LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The attendance at the Sydney Show on Saturday totalled 73,000, which is a record.

It is expected that the Pukekura Park Fund will receive well ovev £2O as the result of the concert given at the Empire Theatre on Wednesday evening last. The New Plymouth High School Board of Governors have received advice from the Department of Education that the money has now been granted with which to build the balance of the east wing at the Boys' High School. Settlement of the large estates in the vicinity of Taihape is proceeding apace. With the sub-division and sale of the Oruamatua estate, nine settlors are taking the place formerly occupied by one. Now the well-known Erewlion estate of 12,000 acres is on the market, to be subdivided in medium-sized pastoral runs. Both these estates are on the TaihapeNapier road.

The twelfth annual session of the Grand Orange Lodge of New Zealand opened at Wanganui on Saturday (says a Press telegram). Over 150 delegates were present Yesterday afternoon they held a big procession through the Avenue to His Majesty's Theatre, where a service was held in the presence of a very large assembly. The Citizens' Band gave a recital at the East End Beserve yesterday afternoon. There was a good attendance and the programme, which included a number of Easter hymn 6, was much enjoyed. The band plays to-day at the Kawaroa Park picnic from 1 p.m., which makes the third day in succession on which the members have been out, they having played at the -sports at Pukekura Park on Saturday last.

The foil}' of taking too much risk in sitting on the breakwater wall when waves are breaking over, even moderately, was exemplified on Saturday. Some men who were there apparently thought the risk was not worth consideration, but a v wave earae over with a little more force than they had evidently anticipated, and one of them was washed off the wall into the sea on the harbor side. He was able to swim to safety and was tittle the worse for his immersion.

On Tuesday afternoon the Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Rprott) held a brief dedicatory service in fit. George's Church, Patea, at 2.30 p.m., when he unveiled three handsome stained glass windows which have been presented to the church by Mrs. Honeyfield, in memory of her late husband and two boys, and dedicated the new organ which was recently installed in memory of the local boys who fell in the war, and various mural tablets recently erected in the church (reports the Press). The windows, which are extremely fine works of art, were installed by Mr. H. Boagey, who is deserving of great credit for the manner in which the work was carried out. In the evening His Lordship held a confirmation service, when five candidates were confirmed.

Shifting buildings, without dissection, from one site to another, is 'becoming fairly common in Hawera. A dwellinghouse which occupied a position at the back of the Winter Show buildings, is at present being removed, with the aid of a traction engine and a large staff of men, to a section on the opposite side of the street. The process is not a rapid one owing to the care that has to be exercised in preserving the building intact, without straining any parts. The difficulty in turning sharp angles, and the unavoidable mishaps, cause delay. On the first attempt to move the building, the back axle of the trolley, on which it rested, proved unequal to the strain, and broke.

The demand for "Fairy Wonder" Dry Soap is so keen that the manufacturers, the Purity Products Co., Ltd., who are also tlie proprietors of the secret scientific formula, have had to enlarge their plant to cope with ''rush" orders from the wholesale. "Fairy" has proved such a wonderful success that housewives will not now be without it. At all grocers.

These at the Melbourne, Ltd.—Men's colonial all wool flannels 7s lid, men's dark working shirts ins Gd, men's Fuji silk spdK collars 2s Cd, men's pure fur felt hats, English make, 2fls Gd. If you get a chill with sore throat and fjhtness of chest, tackle it at or.ee wii.h "Nazol." It gri,is it quicker and more effectually than most remedies.

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds, never fails, 1/0, 2/0,

As a result of the developments in gum properties in the Auckland district, speculation in that class of land is reported to be brisk. Private advices received in Wellington state that recently a piece of rich gum swamp of three acres sold at' £4ot> per acre.

New Zealand tanners, some ot wliQm no doubt have thousands of pounds worth of hides in the making, are in for a good thing, as they have within the past week raised the price'of' leather from 4s Id to (is 2d per lb—an increase of about 50 per cent. The pre-war price was from Is Ifld to 2s 2d per lb for leather, so that the. total increase in price is something over 230 per cent. Whilst attending to a windmill at the vicarage on Wednesday moaning lasl, the top of the well gave way, and the Eev. Stuart Ogden, vicar of Manaia, fell twenty feet down (reports the Witness), In response to his call for help, Messrs. Armitage, Meklon and J. Christie appeared on the scene and put a ladder dowii, when the rev. gentleman climbed out again.. There was very little water in the well at the time, but what was there served to break Mr. Ogden's fall, and with the exception of a severe shaking lie, was uninjured. ■ ,

Easter Monday promises to provide plenty of enjoyment to bring the holidays to a close throughout Taranaki. A particularly attractive day's amusement is promised at the annual picnic at Moturoa, while followers of racing will find a good day's sport at the Waimate Plains trotting meeting at Hawera. The Easter bowling tournament will be concluded, and the gold tournament will be continued at New Plymouth, while in other parts of the province various attractions have been arranged. At a meeting of the general committee of the Kgmont A. and P. Association at Hawera on Thursday, the question of retaining or selling the showgrounds was fully discussed, Mr. P. Mills contending that they would have to move some day, as he considered the Association would, during the next ten years, lose £IO,OOO, the accumulated loss being £13,000, and if improvements were added the total would be £23,000. Mr. Hawken, who opposed removal, said the assets had risen from £SOOO or £(1000 to £40,000, and eventually the grounds would make the Association. Eventually the report of the grounds committee recommending the retention of the grounds was adopted by a large, majority. It is on the cards, says the Christchurch Sun, that a large Australian firm of universal providers, which runs huge departmental stores on the American system, may establish itself in the near future in the four main centres in the Dominion. It is understood that this concern has already secured an extended purchasing option on a large block in the centre of Christehurch. This site at present contains a number of shops and other buildings, and has more, than one frontage. However, several of the buildings are held on fairly long leases from the trustees who represent the owners of the property. A visiting motorist met with an unpleasant surprise yesterday, when proceeding to take his car out of a garage. He had a tin of the precious benzine stowed away in the car, but during his absence it was spirited away, and he is stranded until he can secure another tin to take him southward. Another ar owner was taking no such risk with a tin he had with him. That was placed in a "safe" place—his hotel bedroom, under the bed, in fact! A few days before, a New Plymouth motorist left his car standing in a neighboring town for an hour or two. He had gone only a. few miles towards home when he found his engine suddenly stop. He knew his benzine tank was full, and looked carefully over his machine, to find that everything was alright. He had n look at his tank" It was empty. He had been relieved of his benzine whilst away from the machine!

A boot retailer told the Hawera Star that as far as his firm was concerned there had been little change in prices since hides have had an open market, and for all footwear manufactured in the Dominion the prices were the same as formerly. For American and English goods prices were high, but if a, man was content with boots made in his own country it need cost him no more for footwear to-day than it did twelve months ago. He prodtied serviceable, well-mdde boots of good appearance, which were priced from 21s to Sis fid. One pair of boots, known as split dairy boots, was ticketed 13s fid, and lie said that, the price of this boot had remained stationery since 1917. There were other lines on which there had been little or no 'change, and he contended that for general purposes boots were no clearer to-day than they have been for some time past. Of course, he said, if people wanted a high-class imported boot with the best finish, they would have to pay from .£3 up. A good deal of inconvenience during the past few days has been caused visiting motorists by the benzine scarcity in Taranaki. Supplies are now fairly normal in the Manawatu, Wellington, and Hawkc's Bay from there making for Taranaki have taken it for granted that they would have no difficulty in replenishing their tanks on arrival in Taranaki. But owing to the non-arrival of the Rimu with two load*, local dealers are practically right out of benzine, and some of the visitors have had to "beg, borrow, and—commandeer" in order to make the return journey. Two New Plymouth dealers 'have had small supplies railed from Wanganui and Wellington, and these are expected to be available to-morrow. The Rimu should be here some time this week, if the sea is calm, as, it is understood, the crew object to allow the ship to make for New Plymouth if the sea is at all rough.

•lack arJiorc is generally somewhat dull, unless lie is up to some humorous pranks. Two Jacks from the Mamari, now in port, visited Pukekura Park on <<ood Friday. When strolling along the walks they readied the boat-house m which they espied a Fijian catamaran. I'hey resolved to have a ''no" with it Taking the : r seats' at eaeii end of the canoe they set out for a pleasant ennse. On reaching (he five feet depth, either the weight told or the style of navigating the canoe was wrong, for all three instantly disappeared for a few seconds. This mishap was a ?m.i)l trouble compared \„ wad in" ashore through the fifteen i m .|ics ()f | „,.„,, tM ,. acions mud on the bottom of the'lase. The curator does not intend to take any action in the matter. a< he hart to lock them up for two hours while their clothes were drying. To the onlookers, he thinks they gave good sport. He also says that if the ship's company are all as good-natured fellows as his two visitors are they must be a lot of jolly tars. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/0, 2/0,