LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Suggestions have been current of late that the charges now made by the Post and Telegraph Department are likely to he reduced, particularly on the postal side. Official information of this was obtained at Wellington by the New Zealand Times, hut it was added that the announcement on the subject will not be made for at least two months. The New Plymouth Pierrots, who did splendid work in raising money during tlie war. are to be revived in order Io give their assistance in providing funds to assist the unemployed. The executive met last night and the proposal was discussed with enthusiasm. It was decided to confer with the executive of the Y.W.C.A., who have plans to help the unemployed, and the Pierrots will submit their ideas and combine with the Y.W.C.A. to organise a scheme, wherebv it is expected to raise a large sum of money. Although, workers have been few some excellent improvement has been effected on Baine’s Terrace. On June 17 five men and some members of St. Mary’s scouts turned up. Scoutmistress Taylor also came along, and with her boys proved very useful. A nice tea was kindly provided by Mrs. Blundell. The ne?ot fortnightly Saturday was wet. yet two men and the president might have been seen working vigorously at the lawn. Work will bo continued*on Saturday. A good muster is hoped for. as much clearing and planting remains to be done. The Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) and Mr. W. H. Skinner, representing the Unemployment Committee, conferred with the town members of the Now Plymouth Harbor Board yesterday, as a result of which it was decided to put in hand as soon as possible certain ! earthwork in connection with the I widening of tho Breakwater Road. The [earth will be taken from the bank near l the tram terminus and be carted Ito a site near the pile-making shed, rei cently erected in the vicinity of the wharf. It is expected that this will provide employment for a number of men £or several weeks.

General Sir lan Hamilton, who commanded the forces on Gallipoli, writing to a friend in Auckland, expresses his distress at learning of the tragedy by which Sapper Moore-Jones met with “just the heroic death I. believe he would have chosen if he had been asked how he would wish to die. I had the greatest personal regard for him and lament his loss, but feel that it has added another glorious incident to the history of New Zealand.”

The two old grinding stones which -for many years have been a familiar sight on the Carrington Road have at last been removed—not without difficulty—to a more prominent and worthy position. These two stones, whicli are about 3ft. in diameter, were the first grinding stones of the old Alpha flour mill, which in the early days of Taranaki, ground all the flour used by the settlers and from which also considerable quantities were exported to Wellington. They were originally made from boulders procured on th? beach. The mill stones, together with the two large iron trypots which were used for trying out whale blubber in the early days, will remain on view, in future, in front of the Public Library and Mu-

Mr. A. E. Fear, the Dominion organiser of the Dairy Farmers’ Union, has been about six weeks in the Manawatu district, and has already enlisted the active support of various gentlemen who arc well known as breeders of pedigree stock. Eighteen branches have been formed, ajid shortly a conference Js to be held in Palmertson North to elect a provincial executive to carry on this movement. The union aims at increasing the dairy output by culling robber cows, and replacing them by properly tested stock; the introduction of- pedigree bulls; a. proper marketing Scheme of butter on the home market; the development of the bacon industry; the federation of all kindred industries into one large producers’ association, of which the Farmers’ Union would be the federated head.

Two French scientists of highest standing explain in Paris the possibilities of injecting new cells into the muscles, lengthening of' life to 150 years at least—-so they hope. That would be good. Something better would be an injection into the brain to make it live more by doing more. A turtle from the Galapagos Islands lives four or five hundred years. It lives altogether less than Beethovan lived in an hour when he, stone deaf, unable to hear a sound from the orchestra, conducted his great work of which he had never heard a. note except in his own magnificent brain. How much you live, not how long you live, is what counts —Exchange.

A lantern slide demonstration was provided by the Auckland Harbor Board last week, illustrating the modern methods of handling cargo which were used on the wharves of the board. In the course of an interview, Mr. J. W. Harding, of Inglewood, Taranaki, -who was invited to the demonstration, criticised some of the methods employed by the board. He said that at the demonstration he asked the engineer, who had made investigations in different parts of the world regarding loading appliances. whether he thought that the farmers would benefit so much by these methods if the laborers were smashing 8 per cent, of the butter boxes that they were throwing out of tho trucks; also the butter was loaded into nets instead of into loading crates as in London. The laborers doing 'this work seemed to think that the farmer was making all the money, whereas he was at present working at a loss. Also, with the . mud and dirt on the wharf, the harbor board was allowing this meat -and butter to be loaded on to nets instead of crating. Therefore, the lower careases and boxes of butter were covered with mud and dirt. The farmers were endeavoring to make their product as attractive as possible, and the outside appearance was being spoiled on the wharf before leaving New Zealand.

The Taranaki Investment and Deposit Corporation, Ltd., Stratford, desire to call attention of depositors to the fact that .the interest rate for six months has been reduced from 7 per cent, to 64 per cent. Tow recitals will be give by the Regimental Band on Sunday, one at Pukekura Park at 2.45 p.m., and another at Everybody’s Theatre in the evening at 5.15. Tn conjunction with the latter a sacred concert is also being arranged. Collections in aid of a sick bandsman will be taken up at both recitals, when it is hoped the public will respond liberally. Now that the Melbourne’s Great Sale is drawing to an end, increased, interest is being manifested by the public, who are realising that the huge saving cannot be repeated after the 15th inst. Everyone desirous of practising economy should pay a visit to the store before the end of the sale. Multifarious as are the users of | "Fairy Wonder” Dry Soap, it has made | its way into popular favor chiefly through its efficacy in the laundry. No washing powder, soap or tablets have ever been known to give such satisfactory results. Soaked with the clothes overnight, it practically does work while you sleep. Hawera residents are reminded that 'to-day (Friday) and Saturday arc the only two opportunities of consulting Mr. I R. T. Bickerton, eyesight specialist, of Wellington (son of Professor Bickerton), who will be in attendance at the Central Hotel, Hawera. At the Stratford yards to-moirow, the Farmers’ Co-op. will submit to auction on account of Mr. J. E. P. Hickey, 60 Jersey and Holstein dairy cows Hard work means rough hands. Hot and cold water, hands in and out, hurriedly dried, and chaps, are the result. The one unfailing method for getting your hands soft, smooth and white again is to use Velvet Hand Emollient regularly. This preparation soothes and heals. It will keep your hands in perfect condition. Price 2/- per bottle. — Friendly Societies’ Dispensary. At a meeting of tho Board of the Trustees of the New Plymouth Savings Bank, held yesterday, the returns for the quarter, ending June 30 showed a considerable increase in business compared with the same quarter of last year. One thousand two hundred and sixty-eight deposits were received, amounting to .•£26.420 6s lid, against 680 last year for £13,953 6s Id, showing increases of 588 deposits and £12.467 0s lOd. In the withdrawals from the bank the payments were 826 for £14,615 Ils 2d, against 460 the previous year for £7'293 19s Sd. The excess of deposits -over withdrawals amounted to £ll, 804 15s 9d. This has no doubt been the result of the Savings Bank paying 44 per cent, on the monthly credit balance. In the penny branch, 366 deposits were made by the children, against 32] for the same period last year.