LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

( A section in Devon Street East, near Rover Street, with a frontage of S3J feet and 1 rood 32 perches in area, was offered by public auction by Messrs Newton King, Ltd., on Saturday. The section was passed in as there was no bidding.

There was a big penning of pigs at Newton King, Ltrt.'s New Plymouth haymarket on Saturday, but the 'market showed a decline. Weaners made from Lis to 245, slips ..CI (i s to £1 12s, stores from £2 7s to £3 2s.

A return prepared for members of Parliament shows that general headquarters staff of the New Zealand S?aff Corps includes one major-general at a salary of £I2OO, one brigadier-general £100(1, three lieutenant-colonels £Ol5, two majors £47"), three captains £3(15, and one lieutenant £36;".

The postal authorities advise that the s.s. Westralia left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the oth hist for Wellington. She carries 118 bags of mails, including ten from the East. The s.s. Ma.nima sailed from San Francisco on the nth inst for Wellington. She carries 7fio bags of mail and 1178 parcel receptacles for -Yew Zealand. On Wednesday, at the Workers' Social Hall. L. A. Nolan and Co. will submit to auction furniture and effects of a lady Ijnvlnjj New Pi/mouth

, The liner itennieni, which, according to ;t wireless message, will arrive at Wellington next .Tuesday from London and Sdiiiliauipton; via Panama, is bringing ■)■"> first saloon, !)3 second saloon, and 434 third-class passengers.

The Customs duties collected during the September quarter amounted to £2,210,24,1, as compared with £1,003,370 in the corresponding quarter last year; the increase in the last quarter was thus more than 100 per cent. The revenue from excise duties totalled £101,973 as against £(13,058.

The Prime Minister, replying in the House to a question by a, Labor member, said:—"lt is not likely that I shall be able to be present nt the Imperial Conference or Imperial Cabinet, whichever is held-next year, for,reasons that lion, members perfectly understand, but it is possible that New Zealand will he represented by at least one gentleman who proposes to visit JOngland next year, possibly by two, and (here is also the High Commissioner, who is thoroughly well qualified to represent the views of New Zealand on Imperial and other questions."

A return of the total amount spent to date by the Housing Department (including administration), and the total number of bouses completed to date, was furnished to the House of Representatives on the motion of Mr. W. A. Veitch (Wanganui). The expenditure from December 1, 1010, to October 13, 1920, was £154,000, The number of houses completed was 21. In addition there were on that date 342 dwellings in course of erection or for which contracts had been let.

Some of the coal which tiie Government has purchased from Australia is said to be of very poor quality indeed, and is giving considerable trouble to firemen, who find it difficult, not only to get up steam, but also to keep up steam, and trains are frequently delayed at wayside stations while the necessary steam power is accumulated. Passengers by (he 11.50 train from New Plymouth on Saturday had an experience with this eoal, it being a quarter past twelve before the engine had generated sufficient steam (o enable the train to leave the station, and even then the services of an assisting engine had to be enlisted to give it a push off on its journey,

The corteges yesterday on the occasion of the burial of (lie late Mayor and the late Captain Russell made up the largest and most impressive funeral ever seen in Taranaki. The duty of marshalling such a large assemblage was ably carried out by the general manager of the New Plymouth Borough Council (Mr. F. T.' Bellringer i and the chief inspector (Mr. R. Day), and the arrangements worked very satisfactorily. A feature of the military funeral was the fine body of men who comprised the firing party, the splendid turn-out being the subject of praise. All the arrangements made by the R.S.A. were highly creditable, the organising of SergtMajor l Bell and Sorgt.-Major Roper greatly contributing to the success of the parade. There was a fire at Stratford yesterday. Shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon an outbreak occurred at the residence of Mr. A. IX MaePherson, Regent Street, and resulted in the washhouse and all its contents being destroyed, and part of the kitchen damaged. A strong wind was blowing at the time, but fortunately it was in the opposite direction from the main building. The brigade was promptly on the scene, but a bucket brigade had the fire fairly well under control. The building and contents were insured in the State Office.

The decision of the Auckland provincial executive of the Farmers' Union to take an active part in politics is meeting with widespread support among the branches of the union. At a meeting of the executive, resolutions approving of the decision were received from 20 brandies. The resolutions were in response to a circular letter issued by the executive setting forth in general terms the action it was proposed to take in regard to the formation of a political party. The chairman, Mr. A. A. Ross, said the question had been discussed* at the Dominion conference of the union,, and it had been decided that the matter should be referred to the branches and come up for final decision at the next Dominion conference. The replies from the Auckland branches meant that the executive had practically received a mandate on the question.

The annual Sale of Work in connection with St. Mary's Ladies' Guild, will this year be held in combination with the Hose Show, commencing on Wednesday afternoon next, and continuing the following afteroon. The Rose Show will be held in the main room of St. Story* Hall and the Sale of Work in the adjoining room. In spite of the stormy weather of the past week a good display of roses is expected. The schedule provides classes to suit' every class of garden, prizes being offered for the champion bloom and other important exhibits, also for children's classes. The stalls in connection with St. Mary's Guild will be stocked with a large and varied assortment of useful articles, of the usual quality for which the Guild is noted and at prices within the reach of everyone.

Cheaper than -wholesale. Ladies' allwool cashmere hose, 5s (id, at the Melbourne; Ltd. Also men's extra quality linen collars, all shapes, Is fid; boys' washing ties, i)d; single bed all-wool white blankets 39s fld pair; double bed white blankets 4!)s fid pair. Only limited supplies of blankets in stock.

Oncers and storekeepers will be consulting their own interests as well as their clients if they recommend "Fairy Wonder' Dry Soap to their customers. There is nothing like selling a good article at a moderate price to build up a ■business. Handling . li Fa.iry Wondertf both buyer and seller are mutually 'satisfied. "Fairy" performs all that is, claimed for it, and more.

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Ask distinctly for SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, or else you may receive one of the many substitutes. Tho GENUINE SANDER EXTRACT cures colds, fevers, indigestion; prevents infectious diseases and heals ulcers, poisoned wounds, skin diseases, burns, sprains, etc. It is much more powerfully antiseptic than »re common eucalyptus and does not depress or irritate like the latter.

The supply of strawberries to the Auckland market has been retarded by the recent cold weal her, but the daily quantity is now steadily increasing. Trices remain the same, fruit from old beds fetching from la (id to la lOd, and that from new beds realising from la lOd to 2s 6d per box. In the Gazette issued on Thursday evening it was notified that the consent of the Government had been given to the following local bdpies to raise the amount stated against each:—Ohura County Council, £25,000; Waimate West County Council, .1T24.520; Stratford Borough Council, '.C12,000; Whangamoniona County Council, £1500; Egmont County Council, £d">o.

Up till three years' ago camphor was a comparatively cheap commodity. It could be purchased wholesale in Wellington at 3s (id per lb, and as it is light in weight a pound could be divided into many cakes for use as an antiseptic and purifier. .Since then Japan has became aware that, in Formosa and Japan, she possesses a world's monopoly, and so well did she use her powers that the wholesale price soared up as high as 22s fid per lb (over (100 per cent.), and at the present time the wholesale price of camphor is 18s per lb, as compared with •3s 6d some three years ago.

The vital statistics for October show that the total births registered for the four metropolitan areas amounted to 792, as against 813 in September—a decrease of 21. The deaths in September were 4fi7—a decrease of 5 as compared with the previous month. Of the total fieaths, males contributed 261, females 200. Ninety-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 20.55 per cent of the whole number. Seventy of these were under one year of age. The deaths of 230 persons of (1.) years and upwards were registered during October, as against 247 in the previous month. Five deaths last month were of persons over 90 years of age.

Tho advisability of abolishing the entrance fee charged to nurses entering the St. Helen's Homes for a period "of training was suggested to the Minister for Public Health by Mr. H. E. Holland (Buller). The Minister (Hon.' C. J. Parr) said that the fees had been reduced considerably so that nurses who came from other hospitals were charged £5, Hnd those without any trailing £lO. The amount received in this way was so insignificant in the aggregate that he agreed it would he better to waive it altogether He was at present in consultation with the Department to see if that could be done.

The disease known as fireblight, which has been introduced into the Auckland district, is causing considerable concern to the Agricultural Department. Tt is increasing, and until authority has been obtained to destroy infected fruit, trees and hedges its spread cannot be stopped. Kvcry,_ precaution is being taken to confine the disease to the northern district. The arrivals in the Dominion during the month of October totalled 3301, as compared with 2(182 in October of last year. The departures numbered 3072, as against 1i)43 The excess of arrivals over departures last month was 71fl, and )>y a strange coincidence that was exactly the difference in October last year,