LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

London advises that mails were despatched for New Zealand per the Corinthic, on 19th inst., via Panama. For selling milk' under standard Donald Middleton, of Hawora, was yesterday fined £5 and costs. Owing to the shortage of coal the gas pressure was again reduced at Auckland yesterday, and the restrictions are likely to be continued fo: some time (says' a Press telegram). Whitebait are coming up the Canterbury rivers exceptionally early this year, and already some hauls have been netted on the Styx river. Last, week whitebait was being gold in Christchurch at the luxurious price of 12s 6d a pint. There has been an acute shortage of baker's flour at Napier and the Telegraph states that agents have had to secure supplies from Palmerston North at an increase of £2 on the ruling price in order to tide over the difficulty. The late Charles Garvice left over £70,000. Par more famous authors have left much less. Charles Dickens, however, left £BO,OOO, and Miss Braddon £OB,OOO, Edwin Arnold left £6400, Clement Scott £4480, the Poet Laureate, Alfred Austin, £2098. Julia Frankan (known as "Frank Danby") left £34,000. The Council of the United Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association met at Wellington yesterday and decided to recommend to the affiliated Association, the adoption of the accident and sickness insurance scheme similar to that of the United Commercial Travellers' Association of Australia.—Press Association.

Among the vessels Of the Union Company's fleet held up at Wellington on Monday were the Tarawera, to load for Sydney, the Kini, Rosamond, Komata, and Corinna. The big C. and D. liners Port Denison and Port Hacking are in port waiting to load for London. The Port Curtis is also at Wellington waiting to discharge New York cargo. There are several members of the "mosquito" fleet held up at Wellington port until a settlement has been reached.

Judge Borst, in a speech in F«ilding, applied a, new rule in comparing the characteristics of countries. He said he and his wife had stood at the corners of streets in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington, and watched the people go by. The New Zealanders were most like Americans—more hustle and bustle about their movements. The New Zealanders moved along at the rate of about four iniles an hour—the Australians at about two miles. —Star.

A meeting of parishioners of St. Mary's Church, New Plymouth, was held last night to hear an address by the. Rev. J. L. A. Kayll on matters concerning the church. Mr. Kayll is on a periodical visit to the different centres of the Anglican Church in the Archdeaconry of Taranaki, in connection with the Diocesan Central Fund of the church, of which he is the organiser and representative. He will be in Taranaki for a fortnight, and will visit Okato," Waitara, Inglewood, and Stratford.

A meeting of the New Plymouth Sports Committee wa3 held last evening, Mr. A. L. Humphries presiding over a representative attendance. The proposed lease between the Pukekura Park Board and the committee was considered and approved. It was decided to forward the lease to the Park Board for consideration at their next meeting. The committee is desirous of having details completed at the earliest possible date, so that the suggested improvements can lie put in hand at once. The meeting adjourned till next Wednesday to receive reports from several sub-committees.

The liner Otarama, now loading at New Plymouth, goes to Waitara about the end of the week. Her loading at Waitara will occupy some time, as there are 28 lighters to go out, 16 of meat and 10 of wool (writes our correspondent).

The Manawatu A. and P. Association passed a resolution yesterday 'to the effect that it is not in, accord with requests from the South Island to grant Armour and Co. a license to trade in New Zealand, and asking the Government to stand firm in a refusal to grant such license under" any consideration whatever.

As showing the value experienced farmers place on Leeds basic slag, Newton King, Ltd., report that one well-known farmer in the Stratford district has ordered 120 tons from the shipment to arrive ex Mamari in October. This is a record order for slag, being 70 tons larger than any previous single booking. The Mayoress (Mrs. J. Clarke) announcer, that the results of two competitions in aid of the Girls' Hostel, wliich were drawn on Monday, are:—Pair of shoes, Mis 9 J. Ramson; ham, Mr. E. Inder.

Miss Constance Reilly, who gives a concert in the Workers' Social Hall at New Plymouth to-night, held a highly successful concert at Hawcra last night, the audience being enthusiastically appreciative of the artist's talent.

Mr. A. W. Martin, Rupture Specialist, and Sole Controller of Dr. J. A. Sherman's Method of Treatment, from Dunedin, is now on his fifteenth annual Dominion tour, and may be consulted at the Imperial Hotel, New Plymouth, from Tuesday, the 31st of August, to Friday, the 3rd of September. Consultations free. Hours, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.— Advt. CougLs and Colds, never fails, 1/9, 2/9. Woods' Great Peppermint Core, for _

Another busy day was experienced at the port of New Plymouth yesterday, when four vessels were alongside the wharf, the Home liner Otarama, the Glaucus, the Flora, and the Bimu. The Eimu sailed in the afternoon and the Flora in the evening, while the Glaucus will leave for Qreymoutb to-day. An arrival to-day will be the Mapourika with southern cargo.

At Stratford last night teams representing the New Plymouth Club and the Egmont Club (Stratford) played the first round in the billiard and snooker tournament for the Taranaki affiliated i clubs' shield." New Plymouth won the four billiard games, while each club won two snooker games. In the following details Now Plymouth players are mentioned first :-r-Billiardß: A. Higgs, 200, beat H. Chadwick 139; G. Bertrand 200, beat R. Hignett 167; W. Preece 200, beat P. G. Brooking 184; E. Moray 200, beat G. E. Jago 165. Snooker: R. Inder 121, beat S. Pivas 76, C. Allen 57, lost to T.' Lawson 110; C. McAHum 89, beat D: Sullivan 86; A. K. Smart 74, lost to E, S. Rutherford 98. The Egmont Club's team will shortly visit New Plymouth-to play the second round. > "■■' At a meeting of the New Plymouth; branch of the Labor Party last evening' the following resolution was carried unanimously: ''The New Plymouth branch of the New Zealand Labor Party whole-heartedly approves of the action of the officials of the New Zealand Labor Party in cabling to Mr. Adamson to the effect that Labor in New Zealand supports the British workers and the "Council of Action" on its glorious achievements towards internationalism and peace." Arrangements are also being made for the formation ot a branch of the Labor Party in Inglewood.