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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16613, 10 December 1919, Page 2

The Girls’ High School distribution of prizes will take place to-morrow evening at the Boys’ Assembly Hall, and it is hoped that the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, will preside. The Taranaki Education Board decided to-day that sohoolq under its jurisdiction shall close for the Christmas vacation on Tuesday next, the day before the election.

A woman who had been committed to the mental hospital by Mr. T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., was conducted to Porirua to-day by the matron and Constable Small.

The Bell Block school committee has been granted permission by the Education Board to Kang a roll of honour in the school. A similar application from the Matau committee was also granted. The Taranaki Education Board has decided to bring before the nqxt meeting of the Council of Education tho question of the advisability of establishing a training college for teachers in New Plymouth.

“A career of crime is no life for anybody. If you want to have any pleasure in life, give up crime.”—This remark was addressed by tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) to a prisoner, whom he was sentencing, on Tuesday.

At the general meeting of the East End Bathing Reserve Committee Air. R. Day, borough inspector, attended, and outlined his scheme to popularise New Plymouth and the foreshore. Tho president (Air. A. L. Roberts) thanked Air. Day for his attendance and very useful information, and promised Air. Day every assistance In forwarding his splendid scheme. No settlement has been reached in the plumbers’ dispute, which ended in tho men downing tools on Tuesday morning. Tho rate of pay for some time past has been 2s an hour, but the men demanded a minimum of 2s 6d. This the employers refused and offered 2s 3d, but the men will not depart from their demand for 2s 6d.

An Eltham telegram states that religious feeling is entering into the contest for the Egmont scat as tho result of a P.P.A. circular. Last night three plateglass windows were smashed in the shop of Air. Ira J. Bridger, President of tho Egmont branch of the P.P.A. It is understood that tho police know tho offender.

A special Christmas supplement of eight pages will be issued with the Taranaki Herald on Saturday next, 13th inst,, which, with the usual twelve-page paper issued on Saturday, will make this edition a record one of twenty pages. The supplement will contain several Christmas stories and also special ladies’ and children’s pages. Besides tlie reading matter there will bo found in the advertising columns many suggestions for suitable Christmas gifts. This supplement will also appear in the Budget on tho 13tli inst. Young horses and young people both require to bo looked after carefully, according to the evidence of a raccfc horse-owner who appeared in the Supremo Court/on Tuesday. The dentist’s bill, which so often looms largo before tho anxious eyes of a father, has also to bo considered by the owner of tho racehorse. Tho witness in question, while giving details of costs of training a rncchorso, said it had to go to the dentist at least once a year, often twice a year. Ono of his young horses also had a bad attack of colic. Tho services of a doctor must also have been required. Tho East End Bathing RcsorvS Committee reminds the genera! public tliat everything will bo perfectly in order for the groat euchre party to bo held in tho pavilion to-morrow night (Thursday). Several new tables, trestles, and seating accommodation have boon scoured by the committee, so that there will bo abundance of room for everybody. The prizes are both valuable and useful for this season of tho year, namely, two hams and two 251 b bags of sugar. Tho proceeds are on behalf of tho candidature of tho popular East End holiday queen (Aliss Lilia Bellringer). With fine weather there will bo a record crowd.

A special general meeting of the Witiora Golf Club was hold on Tucs<lav evening, Air. V. H. Elliott, presiding. Tho meeting was called for the purpose of considering proposed alterations in the club’s links and other matters in connection with the club’s welfare. Tho hen. treasurer, Air R. George, mentioned that last year there had been a falling off in the membership, but it was hoped that next season would show an improvement in that direction. After n short discussion it was resolved to appoint a committee comprising Alcssrs. Broome, Elliott, Atcdlcy, George ant! Gilmonr to go fully into the affairs of the Club and report to a future meeting.

Ono of the most generous gifts made to the returned-soldiers of Now Zealand has come from Air. George Rutherford, of AA’aitohi Peaks, North Canterbury. Air. Rutherford has sold his property to the Government for a soldiers’ settlement at a price that moans a clear gift to the soldier settlors of £35.000, or more. The station consists of 13,000 acres, and Air. Rutherford has refused £9 per acre for tho land. One of tho leading station agents in Christchurch states that a conservative estimate of tho value of tho property, if placed upon the market to-day, would be £lO per acre. The owner of the property has sold it to the Government for £6 10s per acre. The estate will be cut up into a number of runs. Tho soldiers’ viewpoint in the matter of the increased cost of living was humorously put by Air. Clutlia Mackenzie in the course of his political address on Thursday. “Everyone thinks they are ‘getting it in tho eve’ from tho ‘profiteers, ’ he said, “but I really think wo ‘diggers’ have particularly good grounds for complaint! When wo get our discharge, tho Government grants us the munificent sum of £5 for our mufti allowance; wo go to a tailor and are informed that we cannot get a decent suit under ton or twelve guineas, and when wo go home in disgust to get out our pre-war suits wo find the moths or some other pest have got to them. (Laughter.) Therefore wo know only too well this particular phase of tho increased coat of living!”

Tho young- people of tho Sunday School are giving a musical programme at the Salvation Army Hall on Thursday night at eight o’clock. Brigadier Tomer from Palmerston North, is presenting the prizes to the young people, just upon 80 this year. This branch of the work has made a great advance this last two years. Two special Is lid lines are offered at The Alelbourne, Limited, namely: Splendid quality plain navy and floral indigo print, and- Horrockses’ 36-inch A.l. velvet finish calico. These lines are exceptionally good buying to-day, as wholesale prices have considerably advanced.* Of course there must be some inducement to bring so many customers to our store. Watch our advertisements and you will get an idea of the values we offer. AA’e have just opened a nice selection of gentlemen’s leather slippers in tan and black, suitable for Christmas gifts.—Regal Shoe Store, next door to Everybody’s Picture Theatre.* Clothes Snowy White Without Ruhbiijo-! Fairy AVonder Dry Soap makes the” clothes beautifully white without rubbing or boiling. No extra soap is required, and it will not injure tho hands or clothes. Try it! Large Is 10d packet does for 12 washings.* “Keep Smiling” Boot Polish is causing quite a stir in society circles owing to its superior shining qualities. Price 8d tin. All grocers.*