LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The takings at the children's ball in the Coronation Hall on Friday last were approximately between £6O and £tis.

Through Mr. Newton King's ageney (says the Stratford Post), fifty acres of /and in the Normanby district has been disposed of at what is probably the record price for farm land in Taranaki, viz., £IBO per acre. The Westland Patriotio (Society yesterday carried a motion of appreciation of the assistance given by the Hon. G. W. Russell ns chairman of the National War Funds Council, in respect of the administration of local patriotic funds. —Press Association.

At last night's meeting of the New Plymouth Repatriation Board it wafe stated in connection with the allocation of fifteen workmen's house.? for New Plymouth that word had been received that the Department was giving preference to returned soldiers over the other applicants, who nre fairly •numerous. Speaking at Lcpperton last night, Mr. H. B. Lepper, chairman of the Lepperton Dairy Factory, statod that 30 years ago. he bought land for £4 and £5 per acre. Some years later he sold at £l2. Later it was sold for £ls, changing hands again and again until now he was told that £GS was asked for it. In connection-with tho conference of disabled soldiers with the Taranaki War Relief Association, our report represented the chairman as stating that he totally disagreed with the proposal that the K.S.A., confer with the War Relief Association. The. motion, however, was that a committee of returned permanently disabled men should he set up by the conference to confer with the War Relief Association, and it was to that proposal the chairman objected

When the Hon. Q. W. Russell visited the New Zealand last week, Lord Jclljeoe informed him that the portrait of Sir Joseph Ward which previously hnng in the ship had been removed. The Admiral had no idea by whom it had been taken, but suggested it might have been injured in action. As Lord Jellicoe expressed a strong wish that the portrait of Sir J. Ward should remain in the ship another suitable picture had been placed on board.

Mr. T. X. Blackball, of Lcpperton, who is leaving shortly for England, statMl at last night's meeting of the Lepperton Dairy Company that he intended to make inquiries into the marketing of ■New Zealand butter and cheese, as he was convinced that wo were not at present getting a fair and square deal for Imtter and cheese, and he thought it was timo New Zealand woke up and did its marketing on different lines to what it liii'l done in the past. Many striking stories of mysteries have been circulating lately, but the only one with any basis of truth is the case of a young woman named Annie Calwell Lindsay, who arrived from Dannevirke on July H last, and was staying at the Provincial Hotel until the night of the 29th ult. (says the Hawke's' Bay ITerald of Saturday). Before retiring, the young woman said good-night to her fellow boarders and went to her room. The following morning she was missing, her bed had. not been slept in, and she has not since been seen or heard 'of. According to information gathered by the police, the woman is tall ana slim, and is between 30 and 35 years of age. On the night of her disappearance she was dressed in a fawn costume with a cream collar and was wearing black shoes and stockings She also had a ring, set with a red stone, on her left hand.

Mr A. B. Gibson, lion, secretary of the British Rod Cross Society, yesterday received from the West Australian Trustees Executors Agency Company, Limited, Perth, a bank draft for a further £23 'Us 2d on account of (». i'arker, Esq., of Fitzroy, being one-tliirA share of proceeds of sale of a section at Perth. This isr the second instalment from the same source, and is highly appreciated by the executive of the British Red Cross Society. Many women and not a few men, will be sorry to read that Rennie's sale ut The Big Store, Waitara, ends on Saturday. You cannot expect to get goods | at less than present wholesale prices, so hurry up and take your choice of the final bargains offered on page four.

A general meeting of members of the Returned Soldiers' Association is called for to-night, when the future management of the club, which has just been handed over the association, will be decided upon. At Morcy's will he found ninny dainty fabrics for making, spring frocks and uiouses. Some new materials have been added to old favorites making the display most interesting. • Just read Moray's advertisement in this paperit's most interesting.

_ Messrs Lwky and Biekcstow announce m this issue that they have taken over well-known Hnwera gara«e, next to the Central Hotel, in Union Street. Both have had considerable erperience ris motor engineers with all makes of cars, so that satisfaction will be guaranteed to all old and new clients. Special features are vulcanising and electrical work. Recognising that to the busy man Nowadays time means money, ; t is the firm's intention to expedite all repairs, so ..that the ear will not be detained in tfie workshop any longer than is absolutely,necessary to' ensure good workmapsliijji'.. *

•Sir Samuel McCaughey was a man of 'big ideas. He never failed when left to Ills own devices. At his Yanco station he adopted big ideas to combat drought. He cut '2OO miles of channels and flooded 10,000 acres of grass land. He grew 50U0 acres of lucerne, and watered it, making five or six cuts n year from the fodder. Traction engines ripped up the land, and acres were put under wheat-, oats, and potatoes followed.

"My gross turnover is £125 per week, and 1 only employ two hands to assist mo in carrying on my business, yet I am losing at the present price I have to pay for stock— £2O ■ per week," was the emphatic assurance of an Auckland butcher when discussing the prevailing high prices for fat stock at Westfleld. •'I might as well close the doors and take a holiday and spend £0 per week in recreation. It would pay me better," be concluded.—Auckland Star.

At Hawera on Saturday afternoon Messrs J. O. Osborne and Co. sold by auction, on behalf of the Fantham estate, a business site in Union Street containing 1'9.7 perches of land. The purchaser was Mr. E. C. Hayton, the property being knocked down for £1055 on. The firm also disposed of, by auction, a quarter-acre freehold property, with an old seven-roomed dwelling in the estate of the late M. J. Dixon, the purchaser being Mr. C. A. Rainford, for £4OO.

Mr. Harold Small, in an address on New Zealand shrubs at Shannon last week, said that it was not generally known that, though karaka berries were commonly eaten, the kernels are poisonous. Tutu, as is commonly known, is poisonous, both the shoots and the berries containing a deadly poison—so deadly that .01 of a drahm had killed a kitten in forty minutes, while .01 of a grain was sufficient to affect a human being in 24 hours. Carbonate of ammonia was the best antidote for tutu poisoning, which was responsible for the death of many animals. The handsome Government Buildings at the corner of Cathedral Square and Worcester Street, Christchurch, are threatened with trouble, states the Press. When the excavation works for the foundations were commenced, some years ago, there was discovered an extensive quicksand bed. To overcome this difficulty piles were sunk, and, after many months of work, the foundations were considered sufficiently stable to justify the erection of the building. Lately a serious crack hag been discovered in the brick and stone work, almost in the centre of that part of the building facing Worcester Street, which gives rise to the belief that some of the foundations are sinking. Unless prompt steps are taken to remedy this matters may become serious, to get.

Throughout the voyage of the Ulimuroft from Egypt the education system was continued. In charge of this worK was Major J. Robertson, formerly an inspector of schools in Otago. Major Robertson left New Zealand as a trooper, to which'capacity he served in the:Ansae Camel Corps. When the educational scheme was introduced he was appoints to take charge of it, and in'a day he rose from trooper to major, a promotion which was the subject of a song, the burden of which was "A trooper at midday, a major at night." The classes, some of which were compulsory, were 1-eld when the brigade was at Rafa, prior to the outbreak of the Egyptian riots in March, and at the base camp at Ismailia. At Eafa there were no buildings in which to hold classes, therefore the men gathered in the open air. A returned sergeant humorously described tho classes squatting in groups on the sand and studying what an instructor wrote on blackboards. "A great deal too much meat is eaten in New Zealand," said Professor Worley in a lecture at Auckland, "The quantity consumed is out of all proportion to the' amount of protein required by the body." He referred to the large amount of nutriment contained in fish, particularly salmon and herring, and stated that the poor of London had by necessity learned that kippers, bread and cheese, all cheap foods, were of high nutriment. He expressed regret that nothing had been done in New Zealand to determine the food values of New Zealand fish, but said there was no question that all classes of fish contained in high proportionate requirements of the body and should form a great part of the average diet. The use of vegetables as a part of the daily food was strongly urged by Professor,Worley. Ha said that in the country the vegetable garden was generally the most neglected part of the farm. Few vegetables were eaten, and to this he attributed a great deal of bad health. In France he had' observed that the people generally understood a great deal about the constituents of vegetables, but this was not common knowledge in England and New Zealand, People's bodies required iron, and though this could be easily supplied in spinach and cabbage, people often did not use these vegetables.

Mrs. Baily desires to thank Miss King and Mr. C. Dobson for use of motor cars, Mr. T. Avery for printing, Mrs. Kirkby for use of Kia Ora tea rooms, and Miss Wade, Westown, as well as all others who contributed to the success of tho St. Mary's Peace Memorial mart.

Scientific research has been responsible for many labor-saving devices, but not one has been welcomed with more acclaim than "FAIRY WONDER" cleanser, the new scientific dry soap for washing clothes. Right throughout the Dominoin this wonderful new tabor-saving compound is meeting witli extraordinary success. Have YOU tried it yet? All grocers have it in large or small packets. All previous selling records have been smashed by tho Melbourne's great End-of-Scason Sale, now in full blast. The silk blouse section has shown unusual briskness, due, no doubt, to the public's knowledge of the state of the silk market. Silks undoubtedly are going to be verv dear.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency draw attention to their Tarata sale on Friday next, as advertised on page 8.

The monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U will be held in the Good Templar Lodge Room to-morrow (Wednesday) at 2.30 p.m.—Advt.

It was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Melbourne, that (U SANDER'S EXTRACT is much mor, powerfully healing and antiseptic than ordinary eucalyptus preparations; (2) SANDER'S EXTRACT does not depress the heart like the so-called "extracts" and crude oils; (3) SANDER'S EXTRACT is highly commended by many authorities as a safe, reliable and effective household rented v. Get th* genuine—insist if you have to—and be safe. Cold in the head nnd Nasal Catarrh are quickly relieved by "NAZOL." Take 5 or 6 drops on loaf sugar and place between the cheek and gums and allow to disso>e aturally and very slowly. This gives prolonged acvlpu and picker relief.