LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A cable from London says the late Mr. Dunlop, inventor of pneumatic tyres, left £lB,■ooo. Fortv-eight applications have been received by the Taranaki Education Board for the position of secretary. Ibese were considered by a committee of the board yesterday, but a final .selection will not be made until a special meeting of the board on January 5. The liner. Westmeath arrived at New Plymouth yestereday to load meat for West of England ports, bhe is a vessel of 9129 gross tonnage and belongs to the Union Company. ine Westmeath will load 30,000 freight carcases of meat from the Waitara works. The News’ Waitara correspondent stares that the work of loading the meat on the trucks is proceeding apace, but, owins to the holidays, it is expected the loading will not be completed until Wednesday. At Eltliam on Wednesday an inquest was held on the circumstances attenuing the death of John Considine, the laborer employed on the public V, ° at Te Hoti, who was found dead it «» early hour on Wednesday morning, the district coroner (Mr. A. M. Mowlem, conducted the inquiry. After evidence was heard the coroner said it appeared ouit.e plain that deceased had suffered from a sudden seizure, and the would be in the words of the ooctor s evidence: “That death was due to hear, failure, caused by alcoholic poisoning, brought on by constant and excessive drinking.” A pair or two of the Melbourne, Ltd.’s, Yellow label Llama hose makes a very acceptable gift to any lady. These goods are made of the purest mercerised wool, and are beautifully fashioned. There is nothing better on the market. The price has been reduced ta T/ii

A London cable states that the Privy Council granted the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway leave to appeal against the arbitration decisions that shareholders were to receive nothing.

The Choral Society paid a visit to the public hospital last Sunday, and Tendered a programme of music which was greatly enjoyed by patients and staff.

A resident on the main road from Wanganui to Marton, in conversation with a Herald reporter, stated, that he had taken particular notice of the motor traffic carrying goods on the road of late, and could safely say that the average was four large loads per day from Wanganui. If this was a fair sample of the traffic competing against the railways, he could easily understand how the returns of the latter were declining. The added advantage of motor transit lay in the fact that the goods were taken from the store at one end and delivered to the handler at the other end, thus cutting out the intermediate traffic to and from the railway.

Major J. R. Boose, travelling commissioner of the Royal Colonial Institute, in a letter to the New Plymouth corresponding secretary, Mr. W, J. Penn, says he has received a cable from London informing him that the Council of the Institute desires to give a wedding present to Princess Mary on behalf of the Fellows and Associates of the Institute in all parts of the Empire. It is proposed that the amount to be subscribed should be a minimum of 5s and a maximum of £l. Local Fellows and Associates who desire to contribute to the gift are invited to forward their contributions * not later than December 31 to Mr Penn, who will send them on to Major Boose, who is now in Melbourne, and will cable the result of the effort to London.

Sir James Allen (says the Post’s London correspondent) was asked by the New Zealand Ministry of Health to make inquiries with regard to M. Spahlinger’s treatment of tuberculosis. He was unable to obtain much satisfaction from the authorities in London, but while in Geneva he paid g, visit to the Spahlinger Institute, which has been established for the production of the serum and vaccine which play the principal part in this particular treatment. It is now claimed that the serum, which takes five years to produce, is capable of curing the disease, and the vaccine, which takes six months to make, is claimed to bp a preventive of tuberculosis if applied in the same way as lymph for smallpox. Sir James has sent out a full report concerning his investigations in Geneva, and has also forwarded samples of the vaccine and the serum.

The action of the Patea Hospital Board in deciding to patronise a Wanganui grocer has caused a great commotion in that town, and the Patea Press is inundated with indignant letters. The following are a few of the sentiments expressed: “I think L\e board was short-sighted to antagonise the people of Patea who have done a great deal for the hospital in the past, 'especially when the present new building was erected.” Another writer states: "i think that unless the local tradespeople were charging outrageous prices they should have got the oraer. Ylie Patea people have supported the Hospital very loyally in the past, and the board should support them. I do not believe in sending out of the town for anything I can get from my fellow tradesmen, as I realise that the money I pay out to them comes back to me. Any * man in business, I consider, who sends away for his goods is very foolish, as he is impoverishing the town;' Divorces were the order of the day in the Auckland Supreme Court on Friday (says the New Zealand Herald), and Mr. Justice Herdman accomplished some fast work in dealing with the petitions before him. During the five hours he was on the bench he heard 44 matrimonial disputes, in 36 of which the petitioners were successful, the remainder being adjourned for various reasons. Divorces predominated, no fewer than 34 being granted. In the morning for three hours divorces were granted at the rate of approximately one every eight minutes, while for two ’hours in the afternoon the rate quickened to one every six minutes. It is safe to say that the work of the Court could have been facilitated if complete evidence had been forthcoming in all cases and the women had removed their gloves before enterting the box to be sworn. One young petitioner said she had known only the marriage ceremony, having separated from her husband on her wedding day, and another elderly petitioner said she had had 30 years of married life before her husband ‘left her for another woman.

Everyone who plays football and followers of the game will be interested in a publication that has just been is-, sued by Hodder and Stougnton, Ltd., London.’ The book is entitled, “Rugby Football Up-to-date,” by E. H. D. Se-, well, the author of “The Rugby Football Internationals’ Roll of Honor,’ and “Triangular Cricket.” The publication is rendered the more interesting by having chapters written by some of the most able exponents of Rugby in England, Ireland and Wales. A large number of excellent illustrations of some of the greatest games played in Britain are included, besides a number of excellent diagrams of the field of pl®-y. The book deals with football in all its phases, and is full of interest and instruction throughout its entire three hundred and sixty-eight pages. As an aid to school, club, and, in fact, all higher grade football, the work should prove of great value. We are indebted to the B.K. Bookshop, New Plymouth, for our copy.

Seasonable greetings to the residents of Taranaki are tendered by Messrs. Morey and Son, New Plymouth, in today’s issue. Mrs. Hemingway, EJtham, notifies that she has vacancies for pupils in voice production. At the recent musical competitions at Wanganui Mrs. Hemingway was the winning performer in the soprano test. Church of England services will in future be held twice monthly in the Westown Hall, and will be duly announced in these columns on Saturdays. The first of these services will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Christmas Day, when Archdeacon Evans has promised to preach, and it is hoped that there will be a large congregation. Farmers, let this fact soak into your minds: One rejection of your milk by the factory manager on account of impurity will cost you more than a. year’s supply of “Sinus,” the champion milking machine cleanser. Why run the risk when “Sinus” will keep your machines, tubing and utensils sweetly clean at trifling The matron of the public hospital wishes to thank St. Mary’s Sunday School for gifts of flowers and fruit. “CERES” SWEDISH SEPARATOR. Finest Swedish Separator for handpower with self-balancing bowl. Simple in construction. Easy to clean. Mangling Co., 5 Bedford Row,. Qhristchui«h. 5 .