LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Edward McCarthy, the man who figured so prominently* in an exciting police chase at New Plymouth, on Wednesday, has so far not been apprehended. The police continued their search for the wanted man all day yeteterday, Ibut without result. A representative Taranaki deputation interviewed the Prime Minister and the Minister for Public Works (the Hon. J. G. Coates) at Wellington yesterday morning with reference to road and railway requirements of the northern part of the province. A full report appears on page three. A collision occurred at Oakura about 9 a.m. yesterday between a motorcycle ridden by Mr. T. Curran and a milk cart driven by Mr. Sharrock, as a result of which Mr. Curran received serious injuries, consisting of abrasions to the hands and injuries to the chest. He was attended by Dr. Milroy, later removed to the New Plymouth hospital, \yhere he was reported last evening to be fairly comfortable. Mr. Sharrock escaped with a shaking and minor abrasions. The creditors in one Wellington bankrupt estate are happy men. About four years ago a man went bankrupt, and his creditors were faced with the prospect of “only something in the £l.” The man owned a certain amount of property, but at the time the offers received were poor. Taking advantage of opportunities offered the official assignee has sold the property to advantage, so that not only have the creditors been paid in full, but the bankrupt has been handed back over £lod. An enjoyable programme of music was played at the Fitzroy School grounds iby the Fourth Battalion Band last night. There was a full muster of bandsmen, and several new selections were included in the programme, which had been arranged by Conductor J. Lowe. A collection taken up in aid of the band funds realised £4 10s. Afterwards the band were the guests uf the Fitzroy people at supper. Another recital will be given by the band at Pukekura Park on Sunday afternoon, when a collection will Ibe taken up in aid of the band funds. "The Frankley Road Settlers’ Association held its annual meeting on Wednesday, when there was a fair attendance. The report and balance-sheet showed the association to be in a very satisfactory position. The main business of the evening was the election of officers for the ensuing year; the retiring officers being all re-elected. The sum of £1 was donated to the Frankleigh Park Hall Fund, the same amount being voted to the Sunday School Trust. A motion supporting the tramways extension loan proposals was carried unanimously. A proposal to erect a memorial cairn to the Rev. John Whiteley, who was killed by rebel Maoris at White Cliffs on February 13, 1869, has been initiated by the trustees of the Whiteley Memorial Church and those of the Waitara Church. Yesterday the Revs. W. J. Elliott and W. W. Avery and Mr. W. F. Short paid a visit to White Cliffs for the purpose of selecting a site, and they have chosen a position about thirty yards away from the present memorial tablet and between the two old roads, up one of which Mr. Whiteley was proceeding when he met his death. A number of the present settlers and others interested have offered to procure suitable stones for the cairn and cart them to the spot, 'and, when the cairn is completed, the present memorial tablet will be affixed in a conspicuous position.

When playing hide-and-seek, many are the curious places into which children cram their little bodies in order to evade the seeker. The parents of a little girl in Timaru received a violent shock a few days ago when, during a game of hide-and-seek, the little child disappeared, and the assistance of the parents was called to help to find the missing one. A diligent search was being made when the mother heard the sound of faint scratching, which eame from inside a tin trunk. On looking therein, the children was found in a state of collapse, almost suffocated. The little one had got into the trunk, and in letting the lid down the catch had caught in the lock, holding her prisoner. The child had been in the trunk for over two hours before being released. “It is high time our streets were cleared of this kind of language with the possibility of women and children hearing it,” said Mr. A. M. Mowlem, -S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court at New Plymouth yesterday, when sentencing Paul Nutrowsky to seven days’ imprisonment with hard labor for using obscene language in Devon Street. “You chaps with filthy tongues,” he added, “should not get drink if it loosens your tongues and lets you use language like this.” The accused had pleaded guilty and the facts, as stated by Sergeant Martin, were that he had gone to the White Hart Hotel in response to a message that accused was making himself obnoxious owing to the fact that he had been refused a drink. When the sergeant arrived he spoke to accused, but as he declined to move on his name was requested and it was then that he used the cbscene language, the sergeant thereupon arresting him. Sir Harry Lauder, in the course of an interview with Current Opinion, the official organ of the Industrial League and Council in England, says: —“There’s a good time coming, if we work for it—if we drop the fireworks and get down to the facts. Peace and production — that’s what we want. If every man — I don’t care whether he is an employer or an employee—will just leave his home every morning with the idea in his mind of giving the best he possibly can, he’ll feel far better at the end of the day. It’s high time we settled down to common sense, recognising that we can’t get something for nothing. The man who tries to get something for nothing is a rogue and a vagabond. It doesn’t matter who he is, employer or employee. And we’ve got to get our markets in order. And then we want friendship—not battleships now, but friendships. WeHl never get the good time we all want unless we work for it. We can only hope to get out of the world what we put into it. If we put in rotten thoughts we get rotten crops. Let’s all try together to cheer the old world up. The world is thirsting for friendship, yours and mine and other people's. Why not give friendship a chance?”

Gibsons’ Motors advertise on page one of this issue timetable and fares for the New Plymouth-Opunake motor service. There is nothing under the sun like “Fairy Wonder” for bleaching clothes a lovely snow-white. This, too, without any back-breaking rubbing, and with less rinsing and boiling when any other compound than “Fairy” is used. Think of this next time you want washing nowder. All rrocers stock “Fairy.”

It is very evident that the recentlyintroduced borough by-law requiring pedestrians to keep to the left will need some considerable time to introduce itself into the nwids fo the public (says the ManawatiWjtandard). At present there is a strange mixture of the old and the new role, together with the haphazard person who prefers the centre of the pathway. The 13 dairy factories in the fortymile bush district last season spent £4OOO in fuel, the bill for which grows bigger each year. A dairy expert told the Pahiatua Herald that the introduction of electric power would yield |d per lb more for butter-fat. Ten members of a party of London Rotarians arrived at Southampton recently in the Cunarder Berengaria, after two months’ tour in America and Canada. In an interview Mr. A. Chadwick, chairman of the Rotary Club for London delegations, said: “The population of California is over 3,000,600, and in that place there are 700,000 registered motor car owners. The laborer goes to work in his own motor car.”

An Oamaru retailer, in anticipation of summer demands, some months ago ordered seventy-two pairs of one particular make of shoe, and recently received an invoice. On opening the case a few days ago He found that twentytwo pairs of the most saleable sizes were missing, pointing to excellent judgment on the part of the pillagers (states the Mail). As the insurance companies will only pay out 75 per cent, of the value of the goods pilfered, the importer loses a considerable amount. The New Plymouth Motor Cycle Club will hold the second run of the season on Saturday afternoon, leaving the post office at 2 o’clock. At the end of the run an acceleration test of a very interesting nature will be held. A cordial invitation is extended to all motor cyclists to join in the run and competition. Refreshments will be provided. There will -be a band recital in Pukekura Park on Sunday next (October 1), vhen a collection in aid of the band fund will be taken up. Among the new shipments of goods continually arriving at C. C. Ward’s are smart embroidered voile jumpers, nice quality, and priced only at 6s lid and 7s lid each. A splendid range of crepe de chine jumpers, trimmed silk crochet and embroidered, also smart designs in knitted silk. Ladies should inspect these as prices are lowe<r than those Usually offered. * Mr. G. A. Derby announces in another column that he has commenced business as a general carrier and hopes to receive a measure of public support. Mr. J. McGiven advertises in this issue a purebred Jersey bull for sale at a reasonable price. See advt. on page 1 of this issue. Morning, noon or night you hear nothing but prices, prices, prices—if you are still interested in prices and need furniture see Mr. McGiven’s advertisement in this issue. He represents Sullivan’s Open to the Public Furniture Factory. Hart’s big value store, Devon Street, commences a sale to-day, when goods in all departments will be offered at wonderfully low prices. Fancy goods, enamelware, toys, crockery, tobaccos, travelling requisites, toilet goods, brushware, are all to be offered to the public at heavily slashed prices. Hart’s store is sure to be a busy centre of shoppers. Purser’s Ltd., the big furniture specialists, New Plymouth, insert an advertisement elsewhere dealing with quality of furniture. The firm’s big factory at the rear of the showrooms is the busy hive where house furniture is built and the public are invited to see the process. Customers can select their timber from 75.000 feet of high grade woods that the firm carry, and from such heavy stocks the very best seasoned material is put into manufacture. Everyone purchasing furniture will see at a glance that timber that is hardened out and thoroughly dried by holding in stock, must make up into furniture that will not shrink and show the unsightly joints often seen in goods made up from green timbers. The Melbourne, Ltd., are offering a special price for the famous “Lily of France” all silk hose in black only, at 19s 6d pair. This offer will only hold good for a few days until stock is reduced. Another special line is an extra heavy weight Tussore silk 30 inches wide at 6s lid per yard.