LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Regimental Band (Taranaki Rifles) lias been nominated for the Maaterton contest, which opens on October 31 next. The -band has entered for one quartette, one trombone trio, four duets and eight solos.

Miss Rosina Buckman and company will give two concerts in New Plymouth, the first on Saturday night and the second on Monday night. The company have been invited to attend the Savage Club's ladies’ night on Saturday. The best pay-out by a dairy company that has eome under our notice is that of Waingongoro cheese factory, near Stratford, the figure being 2/1 per lb. butter-fat for the season.—Post.

Samoan papers announce that Lieut.Colonel Tate, Administrator at Samoa on belialf of the New Zealand Government, has asked to be relieved of his duties as from the end of the year. Rumour at Apia has it (says the Dominion) that another military official of high standing in New Zealand will succeed Lieut.-Colonel Tate.

A few days ago a party on board a launch off Tauranga captured a very larve h-apuka. It was .secured in deep water, off Mayor Island, and fought for a quarter of an hour before it was pulled on board the boat. The fish, when dressed, turned tile scale at 961 b. “This is the only country In the world whivli has adopted' the practice of taxing institutions instead of individuals. When you tax an institution you hud that it passes it on; if you tax individuals it stays where it is put. —Mr. W. D. Hunt, at the Council of Agriculture Conference at Wellington.

Owing to the fact that in Wellington a number of men have been sleeping out this winter, arrangements have been made to accommodate about 50 men in one of the Wellington Harbor Board sheds. Beds and bedding have been procured, and the men are to doss on the floor. Many of those being thus accommodated are seafaring men.

Thieving is still rife in Otaki, and recently one resident lost nearly half-a-cord 'of wood, while another lost some sacks of potatoes. In the former instance a cart was-backed to the woodhean, which is adjacent to the house. Mail.

A young man. 18 years of age, was arrested in New Plymouth yesterday afternoon by Detective-Sergeant J. Cooney on six charges of theft from the clothes of football players at the racecourse on Saturday. Money in varying amounts, totalling in all 14/3, is* alleged to have been appropriated, besides a pair of boots (valued at. 39/6), a pair of socks (valued at 3/6), and a pair of garters (valued at 2/6). The articles of clothing have been recovered. When arrested the youth had no money on him. He will appear in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Attention of dairymen in search of good young cows is directed to a clearFng sale to he held on Monday next on account of Messrs. Mace Bros. The line consists of good quality and young cattle, practically all calving early. For fuller particulars see auction columns. Our Lime Sowers have great adjustability as to quantity distribution, will effectually deal with all commercial fertilisers, the surveyor registers comparatively accurate, and the machine is both simple and strong. Discharge can be regulated to cover as light as hoar frost, or as white as a snowfall! Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., New Plymouth.

Recently, at the Dominion Cement Company’s works at Portland, Whangarei. a New Zealand record for high explosive blast was established, when over 100,000 tons of limestone were shifted by a single charge. Twenty-three thousand three hundred and ninety pounds of gelignite mixed with glast-ing gelatine was used in order to loosen the limestone. Nineteen holes, varying in depth from 115 ft to 165 ft, were dug, and these were connected up with electric wires and fired. A special feature of the explosion was that cordeau fuse, which contained T.N.T. with a speed of detonation equal to 500 metres per second. was used. It was necessary on account of the great depth of the holes which carried the detonation wave from the top of the charge to the bottom, thereby ensuring perfect detonation and complete combustion. The shot when fired dislodged about 100.000 tons of limestone, and was considered perfect in

To-morrow (Thursday), at the May Poultry Farm; Devon Street West. New Plymouth, L. A. Nolan and Co. will submit to auction the whole of the poultry and stock-in-trade as detailed in the advertisement. The birds are mostly pullets, and bred from the best laying strains procurable.

The Melbourne. Ltd., have new stocks of boys’ grey all wool jerseys and menV grey all-wool sweater coats. Prices for jerseys range from 8/6 to 10/6 according to size, and the men’s coats are 5 7/6 each. The above lines are the product of the Bruce and South Canterbury woollen mills.

The popularity of “Fairy Wonder” Dry Soap is due not so much to its value as a labor and fuel saver as to ite efficiency in making and keeping the

clothes a good color. That is the one thing more than any other that the average housewife takes pride in, and “Fairy” does the trick every time, without the slightest injury either to hands or farbric.

Our readers are asked to note that the lecture by Mr. C. G. Bottrill, advertised for to-night, has been postponed until Wednesday, August 2.