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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144666, 28 April 1915, Page 2

Among Um commodities whose pric e has boon .greatly affected by the.wards indigo, whioh is normally quoted at (id per lb., bnt is now realising, Hs (id. A Belgian Hag -.sold -at the Plimmerflall .Company's perfov.manoe at Hawera realised £79. 'the highest price given was £l9, by Miss tlir.d, and the next £8 10s, given by Mrs. MTvcuzic. Mr. G. W. Browne addressed a meeting ,oX .eloctois at the Good, Templar Hall on Thursday night Ln support of *V> candidature .for tho mayoralty. He uealt exhaustively with the question of finance.and other matters. The best available education in the Dominion for children between the ages of 7 or 8 and 14 is to be obtained in the primary schools. This is tho opinion of Mr. F. Tyrer. headmaster of the Stratford District High School, who gave expression accordingly at the meeting of householders on Thursday evening. To-movrow night the usual fortnightly short-night dance will be held in the East End Pavilion.

The rates of pay for warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the ■New Zealand Permanent Staff have ■ been increased as follow:—Warrant, 'officers, from £'2oo to .£225 per annum; •N.C.O.’s on first appointment, from £l6O to £190; N.C.O.’s on completion of three years’ service, frpm £IBO to .£2lO ; and 'N.C.O.’s on .completion of five years’ service, from £2OO to £220.

By the last San Francisco mail Mr. IV Lindsay Buiek received word that he had been elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. This honor .has -been conferred .on Mr. Buick in recognition of the valuable service he has rendered to the cause of historio&l study in Now Zealand b,y the several works be has already published in that connection.

, Any doubt as to -whether the unfortunate young man ..Pearce reached the summit of Mt. .Bgmont were set at rest by the discovery of , a message signed by the unfortunate man, by a party of thirteen who reached.the top from the Stratford Mountain . House on Sunday. In all, nineteen left the .house to reach the summit, which constitutes something like*a record.; — Stratford Post.

Major MlNaught is in town at present in connection with administrative duties connected with his-.group, Last night, at the drill shed, • members of No. -89,Company Senior. Cadals were Inspected by him. To-day, at -twelve o’clock, the inspection of the -two Cadet companies of tlfe New Plymouth High School and the half company of No. S 9 .-Company, at the Technical School, was to be carried out, but owing to the . heavy -fain which fell at this hour these inspections were held over for the present. Major M‘Naught leaves bv. the mail train to-morrow for Haw era.®

At tho meeting of householders .at Stratford ,pu •Monday, .Mr. Solo moved that this mooting ot householders 'urges upon the Minister of Education 'the necessity of retaining Taranaki as a separate educational district, and that tho provincial district of Taranaki be the boundaries of that educational district. This was seconded by Air. bkoglund. Afr. Masters doubted whether the carrying of the resolution would be of any effect, as a commission had been set up. It would be better, in his opinion, to appoint two members of the meeting to give evidence before the commission when it came round. Air. Solo said he wpuld JikCiit to appear that the people nyere. deadly anxious to retain their .district intact. The .motion was carried unanimously.

To use a “man in the street” expression the Rev. G. Dent, vicar of All faints’ has his work “cut out” on Sundays. For some time past Air. Dent has been conducting five services on that day, and- the parisioners have felt that that is too much. At last evenings' meeting of parishioners ■Air. G. H. Buckeridge expressed the •opinion that Air. Dent should be given an assistant curate. In other places, much smaller than EHham, the vicar had the services of an; assistant. He would guarantee the sum of £2o per annum for the first three years towards the stipend. The parishioners are to be ashed -to guarantee the remainder of • tho stipend, and .it was finally decided that’the CJS.AI.S. and the vestry take the matter in hand.—El-tha-m Argus. The prizes donated- by Air. A. AI. Alyers, ALP., of Auckland, to encourage tho beautifying of cottage gardens were to have been presented by hirri at tho Auckland Chrysanthemum Show on Saturday afternoon, but indisposition prevented Alr. Myers from attending. A letter on the subject from him was, however, read .by the president. Mr. H. Brett. In the course of it the writer expressed the - hope that the cottage garden schemo would be productive of good results- remarking that some of the most delightful gardens in Auckland were to he found in the small areas sur*rounding roadside cottages. “Our aim.” observed Air. Alyers, “should be to make Auckland the garden city of New Zealand. A great impetus will undoubtedly be given in this idvvcction if. when Orakoi is ultimately laid put as a model suburb, we follow -the example of the Dacey garden, village in Australia, where one of the conditions of tenancy is that a reasonable amount of gardening should he performed br each tenant. Well-kept gardens tend to foster home life, and as the artisans of New. Zealand probably enjoy niore leisure than those of any other part of the world, they have special opportunities for making their homes beautiful and attractive. I trust, therefore, that the efforts of the society will meet with every success.” Bv this week’s mail from Egypt Major H. S. Batchelor, quartermaster of the Ist {Canterbury) Regiment, has just received ‘from his son. Lieutenant Harvey Batchelor, who is in charge of the'Regimental Signallers as well as the 4th Platoon of the. Ist (Canterbury) Infantry 'Expeditionary Force, an interesting memento of the attack on tho Suez Can.al.at Toussoum. in the shape of a haversack, a biscuit, and clips of ammunition taken from one of tho Turks. .Lieut. Batchelor was in charge of one of the.parties, sent out to bury the Turks, and .secured the haversack from one of tho bodies. The haversack is of khaki ;dvill. and has a largo flap which entirely covers the front. It has had considerable use, the leather straps .being mended Avith broken . nails. The biscuit is a substantial..looking object, about 6in. across and three-quarters of an inch in thickness, fit is dirty brown on ,tho outside, the-inside being a blueyblack. . Major Batchelor thinks it is probably made of potatoes with some other mixture. Tlvevcartriclgo clips each contain five cartridges, and are of German make. .Accompanying the haversack are three bullets 'from a shrapnel shell, which fell into tho trench whore Lieut. Batchelor was . situated at Erflodouu. near Toussoum. at the rightof the Nelson Infantry, upon whom the brunt of the fighting fell. Air. Newton King.. Stratford, sole agent, advertises two ideal dairy farms.

Miss .Humphries will comraeacc her dancing classes in the Good Templar Hull on Tuesday evening next at 7.30 o’clo#k. She will be at the hall at 7 p.m. to enrol pupils. The Melbourne Clothing Company's stock of colonial white blankets affords the finest .selection and lowest prices obtainable on this coast, Ail-.vool three-quarter size blankets ISs 6(1 per -pair, full double-bed size blankets 23s Cd ancV:2Bs 6d per pair; extra large .blankets, finest quality. 28s fid and 34s fid. per pair,; .all from the famous Bruce, I’etone, and South -Canterbury woollen mills.*'

Attention is called to 'the, annual meeting of parishioners at Te Menu! this evening, at 7.30. Amongst thn matters for discussion will be the question of- separating the T'e Henui-Bcll Block district, from the .'mother parish of St. Mary’s, -and -establishing ,an independent parochial -district. Negotiations to that end have been .in progress for some time, and the -approval of the parishioners- of the To Henui district all that is necessary to enable the matter to be brought -before the next ses-sion-of The Auckland Diocesan Synod. For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. .Never fads. Is fid, 2s fid.

The Defence of the Realm Act; which gives the Imperial Government complete .despotic power, -enabling the authorities to commandeer any" works they .may consider desirable for the manufacture of ,jvar material, was put through.Earliament in all its-stages at the fag-end of a dayls sitting. The other day a. blacksmith wasnrguing with a gardener as to which was the first,trade iu.the world. , The gardener said it was gardening, and quoted from Genesis; “Adam was put" into the garden of Eden to till it.” “Ah ” said Pat, who .-had --.stuck up for his own trade, “who made the spades?” The Prime Minister has telegraphed to the Board of Trade, London, asking them to send the Delphic, back to New Zealand in ballast in order to -relieve the shortage of ships with cold (Storage. The Delphic-was three weeks ,in an English port before being discharged, owing to the congestion at.the docks.,—* Press Association.

The following is a list of 1 the .supplies of . sox sent to the Wellington fCpramittee of the Countess of Liverpool Fund by local committees through-their Mayoress:—Carterton, .100 pairs: New Plymouth, ,200 pairs; -Wanganui, .-..200 pairs ; .Marton, 100 .pairs; Woodvllle, 73,pairs; Masterton, 135 pairs; Eltham, 192 pairs; Turakina, 120 paii-s; Palmerston, 120 pairs. Both Japanese and Russian soldiers are wearing “Eamiko,” or -paper clothing. The clothing is made from paper manufactured .from, mulberry bark; A layer of silk Wadding is placed between-the - two sheets of the -paper,, and .the ..whole is -quilted. A. Yokobama company Is, supplying large quantities of paper shirts to the Russian .Army. The now 'New Zealand offices in the Strand, London, are-progressing. The foundations' are completed, -ann a-con-siderable portion of the first,story .-also. The "‘High Commissioner expects the building to be completed about August or September, and if the, war is oyer then, as it is hoped King will honour New Zealand by performing the opening ceremony. Pvt. J. F. Slade, a member of thd R.M.L.I. .attached "to HiM.S. Princess Royal, of the first battle-cruiser,squad-ron, has sent to his , relatives .in . New "Plymouth a-postcard saying -that-he-is “fit and happy.” On the postcard there is a photo of the Princess Royal, with the inscriptions: .“.Inscribed: -on :England’s.roll'of fame. . The-battle of .the Right,: August '2B, ,1914 the'battle of-the North Sea, January‘24, 1.915.” .

The buildings occupied .by the .Mutual Life Company, on tlio eastern side/Of Lower Queen Street, Auckland, have been sold by the -South -British Insurance .Company, to Wilson and Canham Ltd., a Canadian 'firm of wool, finest, and produce -mercants for '£29,509. The building is one of three/stories, and the land has a frontage of 35 feet and a depth of 100 feet. The'price,,'exclusive of the building, 'is about £557 a foot. ....

It did not occur to anyyane at the time when it first became : known in Stratford that Pearce was lost on Alt. Egmont that at HisAlajesty's Theatre there is: a powerful electric light which is so placed that it could be used as a searchlight on the mountain .and might possibly . hare ’been of * assistance. The proprietary would most willingly have allowed .it’s use, and now propose experimenting to ascertain the light’s value in case a similar case should.arise. —Stratford Post.

Alessrs. J. E. Wall and Son. of Birmingham. have unearthed a list of food prices in Paris during the siege of 187071. Fresh butter cost £2 8s 9d per lb., a fresh egg Is TOd, a box of /sardines 12s 3kl. a cauliflower 12s 3*cL a cabbage 9s 9d, a carrot lOd, s turnip Is 2d„ potatoes £2 Os 9?d a bushel, dog meat os Sd per lb., a ;cat,l2s,'2pL a rat :2s OJd, -a crow 4s, beef 12s 21d‘ per lb., a horse pudding 4s 10ld. a rabbit .£2 8s Dd, a hare £3 Is. a fowl £2 16s lOkl. ,ham.»£l Ss 5d per lb.

A mild scare .was caused ,in Waihi during tlie progress of tests of gelignite at Waihi Beach by .Mr. 'Butcher (Government Explosives Inspector). Though the beach ' is, six’ miles distant,_ the detonations were heard plainly in town, and many speculations were .mentioned as to the cause. The .general impression was that ’White Island-jras In activity ; others placed the origin at .Pvotorna, ".wh list, .more .pen-bus pictured the approach of a 'German ticetc-ou the coast. It is the'coroner's .intention to '

subpoena Air. Buiohor, to give expert evidence m regard to the tests - made. The following telegrams have passed between the member for ‘ Egmbnt and the Prime Minister :—“C. A." Wilkinson, M.P., Eltham. Replying to your telegram of the 22ml inst., representatives of checsei-exporters duly conferred, with me. Subsequently 1 -brought the matter before the Overseas Shipping Committee. who expect to clear nearly all the elicesc . next. month April 24, T 915.” “Right Hmi. W. ’F. Alasscy, Wellington. I'bur ‘ telegram regarding cheese will give great ‘satisfaction to dairy producers in Taranaki province. lam satisfied that farmers generally appreciate your,prompt action regarding shipping matters during the war period. —L. A. \\ iikinson.'’ —Hawera Star. • ‘

Comparisons.are always -odious--when t-ber arc. wrong! .At the kst .meeting' of the .New Plymouth (Hospital Bnard the clmirnum stated that the'..proportion of. receipts from the patients compared more than favourably with any other hospital in..the Dominion. Now, from figures supplied by the secretary (Air. T. Marry Penn)-of the-Stratford Hospital, it seems that the sun shines niore brightly on Stratford than onAS ew Plymouth ! Always remembering the difference in the ■ scale of the institutions, ■the (allowing yoni'iy figures do 'not bear out Air. Bellringers remarks: ’New Plymouth Hospital average -days’ stay 27.57, Stratford 22,53. .Average, number of patients in New -Plymouth -53.49, compared to 14.4. Average cost per day 6s old. as opposed to Bs 3d. Patients’ payments 2s dOJti _ (total £2875). compared to Stratford’s 9id (total £992), Number of patients-under treatment in New Plymouth 70S (£4 Is 3d per patient), in comparison with 233 patients and £4 Os 2d .per patient in -Stratford.—Stratfartl-PoKt. Residents of the Omata district met in the ’hall, on Tuesday flight to consider. ways and means’ of raising funds for the - relief of,the .Belgians. Air. D. Hooker presided, oyer a.very fair attendance. . Atr. Aleyenborg brought lorward. several alternative schemes, and after a short discussion it was resolved, on the motion of Messrs.. Vickers-and Bayly, to form-a committoß.'-to. canvass the district for goods and money, and that such committee, shall determine what form the,raising of the funds shall take. The following committee was elected: Alesdamcs Ciemow.. .Hooker, Pen war den and Aloore (with power to add),, and Messrs. E. R. Bayly, R. Clemow., D. Hughes, D. Pemvarden.- G. Aloore. S. Pickers, J. Crockett, D. Hooker .and-C. J. Shrimpton. The committee at-once got to work. Air. D. Hooker .being appointed chairman and Mr. Meyenberg secretary. Various portions of -t-he.dis-trict were assigned to different members. so that no bn© in the district may be able to say that they were not asked to assist in the good cause.

In the Police Court this morning, a first-offending inebriate, who did not appear, was competed and fined ss. this sum ;being the - amount of bail forfeited by him.

A remonstrance from a lady to a certain.newspaper was made to read thus by the erring compositor: sincerely regret the mistake which crept into Our ; report, of the theft of,.Madame B—s property. The luggage consisted of two bags and a rug—not two rags and a bug, as stated through our printer s error. We hope that Madame B . who-is now starving in the provinces, will accept this apology in the spirit in which •we offer it.” Next day, in a special and profuse paragraph, the word “starving” was replaced by “starring, and this time the jocular printer must have been held well in check, tor the letterpress, appeared without a flaw.

A Commission in Lunacy had called 4 woman to the witness stand. “And now,” said the commission’s counsel to her, “what is your ground for .claiming that the accused is insane? 1 ” The woman wiped her eyes and answered: “Well, gentlemen, he took me to the theatre twice in one weelc. Each time we went in a taxi-cab; we had supper each time aft£r the performance; and each time he bought me chocolates and flowers. He" didn’t go out to see a man between the acts either.” 1 But, niadame,” said a commissioner, “surely these' actions.do hot prove insanity on 'the accused!s part.*” “But you forget, .sir,” said the woman, “that the accused is my husband.”