LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The amount paid by the Anglo-Per-sian Oil Company for the Taranaki's Petroleum Company's reiinery plant IS £22,500.

The new Anglican Cathe4r.il at Dune, din was consecrated yesterday with duo oeremony by the Primate, in the presence of a large assembly including tne Bishop of Waiapu, numerous clergymen, also Sir James Allen and the Mayor.

Mr L. N. Fairhall has forwarded the secretary of the Fitzroy Fire Brigade ft cheque for £5, at the same time writing as follows.—"I wich to thank your fire brigade most heartily for your splendid work in connection with the suppression of the fire at the house, Ngaio street, Fitzroy, some months ago. I did not at the time consider that I was the owner"

Reference was made at the meeting of the Education Board yesterday by Mr S. G. Smith, M.P., to the matter of teachers' training clashes, and a suggestion was maile that as the new Boys' High School possessed probably tie fcest Ta*. oratory equipment in existence between Wanganui and Auckland, an effort ahcmiri be made to try and arrange wltn the High School for the use of the laboratory, and that some of tho masters B» approached with a view to giving instruction in certain subjects, After some discussion, it was resolved to leave he matter in the hands of the senior inspector to report upon. i When the question of granting permission for the erection of cottages on a portion of the East End Reserve came before the Borough Council last night, Cr. Clarke suggested that before anything was done in that direction a comprehensive scheme should be submitted to Hie Council, so that something in the nature of a uniform design of cottage could be insured. The Mayor said he questioned whether a few individuals should be given the right to erect and hold for all time cottages on a borough reserve. Ho thought if cottages were built there the Council should hold and control them. It was decided that the Council should vis't Ihs locality before considering the application. Fruit continues to bring good prices at the local marts. Probably the cause of this is tho general scarcity and almost lack of it in South Tnraaaki At Webster Bros.' Mart on Tuesday competition was exceptionally keen. Amongst those bidding for choice qualify stuff were retailers from Elthfl.ni and Kaponga, Tomfttoes are ususimllv scarce and it looks very probable that the retail pHre will not drop to sixpence per lb as In previous years. Housewives on the lookout for jam and preserving fruit ate compelled to go to much advanced prices on last season to secure any supply Searchers for srood farm properties are directed to W H. and A. McGarry?s advertisement on page 1.

Motor Cyclists! Bad roads mean but little discomfort if von use OLNCHER "DREADNOUGHT" TYRES-made by the North British Rubber Co. AH dealers supply them. Hayward Bros, and Co., Ltd., Ohristchurch, Distributors. S2r

The president of the Eltliam Chamber ] of Commerce (Mr. G. D. G'ow) has ar- j ranged for the chairman of the electric committee of the New Plymouth Borough .Council (Mr. Clarke), and their engineer (Mr. Bartley) to visit Eltham and discuss hydro-eleetrio matters. During the discussion regarding the appointment of a representative on the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, the chairman of the Egmont County Council (Cr W- R. Wright) pointed out that it would be necessary this year "to strike an additional '/id rate so as to provide for the hospital rate. Ratepayers wished to get cheap hospital treatment. Well, they could not have it both ways, and unless the roads were to suffer a separate hospital rate would have to be struck, as he had previously warned them!. He urged the Council's representative on the Board to keep a close eye on the expenditure. Cr Campbell, in replying, said that he would do lus best in that dirertint! having always boon one to keep down rates if possible- He was no novice in hospital matters, having been ov the Hawera Board for some time. He very much questioned whether he v.-nuld be able to spare sufficient time to devote to the work until the return of his sons from the front In the course of a letter to Mt G. W. Rogers at Opunake, Major Keenan, who was in charge of the Opunake district during the epidemic, says: "Warn your County Couneil that they must prepare for more flue. It is raging in England, and is spreading in Australia, and as a natural eorrolary it is bound to break out again here. Both Wellington and Christchurch are preparing for a fresh infection, and yon will do well to call a meeting of your block captains and map out the blocks again, ensuring that thu Eltliam end is thoroughly covered. Tt would be a wise thing to purchase, sav, 50 to 100 clinical thermometers, and store them against emergencies. They ram always be sold to the Hospital Board if not used. I would suggest tbat if it should break out in New Zealand and reaches Egmont that the town hall should be used in all places as a temporary hospital." Councillors considered it would be precillora considered that it would be preferable if neocssarv to have one centra! hospital, the Pihama racecourse being an ideal placeA point was raised at the Education Board meeting yesterday that as some boys of the .Technical College at New Plymouth who were taking an agricultural course received their instruction at the High School, boys at the High School desiring to take engineering should, be. permitted to take their practical instruction at the Technical College. Mr Trimble pointed out that engineering was really not a secondary school? subject, and boys desiring to take it should properly speaking attend a Technical College.' He said there were only a few boys taking practical agriculture, and the present arrangement was really only a temporary one. Mr White thought that there should be facilities for interchange between schools. The chairman said the trouble was re-ally on account of the dual control,, and he thought the secondary and primary schools should be under the control of one board, and then such interchange would be effected if necessary,not by arrnnwment but as of the right of the scholar Mr Smith, who raised the question, said bis idea was to do something for the boys today. He wanted to deal with the position as it was and not as it ought to be. The Bulgarians are an exceedingly supersitious people- The following are a lew of the things that they consider unlucky, or even sinful, ft is unlucky to give a child a spoon to play with; to give away or sell a loaf without first breaking off a bit; to wash a child under seven years of age; to sell a sack of liour without first making a loaf from it; to clean a stable after dark, or sell milk or fetch water into the house after sunset. 'Flour must be fumigated with incense when it is brought from the mill especially if the miller be a Turk—in order to drive away any demon who may have entered into the sack; a little water must be poured on the ground from cachwjar or pail brought into the house; as some spirit might be floating on the surface, and not being thrown out take up its abode in the house or the body of a person drinking the water. Australia is being allowed to hear a little of what happened in the middle of last year out towards Amiens. It was dTeadful, certainly the only difference between officers and men of some portions of the Fifth Army was that the officers ran the faster. They both beat the Boche by miles. But every time any Australian sees or hears a reference to that performance (says, the Sydney Bulletin) he ought to picture tho British Fleet keeping a way open across the sea?, and escorting no less than SO per cent of all the American troops- that landed in France; tho British mercantile marine, feeding not only England, but largely France, Belgium, and Italy also, carryiag over 70 per cent of the American troops; the British coal-mines, supplying not only borne requirements, but those of iFrance and Italy too; the British munition works, supplying fourfifths of the Allies' needs, American included. It wasn't marvellous that in the British Army—the largest of any army in France—there were some poor weeds. The wonder Was that Britain could have any army of consequence. 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