LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Board yesterday, advice was received that the transfer of the police reserve of one acre at Opunake to a site for a hospital had been approved.

The directors of the New Zealand In* surance Co. Ltd., have decided to recommend to their shareholders, at the half-' yearly meeting to be netd on August 11 tli., the payment of a dividend of Sd per share for the half year (says a Press telegram from Auckland).

A writ has been served on the manager and publisher of the AVestport Times, citing him to appear at the Christchurch Supreme Court 011 the 4th August, 1920, to answer alleged contempt of Court by publication of articles advocating the abolition of compulsory military training.

The Taranaki Hospital Board yesterday delegated the House Committee to inquire into the question of installing electric light in the Old People's Home, the matron having reported that for some weeks the gas supply had been deplorable and' greatly inconvenienced tho inmates.

The poll for the election of a member for the New Plymouth urban district on the Taranaki Education Board closed at 5 p.m. yesterday, but as the system is by letter ballot the returns will not be available for some time yet. 'j-j.e candidates were Mr. R. J. Deare and the Rev. J. F. Martin.

A representative meeting at Masterton last night passed the following resolution : "That this public meeting of citizens of Masterton supports the proposal that the Government 'shall convene a national industrial conference at which actual employers and workers shall he present for the purpose of considering the question proposed by the Welfare League." A similar resolution was passed at a meeting of the Farmers' Union. —Press Association.

The loss of a Russian sailor named Jansen from the barquentine- Ysabel during the voyage from 'Frisco to New Plymouth, will be the subject of an enquiry at the Courthouse, New Plymouth, at 2.30 -tills afternoon. Enquiries of this kind are somewhat unusual, but are sometimes held at the request of the Minister for Marine in eases where the casualty is not due to shipwreck or other mishap to a ship.

This week's meeting of the Whiteley Club was, as usual, well attended, and one of the most enjoyable yet presented. Miss W. Tichbon was the promoter aw' delivered a short paper 011 "Elocution," which was followed by some admirable renderings of poems and orations. Among those that assisted Miss Tichbon were the Misses. Yorke, Hartnell, Pearce, Kivell, and Mr. IT. L. Cooper, and both Miss Tichbon and her helpers are to be congratulated on tlie success of their efforts.

Another phase of the housing shortage in New Plymouth has cropped up in the experience eventuated by a, couple of purchasers just lately. A residential property was sold at ten o'clock the other morning by a certain land agent to a client, and at two o'clock in the afternoon a brother agent sold the same house to a second home-seeker. The question in dispute now as to who gets the house, has not yet been decided. One of the estate agents concerned says one or two similar instances have been reported 'in the past few weeks, and he attributes the duplication to the fact that vendors place the properties on the lists of too many agents.

Repatriation committees in other centres are making applications to the New Plymouth Committee to place returned men on farms to learn farming. The employer is required to pay them a wage of £1 per week, and found, whilst the Repatriation Department makes an allowance of £1 per week. There sliould be many openings in Taranaki, and the secretary would be glad to hear from anyone who can so help the returned men and at the same time obtain welcome labor for themselves.

Parents' day at the New Plymouth Technical Collc.se yesterday, saw a good number of visitors. Opportunity was given them of seeing the various departments of the school work.ln Ml swing. Visits were made to the copper, leather work, enamelling and other artcraft classes. Particular interest wns shown in the boys' engineering tasks, and the visitors expressed surprise at the work which was being undertaken. At the conclusion of the round of the school, parents were entertained at afternoon tea by the cookery classes. It is the intention of the Director (Mr..A. L. Moore) to periodically give parents and citizens generally further opportunities of seeing the school at work.

Can cancer be cured? Scientists say no, but a New Plymouth man says it can be, as he found recently in the United States. His wife had been operated upon for cancer, and, as is generally the case with the virulent kind of the disease, the operation only accelerated the growth. By accident he found that there was an institution in Virginia that claimed to cure all forms of cancer except intestinal, so he am! his wife repaired thither without delay. She was in the institution for a few weeks, and was completely cured, the cancer itself coming away by the roots, and though the event took place over a year ago there is no sign of a recrudescence of the disease. He found out afterwards from others that the cure was quite permanent, and he says it is a great pity the cure is little known, for one ouf of seven die from it in New Zealand. Most of the cases can be successfully treated. Our informant is quite prepared to give full information regarding the cure to anyone interested. Enquiries addressed to us, marked "Cancer," will be forwarded to' film.

Dockrill's have from time to time supplied shoes to residents of Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Kay of Islands, and all the towns throughout Taranaki, but were surprised that the reputation of their reliable footwear was the means of getting them an order for shoes to be posted to Samoa, At Pukearuhe on Thursday next, Mr. Newton King ia conducting a sale of pedigree and grade Jersey cattle, etc., on account of Mr. 11. E. Greig. This sale should attract the attention of dairymen jn quest of quality cattle. Catalogues of the pedigree stock can be obtained from all branch offices of the auctioneer.

The special line of sateen kapoc quilts priced at 42s ('. at the Melbourne, Ltd., is selling freely. These warm quilts are exceptional value, especially in view of the existing shortage of blankets. Buyers of these quilts are saving 10s, as the price of replacement represents an increase equalling that amount. Coug'.s and Colds, never fails, !/!), 2/0 iVomis' Great Pennermint, Cure, .or