LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ngakuta, with IMO tons of cement for Taranaki, arrived at New Plymouth yesterday morning. The vessel anchored in the stream, but she will probably berth to-day. A sign of the times. The Inglewood paper appeared yesterday on a pink paper. It threatens to print on green next week unless the Government railway soon brings the needful white newsprint! Tie Supreme Court sat at New Plymouth throughout yesterday and again last, night. The sittings will be continued to-day, but as Mr. Justice Salmond will bo leaving for Wanganui on >Monday to conduct the sessions in that town, the remainder of the business will be held over until his return to New Plymouth. The defended petition of Ronald A. Richter v. Eva G. Richter (respondent) and Donald Harrison (co-respondent), for a dissolution of marriage and £IOO damages, has been set down for hearing at the Supreme Court at New Plymouth this morning.

A young man named Peter Payne was arrested by Constable Blaikie yesterday morning, charged with committing a serious offence at Okau, in North Taranaki. The accused was brought before Mr. T. A, B. Bailey, S.M., yesterday afternoon and pleaded guilty to the charge. He was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, and will appear before Mr. Justice Salmond this morning. Mr. R. H. Quilliam appeared on behalf of the accused.

A meeting of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth last night was Attended by twenty shareholders. The first business was to dispose of two appropriations of £l5O each by ballot, and two appropriations of £.150 each by tender. No tenders were received ami l.he four appropriations were ballotceil for, Miss A. M. Berry and Mr. Geo. Back being . successful. As each hold two shares they were entitled to the full appropriations of £3OO each. The next business was the disposal of two appropriations of £250 each by tender, and the highest tender was £l3B for the £SOO, who was the successful tenderer. A number of the pupils from the New Plymouth Girls' High School will visit the Rangiatea Home this evening for j,he £ur£«ge of eqtertaininjj; the inmates.

"Taranaki is coming to realise that it is the duty of the young men to relieve tile old men who have borne the heat and burden of the day," remarked one of the speakers at the annual meeting of ,the Taranaki Employers' Association last night. Work on the Japanese steamer Meikai Mara was suspended at Wellington yesterday owing to an objection of the watersiders to work the cargo of superphosphates from Kobe. During the past year there were four incipient fires iu the business portion of New Plymouth, twenty-two lights were left burning, one burglar was surprised and decamped, and 75 doors and windows were left open. These interesting facts were recorded in the annual report of the Taranaki Employers' Association, presented at last night's meeting.

Speaking of the value of the night watchman's services to the town, Mr." J. W. Hayden, president of the Taranaki Employers' Association, last night pointed to the report which showed that 75 windows or doors had been left open in business premises during the year. The night watchman had informed him that he found the door of a bank open the previous evening and walked all through the premises, but the only thing he discovered was two men asleep in the building. A meeting of the New Plymouth branch of tlie'R.S.A. was held last night, Captain MeDiarmid presiding. Hie delegate to the recent conference at Palmerston North (Mr. G. E. Eoper) submitted his report, and was congratulated on its excellence. He also explained the new system of control by district committees. The amended rules were discussed and suggestions made prior to their being put in order by the Association's solicitor, after which they will be presented to a general meeting. The chairman of the ball and dinner committees reported that arrangements for both functions were well in hand.

Speaking at the meeting of the New Plymouth Harbor Board yesterday, Mr. Newton King, chairman of the Board, stated that the coming month promised to be a busy one at the port. The Otarama was expected to arrive to-day from Newcastle, and would load a considerable quantity of frozen meat, etc., including 1500 bales of wool from Waitara. About the middle of September the West CarmagO) which was making her first visit to the Dominion, and was the second vessel of a new line to visit the Dominion, would arrive from San Francisco, while" about the end of September the Mamari would arrive here.

During the past year the following dustrial disputes arose in Taranaki and were dealt with by conciliation: —Drivers, bakers, grocers, and tailors. The bakers' and tailors' disputes were dealt with' by the master bakers' and the master tailors' associations respectively, and were settled satisfactorily, although the tailors' dispute went to the Arbitration Court, where a good deal of interest was displayed on both sides. The drivers' dispute was settled on the basis of the Dominion award, while the grocers met their men and came to a satisfactory understanding. In addition to this there have, of course, been several applications for the cost of living bonus which is awarded by the. • Arbitration, Court in accordance with its pronouncements from time to time.—Extract from the annual report read at last night's meeting oi' the Employers' Association. "A great deal of annoyance has been brought on traders by the restrictions placed on trading by the Board of Trade Act," stated the annual .report which was presented to the Taranaki Employers' Association last night. "The Act contains many clauses which in order to attain smoother working will require amending in some shape or form. Not the least is the defect, existing which does not in any way describe what, is a reasonable profit. To present the ease of the traders of the Dominion before the Government a conference of all traders throughout the Dominion was recently held in Wellington. Your Association was represented there and also in a deputation to the Board of Trade and to (he Prime Minister. While no definite reply was received, the deputation was thanked for having put, the other side of the que? tion before the Government."

The Saturday half-holiday question and the failure of the Government to legislate thereon was touched upon by Mr. J. W. Hayden at the meeting of the Taranaki Employers' Association last night. Though asked to legislate by resolutions passed by numerous borough and county council--, the Govcnment declined to do so on the ground that they had not been asked by business peoole. Mr. Hayden pointed out that at a conference in Stratford practically every town but, Elthnm had agreed to support the Saturday half-holiday,.but owing to a flaw in the proceedings it could not be introduced until a poll had been taken. 'Hie matter would be brought forward next March, and though he would not like to see the Association officially give a lead in a matter about which there was diverse opinions, he would like to see some unanimity of opinion. Vv'aitara, Ingle wood and Stratford would, he felt sure, .follow New Plymouth's lead, and he felt that the business peonle would lose nothing by the change. In fact, a business man in Wangftntii who had spent .C7O opposing the change from Thursday to Saturday, had assured him that he would now spend a. similar amount in retaining Saturday as the half-holiday. The popular monthly service at Whiteley Church, which will be held at 7 o'clock to-morrow evening, will be conducted by the Rev. C. 11. Olds, 8.A., the organising secretary for the work among Sunday schools and young people's societeis throughout the Dominion. Mr. Olds was at one time 4 resident minister in New Plymouth, and his visit this week end is being looked forward ';o by many of his old friends. His subject on Sunday evening will be "Living Waters." There will be a short, musical service at fi.45 when there will be orchestral selections, a" solo by Mr. North, and the choir will sing the beautiful anthem, "O Gladsome Light," from Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Golden Legend." On Monday the Rev. Mr. Olds will hold a conference with Sunilay schools and Bible class workers and all interested in this wqrk, and on Tuesday there will be a united rally of all lilie local Methodist Sunday schools. Both meetings will be held in Whiteley Hall at 7.30 p.m. Dairymen in search of real good dairy heifers should attend tjie sale at Urenui yards 011 Friday next". Two hundred and fifty head of Jersey, Holstein and Shorthorn heifers will be there to choose from.

W.C.T.U. —The usual monthly meeting in connection with the pay-up subscription social will be held in the 'lower room," Workers' Soeial Hall, on Wednesday, 25th inst., at 2.30 p.m. Members please make an effort to attend this jaiatina.—Advt \

A Mount IJosJiill house owner has 10 houses and 25 families live in them (says the Thames Star). In one house there are four families.

That the present is the age of the motor is shown by the fact that at a pound sale at Waverly (says the Patea Press) horses were sold at 5s each, whilst at Kakaramea one animal fetched the magnificent sum of Is 3d. "New Zealand is probably the greatest fat lamb producing country in the world, with the exception perhaps of England." remaked a farmer at a meeting in Masterton when tho question of the American fat lamb market Nvas being discussed. "The climate is so suitable for it. We are far ahead of Australia and other countries. And as I said, probably lead the world in this respect." A company, to be known as the New Zealand Aero Transport Company, Ltd., is being formed to operate in the South Island, for the purpose of carrying passengers and mails between Timaru, Mt. Cook, Queenstown, Dunedin, and lovercargill. It is intended to use twelve passenger machines, having dual control. Three, capable of attaining a speed of 120 miles an hour, will be stationed (it an aerodrome close to the Hermitage. They will be available for flights round Mt. Cook.

Bham Scotch tweeds, made in Gerftiany, are reported to be the latest evidence of Teutonic commercial smartness (says a London newspaper in a recent issue). During this week a traveller of neutral nationality has been calling on clothing manufacturers and woollen merchants, carrying a collection of patterns tweed cloths. The printing and writing on the tabs provided evidence that the materials came from Germany, but | the character and price of certain of the cloths led to the assumption that they might be genuine Scotch tweeds, originally purchased by a Continental speculator, and now offered back to buyers in this country. It was declared, however, that the materials were manufactured in Germany. On rather large bunch of patterns bore the legend "Scotch Cheviots," and they were not bad imitations of sports tweeds from Galashiels The average price for the cloths was higher than the present quotations of Scottish makers for the genuine products of their looms! "At Petaluma, forty miles out from San Francisco, I saw the largest eggproducing district in the world," said |Mr J. B. Merrett, of Chvistehurch, in an interview covering his impressions of California. "On an area twenty-five miles square, they produce more eggs | than we do in the whole of New Zealand. There was not a great deal to learn in the selection and breeding of stock. There was a great deal to learn in the way of extensive plant and the application of labour-saving devices to the poultry industry. On one farm which we vißited there were 35,000 layers, all run by six men. In the runnings,' bv up-to-do-date methods, they can feed the whole flock in one hour and ten minutes. A great industry is the 'boiler.' or poul-try-fattening industry. The young male birds arc taken when t.en "weeks old, placed in batteries and fed on fattening food for twelve days, and then killed for the market. In one shed there were 40,000 of these birds being fattened, the daily kill being between three and four thousand. The killed birds are neaflr dressed, packed in parchment paper, anil sent to New York, where fancy prices are obtained. Tn regard to esrg-laying competitions, the Caiifornians have not made the progress we have made in New Zealand. Che production of eugs is their chief business, and it's a highclass one. Every poultry farmer h well off. with a motor-car, a beautiful homo, and men working for him." In this issue Mr. R., Moorcock announces that he will run a daily motor service between New Plymouth and Opuitaks with a 7-seater Hudson car, leaving Pentecost and Kemlrick's garage (opposite Royal Hotel) at -I p.m. for Opunake, and leaving Opunnke af 7 a.m. When ladies buy "Fairy- Wonder" Dry Soap they are assured of getting the I'ery best, in washing powders. This i"iap has been scientifically compounded •'•o meet all requirement* us to cjeaiising ivithoiit rubbing and without llie slighi-

:'-t. injury to the clothes. In addition. 'Fairy" leave.-; the hands nice ami tnh and is highly economical, requiring no extra soap and a minimum of fuel. 0? all grocers. The lovely crepe <le chine blouses offered at the Melbourne's special sale are meeting with an unprecedented <alc. Lldies have been quick to realise the solid savings the sale afforded a<id in many cases have bought. enough to supply their wants for many mon:)n. The styles offered are all up-to-date.