LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

a. ~ .... The shooting season in the Taranakl Acclimatisation Society's district opens to-morrow. Several localities report a fail? number of pheasants, while quail are fairly numerous. The largest dried milk factory in the world is at Matangi (says the Waikato Times). Everything points to the complete fittings being in place in the new building for operations to commence with the new season.

At a meeting of the New Plymouth Ratepayers' Association last evening it was resolved to urge burgesses to vote for eight candidates at to-day's Borough Council election, and not to plump for bne or more.

Five Austrians who have been in and about New Plymouth for some time were apprehended; under military warrant, by the police on Monday, and sent to Wellington yesterday in the charge of Constable Wroblenski, for repatriation purposes, it being imderstood that they would sail for Europe by a boat leaving Wellington to-day. Messrs R. Masters (chairman), H. Trimble, P. J. H. White, and H. J. Eaves, members of the Tarariaki' Education Jioard, accompanied by Mr. C. H. Moore, the board's overseer,_ visited the Mahoe, Kaponga, Riverlea, "Makaha, Auroa, Otnkeho, Oeo, and Pihama schools yesterday. At each place they were met by membors of the school committee, and they express themselves as pleased with the interest shown in educational mat< ters in the districts visited.

A man who appeared to defend a claim in the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning received something of a surprise when he was told he could not be heard, as lie had not filed his intention to defend the action. When as!.' l " l by the Magistrate why he had not filed his defence, he replied that it was evidently ignorance on his part. He had not read the instructions on the back of his summons and was not aware of the necessity for filing his defence. Judgment was therefore given against him for the amount claimed.

In the monthly abstract pf statistics for January, 1919, the tables showing percentages of increases in the selling prices of groceries, dairy produce and meat from July, 1914, to December, 1918, reveal that over the three groups New Plymouth shows the lowest increase, being 39.95 per cent, over the 1914 prices. Taihape stands on the same basis as New Plymouth, while Dunedjn shows the highest increase, being 57.77 per cent, above 1914 prices, Taking the items in the group separately, New Plymouth is easily the cheapest centre for groceries, while Taihape and Auckland are the only places in which meat has shown a lower percentage of increase iri price. Strange as it may seem, Few Plymouth' shows a greater increase in the price of dairy produce than any other centre in the Dominion. Here the increase has been 41.65 per cent., the ilext figure below that being Auckland's 39.88 per cent. Nelson, with 20.77 per cent., shows the least increase in the price of dairy produce. The little girl who strayed away from her home in the vicinity of Big Jim's Hill, Brixton, oil Monday afternoon, was reported yesterday evening to be safe in the hands of some relatives at Hawera. The New Plymouth police were advised of the fact 'last night. They were also communicated with from Lepperton by a resident of that district, who had found a girl answering to. the description given, and who told him she had com§ from Okau, where her people lived, but that she had, lost .her money at Waitara. She said she had friends in Hawera, and the Lepperton man provided her with the money t<s enable her to reach the latter town, to which she evidently went. From information supplied the police, it appears that the girl's mother is in the hospital, arid during the afternoon there had been: some' trouble with an elder member of the family, and the girl had left her home on that account. The child's father had been communicated with, and it was understood she was in the safe keeping of her Ha--wera relatives.

WestoVn dairymen are requested to attend the meeting at the hall on Thursday evening to receive Hie report of the committee appointed at the previous meeting, and to decide as to whether or not a dairy factory shall be established in the district. A full attendance is desired.

A land agent's license was granted in the Magistrate's Court vesterday to Mr. F. F. W. Eberlet, New' Plymouth.

To-morrow (Thursday) night at the Good Templar Hull, the professional aild business men of New Plymouth will be privileged to hear Mr Edward Moulton, of the Sheldon Institute of Business Science, discuss the question of "Personal Power and Efficiency Development as a Business Building Asset." Addressing 'a large gathering of the Otago Employers' Association at Dnnedin recently, Mr Moulton made a bald statement that "whateveraa man's occupation, whatever his station, the Sheldon Institute could, show him how to enlarge his success—to get more out of life—in money and in happiness;" and the fact that over 100,000 business and professional men have endorsed the Sheldon system is certainly an interesting testimony to the institute's ability to do what it claims. The keener and more progressive commercial and professional meu of New Plymouth will undoubtedly be out to hear for themselves what the lecturer has to say to-morrow night. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce find commences at eight o'clock. Mr J. H. Bodle, of the Eltham Motor Cycle Depot, has secured the agency for the Eltham district of the HarlcyDavidson motor cycle. 6SRSXSSA for BREAKFAST.

Manaia people are moving for the building of a new and up-to-date schoolhouse.

The Kaponga people have determined to go in for the production of sugar of milk, and a company is being formed, which will shortly be registered.

The importation into New Zealand of Russian rouble notes is prohibited by a notice published in the Gazette. These notes are very much depreciated. A saving of from 22s Od to 25s was effected by importing slag direct to New Plymouth instead of through Wellington, and this also directed a big saving in slag, as a good deal of this manure was lost in handling, said Mr. Newton King at Eltham on Monday evening. Mr. T. Sowman, of Hailtere (Otaki), probably holds the Dominion record for his dairy herd. The Wellington Post states that the week, before hist the butter-fat test of the herd was 0.0, and last week 9.0.

The following officers have been uppointed to the Manaia branch of the Farmers' Union: President, Mr. K. Betts; vice ; president, Mr. H. Sandford; secretary ftnd treasurer, Mr. ,Tas. M, Clsguc; auditor, Mr. G. Betts; executive, Messrs G. Betts, Wells, Long, Sandford and Muggeridge; delegate to the conference, the president. The price of land keeps climbing up. A farm has just changed hands at Mangatoki at what the Argus understands is the record price for the district. Mr. McCracken (recently returned from tie front) has purchased Mr. J. Bosson's farm of 100 acres, the price being £9O per acre. This sounds like a steep price, biit practical men say that the highwater mark has not yet been reached in the price of land.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Eltham branch of the New Zealand Farriiers' Union on Saturday, Mr. T. W. Owen referred (the Eltham Argus reports) to the rapidly changing conditions of the soil in Taranaki. Travelling around the country recently he had noticed many poverty-stricken appearances. Taranaki had been a forest land, and the land had been full of humus, and, as a result of the burns, had been fully supplied with potash. This was becoming played out, and to get the best results from the soil and to increase the production they would have to obtain expert advice as to the requirements of the soil, to supply those requirements. It was decided to set tip a committee, comprising Messrs. Gane, Cocker, Owen and Best, to endeavor to arrange a meeting with an expert on fertilisers, and the inauguration of classes and lectures.

At the Eltham Harbor Board meeting on Monday evening Mr. Flyger asked if the Union Company had given the board any iritimation of any intention to use New Plymouth as a port of call, in view of the fact that it was some 200 miles nearer Sydney than any other New Zealand port. Mr. Newton King said the company had not done so, but the harbormaster (Captain Waller), an experienced seaman, had declared that this was inevitable. Mr. E. Maxwell said the manager of one company had informed him that both the Union and Huddart Parker Companies would be forced to make use of the port, both on account of the saving in time and distance and in view of the fact that that port was an open one, there being no dangers in the course of the approach to it.—Argus, According to evidence given before the Parliamentary Industries Committee, the poetic dream of marble halls might readily be brought to actual realisation in New Zealand by the provision of Government aid for marble quarrying at Takaka, Nelson, says the "New Zealand Herald." Replying to a question from one member as to whether marble were not really a "luxury" building material, a witness said the cost of timber was going up and it was getting scarcer, and he had no doubt that if marble could be produced at marketable prices it would come into wide general use, not only for public buildliflgs, but for residential bungalows. These were now erected largely in cement and briok, which, iinder present conditions, was cheaper than marble, but it was hoped the latter might be produced so as to satisfactorily compete with cement and brick. Marble was a material which stood for all time, with no' cost of either maintenance or repair. Withqjit assistance, however, the trade would still have to rely on the old luxury basis.

.A remarkable story of the silent Navy and how it did its work in the great war was told by Captain G. Doorly, R.N.R., at Wellington the other night. Captain Doorly said he was proud of the distinction of having commanded the smallest troopship which had made the longest voyage with troops. That -was the Navua, and the trip was from Port Chalmers to Plymouth (England). It was on that trip that the Navua was in convoy with the Mokoia and Aparima. Well off the English coast they fell in with a light cruisers, who told them that their convoy of destroyers had been detained in port by bad weather. Under the circumstances there was nothing to do save to go on, so that there were .three of them in the worst part of the danger ! Zonk entirely without protection. Just before the cruiser disapepared it signalled' that the destroyers had left, and should be looked out for. Darkness fell, and all ights were put out. He wondered how they were to And the destroyers or the destroyers to find (hem under such cimcumstances. Then he got a wireless signal to flash on his navigation lights, and as soon as he did so the navigation lights of three small steamers not a mile away could be seen —they: were £ho destroyers, who had picked them up in the dark. The signal came to "douse lights," and they stood on. Then a wjreless message was received—"ls that the Navua?" Captain Doorly said ho thought how wonderful it all was. There was a little steamer all the way from Port Chalmers, picked up in the dark, and known at once for what it was. The leading destroyer asked,for the whereabouts of the Mokoia. The reply was that she had steamed away ahead out of sight.. The destroyer went racing ahead, halfcovered in spume, and in a minute or so was lost to view.

The Melbourne, Ltd., that famous house for ladies' Mouses, is showing a nice range of white silk blouses all leu momme weight, at 10s Gd each. Other new goods are crepe de chine blouses in white, sky and shell pink at 2(ls (id to 3Ss Od, made of ten and twelve weight silk. Melbourne crepe de chine Mouses nre guaranteed to give satisfactory wear.

There is only one SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why the people reject the many inferior and harmful substitutes and just as goods. SANDER'S EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common eucalyptus, sprains, eczema, etc. Insist on the Sander's Extract cures all infectious diseases, all winter ailments, ulcers, burns GENUINE SASPtBK'S EXIfSACI. '

According to a statement made by Lieutenant-Colonel tiuy Powles at Wellington, some of the horses used in Palestine went without water for 84 hours. Others, travelling 20 miles a day, were without water for 72 hours. Reference was made some time ago to the very mild response made in Wellington to the appeal ,to bring in the rats nt so much per head. This is different from! the experience at Hong Kong during the bubonic epidemic, when a price was put upon rats by the iocal authorities. For months the corpses Mowed in, until one night the Governor sent for six live rats, for purpose of observation. Days passed, and nothing hnpppned. Then the truth came out. Dead rats by thousands had been shiplied in junks from Canton, Wouchou, and other parts of China. Mr Mackay, speaking as a candidate for a renewed term of the Mayoralty of Wangunui, said that one of the most important works of the borough was to see to the purity of the milk supply. A committe set up on his motion had gone some way into the matter, and had come to the conclusion that the first essential was to have a proper inspection of every cow and every dairy that supplied milk to the borough. This would ensure a pure supply. He did not at present favor a clearing bouse. That meant a big expense, and also a great delay in getting the milk from the cow to the consumer. He favored economy in distribution by dividing the town into blocks, and saving'the present over-lapping. If the experiment the Council had in view succeeded with the milk Bupply, it might be extended to other necessaries such as bread.