LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On the 20th instant the Moa Dairy Company will pay out to its suppliers over £14,000 for milk supplied during January. The Wanganui freezing companies have reduced the prices paid for Wethers and ewes one farthing per pound. Lambs remain the same. Ox and eow beef has been reduced 2s Gd per 1001 b.

The annual Stratford school picnic to the New Plymouth breakwater was held yesterday in ideal weather conditions. About 1700 tickets were issued for the journey, and Stratford presented a very deserted appearance after the departure of the two trains. All the shops /were ' closed, and practically a general liojtday; was observed. In the course of his speech at the Reform Party dinner at Christchurch, the 1 Prime Minister stated that the Treasury ! was going to get, and had almost got, all the money that was required for sol-1 dier settlement. With the present ] stringency in money there was not much ; change of getting loans at 51 per' cent., and as increased interest meant in-: creased taxation, which he did not wish,! there would not for the present be any j extension of public works out of loan 1 money. The Prime Minister, in the course of his speech at Christchurch, at the farewell dinner tendered him by the Reform Party, briefly touched‘on the new immigration law. Some countries, he said, woaM shortly be exempted from the existing restrictions. He was not going to sayi|whioh countries, but. would say, for instance, the United States, a British speaking race. Again, he would not like to see France, which bad stood, by the Empire so well, excluded. However, the Act, with exemptions, was going to do more than any previous measure to keep New Zealand for the Anglo-Saxon race. The Taranaki Land Board offered some education reserves for lease at New Plymouth yesterday. Most of them did not find bidders at the upset price, but in the rase of a section of 92 acres in the Pouatu Survey District, the price went to £93, though the upset was only £5O per annum. Sections disposed of were: Sections 152 and 153, town of New Plymouth. £l2. Tom Sheehy; subdivisions 34. 35 and 36. section 42, Patea Suburbs, H. R. White: section 35, block 13, Pouatu Survey District, £93. Frank Burch: lot 1. Ohawe Town Belt. £2l, P. T. Donnelly; lots 2, 3 and 4. £6l 10s, fl. E. Harris.'

“Fairy Wonder” washing powder is the greatest boon on earth to busy housewives. It not only washes clothes sweet, clean and snow-white without rubbing, but it is a valuable ingredient fir washing floors, and all wood and paint work. A tablespoonful in the bath is also a refreshing luxury. Try it. Of all grocers. L. A. Nolan and Co. advertise that they sell at their mart to-day, at 1.30 o’clock, a quantity of pearlies, pears, nluma. and <

The New Plymouth saltwater baths took £43 last month.

Building is still brisk in New Plymouth. Permits to the value of £12,500 were issued last month, the fees amounting to £52.

The New Plymouth tramways are still progressing. Last month the fares amounted to an increase of £O6O over the same month of last year. This is the most revenue the trams have earned in any month. The revenue from the electric bus to the suburbs was £ll9, being £l7 more than January of last year.

During January there was slaughtered for local consumption at* the New Plymouth Abattoirs, I®6 cattle, 37 calves, 676 sheep, 219 lambs, 97 pigs, and 7 sucking pigs>. Tripes cleaned 172. Compared with last January, they show an increase of cattle 1, calves 11, sheep 70, lambs 43, tripes 3, and a decrease of 24 pigs. 3 cows and 2 pigs were condemned. The fees amounted to 14s, an increasp of £9 4s lid.

Thirty-four soldier applications were dealt with as follows at the meeting of the Taranaki Land Board yesterday: One application for a farm was recommended, one refused and one deferred; five applications for erection of dwellings were recommended, and one deferred; 14 applications for stock, etc., were r. commended, and 1 deferred; 1 application to discharge a mortgage was refused; 7 applications for extra amounts for building were recommended; 1 application for a second advance by a soldier who has already been granted a loan to purchase a dwelling, and afterwards disposed of it, was refused, and a similar application deferred.

Reporting to the New Plymouth Borough ICouneil, the engineer states: During the early part of the month the supply to the filters was reduced considerably, in fact only two out of the three could be worked. On the 10th ult. I gave special instructions to keep the reservoir full, even at the expense of filtering, the weather being such that a large fire would demand the whole supply. The public responded fairly well to the advertisement warning them of the short supply and asking their aid in conserving water. On the 25th ult. from 2.45 p.m. until 10 p.m. no water was available, the whole supply being required for the Electrical Department.

In connection with the complaint of a local farmer to a Wanganui Herald representative recently, that, while some were refused accommodation by the banks, he knew of. a wealthy farmer being lent £50.000; a leading member of the banking fraternity characterises the statement as nonsense. He stated that the banks were treating all their customers, farmers or otherwise, alike, and the only advances being made were where it was necessary to keep a man from going under through absolutely unavoidable commitments. As to any man getting £50.000, he continued, there might be exceptional cases in the Dominion in which a man might get a tentli of that sum, but no one could get £50,000 to-day, or anvthing like it. The sequel to several cases of “speeding.” practised by motorists during the recent Taranaki Jockey Club’s races, was heard in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. On the information of Inspector Day. Robert Cutfield (who did not appear) was charged with driving at a dangerous rate, estimated at over 30 miles per hour, along Gover Street, from the racecourse. He was fined £5 and 7s costs. For a similar offence in Devon Street Central, W. T. Hookham was fined £3 and costs 7s: On the information of Assistant-Inspector Guscott, Norman Johnston was charged with turning from KiQR Street into Egmont Street at a dangerous rate by reason of which a tram-car had to be brought to an immediate standstill by means of the emergency brake. The defendant also turned from Egmont' Street into Devon Street on the wrong side of the road, just missing a taxi He was fined £3 and costs 17s.

“An exceptional season for butterproduction”' is the summing up of the agricultural community, which bases judgment on reports now coming in from all over the Dominion telling how the wet days of the last month or tvyo have assisted in milk production, remarks the Auckland Star. “It is quite likely,” said one authority, “that the milk yield for this province will reach a record, and I think the same may be said of butter. The weather could not have been better from the ' dairy farmer’s point of view. No sooner does the country show signs of drying up than the weather changes and down come the sHowcrs, making the grass fresh and green again. The weather this season has meant millions to the industry as a whole.” Similar reports as to a good dairying season come from other districts. In Taranaki, for example, the quantity of butter received at the factory has already exceeded by no fewer than 33,000 boxes the amount for the corresponding period last year. The ex. port value of butter per box, it is stated there, is about £7 as compared with only £5 for last year. Altogether the value of the cheese and butter in that district to date represents nearly a million and a quarter sterling.

Residents of Eltham and the adjacent districts may well feel pleased that Dr. Boyd has settled in Eltham, where he intends to practice his profession. While at Taihape, Dr. Boyd speedily gained the confidence of the public by his skill, courtesy and assiduous care of his patients, in addition to which he established a private hospital that proved a great boon to suffering humanity. He has already acquired a section of land in Eltham, and let a contract for a residence and surgery, so that evidently he has come to stay. Meanwhile he can be consulted as stated in a notice in our advertising columns.

Crepe de chine blouses, Irish hand-em-broidered blouses, and 10 momme weight Japanese silk blouses have been further drastically, reduced to clear at the Melbourne’s gigantic Reduction Sale. Big savings are guaranteed to every purchaser of these goods, and moreover, the wear is guaranteed.

Among the 282 classes of the autumn show of the Horticultural Society there are 16 devoted to children, and young folk are recommended to make their entries right away. To encourage the juniors the Society has decided to accept entries for these classes free of charge. Entries close on Monday next.

'Nominations for the Clifton Football Club’s sports meeting close to-morrow (Saturday), 19th inst., at 9 p.m., with the hon. secretary, Box 32, 'Waitara.

Don’t hesitate to use Nazol freely, especially by constant inhalation. It protects the mouth, nose and throat from infection. Good for Coughs, Colds, Sore .Ttoata. etc. i