LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 133, 8 February 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

School Committee meets to-night. "Hygia’s notes on "Our Babies ’ ’ are unavoidably lield over till tomorrow. It is eleven years to-day since the memorable smashing - up of the Russian Fleet, by the Japanese. Mr. Wolf Harris, of Dunedin, has given £.IOOO to the endowment fund of the Karitane Harris Hospital for Babies.

The sheep in the export classes at the Feilding Show have been killed at Longburn, and the carcases will now be sent to London for report and sale on the owners’ account. The prices will be awarded on receipt of' the report.

The third annual meeting of the Paparangi Sheep Dog Trials Club was held lust week, in a paddock kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. G. F. Moore. The weather was beautifully line, and there was a large attendance, visitors being present from Marton, Taihape and Waitotara. The judge was Mr. Blair, of Hawera, who carried out Id’s duties to the satisfaction of all. The socreatary, Mr. J. Bruce, is also deserving of praise for the way he discharged liis onerous duties. Mr. Moore Hunter’s challenge ci p was won outright by Mr. 8. Byrnes’ "Pip.” This competition is confined to bona-fide settlors, and the dog won for the second year in succession.

While searching for Mrs. Dixon, of Bunnythorpe, who disappeared at Manawafa Hoads on Saturday week when engaged in gathering shells, Constable Sweeney picked up a bottle on the beach containing one of the Commonwealth meteorologist’s charts used for the purpose of indicating the direction of the ocean currents. The discovery was made at a point eight miles north of the mouth of the Mauawatu River. According to the information afforded, the bottle was thrown overboard from the Kaikoura at noon on August 20th, 1914, by Captain A, W. McKellar, in luttifude 43.57 south, longtitude 146.13 east, the ship being bound from Durban Ao Auckland.

Tho publication of photographs of the third contingent is forbidden until permission is granted by the authorities.

Kauriniu is becoming quite towniiled and up-to-date. What with private P.O. boxes, and the prospect of a telephone exchange, the town is certainly well ahead of the times.

The Tailiape Defence Rifle Club’s third shoot in the Hiwera Cup Competition had to be postponed this week end, owing to the unfavourable weather conditions.

Only one Saturday night reveller was charged with drunkenness at the Police Court this morning! This one, a first offender, forfeited t.he amount of his bail, ss.

“You couldn’t drive a hen in, lot alone anything else.” This was a settler’s description at the Wanagnm County Council meeting last week or. the outlet from his holding.

In another column is published extracts from a lengthly, lucid and very interesting letter from Mr. Willie Berienshaw, who is now in the fighting line in Egypt, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bertenshaw, of Tailiape.

Mr. Will Crooks, MB., speaking at Bolton last month, said: “While in Cologne some time ago with a deputation of British trade unionists, I proposed the health of the German Empire, God forgive me!’’

An enthusiastic farewell was given by the Kakahi people to Mr. Forking, who has been schoolmaster there for the past six years, and who is now leaving to take his place in the fightingline at the front.

According to the Express, the rape crops in the Eketahuna district are particularly good this season. One farmer expects to fatten 2000 lambs off his crop, and at the price ruling the rape will bring him in a large return.

The excellent price of 20] d per lb warobtained at the Napier wool sale, when Messrs. Dalgcty and Co. offered a bale of scoured A combings on account of Messrs. Barrett and Whelch, of Wanstead. This is claimed to be a New Zealand record-,

An especial}' interesting “Spurs” bowling match was played on Saturday, the defenders being defeated by the small margin of 23 to 20. The competing teams wore: Drayton, Stent, Do Luon, James (s) defenders, and Murrell, Dymock, Train, Thurston (s), challengers.

There are still no traces of Mrs. J. Dixon, of Bunnythorpe, who has been missing from the Foxton beach since Saturday week. Search parties and ttie police have made a thorough search or the sand hills and coast without result. The police at Levin and Otaki have been instructed to search the beaches lower down the coast.

Mr. J. A. Young, M.P., speaking at Kawa, at the request of native leaseholders, drew Mr. Herries’ attention to the unfairness of the valuation placed upon improvements on native lands, and asked the Minister to introduce legislation which would clearly define the powers of the Native Land Board to interpret the law with a view to facilitating Native land transactions. The Minister promised to see what could be done.

"Last night this man was seeing rats as large as men, and blue monkeys. A change will do him good,” said Inspector Hendroy, in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, in asking for a remand for curative treatment in the ease of a man charged with being found helplessly drunk. The roan who had beein "seeing things” was robed in a monk-like garb, composed of a dark blanket which fell in long folds from round his shoulders. Ho did not deny hav yng seen the huge rats or blue monkeys. He was remanded for a week to more congenial surroundings.

The Marton Show, to be held next Wednesday, promises to eclipse all previous fixtures. Entries have been received from a number of the chief breeders in the North Island, and the entries in the horse jumping competitions constitute a record, 20 being received in the pony jump, .16 maiden hunters, 25 open hunters, and 11 ladies’ jumping. Mrs. J. Rawlins, of Palmerston North, will have charge of the catering and Mr. J. Hannan the publicans’ booth, which is a sufficient guarantee that patrons of these departments will receive every attention. Excursion fares have been conceded by the Railway Department.

The masterful dramatic production, The Trapper’s Mistake ” features on a magnificent programme to be. screened at the Three Stars this evening It s a realistic story of Canadian life with a strong sentimental vein which tends to give it extra fascination. The other pictures of interest include the splendid dramatic efforts of the Vitagraph and Reliance Co.’s, "The White Feather ” and " The Secret Crime”, and the interesting humourous comedies " Her Friend the Bandit ”, (Keystone), Wiffles in a Workshop (Bathe), and "In time for work,” the Gaumont scenic gem ‘‘Lake Lucprne” (Swiss), and the very latest number of the ever popular Austral-