LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taranaki Daily News will not be published on Saturday, 2f>tli inst (Xmas Day) or Monday, Clie '27 th inst. (observed as Soxing Day).

j An Auckland telegram reports that j there was a. heavy gale on Wednesday night and a high sea inport. A number of punts and small craft were sunk.

Charges of failing to pay his tram fare and using abusive language to the conductor, were preferred against Archie Fox at the New Plymouth Court yesterday, on the information of the police, for whom Senior-Sergfc. McCrorie appeared. Mr. A. A. Bennett, counsel for entered a plea of guilty and said Fox wfshed to express his regret at the occurrence. A line of 10s on each charge was imposed. Yesterday mothers and wives of sol(Hers were the guests of the New Plymouth Women's National Reserve at afternoon tea in the Victoria League clubrooms, when a pleasant time was spent by all. Musical items were given by Mesdames Wood, T. C. List, Misses Millar, Green and Coker. At the conclusion of the function, on the motion of Mrs. E. M. Smith, a vote of thanks was accorded the league for their efforts, and at the request of the mothers, the gathering concluded with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne."' Speaking at the break-up certmony of the Central School yesterday, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., stated he had noticed by a newspaper account of the break-up at a certain school, that the annual report contained special reference to some remarks by the Board's senior inspector on that school. The speaker deprecated to the fullest that use should be made of the reports presented by inspectors, and he said it was a practice which the Board was discouraging 1 to the utmost, because they knew from tlieir experience that its continuance was bound to lead to all sorts of troubles. ,

For a breach of the Shops and Offices Act, in employing a. female assistant after 9 p.m., 'i'. W. Rolston was fined 20s (with costs 7s) at the New Plymouth Court yesterday, Mr. W. J. Mountjoy, who appeared for the Labor Department, stated that defendant had been warned about the same offence in ■Tnly last. He also remarked that shopkeepers in New Plymouth generally had been / little lax in respect of lotting their assistants away at 9 p.m., siinrp. The case was brought as a warning that the Act must be adhered to.

The N-Z. Loan and .Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., wish to draw public attention to a sale of land which they are holding in their auction rooms, Broadway, -Stratford, on Saturday next, at 12 noon, by order of the Public Trustee on account of the estate of the late T. W. Smith. Full particulars will be found on page 8 of this issue.

White .shoes down to pre-war prices. This will be glad news to the "all in wliitc" girl who is saving up for her summer holiday. This remarkable offer is made by Rsnnie's, of the Big Store, Waitara. Full particulars on page 4. Hurry!

A grand Christmas Concert will be Mid in the Eltham Town Hall this evoning, at 8 p.m., in aid of the Catholic School building fund.

A London cable states that ten thousand Australian ex-service men and dependents in England are receiving thirty thousand sterling a year.

Some indication of the difference in the quantities of lnitter and cheese being manufactured in Taranaki this season and the quantities made last year may be gathered from the following figures of the output of butter boxes and cheese crates* of the Egmont Box Company, which supplies most of the boxes and crates used iu Taranaki. For the month of December, 1919, the company manufactured 44,000 cheese grates, while, the output this month will be approximately 18,000 crates, or considerably less than half the amount for the corresponding period of last year. hi December of last year the number of butter boxes made was 10,000; this month the total will reach 50,000, or nearly three times as many as that of the corresponding period of last season. —Argils. The. death of James Granville (a witness in' connection with the Pukekawa murder, who committed suicide), apart from the sensational aspect of the affair, is of special interest to Dannevirke, says the News. He was for some years farming at Toi Flat, and when war broke out served for a time in camp in the capacity of sergeantmajor. -Granville was an old Imperial Army man, and strved for a number of years in India. As a memento of his connection with the Imperial defence forces he had a silver plate in his skull, inserted there in consequence of a serious injury sustained. ! He was of genial, yet aggressive nature, and ultral.oval in his sentiments. He disposed of his interests at Toi Flat about twelve months ago and went north, purchasing the property on which he met his end.

A statement, which lie characterised ns an undeserved slur on the teachers ot the country, was referred to by Sir, S. O: Smith, M.P., yesterday afternoon [ nt a ceremony in connection with the (Central School. The remarks to which exception was taken were made by a reverend gentleman at a break-up cereI mony of a private 9911001, and read as follows: "The State schools provided splendidly for the intellectual training of the children, but the moral and | spiritual side was for some strange reason ignored altogether." Mi. Smith ! said that if the reverend speaker at Stratford did make the statement he wished to give it an emphatic denial. No matter how anxious that gentleman might have been to make out a ease for the institution of schools under the jurisdiction of the particular Church to which lie belonged, he had no right to cast the slur that in the public schools they did not teach the difference between right and wrong. 111 all the schools the education from the moral standpoint received careful attention.

Great values in men's suits are being offered by the Melbourne, Ltd. For the flr.:t time since the great war again replete, and the selection of pure wool and fine worsted suitings is comprehensive, whilst prices are extremely moderate. Men in need of suits should pay a visit to any of thb, Melbourne branch stores. No one pressed to buy. No extra soap is required if "Fairy Wonder" is used when washing clothes. If the clothes are put into soak overnight with the addition of a tablespoonfill or so of Fairy all dirt will be loosened by morning. All rubbing can 'be avoided and the day's work cut in half. You must use Fairy, Almost .everyone does Ask your grocer for it.

Don't suffer that heavy, uncomfortable hat any longer. Come, to-day and see Messrs. Howell and Howell's selection (said to be the largest in laranaki) of choice Panamas, which are "just it" for the hot summer days. At the prices offering, viz., 11/!) to 35/-, these hats are certainly tempting, and provide an opportunity to obtain absolute comfort, and at exceedingly low cost. Don't forget it is Howells for men's or boys' Panamas.

To-morrow, at the Mart, L. A. Nolan and Co. advertise to sell, without reserve, a practically new 6-seater Ford Car, also a quantity of useful furniture.