of timber, at the Matarewa bridge site. Lepperton readers wanting same would do well to inspect.