TAIHAPE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1972, 31 January 1914, Page 2

TAIHAPE.

As th-o result of roprcsentntiQils made by the Taihape Chamber of Commerce, mail bags vviJl in futtiro bo made up for the second express trains north antt south. The mails for south trains will close at ,9.45 p.m., and the, Wellington mail will be convoyed by tub 12.27 ii.fii. express south, and tho Auckland mail by the 4.9 n.hi. express north. .The- following liafttficaps havo been declared for tho next shoot in connection with tho Sutherland Cup riflo compotiiiens:—J. Tufnbull, C. Bait. H. Marsh, ftfld E. Anderson, scr.; t\ N.. ■\\QiitGombo, S; fl. Barwll,"C. Cribb, and &.■ Biismi, 8; L. Andersen and \V. Mtithio, 12; and E. Spooxer aiid J. Ail" derson,' 15. : * . Ona or two heavy showers of rain fell Into on Thursi'ay night, but as the .oquntrj* is very dry and pastitrage is drying off quickly, a good steady down* pour is needed. Tlio fiTS-fc shifiincnt «f cliocso from the Clovcrdalo laebfy this season realised GGs. on Mm London marke^ 3000 bales of wnol have bren railed from MnngawoltA this season, and lust iveok COOO sheort wore railed. Giving to a shortapo of trvielcs. a krge nllmbor of stiwu had to bo held back. Fishing in tlie TTnutnpu Riv«r on thnrsday, Mr. F. N, Whitcombo seciifefl o.ieht- trout of an average weight of 211b.A man nftmed W. Tliorhpson fell from a oiirt on Tluirsdav, Riid seriously injured liis spine. ITo is mnkine fair progress under medical treatment. >A lad' aliont thirteen years nf ace. whose name is not nscertnitiahle, fell Train tho soiitli-lmnnd express between Marton and Cliff Road on Thursday. Ho was picked \m in a Semi-eonseirtus stntn by Uw staff of the mixed train, whinh loft. Taihnpe shortly lifter tho oxpress. He was tnlten to the Wsn.qanui Hiispitat, where it was found that ho had sustained, a nasty cvit In tho bend, ncressitjvHns several stitelios , , aiwl was very syenk, owtim to having lost a largo quantity of Wood.