LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Mayor of llawera requests the business people of the town to close their shops and offices at fI.SO o'clock ibis evening, lo meet the local invalided soldiers, ex Willochra, who are reluming by the mail train. The Mayor will also lie glad if the members of the llawera will parade and assemble at the station.

Fishing in the Tamigutara Paver (near Opunake) during the week-end, Mr. G. Grover met with excellent sport, and landed eighteen trout averaging l'/jlb, his best fish being .'lib. From the Waiwakaiho River, the following baskets are reported:—Mr I'. Birch, three trout, one of lilb and two of 211) each; Mr. \V. Birch, seven trout, the best weighing 2!lb; and Mr. 1„ Humphries, one trout of 21b.

Yesterday Mr. W. A. Collis (ActingMayor) and Mrs. Dockvill (lion, secretary (if tlie- local branch of the St. .Tohn Ambulance Association) sent to the Under-Secretary for Internal All'airs a bank draft lor .C."i4T lfe !ld, being the net amount collected in New Plymouth fur tin* lied Cross League. Accompanying the draft was the following: "In forwarding draft we wish to emphasise the fact that this amount is the result of the collections in Xew Plymouth Borough area and not a district collection. We draw attention to this as from the wording of his Excellency's telegram congratulating us 011 the. result he uses the words "your district," ami as other parts of the district were, we understand, contributing, Ave. wish the credit of this ell'ort to be given to our people here. We are a small community, and have contributed largely to all funds, and for the sake of those who so nobly responded we are thus placing the matter before you in its true position, as we consider the response a very fine one." This fund has now been closed. T)nring the month of October there were 2!) births. 9 deaths, and 1.1 marriages in Ihe di of the Xew Plymouth Registrar ,V. .1. S. S. Medlevl, as compared wit 1 : >T> births 11 deaths, and !> marriages in ',h" ■.-.<■ period last year. REXONA. Rexona is a tried and proved specific piles, chilblains, varicose veins, chapped hands, sore feet, scabs on head, pimples, blackheads, ringworms, erysipelas and all skin diseases. Rexona is sold in triangular pots at Is (id and in larger pots, containing nearly four times the quantity, at 3s. Obtainable everywhere.

In Ha worn during October the rainfall was over 4J inches; aud November has opened showery.

The vital statistics for Hawera for October were as follows: Births, 19; deaths, 5; marriages, 3.

Wangauui has just embarked on an eight weeks' carnival, with the object of raising funds for patriotic purposes, and it is hoped to realise £50,000. Inaugural donations totalled over iioOOfi.

The total rainfall at Patea last month was 4.48 inches as against 2,30 inches for the corresponding month of last year. Rain fell on lli days, the greatest fall in one day being 50 points. The rainfall in Eltliam for this month of October amounted to 5.21 inches. Rain was" recorded on 20 days, the maximum fall being 0.61 on the 15th. During the corresponding month of last year the rainfall was 1.93 inches.

A new freezing establishment is 'to be erected in the vicinity of Kaiapoi. Tenders have been called for the building, which is to have a capacity of 2000 sheep and 50 cattlo per day, and will be situated on the banks of the Wainmkariri river, about sixteen miles from Christchurch. * The attendance at New Plymouth munici-pa) baths for the past month was as follows:—Men 521, ladies 483, making a total of 1004. Receipts for hot water baths, £3 as; swimming pool, £l3 IBs sd; fee for squad of school children, £1 6s—total, £lB 6s fid. Customs duties collected at the port of New Plymouth in October amounted to £3991 12s 3d, and the beer duty to £64 12s, as compared with £41194 7s lid and £95 19s for the corresponding month last year. Primage duty amounting to £7B 5a 4d (war tax on all goods since September 29) has also been collected. In order to commemorate the historic fighting at Anzac, the Wanganui Borough Council last evening decided to give the name of Anzac Parade to that portion of the river bank road running from the town bridge to the borough Iboundary near Putiki. The locality, which, it is claimed, can be made one of the best esplanades in the Dominion, will be beautified in due course.—Press Association.

Mr. H. S. Alpe, a well-known South Island athlete, has undertaken another long-distance walk. He left Hawarilen at 8.55 on Friday morning to walk to Christchurch, arriving there after covering the distance, 54 miles, in ft few minutes over twelve hours. Ml 1 . Alpe was accompanied on his walk by a party of Athletic Association officials, who took up a collection at t-ach town en route in aid of the Veterans' Home fund. The Veterans' Association held a concert to welcome Mr. Alpe in Ohristchurch after his feat.

Word was received in Stratford yesterday morning, saya the Post, that Dick Watkin, a man named Wilson, and another railwayman, all of Polioluira, who went out pig-hunting on Sunday, did not return that evening. A large search party failed to find the missing men. At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. J. MeCluggage received word that the three men had returned after spending the nignc in the bush. The men stated that the cause of their being "bushed" was due to 'the heavy rain, in which they lost their bearings,

The increase of marriages in ,the Wellington district for tho ten months tha't have passed in comparison with the corresponding period of last year has been Hit. During October the marriages were almost doubled, the number risijig from 84 to 104. Of this "total 48 were solemnised at the Registry Ollice, as against 25 in October last year, increase is very significant, and is attributed to the fact that a number of young men between the ages of 19 and 22 desired to be able to record themselves in their National Registration papers as married men. An interesting.discovery was made by the Wellington 'city polioc last week. A fireman from one of the Home boa'ts now in port was apprehended for insobriety, and after he had submitted to the usual search by the officer at the police station, it was found that he was a remarkable person in a way. Discharges found in his pockets proved him to be a survivor from two great marine disasters. One discharge showed that he was a fireman on the ill-fated liner Empress of Ireland, when she was sunk in a collision in the St. Lawrence River on May 29th, 1914, and over 1000 lives were lost. The other discharge showed that the man was employed as a fireman on board the Cunard liner Lusitania when she was sent to the bottom of!' the const of Ireland by German submarines un May 7th of this year, and 1500 lives were lost.

The usual weekly meeting of the I'.gmout Uidgo was opened last evening by Chief Templar Bro. N. (1. (White. The programme for the session was the installation of officers, as follows. —Chief Templar, Bro. !•'. 1!. Peppered: ViceTemplar, Sis. S. White; secretary, Sis. 1). lllanehard; chaplain, Sis. Miss Launt: financial secretary, Sis. .M. Thompatone: treasurer, Sis. Mrs. Bruce; marshal, Bro. Maunder; P.C.T., Sis. Mis. Legg, After the business had been finished, the following items were given,-—Reading, Sis. S. White; song, Sis. M. Thompstone; recitation, Bro. L. tlohlsworthy; song, Bro. (i. White; recitation, Sis. Mr-. Hall; song, Sis. D. lllanehard; recitation, Bro. (5. H. Maunder. At the conclusion of' the programme a light supper was handed round, and the session was closed at 0.30 by the Chief Templar, Bro. l'\ It. Pepperell. Attention is drawn to the special offer of men's suits to measure at the Melbourne Clothing Company for the next three weeks. Suits will be made up. tit and style guaranteed, at the following reduced prices:—49s Gd, 59s Od, life (id and 755.

t Mother's got a new dress and so has Bab's big sister—so why shouldn't girlie have a new frock too. Let us show you how stylishly yon can clothe her without straining your purse. Morey and Son, drapers, New Plymouth and Stratford.

THE GERMS OF CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS are stated by the Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory of the University to Melbourne to be quickly destroyed by eucalyptus. SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria to possess far greater antiseptic power than the common eucalyptus oils and so-called extracts. Therefore, if you are not particular about your health you use ar.y sort of eucalyptus; if you are—you use only SANDlfß'fc EXTRACT, :i drops on sugar. It protects you not only from meningitis, but from all other infectious diseases; scarlet fever, measles, influenza, typhoid, diphtheria, small-pox, etc. SANDER'S EXTRACT is the strongest and safest antiseptic, and its curative qualities have bees demonstrated to be genuine and lasting—it not only disinfects, but stimulates and gives new vigor to diseased purta. Ulcers, poisoned wounds, chilblains, inflamed skin are quisklv cured by SANDER'S EXTRACT ' "

Mails di'.-.paU-hetl j'joih Ni-w Plymouth, via tinea, on {September iCi, arrived iu London on October 27.

The fitting of tile Arbitration Court at New l'lyiuoiitii next .Monday will open, at 10 a.m., and is not exported to occupy more tlian one day. Two applications for awards will Ije considered—from the Taranaki branch of the Wellington Uniteii Furniture Trade Union of Workers and from the Taranaki < arpenteiV and Joiners' Union. Itotli these matters have already been discussed at sittings of the Conciliation Council here. An application for compensation which has been pending for some time will also he heard. Mr. Justice Stringer will preside.

Striking evidence, has come to the Defence Minister that the comforts sent from New Zealand for wounded and sick men in hospitals do in fact reach the men, and are received with grateful appreciation (says the Dominion). This evidence is a letter signed by six private soldiers of British regiments, who were treated in No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Port Said, where Colonel McGavin and his staif have been working ever since they reached the war .'.one. The letter, which is addressed to the Minister of Defence, is as follows: "We, the undersigned, think it is our duty to thank you and the people of New Zealand for their great kindness in providing us with so many comforts. We are patients in the enteric ward of the above-named hospital, which complaint we contracted on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Since our admittance to this hospital we have received the utmost attention and consideration from the medical officers, sisters, and orderlies of the N.Z.M.C., who have at all times placed our ease and comfort first. —We are, sir, yours gratefully, Private A. Oagden, 4th East Lancashire; Private H. W. Mason, Private, W. Babb, Royal Marine Light Infantry; Saddler Lawson, Royal Field Artillery; Private J. Holt, (ith East Lancashireß; Private G. Ballard, 2nd Hants."