LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Great North Telegraph Company notify -the re-ostablishmcnt of direct communication between Paris and Fredericia (Denmark). ' -The Pacific Cable Board notify there is heavy delay on traffic from the United Kingdom on the Anglo and Commercial Atlantic cables. Messages received in New Plymouth vesterdav morning were dated 13th, 14th and loth The Prisons Board will be visiting New Plymouth either this week or earlv next week, when the High Schools Board will approach them on the question of employing prison labor to improve the gully at the boys' school, i Mr, C. E. Bellringer will meet the deputation of electors who asked him to stand as a candidate for the Taranaki constituency, this morning at 11 o'clock at the Soldiers' Club. The Borough Council last night adopted the principle of placing children using the bus service for the purpose of going to school on the same footiu" as those using the trams, and it was" decided to issue students tickets for that purpose. Hie Auckland Provincial Employers' Association is revesting- the Uovernroent to fix the date of the elections at December 10th if possible, it being considered that if the elections were held later there would be a great dislocation «f the holiday busincss.-Press Assoeiat:on. A letter was read at the meetins of the Aew Plymouth Borough Councinrst mght, for Messrs Boy and Nicholson, stating that it was expected that the motion for an injunction restraining the council from erecting public conveniences in Upper Brougham Street, would lie heard at the next sitting of the Supieme Court at New Plymouth. A virtual restoration of pre-war subiiroan railway services was announced by the Prune Minister at Papakura on ■-aturday. Mr. Massey said he had that day been miormed pf the chief chances, which he remarked were a pretty decent instalment He thought the new services would be run by Christmas. He trains promi3e there wou!d be Sunday The value of beautifying little corners vvithm the town -was stressed Ity Mr R Cock (ail ex-mayor) vesterdav'? mayoral installation ceremony. He referred to what he had seen done in sev f u f all «n. towns and instanced several places within the borough bpun? dary which might with advantage dealt with He hoped the council wouM uo its best m this direction. TYRI« ,H ,r p B f ITISH .„ SOLm BA?fI) TYRES aie tyres with the lastfV tread! For wjaraMlity they have nS ! equal. District agent, W. O'Callag^n,

J The High Schools Board last night resolved to convey to the boys' school, through Mr. Moyes (the principal), its appreciation of the splendid record again put up b_v the school in the Imperial ■Shield competition, when both the senior junior teams again occupied premier position for New Zealand. In the Eenior competition the school obtained fifth position, and in the junior competition -ourth, fifth and sixth positions. In reply to some remarks made at the mayoral installation yesterday in regard to various municipal undertakings, Jlr. I'. T. Bellringer (town clerk and man*'le borough had applied for the maximum sum allowed by the Act (£10,000) for a housing scheme, chiefly for its own employees, and he was pleased to say that a'favorable reply to the application had been received. In regard to the electric light and power extension scheme he said the work could not be commenced until the final estimates were completed, and there was a good deal involved in getting levels, etc, betore the estimates could be made.

The acute position that exists in the building trade in New Plymouth is being experienced in other parts of New Zealand. A local resident has received the following letter from one of the leading timber merchants in Auckland: «e do not manufacture joinery ourselves, and we find it almost impossible to obtain supplies for our customers femce the war started eight different timber concerns ha.ve gone out of business in Auckland, those including a number of joinery manufacturers, and it is almost impossible, at the present time, to place an order for joinery We are snowed up with orders for'sawn Kaun, and have had to turn down orders now for some time." Two of the ex-mayors of New Plymouth who were present at yesterday's installation function, indulged in a little rivalry as to which was responsible for acquiring certain reserves which had been vested in the borough. The second claimant of the honor was met by ™L n tlle re Ulat while the reseive was certainly secured during the formers term of office, he (the latter) fust made the application for it. Later m the proceedings a third ex-mavor caused uproarious laughter by remarking: "I certainly claim the "kudos for getting the reserve!" One of the speakers urged upon the present council that they should not part with any of the .reserves, even for education purposes.

J n ! '% matt <* of the number of applicaat ?lil°V a i su PP )lea Wfls mentioned at the Borough Council meeting last S 1 w i en ? r " Brooker asked if it was £ '' c to f v ° t lie serv ice to Waiwaka Inl"thU buildln S was ffoing on there and there was no provision for water ri evidences. The Mayor pointed out at there were many applications for the water m places where the extension was necessary, and if thev were all H would mean a big expend!tvith tlm P r °P° sed S° in ß into them i h the engineer with a view to bring, m the whole position before the counc ■ The manager said it would probfo, wn°t r -• t0 g0 in for a Joa " "f ter cfension, but pointed out hat it would be revenue-producing almost immediately. h Tluring the course of some remarks at i fay oral installation ceremony yost!le question of local 'bodies imdei taking housing schemes, Mr G W Browne urged caution oil the part of hnHrl i"' ..Rasing as a practical buildei lie said he at present had two buildings winch had been covered in and Hsie waiting for doors and windows to be put in. They had been waitmg for en weeks and he did not know when hey would be available. Joinery fac- !°" e | S fl c , oui /f not give any guarantee in !e„aul to the delivery of orders. "How ' S „3 r , Jo . SO P h Ward ' s scheme to get on? asked an mterjector, to which MiBrowne replied: "Sir Joseph Ward is "anted to 1C "l" Mr ' Br(m;ne sai(l ho uantcd to place an order for a 14ft. (adder and was told lie could not °-et it for three months. °

The ease with which an attack-of influenza can be contracted through the urn-observance of a few simple precauJons on the part of a person infected wth the disease is clearly demonstrated in a cinema production entitled "Dr ? on Influenza," which the DepartZ'! i° +i ! e Health nas r «ently impoi ted through the New Zealand High Commissioner from the Local Government Board of England. The film, which is over 1000 feet in length, was produced rin^I 16 ( W of Slr Auckland Geddes h7t ven, f lZa epidemic in England last yea l , m order to educate the public as to the dangers of influenza if due regard was not paid to the precautions recornmen ed by the healL auSitiel epidemic nf' 6, 'a D ° W 110 semM ance of an I influenza m New Zealaind yet the authorities here believe that the St 1011 r f * uch a fl,m wi » weys bttoi , Arran S e ™ent 3 are accordingly being made with the film suppliers to week ''we ][''! C ,° ntinue d ™"g the SllVmakes'bi » U children's footwear' aVo,?paces' will • l-cn ll h,t reaSOn , able Stv 2 berts° N salvage sale o£ Ro . commence'at the W St ° Ck ' wi " store on Thursdiv m • wcra branch PlymouthX owood lZr d , at Xew than, on f °?> d and E1 " K-lHffa? 5« s*,!r Jdsz&z?* columns. 0111 adv ertising

Justas '•the proof of the pudding is in I'O eating," so the proof of the washing « in the color And that is exactl^S he new washing powder, "Fairy Won. du Cleanser, scores over all otw a Fairy Wonder" makes even clothe*) that have become a bad color snow-white like ft v gl ' rf mjuryto «»^b. if, l( J >7- IOU 11 be astounded and dejilted. All grocers and wholesalers have | An addition has been made to the purebred poultry stock of the district sHSThmm*

English mails, ex Arawa, at Auckland, arrived in TaranaM last night. Mails that were dispatched from New Zealand to Lpndon on the 16th September, arrived there on the 10th inst. A Wairoa telegram reports that light rain is falling, breaking the prolonged dry spell in tho district. The Board of Trade has extended the time of the issue of permits to export potatoes from November 15 to November It has been ascertained by the Gov- | eniment Bacteriologist at Wellington that, contrary to popular belief, coins do not offer a suitable nidus for the piopagation of bacteria, and can be regarded as a negligible factor in the spread of infectious diseases. In responding to the toast of the present Council at the Mayoral installation yesterday, Cr. P. J. Hill said the Council often got blamed for what they did as well as for what they did not do. The only tiling under the circumstances was for them to do their best and take no notice of the criticism.