LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A few months ago representatives of the Honey Producers' Association decided to make Wanganui the headquarters for the export of honey instead of Waitara.

The steamer Surrey loaded at Lyttelton 170,000 freight carcases of mutton and lamb, the greater portion of which is for the proprietors of tile Globe newspaper, New York.

"One of the things that impressed us all in France," said Captain Dansey at ft light line meeting at Te Kuiti last week, "was the fact that great things were done daily and very little said. Out here it is reversed. A great deal is said, but very little is done."

The possibility of the farmers of New Zealand having ships of their own to carry their produce was referred to by Major Lusk at the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union. He 6aid they hoped to own steamers, and in fact a capital of £5,000,000 could be obtained for that purpose. It, was also intended to have a mill to make up some of the wool produced in the country, and to open stores in London and ?vew York to seN New Zealand produce.

A King Country man who recently visited Taranaki lias informed the Taumarunui Press that cows, cheese and butter have caused land to go up to an extraordinary value. Some farm land in the vicinity of Hawora has sold at £220 per acre, and is likely to reach £250. At these prices, however, the land is required in small areas mainly by farmers who have sold out or rctirrd, but who cannot forsake old habits. Still £IBO per acre has been given for laiul actually required for fanning for profit, but this is the limit for the present. Big mortgages are often associated with these deals, and many think a time of reckoning must come sooner or later. At the present time, it must bo confessed, Taranaki has all the indications of being very prosperous.

The New Plymouth Sash and Door Company are booking orders for the next shipment of Wilson's cement. Board of Trade forms can be obtained on application to the offices, Gill Street, New Plymouth,"

Tlip Chief Health Officer lifts notified the New Plymouth Borough Council that a new healtfi district, to hn known as_ tlic Wanganui-Tarauaki Jiealtli district.,. has been formed, comprising the hospital districts of Taranaki, Stratford, Hawera, Patea, and Wanganni. With reference to complaints that children had Leon picking flowers from graves in the cemetery, .the sexton has written to the New Plymouth Borough Council stating tlint he had watched from a.m. till f> p.m. on Sunday, June 20, and Sunday, .Tune 27, and found everything in >rfect order.

It is understood that the proposal to take the trams through Pukokura Park U'hen the extension to Vogeltown .is made is not approved by members of the Park Board. Mr. W. A. Collis, chairman of the Park Board, stated to a Daily News reporter last night that the Board had not yet met and discussed the proposal, but lie personally waS strongly opposed to the proposal. lie was of tho opinion thai the damage done would be irreparable, and Hie disadvantages would far outweigh any advantage which would accrue.

The Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts has decided that New Zealand cannot be represented at the big "jaShboree" of boy scouts from all parts of the world, to be held in England. The Council discussed the question of sending either a patrol or a troop Home to attend the "jamboree," and came to a decision that it could not finance the proposal.—Press Association The Carnegie Institute committee recommended to last night's meeting of the. New Plymouth Borough Council that the question of the hours during which the library should be kept open be left in the hands of the chairman and librarian, with a strong recommendation from the committee that the hours be every day in the week from 10 a.m. .to a p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., with the exception of Sunday, during which day the hours remain as at present. The" committee recommended that the museum, join the British Museum Association. The recommendations were approved. The agenda paper for the meeting of the New Plymouth Borough Councillast night was the, biggest for some time past, and at ialf-past ten the Council was only a liflTe more tljan half-way throng 1 ! the business. Cr. Collis then suggested that the meeting should adjourn till the following night, and this suggestion met with the approval of several of the councillors. The general manager, however, urged that the business should he completed that night, and promised to get it through in twenty minutes if the members would abstain from too much discussion. This usggestion was adopted, and the whole of the remaining business was disposed of within the time mentioned.

An old resident of New Plymouth, conversing with a Daily News reporter on the question of house accommodation in the town, said that in the early days many of the houses were built of'"cob",'' material which was not unlike the "pise de tevre" referred to in Saturday's News. The walls were from 12in, to 14in. thick, consisting of red earth, well rammed. The inside was washed with lime, procured from the Mokau, and .the roofs were thatched witli swamp grass or raupo. They were, he said, very serviceable houses, cool in summer and warm in winter, and very' durable. As the town grew they were pulled down for more modern dwellings. They were very cheap to construct, and perfectly sanitary, and our informant saw no reason why in these days of house famine and dearnes« of building similar places should not be erected. It may be mentioned that ''cob" houses in France have been known to last over a thousand years. On account of the shortage of materials and the fact that loan money is not available, the New Plymouth Borough Council has found it necessary to reduce the number of general laborers engaged on street works during the winter n;#ntlis. At last night's meeting of the Council a recommendation to this effect wa? received from the Works Committee, Which had discussed the matter with the engineer, and recommended that the actual number to be retained should be left to the engineer, on the understanding that the number should not be more than sufficient to carry on general maintenance and such other work as was actually in hand. The engineer (Mr. W. H. Cook; mentioned that he had found it necessary to put off nine men as from to-morrow. In their report, presented to last night's meeting of the Borough Council, the Carnegie Institute Committee acknowledge with thanks recent gifts to the Museum from the following:—Mr. 1' J. Jackson, coins; Mr. Johnson, coins; Mr. .John Dawber, two Maori stone adzes; Mr. McDiarmid, senr., a copper Jubilee medal; and Mr. W. F. Gordon, various curios. "

Every housewife knows that the test of good washing is the color. To obtain this very desirable result without rubbing. without extra soap, and without undue boiling and rinsing, simply use "Fairy Wonder" "Dry Soap, the magic cleanser. It.is pleasant to use, and creates no nasty scum., On sale at all stores.

These are good buying at the Melbourne's great Winter Sale. Roslyn knitted underpants 8s Cd, kapoc quilts (weil filled) 39s Bd, men's navy flannels 10s Crt, men's gaberdine raincoats 89s (id, Chinese hand made lace Is Cd yard, ladies' wool and cotton hose 3s lid, ladies' ail wool hose 4s lid, and smart georgette blouses and striped crepe de eliine blouses 45s'.

At the Plunket meeting on- Friday, July 2nd, at 4.30, it is earnestly hoped that all members will endeavor to be. present, as the business requires that fifteen people shall give their signatures. All who have paid 5a per annum to the Society are eligible for membership, and should attend the meeting if possible. * To-morrow, in the Workers' Social Hall, commencing at 1.30 p.m., Webster Bros, are selling a quantity of useful house furniture. .Particulars in our au:«tion columns.