LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 247, 8 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

From Adelaide comes word of Hie death of Archbishop John O'Reilly. During the present month, 9,33 S acres of Crown lands are being thrown open for selection. The mails which left Wellington on May 27 per E.M.S. Moana, and whlc7< arrived at San Francisco on June 16, ,{Uie date, reached London on July 3. The Hon. E. K. Simpson, of Bonny Qlen, is in a precarious state of healtTi, and has been unable to take his seat »n the (Legislative Council this session.

Mr. iG. W. I-lean, the well-known Wanganu;l chemist, has volunteered for servfee at Trentham, and leaves for f&e camp immediately:

In ordw to carry on joint action with the Liberals and for other purpose!*, and especially to reserve its complete identity, the Labour Party in the House has appointed Mr. Hind marsh atits chairman, Mr. Payne prefers to preserve his identity as an Independent Labour representative.

'£he se'eretary to the "Wangamii Education BoaTd notifies jia another eolnmn that «s£iy the requisite aujuber ©f nominations 2*ave been for tie three eeattf oh the Beard i&ndered vacant by the .statutory rdtirena#»ts, anC he, hcrefore, .declares tfaeate jjisee—Messrs,, Edwia IHxon, Fred Pu4»eH, and George Usurp he 4W eleeted. _• .-pVi ■>,^\ : ''^^TH■.'} ~

It is believed that record sheep priced were obtained at the Taihape sale yesterday. At a special sale of Mr. S. Norman's outvies, Messrs. Dalgotv and Co. disposed of a fairly large offering of -4- to 6-th. ewes at 37/2, 2th. ewes at 29/3. and a cow hundreds of ewe lambs at 20/5. It is very doubtful whether these prices have been exceeded in any part of the Dominion for the same class of entries.

A line of 200 sheep, presented by ?>Tr. Matthew Morrison, was sold by Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. at the Taihape sa»e vesterday, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, and realised the highly satisfactory price of 14/7 per head. Tne total sum by which the fund will benefit is £lls 16'/S. A wether presented by Mr. E. Batt, for the same fund, realised £2O. Messrs. Dalgety 's services t« selling were rendered gratuitously.

"When they asked the richest Bill-jim in one of the Australian regiments why he signed on as the cook's.off-.sidor, he put it this way, says the Bulletin: "Well, a bloke must do his bit, and when there's scrappin ' on I'll be somewhere handy; and when there's no scrappin' I'm beilin' the water. A bloke can get a banky bath any time he likes then, see?"

There passed away at Otaki on Sunday night an old native named Hakarc», who had been employed as bellringer a». the Roman Catholic Church for a number of years. It is claimed that he was 110 years old, and had practiealiy known no sickness. Even prior to h!s death he had only been ailing a fevr days. A sister, said to be 102 years of age. died at Otaki some years ago.

It is pleasing to know that local

musicians are moving in the direction of establishing an orchestral society in Taihape, and that a meeting is to be held to-morrow (Friday) evening in Mr. Loader's shop of all those who arc interested, whether they are players or not. It is not creditable to so important a centre as this is that it should be without such an organisation, and it is therefore hoped that everyone who can will be present to-morrow evening anft launch the mueh-desired institution.

There are 281 wounded officers and men ou the Willochra, and of these SO are hospital cases. Twenty-three are Auckland men, 24 Welington, 21 Otago, and .12 Canterbury. The Minister for Public Health states that those of the North Island men veho arc fit to travel will be sent on arrival, by special hospital train, to the hospitals in thenown districts. The remaining 201 would be distributed to their respective districts, and those with no homes to go to would be accommodated in various convalescent homes. The Motor Reserve has placed its organisation at the disposal of the authorities for the transport of the sick and wounded from the steamer.

• The medical officers at the Trontham camp are impressing upon the soldiers the undesirability of wearing Balaclava caps and mufflers at any time. The wearing of these articles is strongry discountenanced by the medical officers, and all ranks are urged to refrain from any action in this connection, which will probably be. the means of impairing their health. The men are also warned that, when wearing tTierr overcoats they should keep the coats buttoned up.

It has been the practice in our law courts for first-offending inebriates to be leniently dealt with. The customary procedure of the magistrates is to convict and discharge them. If a man had been incarcerated in the police cells for a night, this was considered sufficient punishment, and when lie appeared in the morning he was accordingly discharged. However, after a few hours' detention, an inebriate might be bailed out, and if he answered his bail, he was also let off without the imposition of a penalty. Thus it was that some who had only been subjected to a few hours' detention, and were In the happy position of being able to ball themselves out, had the same treatment meted out to them as those who had spent nearly a whole day in the cells. Apparently, Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., of Wellington, is determined that this anomaly shall not apply in the future, for the other day, in the Magistrate's Court, two inebriates who answered to their bail were lined 5/- whilst another who had spent all night in the cells was convicted and discharged.

A gentleman who is thoroughly conversant with the business conditions prevailing at Home, writing under dare May IS, summarises the industrial anc commercial situation as follows: "Whatever the final effect of this frightful war may mean It is hard to say; but, for the time being, there is no shortage of money (even if it is only borrowed). Everyone whow ants work can get emplyment; shortage of labu* is causing delay in all branches of trade, and it is most difficult to ger goods through by rail. I know of one lot of cheese which took a fortnight ?t; go from Bristol to Liverpooll Steamerr are taking several weeks in getting discharged; workups all rott»<l ar» asking tor ine?©a*e» is psjr to meet fnc high«r eoat of living. At the urn* time, more and more reemits are joining the army. Tfe<me wlsa ftW employed to tfte" laduaii'lftfi; of the ecmatry are getting constant work, vshtek, i& a measure, aoeouato tor the aiaijitesS-»ee of high prices for butter and elieeae/'