LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho S.S. suicl A. liner Gallic, winch arrived at New Plymouth from Brisbane yesterday morning, brought an Australian mail to New Zealand, but carried no cargo.

On a charge of illegal betting, heard at Hawcra on Tuesday, T. Graham was fined £2O, and was allowed 14 days to pay, the alternative being three months imprisonment.

The Prime Minister was asked on Monday about the Cost of Living Tribunals. Pie raid that as yet he had nothing tc report. The tribunals were going on with their work and the eases were piling up.

It has been decided to defer the picking of oysters, and supplies will not be available in Auckland until June 1. The following retail prices have been fixed: one gallon in shell Is 3d; four gallons, in shell 4s Gd.

At the sheepskin valuation held by the Farmers' Go-op. Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., at Stratford, yesterday, the extraordinary price of His was received-for a salted lamb skin. This constitutes a record

When the liner Gallic was berthed at New Plymouth ycetcrday morning one of the members of tho crew had to be removed to tho hospital immediately on account of an attack of appendicitis. Charges of stealing two overcoats from separate owners were preferred against Oavid Cameron, a telegraph linesman, at T-Tawera, on Tuesday. Accused was convicted on both charge-, admitted to probation for IS vjiontbs, and ordered to pay the costs.

The influenza' notifications in Taranaki for the week ended at noon on Monday were: New Plymouth: 2S mild. Inglewood: 1 mild. Opunako: 05 mild. Stratford: 52 mild, 4 severe. Hawcra: .32 mild, 1 pneumonic Kaponga: 33 mild, 2 pneumonic. Eltham: 30 mild, 7 pneumonic. Manaia: 13 mild. . Patea: 11 mild. Waverlev: (1 mild.

The Mayor of Eltham (Mr. G. W, Tayler) has been notified by the Post-master-General, that sketch plana are now being prepared for additions to the Eltham Post Office, in order to provide the required residential accommodation. This is the outcome of representations made to the Minister on his visit to Eltham on April 20th. Referring to the good season experienced by Southern applegrowers, Mr. Massey expressed the opinion yesterday tlvat there would be a surplus of 100,000 cases for export, still leaving a plentiful supply for the requirements of New Zealand "consumers (says a telegram from Wellington). Mr. Massey is doing his best to obtain shipping' space for apples, and he had some hope of being able to obtain space for some, at least, of the surplus. "The pre-eminence of electricity as the motive power in industry," said Sir Arnold Gridley in an interview at Auckland, "was brought' home to British manufacturers during the war." Just in the same way as steam was the motive power during our wars of 50 and 00 years ago, and the steam ago was the genesis of Britain's enormous industrial expansion, so now after the great war the country was entering upon the electrical age. , Tho manufacturers of electrical appliances in Great Britain have never been so busy. A collision between a motor cyclist and a man riding a push bicycle occurred at the Bank of New Zealand corner, New Plymouth, a little before 5-30 last evening. The motor cyclist was riding down Devon Street towards Brougham Street, and the cyclist turned out of Brougham Street and the collision took place near tho centre of the roadway. Both men were thrown somewhat heavily to the ground, and the rider of the cycle—a man named Belcher, employed in the garage of Newton King, Ltd.—sustained a wound on the forehead and abrasions. The motorist appeared to have escaped injury. Belcher was taken into Mr. Teed's shop where he was attended by Dr. Home, and afterwards he was removed to the hospital- The forepart of the bicycle was badly smashed, and the lamp of the motor cycle was slightly damaged. The special train arrangements in connection with the King's Birthday, and the issue of holiday excurson tickets, are notified in this issue.

The Citizens' Band will give a recital in Pnkekura Park on Sunday afternoon in aid of the Widow's Fund.

All competitors at tho boxing tournament are asked to attend at the Empire Theatre to-night at 7 p.m. for medical examination.

Madam, do you wish to save time, money and work in tlie laundry depart-, raent of your home? Use "Fairy Wonder" Dry Soap and dispense with washboard drudgery and more than half your fuel bill. "Fairy" also obviates the ne-. eessity of using; extra soap and excessive ringing. Give it a. trill. Stocked W all wooers.