LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Seven members of the "two-up" school at Petone, raided by the police oi> Sunday, were each fined £lO and costs.

Reserved judgment has been delivered by Mr. Justice Stringer in • the ease heard at the. Arbitration Court sitting in New Plymouth in November, in which T. G. Simpson claimed from Geary Bros., of Manutahi, compensation for the loss of a leg sustained while in the employ of defendants. Simpson was a sharemilker for Geary Bros., and while returning from the factory one, morning met with an accident. The Court awarded £l2O as payment during the total period of incapacity, and a further sum for the loss of the leg, to be agreed upon between the parties. At the hearing claimant was represented b v Mr. I>. O'Dea. (Hawera) and' Mr. "Weir (Eltham) for respondent.

Retail grocery and provision businesses will remain open all day tomorrow (Thursday) and on Thursday of next week. The award governing the trade provides for the weekly halfholiday being observed notwithstanding the Christmas and New Year holidays, but the employees, being desirous of having Tuesday, the 28th inst., as a holiday, offered to work on the two Thursday afternoons if their request was granted. The Department of Labor was communicated with, and while no sanction was forthcoming for waiving the award, the authorities intimated that if the employers and employees were agreed as to the arrangement no action would be taken if the premises were kept open on the half-day. The holidays in the trade will therefore be December 25, 27, 2S and January 1 and

In the course of a discussion at the last sitting of the Ha wera Hospital Board it would appear that the accommodation at the institutions for the aged was at the present time , very limited. 'Members were of the opinion thai something would have to be done so Tar as Tarunaki was concerned. It »'» s decided to bring the matter under the notice of Dr. Krengley, of the Health Department. It was explained that the Tarauaki Board's home was full, and that the Board required all the available accommodation for old people in its own district. A similar position obtained with the boards in the other districts.—Star.

Monday's meeting of the Hawera Hospital Board had before it a case in which « parried man had left his wife ami family and taken up with another woman, leaving the woman on the liiiiul:« of the Board. The concensus of opinion was that this sort of thing was becoming ot 100 frequent an occurrence and that it was time the Oovernment look n stand in the matter. "It's a very sad ease, and it's a terrible pity to sec n decent woman messed about like this." said the chairman. The Board considered it would be as well to assist the woman until such a time as she was in a position lo help herself. The matter was left in the chairman's hands wllli power to act.—Star. A visitor to Kltbam who is in the bacon-curing business, informs the Avg:is that lie never saw a poorer fed lot of pi.'js than he has seen lately in Turuiinki. lie says it is simply impossible to turn good hams and bacon out of animals tlvat have not been decently fed.

That delightful refreshing and fragrant perf.imc No. 52 Lavender Water has no compeer. It is the Queen of Lavender

The postal authorities are advised that the E.M.S. Tofua left San Francisco on December 16 with 1200 parcel receptacles and ten bags of ordinary mail matter for New Zealand.

At the Hawera S.M. Court yesterday, Mr. Harvie, licensee of the Manutahi Hotel, was fined £o for selling after hours, and £1 each in respect of other charges. A barman was lined £ll for selling and exposing liquor for sale. Dr. Frengloy rather surprised the members of the Hawera Hospital Board yesterday by telling them that in hospital construction the cost to-day was from £BOO to £IOOO for' every bed provided, and nearer £IOOO than the lower figure given. . Speaking of the shortage of police, Inspector Mutton yesterday told' a Daily News reporter that twenty years ago the strength of the force in New Plymouth was greater than it is at the present time. In pointing out the need for more men, the inspector remarked on the big increase in population in New Plymouth during recent years, the number of inhabitants having risen from five to twelve thousand. The difficulty in regard to supply of constables |8 a Dominion-wide one.

Income tax assessment notices for local farmers and others now coming to hand, have in many cases an official note written across them "unless books are kept by double entry, and a copy of the balance-sheet and the profit and loss account are sent, no allowance will be made for depreciation." The importance of this may be realised only by an instance of its effect. A Manawatu farmer and contractor received a notice of his taxation assessment at i'l- in the £, amounting to £132, with the above endorsement. After seeking advice and sending what was required his income tax was at once reduced by £3fi for the year.—Times. The Bon Marche, Kaponga, arc having a monster Xmas Bargain Fair, and all buyers would do well to examine their prices before buying elsewhere. Very large stocks of all kinds of goods suitable for gifts and utility are shown.