LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1928, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The New Plymouth Harbour Board is considering the question of establishing a superannuation fund for its employees. “This habit of insurance is the outcome of th© British love of gambling,” declared Mr. C. H. Weston, in the course of a few remarks at a meeting of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night. Is an electric stove part of the furniture of a house, or part of the house itself? The question recently cropped up in connection with a fire not 100 miles from New Plymouth. After some consideration it was decided to pay out insurance on the stove as part of the house itself.

Arising out of a complaint from a motorist in Taranaki concerning trouble he had with a drover, read at a meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association, a discussion arose on the relations existing between motorists and drovers in the Wanganui district. The chairman, Mr. D. McFarlane, said that he thought a good spirit prevailed among drovers and motorists locally, and it was the association’s aim to foster this good feeling, says the local Chronicle. The well-known winning Alsatian, Gluck of Mattesdon, which has beaten 150 of its kind at an open B.A.A. show in London, under the famous German judge, Tobias Ott, and which is also a Crystal Palace winner, will be released from quarantine next week, and make its first public appearance at the dog parade in New Plymouth on March 24. She has been brought out to New Zealand by tbs Alsatian breeder, Mr. L. Stonnell, who is at present residing in New Plymouth. One of the crew of an improvised armoured tank came to grief on the occasion of the recent naval demonstration at Samoa. In recording the Incident, th© Samoa Guardian says:—“One sailor was unfortunate enough to tumble off th© contraption when rounding the corner near the Central Hotel. His injuries were a broken limb. The armoured car was built out of sheet iron, placed round th© top of a motor lorry. There were a few little peepholes on the sides. Later the ‘tank’ was used to give some of the members of the Mau a joy-ride to Vaimea.” During the past week or two the grass in south and central Taranaki has come away like a spring flush, and many dairymen have the joyful experience of increasing the number of milk tins they ar© sending to the factories, and the latter of increasing the number of their vats or their churnings. The warm weather following soaking rains have been responsible for this happy result. North Taranaki, unfortunately, has not had the same experience. Tli« rains have not been sufficient to thoroughly wet the parched ground, and grass is consequently still short and dairymen are compelled to encroach upon their winter reserves. Rain in the north is urgently required. Goats are becoming as great a nuisance in Taranaki’s back country as in the mountain reserve, stated a wellknown sportsman to a News’ representative yesterday. At Tarata the other day he went out for a day’s shooting, and got over 30 goats. In the Tongaporutu back district the goats were increasing, a« they were in the steep country right back to the Tangarakau. Wherever they wer© they were clearing th© country of vegetation and the young trees of their bark. Deer ate the grass but never barked th© young trees, and therefor© were not half the menace the goats were. Goats were also becoming a burden to th© farmers near the mountain radius line. No fences could keep them back. On© day th© same shootist bagged between 20 and 30 on one such farm. Goats, h© said, doubled their numbers every year, and Taranaki people could easily calculate whdt it meant to the forest reserve if a systematic effort were not soon made to diminish their numbers. The Stratford jubilee skating championship will be decided in th© Stratford town hall to-night. The carnival will provide plenty of fun for everyone. Webster Bros, advertise for sale by auction on account of the D.O.A. in ths bankrupt estate of H. L. Martini, of all his stock-in-trade of contractors’ plant, stock and fittings, etc. Particulars will appear in a later issue. In the report of the bankruptcy meeting of H. L. Martini it would appear from tli© remarks of Mr. L, M. Moss that Ogilvie and Company had issued a writ against Martini a year ago because Martini was believed to be holding himself out as a partner. What Mr. C. H Croker did say was that some time before March, 1927, his firm had reason tn believe that Martini had held himself out as a partner to Ogilvie and they therefore advised Ogilvie to have the matter cleared up immediately. Croker and McCormick received Instructions from Ogilvie to clear the matter up and did so. This was obviously correct, as the writ was not issued until July 15.

The Railway Department advises that Sunday, 18th March, 1928, will be the last day on which the usual Hawera-New Plymouth Breakwater Sunday trains will be run this season. Savings that are worth while at the Melbourne, Ltd., To-day. A special One Day Offer of some of the smartest of our ladies’ Model Frocks. -5-guinea silk foulard frocks for 49/6; 6-guinea Ninon frocks for 59/6; 4-guinea fancy crepe de chine frocks for 42/6. Come in and ask to see these special Sale Bargains. Attention is drawn to the Second-hand Clothes’ Sales to be held in the Workers’ Social Hall this afternoon, at 1.30 p.m. One of the features of th© sale is the splendid selection of men’s clothing, including two dress suite and one frock coat, in first-class order. There ia also a very wide range in women’s and children's clothing. To-morrow begins th© final days of our summer clearance sale. Every department shows striking reductions. Dress materials drastically marked down for complete disposal. Unparalleled savings in Manchester goods. To-morrow I Be early at the Hustlers, Devon Street, New Plymouth,