LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The matron of the New Plymouth Hospital wishes to thank the Church of England, Waitara, for donation of fruit -"rid vegetables. At ' Riversdale," Jnglewood., during February 4.07 inches ot' rain fell. This was spread over six days, as follows: 18th, .85; 3rd, .14; 7th, .03: Bth, .08: 12th, 1.99; 13th, .40. Some people are adepts at "seizing time by the forelock." For instance, a farmer had his farm in the market at a certain price. He lias now added £3 an acre to his price in anticipation of added value as a result of hvdro-elcc-tricity being possibly becoming available. He is "getting off the mark" very promptly—beating the pistol.—Eltham Argus.

No fewer than 108 kegs of rennet were manufactured at the Mangatoki Dairy Factory during the past season, by the manager (Mr. C. Cooper), states the Eltham Argus. As rennet is worth about £5 per keg, the total value of this amounts to a fair sum. This business is yet in its infancy in New Zealand.rand must in the course of time develop into a most important one, being of vital concern to all dairy companies engaged in the manufacture of cheese. All the necessary raw materia! for this business is obtainable in the Dominion, and only timers required to make it a big commercial success.

Marshal Foeh is no believer in the millennium (says a writer in the Pall Mall Gazette). On the contrary, he is. I am told, convinced that Germany is even now meditating preparations for a guerre de revanche. Shortly before his visit to England the great soldier was received at the Paris Academie des Sciences, where, in the course of his address, he declared that, "frightful and terrifying as this war had been from its industrial character, tho next will be more terrible still, for it will see the utilisation of every asset, and alas! the Germans are already preparing for it. L'Allemange la prepare."'

In tho course of a suit for divorce in the Supreme Court at Christehurch last week, in which the respondent was a taxi-driver by occupation, the petitioner, in giving evidence as to his drinking habits, said that he had come home so drunk that she had seen him fall down as soon as he got out of the car. Mr. Justice Herdman expressed surprise at such a fact. "Oh," said the witness, "he was all right as long as lie was at the wheel." "But how could he drive the car home?" further queried His Honour. "I don't know," replied the witness, "but he did it."

According to a returned British prisoner who was at liberty in Berlin during the revolution there, "Deutschland Über Alles," "Die Wacht am', Rhein," and similar patriotic songs are just now highly unpopular in the German capital Three English civilians who had celebrated the signing of the armistice were coming along the Unter den Linden singing "The Watch on the Rhine" when they were stopped by German soldiers, who said that they' ought to be ashamed of themselves for singing such rubbish. "I come from the Rhine," one of the soldiers remarked. "You go down there and try to keep watch, and then you won't sing so much about it." "But we are English," one of the civilians replied. "What!" exclaimed the astonished soldier. "Then why sing 'The Watch on the Rhine'?" ' "Well," grinned the Englishman, "you see, we are keeping it now."

Mr. 1 McPhillips, Manaia, in the course of remarks at the Taranaki Hv-dro-Eloctric League meeting at Strat-" ford mentioned that the Kaupokonui Coy. had an electric motor lorry. Previous to purchasing the machine the Company already had water power, and about £3OO was expended on the purchase of a dynamo for producing current with which to cliaige the lorrv. Practically the only cost of running the lorry now was the interest on the purchase money of the dynamo. The mechanical parts of the' machine were guaranteed for a number of years The company had two other lorries which cost from £2 10s to £3 per day for benzine. The New Plymouth electrical engineer (Mr. Bartley) stated that he had made tests recently with a two-ton electric lorry, and he quoted figures showing a substantial margin in favor of electricity as an economical power compared with benzine.—Post. The prices of ladies' hose have not yet reached their limit according to the latest reports from Leicester. Wholesale goods show further advances for the season now opening and wise women will buy their winter season's requirements now if thev wish to save money. The Melbourne's great sale affords a splendid opportunity of securing reliable hosiery below regular rates

Ask distinctly for SANDERS EUCALYPTI EXTINCT, or ehe ™ may receive one of the many substitutes. The GENUINE 'SANDER EXTRACT cures colds, fevers, indigestion; prevents infectious diseases and heals ulcers, poisoned wounds, skin diseases, burns, sprains, etc. It is much more powerfully antiseptic than the common eucalyptus and does uot depress or irritate like the latt«r.

The Mayor of Patea stated at a meeting recently that there was one of the finest fishing grounds in the Dominion off the Patea coast. He felt satisfied that with a little encouragement a fishing industry once established would be capable of being expanded into a largj undertaking. '

In an advertisement in a recent issue Mr. Singleton's remarks regarding the future market for 'butter and cheese were quoted in support of a particular milking machine. Mr. Singleton desires us to say that on the occasion in question, or any other, he never made a statement relative to any milking machine in particular. He simply referred to the necessity for ensuring the purity of the milk in order to turn out a first-class article, with no reference to any nrilkin™ machine. A meeting of the New Plymouth Repatriation Committee was held last evening, there being present: Colonel Weston (chairman), Messrs. W. J. Chane?, T Furlong, T. C. List, R. Masters, F. W. Okey, J. R. Rowlands, H. R. Cattley, R. J. Clarke, H. Ellerm. Sustenance was granted to an ex-?oldior until he secured suitable work, and it was decided to advertise on behalf of two others who desire employment. A special committee was set up to go into the question of obtaining employment locally for returning men, and of training them for new positions.

Women motor-car thieves and women burglars have been a source of considerable trouble to the police during the past few weeks (says a London paper).-Many thousands of women learnt to drive motor-cars during the war, and among them were wives and sweethearts of professional thieves, who saw an opportunity of increasing facilities for carrying out daring robberies. Motor-cars stolen whlie left unattended in the streets have been used extensively to carry large quantities of cloth, costumes, furs, cigars and cigarettes taken from warehouses and private houses. It is now known that in some instances the motor-cars have been stolen by women drivers. In one case three hairpins were found in a roadway in the West End on the Bpot whence the car had been stolen, and the evidence showed that a woman had been seen to turn the starting-handle. In doing this the hairpins had dropped from her hair.

A rsmindsr is given of the meetin-j IMs evening at the Good Templar Hall, at which Mr. Hunt, the Dominion president of the Efficiency League, and Mr. R. &.. Gray will speak in favor of tlio adoption of the recommendation of the Efficiency Board to put an end to thii lkmor traffic find pay compensation". Th'.i will be the only opportunity of hearing l!!i>«i> gentian™,, both of v/hom are said to be very able platform speakers. Littlii more than :i month remains before ttio vote will be taken which will decide whether New Zealand wil be "dry" of "wot."

Tl;e East End Battling Reserve Conr mittce aTe assisting the Taran&ki Agricultural Society by making to-night a red-letter event by holding one of tlieir grand popular long-night dances in the large pavilion. This pavilion is specially adapted for dances with twelve large casement doors opening to the fresh breeze from the sea and electric fans. This enables the dancers to enjoy com' fort The music, which wiF be a feature of the evening, is being arranged bv Mrs. Oeorge. The floor, as in the past, will be in tip-top condition. Abundanon of supper will be supplied by the ladies' committee. Mr. Cross. assisted bv Mr. TTardgraves, will act as M.C.'s, which i-t a guarantee that patrons will be tbor--ou2V.lv attended to. Webster Bros- Jire selling two fivesenter cars at their mart on Saturday next. Both are in good running order Particulars in auction column. On Wednesday next Webster Bros, aro offering a choice property of 23$ acres at Westown, only one and a half miles from post office. This property is on the sunny side' of the road, and offers well for subdivision. The sale takes place at the' mart at 2.30. The Wheat Controller notifies the maximum price of wheat. Details appear in an advertisement-