LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is reported that the 'nfluonsa epidemic has been very severe around the Manaia district, and the lactones have been working short-handed ow-'ug to the number of men being Uld. up. The representatives at a meeting at Christchurch called by the Industrial Association, decided to form a North Canterbury Repatriation League, for the purpose of advising the returned soldiers and giving them information.— Press Assoc. i A smile went round the room at the sitting of the Military Service Board yesterday, when a cordial manufacturer who was giving spina details of his business to the board in connection with his appeal, mentioned Mokau as one of the places where he supplied customersAt the meeting of the Egmont County Council, the chairman (Cr. W. S. Wright) reminded councillors that "Our Day" for the Bed Cross Society's funds was about to he inaugurated in "the I Egmortt County, and he considered that some effort should he made to make the affair a success worthy of the county. Cr. O'Brien offered a fat beast to be sold at the next Farmers' Co-op. sale at Opunake, and he was duly accorded a vote of thanks for his offer. Mr. P. Fitzherbert, who had acted as chairman of Mr. Smith's electioneering committee, addressed the crowd from the balcony of the White Hart Hotel last night, and in the course of his remarks said he intended to stand for Parliament at some future time. "It will not , be against my friend, Mr. Smith/? he said, "hut I intend to tackle Mr. Wilkinson, and I believe democracy in the Egmont electorate will accord mc the same measure of support that it has Mr. Smith to-day in Taranaki." (Cheers.)' A rather dramatic i.vklent occurred at the Patea railway station on Tuesday afternoon after the arrival of the mail train (says the Press). Lieuten-ant-Colonel C- H. Weston, of New Plymouth, had just received a hearty welcome from some local .friends when Corporal P. If. Tmney, of Taranaki representative football fame, warmly greeted the colonel. The colonel started hard for a moment, and then, shaking Corporal Tinney by the hand, exclaimed: "Why, surely you cannot be the corporal who helped me out of action on October 4 last year." Corporal Tinney solemnly assured him that ho was. and the pair spent the remaining moments before the train left in chatting over the anxious time spent near Gravenstafel exactly 12 months ago'. Corporal Tinney, it may he mentioned, was on that occasion making his way to a dressing station after being wounded in the Gravenstafel battle when he overtook Colonel Weston, who was himself severely wounded, and assisted him' on his way to the dressing station, although they had to journey through the German barrage on the* way. It is a long Btep from Passchendaele to Patea, but truly it's a small world after all. The Liquor Control Board of. Great Britain has not instituted what is called in New Zealand "State Control." The Licence system still prevails, but hours of sale and output of spirits and beer have been reduced to less than half, and the reduction of drunkenness by 60 per cent, is due to this. But is not State Purchase or State Management. It is a movement towards Prohibition. At Annan the Control Board experimented in operating Public Houses, but enforced Saturday Night closing, in addition to the restrictions in hours of sale. An investigation revealed drunkenness to be no less than in other parts of England where licence still obtained- Therefore any reductions in drinking at" Annan are due 16 restrictive measures (,pr partial Prohibition) and npt to the change from private' to State ownership. A recent vote among Trades Unions in Annan re- " "*»*. i"T» 3 M X. verdict ia favor of

The Minister of Defence has received a cablegram that the 41st and 42nd Reinforcements arrived at their destination on October 4. A message published yes 1 - terday indicated that they had escaped the epidemic which overtpok the 40th Reinforcements.—Press 4ssoc. Keith Clemow, a New Plymouth HJgli School boy, belonging to Fitzroy, while riding a motor-cycle along Gover Street on Tuesday, had the misfortune to collide with a motor-car. The injuries he received to his head and leg were attended to at his home. In giving evidence before the Military Service Board yesterday, in favor of the appeal for John A. Heskeit, metallurgist, Mr. George fFraser, managing dirtor of the New Zef'and Iron Ore Smelting Co., stated that the position was that the company had reached the- stage v/hen iron of a gopd marketable quality was .'being produced. When Noble A. Jamieson, marine engineer and master of the launch MaiV kopa, Waitara, trading to ports up the coast, appealed for exemption from military service' at yesterday'/ sitting of the Board, the chairman (kr. D. G. A. "Cooper, S M.) said it was th® policy of the board, and of all th.e other boards, not to send able seamen to the war, and decision in the case was therefore adjourned sine die. In response to representations made to the Camp Commandant on behalf of the Taranaki men who were given leave to come to New Plymouth to vote, their leave has been extended, and they now have to report back in camp on Tuesday. The men applied for leave in order to attend the funeral of the late Private Purdie, which takes place todajf, and as leaving New Plymouth on Saturday morning would have necessitated their staying in Woodville over Sunday—nn expense which they, as married men, felt they were not justified in incurring—the representations ° were made, and yesterday the Mayor received a telegram to the effect that leave had been extended until Tuesday. The men will, therefore, leave here on Monday morning. : Cardinal Mercier, of Belgium, will he known to history as one of the great figures of the war. He is the central character of the remarkable screen-play entitled ''The Cross-bearer." Montagu Love plays the part of lie cardinal in a most convincing manner in this fine World film feature, which shows at Everybody's to-morrow afternoon and night. The Church of England Military Affairs Committee have cabled a further sum of £3OOO for the erection and upkeep of the following Church Army Huts in the battle areas:—Whangarei County, Mount Eden, Northern Wairoa, Hauraki, and Cambridge. These, with huts already erected, make a total of 17 Church Army huts, subscribed for in this Dominion, to replace some of those destroyed during the German advance in March, last, while considerable amounts have also been remitted for the support and upkeep of them. The Melbourne Clothing Company are still able to supply men's white tennis and neglige shirts at the following prices:-—Horrockses white matte shirts 53 6d; mercerised white shirts, 6s Od; Horrockses famous mercerised repp shirts Js lid. "fliese priqes will only obtain while present quantities last.New goods shortly to arrive show a tremendous advance. The system of basing selling prices on market value, or supply and demand, has [received much attention since the beginning of tha war, and w!l receive much more before the world has reached a calm and ewy flow of life once more. Although there are metiv reasons and factors whist appear to justify the Increasing of prices in sympathy with the market, the only just and equitable method of fixing selling prices is cost, plus value of service rendered. This is the system adopted by the Modern Tailors; Limited, and accounts for their selling' pure indigo serge suits for £7 and costumes for £B, whereas the price for equal cloths in Wellington and elsewhere i 3 £9 to £l2 12s. They have browns and greys in their stock equal in value to the serge. Their Stock is estimated on two years," normal demands, but the stock may run down earlier owing to: the abnormal value, and it would be Wise to order early. Ladies who are wondering what to wear for the coming summer should certainly pay a visit to Moray's. There is roll upon roll of beautiful voiles to choose from—especially suitable for summer frocks and afternoon gowns—in a variety of bewitching colors. See also Morey's advertisement overleaf.