LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The recital to have been, given by the New Plymouth Citizens’ band at the Breakwater yesterday was postponed owing to the boisterous weather. Arrangements will probably be made to hold a recital next Sunday. The Farmers’ Co-op. Organisation Society held a most successful sale of grade Jersey stock at Normanby on Saturday on account of Mr. Ernest McBeth. The stock sold averaged £25 6s, top price being £37 10s and the lowest £lO, This is the most successful sale held in the district this year. At the Waverley Court on Wednesday, Francis and James O’Reilly weft) charged with defacing the brand of a sheep. Francis was convicted and fined £5, with costs, and the information against the other brother was dismissed. Defendants were also charged with branding 200 sheep with an unregistered brand, and were fined £5, with costs. The Taranaki Producers’ Freezing Co., Ltd., advise that the consignment of cheese to be taken from the Moturoa stores for shipment on the Tairoa at Wellington has been increased to 12,300 crates. This is to be taken to Wellington on the coastal steamer Kamona this week. Space has been allotted for 7600 crates of cheese on the liner Kia Ora, which is to load at New Plymouth about July 10. The biggest draught taken by a vessel at the port of New Plymouth was recorded yesterday when the luier Suffolk, which has been loading frozen meat, sailed for Wanganui. The Suffolk was drawing 22ft. 3in. forward and 24ft. 2in. aft, at the time of her departure. The overseas berth was then taken up by the P. and O. liner Pesh'awur, which was drawing 19ft. forward and 21ft. aft. This vessel also loads a quantity of frozen meat and produce for England and will be in port till the end of the week. Burglars entered Mr. H. A. Nuttalls tobacconist shop in Eltham on Friday night and stole a quantity of cigarettes, pipes, etc., valued at between twenty and forty pounds. It appears that the thief or thieves forced open a window in the rear of the premises, thus gaining entrance to the hairdressing saloon. The door between this and the shop was forced -with the aid of a crowbar and axe. The thieves left practically no clue as to their identity, but it is believed that they are Eltham residents, and the police have the matter in hand. A sitting of the War Pensions Appeal Board was held in New Plymouth on Saturday. There were two appeals by returned men against the assessment of their pensions, and in one case the objection was upheld, and the second was dismissed. A request for a re-instate-ment of a pension was dismissed and the application of a dependent for an allowance was adjourned. The members of the board—Dr. J. M. Christie (chairman), Dr. Lapraik, and Dr. Eadie —leave to-day for Wanganui. In the Juvenile Court, New Plymouth, on Saturday four boys, whose ages ranged from ten to twelve years, appeared before Mr. C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., on various charges of stealing sums of money from four different business premises in the town. The amounts secured by the boys totalled £2 Ils Id, and the evidence showed that they started their escapades on Sunday the 19th inst., when 19s Id was secured from premises in Devon Street central. The other thefts followed during last week. Detective-Sergt. Cooney, in outlining the case, said the boys were apparently allowed to roam the streets as they liked. The Magistrate remarked on the fact that parental control seemed to be lacking, and he said the boys had not been looked after as they should have been. He issued a warning that in future he would seriously consider ordering birching as a punishment in such cases as a deterrent to youthful offenders. Three of the boys were committed to the Wanganui Receiving Home, and the fourth was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, and was also ordered for six months not to bo out after eight o’clock at night, and for twelve months not to be allowed to attend a picture theatre. Orders were made against the three parents concerned for the restitution of the stolen money, some of which was found by the police* in the possession of some of the boys.

At Rahotu sale on Thursday next will be sold 180 2 and 3-year springing heifers, Jerseys, Hokteins and Shorthorns.

Call and view the lovely shadow tissues and cretonnes at Morey’s. Specially low prices are ruling for these highquality goods.

The Crown Studios, Auckland, notify that they are opening a branch in New Plymouth in premise? above Mr. J. Abbott’s, near Empire Theatre. It is hoped to commence business about the second week in July.

Fifty unemployed men from Auckland are to be sent to road-work during the next week. There is a remarkable glut of bunkering coal at present in the port of Wellington. All the hulks are full, and oversea liners are bringing their own bunkering to New Zealand. As showing the mildness of the winter in Hawke’s Bay, new potatoes are being dug by Mr. M. Nilsson, of Petane. Mr. Nilsson also expects to have green peas and French beans ready for the table in about a week’s time. Evidence of the growth of dairying in Rangitaiki is the fact that the Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Company has found it necessary to provide for over 3000 cows this season, against 1400 last season. Four years ago the milk of only 200 cows was supplied to that factory. The Mercantile Gazette says: “The economic faiths built on economic fallacies must collapse before there can be any real prospect of the co-opera-tion of capital and labor, but that collapse will be brought about, not by propaganda, but by the hard knocks of unemployment.” The fall in the price of meat has caused a good deal of surprise, for statistics show that there is a world shortage. It is estimated that there are now 587,000,000 meat eaters in the world, against 300,000,000 half a century ago. The world demand for meat is proving quicker than the supply. “There is nothing that can progress in this world unless it gets into the newspapers,” remarked Dr. Thacker, M.P., at the meeting at which the Christchurch local association of the Dominion Boy Scouts’ Association was formed. “It’s no matter whether it is getting mud slung at it,” he added, “or whether it is being lauded to the skies, if you don’t get into the paper people don’t know what is going on.” “The indiscriminate granting of probation is simply a method of manufacturing thieves,” remarked His Honor, Sir John Salmond at the Supreme Court at Wellington while sentencing to terms of imprisonment two young men who had pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement. “I am not going to take the responsibility of admitting you to probation. Young men in positions of trust must act in a trustworthy manner, they must keep their hands off other people’s money, or. they must be taught a lesson.”

This story has the inept of being true. A bride who was arranging for her marriage ceremony in a district not many thousand miles from Palmerston North, was asked by the clergyman what hymn she would like, as a favorite of her own, to be sung during the service. Instead of selecting such an appropriate theme is “Abide with me,” she announced a decided preference for “Days aud Moments Swiftly Flying.” The business community will have a great many more grey hairs by Christmas, 1921, than were evident a year ago (says the Wanganui Chronicle). No one, perhaps, is receiving less sympathy from the public and no one is deserving of more. The merchants and shopkeepers throughout New Zealand have been hard hit during the last few months. Some of the largest firms will be able to “grin and bear it,” but some will not weather their losses. Some of the smaller firms will be able to carry on, but to many the losses will be beyond their resources. The business community is just “hanging on.” Yet the public, with the cry of “profiteers” still ringing in their ears, is inclined to say it serves them all right.

The Hon. W. Carncrose, of Eltham, who was recently in Christchurch, says that he was surprised to learn the real condition of the boot trade in that city; it is in a close approach to stagnation so far as some of the manufactories are concerned. In one large workroom where usually about a hundred girls are employed there are now about ten or a dozen. The same applies to other rooms where, men work. A very few hands are employed, and there are idle machines in every department, machines of the very latest description and the purchase of which murit have cost very large inms of money. Workmen who for many years past have been Icept in steady employment are now either idly walking the streets »or taking up any odd jobs that they can find to do. This unfortunate condition of affairs is said to be the outcome of “dumping” from Australia. It is said that the Australian stocks sent to New Zealand have been so large that it is impossible to say when the local factories will get busy again, if ever they can. It is held that so long as Australia continues >the dumping process so long must the Dominion boot factories suffer.—Argus. Probably at no other time .in the commercial history of New Zealand have investors been offered such a splendid investment, interest and security considered, as is now presented by Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., the well-known warehousemen, woollen-mill owners, and clothing manufacturers. The company is making an issue of £250,000 of 7A pel* cent. Debentures, free of income tax, and repeya.be in five years. The Debentures are in sums of £5O, and the company pays exchange on applications, interest and repayment of principal. The surplus of assets over liabilities is £843,782, thus covering the present debenture issue three times over and offering exceptionally good security. Since the ■business was formed into a company nine years ago the turnover has increased by 360 per cent., and capital by 20 per cent. Scope for future development is unlimit- ! ed. Why let money lie dormant Read the prospectus of Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., 7A per cent. Debenture issue, obtainable from all branches of the Bank of New Zealand, Company’s Head Office (Auckland), and Branch Warehouses, or from any member of the Auckland or Wellington Stock Exchange.