LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It !g interesting to learn from an English paper that there are already several thousand women employed in c-unp e iokhouses, and the number is increasing as the provision of suitable accommodation progresses.

At a meeting of the Citizsns' Band committee held on Tuesday night,, a resolution was carried congratulating the bandmaster, Mr. McLeod, upon the, ompliment paid him by his old band at Ipswich, Queensland, in asking him t-> name his terms for coaching the band for a forthcoming championship contest, but hoping that he will, before accepting the offer, consider the setback it will be to the local band to be without his guidance for two months. It is understood that Mr. McLeod will not acvipt the offer.

A sitting of the No. 11 New Zealand Medical iS'ervice [Bjoard, consisting of Liettt.-Colonel Barcroft. Captain Wade, Captain Chanev (dentist) and Lieut, Ansel] (attesting officer), was held in New Plymouth yesterday. About 40 men were examined and a fair percentage passed as fit for service, the exact number not being yet ascertainable. The sitting will be continued to-day. The special 02 Medical Re-examination Board —Major Blackett, C.irtr.:r. Hogg and Captain .Mereer—will arrive here to-mor-row night and hold a sitting on Saturday.

At a meeting of ladies to make, arrangements for the School plain and fancy dress ball, to be held on November 9. Mrs. Dockrill presided, and the following ladies were formed into a committee, with power to add to their number: Mcs<lames E. M. Smith, Moverley, Hoffmann, Russell, Revel), .Sullivan, Billing, Mollison, Davidson, i.'oleivan, Hagger, Howlett,, Healy, Mcllroy, Ilnmson, Ardern, Hurlestone, Bishop, Lr.vrence, Parkinson and Zemba, Misses L. Harker and C. Moverley. The following prices were decided on: Gentlemen X?. ladies 2a, double ticket 4s, children 'a Arrangements were made to canvass for provisions for the supper. Additional offers to help in this direction will be welcome. The next meeting will be held on October 19.

It is surprising the number of new picture stars who are rapidly climbing to fame over the heads of those who have been years in the moving picture business To test the popularity of June Caprice as against Mary Pickford. f the Manager of the Opera House, Tlawera, held a voting contest a few weeks back on an evening when both artists jwere appearing in a five reel feature on the same programme. The result was an easy win for June Caprice, the voting being, Miss Caprice 308, Miss Pickford 150. There were 559 people present at the entertainment leaving about DO who did not record a vote. June Caprice appears to-night at Everybody's in the latest William Fox feature "The Mischief Maker."

The influence of war upon prevailing fashions was evidenced in some remarks made by the manager of a well known Auckland boot emporium. Asked if there was any demand for evening shoes nowadays ho replied: "Practically none. Women who formerly asked for fancy shades in kid, suede, or satin to match their evening froclc, now ask for a good black patent or glace slipper, suitable for any ordinary social occasion. This is just as well, of course, for goodj of the other kind are now absolutely unprocurable." A marked tendency towards a more sensible style in footwear was also mentioned. "Women nowadays seem to realise the advantage of being properly shod in winter weather," he said, "and instead of buying thinly-soled shoes, many are asking for serviceable and well soled boots. While occasional purchasers ask for expensive fancy boots, costing £3 a pair and more, the heaviest den:and undoubtedly has been for good c'iass boots costing up to £2 25."

Mr. W. T. Jennings, .M.P. for Taumarunui, has given notice to ask the Minister of Defence whether he is aware that one Daniel Francis Wildermoth, formerly twenty years a resident of Whangamomona, a married man with wife and twelve children, who lias been residing in Wellington during the past eleven months, was brought before the Wellington Magistrates' Court last week [and fined £1 and costs for not notifying [the Government Statistician of his change of address. An explanatory note states that Wildermoth is well known throughout the back-blocks of Taranaki. When he came to Wellington to take a leading position with Johnson and Co., Wellington, he left his change of address with the postmaster at Whangamomona, and received his military registration certificate and other correspond e:ice from the postmaster in that dis* triet. His treatment as a shirker i* unwarranted, as he is over military age In the Oaonui hall to-morrow (Friday) at 8 o'clock, the Rev. R. B Gosnell delivers a lantern lecture on Fiji, Many interesting slides will be shown and stories told of heroic missionary enterprise. There will be no charge for admission., but a collection will bo received for Foreign Mission work.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., draw attention to their Matau sale on Friday, 28th inst., at 1 p.m. Full particulars will be found on page 8 of this issue.

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The Minister of Defence lias received information that (lie* second portion of the 2Stli Reinforcements lias reached its destination.—Press Association

The Aotea District' Maori Land Board, under the presidency of .fudge J. W. Browne, is at present sitting in Xew Plymouth, dealing with Native land cases.

A Press Association wire states that the Wellington Education Boar-! lias decided to ask two teachers, who desired to retire on superannuation, t > withdrew resignations, owing to the shortage of teachers. During the winter months the JVil Block Ladies' Sewing Guild, whidi has been working very hard for patriotic purposes, has held a series of r.o-nah in order to provide the funds newssar.v fcr the purchase of material. This evening the final social of the season will W; held in the Bell Block Hall, when ii is expected that there will be a. large attendance, as added interest is leni to the gathering by the presence of several well-known New Plymouth vocalists, who are assisting in the musical programme.

A fire broke out about 0.30 last night, at Messrs Leiehton and Sons' fnrniV»re factory in Oill Street, and on the alarm being given the brigade was speedily ,n attendance. Th'e flames were soon subdued, and within twenty minutes r il danger of a further outbreak was averted. It was impossible to estimate the amount of damage last night, but it was confined to the stock and appliances, the building itself —a wooden one—being only slightly .affected. The origin is so far unknown, and the insurances were not ascertainable.

A man named Richard Crockett, residing at 801 l Block, met with a nasty accident while working in the hold of tile s.s. Xgatoro at the wharf yesterday afternoon. The vessel was discharging coal, and an empty basket, slipping from its hook, fell on Crockett's head, indieting a severe scalp wound. Dr. MeCleland was quickly in attendance, and after attending to the wound had the injured man removed to the hospital. No serious results are at present anticipated.

The heavily built armored car?, allied to the tanks, are seen in great numbers in "War as it Really is," to be shown at the Empire next Monday. They were first used by the Belgians, and in, this supreme war picture are shown carrying death and destruction into the enemy's ranks. Floating fortresses on the Yser River are also shown, and there are seveval illuminating views of the great armored trains at work. These latter carry the enormous new guns used by the Allies, greater than any of the German monsters, and they are filmed actually at work

At Palmereton last week, Mr. Poynton said there was a vast diiTorencs betweon the German and British systems of banking. Tf you went to a British banker and asked him for a loan Mr 20 to start some enterprise in a foreign country, he would be likely to ring up for the police, suspecting your sanity. British banking is controlled by the prinqiples of short credits aud liquid assets, ver.y necessary to be observed in former days, when credit was limit ; 1 ., and runs on the Imnks always to be feared. On the other hand, a German bank directorate would carefully examine the project, say, for starting a factory ?n the Argentine to deal with waste products of slaughtering establishments, or an advance to enable a syndicate to buy up a large part of the soya bean crop in Manchuria, or rare metals in Christiania years ahead, provided these were to be worked up in Germany, 'I there were reasonable prospects of success, the Imperial Government would then guarantee the loan, fn this way the operations of the German banks were worldwide. mid enabled German merchants and manufacturers to get a strong gr'p on all sorts of valuable commodities Crude eocoanut oil, rare metals, tar phosphatic rock deposits, etc., wcu'.l soon have become their monopolies. In Berlin, before the war, certain meta's produced in Cfiristiania, were sold at one-third of the price that they could be bought in T.ondon, and could not be got in Australia at all. It showed what could be done by a more liberal 'ystoni of credit, and British people would need some such method for developing t.ieir Empire after the war.

The movement to gain more daylight for the country's work by changing the time of all clocks is gaining headway says the New York Outlook. It deserves to gain headway, .for it contemplates many obvious advantages; but beiore the daylight-savers can convince the country of the value of their proposal they must eliminate a good deal of the confusion which still clouds that reform. The recent conference of the National Daylight Saving Convention in New York City bore witness that this reform is already so popular among Americans that this country may soon follow the lead of ten European countries that ravcalreadv begun to make the most of their daylight. It seems to be the m>ot popular view among the delegates to the convention that five or five ami a half months during the longer days of the year war, about the right period for observing the new time. The city ol' Detroit, which recently moved from the eastern limit of the central time r ou» to the western limit of the eastern ti/ne zone, thereby unofficially endorsed Hip principle of daylight saving. The most obvious advantage of this reform is •> ■■ economic one: that is, the gain wnch results from the saving of gay, electricity, and other artificial light. 'Hut the gain to the public health through the saving of eye-strain and the gain '<f more time for exercise in the open air ought not not to bo overlooked.

Attention is drawn'to tho bifr Y.M.C.A. market dav which is beins held at Lopperton to-day. Great preparations have been made {or the entertainment of all on behalf of Baby Crowe, the west conntry candidate. For the convenience of New Plymouth visitors a car will meet the mid day train, returning to the station at 5 p.m.

The Melbourne Ltd. announce that they have full stocks of children's cashmere socks ".Jason" make with black and tan three-quarter all wool double-ribbed tops at the following prices:—Size 4, l'./fl; size 5. 1/11 ; size (!, 2/1; size 7. 2/3; size S. '2/4: sizes !) and 10, 2/5. These socks lire Guaranteed fast dve.

THE POISONING Of THIRTY GIULS in a Melbourne factory by eucalyptus lollies which were evidently made from the common eucalyptus brings home forcibly the importance of using onlv the GENUINE SANDER El/CAIA'PTI EXTRACT internally. SANDER'S EXTRACT sniffed up the nose and three drops on sugar, is a sure and safe protection from meningitis and other infections. Applied to ulcers, poisoned wounds, sprains, chilblains, eczema SANDER'S EXTRACT brings quick ro. lief and winnajient cure.

Early in August the United Slates by a single stroke came into possesion of 1,500,000 tons of shipping in process of construction in its yards, which when completed will almost double Ampnca's steam tonnage in foreign tnulj ( Ondcr an order issued' by the Navy Department, every steel ship above 2.300 dead weight tons in the twenty-live largest yards of the nation along with the contract for its construction was commandeered by the American Govirnr.ie.it. tt is .estimated that 700 ships were seized.-u ' c

An idea of the magnitude of the great September offensive on the 'Vcstem front last year is given by it. New) Zealand soldier who participated,' in a letter to his sister in Wellington. Such an offensive, he says, "is nothing to !uik about; you want to see to believe; and no artist can paint it. Kaiser Bill i* hard, to knock back, but back he tr», and the Allies will sacrifice more lives to bring thif war to a.mighty and glorious victory.' .' . Let me My the people of New Zealand, or, I slnmkr. say, the majority, do not real'ge, tirero is a war on, and you are all luclcy to' be in Xcw Zealand. My word, there are splendid women in Old England, and they treat the soldiers well. Let. me tell you that the women of England are doing their bit as well as the men in numerous ways."

Within' the last week or two there has been quite a shortage of seamer. and firemen in Dunedin. The "Otago Daily Times" states that the shortage has been so acute that eighteen firemen had to be brought down from Wellington the other day to make up the complement on an overseas vessel. As regards men for sailing vessels, they lire almost unobtainable, the pay and si-jicral conditions, as compared vv : th (hose on steamers, not being sufficiently alluring to tempt the men. Some or the men on the steamers are making very high wages at the present time. Hie donkeyman on a coal bpat had £22 for his tally, including overtime, for the first seventeen days of this month; a stoker on a small coastal boat in »the last two months earned £2" is and £24 3s respectively; and the boatswain on an overseas boat had £27 to hia credit, for one month. To earn such tt-ages a man must, of course, work very long hours.

A unique suggestion comas from Dunedin, says the Star. -There nas for .-iome time been a growing feeling amon" the retailers of the city, particularly the drapers, that it would be greatly to their advantage to adopt the practice in vogue in the wholesale places, of closing their premises for the lunch limit'. Under the- present conditions, for iwo hours of the day there is a complete disorganisation of business in the retail establishments owing to half the staff being absent for lunch, and by closing for an hour the staff would be maintained at full strength throughout (lie hours of business. Already '.bout a ; dozen of the principal drapery r'rms have 'expressed themselves as strongly in favor of the alteration, and an effort is to be made to bring the other retail trades into line. The advantages «> the larger establishments wi'i bo so apparent that there is a r-iasonable prospect of the practice of closing at midday becoming fairly general. The buying public soon adapt themselves to altered conditions, and although at the outset some little inconvenience may be caused to customers, the few who shop during the midday hours will speedily become accustomed to the change. In the 'Puiigarehu Methodist Church, this evening, a lecture on "The Romance of the Fiji Isles" will be given oy ihe Rev. R. B. Gosnell. The lecture wili be illustrated l;y many beautiful views, and Mr. Gosnell will sing a hymn in the native language. A collection -vilt be taken up for Foreign Mission work. A reminder is given of the clearing sale to be held, on the Carrington Road on Thursday afternoon, on account of Mrs S. Fetch The family have been dairying for 45 years and this is their second clearing sale. Hundreds of thirsty towels waiting ■for water are offered you at the Big Store, Waitara. ffig soft towels that soak up the water and quickly rub you dry, and considering war conditions the low prices quoted will prove a pleasant surprise. Come and see them.

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