LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Another three weeks after this week will probably see the close of the present session of Parliament, according to a statement by the Premier. Mr. It. A. Wright (Wellington Suburbs) is asking the Minister of Marino whether lie will introduce legislation this session to compel all vessels trading on Hie New Zealand coasts to install wireless plants. lit a note to his question, Mr. Wright stales that a small plant is comparatively cheap, and that the installation of one would prove a valuable safeguard For Hie lives of passengers and crews. A notice of motion was proposed at last night's meeting of the New Plymouth Labor Party in favor of exeludjn" the representatives of the newspapers from the meetings, except if they arc specially asked lo attend. A number of members expressed regret Unit Mich u resolution was tabled, and spoke in favor of the fullest publicity being ~'vcn In the meetings. The matter will he discussed at tl.e next meeting of t.iie I'rtity

The Terminus Hotel, New Plymouth, has disposed of by the present proprietress, Mrs. Tabor, to Mr. V. Faber, of Wangaimi, who will take possession about the beginning of next month. At yesterday's meeting of the Egmoiit County Council, the chairman again brought up the question of prohibiting the use. of double tyres on the back wheels of motor lorries. He moved that owners of lorries be notilicd that these would not be permitted • in the County, after six months. ,Some members held ..that six months would not give sulHcUmt time to the motor lorry owners to, convert their waggons, and after a little discussion it was resolved to ■ refer the matter to the Taranaki Counties Conference. Two beautifully fine days, with the temperature unusually -warm for this time of the year, have been' experienced in New Plymouth this Week, A gradual rise in the temperature is noted in the records taken at the Pukekiira station. On the ilth hist the maximum was 65 degrees, and 144 in the sun. Monday's figures were 60 and 145 l/es'pectively. \Testerday' afternoon (2.30) the maximum temperature was GBi degrees, and in the stfh 147 degrees. The provision of a "half-way house," at which derelicts of society would be received, formed the subject of a letter from the Minister for Justice, the Hon. 15. V. Lee, in reply to representations recently made to him. The Minister stated that the matter was one of finance, but he hoped to be able to do something in this connection shortly. It is pointed out that some of these unfortunates, with no home to go to, will liewmp prisoners, who will be released by .death alone, "We rre likely to'have a very severe cormneTcird slump about the end of this year,'' writes a correspondent from Knglaivi, "mainly owing to' excessive wages, which have killed nearly all the foreign trade. As this will have its reflection in New Zealand, you can keep a lookout for it. I understand that several big motor firms, though they have two years' orders on hand, are on the verge of bankruptcy. The whole position is very precarious."

At tlio Patca Magistrate's Court on Friday (reports the Press), throe defendants—Walter Corrigan, Arthur Kchvavd Gordon, and Kwart Marton—were each clunked with failing to carry out an order of the Court wade on January 22 last in connection with damage done to a motor car that was taken by defendants and others to Manutahi. The defendants, it was shown in evidence, had not maintained their payments to the Court. The Magistrate severely admonished the defendants, and warned thorn that unless they made a substantial reduction before November 12 he would send them to prison.

F.xception was taken at a meeting of the New Plymouth Labor Party last night to a statement made by Mr. S. (i. Smith, M.P., as recorded in Hansard of September 14, to the effect that a request was ''hawked round" to every union in New Plymouth that he should be opposed at the last election and asking them to nominate a candidate against, him. Mr. Smith also stated that not. a single union could be got to agree lo it. The party decided that a copy of the resolution' be forwarded to Mr. Smith with the information that representatives of nine leading unions had stated that the request had not boon put before their unions, though in one instance the matter of putting up a Labor candidate had been discussed.

''Our industrial progress in this country will depend on immigration,'' said a Kew Plymouth gentleman who is connected with » number of undertakings, In speaking to a Daily Xews reporter yesterday. lie remarked (hat the labor market was very seriously depicted, and in, tile trades throughout New Zealand there was a, great lack of apprentiees. Particularly is this the ease in boilermakers, shipwrights and engineering works, and he forecasted that it will have a depressing effect, in the future in regard to the output of finished articles. Ho stated there was a great need of laborers in New Plymouth* and the progress of many undertakings locally would be seriously prejudiced if the men were not forthcoming. The necessity of providing fertilisers for the use of farmers throughout the Dominion, and the question of an inereased supply of cement, arc evidently engaging the attention of the (iovernment at present, as at yesterday's meeting of the Kgmont County Council, a letter was received from the UnderSecretary of Mines stating that a committee of several technical officers of various Government departments was deliberating for the purpose of considering the advisability of establishing lime-crushing plants, etc., throughout the Dominion To assist the committee in its deliberations, the Minister of Mines asked for certain information relative to limestone quarries tinder the Council's control. Or. O'Brien said that there were deposits within the County on the Arawliata Koad, nhove the Wiremn Road, that were practically freelime. An attempt had been made to work this in a small way. The necessary information will bo forwarded by the engineer. Little things count a. lot with the lady who would have faultless attire, and nowhere in the district will a bolter showing of laces and other dress aids be found than the wide selection at Morey and Son's, the popular drapers. The Feilding Bacon Co. notify farmers und pig-raisers that they are now paying elevenpence per lb for bacon pigs. Housewives and others will he well advised to watch out for the Melbourne's reduction sale now in progress. The forthcoming sale will be a memorable one by virtue of the reductions on staple lines of drapery, hosiery, blouses and clot bin. It will pay everyone (o defer purchasing elsewhere till they see the bargains to be advertised.

MAKK GOOD FAMILY OOUfUI MIXTHKE AND SAVK MUCH MON'FX Obtain from vour chemist or store a bottle of HELXZO (Mean's Essence) and add it to u large breakfnstcupful of warm water sweetened with treacle or honey as per easy directions printed on the label, and you will at once have ii pint of superior quality cough and Are throat mixture. A pint of oidinaiv mivtnre, purchased in a lot of little hollies, would cost at least lis. IIEEXZO (Hcnn's ICssence) costs only is (hi. Thus each bottle used shows a clear cash saving of Os (Id. No 'boiling or fussing is needed, the mixing being a matter of but a few moments. If you experience any diliieulty in obtaining TITCKXZO in your locality send 2s (id to llean's Pharmacy, W'anganui, and a botlle \yill be Sent to you per return mail. IIICKXZO in its full strength gives comfort and relet in stomach and bowel troubles. on

The Minister of Internal Affairs adVises that the Government has decided to discontinue, as from the 22nd instant, the existing permit system between New Zealand- and Australia, only in so far as British subjects are concerned. The permit system will <bo continued in respect to aliens and naturalised British subjects. Its continuance in respect to naturalised British subjects is necessary as a pcr=on naturalised in New Zealand would not' be regarded in the Australian Stales as a British subject unless his certificate "f naturalisation had been endorsed in Australia, or vice versa. All persons leaving Mew Zealand for Australia before the 22nd inst. will require to have permits. The influenza epidemic of two years ago was referred to at the meeting of the Egmont County Council yesterday, when two accounts were received, one from an ex-resident of Rnhotu for <)!! days' nursing amounting to ,t!2l IDs, and an account from a nurse for £1 for 'bus fare. The chairman stated that at the lime of the epidemic, he, as chairman of the Health Organisation Committee, had given an undertaking that any claim for nursing not paid by the Government, would be met by the local bodies contributing pro rata. Several members took exception to the fact that the account had not been submitted in time to permit of a claim being made on the Government, but after some further discussion it was resolved to pay half the amount of the nursing account. In reply to Cr, Green, the chairman stated that that represented the last of the accounts in connection with the epidemic, and that no further claims would be recognised. ; In the report in yesterday's Daily -Yews concerning 1 In- New Plymouth trainwayinen's award the Mayor was reported to have said that very few systems paid double time for Sunday work. Mr. Clarke slates that this applied to the South Island, though the majority of the tramway systems in the North are paying, double time to the employees on Sunday. The business of chemist and photographic dealer, which has been carried on successfully for upwards of twenty years by Mr. Win. Eraser, in Devon Street, New Plymouth, has been disposed of to Mr. Herb. Abram, of Wanganui. Mr. Abram is a registered chemist of some years standing, and has had an extensive experience in the wholesale and retail trade. As a worthy representative of St. John's (Wanganui) Bowling Club he has been a familiar figure at Taranaki bowling tournaments in re J cent years. "The beauty of 'Fairy Wonder' Washing Powder," remarked u lady the other day, "is that it does the washing completely without having to use extra bar soap, like so many of the others on the market. '.fairy Wonder' lias provqd a real fairy to me in my house, and I recommend it to all my friends." All grocers stock it.