LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 116, 18 January 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Albert and his staff officers, seeing seme very tired soldiers in the rem hes,where they had been for fourteen hours, tock eft' their coats 'and odntimied 'the digging to give the men a rest.' ; The' Evening Post, the first daily paper in Wellington, will complete its fiftieth anniversary on .February Bth next. A special edition of the paper will be issued on that date, illustrating the great contrast between the years 1865 and 1915. Land in Ballachnaggan settlement, Piako County, Waitoa Survey District, has been thrown open for selection en renewable lease. The ballet is to take place on Monday, the 25th of January. The area offered is 34 acres, four miles t'rem Waitca railway station. Landless applicants will have preference The public are warned not to cash any of the new British Government issued £1 and 10s notes, owing to the existence of very cleverly forged notes, which are known to be in circulation. The water-mark of the forced notes is exactly similar to that cf the genuine ones. The only difference detectable is in the thickness and texture of the paper. The presence in some parts of "the city of men associated together in the "occupation" cf loitering about, was referred to by Inspector Hendrey in the Wellington Magistrate's Court en Thursday. "These gangs," he remarked, "are a danger to the community, and sooner or later end up in cases of assault and robbery, if not other charges." in the New Zealand Gazette, Charlie Sv : a Waernberg, sometimes called Charlie Warnberg, formerly of Stockholm, but now of the city of Auckland, seaman, gives notice that he has renounced and abandcned"tho Christian name Swen and the surname Waern-,' berg, and that he has- assumed and,' adopted the surname "Wilson," to the '' end and interest that he shall here-;; after be known by the name "Charlie Wilson," and by no other name. 1 1

.It.is understood that W. Webb has agreed to accept Hannan's challenge to row Cor £2OO aside for the championship of New Zealand. He suggests the end of May. The dairying industry in North Auckland has been splendid so far this season. Last month., especially, was excellent, but a big drop is certain this month owing to the "/dry weather and the incidental scarcity of food. At a well-attended meeting of egg farmers in Christchurcu it was resolved to ask the Government If it would temporarily remove the duty on foods suitable for poultry, including bran, pollard, soya beans, and mai.;e, until such time as the price of local products is again within their reach. The semi-final in the 1914 handicap pairs competition was played on the raihape bowling green en Saturday, Jewell ami Wrightson (s) being defeated by Drayton and Evans. In an ordinary draw Jcnes, Currie, Dyinock, 'Wilson (s) defeated Me La ugh lan, Pickering, Murrel, Jarrett (s) by 32 to IG. Mr G. P. Donnelly, of 'Hawke's Ray, \as commenced the ciultivatum of the Califcrnian Thistle, which has hithero been regarded as one of the most indeMra'ble of noxious weeds. Mr Donnelly says the sheep are feeding upon ü bem„ and he intends sowing about 4000 acres, and will pay for all the seed of this thistle that he can get. The accommodation on Saturday night's Main Trunk express was entirely inadequate and at Taihape standing room only was available. The conditions prevailed from Auckland last night, as a large percentage of the passengers were excursionist? returning to the South Island, contin ued so practically throughout the journey. Lieutenant Johnson and six noncommissioned officers of the local sen ior cadets left Taihape by the express this morning- to join the officers' draining camp at Wauganui. Second Lieutenant Bird of the 6th Mounteds ilsc left this morning, while severa 1 no-n-ccmmiiStjicned officers of the "Mounteds, leave within a few days. The course of training which lasts a "crtnighi: is being attended by officers hroughcut the" Wellington district.

Intimation has been conveyed to the Dtahuhu Borough Council by the-Wha-n'garei Freezing Co., Ltd., that they propose erecting a .large freezing ■vcrks in that district. Inquiry at the Auckland office of the company elicited the information that it had been decided to erect large works in the vicin'ty of Auckland, but as to the actual 'reality a good deal depended upon the adequacy of the water supply and the annual cost entailed for such service Once that is satisfactorily settled the •vcrks will be erected. A meeting of the directors in tht Taihape Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd.. was held in Taihape on Saturday af ternoon, Mr R. Campbell occupied the :hair in the absence of the chairman of directors, Mr H, D. Bennett. The report for the month of Deeembej showed that 55,600 lbs of butter had been manufactured, a slight decrease, owing to the dry season, on the figures of the corresponding month of last year, but an increase of 8000 lbs on last'month. The value paid for butter fat was £2,345, or a 1/ per lb, the highest price ruling at the present time.' There are now 100 suppliers to the factory. Tavo Accidents, peculiar in that in each case practically |iew vejhjicjles were brought into collision, occurred en Saturday. The first was in the' morning. Dr Barnett was motoring on the Mataroa Road, and when on the Mataroa Hill was met by Mr G. C. Ccrnford in his new motor. The vehicles somehow collided with the result that both received ;damages f although net of a serious nature. The occupants remained unhurt. The second accident occurred later on in the •day, when Mr B. Fitzherbert, riding his new B.S.A. motor-cycle, collided near Mangaweka with a motorist out for his first spin on a new Indian cycle. Both machines received damages but the riders luckily escaped injury. .