The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 174, 27 March 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

(With which is incorporated The Tai hape Post una Waimarino News.)

By cable to-day, DanUli butter is quoted at from Ti'j/- to J.4"J/-.

During the past fortnight 127 yards of sand and gravel have been taken from the pits for Borough purposes.

About 50 men are at present engaged on the construction of the branch railway to Opunake. The steam shovel is being used.

Nine breaches of the Licensing Act were dealt with at the Marton MagisI rate's Court on Thursday, conviction*, resulting in all but one case.

Town Hall for a picture theatre was reTown Hall for a pcture theatre was received by the Borough Council last night from Wanganu.i

Some complaints made by German prisoners at Motuahi were investigated test week by the Minster of Defence and found to be trifling in nature.

Manchurian maize 1.3. at present being imported in New Zealand. One firm has already imported &00 sacks. and has another shipment on order.

At the Borough Council meeting last night a proposal was made to insure the furniture in the Town Hall for £3OO and increase the p.dicy on the building by £IOOO.

Mr. C. O. ChristoffiersoU. master of the Ruatiti school, lias been granted leave by the Wanganui Education Board to enable him to join the Expeditionary Force.

Mr. Theo. Boase was in town yesterday arranging for the production of "Within the Law" and "The Rosary" cu Easter Saturday and Easter Menda v.

At both picture theatres an excellent programme is being screened, vho star pictures being far abouve the average As this is the last night of (he programme, picture-lovers should not miss seeing, them.

WANTED Known. SLYFIELD'S Sample Rooms, adjoining Nieholls' Picture Theatre, is the place to save money.*

Bairy produce in Great Brittati exeoeds in value £30,000,000 per annum. Good work has recently been dene in various parts of the Borough io clearing out water channels acid stormvrater culverts, and numb-needed repairs have been made in Ellis md ICaka Roads.

A rather animated discussion aiooe in the Borough Council last night eve: what appeared to be unreasonable demands by the Health Inspector. It was decided to ask the Inspector to meet the Council on the subject.

The Borough Foreman last night reported to the Council that the weather during the past fortnight had bf-en more favourable to the roads, and recent rains had consolidated roadways that were breaking up badly in the long spell of dry weather. The question arose at the Boroagii Council last night of whether conditions for letting the hall should not provide for the presence of four firemen, one on the stage, one at the front of the. building, and one en ".aeh side door.

New footpaths are in course of foimation at the south end of Birch's Eoad, and the east end of Moa Street. These are near completion, and, when finished, a start is to be made with the path in Moa Street adjoining Mr. Cody's brewery.

As the Wanganui Hospital and Charitable Aid Board did not accept its conditional offer of £-15 annually towards the salary of an additional Health Officer, the Borough Council has amended its proposal and now offers £3O unconditionally.

A British officer says: —There will be many a farmer blown up next year by bumping into a live shell with his plough, a good percentage of the German shells not exploding. They are using very old ammunition. I have seen butt ends of shells marked 1892, but the beggars are liable to go off at any time when stirred a bit.

An officer at the front writes on January Ist: —"There is a pretty good dir. going on all round, since our big howiters are at present shelling the German trenches just in front of us and giving them absolute hell. They have been driven out of their trenches in places, and as they sprint across the open we bowl them over. Huge fun!"

Mr. Holm, of Owhango, lias generously donated a beautiful gold medal, value five guineas, for one of the chopping events at the Easter Monday Sport 9at Owhango. The medal is of heavy 15-carat gold and bears, in relief, the figure of am axeman and a block.

A meeting of Taringamutu settlers held on Tuesday confirmed the recommendation of Mr. A. S. Laird as the Governor's nominee for the new Hospital District. Mr. J. McLeod has been nominated for Kaitieke. Mr. P. Goldsmith will also be nominated for the combined districts of Taumarunui and Mammui.

The drawing for the picture painted by Mrs. Boyd for the benefit of the London National Food Fund took place in the Supper Loom of the Town Hall last night, Mr. Andrews being the winner with No. 1440. Mrs. Boyd wishes to thank h)\ those who helped her in her picture drawing by selling and buying tickets, which lias resulted in realising £SO for the fnud.

The Westland Land Board has granted an application for a lease of 30,000 acres at Otira as a wood pulp reservation, and a'lso an area for a site for a power-house and paper mill buildings, etc. ■ The applications for the necessary water rights for power purposes have been recommended by the warden for the consent of the Minister for Mines. Exhaustive experiments have been made, and expert reports obtained have proved the suitability of the timber for the manufacture of wood pulp and papers, and n company is now being formed to establish the industry.

At the Marton Magistrate'" Court, on Thursday, Frank Holder a eordfal manufacturer, was fined £2O for making and selling hop beer having a greater percentage of alcohol than ordinary brewers' beer. It contained 9.2 of proof spirit, or fi per cent, mere tTiau is allowed byl aw. Ordinary beer is allowed to contain 8 per cent of proof spirit. The magistrate regarded it as a very serious ease, as it was evading the payment for a license and also the Beer Duty Act. The maximum penalty for such an offence is £2OO and. the minimum £lO. Tho magistrate thotighr. the penalty should bo such as to prevent a recurrence of the offence.

The efforts of the war are making themselves felt very severely in the photographic business. Nearly all the chemicals used by New Zealand photographers have been manufactured in Germany, and the supply is now completely stopped. The result has been that prices have risen by big percentages. Amidol alone has increased COO per ee»t. in price, while bromide or* potassium, which used to cost 3/- a lb, is now 33s per. lb, an increase of 1.000 per cent. A peculiar fact is that a number of the chemicals are cheaper in New Zealand than in England. WANTED Known.—lnspect the value at SLYFIELD 'S Sample Boom. You will soon be convinced that money can be saved by purchasing here.* J