LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood (says the Greymouth Star) that the North Bruimer coiil mine is closing down. Work will most likely cease in about a month or six weeks' time.

It is reported that lignite has been found on property not very far from Pahiutua. Whether can be used for commercial purposes haa yet to be discovered.

The cross-country steeplechase in connection witTi the New .Plymouth Boys' High School was to have taken place yesterday, but was postponed on account of the weather conditions.

For exceeding the speed limit round a corner, D. Lobb was tilled 20s, .costs 7s, at the New Plymouth 'Magistrate's Court yesterday. The same defendant was fined 10s and costs lis for failing to give notice of his 'intention to turn the corner. The informations were laid by ,the police. On the information of the county ranger (Mr. B. Tippins), Edward' Lewer was convicted and lined 10s, with costs 17s Cd, at the New Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday, for driving a gig without lights.

Pauline Frederick, the American motion picture actress, is proceeding for a divorce from Charles W. McLaughlin, known on the screen and stage as Willard Mack. They were married in 11)17, after Marjorie Rambeau, an actress, had divorced the actor and Miss Frederick had been divorced by her husband.

This is an age broken records in anything ranging from pianoforte playing to money-making, and the local potential law-breakers are also in the swim (says the Southland Times). Not one has occupied a cell at the Police Station for 14 days. This is a record that is alluded to by the police officials as indicative of InvercargiU's freedom from crime. A young man, John Thomas Cook, accd about aO years, single, who resided at Kina Road, Oaonui, where he carried on farming operations, was admitted to the New Plymouth Hospital on Friday- last suffering from injuries received through being thrown out of a gig near his farm. He died at about 5 o'clock on Wednesday evening. An inquest will be held to-day.

A suggestion contained in the annual report presented to tne meeting of the South Invercargill Borough Council was expected to meet with the general approval of the ratepayers. The report stated that a very large credit balance had accrued in interest ojl one loan, which if allowed to accumulate might later he transferred to the general account. In order to avoid this and to give the ratepayers the benefit of the accumulated interest, it was suggested that the council should obtain the conBent of the Auditor-General to reduce the interest rate by one half-penny in the pound. It will be seen by advertisement in another column that Geo. Brewer, secondhand dealer, of V.'angantii, will pay a nsit to New Plymouth on Monday, October 18th, for the purpose of buying any articles you wish to dispose of for cash. He is prepared to buy any of the following articles:—Ladies', gents' and children's left-oil' clothing, boots, jewel-, lery, bags, trunks, phonographs, gramaphones, sewing machines, overcoats, and furniture of all. description, in fact anything you have for sale, nothing too large or too small, he says. Start your spring cleaning at once by turning out yoitr cupboards and wardrobes, and do not let Mie moth or silverfish eat holes in them. Write at once to Geo. Hrewer, Post Office, New Plymouth, and let him know what you have for sale, and where to call. All letters must reach the post office oil or before Monday, October18th. "Brooklands" and "Maranui" gardens will be open to the public on Sunday

The postal authorities advise that the e.s. Paloona sailed from Melbourne at noon on the Oth inst for Bluff, She carries 109 bags of mail for New Zealand.

''One thing th,e Bolsheviks do not want is that people should own their own hoiiies," said a member of the Wellington City Council. "As soon as a man owns property he eeasc3 to be a Bolshevik if he k already one; if not he never becomes a Bolshevik."

Replying to Mr. 0.-Hawk-en (Egmontj in tlie House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Massey said an officer had been appointed to go Home to assist the High Commissioner in connection with emigration to the Dominion. The Tnvercargill Stock Exchange was formally opened for business yesterday with suitable ceremony (says. a telegram from Invercargill). The Exchange begins operations with ten members, and is affiliated with the New Zealand Stock Exchange Association.

A solution, of the housing problem was offered by Mr. P. Eraser, M.P., at a. meeting at Palmcr'ston North the other evening. "If a Labor Government were in power," said the speaker, "we would take a. census of all the houses in the Dominion, with details of their accommodation, and parcel thorn out to suit the people. If necessary, two families could be under the same roof."

Ladies! The Melbourne's groat bargain sale starts this morning. Be there when, the doors open at !) o'clock sharp, so as to make sure of the bargains you have set your hearts on. Remember it is the early bird .that catches the worm. Many of the so-called washing powders on the market require the aid of bar sonp, and then they don't do the work satisfactorily. Not so wil'h "Fairy Wonder." This famous Dry Soap powder contains all the essentials for washing thoroughly from start to finish without extra soap or rubbing. Buy a packet to-day and test it. ,'Of all grocei'3 and storekeepers. : '" . In spite of the increased cost Of footwear {rom manufacturers, DockriU's are still able to sell at reasonable prices, as they hold stocks of boots and shoes bought before the last wholesale rises in price.

This "Kill the calf" stunt is all very well for the man with no eye for the future, but if you want a good herd you must raise your best. No one else will do this for you! Feed "TUI" Calfmeal for .the best results. Procurable from all stores and merchants.