LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1926, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A little girl of about four or five years of age, named Nora McGahey, was admitted to the New Plymouth Public Hospital yesterday suffering from a broken (elbow received from a fall while playing with some children. Last night she was .reported to be progressing favourably. With the dual object of disposing of cull cattle at .profitable prices and of ensuring that cull eows will not find their way back into dairy herds the farmers of the Auroa district have followed the lead of the Wairarapa farmers in conducting cull cattle drives. The first drive was completed on Tuesday when 83 cattle were collected and despatched to the Patea Freezing Works. In view of the probable adoption of the scheme by the numerous branches of the Farmers’ Union ' throughout South Taranaki, or by the central executive, considerable interest is being evinced as to the results of the Auroa drive.

“The charitable aid expenditure has been heavy during the past year, and the present indications are that employment is going to be scarce during the coming winter,” said Mr. A. J. Phillips, secretary to the Palmerston North Hospital Board in presenting the estimates for the year 1926-1927 to the board this week. Thestimate last year for outdoor charitable aid was £2500, and the actual payments £2623 2s 7d. The .proposed estimate this year is £2600. “This provision would a” pear to be the minimum which can be made,” said the secretary “There are many American people who want to come over here,” said Mr. W. J. von Behren, of Palm Beach, Florida, who arrived in Wellington by the Corinthie "but I find, as they will, that our geography is all at sea. How do we know of New Zealand ? Well, there is quite r lot in the papers, but I heard of it ft the Rotary men you sent over to us, good men, too. They could tell us anything we wanted to know, and they made me want to come here.”

“So far as I can find out only one incident, by no means regrettable, of our stay in New Zealand seems to have caught the public eye, and that was the ceremonial greeting that I exchanged with the famous Maori lady guide outside the meeting-house in the Maori village pf Whakarewgrewa,” stated Lord ’Burnham at a dinner given in London by Sir James and Lady Allen in honour of the Imperial press delegates. The attention of athletes is drawn io the Kaponga ports Club’s meeting on the “22nd instant for which nominations close with the secretary, at Kaponga, to-night. Good prizes are offered for both running and cycling events and competitors should lose no time in getting their entries in.

Stamford and Co., Ltd., of Wellington, announces that their permanent waving specialist has arrived in New Plymouth and is operating for one week only on the Eugene machine at Miss Hyde’s Toilet Salos, opposite the Criterion Hotel. Single curl 6/6. Time ten minutes. ’Phone 602.

The Riverton Star says that elose on £5,000)000 of American money will be invested in the Nitrates Company in the Sounds. Nine mea from the Public Works Department are undertaking the survgy of the country, including a survey of the tunnel for conveying the water from Lake Manapouri. There is » certain Christchurch citizen who displays an amazing zeal in the prompt payment of his quota towards the expense of city administration (states the Press). For the fifth year in succession, last week he paid a deposit on the next year’s rates, and for the last five years he has been the possessor of the first receipt from the machine in the rata collector’s department at the City Council’s office. The pastoral staff used by Archbishop Averill for the first time at the dedication service at Arapuni on Sunday is the work and gift of Mr. F. B. Hall, of Hamilton. Three years ago the clergy of the Archdeaconry of Waikato .presented the Bishop of Auckland with a light staff for use on his visitation tours. The inscription stated that when there was a Bishop of Waikato this staff should be the property of the bishop of that diocese. It was a happy thought on the part of Mr. Hall to make and give to the Primate in his office as Bishop of Auckland a portable staff to take the place of the one which now awaits the arrival of the Bishop of Waikato. It is of aluminium and oak and is skilfully made. Canadian papers report a big gold rush to the Red Lake area, of the Province of Ontario, and optimistically report that it bids fair to out-do that which took place to the Yukon in 1898. Prospectors state that the Hudson Bay Company’s men and the natives of the Red Lake district are amazed at the trek of men into a country they had long regarded as only good for hunting. Dozens of prospecting outfits are swarming nothwwrds over the new trails, some of them even travelling at night to beat competitors into the new field. According to old-timers who have returned, the frendlinees of prospecting days of the past is absent in the present rush. Outfits pass each other on the trail with sometimes only a grunt of salutation, as compared with the friendly trail-side ehats of the past. There is an air of intense seriousness and feverish haste in it all, they say. Accommodation on fevry steamers during holiday periods is usually taxed to the utmost. Good berths are at a premium, and there is many a holidaymaker who is glad to get even a “’Shake-dowit”-—anything almost as long as he can make the trip. This, however, was not the case with two ladies on the ferry steamer Maori on a recent evening. They had purchased their tickets, but once aboard the ship they began to make things somewhat lively for six men. A six-berth cabin reserved for men was commandeered by the two ladies (perhaps in ignorance) before the arrival of the rightful occupants.' Even when the position was explained and the men had shown their berth tickets, the ladies refused to leave the cabin. An umbrella, it is said, was used by one of tho women to bar the door way, and finally, seeing that the ladies were adamant, the men withdrew lo find othei- sleeping quarters. Wireless played a part in establishing the identity of a bogus Australian doctor who was sent to penal servitude for three years at the Old Bailey, London, on February 10, for a whirlwind series of cheque frauds on city firms and colonial banks in London. Detectives wirelessed the man’s linger prints to Western Australia 12,000 miles away. The finger prints were found to tin those of a man who had been previously convicted in the Commonwealth.

While excavating in the tomb of Ramose, at Thebes, Mr. Robert Mond unearthed an ancient Egyptian plough, complete with, share and coulter. The share is made of hard wood, and its leather thongs are in a good state of preservation. The plough hears the Royal cartouche of Pharoah AWienaten or Amenophis IV., to whom Ramose was vizier.

In a short address delivered by Mr. David Miller, Government entomologist, at the last meeting of the New Zealand Forestry League, he gave an example of a destructive New Zealand borer, the two-toother long-horn beetle. This insect, he said, is of the “hu-hu” type, but smaller. Naturally, the larvae bore in dead wood in the forests, but of late years seasoned timbers in buildings and furniture have been extensively attacked, and considerable damage done. This insect is brought from its natural breeding grounds in firewood especially, and when this is stored for use either in or near dwellings an excellent source of infection is established. However, there is not so much to fear at present, said Mr. Miller, from the native borers of dead timbers as from the introduced species. Perhaps the best-known example of these forms is the common house borer (Anobium); this insect attacks a great variety of timbers, kauri, totara, and oak not Excepted, though these are attacked to a less extent than others, such as white pine. Sapwood is more susceptible than heart wood, but the . beetle is active almost equally in both badly ventilated and dark situations. The industry of leadlight making started by Harwoods Ltd. some twelve months ago, has proved to be a great boon for the public of Taranaki, for I they can now seleq£ designs in their own town and secure quick delivery and be assured of no breakages. The staff has grown from one to three in 12 months, and the firm thanks all the people who have helped us in putting the department on sueh a solid footing. New stocks of fancy glass have just lauded, and we are now in a position to make up ever nicer designs than ever, and remember our lead-lights do not leak.*

Cut out the “shoddy” stuff is the Melbourne, Ltd.’s advice to men when buying trousers. Why not pay a little more and get something that will wear well and wash well and keep its good appearance right to the last thread. Besides when you buy a New Zealand all-wool trousers for 19s 6d at the Melbourne you’re fostering local industry. Now the days and nights are colder it naturally reminds us that we want wanner garments for day and night wear. McGruer’s have just opened their new stocks of flannels, flannelettes, ripple cloths, blankets, coatings, velvets, wool dress materials, Aza and Viyella flannels, etc. These goods are all new and are showing in all the newest colourings and designs, and are all reasonably priced so they will be within the reach of the smallest purse. Call to-day, we will be pleased to show you these smart and attractive new season’s goods. Freeh chills and colds unlese tackled at once may lead to a difficult cough or bronchitis. Use Nazol freely and it will give immediate relief. 3.