LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A deputation from the Transport Workers' Federation is to wait on the Prime Minister on Saturday morning.— Press Assn. . • The Cabinet has finally decided that there slifoll be no Government doeofatfbns or illuminations for Lord Jellicoo's visit, On the s(h inst. his Honor Judge Edwards, on the application of Mr. 'Hughes, granted letters of administration in the estate of Richa>d Henry ■Bellringer, late of Fitzroy, his widow, Alice Elizabeth Mary Bellringer. On the information of the assistant borough inspector (Mr. E, C. King), C, \Y. was yesterday fined, by the New Plymouth S.M., 10s and costs (7s) on a charge of driving 4,motor car at a greater speed thag 20 miles per hour on the Avenue Road. Messrs W. B. Grant and H. C. Sampson, representing tho Taranaki A. and P. Society, waited on the suppliers at the annual meeting of the Maketawa Dairy Company yesterday, and asked for continued support to the society. At the conclusion several new members were enrolled. ' . The Taranaki Producers' freezing Works Company have received advice that they have been allotted shipping space for September for 36,000 crates of cheese, as follows: Durham, 12,000 crates; Esses, 12,000 crates; Opawa, 12,000 crates. This will leave the storage chambers .practically clear, the remainder of the season's cheese being a little'more than 6000 crates. Butter is, of course, clear. ' The daffodil tea held in the Whiteley Hall yesterday in aid of the Soldiers' jflostel was quite a success. The hall was very tastefully decorated with ferns, evergreens, and' flowers. Mrs. Burgess i and her staff were kept very busy disposing of flowers and dispensing afternoon tea. As a result of the function, the funds of the hostel will benefit to the oxtent of about £lO- - the course of his address in moving the adoption of the annual report of the annual report of the Mangorei Dairy Company yesterday, Mr. A. Morton, in speaking of the prospects of the manufacture of casein, said it was not unlikely that in the near future what were now looked upon as the by-products would become the highly profitable portion of the industry, and that butter would be looked upon as a by-product. There was a very large attendance at the Holland Hall' last night, when a most successful and thoroughly enjoyable social was held under the auspices of the Catholic Social Committee. Messrs D. Costollo and R. Oliver (M'sC.) kept matters merrily moving to the excellent :nusic provided by Miss Rita Sole, extras being played by Miss Bennett. For nondancers a euchre tournament was held on the stage, Private Holloway proving the winner. Supper, provided by the ladies, made a pleasant' break in the proceedings. It is the intention of the committee, of which Mr. W. P- Kellehcr is secretary, to run these socials fortnightly. Messrs Howell and Howell's post free parcel, advertised in this issue, contains several useful every day necessities and incidentally affords an opportunity, to save a couple of shillings on ordinary prices . This opportunity will find the thrifty housewife ready for she will be quick to realise and take full advantage of it,

Last month the applications for supply of electricity numbered 38, new consumers connected 31, and additions made to existing consumers' installations 12. The superintendent of the Pacific Cable Board, Auckland, notifies Unit the condition of the Canadian lines is normal.— i'ress Assn. The Waikato Times states that despite the many denials it is still asserted that Huntly and Taupiri coal is used for locomotives on the railways. The building inspector of the New Plymouth Borough Council reports that the building of houses continues brisk. Permits for the past month - ran into tliOO, or seven new houses of an average value of £BOO each. The total fares taken by the New Plymouth electric tramways for the month of July amounted to £9(19, or £22oinore than for July of lflltf. This bhdws how the town is expanding and the tramways gaining in popularity, i There were slaughtered for local consumption in New Plymouth last month 240 cattle, 8 calves, 794 sheep, 8 lambs, 83 pigs, aild 22(1 tripes were cleaned, an increase of 22 cattle, 2 calves, 147 sheep, 0 lambs, 19 pigs, and 9 tripes over the figures for July, 1918. Two cattle and two pigs were condemned. The fees for the month amountod to £l5B 7s 2d. The number of sheep slaughtered constitutes a record for the abattoir. In the New Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. R. MeKean, S M., Fraacis Peacock Corkill waa charged on two counts with carrying on business as a land agent and with-hold-ing himself out as a land agent, although not the holder of a license undeT? the Land Agents Act, 1912. Sub-Inspector Hutton, \ho prosecuted, agreed to withdraw the charge of carrying on business on a plea of guilty being entered in respect, to the other charge. Mr. R. H. Quilliam, who appeared for defendant, mi his client had committed but a tech- t nical breach ol the Act. This was the first prosecution of the kind in the Taranaki district, and he regarded it as a test case,- and asked that no penalty should be imposed. He claimed, that practically every land agent in New Plymouth had this year broken the provisions of the Land Agents Act, but this was the only prosecution. Defendant was no\y about to apply for a license. The magistrate inflicted a nominal fine of 10s with costs, ; ' '■' At. the annual meeting of the Maketawa Dairy Company yesterday Mr. JB. Simpson mentioned that he had been approached by the residents of. Norfolk Road in regard to taking steps for the. purpose of raising funds for a memorial to the boys of the district who had fallen at the front. Ho felt sure that those who had not been able to go to the front would recognise their obligations to those. who had, especially to those whb had made the supreme sacrifice. To negleet/to recognise the services of the boys, to his mind, would be a disgrace. Of course, opinions varied as to what form a memorial should take, but hV thought that a hall should be memorial to the fallen. He would like to see a committee,set up to go into the matter fully and then place their views before a further meeting. A district memorial was -what he desired to tee. It was decided to approach tho Durhajh and Norfolk Road School Committees with a view to their amalgamating to carry out the project. Ever, since the. outbreak of the war and until its conclusion the Maketawa Dairy Company made a donation of a box' of butter per month to the Inglewood, Patriotic Society, as well as a box occasionally to - the Red Cross Society and other patriotic institutions. At yesterday's meeting of suppliers a letter 1 waa -reeelveft from the the Inglewood Patriotic Society appreciative of the cqr/i'pany's fine .action, resulting in the augmenting of the funds by £530 in cash, in aaaition... to sundry boxes of butter donated to Red Cross marts, etc. The letter was received with applause. An appeal from,the Mercantile Marine Association also came before the meeting, and met with favorable support, the shareholders voting the sum of* £lO 10s; The ehairintn (Mr.» j; Brown) said that but for the marine they would not have got any produce away. Mr. J, Simpson spoke against the resolution, holding that, as all sections of ,the community had ibeneflted, any assistance should be given from the consolidated funds. He did not think it right that one sectjon of the community should be continually putting its hand in its pocket- ' ■ . "FAIRY WONDER" Dry Soap ,is magical in its effect. Not only does it wash clothes effectively, but: a small quantity used in scrubbing water will dirt from floors and paintwork like magic. Dirty hair brushes made sweet and clean almost instantaneously. Try it. Small packets 2Jd; large Is lOd. All grocers. The Melbourne's great end-of-season sale commences to-day. The sale advertisement published" with yesterday's issue conveys a fair idea- of the scope of the sale, but in addition to tfte items mentioned there are many oddments which will be thrown out at ridiculous prices. An early call will be amply repaid.