LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Board of Trade at Christchurch considered' >pliea.tions for bonuses to help in t: establishment of fresh industries, more especially glass works and sugar-beet growing.

No bankruptcy petitions have been filed in \tollington since November, and the New Zealand returns have fallen as low as two or three per week more than once during- the past three or four months;. For the week ended February 10th the only bankrupt in the whole of the Dominion was 1 a tobacconist at Gore.

Pukekohe land is .noted for its productive qualities, and during three months of the 1019-20 season, 4923 tons of potatoes and onions were railed, from the Pukekohe railway station, representing an increase ni 085 tons, as compared with the corresponding' period of 191S--1010. In one month produqts valued at £IB,OOO were dispatched from the railway station.

A daring jewellery theft occurred in a Queen Street jeweller's shop, Auckland, on Monday. A well-dressed Maori entered the shop and asked to seedertain articles. Subsequently the jeweller missed a gold watch and an opal ring. The missing ring was discovered in a pawnbroker's shop, together witha.n opal necklace valued at £Uo. the loss of which had not been reported. The police have arrested a Maori who is alleged to be the offender.

Regarding the case of a Gorman interned at Featlierston, the Minister for External Affairs has advised the Mayor of Christchurch that no definite decision has been readied by the Covernmem regarding the release of interned Germans. Each case will be considered on its merits if application is made far the release of any of the internees, full consideration being given to '.he case of those internees who hayp families in the Dominion. No action would be taken, the Minister added, until after the return of the Parliamentary party from .Samoa. '•This great city of Auckland is talking about hew it is going to entertain our future King," said Bishop Averill at Auckland, ''and what is it going to do? Hold a race meeting to ami;* our future King! Ido not believe that the Prince of \Vales wants a race meeting. (Applause.) Why do not the city authorities find something more helpful to the Prince than a race meeting, of which there are too many already." Dr. Averill ••■ ' 1.-d that the Prince might much ■prefer to visit- some of the institutions of the city and sec some of the children, the orphans and the blind.

In the Divorce Court at Auckland the other day the question of domicile arose. The evidence showed that the parlies were married in AustraliaPetitioner discovered her husband to he sii!i'n:-injr from venereal disease, and left him and came to New Zealand, where she Lai! resided for fifteen year.-;. Her husband had remained in Australia. Kis Honor pointed out that the, domicile of the husband was the domicile' of the wife, and that, therefore, the court had no jurisdiction. Counsel for petitioner asked that the ease stand down to enable hi in to refer to authorities. This was agreed to.

The Asbburton police recently raided a dwelling in. the borough in IjWst of Honor, with the result that 48 Lotties of whisky were seized. One of the raiding constables stated that the, store was concealed by. one of the clovere3t,-pieees of architecture he had ever seen in his experience. On the removal of a tea caddy from tiie mantelpiece it was found that the polished wood tehind had been worn by continual handling. This board was found to move, and svibseqiient experiments revealed a system of sliding or hinged doors behind which was a snug little apartment accommodating four dozen bottles of whisky, the straw packing stripped, off, hut still wrapped in tissue paper. A prosecution will follow.

A resident of Remuera, Auckland, who was taking advantage of the scarcity of houses to divide the upper story of his home into four tenements, without a permit, lias been fined £3O and costs for a breach of the city building bylaws. Mr. A- IT. Johnstone, solicitor for the corporation, stated that the building inspector had found the defendant making alterations in the upstair rooms in a house m St. Marie's Road. Kemiiera, before any permit to do so had been obtained. " Four small fiats, eacli of three small rooms, wore iieing made, and the height from floor to ceding was below the standard. The gravest offence, however, was that of erecting partitions of three-ply wood, when fire-proof material was require.! by the by-laws. "Yon might just as well'build them of biscuits," remarked the Magistrate (Mr. J. K. Wilson), examining ft sample of the fibre. The defendant!' he said, had 'been guilty of very serious offences, and would lie fined £3O. Costs amounted to £G Gs.

The committee in charge of the Riverlca athletic meeting, to be held on Thursday, March 4, in the paddock adjoining the factory, have the arrangements well in hand. Nominations close on Saturday next, at. 10 a.m. Details will be found in Hi! advertisement on page one of this issue.

Some splendid sunflowers are growing in the grounds of .Mrs- John "Clarke, Lepperton. One stalk manures Oft loins., and there are severul ;f six feet bearing flowers. The Rangitikci Advocate U informed that the <Hen Murray sheep station, comprising some 5000 acres, has recently changed hands. The transaction was on a cash basis, the price, including stock, being in the vicinity of £70,000. The purchasers are well known Taranaki sheep farmers. A Masterton returned soldier told a Wairarupa Age reporter thut there was a considerable quantity of goods in the Ordnance Stores at Wellington' which could be purchased by returned soldiers at exceedingly moderate prices. He had secured in first-class order a new saddle, I'ridle, and outfit for ii»; good repaired boots at 12s per pair; a Vollen jersey for 5s Ud; splendid new blankets for 17s; and denims as good as mw for ss. He thinks that all returned soldiers should be acquainted with these facts. A payment into the Eltham branch of the Bank of New Zealand on Saturday 7th. inst. by an Elthain business firm included what piirported to be n £5 note, but was really only the front half of one. The note had been split, a by no means uncommon swindle. The modus operandi is lo split two notes into front and back levers, and paste the two backs together. Thus three are obtained from two, two havin„ faces without backs, and the third having no face. It is not difficult to pass the double-backed note if an opportune moment »is chosen, as frequently, when pressed for time, tradesmen and others may only glance at the back of a note. An inspection of both back and front is always a wise precaution.—Argus.

* A regrettable feature of the knd sale at Taihape on Tuesday was that 'lie. sections offered were purchased by . he adjoining owners and- other owners of land in the district, writes the Taihape correspondent of the Rangitikei Advocate. k Thc. subdivision and sale of the Ngnrukehu estate has not added to the number of settlers in this district, and has added materially to the knd already held by the purchasers. In plain words, the result of the sale was aggregation by existing landowners, and it does not s«em as if aggregation can be checked when it is apparently lentil for a landowner to aggregate land at a public auction.

The value of the cheese exported during the past week amounted to £33.220. Wanganui headed the list with £lß,7(ifl worth and Dunedin was next with £14,42(1. The only ports at which Jamb and mutton was shipped were Wanganui, Wellington and Dunedin, the total value being £18,413. The value of the butter exported was £112,0ßf1. Of the total amount £."..050 was shipped »t T.yttelton, £13,880 at Timarn. £13,772 at Wellington, £10.317 nt Napier, £7500 at nuncdin, .-CflinS at (IrcyVnonth, £2ROI at Wostpnrt, £"S3 at Wanganui. and ••C-070 at Auckland. Every lady can afford lo have an extra skirt. Real' bargains in white pique, cotton gabardine and striped sponge cloth skirts are offered by Morey and Son. '

Ladies, don't forget to ask your grocer to-day for a packet of "Fairy Wonder' Dry Soap,,the wonderful i.e'w compound for washing clothes a good color without half the labor of old methods "Fairy Wonder" dissolves instantly, lathers freely and removes dirt magically if soaked with the clothes over night. Insist on getting "Fairy Wonder." No substitute is in the j-amo category.

Boys' Panamas la lid, boys' ties Od, boys' braces Is pair at the Melbourne's stocktaking sale, which ends Saturday. Other money saving lines: Men's Irish lawn handkerchiefs'fld, felt hats 14s Od, Horrocksos' pyjamas las fid, men's new trench coats £5 10s, men's police braces 2s lid.