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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16609, 5 December 1919, Page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will bo held at fbo Soldiers’ Club this evening.

Fifty tons of sugar arrived from Auckland by tho Ritmi to-day, so that no shortage need be feared for the immediate future.

The admission to all parts 1 gf the house to-night for tho benefit concert at the Good Templar Hall will be one shilling. It is understood that the men foi Samoa are as stated by Sir James Allen in the recent session. Men are going merely as civil police to replace the military as provided by the Samoan constitution.

The allerationsfto the scale of fares, rates and charges upon the Government railways, which come into force on December 18, are published in the Gazette. Provision is made for tho issue of excursion tickets on such holidays and special occasions as may be arranged by the department. The Now Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Ruahino, en route from England to New Zealand with returning troops, arrived at Capetown on November 24. After bunkering she sailed for Auckland, via Hobart, and is duo there on December 23.

Tho Wellington branch of tho Post and 'Telegraph Officers’ Association have passed the following resolutions: “This meeting of the Wellington section of tho I’. aad T. Association strongly urge the Government to fulfil the promise given by Sir Joseph Ward that a war bonus uould be paid up to September 30, lui9, and in support thereof, draw attention to the still increasing cost of living, which is fully recognised by recent awards of the Arbitration Court.” A meeting of all those interested in the formation of a head centre in New Plymouth of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association will bo held this evening in the Soldiers’ Club at 8 o’clock. It is to bo hoped that thero will bo a representative gathering. The election in the north ward of the Taranaki Education Board’s district to fill tho vacancy on the hoard created by the resignation of Mr. T. Buchanan resulted as follows:—Mr. F. Hoskiu, 117 votes, Mr. S. Vickers 59. There were five informal votes.

Two feet from any part of New Plymouth will lead you to The Regal Shoe Store, where you get full value for every shilling you spend. Being manufacturers we are able to offer you footwear at prices below the regular. Note the address; Next door to Everybody’s Picture Theatre.*

Music hath charms! Nothing appeals to parents and others more than children’s singing. You arc specially invited to the Baptist Sunday School anniversary services on Sunday, December 7, at 11, 3 and 7. Speical preachers, special singing, and special, orchestra.

“No Rubbing’’ Laundry Help is free from all caustics or other injurious chemicals, hence the popularity of “No Rubbing.” One shilling packet sufficient for seven weekly washings.—J. M'Neill.*

Sykes’s Cura Cough will cure your cold, cut away the phlegm secretions and' give instant relief to your sore throat and chest. Prove it for yourself. Sold anywhere, Is 6d. ’-‘M

By special request the benefit entertainment in the Good Templar Hall will be repeated to-night. Mr. MacDonald, who is so well known to New Plymouth audiences, and who only returned from active service on Wednesday last, has kindly consented to sing. Admission to all parts of the hall will bo one shilling.

During the week ended November 2, the War Expenses Branch paid out 6119 war gratuity claims, aggregating £367,418 3s 7d. The daily average of payments was thus 1020. This brings the total gratuities paid to November 29 to 31,294, the total amount distributed being £1,949,842.

Payments made by the Imperial Supplies Department for produce bought for the British Government reached £113,422,000 on November 30 (says a Wellington telegram). On account of wool £44,766,057 has been paid, for meat £41,312,800, for butter £6,235,900, for cheese £15,586,300, and sheepskins £2,253,700. The display of potatoes at the Horticultural Society’s Show on Thursday was a particularly fine one both numerically and also from the point of view of quality. Many of the tubers were almost perfect specimens of their particular variety. The display aroused a great deal of renewed enthusiasm among quite a number of local residents who are keen on their kitchen gardens and as the result of an informal discussion at the show on Thursday night, it is probable steps will be taken with the idea of popularising vegetable growing and thus considerably increasing the competition in this important section at future shows. Mr. D. E. Hutchins, who has been studying the question of re-atforcstation in New Zealand, visited the Wairarapa last week, taking notes of the peculiarities of native trees, but more particularly of the growth an dsizo of trees planted by early settlers. In Solway College grounds he found a very fine specimen of the Californian redwood tree, which is 75ft. high and 3ft. in diameter at oft. from the groundline. At Greytown a bluegum on Mr. Haigh’s property measured 25ft. in circumference at oft. above the ground, and is 135 ft. high. On the Mastorton Showgrounds a matai tree, uprooted in the recent gale, was calculated by the annular rings to he 400 years old. Some logs, 3ft. in diameter, now being cut at Danicll’s sawmill were planted by the late Mr. W. Everette at Opaki in the early ’eighties of last century.