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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16501, 31 July 1919, Page 2

A committee, on behalf of tho citizens of Hawern. has purchased tho property in Manse Street known as Nurse Keith's private, hospital for tho purposes of a women’s hostel. The institution will be conducted by a ladies’ committee To be appointed.—Hawera Star.

A statement that was made in AAollington recently that there is likely to bo a shortage of sugar in tho Dominion, was referred to by the manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in Auckland. Ho said ho know nothing of an impending shortage of sugar. His company expected to have its first season’s shipment of raw material before August 8, and had plenty to go on with in the meantime. A social was given at the East End pavilion by friends of Messrs. T. Coleman and R. Singh in honour of their coming of age. Seventy-five couples were presoni, and during tho evening Air. Singh was presented with a wristlet watch, and Mr. Coleman with a gentleman s companion, 'Hie dance music was provided by Air. F. Boulton, extras being played by Aliss Boulton. Alcssrs. Singh, Hall, and Coburn, whilst Mr. R. Boulton officiated as AI.C. An excellent supper was provided by Airs. A. Coleman. It is understood (says tho Otago Daily Times) that a determined effort is to bo made by certain of the unions to bring about an alteration in the control of local labour matters. These unions, represented by what are generally termed sano Labour members, as against extremists, hold that tho Local Labour Representation Committee does not represent the views of the groat majority of unionists, and that it is only through tho apathy of the unionists' themselves that tho committee, as at present constituted, exists. It is generally considered by unionists that if they could bring forward candidates who are not imbued with the idea that the millenium can be reached by direct action, these candidates would have very favourable prospects of success at the coming elections. The unionists agree, however, that candidates holding extreme views oan have little hope of being returned at the hustings —in fact, many unionists themselves will not give their support or vote for such candidates. One of the first movements of the proposed new Labour party will he to strive to cancel the affiliation of the Otago Representation Committee with the New Zealand labour Party, and to form a distinct Otago Labour Pai;ty. These at The Alolbourue: Men’s Paris garters, Is lid;; men’s fine and heavy ribbed ali-ivool socks, 2s lid; hemstitched 'handkerchiefs, 9d each; men’s dark working shirts, 6s lid; men’s fine quality neglige shirts, 10s 6d ; men’s knitted heather overshirts, 13s 6d; moil’s white tennis and neglige shirts, 8s 6d, 9s 6d, 10s 6d; wonderful values.* Never let a day pass without telling someone about the .wonderful laboursaving and perfect Cleansing qualities of “No Rubbing” Laundry Help. One shilling packet sufficient for seven weekly washings.—J. M‘Neill, Devon Street.

The great H.B.'Sale is now in full swing—now is the time to secure good, dependable clothing and footwear at very economical prices. Men’s underwear at Is lid, 2s lid, 3s 6d, 6s lid; men’s shirts at 6s lid, 7s lid, 8s lid ; boys’ strong knickers at 4s lid, 5s lid’ 6s"lid; women’s good walking shoes at 16s lid, 18s 6d, 2ls, 22s 6d; and heaps more equally cheap lines.*

AVo are now offering throe specials in men’s boots at prices that cannot he repeated: Gents’ stout box calf derby boots, 32s 6d; gents’ glaco kid derby books, leather lined, 32s 6d; gents’ stout tan derby boots, 37s 6d. Ten percent. discount given to returned soldiers.' —Regal Shoo Store.*" Tho Folding Corkscrew was worth a fortune to the inventor! Simple ideas often bring fame and fortune to the inventor! Have you an idea? If you have, call or write for our free booklet “Advice to Inventors.” —Henry Hughes, Ltd., Patent Attorneys, 157 Peatherston Street, Wellington. 135

Take your proscription to the Central Pharmacy (between Morey’s and Mollison’s).

A meeting of Whakatano ratepayers unanimously approved of a borough loan proposal totalling £70,500 as follows: Roads £17,500, water £25,000, electric light and power £24,000, drainage £4OOO. The chairman of the New Zealand Shipping Company announces that the general manager (Sir. A. W. Bennetts) is retiring at the end of August, and the position which he held will not be tilleck The board of directors have appointed Air. K. B. Bullock, their Wellington manager, as superintendent of the company. He will be stationed at Wellington, as experience has shown the necessity for the chief executive officer residing there. Some of the Alollington coal Sealers are advising their customers to make increased provision for the storage of coal at their homes. A .big coal-bin is of no particular value to a householder at the present time, when deliveries are limited in quantity as well as in number. But conditions may become easier during the summer and the regulations against “hoarding” will not-jlhcn prevent householders from laying* in half a ton or oven a ton of coal. Wellington people, have long been in the habit of buying their coal in very small lots. Tow o! the houses have storage for more than half a ton of coal; very many of them cannot receive more than a quarter of a ton, and there are hundreds of houses whore the. “coal-bin” is a box that will scarcely contain a couple of hundredweight. The delivery of coal in very small lots admittedly is uneconomical in normal times, and the task of the dealer would bn much simplified if householders bought in half-ton and ton lots when supplies arc available.

One is reminded of a verse about little drops of water and little grains of sand by the estimate, made, at the University of Wisconsin, that a single storm last March scattered a! least a million tons of solid mailer from the deserts of Arizona and New .Mexico over all the north-eastern United States, from Wisconsin to Vermont. Tho infinitesimal particles of solid matter, swept up by tho storm in tho deserts, wore carried on snowflakes, so many of thorn that “at least a million tons” is the term used to describe aggregate weight, and deposited wherever the snowflakes molted. The conclusion is reached by microscopic examination of unmeHcd snow in different parts of the country, in response to a suggestion sent out from the University of Wisconsin. Oddly snow started the investigation; the snowfall covered an area, of at least 100,000 square miles, and the estimate of solid .natter conveyed and deposited is believed to be conservative. All of which emphasises, the Christian Science Monitor says, the importance of tho wind, from time immemorial, in distributing soil over tho earth.

That the. finest and most delicate eloth can be produced from the bark of trees and thou beautifully and most artistically decorated with charming colour effects obtained solely from the juico of wild berries, was demonstrated in a very practical and convincing way at the Central and AVest End Schools to-day by Mr. AATicrahiko Rawei, highly cultured and gifted native school master from Mooren, one of the Tahitian Islands. Great quantities of this wood ,cloth were exhibited,, and its primitive , manufacture graphically described to the astonished pupils. .Some of the native cloth exhibited was so fine in texture that a dozen yards or so of it could be folded into the compass of an ordinary pocket Handkerchief, while the decorative designs voro most unique and pleasing. Air. Rawei, who is n composer of Polynesian music and songs a.s well as a native school teacher, defighted the children with specimens of Hawaiian, Samoan and Tahitian melodies. io morrow i,Friday) ho will entertain stuflonts at the Roys’ and C.iris -High Schools.

The following new hooks have boon added to the Carnegie Library: “Catherine Sterling,” Lorinier, N.; “Missing,” Penny, F. E.; "Called to Judgment,” Stanton, G., and llosken. H ; "Expiation,” Oppenlioim. E. P.; "Fair Inez,” Sladcn, D.; "The House Not Ala do AA'ith Hands,” Lyall, D.; "'The Bag of Saffron,” A T nn Hutton, B.; “The Lost Phigcnia,” Castle, A. and E.; “Jenny Essender,” Anonymous; “Tho Cacldis-AA’orm,” Scott, C. A. D.; "Love and the; Whirlwind,” Lewis, H. P.; “The Department Store,” Bolime, M.jJThc Least Resistance,” Al’Laurin, K. L.; “AA ild Justice,” Clare F.; “Sarah Afidget.” Grey, L.; “Lark’s Gate,” Macnamara, R. S.; “God’s Child,” Dallas, Captain 0.; “The Lady of Kingdoms,” Irwin, J. H.; “The Farm Servant,” Anfttruthcr, E. H.; “The Lure of the Land,” AA’eotwood, E. Al. ; "Loves Burden,” Peterson, AL; "The, Squirrel Cage,” Canfield, D.: “Hie Devils Garden,” Maxwell. AT. B.; “Cabbages and Kings,” Henry, 0.; “The Coconut Planter,” Jones, D. E.; “The Rea! Adventure,” AVebstcr H. K.; “Tho Spirit of the. AA cst,’ Hocking. J.; "Tho Sin That AA’as His,” Packard, F. L.; “A Siren of the Snows,” Shaw-, S.; “The Mountains of the Atoon,” Bercsford, J. D.