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Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1921, Page 4

There were no fewer than 981 patriotic associations and 423 subsidiary bodies in New Zealand. That number now has been reduced to 109.

“Those who went to the war were called ‘heroes’” (A voice: “Dinkuml”) remarked Mr. \V. Perry (president of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association), when addressing a public meeting recently on the need for increasing disabled soldiers’ pensions. “We were not heroes, we are not heroes now, we never were heroes, but we do say that the men who went to the war, and the wives, mothers and sisters who sent them, played the game at that time. They don’t want any credit for it. because it was their duty to do it, and they did it, but they now feel that they are justified in asking that the public shall remember that those men played the game then, and that the public should do its duty to them now.”

With reference to the recent account of the Maungatapu murders in the Nelson district and the reported death of Sullivan under an assumed name in Auckland during the early days of this month, it is stated that the constable who was really responsible for the capture of the four desperadoes is still living in the North Auckland district, and has reached the great age of 95 years. He is a small man as constables go, but he was a man with nerves of steel, and he came in for a good deal of commendation at the time of the arrest. He is fond of recalling how bushranging was nipped in the bud when it appeared in its worst form in New Zealand, and pays a glowing tribute to the high sense, of duty the early policeman possessed in hard and trying times in the colony’s history.

Mr. and Mrs. N. Donald and party, bf Takapuna, have returned to Auckland after an extended motor tour of the North Island, during which time they travelled over 1500 miles of good, bad, and indifferent roads. The party spok? in high terms of the treatment they received from drovers in change of cattle on the roads in Taranaki. Before the motorists reached the herds they had all been run to one side out of the way. This action on the part of the drovers was very much appreciated. The roads in Taranaki got their full amount of praise as usual from motorists up this way. It is pleasant to read of this, for generally it is the exception to find a drover who will help the motorist, although this is enjoined by some bylaws. A final reminder is given of the ehil* dren’s concert to be given at the Old Girls’ Mart to-morrow. The programme appears in this issue. Lovely indigo prints are on sale at 1/0 per yard at the Melbourne, Ltd. These are identical with those recently sold at 2/11. In fact, they are exactly the same quality. Buyers are requested to call early, as stock is somewhat limited. “Sinus,” the famous milking machine cleanser, is meeting with an extraordinary sale this season, due no doubt to the recent criticism at dairy factory meetings in regard to the supplying of impure milk. Absolute deaniiness is one of the finest laws in handling milk, and it is "gratifying to find our dairy farmers awakening to the fact. LOOK! State Express No. 333 Cigarettes in boxes of 50 for 2/6. These cigarettes are guaranteed fresh stock, and make a cool, fragrant smoke. To the cigarette smoker these boxes are very economical. Remember, you get 50 smokes of choice tobacco for 2/6. —W. H. Preece, Devon Street Central, New Ply-