LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A young man was arrested by Constable Parkinson at New Plymouth yesterday afternoon on a charge of attempted theft from one of the bedrooms at the White Halt Hotel. Mails which left Wellington on August 18, per R.M.S. Marama, via 'Frisco, and those which left Auckland on August 26, per R.M.S. Niagara, via Vancouver, arrived at London on September 25 and 26 respectively. The Corinthic, which arrived from London on Monday, had a number of immigrants aboard, including 40 domestio servants. The men and women seemed a very fine stamp of immigrant, and the children all looked well and healthy. The voyage was uneventful. There was little sickness, and on the whole the immigrants enjoyed good health and a splendid voyage. The re-marriage of war widows is a remarkable feature of the matrimonial market in the United Kingdom. Of 233,700 war widows in Great Britain, including only 300 officers' widows, 85,000 have already 1 married again, and these marriages are going on at the rate of 2000 a month. The steamer Rimu made her last trip on the New Plymouth-Onehunga service yesterday, sailing for the northern port in the afternoon. The Rarawa will replace the Rimu at the end of this ,\veek, and sailed from Auckland at' 10 o'clock on Monday night for Whangarei, where she will load 150 tons of cement for Jfew Plymouth, being due here on Eridny morning. No advice has yet been received as to whether any sug&r will be included in the Rartuva's cargo.

The New Plymouth Bowling Cliib'a property in Brougham Street lias been ei>ld. It is understood that the purchaser intends to transform the property into a home, retaining the bowling green as a tennis court. For thirty years it has been the playing green of the New Plymouth Bowling Club, but increasing membership recently compelled the Club to seelc a fresh site. Two greens have been laid down in Courtenay Street, and the new property is expected to be ready-for use in February. The. employees in the furniture trade in Hawera have secured the abolition of Saturday work by doing their 44 hours during the first five days of the week. When the Conciliation Council was discussing the furnituro trade agreement at New Plymouth yesterday, a delegate explained that the Hawera men,- by arrangement with their employees, worked an extra 48 minutes (over the eight tours) and finished their' working week on Friday. It was stated that the alt«ration was working satisfactorily. "Women who marry strangers who have just arrived in the colony, must not assume that they have a right to a divorce sfimply because they are subsequently deserted," said Mr. Justice Salmond at the Supreme Court in Auckland. His Honor added that the only women whp could get a divorce here were the wives of New Zealanders, that is, persons who were New Zealanders by birth or adoption. Strangers could not be divorced in the Dominion.

Floods in the back country of Timaru were responsible for upsetting the arrangements for a wedding ,at Mackenzie. The bride's home was in the vicinity of Tormore, about ten miles from the church, and when the time for the ceremony drew near the roads to the township were found to be so badly flooded as to be impassable for cart traffic. After three hours' delay, the ceremony was carried out at the bride's residence. At tie Tormore railway station, when the train came through, the water was ankle deep around the station, and one at least of the lady guests at the wedding had to be carried to the railway platform.

The keenness with which trout anglers await the opening of the fishing season is well-known to every "knight of the rod." It is not often that anglers attempt to "throw a fly" before the opening day, but such a one was discovered recently. A couple of officers of the Taranaki Acclimatisation Society were informed that a man with a rod was whipping the stream, and on proceeding to the river the offender was caught iu the act. On being asked for an explanation of his conduct he stated he was the holder ,of a license, which was produced. A little argument convinced the angler that his license was not operative until October 1. On "finding out his error the offender was much surprised, and on being told he was liable to a heavy fine he quickly gathered in his line and left the river. The officers of the Society were quite convinced that the delinquent was ignorant, of the law of fishing licenses, and have decided not. to proceed further with the matter in this instance. "I think we are up against it again with respect to the discontinuance of the advances to soldiers," said Mr. J. D. Forbes (Oamaru) at the meeting of the District Council of the. Returned Soldiers' Association at Dunedm on Friday. He understood that only that morning the secretary of the ljunedin Association had been informed that no further grants were to be made for the purchase of houses, as it was' the intention of the Government to encourage the building of houses in preference to granting loans for the purchase of houses already built. The position was that a man could not build a house on the amount allowed (£750), and «>• »ry man, he considered, was entitled to a fair spin. He would move a resolution of protest regarding the loans . for houses and asking the Government to increase the advance £1250. The motion was eventually carried un- • ammoU3l.j\

A charge of breaking and entering the shop of J. K. Hawkins on September 23 and stealing the sum of 3s in money was preferred against a young man named Randolph A. Page at a sitting of the New Plymouth Court yesterday. On the application of the police, a remand to October 7 was granted.

Featherston cheese factory, with its output of 785 tons, is now the largest individual factory in New Zealand, says the Wairarapa Age. Riverdale factory occupied this position for many years, but last year its output was exceeded by Featherston by 10 tons. It is exfiected that the Featherston factory will handle at least an increase of 100 tons thia season over last.

A hair-cut will soon be a luxury. It was onee 6d, then Is, and after Friday it will be Is 6d. This increase ia now announced by New Plymouth hairdressers. The price for boys' hairdressing will be Is, except on Saturdays, vrhen the full amount of Is (id will be charged. Ninepence will be charged for shaving, and for a beard-trim, and a hair-cut and beard-trim will be la 9d.

An increase in the price of meat, to take effect from October 1, is announced by the butchers of Stratford. Under the new schedule' fillet steak will cost Is 3d per lb, and rump steak Is 2d. For sirloin beef, legs of mutton and corned beef, the charge is to be lOd per lb, and for legs of mutton (cut) and chops (loin) lid per lb. The increased price of stock is given as the reason for the advance. With reference to the remarks of our Pungarehu correspondent in our last issue dealing with the placing of returned soldiers on farms by the Repatriation Department, we are advised by the New Plymouth office of the department that in so far as this district is concerned the statement is in accordance with the actual position of things. For some time past the New; Plymouth office has had more offers from farmers willing to take trainees than it lias been possible to fill. The thanks of the Repatriation Department are due to all those farmers who have assisted in the work of repatriation by training discharged i soldiers

Tiie committee of the Old Girls' Ball held at New Plymouth last Friday are giving the amounting to £2O, to the building committee of the High School Boarding Hoiipe Fund. Tenders for the erection of a cottage for the Stratford District Hospital Board will be received by Mr. J. D. Healy, architect, Stratford, up to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 2. ,

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile wish to draw clients' attention to their Te Wera sale which they are holding in their Te Wera. .yards on .Friday, Ist October. Full particulars will be 'found on page 8 of this issue.

The Melbourne, Ltd., have just opened out from Home a 'fine range of white and unbleached damasks in a variety of choice designs, and prices to suit everyone. White damask, 54in., to 72in., from 6s lid to 123 Gd; unbleached damasks, 64in. to 6Sin., 5s lid to 8s Gd.- Also opened up with these, Horrockses' cali-. coes in all the leading numbers. "Fairy Wonder" Dry Soap is the new washing powder that has revolutionised household drudgery. Remember the name, "Fairy Wonder." Ask your grocer or storekeeper for it, and see that you get it. Don't allow yourself to be put off with any old out-of-date stuff' "Fairy" is stocked by all grocers and storekeepers.