LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sneak thief was operating in Pukekura Park on Saturday, and relieved one of the Tikorangi cricketers of a new pair of boots. Owing to the rain which commenced to fall about two o'clock yesterday, the band recital which was to be held at Kawaroa Park had to be abandoned. We are asked to state that the recent sale of sections at Manaia was conducted by Messrs Neilson and Gardiner, and not by Mr. Newton King. The warm summer weather of last week continued in New Plymouth until yesterday afternoon, when heavy rain fell and freshened 1 the parched gardens. On Saturday afternoon the temperature in the -shade reached eighty degrees.

A conference of delegates from A. and P. Societies in Taranaki is to be held Shortly after the New Plymouth Show. The conference is expected to be held at Stratford, and any remits which it is desired should be discussed on that occasion should be forwarded to the secretary of the Taranaki A. and P. Society, New Plymouth. At the recent meeting of the Manaia Town Board permission was given to the Patriotic Committee to put a band rotiuida and monument in the Octagon in memory of the brave boys of the Waimate West County who fought and died for the Empire. The committee was thanked for its action.—Star.

Amongst those who fell victims to the hotel thief at New Plymouth were several Hawera residents, visitors for the races (reports the Star). Speaking of the affair, one said that although another hotel had been visited the previous night no warning had been given, and consequently no precautions had been taken. Had the warning been given, the guests would have been on the qui vive. What with two days at the New Plymouth races, one day at the trotting meeting, and two recitals at the Catholic Bazaar last week, the New Plymouth Citizens' Band had a particularly heavy week. On account of this 110 practice will be held to-night, but, in view of the visit to Ngaere next Sun Jar, bandsmen are requested to attend a practice on Friday evening.

The Taranaki A. and P. Society desire to draw attention t,o the class in the Autumn Show schedule for ponies, which are being ridden to schools by boys and girls. Although the schools have not yet taken up, it is hoped there will be a large entry in the class. Messrs W. B. Grant, 11. C- Sampson, and J. W. ICurth on Saturday offered donations for prizes in this and the other class for pony riders.

It is announced in General Orders, with reference to the war gratuity, that in the case of members evacuated sick or wounded from an actual theatre of war and returned' to New Zealand a? unfit for further overseas service, and who have been continuously under treatment as in-patients in any hospital in New Zealand for not less than six calendar months, the period for which the gratuity will be payable shall not be less than two years. A further proviso is to the effect that if, as the result of a disability contracted on active service, a soldier enters hospital at any time within two years after his return to New Zealand, and remains continuously for a period of six months, he should be given the benefit of the minimum two years' rrnitpt.v.

Oil the motion of Mr. Quflli&m, probate of the will of the late Mr. John Greenhill has been grants by the Supreme Court to Mr. Jabez Silas Greenhill, the executor therein named. The trouble at the Cashmere Military Sanatorium has been settled (says the Lyttelton Times). Mr. W. E. Leadley, sporetnry of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association, stat is that Colonel Young, 0.0. district, has given orders that the patients are to be called on to wash only their own cups, plates, and saucers. General fatigue work will in future be done hv orderlies. This result of the negotiations Is considered very satisfactory The patients at the sanatorium wished particularly, said Mr. Leadlev. that it should be understood that they had always been perfectly satisfied with the administration of their 0.C., Major The latest sensation in New York is a truly astonishing super-movie house entitled "The Capitol." Situated on Broadway, it has cost six and a j m ]f* million dollars, seats 5300 people, Sll ,, has a foyer 180 feet long. The daily receipts for two de luxe performances' cannot be loss than £IOOO. The decorations are the last word in rich heavy curtains and deep gold, with thick carpets, low-cushioned armchairs and frescoes. The programme, lasting 3% hours, includes vaudeville, classical music, topical and scenic films, and the usual five-reel picture. As a building the Metropolitan Opera House itself does not compare with the Capitol.

In a brief address on the Hawera Borough Council's town-planning scheme at the meeting of the Town Planning Association on Friday, Mr. Murray (President) said the scheme had for its object the bringing about of a satisfactory solution of the acute housing problem, while niakn:* the town more attractive. By the aid of a sketch plan, he explained the scheme in detail, showing the position of the thoroughfares, the position of the sections—all placed so that each house would secure the full benefit of the sun—the provision for plantations so as to make the circular intersections spots of beauty, and the placing of rest seats <ftt various points. The sections had been allotted in such a position as would prevent the introduction of slum areas.—Star.

At a meeting of the Hawera Town Planning Assocuiion on Friday, Mrs. Pi. F. Page a scheme, which, if carried out, would Lie self-supporting, for the establishment of community kitchens, on the American system,"which, she pointed out, would.to a large extent solve the present dojntstic problem. The town, she contended, was large enough to embark upon such a scheme, which would embrace also a laundry. She had placed the position before the Misses Girdler and Watkins, who were recently in Hawera from Home, enquiring into the possibility for women workers in the Dominion, and who said the women for carrying out the scheme could be obtained. The idea was to erect a large hostel, from which would be distributed daily to, say, 50 families, the mid-dav meal at cost price. This would in itself be a great relief to the housewife. There would also be available a few domestics, who could be hired out for the day or per hour. The question to be considered was that of financing the scheme. There were two wnvs in which this mi?ht be donecither by the local authority or by the people co-operating. She did not think it was likely that the Borough Council could finance the scheme, and that it would have to be done on the co-opera-tive hasis. The nucleus of a committee was formed to consider the matter.

In this issue we insert preliminary particulars of Mr. Newton King's annual Awakino sale. Full particulars are advertised. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile draw attention to the sale of sheep on account of Wilfred Perry, Esq., Tututawa, at Mr, Newton Kind's Doudas saleyards to-day (Monday), at 1 p.m. Exhibitors are notified in our advertising column that late entries for the Hgmont Agricultural and Pastoral .WnciatioYs on the 18th and 19th inst,, positively close at 9 p.m., on Thursday next (12th inst.). Prospective buyers should losi no time in securing the following dines at the Melbourne's annual stocktaking sale. Ladies' all wool cashmere hose, 4s lid. Ladies' large cotton singlets, 2s lid. Ladies' fine panama hats, 10s GdLadies' silk and mercerised sports coats greatly reduced. Ladies' pique skirts, Os lid. Boys' £nd youths' panama hats, Is lid. Boys' braces, Is.