LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A press message states that the 38th Mounteds and a draft of Rarotongans have arrived at a port of call. The adjourned meeting of the Taranaki Licensing Committee was held yesterday. Mr. A. Crooke, S.M. ,(chairman), pres:ded, and there were present Messrs W Ambury, S. Cock, and J. B. Connett. The license of the Railway Hotel, Inglewood, was granted on the distinct understanding and undertaking that the repairs called for should be executed forthwith. The 1919 annual meeting of the New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association will be held in New Plymouth during winter show week. A proposal that the meetings should be held alternately in Hamilton, Taranaki, and Palmerston North wa9 defeatsd, the opinion being expressed that it might be found advisable to hold the meeting in some of the smaller centres in the interests of the Association. It is notified for public information in the last Gazette that Messrs W. and E. Kleteher (N.Z.), Limited, merchants, Auckland, having admitted the commission of oi'iences against the Customs Act, IHl.'i—namely, tihe illegal exportation of tallow from New Zealand—the Minister for Customs haa accepted from the said company in full satisfaction of the penalties thereby incurred, the sum of £IOOO. A meeting of the New Plymouth trustees of the Efficiency Board was held yesterday. There were present: Messrs T, Furlong (chairman), K. Whittle, and l'\ J. Hill (secretary). Twelve cases of applicants for assistance were submitted for consideration. Mr. E. Moss (district commissioner) wrote in respect toolaims for financial assistance, stating that every grant made took effect from the date of a man going into camp, and not from the date on which the case might be decided. He also stated that in the case of a 1 man who has married a widow, his wife is entitled to an allowance for each child under 16 years of age. The trustees gave attention to a. number of claims from reservists for financial assistance .in order to meet obligations. All the information sent by the applicants was investigated p.ud reports will he forwarded to headquarters. A returned soldier, who had seen a considerable amount of service, applied for financial assistance in order to procure a small dairy farm. He had had some experience, and also had a little capital, and thought that with a little assistance he could make a success of the proposition. It was decided to render what assistance could possibly be afforded. A number of other matters of details necessary to comply with the provisions of tlie Military Service Act was also dealt with. Three women were amongst jthe ajjalicanta foc-finangial.^irilp.

No trace of Mr. M'Farlane, of Patea,. fi'ho mysterioaaly disappeared on Thursday of last week, has been discovered. A reminder is given of the meetings of householders to be held on Monday evening next in those school districts where Committees were not elected on the date of the annual meetings.. The entries for this winter's Dominion Show at Hawera ore over 100 in excess of those of last year, there being 1200 school entries, 555 of which are in the writing class. All the other classes show increases. As the new hall will be available, the attractiveness of the show will be much enhanced. Word was received on Wednesday that a young man named Harold Blundon was missing in Upper Waitotara district (says the Patea Press). The young man, who'is about 17 years of age, carried the mail to Taumatata.hi, He left koine aibout 950 on Wednesday on horseback to do his round, and had to cross the river, which was flooded. As he did not return, a party went out ,to search for him, and aibout 11.30 pjn. on Wednesday they found the body of his horse, which had been drowned. Up to the present time no trace of BlundSn hasfaeen found. "She used to be one of them ballad', dancers,is how Adele's mother is described in "It Happened to Adele," the story of love and the stage which is being filmed at Everybody's to-day. Tho play is full of quaint flashes of fun at, the etxpense of the theatrical beginner "I'm a real now mother—Fm. fourth in the second row," says Adele, when she gets her first start in thej ballet. The Church of England Military Affairs Committee have cabled £9OOO to the Headquarters of the Churoh Army £2OOO for the Hut Fund, anl £IOOO, the gift of an anonymous donor, to provide a kitchen car for U9e in supplying hot drinks and food to the men in the trenches. Since the beginning of the year the Military Committee have remitted Home the sum of £6464 for the ibuilding of Church Army Huts, and for comforts for the men at the front. At the annual meeting of the . National Dairy Association, at Palmerston on Wednesday, it was resolved to support a standard size of butter ibox and cheese crates in order to economise shipping space, though in the case of cheese crates it will probably foe impossible to introduce a general standard for some time owing to the difficulty of obtaining hoops. A remit from Kaipara that the time has arrived when the producers of the Dominion should run and control their own shipping and take Bteps to provide funds for the purpose was also carried.* —Own reporter. Stated Mr. Harold Beauchamp, chair-' man of the Bank of New Zealand, at the annual meeting yesterday: In the four years covered by the war the bank' deposits increased by £11,475,248, equal to 47.75 per cent.; while the advances and discounts increased by £5,661,145, or not quite 24 per cent. The expansion in the advances occurred during the last two years, and may be attributed almost, if not the lack of shipping facilities) whi£h has necessitated the holding of produce for longer periods than usual in the Dominion. Industrial enterprise and development have not been active during the years of war, and ordinary advances have probably reduced rather than increased, for, in the absence of fresh undertakings, the incoming proceeds of produce sold at high prices have enabled substantial reductions to be made in liabilities. The mortgage returns of the Dominion apparently emphasise this, for the mortgages registered during the year ended 31st March last were some £2,927,000 less than for the year ended 31st March, 1917. It is important that we should guard against being misled by these figures into the belief that all is well for the future, and that the present happy position of financial affairs will continue without "interruption. It is well that we should recognise at once that this cannot be. The huge sums raised locally by the Government for war purposes are being largely spent within the Dominion, creating an artificial prosperity which cannot be expected to last longer than the expenditure of the borrowed money which is creating it; and when all this money no longer circulates, there will almost certainly be a great contraction of business in every direction. Prudent people will therefp** anticipate and make provision for this inevitable contraction, recognising that war prosperity must necessarily be temporary A recent motion passed by the Farmers' Union conference, opposing the introduction by the Acclimatisation Society of Btubble quail, drew some very caustic remarks from members of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, states the Herald. The chairman paid he had written to a representative of the union, pointing out that the stubble quail re' ferred to were an asset to the country in destroying vermin and insect life. It was not likely that the council, composed mostly'of farmers, was going to introduce "birds that were harmful. The speaker objected strongly to the attitude of the Union, and said he had concluded that the members of the union had mistaken the bird for other quail. Stubble quail, a consignment of Which' Was shortly arriving here, were not secured for snort purposes alone, but were birds that would greatly benefit the farmers which was an important consideration of the society; in obtaining them.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd.. draw attention to the clearing sale which they are holding on account of Mr. Colin McLaren, Cold' stream, Gordon Road, toko. A numbef of Southdown Btud sheep will be offeree!, also a number of his flock sheep, cattle, etc. This will be ». good opportunity for clients requiring really good stock. Full particulars will be found in the advertisement on page 8 of this issue. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile draw attention to their Stratford Bale on Tuesday, June 25, at 12 o'clock, full particulars will be found Otl page 8 of this issue. Women's Christian Tempefatoie Union. —White Ribbon Day Will be held in the Good Templar Lodge Room on June 28, at 2.30 pim. Addresses, mußic and afternoon tea. Collection in aid of Maori Work. —Advt. There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods. SANDER'S EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities Of the eomraoh eucalyptus. Sander's Ex-tract cures all infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist On the GENUINE SANDER'S EXTRACT. Help win Hie war by purchasing only Britsh products, like the famous North British Hot Water Bottle of all v -