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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16506, 6 August 1919, Page 2

Mails despatched on Juno 25 arrived in London on the 2nd inst.

Iho Salvation Army Band went to Inglewood on Tuesday night, where n good programme oi music was rendered iu a crowded.bou.se.

On Tuesday evening a welcome for returned suluiciß was held in connection with tlic AViiiteley Club. Tne hall was comfortably tulou. Musical items, games, competitions anti supper made up a very enjoyable gathering. The Rev. J. .\ a pier MiJno presided and approximately welcomed the guests, thanks were tendered to tho young ladies who had charge of tho simper arrangements, and to .Mr. Russell Grave, who, as secretary of the club, had worked hard lor tiie success of the evening. Tho chairman of tho Pukekiuu Park Board (.Vlr. C. E. Bellringer) reported at tlio meeting on Tuesday evening that property-owners along B tills Street had consented to tho erection of a cobblestone wall along the Park Irontage to that street, and agreed to tho board taking a small strip of roadway for tho purxiose. The .Mayor (Mr. C. 11. Burgess) set aside Ills honorarium for the purpose of xiroviding this wall, which will greatly improve tho appearance of tho mam entrance to Pukekura. Park. Stops are to bo taken to have the wall erected at as early a date ns possible. Arrangements in the hands of Mr. R. Day arc well forward for tho completion of the children’s Peace Day motor -diivo to-morrow, but 10 or lo more cars are required to accommodate date tho 450 children who could not bo taken on Peace .Monday. Cara will assemble at the respective schools at 1.30, while those not already allotted should report to Mr. Day at the Central Fire Station at 1.15. The procession will move off at 1.15, proceeding to Inglewood, via Bell Block,'.aud returning by way of Junction Road. Tho children will be given a chance to stretch their limbs at the Inglewood school for ten minutes, and on reaching town they will be conveyed to their respective schools.

A record crowd was present at tho euchre party and dance held in tho Kawaroa Park Pavilion on Tuesday evening, 37 tables being engaged in the card tournament. Aliss K. AVallach secured first prize for tho ladies (51b box tea) with 12 gauges, Airs. AVilliamson being second with' 11} games, taking 2olb bag Hour. For the. men’s first prize (51b bag tea) Air. Sutton proved Ihe winner with 13 games. Alcssrs. C. Hampton, Lineham and Riley tied for second prize (2o!b bag flour), with 11 games each. In the play-off Air. C. Rampton won. After the cards supper was served by the ladies’ committee and the floor was then cleared for dancing, which was kept going till alter one o’clock. Aliss Rita S.olo supplied excellent music and Air. F. Alovorlcy and J. Hoskiu acted as Al. C’s. Tho Pnkekura Park Board of Trustees met on Tuesday evening. Air. C. F. Bellringer presided, ana there were also present: Alcssrs. AV. F. Short, R. C. Hughes,_ Ti. V. S. Griffiths, and It. Cock. The curator (Air. AV. W. Smith) reported that the chief work for the mouth had consisted of felling and removing exhausted trees, grubbing gorge and brush wattle, transplanting largo tern trees around the upper lake, and general cleaning up and burning of rubmsh. Notwithstanding tho presence of the immense crowd in tho Park on ATctory Bay, there laid been no damage to tne Board’s property. The planting of trees in Liardet Street in connection with tho peace celebrations had boon carried out by tho board’s staff. AVell-grown puriris were planted at both ends of the section of tho street, with eight of the best varieties of Japanese flowering cherries on each side of tho street. “Street planting with beautiful and suitable tines, and groups of trees growing on spare spaces, add greatly to rhe general health, protection, beautification and value of towns, 1 ’ the curator said. In regard to the general work of planting for the season, some delay had arisen on account of lack of assistance, and many of the trees had become somewhat overgrown and illshapen. The receipts for the month from the sale of firewood amounted to £3.

A social and dance in aid of the Soldiers’ Hostel will be held in tho East End Pavilion to-morrow (Thursday) night at 8 o’clock. Music will bo supplied by Mrs. George. A good supper will be provided and it is hoped there will bo a large dumber present to help such a good cause.

Major A. Gray, late Chaplain to H M N Z. Forces, will be conducting a ten days’ mission at the Salvation Army Hall So has been a nlost P°P ular chaplain, -and the soldier lads all speak most highly, of him. Tho meetings wall start Thursday night at 8, .and every afternoon at 2.30, and every night there will ho services. There is a welcome for all and especially the returned soldiers.

( i.mj.b.int, - .is made by the curator 1.1 Pul-.d-pi .1 Pad- in the, course of Ids 1...0, 1 i., i|,f. lioard of Trustees Mi,.t , i„ u-giii.'i) n ms, such as I ..liny ill 1.1,1 j, ii i(■ Slid picking (loners, ci it. cl lit 1,,.j0g p.-tti tis.i-d by a section 1.1 llm p.d.le A,, „ ) iib. I,mid Imilies in the country imp,,,-. .1 . iii pi- >,l Is pel mile lip to t-,v.-i,i.v ~f , » m !«• lor diiving stray luiiimd,-. 1.. tin- j,1111,11 1 'I be Oliaknno lii.iniqdi < lime d bn-. loi warded a remit In I In-. .M nnc ip.-il A-mia-ia a,inn of New Zealand In, i no a idi ial, nm at the coming I 1, 111.-, I in m in wl a b it seeks to alter till- I lunge 1 1, Is pci Iliad per mile. A 1 1intnn11- i,n Me- ii-mit adds naively : “The pie,sent stain mahe-: it profitable for a. ja j snli le.vinne a number ni cattle and I I m ae ■. In (.inn llmni on to 111 e Hired and

;.oi, gra/mg for all o) t.licui lor ;i nigut for I-r v. liiii- ;t person owning one cow would have 1.0 pay lli" Mum; amount.” An unusual incident occurred in cen--1,1 111 Devon Street on .M onday evening, silently hid ore 1) o’clock. A wcka caino injiui;i;r, down Die centre of the road 1 rnni Die (1 irccl.iiin of the Post Office at n wry high speed ami, when opposite the 1 iyr 1 1 1r■ 1 1 entrance to the Criterion lintel, swerved suddenly and dashed into tin; interior of the hotel under the eyes of a poliecnian and a group of admiring s pee tiiloirs. It was .suggested that the weka was in grave danger of being arrested for being unlawfully on licensed promises after hoars. A small hoy was eventually deputed to enter the hotel in pursuit and lie emerged with the bird in captivity. It was released to have a fresh run and again showed a fine turn of speed before disappearing in the vacant ground behind the A.51.P. build lugs

The persistency with which the number J.‘i kept nulling up during the Crown lands ballot at Auckland on Friday ior sections in throe soldier settlements wouid appeal to superstitious people as being uncanny. tinder the procedure adopted three soldiers were selected by ballot from those applying for each section. Twelve times M'o. 13 applicant drew a place in the trio. At the thirteenth drawing Mo. 13 applicant drew .No. 13 section, and the confidence went further, for it transpired that there were 13 letters in this man’s name and 13 in his address. It was freely stated that ho had drawn one of the best sections offered. Owing to the peculiar circumstances referred to many of those present at the ballot wore driven to the conclusion that tho word “unlucky,” as applied to the number 13 is, after all, a. misnomer.

Tobacco supplies in the shops arc authoritatively said to be worse to-day in Kngland than at any period during the war, especially the supply of popular brands of cigarettes. The expectation early in the year that there would have been ample supplies by now has not boon realised (says Tobacco, the trade journal). Tobacco has been arriving at the ports in large quantities, although its delivery to manufactories has taken an interminable time. Labour has been in bolter supply. Machinery lias been the weak link but some few additional cigarette machines have been secured hero and there. This driblet does not, however, replace the machines incapacitated more or less by the excessive strain of running night and day on war work. The number of machines arriving is insufficient to relieve the congestion, and any great improvement in delivery cannot he expected during the next three or four months. Manufacturers are from two to 10 million cigarettes a week behind in their orders, and tobacconists have to face a prospect of continued short supplies.

Alas, yes! As ye say, Sir-r-v Harr-r-y Lauder, there are too mony hot-els and r-r-raec meetin’s in Awstr-r-rnlia, and it is oxtr-romcly desir-rablc that on every for-r-ner there should bo a bank —a wee hit hoosie iq hold coin of the r-r-realm — insted of an awfu’ pub. Yet, Sir Hav-ry, on just a few of ibo oor-rners wo might have theuyters—good moral houses of entcr-rtammeiit, ye ken, where str-rong dr-rink and other evil things are not, so much as mentioned, Hoc shockin' it used to he to take the heart-bronkin’ sum of ten, shillin’ out of one’s pooch to pay for admeesion to an enter-r-tain-inent and then hear a distrossfu’ song aboot being’ fu’ tho noo —yes, absolutely fu'—by a men who said that his namo was Jock M’Graw, and he didna care a” straw, for he had a wee dr:lp in the bottle for the mor-rnin’. Little wunner that his nose blushed as he said it! Ah, Sir Har-ry. they’re a bad lot. . they M’Cfraws. This Jock, too, used to sing aboot “A AVee Deocli-an-doruis,” and had the owdacity to assairt that if a fu’ man was aide to say a lew wor-rds in spite of all the whusky he’d consumed, ho wnsna droonk. Pico glad I am, Sir Tlav-ry, that you have never encouraged sic-like shamefu’ prnccedin’s. Long may ye. continue to sing your tcmper-ranco songs, and to r-reraiud us by your clderliko demeanour that the atmosphere of the Sawbath-school should also be the atmosphere of tho the-ayter. Let the wor-rcl go forth that a threepenny or a bawbee in the plate will be sufficient ndmeesion, and I will come many times to sec and hear ye.

Ladies! Be not wear out your beautiful summer clothes on the old-fashion-ed washboard. Let “No Rubbing” Laundry Hein and the pure “Golden Rule” Soap do tho work. .All stores. Don’t use soap for washing clothes. AA’bcn Fairy AA'ondcr Dry Soap is used no ordinary soap is required! Fairy AA’ondcr won’t hurt clothes or hands, and it saves rubbing and boiling! Lighten the. work of washing day by using Fairy AA’ondcr! ' g

Tho smartest stylos and best values in ladies’ footwear arc always obtainable at “The Regal.” AA 7 o stock only the best English and colonial brands', and guarantee our goods to give satisfaction. Ladies’ first-grade glace kid derby shoes, welted soles. 26s 6cl; ladies’ box calf brogue shoos, as now worn, 26s 6d. — Regal Shoe Store.* For Children’s Hacking Cough Woods’ Great Peppermint Cura.