LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The cost of the Licensing Committee election for the Patca district was £2ll Ms. The cost will be met by all the local-bodies in the district, each paying In proportion to the amount of the license fees collected. Mr. 0. Hawken, M.P., has received an unfavorable reply to his telegram to the Minister requesting that the train with the Prince t>f Wales should stop at Eltham. It is suggested that the Eltham children should travel to •Stratford to see the Prince, and provision has beeij. made for 'this. Mr. Dave Penny, well known in the Auroa district, had the misfortune to have his right arm badly dislocated last Tuesday- A dray capsized and landed on the arm near the shoulder. The sufferer received medical treatment at Kaponga. "I believe that our politics are clean in New Zealand—cleaner than' in any other part of the world," said tfie Jlon. A. M. Myers at a farewell gathering in Wellington last week. "I felt my responsibility as Minister of Munitions, and I am proud to say, that New Zealand i 3 the only country in the world that never had a scandal." The Hawera School Committee is (states the Star) asking the Sports and Pastimes Club to arrange a- sports meeting for the Prince of Wales' visit. The opinion was expressed by various members of the committee that everything should he done to make! the occasion so memorable that it will always live in the minds of the children. "The time has come," states the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister for Lands, "when we shall have to adopt some means which we may be able to road undeveloped lands, ' whether lield by Maoris or Europeans, and, in moderation of the benefits accruing to those lands, load them with a fair ;liaro of the expense." No details in ■eifml to the proposal are vet availAle.

I'. A farm of 87 acres, situated 01 Sutherland Road, Manaia, efianced hand; during the week at £l3l 10s "per acre ' The football season was .opened or Thursday in Eltham, when 'several mem)f bers of the Eltham Kugby Football club tl , went to Taumata Purk for a practice, j .The brignt sunshine, however, was not in keeping with such strenuous form of is sport, and the majority soon desisted (1 in their efforts. l- Some of those closely connected with e t' ie business of procuring houses in Wellington say that the position is becoming more baffling thjm ever. One 3- gives an instance in which a five-roomed e house recently changed hands lor ,-C18(tO. [. 'ihis was regarded by the agent who effected the sale as a tremendous price, but to his surprise the owner quickly j, re-sold the house for £2IOO. At a meeting of the New Plymouth a branch of the New Zealand Labor Party 0 evening the following absolution e was carried unanimously' "That this meeting of the New Plymouth brancw '• of the New Zealand Labor Party up. e proves of Mr. Holland's action in'mak- - ing investigations regarding the strike 1 in Fi .i'> a »d condemns Sir James Allen's _ attempt to suppress the truth on the 5 PER ibltl ° f breac ' l 0f eti l ue tte." Seven trips round the ivorld is a. re--3 cord that will be achieved by Mr J. J. 1 Virgo, honorary world's representative 3 ol the Y.M.C.A., who was a passenger j t0 Australia .by the Makura, at the conclusion of his travels this year. During tile last 4i years Mr Viro-o has B travelled 320,000 miles. He visited all r the fronts in the war, and lectured to s nearly 2,000,000 soldiers. After spend- _ ing some time in Australia, Mr Vii">o intends to visit the Federated Malay i States and the Straits Settlements, and - probably Japan, returning to England 3 at the end of the year. I A, Press Association telegram rrbm, . papier a few days ago, stated that the . Mate schoolmasters had advised the pupils to come to school bare-footed as a protest against the high cost of living. 1 Hie telegram was probably inspired by r the following culled from a Napier exf C hange:—"A day or so ago the headmaster of one of L;e local State schools m addressing the pupils- stated thai ne . would not object if every one of themX from the Sixth Standard down went to j school in bare feet. The prices of boots _ and shoes was getting beyond the means of most parents, and if they sent their 3 children to school without boots and h it might have some effect in bringing the prices down-" l T '"> Mayor of Eltham (Mr. Ci. W u Taylor) has received for the library a J unique, present in the shape of a'picture composed of three postcard photos of ? sketches of an old maii wiio eked aut a . living by gathering cocksfoot crass seed and fungus, and who lived in ft large totara log near Kltham in ifiSli. The _ admirable sketches are the artist'o han- . dhvork of Mr. XV. V. « o rdon, of \ew | Plymouth, for for many years was a . draughtsman in the Survey* Office there. The tree had been burned down, and I the great log in which the 'old man was domiciled war, burned out like a eltimi hey stack being seven feet wide and five feet high inside, and about 40 feet long In days to come this picture will be a ciinofiitv. Even now no tree, of that size exists in this vicinity.— Argus. The Government has decided that funds for the erection of war memorials cannot, be regarded as war funds, and that, therefore, they are not entitled to free postage benefits. Recently the Mayor of Christchurch (Dr. H. T. J Thacker) approached the Prime Minister (Right- Hon. W. P. Massey}' to ask if the Christchurch War Memorial Fund would rank as a war fund, so that the committee's correspondence could be' franked. The I-lon. Sir Francis Bell has

replied for the Prime Minister as follows:—"! regret to advise that funds for the erection of war memorials cannot he : regarded as war funds; and also that it is not possible to comply with your re- i qitfst for postal concessions." Dr Thaeker maintains, however, that memorial ' fuhds are war funds under the War ' Funds Act, and he is looking fur.ther into | the question. ' You may have upon you body the verv i best' suit which it is possible for a i tailor to turn out, but unless you top it off with a fijgt-class good-fitting hat i you are not well dressed. The hat < makes all the difference to a man's ap- i pearanoo, so see to it that vou headgear is m keeping with your Wily attire. J .Howell and Howell have the right class , of hats, at the right price, and you 1 are we 1 advised .to call at their store and select early. . Attention is directed to an advertise- 1; ment m another column of Mr K t Hood, land agent, of Auckland, giving r patriculars of a 320 acre farm. With t the high prices ruling'in Taranaki c doubtless many farmers will, be looking 1 for land at something more moderate r in prjee, and ilie ifortli presents many I opportunities. The firm have also a i number of town houses, for which there i

' 13 a B° od demand at prices that are soaring, and those desirous of purchasi ing should lose no time. Mr Thos ; Buchanan late of Waitara, is asSociat^ I t/' !• Hood ' and r,ltould kn °w J-firfinaki farmers' requirements. The migration of experienced Taran . farmel 's to the Wailcato and their rapid progress there has done much towards the advancement of dairying and contributed m no small way to the prosperity of that district. To keen judges of dairy quahty land the fine block mentioned m Moore-Jones Bros.' replace advisement in to-day's W er should seekers" 1 108 ' espeoial)y to land t^ l ? O Tf Mt ° f , time is tho infallible s/lL L* remedy has real merit it will S t' S , • lu "" trial - Klieumo stands the test triumphantly. Ever since it was introduced eighteen years Joh 'v Balos , have Readily increased m-a • n r * and aow ;t is stocked by practically every chemist and stortf<w P PV. in ; Z ' There is but one reason for liheumos success: It has proved a rehab e remedy for rheumatism, gout and kindred diseases. 2/6 and 4/6 (large size contains f.ull week's treatment). 7g To-morrow is the anniversary of .the Battle of Waireka, which took place on March 28, 1800, and which decided the destiny of JTew Plymouth. The occawho w'i i ß ,f| 6r \ ed ' Jy the Veterans,. m / church parade at St. Mar/s Church at eleven o'clock in the Xy , w . e " vice-president nnd chaplain (Archdeacon Evans) will give Zrn KSe - nis m "S that on the sixtieth anniversary of Waireka the surviving members of the militia and volunteers who showed such bravery on that day and saved New Plymouth, this way ™ ° bservin S tlle da y in There is no remedy for throat and chest troubles that has been tested bo thoroughly and searcuir ~ 5 "Nazol" It gets more friends fe more it is tried, your throat trouble# <rvr i»