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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16421, 23 April 1919, Page 2

The Salvation Army Band has offered its services for Anzac Day. To-day is St. George’s Day, and this fact has induced some business places to add an extra day to the Easter nolidavs.

Wo have to thank Miss Betts, of Courtenay Street, for the first camellia of the season, a perfectly formed flower. This is a little later than usual.

A Palmerston North press message states that the Presb.vterian Bible Class Conference decided that the executive for 1919-20 should be located at Christchurch. The officers elected were; — President, G. M. Pottinger; vice-presi-dents, D. V. "Wilson, W. S. APGibbin; secretary, S. Wilkinson; treasurer, M. G. A. K. Simmers.

“When are the prices of building materials going to come down? When is iron going to come down?” was a question asked at the meeting held at Fitzroy on Tuesday evening to consider the question of rating on unimproved values. Mr. C. E. Bellringer, who was speaking, replied that iron was coming down and would be sold under £SO very shortly. It had boon up to over £IOO. In connection with the Rotorua post office robbery, Mr. Forrest, the postmaster, was sleeping in his house next to tho office, and thought he heard someone in the house during the night. He got up, and found no one. Thinking of his keys, lie looked for them, and found them m tho poeket of Ins clothes where they were usually kept. The clothes were in his bedroom. Only £22 of tho contents of the missing cash-box are negotiable.

At the Industries Committee in AuekMr. J. 11. l atersou pave evidence ;.s to municipal trawling. The. City Council iu;d a retail shop, the capital of being lion-owed with the ratepayers' approval. There had undoubtedly been a i eduction in the retail price of iisli, but, whereas it was thought that iisli could he landed at £5 per ton, the cost was about £lO per ton. At present the council’s venture, was no' profitable. It had been handicapped by a trawler being commandeered for mine-sweeping. Reference was made- some time ago to the very mild response made in Wellington to the* appeal to bring in the rats at so much per head. This is different from the experience at Hongkong during the bubonic epidemic, when a price was put upon rats by the local authorities. For months the corpses llowed in, until one night the Governor sent for six live rats, for purpose of observation. Rays passed, and nothing happened. Then the truth came out. Dead rate by thousands had been shipped in junks from Canton, Wouchou, and other parts of China.

“Here we are in trouble with the tar-pot again,” corarcnied the Mayor at Tuesday’s meeting of the Palmerston North Borough Council, in referring to a letter received from Mr. A. J. S. Riggs, claiming 30s for damages to his son’s clothing caused through the boy slipping on the tarred footpath in Foxton line. Mr. Nash added that be did not know what the council was going to do with every case of that sort that came along. Councillor Clausen said that he had, at the instance of Air. Rigg. inspected the boy’s clothing and found that it had been ruined. The. borough engineer, Air. S. Jickell, in reply to a question, stated that tho occurrence had taken place while the. borough workmen were olf tho job. There had been no negli-gc-ncp ,and it was one of those accidents which were always liable to happen. Councillor Crabb remarked that if the council was going to pay out on all claims of this nature the only remedy would be to absolutely fence off all areas that were being tarred, and this would be a tremendous inconvenience to the public. While sympathising with the boy in his misfortune, councillors were generally of the opinion that if the council paid out on this account it would establish a very * dangerous precedent. Ultimately the matter was referred to the borough solicitor for his opinion.

All football enthusiasts are reminded that the annual general meetings of tho Tukapa and Star Football Clubs will be held in the Soldiers’ Club rooms to-mor-row night at 8 o'clock.

As impregnable as Verdun—Regal brands of boots and shoes. We sell direct from the manufacturers and save the middleman’s profit. All goods branded “Regal” are manufactured in our own factory, and are guaranteed to give fair wear. Ladies’ box calf brogue shoes just .“it for winter wear, 26s 6d; gents s strong nailed shooters at 17s 6d 19s 6d 22s.—Regal Shoe Store, next' Every! body s Picture Palace.*

Owing to Friday next being Anzao Day, Mr. Newton King notifies that his RaJiotu cattle sale will be held the following day, Saturday, April 26 Farmers on the coast will please note.

All schools in the Taranaki Education District will be closed on Friday next, Anzac Day. Threepence overpaid into the hank by the Dover rate collection department has cost, it is said, several hundred pound's. The Government auditor declined to sign the audit, and nearly three months was spent by the office staff in a vain search to find the error. An object-lesson in expert cargopillaging, as now practised, is given by an Auckland firm of ironmongers, who are exhibiting in their window three small cases, supposed to contain American engineer’s tools, which were delivered to the consignees filled with an assortment of hardwood blocks, hollow building tiles, and pieces of rock. One small case shown in the window should have contained a bench drill, but holds nothing hut a block of hardwood, cunningly wedged in the centre of the case by a number of small wooden strips nailed to the case sides. This work could not have been carried out unless the thief had had plenty of time and been free from danger of disturbance. The closest secrecy is stilLbeing maintained about the proceedings at the conference between the Waterside Workers’ Federation and the employers of waterside labour. This conference sat in Wellington for about a week without an idea being given to the Eublic as to what was being done beind the closed doors. Then it adjourned for a week and still the-public were told nothing even about the cause for the adjournment. The delegates met again yesterday, and again adjourned, this time to a date not fixed. All the information given by one of the gentlemen empowered to tell news to the press was that the conference had adjourned' to enable the representatives of the union to convey another proposal to the men. If it should he necessary to summon the representatives of the employers again, the unions are to notify them. The Minister of Defence (Sir James Allen) has received from the members of the Religious Objectors’ Advisory Board (the Revs. J. R. Burgin, J. G. Chapman, and Mr. M. J. Mack) a letter in which they record their appreciation of the courtesy and consideration shown to them by the head of the Prisons Department and his staff during their recent investigations. “Every opportunity was given to us,” they state, “to investigate all premises where prisoners were lodged, etc., arid the nature and quality of food supplied. In every instance the quarters were scrupulously clean, the food plain but good, and although we mixed with the prisoners, not a single complaint was received. We were also struck with the good reports and impartiality with which the curious gaolers testified when reviewing the conduct of those whose cases we were investigating.” New Zealand has had too few private individuals who have recognised their public duty to the extent of making great private benefactions (says the Wairarapa Age). Auckland, Christchurch, and otaer cities have been liberally endowed by men who have placed the public first and themselves afterwards. Mastorton has not been so fortumttc. Of late, however,- there has been an awakening, which is splendid to behold. Only a few weeks ago we were able to announce that Mr. J. D. Cameron had made a valuable gift to the town, as a. memorial to a bravo son who’ he had lost in the war. Now Mr. C. E. Daniel! has shown his gratitude for the dispensation of Providence which has permitted his two brave sons to return from the battlefields. He has given a piece of land for higher education which is valued at no less than £6OOO. This will keep his name fresh in the memory of the people, and will remind future generations that there lived a man named Daniell who was inspired by a zeal for the public welfare and did what ho could to benefit his follows.

Tho need for temporary Government assistance in getting bousing schemes under may was brought to the notice of the Parliamentary Industries Committee by Mr. F. T. Bellringer, Town Clerk at Now Plymouth, on Tuesday. He said that much of the present industrial unrest was caused by the scarcity of dwellings and the high rents. Unless relief was given in these directions the unrest was likely to become accentuated. Owing to the high cost of building at present a borough or city council or a private concern which contemplated undertaking building was immediately faced by the fact that there would be a large annual loss to meet. Mr. Bellringer therefore suggested that tho Now Zealand Government should adopt a scheme somewhat on the lines of one being carried out by the British Government, and under which the Government for a certain number of years bore 75 per cent, of the loss, the remainder being borne by the local body. Another way to encourage the provision of homes by borough councils or even private enterprise would be for the Government to provide the capital charges at a low rate of interest.

A special meeting of the Waterside Workers’ Union will be held in Griffiths’ Buildings on Friday next,' at 7.30 p.m. Tile Melbourne, Ltd., have some excellent flannelette, comprising 32-inch striped at Is and Is 6d, 35-inch striped twills at Is lid and 2s 3d, also IJorrocksos’ striped Ideal cloth at 2s 3d; white and cream flannelette, Is 6d, Is lid, to 2s lid, the latter being Horrockses’ best quality 36-inch twill. Messrs. Gilmour and Clarke are advertising on page 7 of this issue some very fine sections right opposite the West End Bowling Green which must ris© in value. The terms are really exceptional, and within the reach of all. There is nothing cheaper in New Plymouth, and the locality is the best. President Wilson has evidently been reading about Taranaki women lifting the world into higher ideals by means of “Golden Rule” Soap, “Golden Rule” Candles, “Golden Rule” Writing Tablets, "Golden Rule” School Rulers, “Thinker’s” Pictorial Penny Notebooks and the famous “No Rubbing” Laundry Help.