LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Patea Magistrate's Court a couple of dairy factory managers were fined £2 and costs for forwarding to the Government grading stores at Patea one box of butter containing more than 10 per cent, of water, A Danish engineer, Jacob Bnchmann, one of the survivors from the Persia, in a letter home, says he sat, accompanied only by n baby, who had lost its mother and brother, for over 30 hours in a small boat in the continual expectation of the boat being capsized by drifting material from the ship. Both were in a dangerous condition from cold when rescued by a British warship. i'he Kawakawa (Bay of Islands) Luminary states that Mr. Charlia Mceiiyer unearthed a piece of first-class gum at the old Kakauwhi gum field, weWiin" Bewt., and worth at least 130s per"cwt" Forty years ago thjs was one of the richest "lelds in New Zealand. As much as 200 tons have gone from the field in one shipment; in fact the gum could be prized out with a crowbar.

Business m every line in America continues to boom, and the present winter, so far as New York i 3 concerned, will go down in history as one of the busiest on record. The weather lias given some exceptionally severe cold snaps, with the mercury once or twice this year down to zero in New York city, which is very exceptional for the metropolis, although not at all unusual for the country 50 to 100 miles up the Hudson River.

An almost unprecedented position arose at the Wellington Magistrate's Courthouse on Monday, says the New Zealand Times, when the time eamc for an inquest to be held. At the specified hour the coroner was there, and the senior-sergeant of police was also in attendance. But where were the witnesses? Not one appeared, and the inquest necessarily had to be adjourned. It afterwards transpired that they were all at the funeral of the deceased.

Referring to the expedition against Run, a correspondent of the Aucklnnd Star says: I interviewed the wounded men, and they were all of the opinion that the Maoris, had they liked to take the opportunity, could have picked off the entire expedition, the Maoris being under cover of the thick bush. The constable who foiled a Maori with his baton had to hit him twice, and the second time the baton split. The two natives who were fatally shot were buried together on Monday, near the pah, with all their belongings, including their portmanteaux. There was no tangi. Mr. 15. Hall, of Middlerigg, Brookside, ha 3 sold to Mr. M. .). S. Oughton, of Okaiawa, Taranaki, his three-year colt Flash Foot, by Black Douglas, dam Lady Scot. This horse as a yearling was very successful in the show ring, gaining first place at the Ellesmere I Agricultural and Pastoral Association's ehow, and also the prize for the best yearling on the ground. As a two-year-old he was placed second in a strong class at the Ashmirton horse parade. Later he won first prize and Hi." challenge shield at Ellesmere, and still lator carried off premier honors at Christchurch, beating his successful opponent at Ashburton.

A new frock! As the winter approaches your thoughts instinctively turn to a new frock. And this little announcement is made to suggest that you turn your footsteps in the direction of Morey and Son's, where you will find all the newest creations in smart winter wearables. Turn to their announcenien^

The mails which left New Zealand on March 2 arrived London on April 10. The master bakers in Dunedin are reducing the price of the 41b loaf, delivered, from, BJd to Bd.

About 70 members of the Normanby Horticultural Society visited the Mouluahaki experimental farm yesterday. Mr. Massey will open the new freezing work at Feilding on Monday, and give , a recruiting speech in the evening. ~'■;: The Hawera St. John Ambulance' and Red Cross Society are undertaking the catering for the Waimate Plains Trotting Club's meeting on Easter Monday. A large public meeting at Apiti on Tuesday decided to push the. demand for railway communication by a line from I'eildiiig through Kimbolton to Apiti and Rangiwahia to Utiku. During last month the estates of 203 persons were certified for death duties. The largest was that of Robert Carruth (Auckland), £31,580. The largest estates in New Plymouth district were: Jeremiah Crowley £2770, Wm. Fever £2790, and Josiah Hunt £2469.

Speaking at 'a reception tendered him l>y Wellington journalists yesterday, Mr. Ashmead Bartlett urged the desirableness of more trust in newspapers by the military authorities, so that their influence with the public might be better utilised.—Press Association.

At the Magistrate's Court, Wellington yesterday, John Skivington was committed for trial on a charge of causing bodily harm to Solomon Hyman Myers. The charge arose out of a collision between SkivingtoH's motor car and a train, while Skivington was trying nxtricate his car it struck Myers, who had a leg broken.

The following is tlie history of a certain sheep in the Cheviot district: Given as a present to one man as a lamb, he bartered it for a f)ive of bees. Since then the sheep has had three lambs twice and two lambs three times. Last shearing she shore 61b of wool, and her last two lambs brought 22s Od each last week. She is still in the pink of con. dition, and likely to prove a source of further revenue to her owner. Major McNaught yesterday received advice from the Defence Department that the following Taranaki men returned by the Maheno and will probably be passengers on the mail train tonight:—For New Plymouth: 23/360 R. S. Bell, 10/10 Lance-Corp. J. W. Bainbridge, 17/37 S. Collins, 10/728 S. Shirley. For Eltham: 5/477 A. T. A. Barnard. For Manaia: 2/871 Sergt, R. S. Ellicott, and for Hawera 11/401 J. Lavery.

Good progress is being made with the erection of the new Everybody's Theatre at the rear of the block of buildings adjoining the Criterion Hotel, New Ply. mouth. The mist difficult portion of the work i s completed, and it is hoped to open the building in June. The entrance, which will be 16ft wide, and form one of the features of the theatre, wjll be through the shop now occupied by the A.B.C. Boot Company, which. will take up its quarters next door. It is expected the building will be an improvement upon "Everybody's" in Auckland, admittedly-the most beautiful picture theatre in' the Dominion and designed by the same architects.

A meeting of the committee, of the local branch of the S.P.C.A. was held on Tuesday afternoon, the Mayor (Mi C. H. Burgess) presiding. The "treasurer reported having received the following subscriptions: Oaptair Waller £1 Is, Mrs. Whetter 10s, Dr. McCleland sa, ft. Ramson ss, A. Bewley ss, E. F. Blundell os, T. H. Fowler ss, Miss King 2s Od. Inquiries are being made re alleged cruelty to a horse in the Clifton County. Mr. Collins offered to continue the work of inspector of the society free of cost. The National Register had disclosed the fact beyond the shadow of a doubt that if nil the unmarried men who had expressed willingness to go enlisted there would be sufficient recruits for the next eight or nine months, said the Minister for Defence at Dunedin last week. If the local bodies did their utmost to secure men for six months ahead—the limit allowed by the Recruiting Boardthere would be ample men together with those in tiaining for 10 months' requirements. The. Minister gave it as his opinion that it was unfair to call upon the returned soldier to take part In r». cruiting. He had done his whack at the front.

The following resolution was passed at a recent meeting of the Marlborough Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union: "That this executive views with apprehension the reduced price offered for fat cattle, Which, in,,our opinion, is due to the restrictions placed upon the export of hides of over 451b; that the enormous loss entailed on the farming community is not justified by a proportionate saving'to the Government in the cost of leather, it being evident thßt the embargo is entirely in the interest of the dealers and tanners, who arc enabled to e.vploit the producers by offering the producers as a maximum the minimum prices fixed by the Government; and this executive strongly urges the Government to commandeer the requirements at market values and allow freedom of oxport for any surplus within the British Empire, or to any of the allied countries." , A new instance—one of many—of the consideYation and kindness shown co Australians and New Zealanders by their compatriots in England is related by a correspondent, who writes from Dundee: "I may tell you there was a military funeral hore one day lately—an Australian lad. He died in one of the war hospitals, and had no friends in this country. Mr. , the undertaker who had charge of the funeral, had the remains of the hid brought home to his own house, to let the lad's people know lie was not forgotten, though in a 3trange place. A notice was put in the papers asking any Australians to attend the funeral should they be in town, and a wealthy gentleman, just here oh holiday, hearing of the dead lad's condition, came and took a father's place at the funeral. After ail was over this gentleman undertook to write to the lad's people, describing their boy's burial. My word, you should have seen the interest taken in the funeral, and the piles of flowers sent in from everywhere to bedeck the last resting-place of one who was not, until too late, alas! found to be so lonely! Eudder was his name, but I don't remember what part of Australia he came from."

"The Master. Key," the serial photoplay that has kept picture-goers so well entertained for the past 14 weeks will be brought to a olose to-night at ttie Theatre Royal. The finish of the story is stated to be extremely dramatic and leaves the onlooker with a feeling of entire, satisfaction, such as is experienced when one gets to the end of a really good "book. YOU REMEMBER THE TASTE OF RUBSETA CIDER.

Because it's so delicious! ItVpure, too, made from the juice of rosy-cheeked apples' and cane sugar. Stores and hotels everywhere sell it. Ask for it, KARBOL, sold in fld, Is, and Is lid 'botjei,-;'.fykes, chemisi