LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thirty-five solicitors in the Welling-1 ton province have enlisted for active service. A vacuum cleaner for the teeth ia the latest thing in dental hygiene in America. It is estimated that the value of the sheep disposed of at the Feilding sheep fair on Friday would easily total £50,000. It is intended that all those who have married since the war began shall be equally liable for service as the single man. The council of the Hawera Acclimatisation Society has decided to protest to the Minister for Internal Affairs against hawks being protected. Many fruit trees in New Plymouth are in blossom again, and, in some, cases, fruit is forming. The fine spell of weather is probably responsible for the vagary. .A New Plymouth resident just back from an extensive visit to Hawke's Bay states that the country is very dry, but the stock are looking remarkably well, evidently thrivin on the dry grass and water. "The labor laws of New Zealand became so complicated that I didn't know whether I was on my head or my heels. I think it was that which led me to give up the business." This remark was passed by a witness giving evidence in the Bakaia Court on Thursday (says the Ashburton Guardian). A lady visiting Ashburton lately wa3 much impressed with the convenience of an arrangement made in the public gardens. A little gas stove is set, with ;i kettle chained to it, and there is a penny-slot, so that people who may be picnicking can fill the kettle, put in their penny, light the gas, and have their tea most comfortably. The installation of the new automatic fire alarm system in the Hawera borough is almost completed, 14 alarm boxes having been erected at various points. Superintendent Pettett informed a Star reporter that the trials made have proved entirely satisfactory. The official opening of the system will not take place until after the meetng of the Fire Board, which is to be held this month. Pulled across the tram line on Saturday was a Maori's cart. The tram came speeding on its way, but had to pull up near the trap. The owner came rushing out of a shop, "Te hoiho (horse) he nol know te tram to-day. He all right next time!" Another man had his cart partly across the lines. The driver clanged his bell, but the man in the trap paid no need, evidently expecting the tram to go round him like a motor-oar. He seemed slow to realfee that it was impossible for the tram to leave its track-line. Nelson early tomato raisers are apprehensive as to the competition of the Baratonga article. The Mail learns that the Island tomatoes are grown by whites on the island, not by natives, as is generally supposed, and the starting of the industry was due to an inspector at Raratonga who was a tomato-grower in New Zealand. The fruit is inspected before being allowed to leave. Five days arc occupied in the journey, yet the tomatoes are landed in New Zealand ar. a cost of Is a case. Last year 1.1,000 cases were shipped, but it is expected that 30,000 cases will be shipped this year.

Mrs. Lundius wishes to thank the following, who kindly assisted with sewing lor the wardrobe for the Fi-te of Nations: —Mesdames Seanlon, Tribe, Bennett, Golding, Morton, Miss Wilson, and Messrs Manners and Keig; also Mrs. Barclay and Misses Bedford and Claide, who generously gave their services each nielit at the thgfttig,

The Arbitration Court will sit at New Plymouth on or about March 30.

The name of Mr. A. Thompson was inadvertently omitted from the list of donors to the recent gala day picnic at the East End. Pahiatua yesterday reported the death of a. child from infantile paralysis. There have been three cases there, two of which were fatal.—Press Association. Two teams, one from the East End and the other from the West End, have been entered for the Tabor Shield competition, which will be held at Moturoa on Thursday afterneon. Sixteen cases of infantile paralysis were notified yesterday in Auckland and two deaths in the country districts. The total cases are 306 and the death-rate 1-3 per cent. The acting-Chief Postmaster advises advises that on and after Kith inst. all postal packets, other than newspapers, posted for German Samoa, now in .British military occupation, are subject to ■ a halfpenny war tax. A Norwegian named Andrew Theodore Anderson, employed at Porirua Mental Hospital, was yesterday fined £25 for disloyal utterances. He asked for time to pay, but the application was refused, asd the alternative lixed at two months' imprisonment. Owing to an accident to the lantern with which the Rev. Percy Knight intended to illustrate his lecture on Dante at the Good Templar Hall last night, Iby means of some excellent views, it was decided to postpone the lecture sm this evening at the same time and place. Mr. P. S. Whitcombe (secretary of the Taranaki Education Board) received a telegram yesterday afternoon stating that the Pihama School had been closed owing to a ease; of infantile paralysis. Mr. Pettigrcw, chairman of the school committee, added that they were awaiting instructions from the health officers. At a meeting of the East End Committee last night matters in connection with the Easter Monday picnic were discussed. It was decided' to add to the programme a sand-moulding competition for children and an art gallery. The following new members were elected: Messrs J. Elliott, C. Sadler, T. Fitzsimmons, and B. Sutton. In consequence of receiving numerous inquiries as to whether there was any truth in the rumor that the Tenth Reinforcements bad been recalled, Mr. 11. J. Okey, M.P., wired to the Premier on the subject, and received the following reply: "Xo truth in rumor regarding Tenth Reinforcements.—W. F. Massey." Record p"iees were obtained at the sheep fair at Tarata on Thursday last. The sale was held by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. A line of shorn lambs, bred by Mr. J. Smith, brought 17s "d, while a line of 2-tooth ewes, bred by Mr. M. Standish, were sold for 2"s 3d. This is surely a Taranaki record.

In the Wellington Magistrate's Court yesterday Mr. Cooper, S.M., gave judgment in the case in which Norman Aitken. a bookseller, was <-ecently charged j with'selling indecent publications, nameI ly the books "Sappho" and "That Easeal ifiustave." The case was dismissed, the I magistrate holding that the books were | not indecent publications within the [meaning of the statute. The Hamilton case in which Frederick William Schramm, registrar of electors for Taumarunui, sued Dr. McNab for ,-tIOOO damages for alleged slander, was called on yesterday morning, but it was announced that it had been amicably settled, plaintiff accepting defendant's assurances that he had not used the words complained of, or any words intended to reflect on plaintiff.—Press Association.

Gordon Stuart Mason and Rhoda Randall Davidson, who pleaded guilty at Wellington Supreme Court to a charge of having contracted a bigamous marriage, came up for sentence yesterday. Mason was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labor. The female prisoner, owing to the state of her ■health, was ordered to go to the Salvation Army Home and remain there until in a better state of health. '•Sanitary" writes:—''ln these times of infantile paralysis 'it is passing strange that the municipality in New Plymouth does not insist on better protection of the public health. In Auckland and other cities the authorities arc alive to the danger of the disease-carry-ing fly, and insist on all goods exhibited for public consumption being protected by gauze. How necessary tills provision is may be seen at any time in the window of local confectioners, pastrycooks, fruiterers and others. Why not start a sanitary campaign here? It is a wonder the town is not disease-ridden, considering the uncleanliness of the methods tole-rntoil." Mr. ,T. B. Laurcnson, president of \he Canterbury Industrial Association, in his report at the annual .meeting of the association last week, expressed very optimistic opinions as to the future of trade and industry in thia Dominion. Recent demonstration in the manufacture of pig-iron from ironsand, he said, clearly indicated that within six or eight, months New Zealand should be supplying her own requirements. That wus only the first step in the development of an everyday necessity for which New Zealand paid £4,000,000 per annum. Deposits of clay would enable New Zealand to supply her own market with all kinds of earthenware, fire and roofing tiles, sanitary ware, insulators, etc.. the importation of which cost users about £250,000 per annum. Another channel of industrial enterprise was the turning of practically waste products into turpentine, terebene, acetic acid, methy-aleohol, wood-creosote, resin, charcoal, methylated spirit, etc., of which New Zealand imported .£22'4,000 per annum. She wasted about £500,000 per annum from gasworks, which could be turned into cvanide of sodium, and £120,000 in "Co2'* from the breweries. These were only one or two channels through which employment and wealth could be secured. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. are holding a furniture sale at Opunake on Saturday, on account of Mr. R. Greig. Particulars advertised. THERE IS ONLY ONE I SANDER EXTRACT, and that is why thte people insist on getting it, and why they reject the many inferior substitutes and the cheap a»d frequently harmful "ffiust as good." The GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT is free from the objectionable qualities of the common Eucalyptus oils and so-called "extracts." SANDER'S EXTRACT is the most powerful antiseptic and healing remedy that can be used with safety; it prevents and cures all infectious diseases, influenza, colds, fevers, smallpox, diphtheria, flatulence, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, dysentery and kidney troubles. I SANDER'S EXTRACT, applied to ulcers, burns, sprains, cuts, inflamed skin, etc., gives ■ immediate relief and cures permanently. Reliability, Effectiveness and Safety are the great attributes of SANDER'S EXTRACT,

The Arawa, with invalided New Zealand soldiers aboard, is due to reach. Wellington on Thursday, The vessel is bringing 129 sick and wounded men, most of them at the convalescent, stage, from the hospitals in Great Britain. The Tahiti, with 185 sick and wounded men, from Egypt, is due to reach Port Chalmers on Friday next. It is reported that katipo spiders are in unusually large numbers at New Brighton (says a Press Association message from Christchurch). A medical man caught quantities, and other hunters secured many specimens. A prominent resident of tho borough was bitten on the temple while sitting in his house, and was seriously ill through the painful effects for two weeks. ' He is recovering. A large shark was caught by the steam trawler Countess while working off Cape Colville on Friday morning. Although the fish made a desperate struggle to escape from the net, the crew succeeded in drawing it on to the deck of the vessel and killing it. The shark measured over 16ft in length and Bft in girth. The trawler was so extensively damaged that the vessel had to return to Auckland'to obtain new gear. The total takings for the recent gala day and stock sale at Waihi School amounted to £l4l 15s Old, and on Monday last the stock realised £7l 17s Bd, the grand total being £213 13s 3«d. The total espouses are under £l2. Mr. Builiains, lion, secretary, says: "In connection with the stock sale, commission amounted to £2 10s 4d, and this was returned by Mr. Newton King as u donation to our .funds. A number of the farmers are giving cash instead of stock, so our total will be still raised. We divide the amount equally between the Wounded Soldiers' and Belgian Funds." The question of taking the necessary I precautions against prevailing epidemics of sickness was briefly discussed at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. It was decided that the Sani-, tation Committee should confer with the Hospital Board on the matter, and carry out any scheme considered desirable'. A suggesion from Cr. A. K. Watkins that the Council should sell disinfectants in handy quantities to residents of the borough did not meet with any support. The management of the Empire Pietures draw special attention to the fact that a special matinee of the present programme will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, when the piece de resistance will be "My Old Dutch," indubitably one of the finest photoplays ever seen in New Plymouth. Humor and pathos are graphically portrayed in this grand picture, which should be seen by everybody. Pillow cases 9d pair, Panamas halfprice, boys' tweed knickers 2s lid, odd tweed vests 3s lid, Japanese fire screens 12s fld, indigo drills lOd per pair, bedspreads 8s lid, "Ivy" mending wool fid ball, men's Irish lawn handkerchiefs four for Is; Bouquet toilet soap fid box, Vinolia, shaving sticks Od, at the Melbaurne, Ltd.'s, great annual reduction sale.

Given fine weather, the LeppertonSentry Hill gift auction and sports should be a great success. All arrangements are well in hand. A feature of the day will be the amusements provided. Everyone is being catered for, more especially the children and ladies. Tlie sports will commence at 11 a.m., and the gift auction at 12.30. Men in uniform will be cordially welcomed and admitted free. Proceeds are in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Mr. A. Coxhead's Ford motor-car will be offered at his furniture sale at Fitzroy on Friday.