LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Timaru there has been a fail of two inches of rain, which begun on Sunday morning and did not cease till Tuesday morning.—'Press Association.

The civil case Saunders v. Thompson, sot down for hearing at the Supreme Court sessions in New Plymouth, was settled last week, and should not have/ appeared in the list of cases heard.

It is estimated that the ball that is to be given to Lord Jellicoe in the Town Hall, Wellington, will cost £I2OO. The price of admission tickets has been fixed nt 30s, ladies' tickets costing the same as gentlemen's.

The Star Minstrel Troupe's entertainment given last Thursday in aid of the St. Mary's Peace Memorial Suauay School Building Fund Mart Day, realised over £OO, and after paying expenses the fund will benefit to the extent of £SO. "Good God, Sir, what chance does a man get of explaining anything to the police?" was the reply of'a witness to cross-examining counsel in the Supreme Court, when askod why he did not explain to the police certain circumstances relating to happenings in connection with which he had been arrested.

The statement is made by an influential Wellington resident that the railway mail services will be resumed early« in September. Also that the manager of the railways and the Minister for Railways ire holding out against this resumption, preferring it to take place five or six weeks later. Messrs. Lovell and Christmas, of Loudon, have donated a hundred guinea cup for the dairy competition at the Palmorston North Winter Show, Messrs. Rowson, Hodgson, and Co., of London, a £SO cup for the same purpose. Mr. James Bull has given a £SO trophy for the hunters' competition, and W. D. Watson a £2O trophy for ladies' hunters. —Press Association.

During a discussion on the payment of money for veils at the meeting of the Tariki dairy factory yesterday, the chairman stated that it would not do to include them in the supplier's monthly cheque, as in many cases the.veils belonged to the children, and as a supplier told him, if the money was included In the cheque the children seldom s&iw any of it.

Goods traffic is pretty heavy just now on the local section of the railways. A special train is run pretty well daily from Wanganui to Hawera, conveying necessary commodities. A special train of 18 trucks, with motor spirits and kerosene for Hawera, Eltham, and Stratford, arrived at Hawera from Patea on Saturday.- A small consignment of coai for the locomotives arrived at Hawera from New Plymouth on Monday, and it is expected that further supplier will arrive shortly.—Star.

" Tis an ill wind that blows nobody good," and the trite saying is applicable to the slow train service through the Main Trunk line. Passengers were delayed while the train took fresh truckloads of decaying timber, which sett'eiM had cleared off their sections and were getting £2 per cord for what was looked upon as a nuisance and useless. There were fully 30 truck Ipads going to Wellington to supply firewood to the residents of the Empire City. Somo questions were asked in the Supreme- Court yesterday in regard to whiskey-drinking. A witness was recounting the number of drinks indulged in by himself and some men who were engaged to do some repairs to his billiard tables, and the judge asked if the drinks they had had emptied the bottle. ■•No," was the reply, "we were watering them down well. In fact, my men had some very particular -work to do, and would not drink much."

The erection of a bridge over the Mokau River is claiming attention from Auckland M.P.'s and local bodies north of Taranaki. The Te Kuiti Chamber of Commerce is strongly advocating the bridge and completion* of the main road from Te Kuiti to Taranaki. When at Otorohnnga last week, Mr. W. T. .lunnings, M.P., met the contractor for the Mangore Bridge, buiit in reinforced concrete. This bridge is 900. feet hue, and cost £IB,OOO, taking 21 months in construction. The spans were 50 feet Mr. MeAdara, the contractor for -.his bridge, intends to visit Mokau tose* about soundings, approaches, and what sand and shingle is available. He thought the bridge could be constructed for £25,000.

A happy gathering of yonng peonle quite filled St. Andrew's Presbvteri'an Hall last evening, when the Rev. E. Pnlgravo Davy, of Auckland, opened the special young-life campaign. The children listened with rapt attention as Mr. Davy told his story, which was really a modern rendering of "The Pilgrim's Progress" for modern boys and girls. Bunyan's immortal allegory seems to have lost none of its charm for the young folk of to-day. A riddle competition and a rhyming competition are being held, arid are creating much interest and merriment. The second meeting is being held this evening at 7 o'clock. Adults are invited.

That dairy factory suppliers nowadays take keen interest in the doing of factories throughout the' province U manifest by the avidity with which they read the reports and compare +he returns published in the papers with the returns of their own factory. .<-. nether instance was noted at Tariki yesterday, when a supplier handed the chairman a paragraph cut from the Daily ,News, containing the remarks made by Mr. Taylor, manager of the Waitoitoi dairy factory relative to the need for suppliers taking better care ot their milk, the quality of which affected the yield. This the chairman read, and at the conclusion agreed that there was no doubt that the better the quality ol the milk the better would be the yield of cheese.

The Melbourne's sale offers exceptional opportunities of securing staple goods at reduced prices. For instance: Horrockses' M-inch ealicp, Is Gd; 35-inch heavy English flannelette, Is lid yard; navy drill print 2s 3d yard; 29-fricii nurse cloth, Is lid,-40-inch 2s 9d; 3fi-ineh madapolnm, Is (id yard; 3fl-iuch nainsook Is 3d yard.

Of the mnny washing compounds on the market "FAIRY WONDER" ta the only one dependable to do the work satisfactorily and well with a minimum of cost, labor, and fuel. It is by far the most economical to use, and* will turn clothes that have become a bad color beautifully snow-white in no time. Be sure and ask your grocer for it.

There is no remedy for Throat and Chest Troubles that has been tested so thoroughly and searchingly as "NAZOL." It gets more friends the more it is tried. If your throat troubles you, use "NAZOL."