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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144858, 9 December 1915, Page 2

An Order-in-Council has been gazetted prohibiting the export ol goons Irom .sow Zealand to tlto Netherlands without the permission of the Minister of Customs.

A case of genuine misfortune has corno under our notice. A young man who has been passed and leaves shortly lor the front lost a £3O note this week. This lias been advertised and a reward allured. It is to bo hoped that tho money has (alien into honest hands. No man .should fail to rend "The Knsh” halt-page sale advertisement on page (1 ol tins isne. Tho prices for men s wear aro tho lowest over offered in Taranaki considering the high quality of the goods. -Mothers, too, will find hosts oi bargains for their growing boys.

On Monday next the seventh shipment from New Plymouth ol dairy produce will ho taken to Wellington by the Gorinita, and will comprise about 10,705 boxes ol butter aud 6000 crates of cheese. At Wellington tho produce will bo transhipped to tho Momari. Valuing the butter at £3 10s a box, aud tho cheese at £5 a crate, the butter should realise £37,467 10s on tho Home market, and tho cheese* £30,000, a total of £67,467 10s.

December 2 was tho 67th anniversary of the coming to tho throne of Austria of the Emperor Francis Joseph, who has eclipsed tho late Queen Victoria’s record British reign of 63 odd years by over three years. The aged monarch, who is now 85 years of age, has ruled over tho destinies of Austria since ho was a youth of 18. His reign is still livo years short of equalling that of Louis XIV., who ruled in Franco from Ki 43 to 1716,'a period of 73 years.

On Saturday next, from 9 a.m. to 6 pan.. Young and Logic aro .soiling ioe cream sundaes and sodas at their Alarble Bur, and the proceeds are to bo Handed over to the Rod Cross Market. People may get anything from a penny it-o to a sixpenny sundae, and as well as satisfying the palate they can satisfy tho min'd tvilh the thought that they arc helping a good cause, namely, tho care of the men who aro being wounded or taken ill during this heroic struggle for liberty and justice. The Marble Bar is .situated opposite the Theatre Royal, and an appeal is made to all, the young folk especialv, to turn the copper and silver lido into this channel on Saturday.

A new line of men’s soft felt hats at 5s fid has just opened out at tho Melbourne. Ltd. Colours comprise black, brown, and "Limerick.” a new dark shade of green. Shapes are up to the moment.*

In this issue Mr. A. Smith, of the Criterion Garage, advertises the famous Dak-hind Car. This really beautiful ear is well worth inspection by anyone, contemplating buying one. Call and arrange a trial at onee. The trustees in the assigned estate of Messrs. AV. AL Bayly and Co., Stratford, advertise that theN.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency ,C'o., Ltd., will sell on the premises on Saturday, Dec. ts, the large stock of produce and merchandise consisting of manures, grass seeds, turnip sends, calfmoal, tea, gates, covers, etc. This should ho a. good opportunity for farmers and others to secure stocks at cheap prices.

There are reported to he over 400 patriotic organisations in the Wellington military district.

A Soldiers’ Club is being established in Hastings. Upwards of £SOO has been subscribed. A gentleman has also donated a section at Awahanga, which will ha sold by auction and tho proceeds placed to the credit of the club.

Customs revenue collected in Wanganui dnring'Novembcr was £5654 13s 3d, and the beer duty amounted to £lll 12s 6d. This is a big compared with tho revenue for November, 1914, which amounted to £6901 os 2d Customs, and £133 Os 6d beer duty.

A British soldier, writing from France of his journey to the front, says: “At ono stopping-place wo spotted a refreshment stall, and the boys made tracks for it. One chap, eager to show his newly-acquired command of tho French language, said to the lady attendant, ‘Ave.z-vous le cafe, mademoiselle, s’il vous plait?’ She answered, ‘Yes, sonny, in two ticks.’ ’’

A now regulation under the Education Act provides that at every public school certificates, to ho called 1 goodattendance certificates,’' shall ho obtainable by all children of school age attending such school who for a period of twelve months in any year ending December 31 havo not been absent from school moro than five times in all when the school was open, tho morning and afternoon attendances being reckoned separately.

An analysis of tho casually returns to September shows that tho rate of killed to wounded is 1 to 3.4. The German losses in the war with Franco in 1870 showed a ratio (soys the British Medical Journal) of 1 to 3.1; in tho British forces in the Boer war the ratio was 1 to 3.9, and in the Russo-Japanese war it was I to 3.6 for the Japanese and 1 to 5.5 for tho Russians. Tile ratio of olfieers to men killed in the Dardanelles is 1 to 15. and in the west 1 to 14.

A motoring tour which must constitute sometlhng of a record was recently completed by a lady motorist only 19 years of ago (says the Poverty Bay Herald). Accompanied by her elderly father and mother and her sister, she motored from Kaikoura to Gisborne. The first stage of the journey, Kaikoura to Blenheim, is an ordinary 100 miles run. From Wellington the party travelled via -Palmerston. The overland journey from Napier to Gisborne, probably one. of the earliest of the season, occupied two days. The roads were found to be very rough, and the visitors underwent the experience of getting bogged on the Wharorata Hill. The apparent casnalness of war—it is only apparent—is one of the features on which Mr. Arnold Bennett dwells in his vivid sketches of the fighting lines. Thus ho writes; “'For example, I hear the sound of guns. . . Actually to find them might be half a day’s work, and when 1 nave found them I have simply found several pieces of mechanism each hidden in a kind of hut, functioning quite privately and disconnectedly by the aid of a few perspiring men. The affair is not like shooting at anything. A polished missile is shoved into tho gun. A horrid hang—the misfile has disappeared, has simply gone. Where it has gone, what it has done, nobody in the hut seems to care. There is a telephone close by, but only numbers and formulas—and perhaps an occasional rebuke—come out of the telephone, in response to which the perspiring men make minute adjustments in tho gun or in tho next missile.” As port of tho canal that will ultimately connect Marseilles with the river I! hone, French engineers are driving a tunnel with n larger cross-section than any heretofore constructed for any purpose. being 72ft. wide and 46ft. high—largo enough to pass two canal barges of tho type plying the Rhone, and allow a Gift, path on each side. It is called the Rove tunnel, gnd pierces a headland which separates the Bay of Marseilles from tho inland sea, L’Etang do Berve, It is driven through rock, using compressed air hand-drills and compressed air haulage. The excavation was begun in 1910, and the length completed will be about 3J miles. Canal tunnels were a feature of rightcentbrentury construction. France especially having always paid particular attention to them. The early canal tunnels were small in section, whereas the modern double-track railway tunnel is much larger. In fact, the first direct infliienee of railway tunnels on canal tunnels was to increase the sectional area. The widest of tho early canal tunnels was 20ft., and some were only 9ft. The excavation for the Rove tunnel amounts to 05 cubic yards per linear foot. Recently the Hastings Borough Council instructed Mr. 3. Jickell, borough engineer ol Palmerston North, to report on the question of road formation within the borough. The report recommended that first-class roads be ■l2 feet wide, the excavation to be loin, deep, sub-grade rolled. Tho cost of this work would be £156 12s per chain. For second-class roads the roadway to be 42 feet wide, the excavation to be seven inches deep, sub-grade rolled. The cost would bo £145 Ids per chain. For third-class streets the roadway to 1) ■ '2 feet wide, the excavation would be. lour inches deep, and lolled, and the cost £47 15s per chain. The report rceoiiuneuded that tho tarred stone and mornings should mature for at least nine months and longer if possible. and the quality of the tar used in surface dressing should be of tho very best.—The report was considered disappointing, some of the councillors believing better roads could be made at a less cost than indicated by Mr. Jickell. A motion was carried “That Mr. Jickell forward the rein sunder of his report on road construction and cost, plant for dealing with road dressing and other necessary information.” Two small boys, aged nine and eight years respectively, appeared in tbu Juvenile Court, Wanganui, on Monday, before Mr. TV. Kerr. S.M.. as the sequel to a somewhat remarkable esrapade at Castleeliff. It appears that they entered the bouse of a resident there and played general havoc.- including the destruction of a bagatelle table by putting it on a tire, the cutting of a billiard table elotb. the destruction of the internal parts of ail .■icenidenn, tho breaking of a considerable amount of crockery, and the spoiling of a quantity of groceries. As the finale they poured tomato sauce and golden syrup over the bedclothes and wearing apparel, and committed what was described on the charge-sheet as "a. nuisance.” The father of one lad said he had chastised the bny. and he suggested that the Magistrate should order him to be whipped. The Magistrate said he would not order the boys to be whipped, but be severely admonished them and pointed out if they got into any further trouble the results would be most serious to them. 4bo amount of damage done was assessed at £9. His Worship ordered the respective parents should each nay halt of the amount, and added that sorb a step was provided for by law- in order that pa rents should have impressed up op them tho need of disciplining their children. Kodaks.' Ensigns. _ Carbines, ■ and Cameo Cameras—Davies Pharmacy.

The Gos Committee of the Eltham Borough Counci lhave decided to accept the tender of Mr. H. C. Fake for the erection of a new smoke stark at the gasworks, at a cost of £75. The price includes the dismantling of the old stack and the clearing and stacking of the bricks. We have to acknowledge receipt from Mr. .1. Pa ton. manager for Taranaki of the .VZ- Insurance Co., Ltd., of the company's calendar tor 1016. This year the calendar is a most complete one, containing, in addition to details of dates for 1016, a reference calendar for 1017 as well. Established in 1850, the company's net revenue for 1014 was £746,083. a''wonderful result for one of Now Zealand’s premier institutions. Mr. W. H. Moyes, Boys’ High School, advertises in this issue for tenders for purchase of oats a|id barley.

The annual gymnastic competition* will be held at the Boys' High School to-morrow evening at 7.30 p.m. History is being made every day. Ong hoys are taking port at the Dardanelles, Their letters give us a slight idea of what is going oil just now, so that wo long to know more. Just think, vmir friend or relative had a camera which, while small and compact enough' to be carried anywhere, without the slightest inconvenience, would take perfect postcard pictures. Wouldn’t those pictures bo interesting. Present yout; friend with a soldier’s camera, to be had from Fraser's at 27s 6d. 32s 6d, 37s SB, and 455, and wouldn’t he appreciate pictures of home when he us away I Get a camera yourself. Ouy guaranteed cameras from 6s to £l2 Fraser’s Photographic Pharmacy, Devon Street *

Catalogues for Friday’s ■wool sales at Wellington total 23.451 bales, compared with 19,267 bales a year ago.

As a result of a ton days’ carnival at Wanganui, which took the form of a Battle of Bullion, it was announced on Wednesday night that over £65,000 had been raised for the wounded soldiers. The enthronement of Britannia takes place to-day. The principal works of the British Dyes (Limited) will bo established on a site at Huddersfield, and contracts amounting to £250,000 aro already out for works, covering 250 acres, says the Standard. Eventually 10,000 men will be employed. '

We have received the following from Constable O’Neill, of Rahotu: ‘‘Plea w find enclosed postal notes for 12s. This amount was paid at the rate of 4s each to Messrs. B. T. Bookor, F. Gable, and P. H. Rowe for services as jurors at an inquest at Puniho, and which they subsequently handed back to me for the Wounded Soldiers Fund. X am therefore forwarding same for the Herald list.” The following were the visitors to the North Egmont Hostelry during the last week: —Tiro Bishop of Auckland and Mrs. Averill, Mrs. Thos. Russell (Auckland), A. F. Easther (Dunedin), Mrs. Peake (Wanganui), H. M. Hylton, F. L. Bean and A. E. Crane (Wanganui), A. M. Duigan (Granville), I. Mayer (Hastings), M. Burd (Hawera), D. Glenny (Napier), O. B. Bean, R. Exford, and W. Walsh (Wellington); also quite a number from the Taranaki district. Mr. Williams reports that the continued fine weather of late has made things look very much better. The forest is now in all its glory regarding flowers. Clematis is still plentiful around the houses, though finished near the. lower parts. The Mt. Cook daisies are also in full bloom, and attract a lot of attention from visitors.

The sitting of the Supreme Court at New Plymouth concluded this morning. On Wednesday afternoon the Chief Justice (Sir IVibort Stout) was occupied with the case, Public Trustee (Mr. P. C. Spratt) v. W. G. Konrick and J .C. Montefiore (Mr. P. O’Dea), an application for a writ of mandamus. After hearing the argument of counsel the Chief Justice reserved his decision. P. E. T. Carlill (Mr. F. E. Wilson) was granted a discharge from bankruptcy, to take effect after one mouth. An order of discharge was also granted Lui Moon Lnm (Mr. D. Hutchen) subject to his paying to the D.O.A. a sum equal to 10s in the £ on the amount of the sole creditor’s claim (£99 10s 2d), such sum to be inclusive of the amount already paid under a prior order of Mr. Justice Edwards. The Expansion and Tourist League has just issued a handy little visitors’ guide to New Plymouth and district, Including Mount Egmont. In a very concise form information is given about the various beauty-spots and places of interest within easy reach of New Plymouth. First place is, of course, given to Pukekura Park, the prettiest public domain in the Dominion. Mount Egmont, the Mokau Rivor, To Arei and the Waitara River, and the Ngaero Gardens are among other places enumerated. Distances and motor fares to these and other places are given, as well as a list of hotels and boardinghouses. The illustrations include the North Egmont Mountain House, several views of the racecourse, and several of Pukekura Part. The Guide, which has been neatly printed at the Taranaki Herald Office, should prove very useful to tourists and visitors. It may be obtained from Mr. W. A. Colfis, secretary of the League. A Native gentleman has forwarded to the Opunako Times his impressions of the send-oif given to Private W. Peters. On Friday night a number of Native chaps and boys from Opunako and around the district went out to his place and had an evening’s enjoyment. Songs amj Eakas were given and big bob Maufiri was master of ceremonies. Speeches were made wishing him goodbye. What made me think strange, Mr. newspaper, was that a number of Europeans—young fellows—vvero_ present and sang “God Save the King,” “Soldiers of the King,” and they don't go and fight. They leave it to the Maori, who, they often call a black fellow, to go and fight for their King. These young follows say—“ Billy every time you get the Turk underneath. Billy say I shoot him as soon as see him. Billy say why not you also come with me. I’ think they the cocktail. The white fellow one day say the dago own the Taranaki land—ho no work—only grow the blackberry. Now, he leave the rents and go and fight for the Government. His brother-in-law leave his wife and family and go too. That the funny way-the (Maori ho go ' and fight and the pakehas stay behind and sing “God Save the King.” The better way I think he go and stick the Kaiser with the bayonet.