LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 193, 23 April 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-night the Tailtftpe Boirough Oounell will hold its final meetiafc, Mr. W. McLennan;--- atineunoes that there, will be no sal? at the Tui Street Mart'to-morrow, but that fruit, and other goods will be oa «als privately. At Te Kuiti yesterday Fames Kyle wa fl fined £SO for keeping liquor for sale, and J. Taylor £2O for supplying liquor to a native. A. meeting of the Albion Football Club, Ohutu, is to be held at half-past two on the 26th April, at the Box MiU, Ohutu, -. The advent of winter & heralded by the announcement that the Pskeha Hockey Club will hold its annual meeting in the Fire Brigade Hall this evening at 7-30 p.m. Mr J. R. Cunninghame notifies that he'is a candidate for a seat on the Borough Council, and aaks for the support of electors on Wednesday next, at the . ballot box.

On Saturday and Monday the famous picture, "Saving the Colours," will be screened at the Town Hall Pictures, and on Sunday night "The Pilgrim's Progress" will constitute the programme, . ••

Mi*. Sam Chariton, of Hastings, met with a painful accident at Taupo on Saturday last. Whilst stepping from s launch on Lake Taupo he slipped and fell heavily on the papa rocks, fracturing his ribs, Mr W. T. Penny, secretary of Manawatu A. and P. Association, stated at Wednesday's meeting that up till March 31st last year the names of 1601 live members were on the list. Twenty two members seat in their resignations. '.._■•

The decision of the Election Court at Wellington regarding the Hawke's Bay petition upholds tho Magistrate's (Mr.. McCarthy's decision as to informal voets, thus increasing Dr. MeNab 's original maority of 9 to 40.

The annual social and prise-giving in connection with the Presbyterian Sunday School will be held in Hie Pres-

byterian Hall this evening. Proceedings will commence with a tea meeting. The charge for admission for adults iVill be one shilling, children •free.

The parcel post rates have been further reduced. The limit of weight for places served by rail and steamer i s now increased'to 281bs (3s), and other improvements have been effected which should make the pareel-post system still more useful to the public. The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bert West, who was fataly shot at Napier some time ago, was resumed at the Napier Courthouse on Wednesday Miss Parkinson, the other victim of the tragedy, being sufficiently recovered to attend. At the meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board held yesterday It was decided to rescind a previous resolution to (erect new offices on the Board's land at the corner of Guyton and Campbell Streets, and to consider the question of having the new offices at the local hospital grounds. The Coronation of Nurse Maude, the newly elected Queen of Canterbury, the competition for which proved the big feature of the Harvest. Festival held on Saturday for the Belgian Fund, took place in the Colosseum, Christchurch, on Monday night in the presence of 3000 spectators. _ The ceremony was most elaborate and picturesque.

The newly appointed Wesleyan Minister for the Taihape district, the Rev. Minifie, will preach his first sermon in the aihape Church at the evening service on Sunday. The subject of his address is "Facing Modern Doubt," and b.r. states that it is particularly suited to young men. Other services the Rev. Minifie will take on Sunday are: Tiriraukaua at 11 a.m. and Mataroa at 2.30 p.rri.

A Waitotara Maori recently applied to the court for a prohibition order against his son —not, however, to restrain him from drinking but, from eating! Th e native in question had developed a most extraordinarymania for eating and not long since ate a largo kit of potatoes and lay like a dog for a couple of days. The Natives were under the ■ impression that if thens was a law to prevent a man from drinking too much there must surely be a law to prevent him over-eating!

Last week Mrs. W. 3. Fletcher, residing at Onehunga, gave hor baby boy, ten months old, a ginger nut to suck. A. few minutes afterwards the baby began to choke and went quite blue in tho face. It had swallowed with the biscuit, a safely pin about an inch long. A neighbour succeeded in extricating the pin, but all thought ..the child had collapsed. The next day a neighbour's child is stated to have found an ordinary pin firmly enclosed in a biscuit. CONISrOISEUES, when referring to the merits of "Tiki" Stout, say, ".Ir,\-» as good as English Stout," Try it.* Deliciously refreshing and nervequieting is "Desert Gold" Tea. Try a enp when you're tired and 'headachy' after shopping All grocers sell' it. Lock for tho "Camels"! * *. w nsftd in leading childjif" s7,rg <*j (Oi r^n' Bl lior.'.rilals ihfc work *^'vJUJ7vLfQ' iVer - [,,< '' <] ' "so it is =i , f;!i| iind , I:i .. M . a , mHk