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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Traffic on the railway still continues good. On Monday the" New Plymouth train at Hawera had to put on an extra carriage, and left there with nine carriages. This was increased to 11 at Arnmoho, and war, brought up to a dozen when Marton was reached.

Tho influenza epidemic made an appearance in virulent form in the Urewera country, where it is reported that there arc oyer 100 cases. Several deaths among the natives at Mangapohatu have been recorded, among them Rua, the notorious prophet No official information is so far to hand

The matter of charges made Br. Paget for medical attention dtiriA; the epidemic was discussed at some length by the Stratford Hospital Board yesterday, and it was decided to inquire, from the Defence Department whether, when he was in Stratford during the epidemic, Dr. Paget was receiving military pay.— Post.

Mr Walsh, of the New Zealand Flying School lit Kohinmrama, Auckland, was in New Plymouth yesterday, at the invitation of the Ngamotu Seaside Committee, for the purpose of considering the question of giving an c-xhibition of flying on the beach on the 00th inst. Mr. Walsh pointed out that he would be prepared to bring a machine and stall' and stay a few days for :C4GO, The committee felt it could finly guarantee ,£2OO The matte:' was loft ever until the cud of the present week in order to ascertain if another £2OO can be obtained by public subscription The committee asks ug to open a list and invite subscriptions. This wc are pleased to do ft maybe pointed out that no aeroplane has yet appeared in the district, and that tin's is an opportunity of securing a visit that may not present itself again for a long time. The committee is satisfied, after going into the matter with Mr. Walsh, that the price asked is not unreasonable, the freight alone .mroip; into ,£BO.

The New Zealand Dairy Association recently distributed the sum of £130,41'J l(is 10d among its suppliers This i amount represented payment for 1,U04,:1001b of butter-fat supplied during the month of November. As the civic welcome to the Franc!) ilitsiou at the Mayor, Mr 11. tlalbraitli, announced that a donation of £IOO had been received by General ]'au from the estate of a deceased Aslrburiou soldier, who was buried in France, for the French Orphan i'hrad. The General gratefully acknowledged the gift. Judging by the comments frequently heard in Wellington, the employment of women in the Voai and Telegraph te/< vice is a failure (remarks the Wairarapa Daily Times) Some of tho counter giris arc really quite annoyed when a mere man comes along and tlicir discussion of the latest model hats or the coming fashions in dresses, or dares to suggest that they have overcharged. _ As for the telephone girlswell, profanity is on tlie increase in Wellington. Consequent on the unsettled weather, farming operations in tho Olutha district Jiave been hindered. Turnip-sow-ing is fully a fortnight later than usual, but, given a week or two of line weather; all the turnip crops and winter crops should he in Shearing operations li&ve also been considerably delayed. Several farmers have lost sheep owing to the cold weather, but nothing in comparison with the losses further north. The wool, on the whole, io not of such good quality as last year's clip, and its condition reflect? on the severity of last winter and the Jate backward spring. Cereal crops arc showing the effects of the cold and wet, and harvest will Ibe two months later than usual.

Australian jewellery is reported to have made a, strong and successful bid for favor in New Zealand. Since the war, it is stated, English firms have been practically prohibited from manufacturing articles of gold, and exports of them have been practically non-exist-ent. Stocks of them in Australia rosr from 50 to 250 per cent, but tho Australian manufactures have been largely drawn upon to nisei tho current demand, and that at hardly any increase ot prices on pre-war rates. Stocks of watches are reported to be very low in New Zealand, and prices about 100 per cent upon pre-war rates"There is nothing in apricots raid peaches at the present time." said a prominent- fruit-seller to a Wellington reporter on Saturday. "You see those cases there. The apricots, from Nelson, cost me 16s 9d a case, and the peaches, which came from Hawku's Bay, cost me 16s 6d. The fruit has not been in the shop for 48 hours, and it is bad—green on one side and rotten on the other. I have had to throw out case after case for the same reason. 1 believe the disease is dry rot, but whatever its name, the fruit is unsellable.* An inspection of the stock bore out the statement of tho shopkeeper, who added the opinion that the season for stone fruits of the kind mentioned was practically over.

A soldier writing from the front to his relatives in Oamaru cn November 13 says there was little excitement when it was known that Germany had signed the armistice, perhaps because it had been expected for some time, and there were few facilities for rejoicing along the front. The outstanding subject with the soldiers was demobilisation and getting Iback to New Zealand. Every soldier, remarked the writer, ia tired of France and all its incidents and memories, and he wants to get out of it as speedily as possible. And especially does this apply to thoso who have work to come back to or interests that require their attention

Chatting with a Palmerston reporter the other day, Adjutant-Quartermaster Captain T L Buxton, an old New Plymouth boy, who has just returned to 2\ew Zealand on transport duty, remarked that it took the 39th Reinforcements about three months to make the voyage to England. The transport on which they sailed stranded a few miles off Jamaica, and the troops disembarked and apent a pleasant three weeks in the historical Port Royal barracks. These were the same barracks that Lord Nelson used when in those latitudes. At a later stags of the journey the 3®tbs stopped over at New York. In all they put in two weeks in quarters in the American city, and were very hospitably entertained by the New Yorkers. The troops numbered some 600, and while they were quartered in the city the transport Olympic sailed from the port with 9000 American soldiers aboard-

Why aro potatoes so dear? From inquiries made by us (says a Uuncdia exchange) it would appear that the answer is simply 'because sufficient quantities of them cannot be obtained. The la tellers of the local season is a big factor in bringing about this state of affairs, and relief from the North Island and Australia is rendered difficult—almost impossible—by the lack of transport facilities. Thers are few, if any, old potatoes fit for table use, so that the public are. as it were, in a cleft stick. Wo understand that efforts are being made through the Minister for Munitions to obtain priority of fading for potatoes and onions in the ease of the Kaiapoi, which is at present loading at Melbourne, if this can bo done it will relievo the situation considerably, and idc us over until our own supply is available in quantities. To give an idea of the demand it may be mentioned that Auckland new potatoes were sold at 3%d to 4d per lb wholesale the other morning, and Oamaru and Peninsula, freshly gathered, at S^d.

Two specially good lines of men's strong tweed trousers are on offer at the Melbourne, Ltd., at 13/0 and 14/fl. ;riie line at 13/G is a mid grey mixture, all wool, whilst the 14/6 goods are in shades of dark prey and daik brown. These trousers enano'c bs repeated under 17,/G end 1 '>/!> respectively. On account of the lack of shipping, many Hues of summt.-i 1 nequirements arc arriving late Ambnry'o are just opening a largo assortment of fcand-embroid-ered voile blouses, silk hose, and silk dress goods, ex s.s. .Kent, which arrived in New Zealand nearly two months ag:. an;! Mil? jnst to hand. Other shipments ex Tjlimaroa. Port Lyttelton, and S'.iev.'c, will arriva in a few days.

The chief postmaster has received advice from the head office that owing to interruption in main line traffic via Kastcni all full rate cables for the United Kingdom arc to he diverted for the present to the Pacific route. Traffic for the United Kingdom at deferred rates way bo accepted, via Eastern, {subject to posting from Gibraltar, a delay of probably six to eight days.

Messrs ftilmour & Clarke have a xenlaee advertisement on page one of this issue.

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Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1919, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1919, Page 4

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