LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Newton King, Ltd.'s, New Plymouth Haymarket on Saturday, there was only a small penning of pigs. Weanere made up to 275, slips to 35s 6d, stores to 36s Cd. The extraordinary prevalence of goitre in Canterbury, while other parts of New Zealand are almost immune, is a matter which is being investigated by -the Health authorities, said the Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister for Public Health.

The relative cost of oil fuel and coal is thus stated in the British Trade Journal: "A motor ship of 10,000 tons consumes iij oil fuel about 13 tons per day, the cost of which is about £7B. A steam-driven ship of the same size would require 50 tons of coal, costing per day from £2OO to £300."

When Admiral Dewey took possessor of the Philippine Islands for the United States during the . Spanish-American wai it was not known what .was the value of the annexation. Now it is reported that one of the finest ironfields iri the world has been discovered at the Philippines. Surveys thus far completed indicate the existence of deposits totalling 500,000,000 toils of ore. Four truck loads (about 50 tons) of coal came to hand on Saturday night for the New Plymouth gasworks. Yesterday Mr, O'Shae (the stationmajjter) and some of his staff went to work and had the coal released, so that the company could have delivery without delay. The supply of gas, for a, week at least, should now be assured. Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., has been advised by the Minister of Telegraphs that authority has been given for the erection of a slot telephone at the junction of South Road and Belt Road. This is the outcome of a request by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce that a slot telephone should be installed in the rest end of the town. When the Minister of Justice placed the police report on the table of the House on Friday last, Mr. W. T. Jennings put in a- plea for the country policeman, who did not get the attention he deserved so far as promotion iB concerned, and he was handicappepd when he went up for examination, as there.were no facilities for him reading up, The member for Waitomo also asked for the appointment of a constiaß at Pio Pio, which was a junc£i<gMH Aria, Mahoenui, Wairoa, and MaJSIfIH Two visitors to Hawera from ton, who are apparently supporsHH Bolshevism, attended the Workers' Educational AssooiatfbiSp on Friday night. The generalSSfflp 3 " sion of the class is that the trying to offset or destroy the tewfaß? of the lecturer in economies. speaker stated that a quantity of Isr, ra ' ture from Russia had arrived inrre'"^ e '" lington, but probably had not re^ 0 ) I®'' 1 ®'' Hawera. The lecturer (the Rev' -V'"' Castle, of Eltham), replied to th'f v ' s '" tors' remarks effectively. There r a '. so in the Hawera district a Labor ext[ em ' s t who is endeavoring to 'organist cheese-workers into a union, b"' 18 meeting with much opposition.

Despite threatening weather I conditions, a large crowd assembled " ie New Plymouth harbor yesterday , on f' 1 ® occasion of the first recital by tl ie zens' Band of the season. At 1 a(,di " tional attraction was the lint 1 ] P° rt Pirie lying at the wharf and bnpfy en ' gaged in loading frozen meat " ie barges brought down from ai taTa. Contrary to expectations, thd public were allowed on board' the an^ daring the afternoon a large ni(® lb(!r people, many of whom came frof n . a ls " twice, visited the ship. Mean\| b '' e the band provided a bright progrf mme . music, but about four o'clock/*!- nnsty ruin set in and the crowd stear'v melted away. For a tjjne the fak® B wpr£ ' unable to cope with tlie trafr 0 - As a result of yesterday's colleetio' 1 ' ,e hand hinds will benelit to the ext. 611 '' °f l(is. ' The question of freehold leasehold was much before the Hou' 6 0,1 the Aroha Leases Bill on ni e ht > bllt tlie division list showed ® to 01 { e majority in favor of peop' e owning their homos. Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., Waitomo, in .speaking oi' the he attributed the. dislike 't° leasehold by settlers in the improve I ', filrm settlements in his electorate o^'' n S to Seve i'nl causes. Some settlers v ere allowed to take up on the freehold others on the 0.r.j)., while the majoiAV ''ad to take the endowment lease. • le settlers under the first-mentioned. nu ' ( l always get better, financial assignee from the Slate Loans Departm?' 1 '- (,r f'' Hm financial firms. ITenoe t ,u ' agitation which had arisen iu the p<'tae Potae country fur. freehold. The stated that tliis change of opinio 11 was re niarkable, ;as he personally kn >n y " lft n,v of these settlers when they ,/fsided in Taranaki, and they then hfjt* t' ,p v ' ew that leasehold was the be?' tenure.

Residents of; Tnglewood and district are, reminded o' the * u ' )e to-morrow nijjj lt ( Tue ?day) in the Druids' Hall, a 1 ® o<>l ° pk > ot ail those interested in tf formation of a branch of the Labor fwty in Inglewood. The platform and.» con 1 tl . tut l 0 V of th « Li >bor Partv will be 'explained by members of the New Plyi/ outh branell > who will be present. It Oaonr to-morrow, iNew'ton King, Ltd., are jjdirig a clearing, sale on account of Mp '/• Everything ot. the fai'f 4 13 t0 be ?° ld . the fu » ad-' vertisemenv appearing-( n our auction advertisa^ lt ,

A property of three acres 3 roods 1!) perches, with eiglit-roomed dwelling, and situated at the cotner of Pioneer Road and Breakwater Road, was submitted to public auction by Newton King, Ltd., at N'cw Plymouth 011 Saturday. Ridding failed to reach the reserve, the property being passed in at £3700. Saturday's Manawatu Standard says: We understand that stocks of butter of last season's make, held on account of the Imperial Government, are now reduced to between 1000 and 1500 'boxes. This will be consumed in the immediate future. The Parliamentary Butter Committee expect to present their report to Parliament in the coming week, Meantime, the evidence taken is being printed.—Press Association. "It is the produce of the province of Taranaki that has kept the shutters down in New Plymouth," said Mr. G. W. Browne, when speaking at a meeting of the Taranaki A. and P. Society on Saturday, adding that if people only realised this more, that horrible cry of town versus country would immediately disappear. He believed the time would come when the thinkers among the workers would realise that it was the produce of the country that kept tliein going. It behoved the townspeople to do all within their power to assist agricultural societies in their endeavor to teach farmers how to increase their production, for that increase meant additional prosperity for the town.

A representative of a large American manufacturing firm, who was in Wanganui a few ijays ago, assured a business man that America was fast making up for any falling off in manufactures during the war. At the present time large stocks of all classes of goods were piled up in manufacturing districts awaiting export. The chief trouble experienced at the present time was not in regard to shipping, but for rolling stock to carry the goods to the seaports. Railway companies were particularly short of both locomotives and trucks. Hundreds of locomotives, run to a standstill during the war, were out of commission, and until these and abundant trucks were available, congestion of goods would result, Speaking on the Military Service Bill in the House on Thursday night, Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., asked the Defence Minister who was responsible for the inclusion on the defaulters' list of the names of men who had been killed in action, others who had been wounded, and some who were in mental asylums and gaols; even a soldier on guard at Somes Island was posted. The member stated he had analysed thirteen sheets of the defaulters' list, and out of 1300 names, there were over 200 that had no right to be on the list. Mr. Jennings further stated he had published a letter in the Taranaki Daily News about three years ago giving the analysis he had made, and also mentioned it to the Sub-Inspector of Police at the time. The publication of those names gave great pain to some people. The Minister stated he would have the matter enquired into, and if any are still on the list, he would give instructions for the names to be erased. Since the advent of "Fairy Wonder" Dry Soap, the modern woman tackles the iveekly wash ;v »' in * ■> light heart, k living that this 1 ' wonderlui scientific compound will 1 her labt.r to such an extent that;' 1 ' 1 ? day's work win be cut in half. No- otllGr wash-day help equals "Fairy" f/ Jl ' quickness and economy. Don't" for(^ et to orile r it, Stocked by all grocers. Me"> ,} "y your headgear at the Melbourne, Ltd., w,here stocks have been al 4'monted bv large shipments of highg.rade English fur felts in good shapes, livery popular shade in stock. Prices irange from 13s (id for wool felts to 29s l<j:l for pure fur hat 3 and up to 70s Od Kor real velours. B Messrs. Treweek and Joll, Hawera, adPfcrtjse for sale a first-class carrying busiLiess situated at Normanby. The owne? is_|elling out on account of ill-health, vftfhe Old Girls' Association's room over Wle U.S.S. buildings will be open each Afternoon this week from 2 to 5, and each evening from 7.30 to 9. It should be realised by all who prize j their independence in old age that the Government National Provident Fund is specially designed to appreciate that virtue. For a low contribution, any person under 50 years of age can join without medical examination, and along with the liberal benefits throughout life, is secured an annuity of 10s, 20s, 30s, or 40s per week at the "age of 60. Mr. J. Curtayne. the Department's lecturer, is now busily engaged in arranging lectures at the various business- places in New Plymouth with a view to explaining the fund's benefits.