LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is a likelihood of two senior cadet bands being formed in Taranaki—one at Hawera and one at New .Plymouth. Instruments have arrived at Hawera, and Captain Bremner advises that a start will be made as soon as a conductor can be obtained.—Star.

Pending the result of the Roscoe Arbuckle case, the general manager for New Zealand of the Paramount aervice of New Zealand, Ltd. (Mr. E. R. Chambers) has given instructions for all Arbuckle films to be withheld from screening.

It is reported that there is a proposal on foot to secure 300 acres of Mr. W. H. Field’s land at Waikanae, near the sea coast, for the purpose of national golf links. Mr. Field Jias offered the land at a low’ figure, and it is hoped something definite will soon eventuate.

The extremely mild weather which has been experienced in the North Island this season has been responsible for a record season fur lambs (writes the Times correspondent). All the way from Wellington to Auckland can he seen hundreds of lambs ftpparing to be in the best of condition.

The special train from Wellington bringing back the Taranaki football enthusiasts who. went to see the final test match arrived in New Plymouth early yesterday morning. The train was a very long one, carrying passengers for the principal stations on the line in addition to those for Taranaki. The warm ra-ins.-of . the end of 4 he week developed into a .heavy downpour in New’ Plymouth on Saturday and the district was thoroughly saturated by useful rain, which has quickened the pastures and crops and assisted the spring growth in gardens. The sun struggled for supremacy amidst a day of heavy showers yesterday.

Mr. E. Dixon, who succeeded the late Mr. W. D. Powdrell as member for Patea, is to move the Address-in-Reply by the House of Representatives to the Governor-General’s Speech, and it will be seconded by Mr. T. D. Burnett (Temuka). In the Legislative Council, the Address-in-Reply is to be moved by the Hon. J. P. Campbell (Auckland), and seconded by the Hon. W. H. Mclntyre (Millerton). Good business w’as done at the New Plymouth High School old girls’ mart at the Workers’ Social Hall on Saturday, when a large selection of second-hand clothing was sold in aid of the girls’ school boarding-house fund, a total of £3's being taken. The goods were open to inspection during the morning and the sale commenced at one o’clock. There was a large attendance of the public and within an hour everything was sold. The illegal sale of cigarettes appears to be an extremely profitable business, according to a deputation of New Zea land tobacconists, which waited od the I acting-Minister of Labor last w r eek. Various instances of big sales by confectioners and others who did most of their trade after hours were given, but the most striking came from a Taranaki representative. A restaurant keeper of the district, it was stated, had been‘prosecuted for selling cigarettes, and had admitted that, between the time of receiving the sumpions and his appearance in Court, he had sold £4O worth of tobacco.

The next conference of the Harbor Boards’ Association is to be held in Wel« lington, commencing on the October 9. The question of waterside labor is to be introduced, and the conference is to be asked to re-affirm the resolution of the 1918 conference reading: “To approach the Government with a request that the Harbors Act be amended in such a manner as to empower harbor boards to employ, control, and manage all labor required in the loading and unloading of ships, and for waterside work generally, whether on wharves or on vessels.”

During the hearing of a case at the S.M. Court, Wellington, recently, it transpired that 21 Indians were living in a four-roomed house in Frederick Street. In reply to the bench the sanitary inspector stated that the city bylaws required 500 cubic feet of air space for each adult, but it was no usp turning these people out; in that cade they would have to sleep in the street. The case was brought on through a dispute between Indians, and no order was made for ejectment. A form of blight is affecting bluegum trees in the IJorowhenuu County, the disease commencing on the small stems and eventually killing the larger branches, so that the tree itself is eventually destroyed. The clerk at the last meeting of the Horowhenua County Council stated that he had forwarded a specimen of a branch so attacked to the Government biologist, and had asked his opinion as to the nature of the disease. A reply had been received, stating that the blight was due to the Chalcid wasp, a small insect a little larger than a pin’s head, and was becoming very destructive to gum trees in many parts of New Zealand. The disease, however, was in no way connected with the gum tree scale common in Canterbury.

The new trout hatcheries at Pukekura Park controlled by the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society have given splendid results in rearing fish this season. Under the supervision of Mr. William Bell, who has given unstinted time and hard work gratuitously, over 300,000 fine, lusty fry have been hatched, and they have been liberated in the various streams in the society’s territory. On Saturday and yesterday the final allocation of fry to coastal streams (50,000) were liberted at Okato, Oaojiui and Opunake, while the Waiwakaiho and Mangorei also received 50,000 fry. Practically all the rivers in the. society’s district have now received stocks of trout fry and the society feels <»ure that anglers will be gratified with the first year’s work. Next year the society intends to hatch a larger number and if the work can be continued for a few seasons the streams in this district should be amongst the best stocked waters in the Dominion.

The following conditions in regard to insurance policies on the lives of professional, naval, and military men have been approved by the Governor-General in Council:—“lf the assured shall engage in any naval or military service in time of war and shell prior to his discharge from such service die from any cause whatever, or if he shall as a result of any service die within six calendar months after such discharge, the liability of a society under the policy shall in either event be limited to jihe amount of premiums paid, unless the society shall endorse thereon or otherwise give its consent in writing to the continuance of such assurance notwithstanding such naval or military service, and unless an extra premium at a rate to be fixed by the board (not exceeding £lO per cent, per annum of the sum assured) shall be paid for such period and on such terms as may be required by the board.”

In the course of a lecture at Adelaide, Dr. Hargreaves (Director of Chemistry) said that Australia imported 25,000.000 gallons of petrol and 15,000,000 gallons of kerosene, of which 2,750,000 gallons of petrol aud 2,000,000 gallons of kerosene came to South Australia. Most of the oil was used for fuel. In the study of vegetable minerals from which South Africa might make alcohol, Dr. Hargreaves came at last to straw. There'we.re produced nnually within a 100-miie radius of Adelaide, he said, upwards of half a million tons of straw, practically all of which was allowed to go to waste. Incidentally, all the paper wanted in Australia could be made in this from straw, if the people were enterprising enough. Eighty gallons of alcohol could be obtained per ton of straw, which would give a total of 40.000,000 gallons, or 14 times as much as all the petrol imported to South Australia, and this would be more than enough to supply the whole of Australia. Here was a valuable asset, and he knew of no other proposition for producing motor spirit which was so promising. At London Sessions recently the manager of a club was indicted, for having kept a common gaming-house. The Judge said the only question for the jury was whether poker was an unlawful game. The jury found the defendant not guilty, and he was discharged. Mr. Roome, for the prosecution, said the police entered the premises on May 10, and found five men playing poker. On the table were different colored counters to the value of £9 ss. The highest stake played for was 325. The Judge: Unless poker is an unlawful game, there is no evidence that this is a common gaming-house. Mr. Roome: That is

right. For the defence, Mr. Charles Stewart Cox of High Hol born, was called as an authority on poker. He said he had played the game for nearly fourteen years. Skill was the governing element in poker. The game as now played had not the slightest relation to the poker of earlier days, which had won for itself such a bad name. Mr. Roome: supposing you had four aces and a king in your hand, what would happen? The witness: I should drop dead. Mr. William Dalton, who said he had played

poker for forty years, stated that there was a preponderating element of skill in poker.

It will be of great interest to the New Plymouth public and .surrounding districts to learn that Messrs. J. Flack-

son, Ltd., of Manchester, have at preisent their representative here for a few days only, and its offering to the public greater bargains than ever, in men’n and ladies’ clothing at less than manufacturer’s cost. Some of the good things offering are: —Mun’s all-wool English tailored suits at 95/6, ladies' all wool indigo surge costumes, blouses, etc. An early visit will repay. Inspection invited.— Hooker's No. 2 Sample Room.

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