LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume XLIV, 15 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. -T, P. 1). Winchester has an interesting replace advertisement with regard to his special stock of dining room mid alarm clocks. Los-.es of lambs on the Pakahaio Plains were very heavy (says the Damnru Mail.) One well-known farmer remarked (hut they were lying everywhere, “like poisoned rabbits.” He himself had lost 100, and lie thought others would be at least quite as nnfortunate. Tonsiimers of gas in Now Plymouth were cut oil from supplies of gas at about six o’clock' on Wednesday evening, the hitch being caused by the temporary exhaustion of gas in the containers. Advances in the cost of eo»l have resulted in an increase in the price of gas to consumers in New Plymouth, for both healing and lighting

purposes, A french inveulion, now on the way to London, will ennlde I Ik* woman of oO to have a face like a girl in her teens. The London Daily 'Mirror was told I>y a doctor who is one of London’s leading beauty specialists that there was nothin# painful in the new face process. The skin of the face was pulled lightly by a process which ■made all lines and wrinkles vanish. ‘‘The process,” it was declared, ‘‘is guaranteed permanent. Women can look ltd forever.”

The Jewish community bampielted (lie Chief Kabbi, Albert Woolf, who is departing from London on a (our of the Dominions. Six hundred anil Jifty were present, including Lords Heading and Milner, Sir -lames Allen and Air. fisher. The Chief Kabbi said the lour would lake eleven months. He realised that Jewish communities overseas each had their own characteristics, but let the' .lews of the live Dominions be as separate as the live lingers, yet they should In* ready to become a mighty arm in the defence of Israel and for the protection of the Jews wherever attacked or traduced, *

A Douglas motor cycle l in Jir.sl-chiss order is offered for sale in this isuc.

Try D. Jones, Egmont Street, for plumbing and tiimmithing repairs. Telephone 111.*

At :i clearing sale near Dannevirko on Tuesday grade Jerseys went up to £•>2, which is claimed to be a Dominion record.

The l.yric Costume Comedy Company "'ill appear at the Town Hall next Wednesday night, in conjunction with the South Taranaki Amusement Co., who will screen the famous illni “Within the Law” the same evening.

The gas cut-out at Masierton has involved a local poultry-keeper in a loss of £7O. He was not advised of a contemplated reduction in gas pressure, with the result that two thonsand eggs were destroyed in his incubators.

Before his departure for America. Mr. Ernest ."Short promised the I’ulmerston North TALC.A. a special donation of £IOOO on condition that ten oilier Contributors of £o()0 . each were secured. These donors have now been found, and the building fund has thus bench!ed to the extent of £(500(1.

Foxton has had no fewer than 21 residences and business places destroyed by tiro flaring the last three years. If there is one thing in particular from which the Domininon is suffering, and has been suffering for a long time, it. is the apathy of the public upon matters of public importance. . . Lack of interest in local matters is a deplorable condition in any town and stagnate.- all progress,—Eltliam Argus.

Notices recently posted op in Drogheda (Ireland) read as under:— “Drogheda, tinware I If policemen are killed here live Sinn Feiners for each one will he shot. ft is not coercion; if is eye for eye. Wo are not driukniaddoned savages; nor are we out .for loot. We arc not offensive to women. We arc as humane as other Christians, hut we have restrained ourselves 100 long. Arc we to lie down while our comrades are being shot hy corner hoys and jagamnllins of Ireland.’ We say. ‘Never,’ and all the inquiries in the world will not daunt us. .Slop shooting the police, or we will lay low every house that smells of Sinn Fein, iiememher Ballbriggan! ”

“Fortune’s always hiding,” whistled a young man as he cycled along Queen Street on Friday afternoon, when he suddenly became .aware that he was the centre of general attention (remarks the Auckland Star.) (living “Hubbles” a rest, he looked back to find that his way along the street was marked by a trail of bank notes blowing out from his side pocket, and representing the substantial accompaniment of his employer's deposit sbp that was on its way to the bank, ft stands (o the credit of Queen Street that when (he young man look the backward trail and was assisted by an excited crowd to gather up the treasure he got if all back.

The 'Drivers’ Record for September in ils notes on “The Trade Centres’' referring to Manchester, stntes: Trade prospects at the moment are anything hut. bright. After touching upon industrial troubles, it is stated that a slump in raw cotton rates had destroyed confidence for the time being. Inquiry for piece goods from abroad had dried up, and even if shippers had orders to place, they would not operate at thi! present time. The paragraph ends; “Cloth manufacturers have not sold (heir production this week by a long way, and prices are weaker. All kinds of yarns have been sluggish, and rates have been easier in sympathy with the decline of the raw material.”

Regarding the Taranaki Lducaliou Board’s protest against the proposal to divert the Opaku Reserve, or any part of the. accumulated funds, to the Victoria College, Wellington, a letter was received at the meeting of the Board on Wednesday from Mr. S. C. Smith, M.P., slating that the College millionwere desirous of having a conference with the educational institutions of Taranaki on the subject. Mr Smith favoured (his course, as it would give publicity to Taranaki’s position in the matter. The chairman of the Board, Mr. I*. ,f. 11. White, slated that Professor Hunter, of Wellington, was to visit Taranaki shortly to inquire into the position, and the conference would probably bo held then.

A correspondent passes on to Beachcomber (London L’xpress) an experience which lie says lias taken his brer.tli away, lie got the other day a folder containing a do/am safeiy pins --made in Cermany. The pins were excellently made, and thanks to the Covernmenl ’s laxity over the dumping evil, are imported at about three or .four folders n penny. But wlial affecled my friend in the way L have mentioned was lhal each folder Imre a photograph of lliiulenburg and a picture of a Cerman regiment chasing and bayoneting a (presumably) British regiment. And these folders he said, are apparently being seal lo lOnglaml by the thousand. An ornament', f should think, lo tiny home.

Bignor (leorgelli, of Venice, who was among the guests at the opening at the Wellington Bowlin# Club on Saturday, stales tint! the game of bowls is extremely popular in Italy, and by some authorities is thought to have originated in that country (says the Dominion.) tl is not the same game however, as is played here. It is played with a jack and round bowls (■made of hard olive wood) on (ho hard, ungrassed earth. The bowls have no bias. It is a matter of nicely in strength only in gelling near the jack. No allowance has to be made for green because of the absence of bias in the bowl. One of the permissible liberties of the game is that a player, instead of driving - (which is permitted) can loss a bowl into the air, with the hope that on alighting it will scatter the enemy wood.

One Cerman trench inorlnr iind two inta-liinc gums have l.ocn allotted to (lie

Iho I’atoa 'lradiug Association have some interesting advertisements in (lie wanted column in this issue.

A u ardsmaid anil Iwo prubat loners arc required tor the local hospital. iwo purebred pigs are offered lor side in this issue.

.Messrs. R. A. Adams and Son. Ltd., have jus! received n line large selection of really good useful suits, ready to wear, with the latest cut ami splendid linish, which will be sold at prices ranging fronf ,t!(i Ids (o £7 bis. It is claimed that these suits cannot be beaten. An advert isemenl giving further particulars will appear in Monday’;-. issue.

Afi’. (J, A. I.aivombe Ims a very interesting advertisement in another column with regard to his new line of boys’ boots, which are of an exceptionally strong make and moderate figure. An inspection will prove that the grea test sat isfacl ion can be obtained in this and other kinds of footwear by a visit to .Mr. Larcombe’s establishment.

The While Star liner Runic commenced on Wednesday morning to load the Christchurch portion of her cargo of mutton, consisting of 30,000 carcases and some tew hundred carcases had been loaded when the refrigerating engineer of (ho vessel refused to take delivery of the million, and the careases were unshipped again, a total of sixteen large ear loads being refused. The grounds of the refusal were that the meat had greatly deleriornted, and showed signs of mouldiness.

When the usual training operations were in full blast at the Flierslie race course on Saturday morning, Inspector Aider, of the S.I’.C.A., made his appearance and paid special attention to the juniper John I'nnny ns the horse came off tlie track. As a consequence, the inspector arrested both the hors ■ and AV. IL. AVindsor, the owner and trainer, the hitler on a charge of liav ing worked the animal when it wa.s 'Offering from a sore back, am 1 tlie former as an exhibit. Windsor and the horse were brought at once to the Police Court, where Windsor entered a plea, of guilty to the charge. ills Counsel said that the sore had developed just after the Avondale races the previous week, and as the horse was In training ami entered fur a fort licoming steeplechase. AVI ndsor, who was a poor man, could not alford to let the horse go out of form. He only galloped the horse two or three ■minutes each morning, and treated Hie sore to get it right. II is Worship lined Windsor IIP) and costs.