The Taihape Daily Times SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 162, 13 March 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

(With which is incorporated The Taj hapo Post :,a3 Waimariuo Nswb )

It is reported, tliat Mr. Barron, of Tvaitieke, has gold his farm to Messrs. McCafferv Bros.

The Borough Council have decided to form new footpaths in Ellis Road and Moa Street.

The K.aUieke Patriotic Committee have called a public meeting for the 21st ihst. with tlie object of organising a Belgian Relief Fund.

Extra storm water culverts have recently been put in in Ellis Road, anc: much needed road repairs have been effected.

For v. breach of the heavy traffic bylaws, r.t Ohakunc, on Wednesday, Messrs. Broadbelt and Co, were fined £lO ,with costs added.

The Owhango Athletic Club's Sporty are to be held on Easter Monday. The programme is a lengthy one and the prize-money offered would do credit to a larger community.

The Kaitieke school children are responsible for increasing the Belgian Relief Fund by another £l3, and eatsli child is the proud possessor of a special certificate from the Education Board testifying to the fact,

The return of stock of all kinds impounded at Taihape from January 31st to March 11th, presented to the Borough Council last night, showed that 84 had been impounded from within the oßrough and six from without. The fees collected were as follows: — Driving £4 6/-, poundogo £3 12/-, sustenance and damages £1 8/6, advertising and notices .10/6.

Considerable dissent was expressed by Borough Councillors last night at the action of ratepayers in making building alterations first, then submitting plans and asking for the Council's adoption of them. A proposal was made to instruct the Borough Forema* |o look out for all e&ses of unauthorJsm iiu - c ;| Mia

In South Anstrwli:! every farmer tins beei! requested to put in nil acre ■. wheat for Belgium.

Tlie Rev. R. H. Cathenvood will conduet the service at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening

For assaulting Robert Climo, at Ohakuno, Thomas .Tone? was fined £2 and coats by Mr. W. R. Haselden. 8.M., on Wednesday.

All the money taken at Nieholls' Pictures on Sunday evening (to-mor-row:) will be given by Mr. Nicholls to the. Btfigan Relief Fund.

Peter Dawson ,the world-famous baritone, has been induced to make a return visit to Taihape before he leaves New Zealand.

The usual classes will be held at the Technical School on Monday evening The dressmaking class will not be held on Wednesday at the Technical School, it being a public holiday.

A beautiful silver cup has been presented to the Owhango Athletic Club by Mr. R. W. Smith, M.P.. to be awarded to the winner of the handicap chopping event at their sports on Easter Mondav.

A special meeting-of the Taihape Borough Council is to be held at noon on Monday to formally adopt the Borough Roll. Subsequently the Council will inspect the proposed (iterations at the Station Street Picture Theatre.

The approaches to the bridge over the]Otaihape Stream, which have beer: in a bad state for some considerable time past, are being reformed and medalled. A proposal is made to widen the south side bv an additional six feet.

The clever young Russian musicians, the Cherniavakys, give one of their famous recitals in the Town Hall on Monday night. Anyone aspiring to a knowledge should not miss hearing these wonderful exponents of the art.

While the question of works that ha<! beep authorised by old Comieils in the past were wnder discussion, one councillor remarked that these old councillors niust have been a queer lot of people! it seems- that hey were like the bropri bear and hibernated for the winter, forgetting all about the works they had authorised.

While the question of a war tax vv:isbeing considered at the Borough Council meeting last night, councillors ;>t~ canie just a little familiar. On one of them remarking that he could not stand any further taxation as lie was rated up to the neck, another remarked,; "It's all right, Jimmy, you've got to I pay your share one way or another.''

The Mangaweka Settler says: There is evidently something amiss in the Taihape Post Office mail delivery department. We have not checked our letters, but we can say for a certainty that copies of The Taihape'Daily Time? bearing the offical stamp on day cf issue, never reaches Mangaweka until after the arrival of the last train on the following evening from Taihape. This is speeding up with a vengeance! To the postal officials, a newspaper may not be regarded as of much importance as compared to a tetter, but we would like to point out to tliese dilatory officials that it is equally important to get your iiewspaper prompt. If this sort of treatment is general, then we thank our stars we have not the responsibility of pushing the circulation of a newspaper in Taihape.