LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As from to-day, all licensed houses will close the bars at six o'clock. A local poultry fancier (says the Timaru Herald) has sent to America for five birds, the price .of which totals £OO. The Carterton News suggests that conscientious objectors should be employed of the military camps in New Zealand, growing vegetables in the neighborhood "Airmakes of butter reduced to Is 2d per ib, as from. Monday, 12th November," is the text of an advertisement in the Nolsoa Colonist. , A start 'is likely to be made with the construction of a concrete motor track on the Hutt road shortly. The Wellington Gity Council, as the constructing authority, has obtained legislative authority to borrow £30,000 for the work. There is nothing quite so nice for summer wear as a silk, shirt. The Melbourne, Ltd., has an excellent stock of these in the following silks: Fine Japanese tussore' silk ,at .lis Odj grand wearing ten momme weight white Japanese silk shirts, 14s Cd; famous Fuji silk shirts 15s 6d. Stocked in both tonnis and neglige. "I know of a man in the Gisbornc district whose net income was £07,000, and' yet he paid no excess profits tax," said Mr. G. R. Sykes, M.P., at the P. and T. re-union in Mastertqn on Saturday, when discussing the failure of the excess profits tax to achieve the object for which it was intended.

Everything you wasje is a 'blow struck for the enemy, 'Everything you save is a Wow struck for your country. Every time you waste something you cause people to work longer to produce a thing for your benefit, whereas if you had been economical they would have been working to defeat the enemy.—W. M. Hughea. A vessel that lately came to New Zealand has had a most interesting career. She was sunk, and for two years was lying on the sea bottom, when she was refloated and converted into a five-mast-ed fore "and aft schooner, owing to the shortage of tonnage, and with the combination of steamer hull and sailing ship rig is said to present a Tather peculiar appearance.

Speaking to a Press representative on Saturday evening, Sir Joseph Ward said that, despito the rumors, there was nothing definite at all to be said about the proposed Imperial Conference. No action could he taken about one from this end, and the Government had received no word about it from the Imperial Government. As matters were at present, he thought that it was very unlikely one would be held, for some time, at any rate.

In the last issue of the New Zealand Gazette appears the name of Chas. Moyes, of Patea, ordered to parade for medical examination. This (says the Patea Press) is evidently another blunder, for the only Charles Moyes we have heard of was killed on the Western front some six months ago. The deceased solidier was one of the first to volunteer, and at the time of his enlistment was on the stac of the Patea Farmers' Co-operative Freezing Company, Ltd.

A rather novel system of strawberrv culture wrs seen last week in Waimato. consisting of an old cask filled with sail and holes bored around tho sides, from which the plants were growing and blooming in great profusion (says the Waimate Times). On the open top of the cask one of the newly-introduced American varieties—Ettersburg (planted in 1916) was growing, and almost occupied the whole top, being fully three feet in circumference, while the height was quite eighteen inches. ,

In a day or two the new cheese store at the Winter Show Buildings in Hawera will be full (says the Star). Already upwards of 22,000 crates have been stored there, and about another 3000 will be its full Kaupokonui have already about 3506 crates in their new store, and the cheeses are going in at the rate of about 200 crates per day. Mangatoki expect to have their new insulated store ready for receiving cheese at the beginning of the coming week, but the new store at Patea will probably not be ready till well on in January. It is jto be sincerely hoped that some of the cheese can be got on board the Home liners soon; otherwise a blockage is bound to occur.

An English tourist, travelling in Germany before the war, was much impressed with what he saw of the German array manoeuvres.' As he was watching some evolutions the axle of a motor ambulance broke. Instantly the men in charge leaped out, ran into a village near, returned with a new axle, and fitted it in place with remarkable skill and rapidity. "That's efficiency!" said the tourist. "There's. German efficiency for you! No matter what goes, there is always something to take its place." The tourist was not so favorably impressed when he returned to the village and found his motor-car missing. The Hawera Dairy Company's new branch factory at Tawhiti, which was officially opened oil Wednesday last, consists of a making room 07ft x 64ft, boiler room 22Jft x 12} ft, coal room 16ft x 12£ ft, engine room 18& ft x. 12Jft, receiving stage 23ft x 12|ft, starter room Sift by 12Jft, bathroom 12Jft by Oft, cheese holding room 25ft x 12Jft, and salt room 12Jft x 12ft. All the visitors were greatly impressed with the beautiful tiled whey tank, 22ft x Bft x 4ft deep, that has been built at this factory. It is an excellent pieco of work, and in keeping with the remainder of this model factory. The total cost of the factory was £2ooo—Star. It was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria, at Melbourne, that (1) SANDER'S EXTRACT is much, more powerfully healing and antiseptic than ordinary eucalvptus preparations; (2) SANDER'S EXTRACT does not depress the heart like the so-called "extracts" and crude oils; (3) SANDER'S EXTRACT is highly commended by many authorities as a safe, reliable and effective household remedy. Get the genuine--iiuMx if Von have to—and be Ladies and! invalid* will find Simland'* Ifiignoiiia a valuable enrrecUn; '•>!• jlck headache, and a mild laxative

The Borough. Council notifies that the tramways summer timetable will como into force as from to-day, December 1. A record attendant was readied at West End school on Thursday, wh<n 301 pupils were present out of a" roll of 521. The Premier says there are over one thousand New JJcalanders serving in the Australian forces abroad.

The vagaries of war. One Wellington soldier (an officer) has a son three years' old, whom he has not seen (says the Dominion).

The net customs duty collected at New Plymouth during November totalled £ir>74 13s, as compared with £!H10 fis 2d for the same month of last year. The beer duty was £lsl 15s, as 'compared with £145 6s lOd for last November.

A cattle fair, held at Masterton on Wednesday, realised a sum of over £12,000. The best price obtained was for a line of seventy forward Shorthorn bullocks, bred by Mr. John Strang, of "Glenside," which realised £l7 Us per head.

A Press Association message from Hawera states: The Bristol and Dominions agents for the Now Zealand Co-operative Producers' Association of England, as Honey Producers' Association, cabled as follows, under dato November 2o: "Pay eightpence per pound for first grade honey when shipped." This will be good news to hundreds of beekeepers.

A thief who specialised in the acquisition of other people's overcoats was caught by the Wellington' police hut week, and he appeared in the Magistrate's Court on Thursday, on five charges. His plan was to go into a hotel, take a coat from ono of the pegs, and walk out as if he owned it. In one big hotel he secured several valuable coats.

"If we had juries who applied what has been called the 'unwritten law,' this Dominion would not be fit to live in," said Mr. Justice Cooper • recently in the course of the Birkenhead assault ease. Earlier in the day, when a passing reference was made' to the same subject, His Honor had remarked that New Zealand recognised no unwritten law. If a man found an adulterer in actual guilty relations with his wife and killed that person, the husband was held responsible only for manslaughter, but that was as far as the law went.

The country throughout South Taranaki is beginning to show tho effect of the dry weather, and it is not nearly so fresh looking as it was a fortnight ago (remarks the Hawera Star). Farmers who fear a drought can take some consolation from the deductions of an old gentleman who lived in Motueka—Mr. Saxon. He was a most careful observer of climatic conditions for fifty years, and he noticed, amongst other things, that when rain came on the fourth, fifth or sixth day of the new moon there was rarely, if ever, a drought during that moon. There should, therefore, be no drought this moon, but perhaps Taranaki conditions may not coincide with Nelson's in this respect. Sir Joseph Ward, speaking to the Wellington newspapers on Thursday, said: "Let me shortly state what has had to be provided for by the Minister of Finance in connection with war expenditure from October 1 to November 28, that is, practically a period of eight weeks. The total sum is. £5,i>23,870. In addition to this, it must be remembered thai it is impossible to know at present what further liabilities have accrued abroad in connection with this titanic struggle in which New Zealand is taking its part with the other portions of tho British Empire. Within the last fortnight I have had to provide a sum of £600,000 for a special and urgent purpose for which no provision was made by. Parliament, because such a requirement could not be foreseen by anyone." An interesting bit of amateur detective work on the lines of Sherlock Holmes was instanced at the Wanganui Supreme Court the other day, during the hearing of a divorce case. The petitioner said he had reason to believe that his wife was staying with another man at an hotel at Palmerston North. The petitioner said he searched the hotel register, but without success. At 6 o'clock the following morning he returned to the hotel and started a tour of the passages upstairs, with the result that he found footgear, including his wife's boots, which were of striking pattern, outside a bedroom door. The petitioner noted the number on the door, and, returning to the hotel register, found the room occupied by a "Mr. and Mrs. Roberts." Petitioner then returned to a convenient spot near the "Roberts'" apartment, and when the housemaid with morning tea knocked and obtained admission, he also went in, and greeted the occupants with the cheering remark, "Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts." The Bluff Press understands that Mr, Claverly Cunningham some years ago bequeathed his estate, then estimated to be of the value of about £9OOO, to the Christchurch Domain Board, and expressed the desire that the money, should be devoted to the laying out of a winter garden. Mr. Cunningham's will was subject to the condition that his brother, Mr. G. L. H. of Wellington, should enjoy the income of the estate during his life. The death of Mr. G. L. H. Cunningham has now made the estate the property of the Christchurch Domain Board. Roses and lilies—rosea for love and lilies for children —the beautiful flowers of marriage, these are used as symbols throughout "Maternity" with great effect. This altogether cheering and powerful photoplay has caught on in a remarkable manner, Conspicuous among the reasons for its success must be reckoned the work of Alice Brady. As the childless wife of a man who yearns for domestic happiness, she acts with rare restraint and power. David Powell is amongst the supporting cast. "Maternity" will be screened at both sessions at Everybody's to-day.

It is expected that the junior band will be well represented to-day at the garden party being held at "Dunure," the residence of Dr. Walker, Avenue road, in aid of St. Mary's Church funds. Baker's bus will convey the bandsmen, leaving the Eliot street tram section at 2 p.m. to proceed to the garden party. In the Oaonui Hall to-njorrow, the anniversary services in connection with the local Sunday school will bo held. The afternoon service at 2 will be conducted by the Rev. R. B. Gosnell, and the evening service at 7.30 by, the Rev. N. A. Papakakura, who will also render a solo. There will be special singing by the children at both services.—Advt.

The Citizens' Band will play at the East End Reserve (by special request of the ladies' committee) to-morrow (Sunday) at 3 p.m. The reserve committee will take up a collection in aid of the bandsmen's Christmas box. The usual dedication festival services in connection with St. Mary's Church will be held to-morrow, when the service will he conducted by the Rev. C. H. GrantCowan, and the evening service by the bishop of the diocese. Parishioners are reminded that the special envelopes relating to the extinction of the debt 'should lw-placed on the offertory plates at the.se services