LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 158, 9 March 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

T. Moore, a ccach proprietor, has been remanded at Taumarunui on a charge of assaulting a man named Boyle, who is new in hospital.

r lJhe following are -'the datete ;for th e RaLjiitikei Council meetings for the remainder of the year: April 10, May 8, June 5, July 3, August 7, September 4, October 2 and 20, November 24, and December 18,

One pound per bushel is the price the Rantgjtike} County Council has to pay for the poisoned wheat it requires in connection with the small bird nui sance, It Is a question whether "the game is worth the candle."

At the Rangitikei County Council meeting the high prica cf poisoned wheat was under discussion when one cf the members remarked that it was a Pity some of it pculd not "fifld its way inside Kaiser Bill! 1 '

Several Wanganui river settlers attended the TaJhape stock sale this week Mr Smith, of Te Ma ire and Mr A, G : Riche s cf Taufliuronui both bought tyc mu'V-U js tfSQVjng 500 sheep to his place from QwUan'go, to-day.

In connection with the valuation roils .for. Ra,ngitikei County, the Department ha s .advised that a start will bg )n&se pfi t) 1 ? preparation of advices of land transactions in the cJounty. next month, and would be forwarded as early as possible.

, Mr F> Raven, of .Taumarunui, bas : exchanged porperties. with Mr Lcckyer, of Kajtjeke. Mr Raven is takinj over a. large ; farm of spifjudjei and. dairy- counrry and a .sawmill : as wall ffe is Ijkejy fp recejve a warm welcome from the Kaitjeke pepnle.

Duke Kalianamoku, the 100 yds Champion Swimmer of the world will assist at the Marton Championship Swimming Sports on Next Monday.

The Rangjtikel County Council decided en Saturday that an additional charge be made of 10 per centum on all rates for the current year not paid on or before the 29th of this month.

Splendid nominations have been received by the Hibernian Sports Club for the sports on Wednesday of next week. The principal axemen and sawyers of the Waimarino will be engaged and almost seventy individual bushmen will compete. An attractive prize list has also drawn good nominations for the pedestrian and equestrian events.

An inquest into the circumstances surrounding he death, of the late Mr Charles James Ward, who died suddenly at Palmerston station on Friday, was held on Saturday before Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M. Dr Rorke stated that tie had made a superficial examination of the body and found that death was due to heart failure, induced, by deceased hurrying to the railway staicn. The late Mr Ward was a farmar residing at Takapau. On Friday morning he left his home with a mob }f 800 sheep, which were trucked at Takapau for Mdrrinsville. Hef then ?ame to Palmerston, and after beinjg u town some time hurried to catch the 12.25 train north. A verdict was returned, in accordance with the medical testimony.

At about 1 o 'clock on Sunday afternoon, while Mr H. Hartley, of Himitangi, was walking along the beach, about "10 mile from Foxton Heads, on the Himitangi side, his attention was attracted by a peice of white cloth attached to a thin bit of board sticking in the sand. On going over to make investigations he discovered the remains of Mrs Dixon, se>n., of Bunnythorpe, who had been missing from Foxton beach since January 30 last,. The body was found in tie sand about three yards above high water mark, and, with the exception of the head (which was practically a skeleton) was covered in sand. It is surmised that she had fallen asleep, and on ris'ng had lost her way. Mrs Dixon was iged about 77 years, and was a wellknown resident of Bunnythorpe.