LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"The railway Department will-be going on with the work on the new Hawera station almost immediately," remarked Mr,. J. B. Murdoch (chairman of the Hawera County Council) at Saturday's meeting of the counci). A middle-aged man who waa found in a helpless condition in Weymouth Street on Friday night, appeared before the New Plymouth Court on Saturday on a charge of drunkenness, and waa" convicted and discharged, coming under the category of a first offender. Two young men, George and Leslie Plummer, were arrested in New Plymonth on Saturday night on a charge of theft of a quantity of cutlery from thfc restaurant of Kurta and Co., New Plyhiouth. The accused were released on bail, and appear at the Magistrate's Court this morning. Mr, Charles L. Stark/ an ex-Gore boy, who is now in the employ of the de Laval Separator Company, New York, in a letter to a friend refers to the recent, shipments of New Zealand mutton to Am\rica. "New Zealand lamb coming over here has put our country on the mar; so far as America is concerned," he writes. "All New York is talking about it, and we have become very popular all of a sudden." A painful accident occurred on .Tuesday last, which resulted in Mr. H. Harting, of Waitotara, being injured. It appears that Mr. Bartmg was riding near Ngutuwera when his horse stumbled and fell, rolling upon its rider. When the injured ..man was picked up it was found that he had sustained a broken collarbone and several crushed, ribs. He was immediately conveyed to the Patea hospital, where his injuries were att«nd«4 t?#gr«». ■••.-.-...-.-^-;>.:.•■;

Two oversea vessels will visit New Plymouth this week. The Paparoa is due about the middle of the week to load produce for England, and the Donald McKay, from New York, is due about or Saturday to discharge, benzine. Mr. W. T. Jennings is asking the Minister of Agriculture whether he proposes amending the Act dealing with the Sale of grass-seed, etc. The investigation of tho biological section of the Agricultural Department .of samples sent from settlers in tho King Country of seeds sold by various firms, he states, revealed a state of affairs that calls for remedial measures at once. At the annual meeting of 'the School Committees' Association at Timaru, among the remits carried were:—That greater attention should be paid to the teaching of grammar; that the salaries were inadequate to attract' the best youths to the .profession. . A protest j was made against the Minister's decision that an up-to-date heating system be supplied only to new buildings, which debars sound brick-built schools for a long series of yean?.—Press Association. Mr. J. J. Dougall, a Christchurch citizen who has taken much interest in war works, returned from a visit to Victoria recently, and said ho was much struck there by one of the forms of war memorial—the planting of great avenues of trees. .In Ballarat the Prince of Wales was to unveil a memorial arch. Stretching from this in a continuous line of fifteen miles is an avenue of trees, each tree planted in honor of a soldier who served, and bears a porcelain plate with the man's name, number and regiment. Memorial avenues had also been planted in Hobart, but the lines are not continuous.

Ih anticipation pi -the removal of the Government restriction on wireless installations, branches of the New Zealand Bildio-Telegraphic Institute are being formed in different centres throughout the Dominion. A branch has just been formed in Hawera (says the Star). There is now a membership of twenty, and it is expected this number will be increased to eighty without much difficulty, if the representations now being made to the Government in'regard to the removal restrictions are effective. The Hawera branch has already available for use, in Mr. Rowson's shop, a wireless plant, constructed locally, which only awaits the finishing touches to be complete.

The Workers' Social Hall was crowded last evening, when the first part of the Creation Drama was shown under the auspices of the International Bible Students' Association. Beautiful lantern slides illustrated the evolution of our earth during long epochs of time. Huge prehistoric animals Were depicted, one of them being ICO feet long. Edenic scenes were introduced, followed by the death of Abel, and scenes in the life of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and leading' events down to the exodus. Oral descriptions were given by wonderful talking records with precision and power. The drama is given entirely free to the public, who listened with great attention. The second part will be given to-night a.i 8 O'clock. The public will do well not to miss the opportunity,

"What I want to know is whether this movement, is going to make men do more or less work," s aid Cr. C. J. Hawken, during a discussion on the Workers' Educational Association at Saturday's meeting of the Hawera County Council. "If we get men with no education they are always good workers," hn added. "The more education a man gets the less work he wants to do." "That's not quite the position, Cr. Hawken," remarked the chairman (Mr. J. B. Murdoch). "A man with education should be able to. work harder, because hp can use his brains to asstst him." Cr. Hawken: "Brains and muscle don't go together. If you want work done, get the mau with the least education." The other members of the council were also inclined to view the W.E.A. with suspicion, and, in order that they might learn something roorp about the purpose of the movement, further action was deferred for a month.

Hat thieving has of late been rife in Taranaki as in other places. The other day a Hawera resident left his hat in a hotel while he had dinner, and on coming out found his hat Bad disappeared. He suspected a man who was sitting iiear-by, and later saw him in the street wearing it. With a constable he followed the suspect into a fish shop. Asked where he got the hat, accused said he did not know, snd when told it was not his, he asked: "Where is mine? I don't know wliere I got it from." Accused was arrested. At the Hawera Court on Saturday, accused, Reginald Brannigan by. name, stated that the hat was taken by mistake. He was convicted and fined £l, in default three days' imprisonment. He was then charged with having stolen at Masterton a canvass suit case, valued at £lO 9s, and .was remanded to appear at Masterton on July B.^-Star.

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It was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Melbourne, that (1) SANDER'S EXTRACT is much more powerfully healing and antiseptic than ordinary eucalyptus preparations; (2) SANDER'S EXTRACT does not depress the heart like the so-called "extracts" and crude oils; (S) SANDER'S EXTRACT jb highly commended by many authorities as a safe, reliable and effective household remedy. Get the genuine—insist if you have to— and be '»*•.." '

The annual contribution that "will be paid to the Taranaki Hospital Board by ratepayers in the new Jnglewood County will be £1284 Bs"4d, the valuation of the county being £911,230 The following prices for pigs were realised at Newton King's New Plymouth Haymarkct on Saturday:—Sow and litter, £7 15s; small stores, 34s Cd; j sow, in pig, £O. Speaking to a (Daily News reporter ' last night, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P,, said that the ironsand industry was touched on during the debate on the Address-in-Reply in Parliament last week. Mr. T. A. Sidey complained that the Government showed a lack of interest in the industry, and to this the Premier replied that the Government had been endeavoring for some time to obtain expert opinion on the sand, and with this object in view a sample of twenty tons had been sent to England for experimental purposes. The recent article in the Daily News, revealing the deplorable housing conditions in New Plymouth, promises to hove more than local influence. Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., has forwarded a copy of the article to the Minister of Labor, and in a covering letter Mr. Smith emphasises the necessity of the Government speeding up its housing scheme in New Plymouth. Mr. Smith has not yet received a reply from the Minister. [ At the annual meeting of the WhiteI ley Memorial Church choir, held on Friday evening, there was a good attendance, Rev. J. Napier Milne presiding. The report received from the secretary (Miss F. Sutherland) reported that the membership stood at thirty-six, and consistent work had been done during the year. The financial statement prepared by the treasurer (Miss N. White) stated there was a credit balance of. about £l2, about half of which will be needed to pay for new music. A report was also received from Mr. G. H, White concerning music prepared during the year. At, the conclusion of the meeting the choir.and friends were the guests at a social gathering under the auspices of the church trustees, in recognition of the choir's services during the year. Mr. W. D. Powdrell, M.P., is asking the Prime Minister, in view of the large petition from the dairy farmers of New Zealand, praying for a refund of the butter-fat levy, will Cabinet give tlic matter the same consideration as that obtained by those interested in the return of the butter equalisation fund. As the associated banks had decided largely to curtail future credit to dairy companies intending to extend operations, Mr. Powdrell lias suggested to the Government that Cabinet should consider the advisability of assisting building extension schemes, owing to the great importance of stimulating New Zealand's primary production. ' Copies of remits to be considered at the New Zealand conference of A. and P. Societies, on July 7, 'Were reviewed by the Taranaki A. and P. general committee at the usual meeting on Saturday, and some interest centred on the following proposal from Gore: "That the same amount of depreciation be allowed as a deduction from income assessment to farmers as to business l people, irrespective of whether a farmer keep 3 proper books or not, and that the basis of depreciation be the value of all improvements as under the Valuation Department." After a little discussion it was decided that the request be supported by the Society's delegate.