LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the appointment of the first Church of England minister to New Plymouth. Mrs C. H. Burgess has donated £lO towards providing a ladder for gymnastic exercises /or the children at the Courtenay Street .School. This is a particularly welcome gift, and it is believed that the exercise on such an appliance will go n long way towards remedying eases of maldevclopment. The anglers in the Kaponga district are having much better sport this season than has been the experience for some years past. The fish are quite plentiful and in fine condition. Baskets of 17 and 13 have more than once been the experience of local sports. Fishing in »U the streams is much better this season.—Star.

The pianoforte recital given by Miss Constance Lcntham at Cliristchurch on Friday evening was evidently a conspicuous success. Private word received front the South on Saturday stated that the morning papers described the recital as a brilliant performance, and an artistic triumph before a large audience. The full notice of the concert will be awaited here with keen Interest. At the Opunake Magistrate's Court on Thursday, Annie Cross sought to recover from the executors of the estate of Aubrey Cross a. sum of £SO, being forty weeks' wages alleged to be due to her for milking. Her son, Arthur Birkett, also claimed £SB. 10s for wages. In evidence it was reported the estate was worth between £14,000 and £15,000, and that the first plaintiff had married Oliver Cross, one of the executors, and was employed milking 18 cows night and morning. Judgment v*s given in the ease of Mrs Cross for £7O and for her son £3O. and costs allowed both. The Travelling Medical Board, which is examining soldiers under medical treatment with a view to securing them tlie most suitable treatment, or arranging their discharge if further medical attention is not needed, has arranged another series of visits in the Wellington military district. The itinerary includes the following:—December 4: Leave Palmerston North for Hawera, 12 noon; December 5, at Hawera (Patea and Stratford men to be brought to Hawera) ; leave Hawera for Hew Plymouth at 12 noon; December C and 7, at New Plymouth. 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 rubbing the life out of the fabrics? "Fairy Wonder" Dry Soap quickly dissolves dirt without rubbing, makes the clothes snowwhite, ai.d leaves the hands beautifully soft and smooth. Guaranteed not to injure the finest fabrics. Try it. AH grocers stock it. A 50-acre dairy farm at Hawera at a low figure is advertised for sale by W. H. and A, McGarrjr.

In a case recently heard at Bawenc (Hokianga) it was proved that a man charged with burglary had violently assaulted the owner of the premises', had engaged in a desperate struggle and had bitten off the nose of one of the men who came to the rescue. The 'accused (Joe King) was committed for trial. Humor is usually foreign to a church service, but on a recent Sunday night at a Wangamii church there was an exception to the rule. A processional hvmn was announced Owing to a misunderstanding three of the male choristers in the lead commenced a tour of the aisles of the church—the customary route of a processional hymn—but the rest of the procession went straight to the choir stalls. Serenely unconscious of their abandonment the trio, with stately tread and fitting composure, went their lonely way and sang in pleasing unison. Great was their surprise when they discovered that they were like the sheep that had wandered from the fold, and equally great was the amusement of the congregation, who awaited the climax of "the little contretemps with evident relish.

The opening of his beautiful grounds to the public by Mr. W. J. Honeyfield, of- Moturoa, yesterday afternoon, and the. playing there of a recital programme by the New Plymouth Citizens' Band, proved a strong attraction to a large number of people. The weather tvas ideal for such a function, and the conditions under which the band played were most agreeable. The programme included several new selections, the principal being a two-step "On the Rainbow Trail" (Ed. Madden), some excerpts from Gounod's "Faust," and Michaelis' "Turkish Patrol." As is usual there was a heavy demand for particular items, which the band always endeavors to meet as far as possible. The collection, which was in aid of the bandsmen's Christmas benefit fund, amounted to a little over £ll. The next recital will be given on Sunday next at "Aotea," Avenue Road, the property of Messrs Sole Bros. The collection on that occasion will he divided between the Tourist and Expansion League and the Beautifying Society. It is a splendid piece of public spiritedness that those who own such properties as these are willing to throw them open to the public on occasions, and the playing of the band greatly adds to the enjoyment of the waik in the beautiful gardens.

The committee of the New Plymouth horticultural Society met on 'Friday night to further the arrangements for the forthcoming show to be held at the Coronation Hall on Thursday, 4th Decomber. The members are now hard at work attending to all necessary details, and, given favorable weather, the chow should be a great success. Schedules may be obtained on application .to the secretary, Mr. Y. Tuff. These are the kinds of bargains that have created sensational records at the Melbourne's great salvage sale of Roberts' stock. Boys' and youths' pedal straw bats, 1/11; Nine Island hats, Is lid: hardwear cotton tweed trousers, 10/fi; little boys' serge shorts, sizes up to 7 years, 3/11; lovely white towels, 3/11 pair; tine flannelette, 1/9 vard.

Members of the Equitable -Building Society of New Plymouth (Second Group) are notified that subscriptions, will be due and payable to-day (Monday, Nov. 24th), at the Secretary's ' Office, Currie Street, from f) a.m. to 12.30 p.m., from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.—Advt.