LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tile Alidhirst School will hold its amiuul picnic. ai the East End on tmimlay next.

The stun Of £2 Os for (ho Wounded ouiiors' I-mid has reached this oi'lice as « i-csiilt of the rec-cnt X'ulceho School Con. cort.

Hie tola) receipts of the Rod Cross Mart up to date amount (o .C:"iO!i. The market will open in the old premises o>ex|, Master Tiros.), on Saturday, eMitfilnrtions of produce,' cakes, -will lm most acceptable.

Tou ndditinnal cas.-s of infantile para.vsis were reported in Auckland mulling the total 181. The number of deaths to date is eleven a"«rV K ' " CW I,Htiollts is a 5' 0U "8 m;m

The lilcnlieim petroleum well is now down 4000 feet. The country below Jiis lias never betfn tested for petroleum. It is the opinion of experts that, between the 4000 and 5000 levels lie the main oil measures. The company is makin;; j>ood progress with its deep boring.

I here has been a, good response to the appeal for sand bags that was made hy the J atriotic Committee. At last m;.'ht's nicotinic, Mr. I). ,T. Hughes reported tint in addition to the 1830 ba"s tthejulv ropoi'tod, ]u> had rocrivod nnother (!U0 ba,w, and he hoped to despatch 2100 lm«s this week.

Hie first pair of binoculars received >.y the llayor of Hawera in answer to liH request has been sent on to Lieut. J. A. House, formerly of llawcra. He left n* a non-coniniissioned oilicer and secured his commission after he had been in camp a comparatively short time.

-*it a watersiders' stop-work meeting at Auckland yesterday, six hundred .were present and by a unanimous vote it was decided to reject the Dominion agreement oil tiie grounds that it would involve tiie surrender of the right of selection. Teh p.m. closing was not. the point at issue in the vote. It is intended to_ negotiate with the local shipowners for a. new agreement.

Two of the members of the Board of 1 ratio have been selected definitely (says onr WeliingLon ebrrespondent), out there is a third appointment to be made, and in the meantime the Prime Minister is not ready to make anv statement 011 the point. I "was informed yesterday that the. Board will come into existence within the next few days, and that it will begin work next month.

The matter of providing extra comforts for the wounded soldiers in the New Plymouth Hospital was referred to by Mi 1 . J. K. Wilson, at a meeting of the Patriotic. Committee last night. He so id that comments had been made that tho committee was not looking after these men, and he thought they were justified. There were at) present about ten soldiers in the hospital, and something should be done for them in the way of providing luxuries. Mr. J. I\. Hill was empowered to look after the wants of the men on behalf of the committee.

Thus the Hltluun Argus:—"Competition amongst picture show people in .Wellington is being carried to an extreme point. At two of the picture shows there has been inaugurated a system of supplying dress circle patrons, •free of charge, with a cup of morning or afternoon tea—as the case may be. The patrons need not leave their seats, the tea will be brought to them. Well, we suggest that if the dress circle patrons are to be supplied freo with tea then the orny 'anded sons of toil in the pit should lie supplied with steak, and onions and a pipeful of 'baeev. No use doing things by halves. There is a certain amount of competition locally, and if one of the shows will do the'steak and onions trick it might scoop the picture pool."

It is not often that a man who is literally rolling in ready cash finds his way into court to show cause why he should not be imprisoned for debt, but this anomaly occurred at the Magistrates Court at Gore the other morning (says the Ensign), when Charles Bv--1011, a returned soldier, wont into the box to answer a judgment claim of about £7 for arrears of rent. In answer to Mr. DolamorC) who appeared for the creditor. Byron admitted that lie had been fortunate enough to strike a dividend in Tattersall's. '"What amount did you receive?" asked counsel. The debtor nonchalantly replied; "£1800." His Worship asked the debtor why on earth he had not settled the claim when he received the summons, and was informed by Byron that the solution of the problem had never occurred to him. An order was made for payment forthwith, in default fourteen day's imprisonment.

An envious example of the good results of intensive farming is afforded by Mr. W. 11. Rutledge's returns oft' his 'in.acre farm at Midhirst (says the I'ost). Six weeks ago, he sold forty pigs which realised ft 35 10s, and today Dimnck and Co took delivery of 43 more at an average of £.') 7s Od. Last year, Mr. Hutledge lifted £7OO off his little selection, but he has beaten that imount already this year, with the number of weeks stili to run unreported. It will be news to many, also, to learn that Mr. Hutledge was tiie largest pme-wimier at tho recent Stratford Show, receiving a cheque for C'.'.O Is as the result of cattle and pig utiles, while .Mrs. Hutledge was also a big prize-taker in the home industries ••lasses. In. agricultural circles, Mr. lviitledge has been , credited for long ivitli being one of the "good" farmers i;i the district. :;iul the returns from his f.irm amply justify the honor.

The elimination of the Battle of the Bullion from the Carnival scheme w;is re I erred to by Mr. .1. E. Wilson at the meeting of the Patriotic Committee last night. He said that the Fete of Nations would be gone on with, but it was now proposed that the proceeds of the Fete should be for the Sports Ground instead of the wounded soldiers. Tt was slated, lie said, that it would cost about £4OO to manage the fete, and the returns were estimated at £SOO, so that £-100 would be expended to' raise £IOO. It was felt that the present time was not yet a suitable opportunity to make a pat riot i l . appeal, but this question would have to be considered by the Patriotic Committee at a later dnte. Mr. •!. Clarke stated the organisers had placed themselves in the hands of the committee as to whether the fete should be for the soldiers, or for the Sports Ground. It was decided to thank the promoters for their elforts to raise money for the wounded soldiers, and regret was expressed that the scheme had to be dropped owing to lack of interest by the public.

Wi'bster Bros 5 rulvoi'iiso <hat on N:;)mday nftevnoon at their r.ir.u one .''(']-li.]i, 5-seator Overland Glutei' C*v, in good running order, will be jiut u|) to auction,

The K(. w Plymouth Waterside Workers' Union lias decided to agree to the proposed rates of pay suggested by the recent conference.

An interesting curio in tlie sliapc of n Maori mci'i! wan dredged up ju t) ie Ititip.' liar our nt Napier a day or two ago. It i s 12 indie's long and weighs about olljs.

The men who growl (concerning tlieir tests) are mostly tlie men who V'nter their milk," said a delegate at a factories' conference at Ukctahniia. I here was a, chorus of "Hear, Ilea'.'." At Hawera. yesterday, Mr. W. I!. Ilaselden, S.M., gave judgment for (lie plaintiff. for the amount claimed in tlie racing case of Jacob Frver v. Gray and Curriu, claim .Cl2O 17s 3d.

Spurious shillings are. at present in circulation in Mastcrton, says the Waiiain pa Daily limes. So good are the imitations that a clerk in a mercantile firm was given one by a bank teller, who did not detect the fraud.

Says the Wangamii Herald:—The importance of the early completion of the I arapara road to Wangamii mav be gauged by the fact, that when flic' road is completed people could leave tlie Main Trunk line at Ohnkuneand reach Wangamii by motor-car by the time tlie train arrived at l'alnierstoii Xorlli.

During tlie crush in the Union Steamship Company's office in Auckland, euus* ed by the large number of passengers booking berths by the Niagara for Sydney, a pickpocket managed to secure a roll of note* to the value of £SO from the liip-pocket of .Mr. D. J. Finlayson, of Kamo.

An example of newspaper enterprise was furnished by a contemporary which we received yesterday. ..This paper publishes oil Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and the copy in question was dated ''Monday, Feb. 14f' on the inside pages, and "Wednesday, Feb. 10" on the outside pages, while the imprint bore Ihe date ''Wednesday, Feb. Hi, 1015." When was the paper published* A stone curio in the shape of a human foot, in miniature, with slipper thereon, was recently found on the Paparoa Range by Mr. Ben Butler (says the Grcymouth Star). It is a remarkable specimen, especially from a coloring point of view. White streaks of granite separate the sole and upper part of what appears most like a morning slipper, the whole being nicely shaped, whilst tlie upper part resembles that part of a leg between the instep and calf.

The. Ngauruhoe eruption was witnessed by a number of Devonport (Auckland) residents last Wednesday evening. They saw a dull red glow in the southeastern sky, between the hours of 7.M and !! p.m., and saw occasional flashes of light which were considered, to be a peculiar form of lightning. At about ten minutes to nine a bluish ball of fire appeared, which was strikingly brilliant, and which which gave forth a light similar to a powerful electric lamp for a few minutes, and then died away.

Some mild excitement was occasioned on the Petone foreshore on Wednesday evening last, the cause being a swimming contest between a high bovough official and a lady member of the staff. The contest was viewed by quite a o:owd of spectators, the lady evidently being "lirst favorite." Although the male official was victorious, it was only by a very narrow margin. The lady, however, was less distressed than the other competitor, and she immediately afterwards swam a distance of some two miles. Subsequently she undertook another contest, this timo against a borough councillor well known for his athletic abilities, and on tins occasion the lady was victorious.

Says the Wairarapa Age:—lt is reported that during the last two weeks enemy subjects have been arriving in Xew Zealand, and have not been interned. An Australian girl of prepossessing appearance, and a keen conversationalist, arrived at Wellington by a recent 'Frisco steamer. She was, according to our informant, who travelled by the same steamer, detained by the police on her arrival, but when she stated she was going to he married to a man 011 the West Coast, she was liberated. The enemy spy system is so far-reaching that the Government should take 110 risks whatever. It should not permit enemy subjects to land under any pretext.

A representative of the Otago Daily Times on Thursday had some conversation with an officer on board the steamer Baron Ogilvv, a direct arrival from New York. Referring to American opinion regarding the war, the officer stated that feeling amongst. the better classes in that country was strongly on the side of the Allies, but—and the inevitable qualification followed —there was a very large amount of Gorman capital that had to'be considered. The speaker also endorsed the view that has previously been given expression to—that American neutrality is probably more valuable to the Allies than her actual intervention would be. As a concrete illustration in support of this opinion, he stated that in one period of six months last year at least one vessel left Xew Orleans every day, conveying about 1000 mules to some port of the Allied countries.

. The following is an extract from a letter received from an English officer serving at Gallipoli, and published in a London paper:—"The Australians and Xew Zcalanders out here are just magnificent scrappers, and go at and into everything. If tlie>' were officered by tlii! old Regular Army officer (now. alas! mostly gone or broken) they could, and would, do anything. They are magnificently built men, and, of course, arc by upbringing and education used to lending for themselves, which makes a lot of difference on a show like this, where there are no home comforts unless you make them for yourself out of anylliing yon can find lying about. They are the sort of people who would very soon have a fireproof house made In hell out of things they found lying abouf.. and would be serving iced drinks next 1 day."

The Melbourne Clothing Co announce that they hold nil! stocks of boys' all wool Colonial tweed knickers and Colonial saddle twewl knickers. As there is a big riso imminent ill these goods, heads of families are advised to make their purchases early.

Mr. M. .Tones announces that -flu inotor'bus will not run before '...unlav iiext, owing to overlnial requirements. '

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