LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 130, 4 February 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr. 0. \V. Sampson .mih*y postmaster Pur th.i! Wnnganui disi:',:, visited '!'ai hape ye.'" ■'l v ''l' "• tour >f inspe I ion .!' I lie district. Afr, Sep. Reid of tin 1 local i 1 ire Brigade, has been appointed delograte to the ("nited Fire Brigaf.i" Assoi iat ion s Conference to he hoi i 't T'wnn.i during Tournament Week. The Otnihape Farmers' Freezing: Company invite tenders for an accommodation house, engineer's tesideuce, sheep yards and cattle Tenders i close at noon on Wednesday next. The (ilea Oror.n dairy .factory paid one •shilling- per pound for butter fat supplied during December and the 'Manga what la cheese factory paid- 1/2 [io p. pound. ■ Recruits are -now' .being' enroljod for •the Sixth Reinforcement draft of the Now Zealand Expeditionary Fore<>. The Sixth Odntingiirtt will, probably. nol leave New Zea'lar.d until about the mid- | (Ib'v of March. •' | The Age sstys' o'no Masierton farmer I has' 100 ;i'-!'i's of wheat readv for cut-

ting, which it is expected will yield ive.ll .over forty bushels: "per acre. The gross receipts at present prices will be aboii t. £I2OO. A special train with a largo consignment of sheep from Haw he's Bay passed through Taihape yosterday.cn route for Hangitikei. The sheep are being sent to this district owing to the good grazing obtainable and owing, as is general knowledge, to the shortage of feed in the Hawko's Bav area.

. Mr. Bowling relinguishes hi.s position of relieving; stationTnaster at Taihape on Sa tarda v.. After a .vacation he'will

take up duties as statiorimaster at To Awaniutu. Mr. 10. Clarke, chief clerk at Taumaninui, will relieve here- till the loth.j when Mr. .Mercer takes charge. . Tli e British soldier's -love of flowers is. almost proverbial, anil manifests itself oven in the most trying circumstances, The infantry recently at Havre were ordered to throw up eavthwbrlu against a possible German raid. When they had some time on their hands, and so promptly planted flowering clover on the slope of the trenches, because as one said, "if looks and smells so nice.*'

A settlor in the Halcombo district ,w:.• this morning somewhat gleefully recounting his prospects. Hi.s wheat crop, he said, was equal to forty bushels per acre, which at six shillings ]»er bushel, would be worth £l2 per acre—a Very excellent yield. Cropping' now with' an ordinarily good production would seen: to 1)0 more profitable than milking. with infinitely less labour.

The directors of tho Proua-Froe?.ing Company have decided tu make a forward move and the -erection of the works is to bo proceeded with. It -is stated that a well-known' fanner win scored so heavily at the Weliingto-i wool sales by petting 1/2 per lb. for ills woof decided to take tip 500 shares inthe'ctjmpanv instead' of 300 as originally intended. '

■Mr. Ma.sscy states that the Government is still making every effort to obtain- sufficient refrigerated steamers to enable producers, to get consignments away by the end of the season. In re gard to vcssels-jn berth or likely to be .the Government asks harbour boards to expe-diate matters by working overtime and providing (Tiargo facilities; Absolutely nothing is being left urtdonc.

A settler from the outback called hi a country newspaper office last week, his business being to pay an account. ''You look pleased with yourself this morning,' 'said the man behind ine counter. "Yes," he said, and his fa** beamed. I have just-received v.-ord that my wool realised 1/- per lb at the Wellington sale. Is tin t not enough •;,• make one feel pleased with himself:" In further conversation he stated that not many years back he realised 2k! per lb for his wool and had'to cart it hi from Hamuli, In later years, he said, ho received' rid and it was, then he b«gan to realise that there- was something i" sheepfa ruling. When he receive,! Od it made him feel someone' -was beina taken down and his conscience pricked him. But to receive 1/.—well his feelings were beyond expression,

The editor-of Life proceeds, in a very fine article—or rather a .series, of arti'■•o«.~to review the -progress of tlio great 'struggle during the.past month on land and on sea, and sums up the position by" saying: "At. the moment we write, .Germany resembles some fierce bird of prey,, red in beak and Haw, but | mr)i: j ac ,ne.d h, a . steel pagp ; The''.cage' is, taken geographical]v. an ("on of some SOO by. 200 miles;- the steel wires are, in the East, the vast. armies of Russia; in the West, the Pap Htret<dii;ng trenches, edged with the red

flame of musketry, where French and British keep their stubborn guard. Against these steel walls the fierce imprisoned bird, with torn plumage and bloody feathers, flings, itself in vain. The imprisoning .wires yield sometimes, but they never break; they draw closer round their..captive.'. Does anyone imagine that the imprisoned eagle will bo able fo break the cage?"'

Owing to an ufortunate breakdown we have to a])ologise for the late issue of "The Tailnpe Daily Times'' to-day. On the evening of the K.ietihi '■■•j.vlcultural and Pastoral Show a social and ..lance is to be held in the Eaetihi Drill Hall.

A rumour was afloat last night of an accident on the railway line. The story emanated from the driver of last

night 's express, who, on arrival at Taihapo reported to the stationmaster that lie had seen the body of a man lying alongside the rails, about a mile back. The .stationmaster promptly notified the proper authorities and despatched two men to the scene. They returned some time later, after a diligent search, reporting the complete ' disappearance of the said body. ? All industrious lady, who exhibited a; the Pending Show, and who has a. reputation for puddings, worked up enough for two •'duffs" and piit them both in •he one class. The two puddings were mixed at' the same time boiled at the same time; in fact, as'one of the Asso-

ciation oiiu-ials put it, they wore twin puddings. They were entered in the same class lju't, remarkable to relate, one was awarded first prize, but the other diil not oven get a "commended." For a little while the judges got a bad time. Speaking on tire prices of foodstufft at his meeting at Dunedin on Tuesday Mr Wtatliani said he believed the poopla of New Zealand were bottev off than in- any part of the Empire. One of the audience here interrupted to ask, "What about all the wheat in Ward's store at the Bluff?" Mr Statham replied, •'•'So far as I know there was no wheat there, but I notice that ;•. thousand sacks of oats were washed out. However, they might have been held for someone else. But it's amusing to

read ir. '•' The sixth annual show of the Waimarino Agricultural, Pastoral. Horticultural and industrial Association is to be held at Raetihi on Thursday, 18th February. Upwards of £2OO is offered in prizes, and tins fact alone is sure to. influence both entries and attendance. Entries are to close .with the secretary: Stock section February Cth. school-work February 11th, and all "tite,- sections on the clay of show. Schedules and entry forms, and any information required, may bo obtainel from the secretary just for the asking.