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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145997, 1 December 1917, Page 2

It is expected that tho branch railway to Raetilu wul be officially taken over from the Public Works Department early in December.

To-morrow, Advent Sunday, and the 72nd .anniversary of St. Mary s Church, special services will be held at St. Mary's. The Rev. C. H. Rrant-CWen, nf Hawora, will preach at the morning cf-rvico, and Dr. A. W. Averill, Bishop of Auckland, in tho evening. The Taranaki County Council has placed at the disposal of ibe local trustees of the Efficiency Board an office and this will be opened as from Monday next. Mr. F. J. Kilt (secretary) will he in attendance daily from 11 'to 12 o’clock. Farmers who want workers for harvesting or ether purposes should apply to this office.

A vessel that lately came to New Zealand has had a most interesting rarecr. She was sunk, and for two years was ' 7ng on the. sea bottom, when she was refloated and converted into a livemasted fore, end aft. schooner, .owing to the shortage of tonnage, and with the crmbm.it.ion of steamer hull and sailing ship rig is said to present a rather peculiar appearance.

A Heatings resident purchased a pet lamb about 18 months ago, and has reared it until it, has grown into a fullsized sUr-'p. It developed "barking 1 ' propensities, and be consulted several farmers ns to the nature''of the disease it was suffering from. On examination, n loathe*- collar, which had been placed round the sheep’s neck when a lamb, was found to bo embedded in tbe flesh, and was causing it to choke, hence the “harking.” The cellar was extracted and the sheep is now thriving. On Tuesday evening at Hie Manaia Town Hall, a member of the PJunket Nurse Fund, in the unavoidable absence of Airs. Binmires, explained the aims and objects nf the society. The speaker was given a very attentive hearing. Subsequently a committee of men was set up. with Mr. Craig as chairman, to act in conjunction with the ladies’ committee in arranging for the purchase of the oar for the nurse. The question has been taken up very enthusiastically in Manaia. and no doubt good results will follow. There is £4OOO outstanding in rates owing to the Wanganui Borough Council, and the officials are experiencing great difficulty in getting the money in. At Tuesday night’s meeting nf the council the town clerk (Mr. Geo. Murch) said all rates had been duo by October 24, and a great number of people had ignored the fact altogether. Several notices had been sent out without result, and now he wished it to be known that the money must be paid immediately. He was going to take a (inn stand, and seven days’ notice would ho given to ratepayers in arrears. If the money was not forthcoming within that time then prosecutions would follow. X want of faith in,.the birch rod as a moral factor was shown by Air. S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at tho Petone Court. He bad four lads before him on charges cf stealing bicycles, One of the fathers asked that his son might be given a "un-dung,” hut the magistrate said lie had no faith in this course of treatment. It was not a. beating, but an ex. ample in the homes that was needed. He dealt leniently with the lads, convicting them and ordering them to c-orao up for sentence when called upon. They were required, likewise to report fortnightly to the truant officer. Attention is Called to an advertisement which appears in another part of this issue concerning the special services to be held at St. Mary’s to-mor-row, 2nd inst. The occasion is of more than usual importance, oaring to the fact that a sustained effort is being made to entirely liquidate a debt incurred some time since in respect of enlargement and innovatory work. It is confidently hoped that tho effort will be completely .successful.

Time-table alterations in connection with the Toko railway branch are advertised in this issue.

Sydney was en fete for "Our Day” collection on Friday, but tho rain which fell in the afternoon interfered somewhat with tho proceedings. Tho fund started with £37.000 in hand, and the response was good.

The net Customs duty collected at New Plymouth during November totalled £4574 Ids, as compared with £sllO os 3d for the same month of last year. The beer duty was £lsl 15:s, as compared- with £143 6s lOd for last November. Rubber is fast becoming a recognised product of Fiji, says a Suva correspondent, ami it is likely that the United States will be tbe chief purchaser. Several small shipments to San Francisco have been made during the last few months.

At the annual meeting of the Ngamotu Seaside Committee on Friday evening tho chairman mentioned that 27 members had gone to the front and that seven or eight had been killed in action. He hoped to see some permanent memorial erected on the beach to these young men. The House of Commons recently rejected a proposal to introduce proportional representation, but accepted a resolution, proposed by Dr. Chappie, to adopt the system of alternative votes. It has now, however, rejected tho schedule embodying macninery for carrying out the scheme, which i£> therefore made of no effect.

Mr. Lamb, secretary of the South Island Dairv Association received advice from Wellington to-day that' the Overseas Shipping Committee had allotted space as follows-.—Lyttelton, 61100 cases butter. 220 crates cheese; Dunedin, 200 cases butter, 3500 crates cheese; Bluff, 10,000 crates cheese. Tbe stores have just about readied the limit of their holding capacity, and tho above shipments should afford a very welcome relief. Ladies aro reminded of the meeting to bo held at tho Soldiers’ Club on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the object of forming committees to assist at the forthcoming carnival which has been arranged by the Citizens’ Rand. The object for which the carnival has been arranged— to provide fund:, to enable a new band room to be erected—is a very deserving one and it, is hoped tho ladies will take a keen interest in the function.

At a largely attended meeting of railwayman hold at Grcymouth on Friday night for the purpose of protesting against the action of the Government in the discrimination of tho recent war bonus, the following resolution was unanimously carried: "That all tho members concerned resign from the A.S.R.S. Union, seeing that it has deviated from the principles of unionism, hy accepting different treatment tor its individual members. The meeting also calls upon all the various branches throughout New Zealand to take similar action.”

The Lyttelton Waterside Workers’ Union took a ballot on Friday on the question of working cargo on vessels from 7 a.m. until 9.30 p.m.. instead of the present hours, which are 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. The proposal to work onlv oversea vessels during tho extended period was carried by a substantial majority. Two other proposals submitted to the ballot were lost. One was that tho men agree to work all ocean-going and inter-colonial vessels from 7 a.m. till 9.30 p.m. when required, and the other that all ships be worked during the same porin'! as required. The Defence Minister announced on Friday afternoon that information had been received that the tourth Infantry Brigade will he drawn upon in order to supply reinforcements for the New Zealand Division, which consists or three brigades. Owing to this it will be possible to maintain the Now; Zealand Division for some time at its established strength'with a smaller quota of reinforcements than is at present being dispatched. A continuation of this'reduction in the future will depend upon circumstances, especially the rate of wastage. Tho quota has varied from time to lime as. advice has been received from the Army Council. Tho policv of the New Zaalaijd Government, has been to keep the division at. its full fighting strength, and this policy will bo continued. Th’ guid folk o’ New Plymouth an’ lh’ surroundin’ pairts wull he. vera pleased tac ken that the lerlies o' St. Audra's Kirk Guild are conductin’ a Scotch Fair on Wednesday. December 5 i’ th’ ha’ attached tae th’ kirk. The Mayoress o’ th’ toun. Mistress Burgas, is tae open th’ fair at 2.30 p.m. Tii’ St. Andra’s ledies hae a nuickle assortment n’ gnid things for sale, an’ Anybody can line afternoon tea as weel. Nap charge is tae he made for gettin’ int.il th' fair, hut nsetiody’s vera likely tae gang not again wioot partin wi’ a few bawbees i’ return for some o’ th’ guid things displayed for sale. At nioht aehodvs advised tae- gang tae St. Andra’s Ha’ at 7.30 tae spend two ’oors at hame wi’ th’ Presbyterians. There’s tae be bonnie music-, an’ hluid Atirrin’ sangs o’ aid’d Scotian’, an’ reels fln’ stvathsye.ps an’ we dinna ken what an’ a’. A rieht guid time is expect'd. ’a for th’ sina’ sum o’ a shillin’. Guo. nf flic most remarkable instances of indifference to the Gormans and their works was witnessed by a representative of The Times in one of tho bombed houses in London after the air raid of October 1 - cot long after tho ■■All clear” signal was given. The bomb had fallen on the pavement, knocked in the ffont of the ground floor of the house, tofn up the paving stones, blown away tho railings, crushed the cellar underneath, and wrecked the front room of the basement. Eight injured people were found in this basement room. In tho room immediately behind it were two then who had calmly swept up the debris on the floor of their room and gone to bed as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened. The bedroom door was half torn from its hinges and hung crazily aslant. Large lumps of plaster »ul fallen from the ceiling and exposed the. hare rafters. The wall dividing the room from the front room bulged inwards, and in one place was actually pierced. Ydt the two men were utterly unconcerned. One of them, Henry Russell said he was 72 years of age, an old soldier, employed in the parks by the Office of Works. Tim other was Albert Clark, seaman, aged 53. They stated that after helping to remove tho injured from the adjoining room they tidied up their own and decided to go to bed. Melbourne, Ltd,, working shirts are the best value on the market. Read these prices; Flax and grandril! shirts, 3s 6cl; Oxford and Harvard shirts, 4s 6d and 4s lid; best quality blue grandril! shirts, 4s lid and 5s 6d ; Advance drill shirts, plain navy, 5s 6d; S.S.S. drill shirts, plain navy and striped, 5s lid ; black satteen shirts, 4s lid; white tennis shirts, 4s lid.*

The quantity of “Golden Rulo” Soap tq be used with small packet of “No Rubbing” Laundry Help for weekly family washing is indicated by a mitch on each bar or soap. —J. H. Cock and Co., Ltd., Wholesale Agents for “No Rnbbini” and “Golden Rule” Brands. 6

In addition to a. grant from thoir Dot Club, the postal officers subscribed a special amount for the Allen fund. The amount banded ns is £2 15s.

The Gisborne Times of Tuesday says: Girl telegraph messengers made their appearance yesterday, and were busily engaged with bag and bicycle in delivering telegrams around the town. The Inglewood Record likes its little joke, am! on Friday it got off a really good one, thus;—“The curfew shall not ring to-night.” but .just listen for its kneil to-morrow night. In the Methodist services for Sunday we are asked to make the following site rations in the list published elsewhere: —■Urenvii. Mr. Hick instead, of “Supply,” and Uruti is dropped out altogether.

The competition among the scholars of the Fitzroy School for the correct solution of the meaning of the four F’s was won by a Standard V. pupil —Miss Marjorie Dickey.

During the month of November there were 3S births. 6 marriages and 17 deaths registered in the New Plymouth district (Mr. .1. S. S. Medley, registrar). In November* 1916, there wore 30 births, 4 marriages, and 16 deaths. The screen version of the “Mummy and the Humming Bird” opened successfully at the People’s Theatre last evening. In this' play Mr. Arthur Hoops puts up a creditable performance as D’Orclli. Some fine items, including a comedy and gazette, are also shown

To-morrow (Sunday) at 3 p.m., the Citizens' Band will play at East End by special request of who ladies’ committee, "it being the opening of their summer season? The committee will dispense afternoon tea, and will also make a collection us the Reserve Committee’s contribution to the bandsmen’s Christmas box. to supplement next Thursday's annual effort in this connection.

The following paragraph recently appeared in the London Times;—‘‘The Invitation Bureau of the Anzac Buffet (94 Victoria Street, S.W.) would be glad to receive invitations for lonely Australians or New Zealanders oil leave to spend the afternoon or evening with private families in London or the suburbs. There is a special need for these invitations during the autumn months, as so many of the regular hostesses are away. The average daily attendance of Australians at the buffet is 800. Many of these arc convalescents awaiting their return to the front, but having no home to go to.”

In a clay or two the new cheese store at the Winter Show Buildings in Hawora will he full. Already upwards of ‘42,000 crates have been stored there, and about another 3000 will be its full capacity. Kaupokonui have already about 3506 crates in their new store-, and the cheeses are going in at the rate of about 200 crates per day. Mangatoki expect to have their new insulated store ready for receiving cheese at the beginning of the coming week, but the new store at Pa tea will probably not he ready till well on in January. It is to be sincerely hoped that some of the cheese can be got aboard the Home liners soon, otherwise a blockage is bound to occur.— Hhwora Star.

Mr..Honan, Minister of Education, recently stated that reports by medical school inspectors and by school teachers emphasised the harmful effects of frecpient attendance at evening entertainments upon the physical and nervous energy of children. Ho hoped that proprietors of picture shows would tal>e steps to prevent children under 14 years of age attending evening exhibitions unless the children were accompanied by their parents or guardians. He would prefer that action in this direction should come from the amusement proprietors. If not he would reconimend legislative measures next session to deal with what he regarded as an evil.