LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume XL, 20 March 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Zealand Clothing Factory have an interesting replace advertisement on the first paged, issue.

Those willing to serve their country can go into camp straight away on being passed as medically fit. The .recruiting officer (Mr Hemingway) I Will be glad to enrol recruits either at J the ‘ Press” Office or at his resideno at any time. Men eligible for military service are invited to peruse the advertisement with regard to recruits which appears in another column.

Messrs Gibsons, Ltd, make some alterations in their prices, on the first page of this issue.

Full particulars with regard to Mr B. T. Bennett’s clearing sale of Mr Derrett’s furniture and effects will be found in another column.

Germany is already irretrievably beaten. No one knows this better than she does herself. Her inhuman and murderous methods, which would disgrace barbarism, will not be forgotten whilst the world lasts, and must effectually prevent friendly relations between her and the Allies, either social or commercial, for many years to come. • Lord Inchoape

We can never be the same people after the war,” said the Anglican Bishop of Auckland Dr A. W. Averill speaking at St Mary’ Oashedral, Parnell on Sunday evening. Quoting a statement by the Bishop of St Albans, he said : ‘‘We stand as a race at the parting of the ways and the choice, I believe is between repentance and the beginning of dissolution, between a race exalted and purified through trial and a race hardened beyond repentance.” The time had come said the Bishop, for a real spiritual stocktaking with regard to the nation.

‘‘ I can sound a note of comfort to the people by pointing out that infantile paralysis usually reaches its maximum in March and dies away in April,” remarked Dr E. T. Walker at yesterday’s meeting of the Taranaki Hospital Board says the “News.” While agreeing that steps should be taken to beep towns clean. Dr Walker said a peculiar feature of this disease was that it usually originated in the country rather than in towns and it was just as likely to break out in the wealthy quarters of a city as iu the slum area. There ■was no doubt that while many theories had been put forward medical men were still baffled by the disease.

We are the world’s masters iu naval warfare (says a London contributor of tbe Sydney Daily “Telegraph) No other nation can teach our fighting sailors much. But the British people have never given the attention to military warfare that has characterised the Germans. We can swiftly create huge armies. Men and munitions are splendid. Our organisation of service and transport is wonderful. The medical provision is unrivalled. But our generalship? I remember hearing an officer of the Imperial Navy say that it took 25 years to make a thoroughly efficient admiral. Does the same rule apply to a competent general? Is this the Allies weak spot? Particularly is it Britain’s weak spot?

Bathers at the Heads would do well to keep an eye open for sharks just now as several of the monsters have been seen off the beach lately. On Friday whilst a party were bathing in the surf one of their number on coming up, after a dive through a breaker saw what he at first thought was a lad swimming about 20 yards away. When he had wiped the salt water from his eyes he found to his horror that the “ hoy ” was an enormous shark coming straight for him and he forthwith set sail for the shore as fast as he could crying out to the others to look out for the shark. What with the noise and splashing a considerable commotion was created and the shark turned aside and contented himself by swimming about amongst, the breakers for some considerable time. The bather who was pursued, reckons it was the closest call he has ever yet had. , This paper stands unequivocally for conscription—the compulsion that means that every man capable of fighting no matter what his personal opinion may be, shall be rorced to fight, If New Zealand is worth keeping a British country it is worth fighting for. If you are a New Zealander you either own some of the country or have some kind of stake in it. Whatever your stake is—whether it is a lump of laud worth £50,000 or a job worth £3 10s a week doesn’t matter. You wont have either the land or the job if the Germans come. In order to avoid the plain duty of making every man fight to maintain what lie holds, the Government has alienated its duties. It ,has placed the onus of keeping up fighting reinforcements on public bodies has in fact failed itself and asks the lesser fry to try moral suasion, The job is excessively difficult If the war is extended as it most possiblv will be oompuliion will come as surely as morning and this avoidance by the Government of direct action is flabbery.—• Auckland Observer. The Hastings Tobacco Oompanvs’ plantation at Olive Grange is just now looking at its best. The crop which is a good one, is now nearly ready for harvesting, and is expectel to yield at least 90,0001 b. The area under cultivation is 1000 acres; New sheds have recently been erected to store last year’s crop and to make further room for this year’s output. The season has not been altogteher a favourable one, on account of the dryness, but notwithstanding this the crop is absolutely free from insect and blight. The new building at. Napier is completed and machinery is now being installed for the manufacture of the tobaccoo for market, and it is expected to start operations iu a few weeks’ time . The plant is a very up to date and complete one, the public will shortly have an opportunity of judging for themselves the quality of the products. The principal brands will be plug, flake, shag, birdseye and cigarette. The manager (Mr G. Husheer) is very sanguine of the result. I

Mr Romaine Roland, of Vienna, who is a strong advocate of peace, contributes a letter to the Somaine Litteraire from a German soldier who is fighting in the trenches in Northern France; “My whole experience at the front,” the letter says ‘ and everything I hear and see in these trenches '‘strengthens my conviction that every man who has had anything to do with tilts war is sick and tired of it. My only wish is to be able to return home and never again have any part in warfare. I can assure you now that the fighting men here to-day a r e the peace advocates ot the future and of peace at any price. All these men who were so enthusiastic to go to the front sincerely hope and pray that they will not live to see another war on this earth, and that their children and their children’s children will be spared such horrors in their lives. It is for this reason that - these tired worn out and disgusted soldiers are willing to continue fignting until a lasting peace is declared.

McOlinton’s toilet soaps are made from purejvegetable oils and the ash of plants, and the result is a soap that is not only thoroughly cleansing, but which as Professor Kirk says’” is astonishingly curative and most agreeable to the skin. ” You get the full range of Bavllla, toilet and shaving soaps, shaving cream, tooth soap tooth powder, shampoo , talcum powder at Oody’s drapery a establish--6llt* .i.oi .. voasH smEasoaiEH^.9 l

The ordinary monthly meeting of the School Committee will be held to-nght at 7.50.

A relative oi a Patea resident who was among the last to leave Gallipoli at its evacuation gives the following particulars of his Christmas dinner which apparently was not as good as some the New Zealanders enjoyed. ! For breakfast he had biscuit, bully beef, and tea, for dinner duff and bully beef without tea, whilst for tea he had bread and jam and tea. ‘‘Hard fare,” he states, ‘‘but all are thriving on it. ” The Stratford Borough Council, says the Post, is not as is often stated, behind the times, for at present the streets are being disinfected per medium of the water cart. A solution of fifty to one of sheep dip is being used, which is considered to db a first class disinfectant. The method used is to lay the dust just with water only and when on the second trip to fill the tank with solution. By this means the solution is not wasted bv soaking into the ground before it has had the desired effect.

For a scientific man who has suffered many things at the hands of the nnucientific, Mr Clement L Wragge speaks of his disappointments and defeated hopes cheerfully and without a trace of bitterness. But in a lecture at Hastings he could not; resist making one point that went home. He was referring to the chronic lack of funds from which scientific men and societies suffer. In this great grand Empire which he so dearly loved, he said money could be found for horse racing and all sorts of things except scientific research. Scientific men had to go cap in hand and beg, beg. “ I must be straightforward or you would not respect me ,” continued Mr Wragge. i “ It is not so in Germany. It Is not I so in the United States. When a j scientific man wants,something there ) he goes to a Congressman and the Congressman will, very soon secure it for him.

Interesting paragraph from Levin Chronicle Two young men at Featherston were received into the camp hospital last week. One died after an operation; the other Cecil Duff, was merely put under an anaesthetic to have his teeth attended to. their beds were side by side and when a telegram was. despatched announcing the death Ceeil Duff’s name was used in error and the message sent to his mother at Bulls. It was a great shock to her, and she at once telegraphed the sad news to all her friends And to the military authorities at Featherston she wired asking that the body of her son be sent to Bulls for burial. Brio Barratt once a school chum (who is now in camn) happened to go into the the hospital and went over to see, as he expected the dead body of young Duff wno is a cousin. To his amazement the supposed corpse held out his band to be shaken, and then it was discovered that a mistake had been' made in the identity of the dead man Duff was that day granted leave and took the first train home. After a little delay another , telegram was sent to Mrs Duff stating that her son was well. When young Duff presented himself at the door of his home he gave the household another shook for they thought it was his ghost.

A two roomed bach is offered to let in this issue.

A reliable general servant Is enquired for in this issue. Wages £1 a week x