LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Of 50,000 sacks of Australian wheat landed in Auckland, over 3000 saeks have been rejected by the millers on ac ; count of weevils.—Press Assoc.

Twenty Gorman civilians, residents of Samoa, have arrived in Auckland and been interned on Motuilp Island, ranking as second-class prisoners of war— Press Assoc.

The Native Land Court is sitting in New Plymouth under the presidency of Judge Brown. The Court, which opened on Tuesday, will probably conclude its sitting at the end of next week.

In his report to the Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday, the farm manager (Mr W. C. Noble) stated that the whole dairy herd had been subjected to a tuberculine test and had come through with entire satisfaction.

In the course of liis report to the Hospital Board at yesterday's meeting the house steward (Mr F. C. B. Perrin) said: "The supply of milk from the farm is excellent. This time last year we were buying milk, and also had to use some condensed milk."

The Education Department recently instructed boards that entries for Junior National Scholarships from pupils of the Sixth Standard be limited to 10 per cent, of the pupils considered by the headmaster as sure to pass. The Wellington Board decided to-day to protest against any .fixed limitation.—Press Assoc. A London cable states that Sir Thomas Mackenzie lias consulted the Chief Forester in the New Forest respecting the possibility of training New Zealand soldiers in forestry. He ascertained that the Woods arid Forest Department was able to take a certain number.—Aus.-N./I. Cabl" Assoc.

The Ngamotu puzzles published in the Daily News attracted considerable interest, nearly 200 competing from all parts of Taranaki. The winner (E. B. Ellerm, New Plymouth) gained 8S out of 90, the second and third prizes g'oing to Mrs. Anthony (Meremero, Hawera) and Miss Coutts (New Plymouth). The names in the puzzle and the winners of the various prizes are published in our advertising columns.

The executive of the Sehool Committees' Association of New Zealand has decided to convene a Dominion conference of representatives of school committees, which will be held in Wellington about the first week in November, during the currency of the session, so that matters discussed by the conference may be placed immediately before members of the Government and Parliament-—Press Assoc.

The annual steeplechase in connection with tile New Plymouth Boys' High School will take place on the Waiwakailio golf links this afternoon. The spectatop will be able to view the race practically from end to end. Tbis year the event has been divided into two sections, the junior steeplechase for boys under 14, which will start at 2 p.m., and the open steeplechase for seniors at 3 p.m. Afternoon tea can be procured at the golfhouse at tbe usual charge.

Theua Bara, the famous Fox emotional artiste who delighted a crowded house at Everybody's last Thursday evening in the Fox feature "Heart and Soul," stars again to-nigiht at the same theatre in "Her Greatest Love," another of the Fox super-features adapted from the famous novel "Moths," by Ouida.

A grand concert is to be held in the Pimgarehu Hall on Thursday evening, Oct. 24, in aid of the Red Cross fund. A number of well-known New PlymQUth performers have promised to assist. We are in receipt of £l, being balance from a social held at Waiongona in aid of the Copper Trail. The amount has been handed over to the treasurer of the fund.

A reminder is given of the welcome social to be tendered to Privates X. A. Hill and H. Hamblyn, at the Hillsborough Hall to-night. Newton King reports that he offered SCOO calfskins at his sale held in Stratford on October 15. Record prices were p:;jd, specials selling from 22d to 22§d, firsts 21% d to" 22d. The bulk of the catalogue realised 21%& and over.

The Loan and Mercantile, Stratford, draw attention to the alteration in their supplementary bull fair, which is now fixed for Saturday, November 2, owing to the original date, Monday, 28th inst., fallingvion Labor ©ay.

Tlie Loan and Mercant'le draw attention to their Matau sale to-morrow (■Friday) at 1 p.m. Full particulars 'on page 8 of this issue. What is the matter with drink, anyIs it the name of the License#, the location of the' Bar, the lioura of sale, or the amount of Revenue received? No! The trouble is that Alcohol is a poison. It paralyses nerve, ivarps moral judgment, dims siglit, dulls hearing, blunts affections, and destroys self-con-trol. Whether brewed in a private o:r public vat, Alcohol is a physical menace. The drinker is affected exactly in the same way whether the Bar tender is paid by the local publican or by the Minister of Public Houses. His selfcontrol is weakened just as readily by Alcohol whether drunk at the corner public-house or in a place adorned by the King's Coat of Armn- Prohibition, r.ot State Control, is the remedy for the ills of Drink!—Advt.

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A controversy is raging in Germany as to the real life purposes of the stinging nettle. Whereas the farmers consider it as fodder for cattle, and people of an adventurous turn of mind regard it as a vegetable, a decree of the Minister for AY a r has forbidden its use for such purposes, and has determined that it is to be used solely as a substitute for cotton. A variety of fairly satisfactory fabrics have been spun from nettle fibre. The price of nettles has been fixed at 15s per cwt. A London daily paper says:—''The arrangements for a huge combine of armament and ammunition firms are practically complete. Some twenty or so companies, with a capital aggregating to between £20,000,000 and £30,000,000 are believed to he involved in the combine, which, after the war. expects to he in a powerful position to compete in the struggle for world trade. The negotiations were first known to be in progress as long ago as September, 1910, but some of the suggestions then entertained have been considerably modified."

The increasing ravages of hawks in and around Mercer are causing farmers considerable anxiety. The bird ha 3 entered on a new phase of destruction so far as its habits in the district go by pouncing down on lambs and killing them, first denuding them of their eyes. They have even been bold enough to tackle grown cast sheep, and one settler 'has seen turkeys seeking safety with the hawk in pursuit. Traps have been set and several caught, while others have been shot, but it has failed to intimidate the birds so as to make any appreciable difference in their operations.

In tlie matter of air raids tlie German is distinctly of the opinion that it is better to give than to receive. The Berlin LokalAnzeiger waxes pathetic on this subject: "Night by night British airmen bomb Bruges and Ostend," says this paper. After a sympathetic reference to the sufferings of the inhabitants, it advances an eminently characteristic explanation of this nightly visitation. To know the German, it seems, is to love him; hence, despite rumors to the contrary, the Fleming has become an enthusiastic pro-Hun. This has so enraged the British that tliey drop bombs 011 the tewna in question, merely to terrorise the inhabitants! Fernando. Roberto Eduardo Sudleilcke, a German alien enemy, arrested in San Francisco for failing to register, was found in possession of a high-power airgun, equipped witli a mechanical device for setting fire to buildings "and leave no trace." "The humanitarians and sob sisters need not try to explain away' criminality of that kind by heredity," remarks an American journal, "environment, subnormalism, or another excuse which modem criminology has devised for the protection or perhaps reformation of rogues. It is crime which can only be considered as deliberate, ingenious, and ugly devilishness, whose possessor must bo permanently segregated from society " Brigadier-General E. D. Oldman, who has been wounded, is one of the discoveries of the present war. He is only forty-one years of age, and is extraordinarily popular throughout the Army, his total lack 01" official starch being well illustrated by the following story. In the village of Gorre, which lies between .Festubert and Bethu,n.a, "General Oldman one day .passed a young sentry who failed to present arms to him. More in sorrow than in linger, the brigadier went back to the sentry. "Why did you not salute me," he askfd. "P-please sir, I didn't know who you were." "Well," said tbe brigadier, "I may not look like a blankey general, but I am one." America will not be able to save France from the terrible fate German'y has prepared for Sier, says the Essen Gazette. It says:—-"Whence could our enemies obtain the jn<"ins for another offensive? From America, perhaps? Have we not already shown in these columns that the aid from that quarter cannot but be of the slenderest ana most insignificant for our enemies, and notably the French, for whom all is at stake and for whom a terrible time is in store. In all possibility they will defend themselves to the last man. That, however, will help them nothing. The inheritance which Poincare and Clemenceau will leave to their successors will be a fearful one indeed. Both these men have sowed the wind; both, ana France with them, will gather the whirlwind." As Mark Twain said, with some shrewdness, "Never prophesy unless vou know."

There are some inquiries as to liow far the Allies are from the German frontier, apart from Alsace and Lorraine, and how far they have advanced. The answers to these questions vary according to ,the point from which measurements are taken. East of Amiens the Allies have advanced about 30 miles, and they have gained as much on the southern arm of the salient, from the Marne.to the Aisne. East of Arras they have advanced about 14 miles, and east of the canal from Yprcs to the coast about 10 miles. To the east of Ypres we are about 140 miles from the German frontier, measuring in a beeline from west to east. Measured from our position east of Arras, the distance to the German border is 120 miles, svhile measured due east from the neighborhood of St. Quentin or Laon the distance is much the same. On the Lorrainne front we are close, to the German border, while in Alsace we are over it, and only 15 miles- from the Rhine.—Dunedin Star.

It should be a token of the power of the Fox special picture "The Honor System" that Sir Robert Stout ihas paid attention to it, as have also Ministers, M.P.'s, and magistrates. The picture is proving one of the great attractions of Dominion picture circles and has just concluded remarkable seasons at "The Crystal Palace" (Christchurch), "The Queen's" (Wellington), and "The National" (Auckland), There was again very keen competition at Nolan and Co.'s hide sale on Tuesday. Calfskins showed another advance, the extremely high price of '22Jd being paid for two lots, the balance of sound lines realising from 2iy s d upwards. Cow-hides sold up to lfrjd, and best ox to 13Jd. No lover of a vigorous western story should miss the "Firefly of Tough Luck," wlhich shows finally at the Empire tonight. To-morrow Mme. Olga Petrova will star in the second of the pictures by her own company, entitled "The Light Within," described as a picture of tragic intensity. Machinery owners should write to or call on Hayward Bros., Ltd., Christchurch, for quotations and details of NORTH BRITISH BELTING. Best for

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