LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Magistrate's Court, Hawera, yesterday, Percival Thurston was lined £5 and costs (for assaulting :Ernoi;t Pain, half the fme to be paid to complainant towards Ills expenses. At the inquest held at' Hawera"'yesterday into the death of John Albert Walters, who suddenly expired in the butcher's shop where he was employed, a verdict of death due to heart trouble was returned.

All schools under the Taranaki Education Hoard, with the exception of one or two whose vacation lias been extended owing to influenza," will re-open this morning The New Plymouth High •Schools and various institutions also reopen to-day.

An aeroplane arrived at Thames from Auckland, carrying the first air mail received there, shortly after middnv on Tuesday. Later members of the Harbor Board and the pilot inspected the wharf with a view to erecting a permanent landing stage.

Supplies of throe articles, of which there is a shortage—heir.ine, cement, and coal—will arrive in New Plymouth this week. The Huia is expected in a day or two with a cargo of benzine; the Ngatoro is due to-morrow with 350 tons of cement, and the M'aimea is expected on Saturday with 4M tons of coal.

In a:i action hoard at Hawcra y»sterdny. m which Kawles and IJawles of Stratford, claimed £35 is , ia from H <•■ A. 1-raJim as damages to a motor car in consequence of a collision with a motor lorn- drive:. uy defendant, the Jagi.trate held that if the car was no* tMvelhng at more than nine or ten mile.; an hour, it could have been pulled up m ten feet. He gave judgment for defendant with costs.

The scarcity of miners, at the various Xew Zealand collieries has been one ot the principal cause; of the reducod output in coal, and the position ' cm ;, t0 b , wo ™" ™? "jrgravated each month. A .mail contribution to the mining population of the Dominion av-i-ved at Wellington on Tuesday bv the Moeraki from Svo'nov. The v»<uni hvmight 29 cnlllrrs from Wales with")« Mn to H export. The me,, :vr „f a " , 1 !J;" d - V P a,;l1 Prove an acceptnl'le ucrjumtior. 1o th D country.

Mr. J. R. Corrigan, who must be reed as o,e „t the veterans I,,°^ omances already tl.i 3 season that' e n-£ T % hk - OM - time skill '* i„." " Start]n ? at the Wood- "« «h°w he secured the challenge eu and at the t a,,,atua^ho* notitor ,t ,1 n " War comintoi at all the country trials will ""^"■akinoand'T.S'S

££■&■**«: «'-"Sieved to iind vim ;„ „» P'f-nij of money," salesman js tn 7 A -? onl ] "«< I "npaM bill 4 , u tO /' ls , t ™ 1 » for the •f .-cdlocafi'taoSS 5 °f a fr end fr, „.i, 8 ., s 0(1 offices *-was , v>tdo;r» tl ' emodest p"''friof vn« \< 1 Hospital Board's dispjca.,o<i to know thai evervtliiim «as in readiness to combat i u i they conJd rTZZd ilJ™"* •"" l.^thWT 10 ,/" 1 ;! 1101 ' resl 'i"tio» imposed Tl* «tl,„ti„„ „, „,„, sotk . '. !. u ,, s(111 . ukU;o Newton King mul the S.Z Loan ion JIT""?' S f tratfo, ' d ' dnw «««■ tion to the sale 0 f ewes and rams they are Jioldn.- on account of W. N ]W •-sq, Tutnta V , at Newton King's Doin'r.' las sale-yards on Monday ne.vf, Februai'V ~.rd at 1 p.m. Full particulars will be found on page S of this issue. A SATISFIED CLIENT IS OUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT, which accounts for the increasing demand by women all through the Dominion for RUSMA, the superfluous hair destroyer. Correspondence strictly confide.itiai. Write Dept. N., Mrs Hullen, 3A Courtenay Place, Wellington.

How Americans kill each other in accidents! In the nineteen months Americans were fighting in France they lost just over 50,000 man killed. In the fame period 120.000 men, women, and children were killed in ''accidents" in America.

Sydney detectives are now focussing their energies in investigating the loss of rare jewels, valued somewhere in the vicinity of £4OOO. The loser is Mrs. Stewart Dawson, wife of the head of the firm of well-known jewellers. The problem to lie solved is whether thieve? succeeded in getting away with the gems, or whether the owner accidentally mislaid them.

A resident of Masterton, who is at present in America, writing to a friend from Arizona, says:—"The cost of living is very high over here. It costs one from IS to 20 dollars a week. That does not include the purchase of,clothing. Our rate of exchange is also a fright. When T change- £IOO, I <jet 370 dollars, instead of 4811—a difference of over £23. Skilled labor is generally well paid. A carpenter in the west draws from seven to eight dollars per day, while a clerk in an ofllce or shop will draw from 20 to 35 dollars a week." i. The New-South Wales State Orchestra on Tuesday night completed its New Zealand tour as far as the guaranteed concerts were concerned (says the Otago Times). In all. 31 performances were given. The total takings for the tour amounted to £11,875 us. Six concerts were given in Auckland, the receipts being £-2040 Is fid; in Wellington six concerts were given, the takings amounting to £2430 (is Od; Christchureh, four concerts, £2O»S 15s; JDunedin. three concarts, £IO7S 7s Cd. The largest single night taking's was when the "Messiah" was given in Auckland (the Choral Society and the Royal Male Choir assisting)', when the amount was £"SO. The largest orchestral night was in Christchureh, when £OOO worth of tickets were sold. The average per concert for the Dominion was £3S3. There will he no need to call on the guarantors to make up any deficiency.

The audience in the Supremo Court at Wellington last week very nearly received a practical demonstration of the "tales." The jury in a manslaughter case was being empanelled. The list was exhausted by challenges, and it, seemed that an impasse had been reached. Mr. P. S. K. Mncasscy (Crown Prosecutor) immediately said: '-Your Honor, I pray a tales." . His. Honor ordered the doors of the court to be locked, and as this order was about to be obeyed a jury Ihi\t had just concluded a divorce case came in, and the panel was completed by drawing upon these jurymen ''Praying a tales" iias been common law procedure in Kugland for e:ati:ries. The word tales is taken from tue phrase "tales de eireumstantibus,""which means "a like number of tluvc standing about," or "the. hy-standr-rs."

All unusual tale was trt'd by n girl of 12 years, who whs charged at Auckland with having obtained a lengthy list of goods by fra;;d. She slated ihat one clay her mother sent her to the grcc;-r's shop, but unfortunatelyshe lost (he money on the way. Shy then decided to try to get tl:e goods on credit in :t neighbor's name. As her first effort was SUecC-si'lii, : he continued purchasing her mother".-; groceries in this way. co'.iverting' the nmiicy to her own iko ■;;:i'ul the bill came in Then only was her seheme discovered. She admitted that she had obtained over £2 worth of goods and had bought a brooch for herself with tin money her mother had given her. it was thought that the child's success was in no small measure due to the illiteracy of her mother. The Magistrate placed the child on probation for six month?, and ordered the mother to make full restitution.

In connection with the Imperial Press Conference, to he hold in fana(la in August next, the Canadian Press, under the chairmanship of I,ord AlhI'ktftti, have sent the Council of the Empire Tress Union a request to arrange for the selection of delegate;; to represent, all parts of the British Empire. After the conference has finished its business it is promised bv the Canadian Committee to take all the delegates on an extended tour through Canada, under the auspices of the Canadian Covonimeat. The Canadian (lovenimeut has expressed a desire that the Press of (he Dominion (.hall be well represented The delegates, who are to be chosen .from the proprietors and editors of the papers, will be the guests of the Canadian Press from the time of ailing, and the visit (including- conferences and (our) is expected to occupy seven weeks. The number of Xcw Zealand delegate;-, has been iixcel at seven.

Mr. Massey stated on Monday that the following Native lands had bc-'en bought by the Crown between March 31, IHI2, and December 31, 11)1!): Bought rivetright :31u,.[00 acres (cost .COOii.Otf"), partially bought -170,004 acres (cost £->?,:>,- fiJil). The followinj; were partially bought in the Auckland province: I'revvera lands 318,010 acres (cost ,C152,(i47), other lands 44.781 acres (cost ,€52,23j). An ascent of Mount Egmont was made on Sunday by the following visitors <o Tahurangi Mountain House:—Mrs. Hyder (AVanganui), Mrs. Hoyes (Auckland'); Miss M. Higgle (Wellington), Miss Evelyn Morgan-Shaw (Ranthvick, Sydney); Miss Tioni Meadows (Wellington), and Mr. Amner (Xapier). The weather conditions were ideal, and Mr. Lan Cameron 'acted as guide. A start was made at 4 a.m., and the summit was reached about !) o'clock. The climbers indulged in glissading down tiie sides of the icecovered crater. The party returned to the hostel for lunch.

Tim Opunake Seaside Society have decided to postpone their fete until ne.'U Saturday, owing to the inclement, weather.

The Stratford School will not re-open until Monday week, March 1. The Melbourne's great annual stocktaking sale will positively conclude on the 28th inst. Buyers should not delay making their purchases during; the'sale as already the majority of offerings hav2 increased in cost and further advances are impending;. As an indication of how things are going Clark's machine cotton lias jumped to O'id a reel wholesale.

One enthusiastic lady the other day was heard to remark that she did her washing in 'cold water. "Cold water!" replied another, "however do you manage it?" "Well," replied the first lady, "I soak the clothes all night with Fairy Wonder Dry Soap and in the morning rinse a, couple of times with cold watpr and the washing's done No nibbing, no boiling, and my clothes are a splendid color, too. Have you tried it yet? All grocers stock'it!'*

Sick headache, and a nauseous taste in the mouth, are oftentimes th« effect of the hot weather on digestive organs. A simple and useful remedy is to be found in Saarland's Magnesia. Sold evervri.ife.