LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. T .Buxton, of Timaru, is proceeding to Sydney, representing the South Island Potato Growers' Association, in {in endeavour to secure the removal of the embargo on the import of NeW Zealand potatoes. Members of the North Taranaki Hunt Club gathered in fair numbers yesterday afternoon, and the run was over the pro"perties of Messrs. Cyril Stockman and Tawhanga, a pleasant time being spent. The game eventually got into neutral territory. Several horses entering for the Hunt meeting were taken over the fences and jumped well, all qualifying. The acute shortage of houses at Patea resulted in two residents making application to the Borough Council for per-, mission to erect tents for their families in the borough. According to the statement of one applicant, he had secured a house, but the Health authorities came along and condemned it. He had also tried his luck both at New Plymouth and Wanganui, but without success. The Taranaki portion of the English mail brought to New Zealand by the Marama on Wednesday, will arrive this afternoon. The greater part of the Marama's mail consisted of parcels. There are twenty-two bags of English mail and a few bags of American mail for Taranaki. The Niagara is due at Auckland from Vancouver on Sunday with a large letter mail, the Taranaki portion of which will probably arrive on Monday night. The Union Company's steamer Bakanoa did not leave New Plymouth for Suva until Ave o'clock last evening, the delay being due to difficulty with some of the firemen. Two left the ship on Wednesday night and did not return, while efforts to complete the crew of firemen yesterday gave more trouble.. Two men were engaged, but one did not belong to the Union, and as he would not join the Union he could not go, and so the vessel still remained one fireman short. Eventually, as no one could be found to take the position, arrangements were made to sail one man short.

A young man appeared before the New Plymouth. Court yesterday to answer a charge of stealing a bicycle lamp, valued at 10s. It transpired that the informant saw a lamp in a second-hand shop which he claimed was his, and after inquiries were made a prosecution was instituted. Evidence was given by the owner and his two sons, regarding various identification' marks, by which they said they knew the lamp. The case was dismissed, however, before the accused was called upon, His Worship holding that the identification of the article had failed entirely. On the application of counsel, Jjls Worship suggested' that the,name of the accused be withheld from publication. A meeting was held last evening under the auspices of the Vogeltown Progressive Association and Frankley Park Committee regarding the proposed purchase of the Saxton's bush area. There was a small, though representative, attendance, Mr. G. W. Browne presiding. The meeting decided that ftn attempt be made to raise the sum of £3OO necessary to secure the Borough Cdunil's subsidy of £3OO, the grand total being the amount required for the purchase. About £l5O is already in hand, and canvassers were appointed to work the town and district with a view to raising the balance. The directors of the Normanby Dairy Factory decided to send their coming season's output on open consignment through Messrs. Lovell and Christinas. We mentioned the other day, when referring to the progress of Taranaki, that the production of that provinfe is approaching £IOO per head of its population (states the Timaru Post). As a matter of fact the latest estimate that we have seen places the figure at £B7. This is remarkable in a district that carries a comparatively large population; there is probably no other part of the Dominion that can show anything like as good a record. The average for the whole of New Zealand, as revealed by the export returns, is very considerably below the Taranaki record, working out at a fraction more than £SO per head. If you are looking for bargains in footwear visit Dockrill's Shoe House, the reasonable prices are a surprise to all in the trade. Farmers! Start the season right and order a supply of "Sinus" Snowhite Cleanser if you want clean machines and utensils. A tablespoonful of "Sinus" in a bucket of hot water passed through the machines, followed by a bucket of clean, cold water, will absolutely remove all dirt and impurities. Non-injurious to rubbers. Made by Purity Products Company. Of all storekeepers. Wholesale, Farmers' Co-op. and Burgess, Eraser, Ltd. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 8d 8* Hi

At the Eltham Magistrate's Court yesterday morning a lad aged 10 was charged with stealing a saddle and bridle, the property of Hans Jacob Hansen, of Riverlea. Accused pleaded guilty. A conviction was recorded, and he was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon, within six months. —Argus. The Wellington firm which is re-bor-ing new cylinders for the Wanganui tramway engines is finding difficulty in getting itlie work done, owing to the shortage of skilled workers. It will ba five or six weeks at least before the jobs are completed and the tramways get running. Skilled .workers, arc scarce in every industry in the Domim ion, aud are likely to be for a loiig time. As evidencing the importance of' the dairying industry to the Dominion,"Mr. E. Long, a director of the Kaiipokonui Dairy Company, who was a visitor to Wanganui recently, informed a Chronicle 'reporter that his company ! paid out a quarter of a million pounds sterling for butterfat last season, while £93,000 worth of produce was put through their stores. Kaupokonui, it is interesting to mention, is the largest cheese factory under one roof in the world, and in addition to this it has several branch factories. Prior to the hearing of evidence in a revolting case which came before tii« Wellington Supreme Court on Tuesday, I His Honor ordered the court to be clear' ed. The case was being proceeded with, when His Honor noticed that a woman | had found her way into the gallery. "Is there no one to prevent strangers entering the court?" a9ked His Honor; "there are four or five police officers present in the court." The woman made a hasty retreat. The following candidates who sat for tho Public Service entrance examination at the Stratford centre in June last, passed the examination, and satisfied the intermediate examination requirements, the figure denoting the order of merit: 30 Sydney G. Cathro, 62 Wharekaihua Ngahana, 123 Evelyn' White. Cecil Cameron (35) satisfied the intermediate examination requirements. Attention is' drawn to the advertised sale of horses (including'a thoroughbred mare) at Wanganui to-morrow by Messrs. Cassidy, North and Co., details of which appear on' page 8 of this issue. Those on the lookout for horses, chaff or oats, or desire to sell horses, would do well to attend this sale, which the auctioneers intend to make a thorough success. Advices received by Mr. Newton King from Wellington and Auckland broker:; indicate that the demand for shares in Newton King, Ltd., have exceeded all expectations. This is all the more remarkable owing to the fact that no advertisement has yet appeared in either of the cities mentioned, one broker's sales alone being in the vicinity of £50,000, and, judging from applications and enquiries received locally yesterday from all parts of the North Island there is little doubt that the shares available will be largely oversubscribed, and that the company will go to allotment long before the advertised cosing date. Taranaki investors who have not already done so, should lose no time in making applications for shares.* The Melbourne, Limited, is the cheapest place in town for men's shirts. Harvard working shirts, 7s lid to lis Gd; dark Union working shirts, Us Gd; heavy Horrockscs' grey working shirts, 13s Gd; men's striped neglige shirts, 10s Gd, lis Gd, 14s fid; men's mercerised tennis shirts, 12s Gd ani 13s Gd; also navy flannels in colonial and "Doctor" flannel, lis Gd and 13s 9d. To-morrow, at their mart, Webster Bros., are selling a five-seater HearthBrooks motor car in good running order.