LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tim Past Office advises that the Now Zealand mails despatched per s.s. Arawa via Panama, on oth inst., have arrived in London.

A Palmerston North business man whose firm employs a large number of hands is a strong believer in the efficacy of inoculation against influenza, stating that he lias himself so treated regularly every three months. He also says that hot one of his employees who lias been inoculated has been stricken with the disease, although there have been a fair number of sufferers amongst those who did not undergo treatment. The Westralia, due at Wellington from Melbourne this morning, has an English and Australian mail The Australian portion consists of 33 bags, and the English 207. The Wairuna, which left San Francisco for Napier on May 3rd, haa 350 bags of United States mail on board for the Dominion. The Makura from Vancouver, is due at Auckland next Saturday with i>32 bags of rap.il. It is not known yet whether Bhe eanies an English mail. There was a large congregation at Whiteley Church last night when the popular monthly service was held. The Rev. .7. Napier Milne was the preacher and delivered a forceful address on the Bubject of "Temptation." Solos were sung by Mrs. Harry Avery and Mr. Baden Bellringer, and anthems were Garrett's "The Lord is Loving" and "King of Kings" (Simper). The singing was accompanied by organ and orchestra. When is a man a liar? This was a problem which Sir Robert Stout solved at the Supreme Court the other day during the hearing of a ease in which counsel wa/; endeavoring to establish the credibility of a witness. His Honor said that a man might say what ho believed to*be the truth, yet which might not bo the truth; then be was not telling a lie. If, however, he said something which he knew to he untrue, then he wis telling a lie. In the former case lie was merely making a mis-state-ment.

The very favorable autumn hs9 had a Wonderful effect on the milk production in South faranaki. At the T. L. Joll Co.'s factories, for example, although the supply up to Christmas was lower than the previous year, January rind February showed an increase of 2ft per cent over the previous year, whilst March gained 25 per cent. April was 20 per cent ahead of the previous April, so that the unusually good autumn flow will more than compensate for any shrinltap/o in the spring and early summer. The company has paid out Is 8d to date.—Star.

The misuse of dazzling lights and "dimmers" on motor cars was discussed at the meeting of the Canterbury Automobile Association on Wednesday night. Mr. F. W- Johnston said that there seemed to be a good deal of misapprehension among drivers as to the use of headlights. He thought the use of the "dimmer" light when passing another car was a dangerous practice, especially in the winter. He did not think any motor should be allowed to travel at hight unless it possessed the glass deflectors. He moved: "That the council expresses the opinion that dimming of lights except on the well-lit streets is a dangerous practice, and that no ear should travel at night if not provided with anti-glare lenses." The motion was carried.

An increase in the price of boots has been decided upon by the Auckland hoot, manufacturers. The increase, which is stated to be a small one, was decided imnn on account of the bonus recently nllowed to boot factory employees by the Arbitration Court. In February last the Board of Trade granted authority to fourteen firms throughout the Dominion to manufacture standardised boots. A Wellington firm was the only one that commenced to manufacture such boots, which were on sale in that city for a time. Owing to the increased cost of material and production, however, the firm had to discontinue makiurr these boots, and it is stated that until the Board of Trade allows the selling price to be increased the boots cannot be manufactured.

The practice adopted recently by some travelling entertainers of dispensing with programmes is scarcely a happy decision. To those who wish to follow an entertainment intelligently, and to become familiar with the names of those' who participated, the absence of prosTamme? detracts somewhat from the pleasure of the occasion. This was one of the disappointments in connection with last Saturday's production of "The Better 'Ole" and has been the case with several of the companies who have recently visited New Plymouth. While the names of those regarded an principals in a play may be well enough known, it sometimes happens that 'lesser lights" attract more than ordinary notice, and then the absence of programmes becomes almost aggravating. In any case it is no compliment to patrons to be expected to sit through an entertainment without the merest outline of the programme to be presented.

A Masterton paper says:—The Government recently purchased a small estate at Te Whiti for soldier settlement. The price paid was over £BO per acre. In the neighborhood of this settlement there is an "immense area of flat and undulating land, admirably adapted for dairying. The Tupurupuru estate, owned by Sir Walter Buchanan, would provide homes fo'r many returned soldiers. Whv is this land, and other land in the vicinity, not acquired by the Government for soldier settlement? Sir Walter is. advanced in years, and has taken up his residence in town. Nobody would deny him all the pleasure and comfort he can derive in his declining years. But surely he as a good citizen and a patriot, must realise that, there is a pressinu demand for homes for soldiers? Will he crown his career of usefulness by offering Tupurupuru to the Government for the. soldiers at a reasonable price? Bv doing so. he would be setting a splendid example to other settlers, and would be conferring a lasting benefit upon the Dominion" upon the soldiers, who are crying out for land, and upon the community in which he has lived for so many years..

Rales of "Fa ivy Wonder" Pry Soap are forging ahead, a significant fact in view of the many so-called washing compounds on the market. "Fairy" has succeeded by sheer merit alone, its efiiciency and economy creating an ever-widening circle of users. Obtainable at all stores. The winter underwear in full supply at the Melbourne comprise the following well-known lines: Mosgiel flannels Os fid, Kaianoi and Koslyn sinftlets and pants 8s lid to lis Gd, Mosgiel, Canterbury, and Roslyn fine woven pants and shins in natural and fawn 13s Cd to 19s Cd.

For Influenza, take Woods' Great Pennermint Cure, Is flu god i» W-