LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 June 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notice of motion was given at the Taranaki school committee’s conference yesterday “that uniform school books be provided throughout the Dominion.” It will be moved by Mr. Rieve, on behalf of the Toko Committee.

The amount voted for roads in the Stratford road district (which is Taranaki) for the year ended March, 1921, was £116,682, of which £38,471 was spent.. For the last ten years the amount voted was £603,247, of which £252,911 was spent.

During his visit to Taranaki this week Mr. W. D. Williams, of Te Aute, has purchased two pedigree Jerseys from the well-known herd of Mr. H. B. Lepper. One is an eighteen months old heifer by Maori Captain, and the other is coming three years and is by Petune’s Noble. The dam of both heifers is Mr. Lepper’s cow Elf’s Beauty, a winner of coveted honours in the show ring and a producer of over 8001 b. of fat and a gold medal -winner under semi-official test. The price was 500 guineas. Five overseas vessels entered the port of New Plymouth during the five weeks ending June 10. One of these, the Wairuna, was the deepest draught vessel to enter the port, her draught being *24ft. 7in. aft. This was commented on by the chairman at the meeting of the Harbour Board yesterday, the harbourmaster also stating that the vessel was berthed within an hour of low water. ,

At yesterday’s meeting of the New Plymouth Harbour Board, the local manager of the Union Steamship Company" notified that the Waitemata would be loading at Pacific coast ports, including New Plymouth, and would be available for cargo at direct rates. The chairman (Mr. C. E. Beddringer) remarked that a satisfactory feature was that this was the beginning of a regular service.

'Some misunderstanding having occurred, we are asked to state that the retiring collections on behalf of the Mayor’s Russian Famine Fund, will take place on the 25th inst-, the Sunday after Miss Margaret Thorp’s address, in the Empire Theatre. A committee meeting was held last evening, at which final arrangements for Miss Margaret Thorp’s lecture were made- Mr. N. K. MacDiarmid, Rimu Street, Fitzroy. was appointed treasurer, to whom all collections and subscriptions should ibe paid. An interesting point of law was raised in the New Plymouth Magistrate's Court yesterday which resolved itself into the question as to whether, when a solicitor sues for recovery of a debt and the action is undefended, a solicitor, who appears for the plaintiff solicitor, is entitled to costs? The Magistrate (Mr. A. M. Mowlem) gave judgment in such a case without allowing costs, whereupon the solicitor appearing in the case demurred, stating that it had been the practice here to allow costs in such cases and. he submitted, that as a matter of law, he was entitled to full costs. The Magistrate remarked that costa were not allowed under such circumstances in Auckland, another solicitor saying the opposite was the case in Christchurch and Dunedin. It was suggested that the law council be given an opportunty of being heard by the Magistrate on the question with a view to a general rule being laid down.. The Magistrate took a note of the submissions made by the solicitor appearing in the case. “This conference strongly urges that there should be no relaxation in the efforts to provide all school children with up-to-date school buildings, containing ample ventilation, adequate floor space, and entirely sanitary, together with a sufficient playing area to each school, and that Parliament be urged to insist upon no reduction in the educational vote.” In moving this remit at the annual conference of the Taranaki School Committee’s Association yesterday Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., said if the principle laid down therein were not adhered to we would be depriving the children of their right to education. At the Central School at New Plymouth there was a waiting list of children to enter the school, and they could not receive education because there was no school room for them to be taught in. At Tawhiti the position was al- • ery

acute, the children being taught >; a hall. The motion was seconded by the Rev. Avery and passed. The Minister whose department has charge of the training farm for consumptives was lately reported to have remarked how strange it was that some days the consumptive was able to work many hours and the next day he was not able to work at all. The Minister attributed this to the peculiar temperament of the consumptive soldier. “ He does not realise,” said Dr. Bernstein, speaking at the Auckland Rotary Club, “the tragedy that is taking place. It is not the temperament that is. peculiar, but it is the treatment that is -wrong. The great exertion before the patient is ready liberates more poison than he can destroy. He then feels ill, and has to rest a few days to overcome the poisoning. The only result of this haphazard. treatment is that the patient goes downbill. The whole success of the treatment, depends upon the constant supervision of the patient by an expert who knows how to increase gradually the patient’s resistance. A steady improvement then is the result. We must realise at once that a proper sanatorium is a place run by a highly-trained man. Only an expert can handle the matter-” The valuable property at Vogeltown, belonging to the estate of the late Henry Putt, will be submitted to public auction by L. A. Nolan and Co- on behalf of the Public Trustee, on June 30. at 2.30 p.m. The property consists of several level sections of l/sth acre each, facing the sun, and are almost opposite the Vogeltown bowling green. The homestead, with outbuildings, tennis court and well planted garden is also to be sold.

The Melbourne, Ltd., have full supplies again of their famous yellow label Llama hose. These stockings come direct from one of Leicester’s leading manufacturers, -and are guaranteed to keep a good, color and wear satisfactorily. Every pair is full fashioned and has extra spliced toes and ankles. Price 7/6 pair. For Coughs and Colds, never fails. Woods’ Great PeDDermiat Cure. ;

“You keep them moving until people who can’t control their cows get rid of them,” was the direction of Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., to a council inspector at the Wellington Court, when same wandering stock prosecutions were being heard. The price being paid in New Zealand to-day for local hides is considerably higher than what they could be imported at, being Is 2d to Is 3d per lb., as against 114 d (says the Christchurch Press). It would not be surprising if tanners -were to import South American hides to bring the local market down. The Premier, questioned recently regarding the steps taken by the Government to deal with the expected July cut in the public service bonuses, said that the Arbitration Court will make a report contrasting the standard of the cost of living as at March 31, 1920, with July 1, 1922. “A certain amount of discretion is given the Minister for Finance in fixing the amount of the reduction,” remarked Mr. Massey, “but I will not be in a position to state the decision for a fortnight.”

A Wellington tenancy has been ended (in the ground that the tenant by subletting was making an unreasonably large profit. Defendant was paying a rent of 35a a week for an eight-roomed house; and for two rooms, -with the use of a kitchen, she was charging 30s. “If I. make an order turning this woman out, the end of that will be that every person letting rooms round WeUingtou will think of lowering the rente,” the Magistrate observed during the hearingMr. L. J. Nathan, referring to New Zealand conditions, when speaking at the annual meeting of Joseph Nathan and Co., in London, recently remarked: New Zealand, being a producing country, was still suffering severely from the world slump, and the farming community had had its spending power materially reduced, due to the collapse of wool and meat prices. The corner seemed, however, to have been turned. In New Zealand better prices were being obtained for wool and dairy produce—more orders and regular ones were coming from the Dominion for British goods. One could only hope that the differences in the engineering and shipbuilders’ trades would be overcome, and thus restore confidence in the near future and give to commerce that needful opportunity to develop into real recovery. No official information is yet available concerning the price received by fhe New Zealand Government for the half million bushels of wheat that have been loaded at Lyttelton and Timaru recently for Japan. The wheat is part of the surplus bought by the Government under the guaranteed price arrangement between the Government and the farmers, and unofficial figures have indicated that it is being sold at a fairly substantial loss. The withholding of definite information on the point is stated to be due to the fact that the Government is stiH a seller of wheat. The latest reports from abroad have indicated that there is a probability of a world shortage with rising prices this year, and the Go veminent does not wish to spoil any chance it may have of getting an improved price for the wheat that has still to be sold overseas.

An important point in connection with the raising of loans by public bodies and the construction of the statutes was raised by Mr- Richmond in the Supreme Court at Auckland during the hearing of a case in which the validity of a poll was involved. Mr. Richmond said that if a poll under the Local Bodies Loans Act could be upset by a petition after the result of a poll had 'been gazetted, then it would follow that, although section 12 of the Local Bodies Loans Act states that the publication in the New Zealand Gazette of a notice that a poll is carried is conclusive evidence that the loan was authorised, and. that all procedures were in order, and that if, in fact, a petition could upset the carrying of a loan after the publication of notice in the Gazette, then all lending bodies would have to in future go further than the mere Gazette notice, and ascertain whether any petition to upset the loan proposal was in existence. Mr. Justice Stringer said the position was a puzzling one, and he thought that it was high time that the Act was remodelled. •‘Fairy Wonder” washing powder cute wash-day in half- Timid housewives no longer slave and boil over the wash-tub while this latest scientific household help is available for a few pence. When a large wash looms up, don’t worry; let “Fairy” do it. Sold in packets at all grocers and storekeepers.

At Koru, on Wednesday next, Newton King, Ltd., are conducting a clearing sale on account of Messrs. Barkla Bros. The freehold interest in the farm will be sold also. See advertisement. It is most important to the man who does not shave himself that he has access to a hairdressing saloon where sanitation is the leading feature. This can be depended upon at Preece’s saloon, Devon Street Central, where there are five chairs and skilled workmen in attendance. Every razor, comb and brush is before use at Preece’s.

There is no better value than the best. You always get best value at C. C. Ward’s. Splendid quality white or unbleached sheetings, single bed only 1/11; extra heavy 2/11 yd,; double bed, good quality, only 2/11 yd., best 4/11 yd.; 80in., 3/6 to 5/6. “Doctor” flannels, white 2/11, 3/6, 3/11, 4/6; dark grey, 3/3, 3/6, 3/11.