LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Permission was given by the Borough Council last night for the New Plymonth branch of the Plunket Society to hold a "Baby Day" Street Collection on November 22nd.

Touching on the question of subsidy ill lieu of toll gates, Cr. Campbell mentioned, at the meeting of the County Council yesterday, that the Kgmont County was peculiarly situated, inasmuch as the trallic from Opunakc North went to Xew Plymouth, and from south went to Hawera or Eltham. It would therefore be hard if the county had to pay a subsidy to two or three local bodies.

An Edendale settler who recently sold out of a small holding (according :o an exchange) put it this way: "My piace cost mo about £750, I was asked to sell, but did not want to be pressed to put a price on it, I named £1250 as a sum that I considered sufficient to leave me in unmolested possession of my home. To my surprise, the place was sold over my head, and I had nothing to do but to take the unexpected profit, and get out" He is in the position of a New Plymouth man who put £11550 on a house that cost him about £750, only to find that a buyer toolc it at the price.

A meeting of citizens at Tauranga on Friday night decided to send an emphatic protest to the Prime Minister and the Hon. W. H. Herries, member for the district, against the removal of survey parties from the Wailri-Taurauga rail* way construction, and reminding the Government that a promise to employ men, if found, had resulted in the employment of only eighteen out of a hundred by the local committee.—Press Association.

Detective Fitzgibbon arrested a man named George Sherwood, 011 Saturday, under warrant from Hastings, • on 'a charge of stealing a Bosch magneto, ve.iucd at £32, from Messrs Macdonald and Fryer, garage proprietors, Hastings. Accused was brought before Mr. T. A. B Bailey, S.M., yesterday morning, and remanded to appear at Hastings on Friday next. Bail was applied for'and fixed bv the magistrate, but as no surety was forthcoming accused will leave for Hastings th) 3 morning under escort.

It has been suggested that a telegraph receiving depot should be established in the neighborhood of the Melbourne corner, Devon Street. It is pointed out that it is quite a distance to go from Devon Street East, where the business of the town is increasing rapidly, to the Post Office,- and that a telegraph receiving place at the point mentioned would not only bj a great convenience but a source of profit to the Department, as at present many people, rather than trouble about going "the liistance,. simply drop a letter instead. It is pointed out that at such a depot money order business could also be transacted. We commend the suggestion to the consideration of the postmaster. Mr. W. Nash, of New Plymouth, was one of the speaker at the Labor "Rally" at Wellington on Sunday evening. Mr. Nash told the meeting that a merchant had said to him recently, "I don't care how high the prices go. The higher they go the more profit I make." He was invited to give the name of the merchant, but did not respond. He explained how prices and profits were raised by the assessing of retailers' profits on wholesale prices at the old percentage rates. He admitted the retailers were bound by the economic Bystem, but ujjged that Labor's Socialistic objective offered the remedy. Mr. Nash mentioned some inequalities in the payment of the pensions to the dependants of epidemic victims. \ An adveilture with a shark is reported to have been experienced by a party crossing from Waiheke to Rotoroa Island in the Salvation Army launch Iris on Tuesday. The launch had a punt of timber in tow, and when about 500 yards from the shore of Rotoroa the launch was bumped with such force from below that the occupants feared that their craft had struck a submerged reef. Within a moment, however, a shark, about 20ft. long, was seen circling the boat, and a few seconds later it commenced to lash the stem of the craft and to thrash the water to foam with its tail. On the previous day three sharks, varying from a 10ft. Oin. "shovelnose" to a 7ft. "thrasher," were caught from the same launch.

A meeting of the Taranaki executive of the New Zealand Dairy Factory Managers' Association was held at Kapong.i on September 28. Present: Messrs. E. Reeves (provincial president), in the clmir, W. His'.op, L, Taylor, H. Crosbie, and A. F. Nelson (secretary). Corrae pondence was read from various companies regarding salaries and adjustments made. Mr. S. Hall, of Okato, and Mr. W. Crawford, of Inaha, were appointed to complete the number on the executive. It was decided to arrange with the dairy division for a grading conference to be held at Taranaki ports during- the season. The question of dairy companies providing housing accommodation for married employees was fully discussed, and' a' recommendation made asking companies to give ft earnest consideration.—Star.

A song recital is to be given at the Kmpire Theatre on October 10 by Mr. Frank Amoor.j (dramatic lyrie tenor). It will include selections from grand opera, oratorio, old aud modern ballads, etc.

Dairymen should be interested in the special dairy heifer sale to be held at Pahiatuu on October 9 by the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op., Ltd. Some '4OO springing dairy heifers will be submitted, the bulk of which are in forward condition and close to profit. Further particulars are advertised.

In this issue are particulars of a sale of house furniture and effects on account of Airs. C. M. Gray and another lady. The sale is being held in the Good Templar Hall, and we understand from Webster Bros., the auctioneers, that the list include a good Broadwood piano and several good carpets-

There is a pleasing display of fashionably tailored blouses, and tailored skirts at Morey's. The new styles bespeak fashion's latest, ideas. Smart dressers will turn to Morey's announcement in this paper for further details.

Ladies, why go on using obsolete methods of washing clothes when by the use of "Fairy Wonder" Cleanser you can get better results at half the cost of fuel, time, and labor, and without rubbiug the life out of the fabrics? "Fairy Wonder" Dry Soap quickly dissolves dirt without rubbing, makes the clothes snowwhite, and leaves the hands beautifully soft and smooth. Guaranteed not to injure the finest fabrics. Try it. All grocers stock it.

"hough blankets are dear hot water is clic-ap. Get a North British Rubber Co.'s serviceable rubber bottle made with a "Unique" stopper—the brand that Bpells pu..-action. Recommended by all retailers. . 64

The :ecutive of tlie New Plymouth Expansion and Tourist League will meet thiß evening, when Mr A. E. Sykes, who has jußt returned from America and England, has consented to give members the benefit of his impressions. Mr ,Sykes was one of the founders of the League, and has 'taken a keen interest in its work, and whilst away kept his eyes open for anything that would help the town and district.

"Lawyers, liara and land-sharks" was the expression used by a judgment debtor at the Auckland Magistrate's Court in reply to a question cs to what had become of property he used to be the owner of. No order was made as it was shown the man had no means.

"I'm not going to palliate the fact that very often the language used at the front was not of the choicest, but there were many extenuating reasons for this," said the Rev. Luxford, C.MG., at Auckland. In a voice deep with emotion he continued, "I know what vour boys have done, none have done better, and let us judge them not by what they said, but by what they did." "The late Samuel McCaughey scattered his fortune of £1,750,000 or so among more or less deserving institutions, mostly in the New South Wales: State" (says the Sjdney Bulletin), "and yet forgot the most deserving of all. He didn't leave anything to the Public Debt Sinking Fund, which really should have received the lot, because it is unsectarian, it is for the benefit of everybody, and it deals with the biggest evil. Debt is an evil, elsj Samuel McCaughey wouldn't have kept out of it so carefully, and a State debt of nearly £160,1X10,000 is big enough to be visible. The poor old N.S. Wales Sinking Fund has only grown by £107,780 (from £H»B,;«3 to £494,163) in 17 years (say £6,340 per annum), and in the same period the debt increased by about £90,000,000. If Samuel McCaughey had ordered his entire £1,750,000 to ba invested in the good cause, and lix«d where no State Treasurer could break in and steal, that would have made the fund 4£ times as big as it isj, and added at least £87,500 a year to the accumulation to begin with. The investment at current rates would pay off the present debt in 90 years." A petty officer from H.M.S. New Zealand was an interested listener ttt an Auckland meeting of returned soldiers in connection with the gratuity proposals. "I don't see much wrong with Is 6d a day—£27 a year," lie said. "I served with the Navy throughout the war, and my gratuity was £32. That is at the rate of £8 a year."—New Zealand Herald.

Lapsing into a vein reminiscent of the war, at the reception tendered to him at Wellington the other night, BrigadierGeneral Richardson paid a high compliment to Brigadier-General Freyberg, V.C-, for whom he predicted a brilliant future, and, passing on, remarked amid applause that he would like to see the portrait painted of every New Zealand V.C. and hung in our National Art Gallery. Their likenesses would serve a3 an inspiring and lasting incentive to all young New Zealanders.