LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The visibility yesterday was particularly good. Visitors to the seaside could see the outline of the coast almost to Kawlua, whilst these who clun'bed Paritntu obtained a splendid view of the mountains of the South Island.

• The Red Cross Mart had a very successful day on Saturday last. In the mart itself the takings amounted to £lO. The khaki soldier was out again on Saturday, on a stand in front of the Criterion Hotel, in the interests of the Copper Trail, and he netted a sum of £2l. The Medical Board concluded its sitting at New Plymouth on Saturday, when 37 men were examined, of whom 1.(3 were passed as fit and 21 classed 02. Altogether about 215 men were exam.ned and 93 pasßed as fit, or about 43 per cent-

A proof of the severity of the recent frosts in and around. New Plymouth ia the fate of the paritawhitu (horseshoe) ferns and the taro, which usually grow to perfection in the locality. The frosts have blackened the fronds and leaves and destroyed, at any rate, for this year, those 'that were without protection.

Appeals before the Ohristchurch Military Service Board on Friday included one by George Ernest Quartennain, who described himself as ''lnternationalist Socialist," explaining that he thought that a sufficient gTound for exemption, as he did not believe in military service. Mr. H. W. Bishop, chairman of the board, said that it was no ground at all, and promptly dismissed the appeal.

Several slips have recently occurred on the hills at Sumner, and some residents had a narrow escape from serious damage A landslip occurred in a gully at Lyttclton on Friday morning. A big cowshed was completely demolished, ten cows being killed. Tne cowshed, which was owned by "William Bowdes, was an up-to-date one, with electric light installed, and. his loss is estimated at £SOO.

The third of the New Zealand Government official Avar films will be screened at Everybody's to-nig'ht and to-morrow. The present film is concerned with "The Battle of Arras" and the big German retreat to the Ilindenburg line. It will, doubtless, prove of intense interest to all 'options of tlie public. The usual price of admission will be charged, and a considerable portion of the gross receipts will be returned to bho Government for distribution amongst patriotic societies.

In the whole, scale of human vicissitude and human emotion, the most patlictio note is that sounded on tihe strings of a woman's broken heart. This is most forcibly driven home by the Goldwyn picture-drama, "The Spreading Dawn," in which the noted American actress, Jane Cowl, stars at the Empire nightDO V'OU SUFFER WITH RHEUMATISM? RELIEF IS WITHIN YOUR GRASP. Rheumatism gets nearly everybody. It doesn't always get you down, but the fight takes all the enjoyment out of life. There's one way to get the better of Rheumatism, and that's the Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment, and all the pains will vanish Magnetic Liniment draws out the pain and strengthens the muscles; gets the Rheumatism down, and out, Rheumatism makes everyone feel old. Get rid of it, feel young. Dr. relief within grasp of everyone- Price, Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment is the sure l/6-*ttd &J-. (j&Uiwcbl© everywhere.

Captain Pirmii Ta'niwi, of Otaki, in the course of a letter (o Olaki relatives, says: "SetN'val of our boye are thinking of getting married to English girl?, so don't bo surprised if you hear of --trnir. pf our Maori hoys got/ting 'spliced' oyer here. An order was issued some time ago forbidding all Maori soldiers to main' English «irls, unless special permission is. obtained from the 0.C., and a certificate as to Hie good character of the girl is obtained from the vicar or some otlier responsible person of the district to which she belongs. Whether this slop will have the c fleet of preventing such marriages T cannot say."

Tlie reserved decision of Mr. W. R. Haselden, P.M., in the cade of Thomas Waito v. J. Boon, heard in the Magistrate's Court at, Stratford on the lftbh !n?t„ non-suits plaintiff, with costs, upon the ground that there was no evidence whatever to connect, the defendant with the accident. Hi s Worship also found that all Mr. Boon did in connection with this particular transaction was to convey to Fawcct the instructions of the owners of the premises, and therefore could not be held liable for neglect.

While a Maori was passing along the bea?h. at Wai'tctara, he discovered a couple of deck-chairs, a silver-hooped'lrar-rel (such as is found in some of the saloons of steamers), and several kegs, which had been washed up from the sea. The wreckage had evidently come from a large vessel, and it is presumed in some quarters to have come from the Wimmera.

At the reception to 21 on furlough at Perth (W.A.) recently, Eafbbi Frecdman, replying to an enthusiastic greeting, said his .work was very arduous. He could not have a motor-oar, and was told that a chaplain could not have a horse. Accordingly he stole one. He found that the only way of getting through in the Army was to be a splendid thief. There was only one bigger than he, and that was his batman. On one occasion his batman brought into his dug-out a strong, well-made table- On it was written: "This table belongs to So-and-so. May God Almighty protect it from thieves!" Underneath that he wrote: "This table now belongs to Chaplain. Freedman. He is protecting it from other thieves." (Loud laughter.) A cioturcd Turkish general had told an officer, said the rabbi, that the. way the evacuation of Gallipoli was carried out w.<u one of the most humiliating event* in Turkish history, and that for it no fewer than seven Turkish generals were hpnged. "The filling that hurt most at the time of evacuation," he proceeded, "was to see port wine and champagne flowing down the gullies. You will be surprised that we had wine on the Peninsula. Well, we had not. The wine was for the sick and wounded " Although, ho added, it was not very hard to be either sick or wounded at Anzac. In the course of an article on the New Plymouth Harbor proposals, the Hawera Star says:—There is every reason to expect that the scheme for a further loan to provide the means for extending herbor accommodation at New Plymouth will get a fair run. Much of the old /prejudice, happily, has disappeared, and the matter, no doubt, will be discussed mainly on its economic basis. Naturally, ratepayers in South Taranaki will be critical, but it may be hoped that the board will not regard criticism as necessarily meaning antagonism. The people in the area described in tho fourtli schedule, No. 3 area, as it is known, arc now to be invited to re-consider the matter with a view to joining in the project of further improving the harbor. ;It is not to bo expected, that tlhey will lightly agree to this, and yet, on- tJie other hand, it is not to be presumed that they can he shown that they can do so without prejudice to their own interests, and yet with advantage to tihe whole provincial district, they will take a narrow, restricted view of tineir rights. When the position has been put 'before them and they have time to examine the proposal for themselves they will be able to come to a conclusion as to wSiat they ought to do. There is a little complexity in the fourth schedule because it includes not only a part of Southern Taranaki, but also a good slice of the northern and eastern hinterland of the harbor district, and the interests of the people in the two different parts of the area are not altogether identical. A considerable proportion of the Soußi Taranaki trade goes through Patea port, and if the works now in progress at Patea prove as successful as is hoped, the port will still command at least the present trade. As it is a bag, far-reaching scheme, a very large amount is involved, and though on the figures given we do not think it is beyond the resources of Taranaki, common prudence demands that the matter be given most carefu consideration from people who have U take the responsibility of giving securitj for the loan. Next Thursday, August 1, Wellington i s arranging to have a Violet Day to raise funds in aid of "Our Day Copper Trail," and has appealed to New Plymouth to help the effort, if possible, hy gifts of violets and other flowers, eggs or other saleable articles. The local sub-centre of the British Red Cross will be pleased to pack and send any gifts sent to their rooms in Queen Street on Tuesday, tihe 30th inst. Our fighting copper trail army is at present some di?tanco in the rear of its opponent, but this fact, instead of discouraging us, should rouse our British spirit of "It's dogged as does it," and stimulate us, not only in local effort but in sending help to our head centre, which, fully recognises and appreciates the zeal and enthusiasm which is being shown by Now Plymouth. Gifts should be left at the Queen Street rooms as early as possible en Tuesday afternoon next. In response to numerous requests, and to give those who were unable to gain admission to the hall, last Thursday owing to all the available space being occupied, the "Limbs of the Law" havo *r*.ranged to give a second entertainment at the Good Templar Hall to-morrow evening, when the first, part of the programme will ho completely changed- Unused tickets for last Thursday will be accepted for Tuesday. A welcome home social is to be tendered to Rifleman T. Era in the Tataramaka School on Friday evening.

Ask distinctly for SANDER'S fiUCALYPTI EXTRACT, or else you mav receive one of the manv substitutes. The GENUINE SANDER KXTRACT cures colds, fevers, indigestion; prevents infectious diseases and heals ulcers, poisoned wounds, akin diseases, burns, sprains, etc. It is much, more powerfully antiseptic than the common eucalyptus and does not depress or irritate like the latter.

The unique feature of the "Unique" brand Hot Water Bottle is that it is easily lilled without "spilling" and never cracks, leaks or breaka at the joints. All chemists.

At tlu> unmial meeting of the Ku'uui Uu'ry i'itctory, Mia sctielaiy (Mr.. Ji. Maxwell) paid a high tribiile to the tvork of the Comptroller of the Imperial Supplies in connexion with llie'pur'diuse of dairy produce. There had, .-aid Mr. Maxwell, been complaints Ir.st scasiOn resrarding,. delays, but personally he had found that everything had gone verv smoothly. He had made claims through the graders for advances, and invariably the :iiQiiey had been in the bank within seven days, and when shipments were made payment!) had been very promptlie thought that the.Comptroller,was to' be commended for this promptitude, and the graders were entitled to praise. A number of men who have been recently called up for military service have expressed a wish to commence some form of preliminary training to fit them for ;he work that has to be undertaken in "amp. Inquiries have been made with a view to making some arrangements on these lines, and a competent instructor has generously and gratuitously placed his cervices at the disposal of any men who wish to take a course, of training !n a class that -would be something in the nature of an n.c.o. training class, up till the date of their leaving for camp. It' a class of half a dozen men can be secured, a commencement will be made immediately, but the instructor says that much better results will obtainable ff from 1-5 $o %0 men can be- > secured. Such a class was carried on in New Plymouth up till a short time ago. Nearly all the men who availed thternselves.of the advantage of such training were drafted to the n.c.o- camp soon after they were mobilised. Those desirous of joining the class it is proposed to form are invited to attend art; the Drill Hall on Friday evening next at 7.30.

One phase of tapu is told in a story by Mr Jilsdon Best. "One Tokowaru, a warrior of parts," he says, "was taken captive by a .party of enemies under the chief Te Putii, one fine morn some 150 years ago. Knowing that has feet were already treading the broad patch of 'fane to the spirit world, he rushed at Te Putu, drew his tejte, a bone dagger, and stabbed him to the lie-art. As lie did so he shouted: 'Tena te huka e rangona!' ('Behold the last man slain by Tokowaru: It will be told through all the charming years!') As the rushing blood flowed from the dagger wound, Tokowaru caught it in his hand, and smeared it over his head and body, knowing that the tapu of that blood would save him from the degradation of the oven. The next instant, Tokowaru, of the sons of Ruakawa, lifted the old, old trail to the spirit world. The killing, of Te Putu was spoken of down the changing years," concludes Mr Best, "for, three monthg ago—six generations after—old Karaka Tarawhiti, a descendant of Tokowaru, sat on the bank of the Waikato Kirer, ait Buntly, and told me the tale."

In the course, of an interview at Cbristchurch, Brigadier-General Andrew, who is on lea.v&froin Mesopotamia, said: "Hundreds.pf ■thousands of acres of land), after being centuries, are again be'ng Taught under cultivation — so much bo that we expect the harvest to produce for us 200,000 tons of wheat and barley, which is considered mow than sufficient to keep our forces in Mesopotamia supplied without further assistance ferom oversea. At present the land 'suitable for cultivation is confined to the ibanks of the Tigris and the Euphrates, water being obtained from native waterlifts, which render cultivation possible only up to about half a mile from the "river banks. However, a great number of from 40 to' 16 horse-power 'hydraulic pumps are toeing introduced to take the place of- these crude constructions, A n <*. from practical experience, I am of opinion that these will result in douWtoV "or trebling ihe irrigable land in Mesopotamia, as by their means water can be pumped up to permit of land from a mile and a-h&lf to two miles from the banks being cultivated. This. T think, is as much as We shall be able to do so some time, as the pasive Jalbor available is not sufficient to cultivate a larger area; and in fact, until four or five more millions of people can be introduced to Mesopotamia,' the idea of carrying out irrigation on such a'large scale as thaifc proposed by Sir William Wilcox is topracticafble.

The Melbourne, Limited, have still a few pairs of douMe-ibed white blankets to offer at 37s 6d pair. These blankets are good quality, all-wool colonial make, and are easily worth ten sWlKngs a pair more compared wiith to-day's market yrice. Blankets purchased at tibia price will show a very big saving in a few weeks'time rt _ll^^..|j^i m |y^l Twelve shillings' worth of ture for twelve shillings—the pensive, ohe-small-eighteenpenny-bottle-at-a-time way, or I >■■ Twelve shillings' worth of the finest cough, cold and sore throat remedy that: money can buy for only two shillings—the new, the HEENZO way? A saving of 10s. Which do you prefer. It is simply a matter of whether you add the necessary water and sweetening to the medicinal ingredients—HEENZO (Hean's Essence) —and pour the mixture into a big bottle, or whether you allow a manufacturer to do the mixing and then serve out to you in small bottles at eighteenpence a time. Once you have! tried this HEENZO (Hean's Essence) plan you will know you have obtained the finest cough, cold and sore throat remedy that money can buy. At the same time the money saving for your pocket is simply wonderful. Just be sure you get HEENZO. That is the ppvnt to be, careful about. Sold in bottles 2s each at chemists and. stores, or post free promptly on receipt of price, from P*aa'B Pharmacy, Waugauui. 33