LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The mails which left New Zealand on March 9th arrived in London on the 12th inst. Consent has been gazetted to the raising of the following local loans: —Taranaki County Council, £BOO and £300; Stratford County Council, £9OO. Owing to the prevalence of influenza in a mild form the New Plymouth Girls' High School has been closed till further notice as a precautionary measure. The general manager of the Kaupokoiiui store department has received a cable intimating that the price of glass cloths had advanced 00 per cent, on last August lists, and tea cloths and unbleached damasks ;10 per cent. Nominations close at S o'clock to.night of candidate? for the Central, West End, Fitzroy, and Vogeltown school committees. The nominations are to be made to ( the respective chairmen of the committees. A sitting of the Conciliation Council Will take place at the Courthouse, New Plymouth, to-day, under the presidency of Mr. W. Newton (Wellington), when disputes by the drivers' and tailors' unions will be considered. The gold badge of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, which is to be presented to the Prince of Wales on his being made patron of the association during bis visit to Wellington, is to bp enclosed in a handsome greenstone case, bearing on the lid a representation in silver of the Prince of Wales feathers.

11.M.5. Renown will be the first ship of the Royal Navy to carry a billiard table- One is installed on the spar deck. The Prince is a fair billiard player, though he usually has to strike his flag when lie plays Prince Albert, who is probably the best performer with a cue the Royal Family has ever possessed. An Kltham resident who has been holiday-making at New Plymouth speaks in terms of high praise of the conductors of the New Plymouth trams. She Bays that they are very courteous and obliging, and give willing assistance to ladies travelling with children. It Is a pleasure to give publicity to this statement.—Argus.

Mr. J. M. Bowman, manager of the Midhirst Dairy Company, has received word from the fiovernment grader that he lias secured the highest average grade for creamery butter graded at Motnroa for the year ending 31st March, with an average grade of 94-73 points, the highest grade the company has received for a single shipment of butter, being 0(1.} points.

The Riverdale Co-op. Dairy Factory reports a very successful season so far. Although there was a slight falling-ofT in the quantity of milk received during the spring, the unusually favorable autumn more than made up the leewayThe quality on the whole has been good, and the pay-out to date has been Is 9d. Katipokonui has, so far, only paid out Is 4d, but on the 20th of this month Will be paying out up to Is Sd. "You have been told that the price of wool will tumble soon," said Mr. G. D. Greenwood at Christchurch on Wednesday, ''but as a Bradfordian I know Bradfordians and the Bradford market, and when they come out to this country nnd tell you and me that the price is going to fall you should also know that the Bradfordian who is constantly buying our woof is a champion at crying 'stinking fish* as far as the wool market is concerned "

At the Inglewood Magistrate's Court on Friday, the licensee of one of the hotels was charged with selling liquor to unauthorised persons after closing hours, and three men were charged with being illegally on licensed premises. For the defence it was contended that a lodger had a perfect right to entertain bis friends, and this was upheld by Mr. T- A. B. Bailey, S.M, who dismissed the informations without calling on the defence

The Dominion Butter Committee had a conference with the Prime Minister about the shipment and sale of the butter to be exported from New Zealand next season. "The Imperial Government made some suggestion through the Government for the opening of negotiations for the sale of the butter to the Imperial Government as in past years, and it was on this proposal that the committee interviewed Mr. Massey. The conference was conducted in private, and it is understood that the committee declared that they would adhere to their former request that they should be allowed, to sell on a free market.

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The dinner which lias been arranged to celebrate the new Inglewood County, will take place in tile Inglewood Town Hall on Friday evening. A representative gathering is expected. The Prime Minister is unable to be present, but the lion. !>• 11. Guthrie will represent the Government.

The special monthly service for the people was held at Whiteley Church last night, when despite the very inclement weather there was a fair congregation. The service had special reference to the. visit of the Prince of Wales, and was of a patriotic character. The pulpit was draped with the Union Jack. An address of an appropriate nature was given by the Hev. J. Napier Milne, and the music was specially selected, and ineluded hymns of national sentiment, also ''God Bless the Prince of Wales,'' while the solo "Land of Hope and Glory"' was sung'by Sergt-Major Gill* with the full choir and orchestra in the chorus, the arrangement being very effective.

According to some estimates there will be over 3000 children in Hawera on the day of the Prince of Wales' visit, but Mr. Strack puts the number at less than 25G0. It is the intention of the committee to distribute amongst them 2000 flags, and the question arose as to whether these flags should be. retained by the children or not. Mr. Strack thought it would be very hard to take from a child a flag he or she had been waving all day, and it was ultimately decided to allow the children to keep the flags as mementoes. About 1000 of the flags will be British, and the remainder will be those of the Allies. Only 1000 British flags can be obtained in the town.

At the meeting of the ITawera Reception Committee last week in connection with the Prince of Wales' visit, Mr. Hooker said lie had received from the Department a promise of a truck load of ferns for decorating. After explaining by moans of a plan what was to be done at the station, Mr. Hooker said they were asking*"the Farmers' Co-op. to erect an arch opposite their grain Btore in Union Street. The main arch would be at the junction of Union Street with High Street. This arch would be emblematical of the products of the district, chiefly cheese and butter. A thud arch would be at the main entrance to the Park, and it was also proposed to have another aveh over the gun in the Park, The stand would be canopied in the national color?. The whole route from the station to the Park would be flagged overhead, and private and business property owners would be asked to decorate their premises with greenery Star.

The Melbourne Limited are offering a splendid line of men's grey or heather all wool sweater coats at '2(is (id. These goods now take the place of the old stvle Cardigan jackets. Ladies also will 'find these coats extremely useful, being warm and comfortable for winter wear.