LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Plymouth central firebell will be rung ai f>.3o this evening as a test, alterations having recently been made in the ringing apparatus Forty-two divorce cases are set down for hearing at the sitting of the Wellington Supreme Court in divorce, which will be commenced to-day. ,Of the total, nim' actions are defended.

An altercation between two men in Devon .Street, just above Liardet Street, about ten o'clock on Saturday night, attracted the attention of a'number of passers-by. The affair will be the subject of police action, as the two participants are to be summoned for breaches of the peace. A-recital was given by the New .Plymouth Citizens' Band 'at the Breakwater yesterday afternoon in pleasant weather conditions, and there was a good attendance of the public. 'fin. band, under the conductor (Mr. F. \y. G. McLeod) rendered a enjoyable programme of well-known music. A collection in aid of the band funds realised in the vicinity of .£!). At a meeting of the baths committee in Eltham on Friday evening, it was decided to form a swimming club to be known as the Eltham .Swimming Club, and that season tiekeU for the bailis should carry with ihem membership in t.h(! dub. Ihe question of promoting a, water carnival in aid of the fund being raised to place the baths in proper order came up for consideration, and' it was resolved to arrange a carnival to be held during December.

i The latest bonus of !)/- n week to workers was referred to by Mr. L. 0. Hooker at the annua! meeting of the Hawcra Chamber of Commerce on Friday. He said he had, as tln> representative of certain employers in Hawera written to the Government Statistician asking him for information as to the increase in the cost of living for the past six months, and lie had replied that for foods the increase was barely (i per cent., while for clothes he had no knowledge of any increase The bonuses meant with some workers an increase of 15 per cent on wages. On the motion of Mr. Hooker it was decided to support the action of (he Wellington Chamber in this connection.

Members of the Fquitsble HniMinf Society of Sew Plymouth (Second and Third Croups) are notified 'that subscriptions will be due and payable lodny, Bth October, af the secretary - * office, Cnrrie Street,, from !) a.m. to 12.:10 p.m.. and from 1 p.m. to ,i p.m. and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m,—Advt j

Owing to illness among the pupils at tlie New Plymouth Buys' High School, (lie display which was to have been given by. a squad of the boys at tho Labor sports 011 Saturday ha(| to be abandoned.

Yeslerday afternoon the chldrcn from the St. Aubyn Methodist Sunday School paid a visit to the Old People's Home, Now Plymouth, and sang a number of their anniversary hymns, an action much appreciated by the inmates of the Home. The singing was under the conductorship of Mr. R. ,T. Deare and Miss M. Canned acted as accompanist. A short address was given by Rev. 0. t'annell. A collection taken up in aid of the fund to provide Christmas cheer for the Home realised £2 ss.

A small sum of money was stolen from the residence of Mr. F. W. G. MeLeod, New Plymouth, on Friday night by an intruder who was suddenly inlerrupted in his search by Mr. MeLeod. About midnight Mr. MeLeod was disturbed by the banging of a shed door outside as the result of the wind, and .when awakened noticed a light through the fanlight above the bedroom dotfr. On making investigation he found a light in an adjoining room, and was just in time to see the burglar disappearing through a window. Trade conditions and the future outlook were alluded to by Mr. Murdoch at the annual meeting of the Hawera Chamber of Commerce on Friday. With regard to the country generally, he said there was 110 doubt that they were going through very prosperous times as far as the value of their products was concerned. One thing they had to fear was dear money, and in this respect they | were possibly up against one of the worst positions they had ever had to lace. Dear money meant retardation of progress. At present he supposed* most of their finance was on paper, and they did not have the bullion behind it. If some cheek was not put on the extreme values in lands and, to some extent, businesses, they must look in a few years for a slump. He hoped they would be able to keep the slump oil, but | this could only be done by putting the best shoulder to the wheel. He believed that Taranaki would be the last place to suffer if bad times came. Their lands were more productive and did not require the same strain to keep them going as other hinds in the Dominion, the position they had to face was one for the careful attention of business men generally.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at an inquiry held by Mr. T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., at Haweva on Friday, concerning the death of Thomas Kay, who sustained fatal injuries in a motor accident on Thursday last. Tho evidence by Thomas Charles Kay, son of the deceased, who was in the ear, was to tlie eflect that tirey were proceeding home and as they approached the Whakamaia School they saw another car approaching coming down a bill towards them. His father pulled to the lefthand side of the road. The wheels of the ear got into the water channel, and the ear was scraping the bank.; When within three or four yards of the approaching car the machine came out of nhe ditch, and his father, seeing that there was a likelihood of a collision, turned it hi the left again and struck a fence post at the side of the road. The laihng 011 top of the post parsed through the wind screen and the driving wheel, and struck his father, rendering him unconscious. The driver of the approaching car was Mr. Don Campbell, manager ot the Molls Dairy Co. His father was driving about live or six miles per hour and Campbell was driving at about the same speed. What occurred was purely an accident.

The export* from Taranaki (from Aow f-iymouth, U'aitaru and Patea) for tho year ended September 30 amounted to £5,181,823.

Newton King, Ltd.'a A T ew Plymouth Haymarket on Saturday a fair number of pigs were penned. 'Weaners •to slips made from 20s to 395, and small stores up to ,C2 3s.

Walsh Bros.' aeroplane will pay a visit to New Plymouth this week. Passenger flights will be made daily from the racecourse.

Owing to t!io present state of .the hide market, the Taranaki brokers have decided 'io postpone the sale advertised for Tuesday, nth November

Exceptional value in men's collars is being offered by t-lie -Melbourne, Ltd. The stock offered comprises all the latest styles and the quality is much superior to anything hitherto Offered. The "oods arc pure linen, aiuKcome direct from a iamous British manufacturer. The price, Is (id, is extremely low.

Ladies ! You can keep your washing a good color by using only "Fairy Wondei, the dry soap powder that washes sweet and clean without nibbing or the use of ex'ira soap. No other compound in creation gives such satisfactory results as "Fairy." On sale by all grocers and storekeepers.

At Stony Biver sale on Tuesday next will be offered three exceptionally fine pedigree bulls on account of Mr. W. Grant,, of Pnniho Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. In this issue, Newton King, Lid., advertise particulars of entries for Stony River sale on Tuesday next.