LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Napier reports that rain continues' and the rivers are in high flood. Reports from the surrounding districts state that there have been heavy losses of sheep. The Citizens' Band will meet at the station this morning to welcome the men who are returning by the Rarawa and Aupouri. As many bandsmen as can make it convenient are requested to assemble at the station at 6.45 a.m. In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, John Joseph Larking was fined £l, in default seven days' imprisonment with hard labor, on a charge of drunkenness. A further charge of trespassing was dismissed. Mr. W. R. McKean, S.M., was on the Bench. A Press Association telegram states that the Auckland Gas Company's stock of coal is down to three days' supplies. No shipments are expected'for a fortnight. The pressure will be reduced to decrease the consumption on Saturday and each following evening at 8 o'clock. The collection of rates from native land owners by county councils is a very difficult problem. It was reported at a recent meeting of the Patea County Council that no rates from' native owneis had been collected this year, and that there were £IOOO to £ISOO outstanding. The travelling military medical board concluded its sitting at the New Plymouth Hospital yesterday. Altogether 34 undischarged soldiers and 14 discharged soldiers undergoing treatment were examined. Eleven of the former were recommended for discharge. The bdard whicjh sat at Stratford and Etawera earlier this week, leaves to-day for Wanganui. A very interesting and instructive address on the Sale of Goods Act was given by Mr. C H. Weston last nigh; at the meeting of the New Plymouth Commerce Students' Society. There was a fair attendance, the president, Air. Hugh Baily, presiding. At the conclusion of the address a discussion took place, and Mr.' Weston wag cordially thanked for his address.

The Whiteley Flower Show was continued yesterday afternoon and evening, with very satisfactory results. There were many visitors during both afternoon and evening, and good business was done at the stalls. The takings amounted to £3l 16s lid, made up as follows: Doors £9 lis, sweets stall £6 6s 9d, art £3 15s Bd, fancy £9 10s Gd, afternoon tea and supper £2 I,ls. The total for the two days' business was £124 15s Id. The show will be open to-day in order to (five country friends arid school children an opportunity to see the display, the heirs being from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Ladies' Guild of Holy Trinity, Te Henui, which for many years, has worked diligently to help the TaTanaki Backblocks Mission Fund, is holding a sale of work in the Te Henui Sunday School on Thursday next, September 18. The proceeds of the sale will be given in equal shares to the Backblocks Fund, and the Parish Vicarage Fund. The ladies of the Guild have been working very hard, under wise direction, for many months, and as a result of their labors a particularly desirable collection of work will be offered for sale at quite reasonable price*. The fancy stall has been provided by trit girls of the district, who have got together a very choice collection of pretty and useful articles. A well stocked produce stall will be a feature of the sale, and afternoon tea will be obtainable. At yesterday's meeting of the New Plymouth Harbor Board some discussion took place on recent public comments and press references "to the impending destruction of the scenic beauties of Paritutu for the purposes cf the harbor extension works. It was pointed out by several members of the Hoard that tho question of removing stone from Paritutu had not been before the board and that it was not its intention to interfere with Paritutu either as a landmark or to destroy its beauty and its historic associations. The board was just as much concerned with conserving the natural features of the landscape as were these alarmist people who wrote to the newspapers. They had never intended to do anything to interfere with the appearance of ParifciUu and if as a very last resort it was found necessary to remove some stone | from there, then Paritutu would be eloped in such a. way that the vegetation would very quickly reassert itself, and it would be impossible for anyone to see that it had been interfered with In any way.

The definite official announcement that, the next. Dominion War Loan will be for £10,000,000, to be issued immediately, has now cleared the air (says the Wellington Post's commercial writer). Investors will know where they are and what they have to meet. The money is absolutely necessary in view of the largo expenditure directly and indirectly connected with the war that will have to be met. There has been no suggestion of abandonment or even modification of the provisions of the Finance Act, which makes income tax payers compulsory subscribers to the war loans. It is generally understood that £3,600,000 has already been received towards the new loan, but this does not mean that only £6,500,000 will be required to be raised by this issue. The full £10,000,000 will be required to be subscribed. At the end of April Inst the Hon. A. M. Myers stated that the War loan certificates and Ave per cent, post office bonds and Ave per cent, bonds were subscribed to the amount of £6,4(10,630, and war loan stock £30,670,615, equivalent to £3B 7s per head. The total to the end of June had reached to over £43,750,000. For July, £460,000 additional was received, so that j by now it may be said that £44,250,000 is about the total. To that the £10,000,000 presently to be raised has to be added. The New Plymouth Citizens'"Band will pay a visit to the Old People's Home tomorrow afternoon, when an excellent programme of music will be submitted to the inmates. Bandsmen are asked to assemble at the bandroom promptly at 1.45 pm. Mr. G. V. Reid is arranging for cars to take the bandsmen home. Westown people will note that the programme commences at 2 p.m. The remarkable success attending the introduction of the new scientifically prepared Fairy Wonder dry soap for washing clothes is simply due to merit. This soap does wash clothes, leaves no nasty scum, dissolves instantly and contains no deleterious substance that would rot or harm the most delicate fabrics. Try it. All grocers. Probably the Panama Hat is the most practical and popular a person can procure. Poised with precision, protecting a pretty profile, and worn with pardonable pride, perfect pleasure permanently prevails. Petty prices permit prompt possession. Perceive page four of this paper. Perpetrated by the Proprietor, Big Store, Waitara. A flve-seater motor car, and billiard saloon business are advertised on pa."e