LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Zeaiand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Society has purchased a site near Inglewood for the erection of stock yards. / "A magnificent lot of men; hard as nails and fit for anything," was the comment of a New Plymouth resident who went to Wellington to say good-bye to his son, who is one of the Eighths. "I was proud that he was with them." An outbreak of scarlet fever in a small form, mostly among children, is, says a Press Association message, reported in the Wellington Health District, fifty cases being reported this month, thirtyseven being in Wellington city and suburbs. The authorities believe that the (worst .phase is past. it is eloquently indicative of what is thought of Sir George Reid and the position in which he now finds himself (says a Sydney correspondent) that Sir 'Samuel McCaughey, the squatter magnate, who visits New Zealand a good deal, lias made a settlement upon Sir George m order to shield him from unworthy want after his many years of distinguished public service. Cable advices received by the Vacuum Oil Company indicate that all grades of machine and engine oils have advanced to ihe extent of about SO per cent in f.0.b., New York cost Leading refiners in the United States refuse to take orders covering machine and engine oils for shipment from New York prior to July, lOlli. This is due to the lighter grades of machine, and engine oils being converted into motor (spirits, coupled with the fact that the Russian fields have been closed, and an exceptional demand set up in America for machine and engine oils fur transhipment to Europe. This means that the New Zealand trade will undoubtedly see higher prices notj only in f.0.b.. New York costs, but an increase in freight equalling 3d per gal-1 lon, as well as an increase in cost of ex- ] change equivalent to Id per gallon. Our readers are. reminded that the great annual '"Mill and Factory" sale commences to-day at all the Melbourne, Ltd.'s, six stores, from New Plymouth to Wangamii. All interested in economy should pay a visit to one or other of the arm's'store*,

During the last month there were admitted to the Hawera hospital 33 patients, 21 were discharged, and fi died, leaving 33 jn (he institution. The site chosen for the Bay of (Plenty freezing works is owned by an unnaturalized German. The question has arisen whether the payment of a sum of money to this enemy subject would not constitute trading with the enemy. Some fine Maori implements have recently been presented to the Christchurch .Museum by Mr. W. VV. Smith, curator of Puk'e'kura 'Park, New Plymouth. The collection includes adzes, a well-carved hinau berry beater, and a wooden receptacle in which the wahines used to mix oils for the making of pigments. Xews lias just been received by Mrs. J. Gydo, of Tataraimaka, that her nephew, Lieut. A. P. iPriest; who was wounded on August 7, died just as he reached the. dressing station on- Gallipoli Peninsula. After waiting three months for news of his recovery it has caused quite a shock to his relations. He was the youngest son of Mr. .1. Priest, Little ' Akaroa,, Banks Peninsula, and was only 21 years of age. Mrs. G. 11. Saunders' Irish terriers were again very successful• at the Wanganui Kennel Club Show yesterday. ''Pukekura Tigris'' secured first place in the New Zealand-bred, colonial bred, and open classes, first for brood bitch and also won the Wanganui Kennel Club's special for best bitch, the Irish Terrier Club's Challenge Trophy and same Club's Breeders Trophy. "Pukekura Prodigy" secured first place in puppy, limit, and junior classes, and secopd to her dam in the other classes. At a meeting of the Thames Valley Dairy Company this week, the directors voted £IOOO to the Patriotic Fund. Of this £SOO is to be paid over immediately Thames Valley, £125 to the Queen of the Hauraki Plains, £1215 to the Te Roha executive, and £125 to the Paeroa executive. The balance of £SOO is to be paid during the season. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Hamilton, his forwarded £2OO for the Queen of the East Fund. For broach of a prohibition orcter George Russell \va*S fined £1 and costs "s (in default seven days' imprisonment) in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. 'Leslie Richards was fined 25s and costs 7s for leaving a vehicle unattended in the borough. George R. Askwitb was fined 5s and costs 7s for riding a bieycle on the footpath. Thomas Adamson was fined Ids and costs 7s for using a knifegrinding machine in Devon Street without a licence. H. Knnis and D. Butler pleaded guilty to charges of boarding a train at New Plymouth whilst it was in motion. Fines of 10s and costs 7s were imposed. An incident at the send-oft at Wanganuit to the men for Trentham on Tuesday morning should have appealed strongly to the young unmarried men who witnessed it, and who have not yet realised their responsibilities in offering their services for King and country (says the local Herald). Amongst those who went to say farewell to her husband was a wife and mother, with her two little children, one of whom was dressed in a little suit of khaki. Just before the train moved off, the mother passed the little child to his father, standing on the platform of the carriage. He fondly kissed it as ; copying the example of the lads on the train, it waved a "Ta-ta"' to the cheering assemblage, When fathers thus have to leave those dependent upon them, it is time for single men to think!

"You would go in here, but would you go to the front?" asked a woman outside the Theatre Royal last night, addressing herself to the men gathered outside before the play commenced. "I repeat would you go to the front," she cried, and seeing two men pass up the corridor towards the stalls, the woman followed them and boisterously asked them to come outside and say if they would go to the front. The incident brought a large crowd round, and, seeing that the woman's fervent patriotism was the outcome of her excited condition, the cr.owd jeered her, and the rowdy element was beginning to play freely, when a constable arrived on the scene. "Who's gone to the front now?" called a voice in the crowd as the "policeman escorted the woman away. Five pound penalties were imposed at Wanganui on Monday by Mr. W. R. HaseWen, S.M., in connection with cases against a Native named Waki Taki Kopae for driving his motor-car at u furious rate along the river bank and for not stopping after he had knocked down a little girl. In giving his decision, his Worship said he felt quite sure that defendant had been trying to catch a train at Aramoho, and was travelling at altogether an unreasonable rate of speed. In imposing a fine of £5 for furious driving, he remarked that he hoped it would have the effect of making the roads safer. A conviction was entered on the second information and a fine of £5 imposed. "It should be well impressed on everybody who drives a car," Mr. Haselden said, "that if an accident happens it is their duty to pull up." Costs -amounting to l"2s were allowed against defendant. The splendid response made by the Canadians to the call for men for the front was referred to by Mr. T. Simpson, who was a passenger by the Mafcura, which reached Auckland from Vancouver on Monday. "The war is viewed very -seriously in Canada," said Mi-. Simpson, "but the people are quietly confident as to the ultimate success of the arms of the Allies. In all the towns and cities throughout Canada recruiting campaigns have been in progress, and a very short period elapses from the time an appeal is made until the full number of men required is available. Canada is aiming at raising 250,000, but thfincn arc so keen that 1 am confident no difficulty whatever would lie experienced in raising a force of half a million. The departure of the men for the front does not appear so far to have interfered with industries or production, but the evodus is bound to be felt sooner or later.''

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Lemon growing is being carried on successfully at Otaki. One lemon shown to the local newspaper last week weighed 13y a oz., and had a central circumference of llin. During the first nine months of this year, 2088 estates, of a total value of '£7,030,157, were certified for stamp duty. Of these estates, 52 of £20,000 and over aggregated no less than £3,438,255, or practically as much as all the other 203 C put together. In the six months ended September 30th last, 13,338 mortgages, of a total value of £12,(184,310, were registered; while in the same ,period U427 mortgages, of a total value of £7,175,584, were discharged. The above figures do not include those for Hawke's Bay for August last. Whilst motoring down the coast on Tuesday, Mr. .J. F. Eustace met with a mishap. At the Timaru, whilst going up the hill his car got out of control and struck the bank with such force that two of the wheels were smashed, whilst Mrs. Eustace was thrown out into the adjoining paddock, receiving a severe shock. At yesterday's meeting of the Hawera Hospital Board Inspector Cray reported that two cases of typhoid fever (and one suspected case) were removed to the hospital from Hawera County, and another case had occurred in the hospital. Two eases of dipthefia were investigated in Hawera borough. One death from diphtheria was notified from Waimate West County. Two eases of scarlet fever were investigated, one in Eltham borough and the other in Eltham county. llow the farmer views the weather, whatever may be its state, is amusingly presented by one of the observers for the Meteorological Office in his summary of the conditions prevailing in his district for the month of October. ''Although more rain was needed," lie writes, "the farmers are not happy. The agriculturalist finds that it impedes his work; the sheep-farmer cannot shear and get his wool away while prices are high; and the dairyman declares the grass is so hish aud watery that his milk is poor in fat." At an early hour on Tuesday morning,! fire destroyed a six-roomed house on Croydon Road, Waipuku, owned by Mr. A. Barlow, ef Stratford, and occupied by Mr. Crozier. Mr. Crozier and a farm hand were the only inmates of the building and had to escape through the window in their night attire. The house was completely destroyed, and practically, none of the contents were saved. The house was insured for '£2oo in the Phoenix Office 'and the furniture for j £6O in the Standard Office.

• The Council of Education sat again on Wednesday, and proceeded with the adjustment of the boundaries of the nine education districts into which the Dominion is being divided. It is understood that eight districts have been defined, namely, Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wunganui, Wellington (with Marlborough), Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. The ninth district will be either South Canterbury or Nelson. Westhmd and Grey are likely to go with Canterbury. "Favorite Quotations," a booklet piled and arranged by the Rev. C. H. Grant Cowen, Vicar of Hawera, should make a strong appeal to many New Zealanders, especially as the profits of the enterprise are "in aid of providing comforts for the New Zealand sick and wounded, who have so bravely fought for liberty and justice." The Earl and Countess of Liverpool, members of Parliament, clergy, and others were invited to send in a favorite passage of verse or prose, and the result is a volume which has a personal and pleasing interest. Messrs W. A. Parkinson and Co., Hawera, are the publishers. Quite a touch of mystery, if not of tragedy, attaches to a little locket containing colored miniatures of two comely looking young ladies, which was :«hown io a Christchurch reporter on Monday. The discovery of the originals of the portraits will probably lead to the identity of the wearer of the locket, who is now sleeping his last sleep on Gallipoli Peninsula. The locket was brought back to New Zealand by a wounded soldier, whose story is as follows: One day a dead New Zealander was discovered with no marks of identity except the locket, which was hung round his neck. His name could not be discovered, and it was with the object of clearing up the mystery and returning the trinket to the originals of the photographs that the discoverer brought them back to New Zealand. On the back of one miniature is written in pencil the name: Mary McKinnom. with some symbols which are not decipherable.