LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 261, 23 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A bay mare, aged.’will-be sold at the iound to-morrow (Saturday).

As it is necessary to close up accounts in his estate, .Mr. Arch. Crawford notifies that all monies owing thereto must be forthwith or they will be sued for. A,-■ ■

Complaint was. made at the recent meeting of the Wanganui. Borough Council ‘ regarding married men employed by the borough being discharged, while single men had been kept on. Tlie : complainant stated that the mttter was pausing considerable comment.

On Wednesday, one 'of the pqlcs on the line between . Oliakune and Tanmarnnni was destroyed by a falling tree, and. t. olographic communication between .Wellington and Auckland was interrupted between .the hours of!) a .nr. and p.m.

TU l 0 high, price* that is ruling for butter fat 'in’ inducing farmers to go in more extensively for.dairying, and factories are anticipating greater supplies during the coming season. The Kohinui cheese factory has already been promised an additional 200 cows early in the season.

A somewhat serious accident occurred in the neighbourhood of Petane on Tuesdaj r night, when a motor-car crashed so violently into a telegraph post that the arm carrying the wires was broken and several of the lines snapped* causing an interruption to communication north of Napier.

' Madame Sonia, the Egyptian palmist, clairvoyant, and crystal gazer, who has bdeh. in Taihape for the past -week, has bjeeh requested to remain until Saturday.' '‘ Madam Sonia has her rooms next to Mr. Cunninghame’s chemist shop, and she may be consulted any time 1 from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. Madame ' Sonia has travelled practically over the world and has had experience in Egypt and elsewhere.

Latest advices from America state that new Transatlantic records for quick construction of submarines have been established. A Massachusetts firm recently reported that ten submarines were on the point of completion, the keels of which had only been laid down four months previously. These vessels were being constructed for the British Navy, and represented pa,rt bf a big order obtained from the British (hovernement. United States naval officials were greatly impressed by' tiie speed with which the submarines were being built. The average time for the construction e.f such vesb3s for the' Uriited States Navy has been Upwards of two years. t

If *yeti > 'get a chill, with sore throat, and tightiieas of the chest, don’t wait until you<are la,M up, but tackle..it with “NAZOL,” which relieves more quickly cad effectively than any other remedy. Price, 1/6. ,

Means of traffic seem to have been cut off both North and South of Taihape, and residents here are, for the present in a state of semi-isolation. I Mr W. McLennan notifies that he { I will sell boots, shoes, poultry, potatoes, j carrots, onions and fruit at the Tui [ Street Auction Mart to-morrow, Satur- | day. He will also sell two Holstein heifers about to calve.

The ra'ilwafol is blocked between Marton and Wanganui, so that neither passengers, goods, or newspapers can reach Taihape along that route. No information is to hand respecting the time obstruction will b e removed.

Owing to slips on the Main Trunk lin e the South bound express is expected to be at least eight hours late, in fact, it is not known when the line will be cleared sufficiently to enable trains to pass. ■ The Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ltd., notify in another column that the appointment of Mr H. B. Duncan,as their Taihape agent, was terminated on the 4th March, 1915, and that Mr W. E. Turnbull, who was then appointed, has sole authority in Taihape to transact business on behalf of the Company.

Members of the Taihape Chamber of Commerce are notified that the adourned quarterly meeting will be held in th e Town Hall Supper Room, on Monday evening, July 26th, when it is hoped that all members will be present, and that they will bring along as many new members as possible.

Owing to the heavy rain on Thursday morning, considerable damage was done to the tram-line of Alexander and Gorrie, sawraillers, at Bennett’s Siding, a good portion of the tram raid several bridges being washed away. Th e stream beside the mill was the highest that has ever been seen, and there was two feet of water running through the mill.

Settlers around Taihape report that the late downpour has caused the most rapid rise in the rivers and other water courses that they hav e ever experienced. Dams have been washed away, and floods caused, doing a great deal of damage. In only a few hours the Otaihape was changed from a trickling stream to a raging torrent, hut so far no news of considerable injury has been reported.

A lad arrived at the Upper Hutt police station on Wednesday morning with a report that a man named Christopher Neilson had been drowned while attempting to ford a creek at the. mouth of Mungaroa River. The police ■ investigated ' the matter, and found that Neilson, who was driving a horse and cart to the Upper Hutt. had to cross what is known as the Tunnel Road Creek, which at ordinary times is paly about five feet wide' and eight inches deep. Owing to the floods, however, this creek Had turned into a raging torrent, fifteen'yards in width and eight to ten feet deep in places. Neilson had, started to drive aerhss, and the vehicle,'caught in the current, was overturneii' aml washed away, carrying him wiih'ft; A thorough search along .the banks .was' made, but no sigh :of ■ the man, horse or cart was to-be fdulrd. i Neilson, 1 who was about ,42 years of ago,-was a- native of Denmark; and had recently taken up farming in the Afuvaroa-' district. : ■

A new definition of (lie term “alien enemy ’’if; given in regulations just gazetted under the ‘War Kcgiuhtums Act. It is there provided that every person shall be deemed to be'an * lien enemy who is or has at any time been a subject of any State with which His Majesty is now at war. notwithstanding the fact that sm;h person may be also by birth, naturalisation, or otherwise a British subject, or may have in any manner ceased to be a subject of any such State. No alien enemy may, without the written consent of the Minister for Defence, leave or attempt to leave, or do any act with intent to leave, New Zealand. No owner, charterer, or master of a ship may knowingly receive on board that ship for carriage from New Zealand any person whom he suspects or has ground for suspecting to be an alien enemy, unless that person has the written permission of the Minister for Defence to leave New Zealand, This regulation does not apply to any alien enemy who has arrived in New Zealand as a member of the crew of any ship and who leaves New Zealtxnd as a member of the crew of the same ship.