LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A thief with a penchant for "lifting" padlocks recently got away with the locks from the boathouse, the tools building and the meteorological station at Pukekura Park.

The 42ud Reinforcements and 30th mounted men have been reported all well from ports of call. The second New Zealand hospital ship is returning. Sho has cleared a port of call, all weltPress Association.

A native first offender for drunkenness,. who was -arrested in Devon Street on Saturday night, appeared before Mr. A. Crooke, S.M., yesterday morning, and waU lined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment.

The Collection taken up at the band recital, given at the East End Reserveon Sunday, on behalf of tho l,yneu family, amounted to £ilo. The 'East End Ladies' Committee donated £l, being the profits from the afternoon tea on Sunday. The newspapers also donated, their advertising charges to the fund.

A deliberate case of cargo broaching has occurred in connection with a shipment of goods just to hand to the order of Cock andjOo., New Plymouth. The case tampered with contained l! 0 tin boxes, each containing (or supposed to contain) 40 packets of a certain brand of tobacco. Two of the tin boxes had been opened, apparently with some rough instrument, and thero had been extracted 59 packets of the fragrant weed. .The goods came from Sydney by the !Riverina, and were transhipped to New "Plymouth per the Kovvhai. Ladies purchasing spring woven underwear should make a point of seeing the excellent lines at Moray's. Turn to Mor«^s,adj;_ertifleßieut..ii(>w.

~Sq date 3ias ibeen ifisoJ yet for the hearing of the libel acjion brought by Lieutenant Griprson against Dr. Thacker, M.V. It is .stilted that if the member ikies not)) lead Parliamentary privilege, as lie is able to <lo, the case will bo heard in Wellington in November. Tlie proceedings are 'bound to lie of very great public interest.—Own correspondent. The Service Guild yesterday passed a. resolution that, owing to the present war risk, the Merchant Service Guild demands that all ships' articles he 'endorsed before October 1 with the conditions of the Imperial compensation schemes, and, that companies be lield responsible for the dependents in the intervals of time occupied in fixing up the business after an accident. —Press Assoc.

Tho members of the New Plymouth 'branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants are keeping a record of their members who have gone on active service, nda for the purpose of keepin" the names of their comrades in honored remembrance an honors' board, of chaste design has been made and the names inscribed thereon. The board will be officially hung in the society's room at the next monthly meeting. The names at present v on the board are:—W. 'IT. Barber, J. W. Bainbridge, W. Jemison, 18. Kiggs, K W. Wakefield, IT. E. Maclean, C Allan, H. IP. Salt, A. Gray, and J. Birmingham. A cablegram from Capetown, published last week, mentioned that the South. African Brigade on the West front was to be reconstituted, sufficient recruits now being available. The necessity for this reconstitution was created earlier in the year, wiipn the South African Brigade was overwhelmed by an enormously superior force of Germans and suffered exceedingly severe casualties. The brigade, of course, does not represent the full extent of South Africa's contributions to the armed forces of the Empire. The Union Government raised and equipped large forces for the fighting in German African colonies lying around the borders of the Union

A concert was given in St. Andrew' 3 Hall last night, in aid of funds for Christmas comforts for soldiers belonging to the St. Andrew's congregation. The eii'ort was organised by the members of the' Bible classes, and was a distinct success. There was a large audience, and the appreciation of those present was shown by the hearty applause which was accorded each item, encores being demanded in every case. The programme consisted of songs by Mrs. A. Avery, Misses D. Abbott, M. Bac, E. Young, J. Cocker, Messrs. P. Fredric, B. Bellringer, McDonald; vocal duets by Misses Cocker and Young mid Messrs. Fredric and McDonald, cornet solos by Mr. W. .1. Dill; 'cello selos by Mr. It. Rockel; and pianoforte solos by Mrs. P. Fredric, who also played the accompaniments. At the conclusion of the concert, at the suggestion of the Rev. O. Blundell, the audience joined in singing the chorus "Keep the Home Fires Burning," in honor of the boys at the front. The proceedings terminated with the singing of the. National Anthem. During an interval sweets were sold, and it is estimated that the total proceeds of the concert will be about £O.

Writes a correspondent of the Stratford Post, auent the antipathy of certain South Taranaki leaders to the harbor proposals: "Just because some of them have previously dominated and dictated to their own local meetings of factory suppliers, they are not justified in taking up the same attitude when dealing with a matter that affects the welfare of the whole province. The general idea seems to be that they have placed themselves in the same position as the old story tells us half-a-dozen tinkers and tailors did when they signed themselves: 'We, the people of England.' They certainly have a right to a personal opinion, but I quite endorse your correspondent's contention that they are not voicing a general public opinion. They might possibly claim a right to do so could anyone point out any previous action on their part which would show that they had acted solely in the interests of the public. As a practical farmer, I would sooner follow the lead of tiie men who are working in tho interests of the New Plymouth harbor, whose names are symbolical of the past 25 years' progress experienced in Taranaki, rather than follow those who infer that the scheme is 60 years ahead of Tarauaki's requirements."

German spies in the United States, as advanced in the William Fox special, "The Spy System," have invaded all of life. Bankers and brokers whom no one suspects are in the paid employ of the Imperial Government. Lawyers and physicians are daily receiving instructions from the Wilhelmstrasse. School teachers and others intrusted with the task of guiding public thought and morals number many representatives of the Kaiser's system. Even the waiters and p bell-boys in hotels contain numbers of German secret police. Grocers, druggists and chemists watch every movement made by their customers and report suspicious incidents to Berlin. "The Spy System." shows at Everybody's to-night and to-morrow night and at a matinee to-morrow aiternoon. There is a special reduction in prices for the matinee. Amongst the multitude of books written on different phases of the war it is refreshing to read the light-hearted word pictures. Such a work is a recent publication entitled "The Mud Larks," by Crosbio Garstin, a lieutenant in Ist King Edward's Horse. "The Mud Larks" consists of a series of rollicking sketches of army life in France and in reading the stories one gets a better insight into the true happenings in tho lives of our fighting lads than the more serious war 'books afford. Every student of the war has to read so much of the stern side of the conflict, but "The Mud Larks" is just the class of literature that relieves the tension and readers will enjoy many a laugh while perusing its pages. We are indebted to the "8.K." Book Depot, New Plymouth, for a review copy of this excellent little publication.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., notify that their Kohuratahi sale set down for Thursday, September 12th, has been postponed and that the date will bo advertised later.

The Melbourne, Ltd., have still a small quantity of men's pure wool cashmere socks, in navy or black, to sell at 2s lid pair. Customers are advised to make their purchases as soon as possible as the next shipment of these goods will have to be sold at 8s 6d per pair.

At all seasons of tiie year CAMBROC DRY GINGER ALE is 'welcomed. In the winter it warms; in summer it cools. It is an ideal beverage made from a guaranteed original Belfast formula and. prepared from the finest flavorings, and purified water. All Hotels and Stores.

Capelli can seldom be seen in the daytime, but in the evening he is most in evidence; he is a star of great magnitude. You may have some difficulty in locating him unassisted, but there will be those in attendance at the Whiteley spring show on Thursday next who will be.^lea^to-P.oint lidm.putdio.jgUt

The erection has been commenced on the site of the old Te Aro railway station of a factory for the manufacture of artificial limbs for returned soldiers (says the New Zealand Times). The' ■building should be completed in a few months. The machinery has been ordered. Already machinery for a similar building in Christchurc'h has come to hand.

The miserably poor condition of a lot [of the stock in this district reminds one of the old Taranaki days when scarcely anyone grew winter feed, and the cows were turned out into the bush, to take their chance of living or dying during the winter months. Many of the cqws to be seen now are mere bags of bones, and it seems reasonable to think that when the milking season commences the supply during the early part of' the season will be much below the average.— Eltham Argus. On his return'to London after a visit to the Western front, the Hon W. IP. Massey said: Wo had some rather interesting experiences- Early one morning the enemy amused themselves by throwing shells into our immediate neighborhood. It was my first experience of a hostile 'bombardment, but to my subsequent surprise I found that after hearing half a dozen shells I fell fast asleep and missed the other fifty. My excuse must be that 1 had been at work for over ( 1 ! 6 hours that day. The language used by some of the drill instructors at the military camp is noted for its luridness, but it seems that since the arrival of the Second Division men in camp a change has come o'er the scene. The drill instructors find that the use of picturesque adjectives only stiffens the resistance of the married mon, and that unadorned language gives tatter results. This change, it is reported, has not I)een unaccompanied by encounters that have left their markalike on the instructors and the roeruits.

Writes "Tahi three miles south of Inglewood on the Mountain road lives.a settler who depends for his morning news on the early morning car which carries the News to South Taranaki in time to catch the 7 a.m. train at Hawera for Patea and Waverley. Here also lives "Peter," a cattle dog, one of whose duties is to carry his owner's paper in off the road to" the house, a distance of about three chains. He is well known to the driver of the car which passes at about half-past five every morning, for during the summer months he is generally waiting at the side of the road for the car, which, when it passes, he chases with joyous bark till he gets his copy of the T.D.N., knowing that he will receive, on delivery at the house, a bone or some other toothsome reward, There has lately been added to'the establishment "Piper," son of "Peter," now 41 months old, and a very observant young canine, who has for the last week or two taken keen interest in the largess bestowed on his father on the due delivery of the paper. On Thursday last this precocious cub waited for the old dog to bring the paper in off the road and then insistently demanded possession, or in some canine manner persuaded the old dog to pass it over, when he proudly trotted to the house carrying it in his mouth in the most approved fashion, a sight to bring a smile to the lips of a wooden image. The parent came behind, expressing, dog-fashion, high approval of the performance of his offspring.

The Drocourt-Queant switch line is about 15 miles long in a beeline, about half of it lying to the north and half to the south of the little river Scarpe, which runs eastward from Arras. English, Canadian, and Scottish troops have attacked that half of the line which lies to the south of the Scarpe, the centre of the attack being astride the ArrasCambrai road. On the left the English troops have pushed well to the northeast of Eterpigny, a village lying rather more than three miles to the east of the original German line, and which must not be confused with the village on the Somme of the same name. It stands on the banks of the Sensee, and at this point our troops must be right on the edge of the flat and swampy ground extending along the river valleys towards Vitry en Artois and Arleux, and only about three miles from the western end of the large lake lying south-west of Arleux. Another cable reports that we have reached the western edge of Etaing, a mile to the north-east of Eterpigny. The Canadians in the centra captured Dury, ViHera les Cagnicourt, and Cagnicourt, progressing well to the east of these places. Dury lies a mile to the north of the Arras-Cambrni road and five miles east of the original German line, being well to the east of a straight line drawn from Drocmirt to Queant. Tillers les Cagnicourt is about a mile to the south of the road almost due south of Dury, and Cagnicourt a short distance further to the south-west. In the course of hi 3 address to shareholders at the annual meeting of the Hawera Dairy Company, Mr J. R. Corrigan, Chairman of Directors, stated that at present New Zealand was enjoying good times, created to a large amount by the present war, hut to his mind we were not doing what we should. It.was essential that we should endeavor to produce to the utmost and conserve our resources so as to meet the bill which the Government would put before the ratcpoyers sooner or later in order to meet the enormous extra expenditure due to the war. No doubt in a couple of months time they would be asked to raise another loan. The war would not end this year, and it was the duty of every person, instead of living in luxury and extravagance, to curb them a little and endeavor to produce as much aa possible at as small a cost. There was likely to be a famine in potatoes in the North Island if we could not ship them from the South Island. This was awful when it was considered that w» could grow any quantity if we were not too lazy In the conservation of resources, a lot could be done. Take the towns. There has been a big increase in the cost of living, anil this could notbe helped, because we we're too dilatory. ■ We should try and produce more and keep the cost of living down. The half holiday- in towns could be done away with at present. Farmers did not get a half holiday, and it would be better if the time were devoted to production or utilised in running the business. We were going on in the same old way. We are all living in a fool's paradise, and when it was ended and stiff taxation came, the people would feel that they should have realised the position when they had the opportunity. The furniture advertised for sale in this issue on account of a gentleman leaving New Plymouth, by Nolan and Co., is a particularly nice line of praetU callv new stuff- It may be inspected at the "mart to-day. A visit to the mart would repay those jvanting any of the items advertised. If a child is billious, turning hot and cold, or can't deep at night, you'll find there's nothing more soothing and comforting than a Hot Water Bottle—but mind it's a "Unique" made in Great Britain. AH Chemists.