LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"'Taranaki is the highest valued, the most fertile, and the most progressive of all the provinces in the Dominion."— Mr. J. Connett, at tile harbor ratepayers' meeting at Manaia on Wednesday. The Wairarapa Patriotic Association yesterday voted £ 1000 to. the British Bed Cross Fund. It is expetced that a similar amount will be raised by voluntary effort. —Press Assoc. A New Zealand hospital ship, which i& on her return voyage to the 'Dominion, is reported from a way port, all welk— Press Assoc. Following is the classification of reservists in New Plymouth drawn in the last ballot:—First Division. Olass A: Essential 1, partly essential 3, non-essential 2—G. Second Division, Class B: Partly essential 1. Second Division, Class C» Most essential 1, partly essential 27, essential 13, non-essential 9, unclassified C In connection with the schools' competitions, it lias been decided to have a grand concert this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Empire Theatre, when the successful competitors in the various classes will contribute the programme, giving the items by which the competition was won. Here the cream of the test items will be heard, and it is hoped there will 'be a large attendance of parents and friends of the scholars. Admission for adults will be one shilling and for children threepence. That one careless person can cause trouble to many was again illustrated last evening, when the Fox feature, "Playing Fair," I'.iled to arrive from Napier for screening at Everybody's. Fortunately, the management had another film to replace the missing number, and the programme was even better than the big audience had anticipated. Yesterday's 535 p.m. train to New Plymouth from Stratford had proceeded only a few hundred yards when a stone propelled through a carriage window, the missile and also broken glass striking a Waitara school pupil named Ellis in the eye, causing great inconvenience. At Inglewood the boy left the train, the stationfoaster endeavoring to remove some of the Window splinters which were discernible in the pupil and eyelid of the boy. Stone-throwing is not altogether confined to Stratford, as train travellers between town and Fitsroy are occasionally "peppered"' by the juvenile thrwer.

It is stated that at the present time fowl wheat is "being- imported from Sydney and landed in store in Wellington at a price equivalent to the f.o.b. price at Lyttelton for New Zealand wheat. The only provision made in the permit tinder which such wheat is allowed to be imported is that it shall not be sold at a price higher than the New Zealand maximum price. As the wheat is landed here at Cd per bushel less than the southern wheat can be landed, there is no difficulty in keeping absolute faith with the authorities—indeed, it is being sold under the price for New Zealand wheat. A public meeting of ratepayers of the Borough of New Plymouth will foe held at tlie Soldiers' Club at 7.30 this evening, for the purpose of discussing the proposal to borrow £>lo,ooo for street and footpath formation. The council has a comprehensive scheme for the utilisation of the loan, if sanctioned by the ratepayers, including the tarring of many df the main streets of the borough, and it is hoped the ratepayers will take the opportunity of to-night's meeting of acquainting themselves t with first-hand knowledge of what the council intends to do. Is there any profiteering in Now Zealand The answer to that question depends upon consider is profiteering (remarks the Eltham Argus). For instance, a purchaser went into a business place in New Plymouth and purchased a hundredweight of soap at 445. In the afternoon he met a friend who advised him that there was going to be a rise in the price of soap, anil recommended him to purchase some more. Accordingly he went back to the same store a. few hours later to purchase another hundredweight. He got the surprise of his life when he found that the price had jumped from 44s to 80s! Is that profiteering?

Travellers on the Hutt road, have noticed that since the internment camp has been established on Somes Island a large number of tramps are to be seen aimlessly wandering along the Hutt road. These men never seem to travel beyond Petone, and take a particular interest in the foreshore. "What are they looking for?" asKea a wellknown doctor to a Wellington reporter. "I travel this road very often in my motor car, and have done so for some years. Of late I have noticed that a considerable number of foreshore fishermen have made their appearance between Ngahauranga and Petone. My curiosity has been aroused,. and I have come to the conclusion that the fishermen are not there for catching fish, but for some other purpose. I have never seen one of these men catch a fish, and when it is remembered that during south winds most of the flotsam and jetsam of the harbor are cast up on the beach between these points one wonders if messages arc sent from the island to friends on the mainland by means of the wind and tide."

Don't sign the Wowser Petition, because they are agitators, and should not bo encouraged, hut should be interned during the war. Sign our petition, which protects your freedom. —Advt. "CAMBROO for me please." When you are invited to name your refreshment, call for CAMBROC DRY GINGER ALE. It is guaranteed made from an original Belfast formula, and is absolutely pure. worth a test, to test its worth. All hotels and stores. Daily News motor car services from New Plymouth to Hawera: Leaves 4.30 a.m., returning from Hawera (L. 0. Hooker's) 6.30 a.m., Eltham 6.50, Stratford 7.20, Inglewooil 7.50, Egmont Village S. Coach fares. G. Beere, proprietor, 525 Devon Street East, New Ply- ' mouth. Phone 253.—Advt

We have received the sum of 10a from Messrs Jackson and Paul towards the Ambury Memorial Fund, which we have handed over to the secretary. , In the Magistrate's Court yesterday morning, before Mr A. Crooke, S.M., a first offender was fined 10s (costs 7s) and L. J. Cattley was fined £3 (costs 12s) for breaches of prohibition orders.

A first offender for drunkenness, who had been remanded for medical treatment, appepared before Mr A. Crooke, S.M., yesterday, and on pleading guilty was convicted and discharged, being ordered to pay £1 lis 6d, costs of treatment.. On accused's own application, a charge against him, set down for hearing next week, of wilful damage to the glass doors of Bellringer Bros' shop, was also heard. He pleaded guilty and was convicted and fined £1 and ordered to pay £3 for the damage done, in default one month's imprisonment with hard labor.

Ladies, a dressing gown is so handy. Morey's are advertising some very pretty styles—splendid values. Bead their advertisement. Lovers of spring flowers are looking forward to St. Mary's Bulb Show which opens in St. Mary's Hall on Thursday next, sth September. The many bulbs and other harbingers of spring will in a few days, be at their best and the display next week should be the best of the many beautiful shows Which we are so accustomed to see in connection with this popular annual fixture. Buyers of men's suits should avail themselves of the Melbourne's great sale to buy their requirements while prices are reduced. Foremost among the sale offerings are pure wool indigo serge suits at Sps Gd, Oamaru B&nnockburn suits at 79s Gd, Boslyn tweed suits 49s Gd and Petone and Cambridge suits at 79s Gd and G9s Cd respectively. All suits are tailored and finished in superior style and each suit is boxed. "The Winding Trail," with wonderful little Viola Dana in the lead, is a fiveact Metro screen romance of the west in the mining and prospecting days of the 70's before ever railroads were known, and, portraying all the trials and thrilling experiences as encountered on the desert and in a rough mining camp and finally in the swiftly-moving life of the plains. Western deserts and dance halls furnish the locale for "The Winding Trail," and danger and the desert cast a spell of romance over the brilliant story of love and revenge. This splendid photoplay is at present "showing at the Empire.