LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 212, 21 May 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In writing to a friend in Palmerston, a Now Zealand trooper in Egypt says that the recent riot in Cairo was caused by a native stabbing a Maori, thus precipitating the disturbance. District nurses throughout the Wanganui Hospital Board area will in future bo able to procure their requirements in drugs, etc., from the Wanganui Hospital at cost price instead of buying it from retail pharmacies, as they have done heretofore.

A peculiar accident happened in a Wellington thoroughfare, when a -man walked right through a «hop window at the junction of two streets, Tho .pedestrian evidently was puzzled t >y the mirror at the corner of the shop. Fortunately, he was not seriously in.lared,

Vacancies for various occupations

are advertised by ShuJe's Eegistfy Office.

All race meetings in Great Britain, except those held at Newmarket, have been suspended during the war. The meeting of ladies that was advertised to take place at the Presbyterian Church on Friday evening, has been postponed until next Wednesday. The time and place of meeting vriff be notified later.

The High Commissioner reports l asteady advance at London, in the price of bacon and hams: Irish bacon 94/- to’ 95/-, Danish 92/- to 94/-, Canadian 85/-. Hams: English 112/- to 120/H Irish 108/- to 112/-, Canadian T 4- to--76/-, American 70/- to 72/-. There has been a recrudescence of the window-scratching in Wellington. The other morning several large shop windows were foud more or less seriously defaced, and in one or two cases the miscreant had scrawled disgusting words on the glass.

It appears that about 40 able-bodied young men at Waikino have shown-ho inclination to enlist. The other day some local wag got their names and wrote them on a large sheet of paper, finishing up with “Your King and country need you." The placard was posted in a conspicuous part of the town. Whether the hint will be taken remains to be seen. >

In the course of a letter from Cairo, dated April 10, Gteneral Godley says:— “ Whatever may be in store for us, I think you may rest assured that the New Zealand troops will do you credit. I have every confidence in them. I expect we shall have a good deal of heavy fighting. I only hope I shall be able to do justice to the men yon have entrusted to mo.”

It is understood that proposals were made to advance the price of butter for the Wellington market at the end of the week but they were not given effect to, the majority of those interested opposing any change for the present. The Australian markt has fallen flat In eonsequence of the heavy importation of Califorian butter- at a rate consider ably less than New Zealand was prepared to supply.

The residents of Ohakune had an undesirable experience last week, through peculiar circumstances. The waterflow at the source of the Wangawhero Stream on Mount Euapehu side became frozen, and in. consequence the turbines could not be supplied with water to generate light and power. Street lighting had to be temporarily cut out till a flow of water could be obtained.

During the month of April, 155 patients were treated in the Wanagnui Hospital. The admissions numbered 69, discharges 64, and deaths 8. Twen-ty-six operations requiring anaesthetics were performed. At Taihape, 32 patients were treated during the month, 20 wereadmitted, 17 discharged, 2 died, and 13 remained in residence. Seven operations were perfomd during the month. There were three .eases of diphtheria. 1 ! Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle at their Palmerston North sale on Thursday, 20tht May. Quotations: Store ewes 8/6, ewpty ewes 10/2, mixed age ewes in lamb 10/3, forward lambs 15/1, cull almbs 7/-, small 2-th. wethers 15/-, cull yearling heifers 16/-, cull 20-month heifers 39/-, low condi tion yearling steers 29/-, low condition 26-mcmth steers £3 9/-, backward diary eo-ws £4 1/- to £5, forward cows to £4 5/-.

In view of the large number of trained nurses who are leaving the Dominion for service at the front there is likely to be much understating in the hospitals throughout the Dominion. The possibility is a menace and at the Wanganui Hospital Board meeting the matter was referred to by Mr. W, G. Bassett, who urged that in view of the heavy strain on the nursing staffs and the likelihood of the strain increasing by the prolongation of the' war and the sending away of more nurses, the Hospital Boards of the Dominion should take steps to train a larger number of nurses. The Health Department is to be urged to make the proposal uniform throughout New Zealand. Wanganui is doing its duty in regard to two nurses. “The finest ward in the building as a dust-bin, ” declared one of the ladies on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, at Wanganui, when referring to a ward at the hospital not being used just now. The assertion brought Mr W. G. Bassett, the ex-chairman, to his feet, and he explained why this ward was not being utilised. The Board had been accused of extravagance, he said, but, so far from that being the case, it had cut down expenses in not staffing this ward and by practically overcrowding the others. On occasions, it had been almost necessary to open the other ward, owing to the number of patients who had to be accommodated, but the authorities had managed to avoid this.

Year after year brings increasing proof .of the superiority of »SHARLAND'S; Baking Ponder. Cost's'lesfl; than others—'Worth more! A boon to Public Speakers, Singers, and Realcers is "NAZOL,” Keeps the throat clear as a bell. Can be taken

Messrs. A. W. Gardner and Co. announce that they have a large assortment of ladies' neckwear just to hand.

At the Tui Street Mart, to-morrow, Mr. W. McLennan will sell fruit, potatoes, pumpkins, and other vegetables, as well as 60 head of poultry. PTukere Tangaea, an officer of the Aotea Land Board, was In Taihape o Wednesday to pay out rents on Maori leases, etc.

As the outcome of an Act of Parliament passed last year, all cases of truancy a3e now held in camera. Such a case was' heard' af the' Taihape Magistrate ’s Ceurt on Wednesday, but owing to this change in the law, the PresJ was unable- to- report it. The " Charley's Aunt”' Company gave an excellent rendering of the well-known comedy at the' Town Hal] last night to a good house; the- players keeping the audience- in roars of laughter during the greater part of the evening: All the characters were well sustained, the elocutionary efforts of Miss Hardinge-Mal'tby being particularly noticeable. Should the Company pay a return visit to Taihape, there is no doubt they would be greeted with a packed house:

Some members of the Wanganui Hospital «and Charitable Aid Board were in a very querulous mood at last meeting. There was a percentage of new members and they, of course, wanted to know the why and the wherefore of things, but some of the older member? seemed suddenly to realise that they had in the past not paid as much attention to business as they should have done. Considerable anxiety was suddenly expressed as to the - way the Board paid its accounts. Members, it was said, had approved although they had not known anything about What was being paid away, and what for. Did the Board check its accounts, or were they simply paid according as the tradesmen sent in their accounts? One member alleged that the Board recently paid three different prices for the same articles under different names. Mr. Bassett assured -the members that every care was taken in checking tb' accounts, and that the Finance Committee did its duty. All the accounts were checked by the officers who handled the goods, and by the office staff, who compared the prices charged with the tendered prices.