LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 131, 5 February 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

J.cckyer's Mill at Kaitieke is now working full time again. •To-day is the seventy-fifth nnniver.saniv of the signing of the famous Treaty of Yvaimigi. • 1 & The Ran git ike i County Council warns the public that any person damaging' native trees on the County road lines will be liable to prosecution. The transfer of the license of the village inn at Lamerhurst, Kent, was recently effected from father to son. The inn has been four centuries in the same family.

• John Benjamin Clark was fined £1 at fire Police Court this morning for be iito- drunk and disorderly. Three first offending inebriatese each forfeited the amount--of their bail. 5/-.

, The fires which, have, raged in. the; Master ten district during the-- past •week-. hgy.y destroyed many hundreds of acres of-graas, and miles of fencing. B.ush and grass'Ores have'also, .done considerable damage in South; Wairarapa, where..a number of stock are reported to have perished in the-flames.

The scarcity of ’water is becoming a serious matter in the Mastertdn district.' Noj only is the borough supply lew, but, rho streams in the country kuTro milling Master ton’ are drying up, bringing about a -serious state cf affairs as far as ( stock is concerned. A thong the rivers which have ceased running’ are the Whareama, Kahum’inai and the Mangapakeha.

' Miss Pauli was cue -cf the teachers at the Mission Sunday SchooT ■ One Sunday the subject of the lesson was; “The Second Commandment,’’ and Miss Pauli began by asking- little Adelberl Dugan the '.question:' “Now, Adalbert, have wo any idols in this country?” For a moment the hoy hesitated,, and then replied: “Yes, miss. Me dad’s idle, and me uncle, too.”

A leading Masterton grocer informed; a Daily Times representative today, that butter will probably reach Is 6d to Is 8d per lb whloesale during the coming winter. This means that die retail price will be about Is 9d per lb. The high price will be due to the abnormal trade conditions brought about by the war and the scarcity in some districts owing to the drought.

Upon receipt of the Japanese ultimatum, the Kaiser, it may be remembered, cabled to the commander of his Chinese fortress: “Bear in mind that it would shame me more to surrender Kaic-Chau to the Japanese than Berlin to the Russians.” The kind-hearted Russians will now, wo feel sure, have less ■.pdmpu'.ncyion in taking '.BeiTi;o/, seeing that the blow will have been softened to an anti-climax. —“punch.”

The Taranaki Herald is rathejr weak on Scripture, to judge from this {following (remarks a contemporary) I “Our method of Ashing to-day,” declares Mr Adam Nixc-Uj of Auckland, who is ah advocate of the trawl, “is the same as that employed by St. Paul, who supplied us with the first instance of municipal rates being-paid for in fish.” St. Paul was a maker of tents,; while St. Peter was the fisherman referred to by Mr Nixon

The following lads of the district have volunteered • for active service hi their country’s aid:- I'. J. Cody; A. 0. Cox, W. Miinro, T. Tl. Khuto, T.ii’iape; 11. J. Reid, Ngawalya; V. J. Barker, KailTekc; W. B. Thompson, Tanghvai; W. A. Francis,-Owhango; 0. Bel! T if. Hume, Waiouni; R. Wilson, Raetihi; D. Barnes, Tongariro. They leave for Trentham on Monday next and will be under the charge of Haro-;- Major Sehank as far as Marten.

A Maslerton resident had an unplea, sant experience in Wellington a few days ago. He had lei't his room in an hotel for the bathroom, and on his return he discovered that his watch and chain, and sovereign-case containing several’ sovereigns:, together with all the silver in his pockets, had disappeared The only coin left was a solitary penny lie communicated with the police, hud detectives were soon at work, hut no trace of the missing articles could he found.

The Prime Minister in response to a telegram i'rcm the member for Wairarapa, has arranged for a shipment of thirty tens of flour by the first steamer from Auckland. This will bo divided between three bakers at Carterton, and one at Greytown, at the price fixed by the Government. Application has also been made fer a supply for the Featherstcn bakers. The prompt action cf the Prime Minister in providing for the urgent necessities cf the Walrarapa will doubtless be , fully appreciated,—Master ton Age.

In commenting upon the indiscriminate giving of credit by tradespeople in Wanganui, “Mr W. Kerr, S.M., said: “It is high time that business people decked after their own interests more. The credit system seems to be ruinous to tradespeople. If they want their money they must insist upon a cash system and: i byn people wed id buy things they want and not buy things they do not require. If business people choose to give credit indisdrim-

inately they do so at their own risk

With very few exceptions, tlic railway officials of every grade are. courteous am! obliging, and particularly those in authority never tail to assist “ travellers in distress ’’ when their services are requisitioned. And it is good that such is tiie case. Mr. Spindele r. the stationmaster at Mar ton Junction, referred to this phase of a railway iJhcial s wor, when ‘.\."knowlco.ging a gift mm. the railwayman at Mariam Junction, end in stressing th.• point, said ;l.af he personally had p ound that it cost nothing to extend civjlity and courlosv, and if carried its own reward.

A rather extraordinary base was heard at Stratford, Court, when a man was charged with obstructing the traffic on, tiie Toko railway line by standing cn ine line, thus necessitating ine,stepping of the train. The driver of the train gave evidence to the effect .that the accused, was. standing in the middle of the line holding his hands above his head. There was noreason for his. doing so. The driver h id to stop the train to avoid an ac-

re! op; t. The guard gave corroborative. c vhltfnee. Accused, who did not put in an appearance in Court, was fined'-Pl' l , with costs £2 16s.

• During the early days of the FrancoGerman war of 1870, when the position of Belgium was being" much debated, Mr Gladstone put the British position very clearly in a letter to John Bright, “ff the Belgian people desire, on their own account,' to join France or any ether country, I for one will be no party .to taking up arms to prevent, it,”-ho-said. “But (bat. the Belgians, whether they would or no, should go •plump’ ‘ down the . maw cf another ■country to satisfy dynastic greed, is another , matter. The accomplishment of such a crime as this implies would come near to the extinction of public right in. Europe, and I do not think we could look on while the sacrifice of tVehdom, and independence was in; course of consummation.”