LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 270, 14 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.-^jj,— -. ._ The SOlo ; "Sun of My Soul," will be sung by Mr F. Mitchell, at the Methodist Church to-morrow evening. The Rev. Lester Minifie will deliver an address on "The ,Settlement of a Great Debt." Visitors will receive a cordial welcome. All seats are free. The Hawera "Star" expresses indignation at the defeat for re-election of Mr Jacob Max, who has been the life and spirit of the Egmont Box Company, whose factory is near Taihape, and says it is "the poorest of gratitude to show to one who had planned and laboured so hard." The man who expects gratitude for public services will always get left.

The annual statutory meeting of the Otaihape Meat Freezing Company is to be held on the day selected for the laying of the foundation stone of the freezing works by the Hon. the Premier, on or about th e 9th September. At the statutory meeting a statement of receipts and expenditure will be submitted to the shareholders, and directors for the ensuing year will be elected. An auditor is also to be appointed.

The Hon. Dr McNab has received a cable message from his brother, Private A. McNab, who is training with the Royal Fusiliers on Salisbury Plains, England, congratulating him on his inclusion in the National Government. Private McNab was an officer in the British Forces in the Boor War, and after the outbreak of the present war he stated, that h e had already seen something of an officer's life on active service, and wished to see how a private fared, and he enlisted.

Said the Minister or Public Works yesterday to a deputation of casual workers who wanted an increase of pay; "When summer comes a large number of men on the public works will be told: 'There is work in the country at good wages, and you must do it.' This position has got to be faced. We cannot go on, when other work is available, keeping them on the- public ■ works, I- don't anticipate any difficulty, because, as f say, there will be good wages offered tiheei in the coJifllTF .^

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly Palmerston North sale on Thursday, 12th inst., when they offered a fair yarding of stock to a large attendance of the pub-

lic. Quotations: 4- and 5-yr. ewes, lowcondition, 15/2; 4-yr. ewes, 21/; fat cows, £8 I/; store cows £5 10/; weaner steers, £2. A supplement t-J tne Gazette records the formation of the National Ministry. The allocation of some of the minor portfolios is still being conside ed. The Prisons Department is to pass under the control! of the Hon. Dr. McNab, the Police Department remaining in the hands of the Hon. A. L. Hcrdma n. Miss Gilbert, ho-, sec. ;o the Women 's Working Club, wishes to acknowledge the following:'—Previously ' acknowledged. £lO2 15/7. Per Miss , Sliute: Mrs. Stevens 5/, Mrs. J. A. j Somorviile £1 1/, Miss Jones 2/0, Mrs } Pedersen 5/, Mrs. Stewart 5/. Per ? Sheep Sales: Balance for sheep sold at i social £1 JO/, balance for tickets at so- ' feeds of Jumble Stall' £lO4 9/8. Mem- ( fees, £8 4/0. Grand Total £284 1/9. /

I The balance-sheet of the canteen fund of the oth and 7th Reinforcements and the Trentham Regiment shows that the oth Reinforcements have received the sum of £1,082 9/5, Trentham Regiment £4O. and the 7th Reinforcements £258 10/4 from fund. On account, a proportion of the rent £1,050) received from the successful tenderer for the camp canteen lease was refunded. fe The total births in the four chief cities of the Dominion last mouth amounted to 000, against 559 in May—an increase of 41. The deaths in July were 274—an increase of 37 as compared with the previous month. Of tiie total deaths, males contributed 149, females 125. Fifty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 18.25 per cent, of the whole number; 44 of these were under one year of age.

The Treasurer's Report, presented to Inst night's meeting of the Borough Council shows the various accounts to stand as follows: District Fund Account <dr.) £2,688 14/1.1, as against £2,795 0/8 at last meeting; Interest Account (dr.) £849 1/10, as against a credit of £6(5 IS/10 at last meeting; Temporary Loans Account (dr.) £640; Loan Account No. .1 (dr.) £661 13/9) Loan Account No. 3 (dr.) £l9l S/S; Oval Domain Account (cr.) £52 8/7. Accounts amounting to £l4l 13/2 were passed for payment.

A large shipment of 1,520 tons i»f superphosphate reached Auckland y.-s----terday from Melbourne by the Norwegian steamer Odland, and two large consignments of rock phosphate, aggregating over 3,000 tons, are expected shortly. The steamer Ilford, which ?s due here on Tuesday from the Seychelles Islands and Delagoa Bay, has 3,000 tons of rock phosphate for discharge at Auckland and the Bluff. The other shipment is by the steamer Wonganella, from Makatea Island, which is at present discharging phosphate at the Bluff, and is due here about August 23, with a further 2..'300 tons of the mineral.

As showing the manner in which ! galvanised iron is .jumping in price, it / is .related that a southern business man indented some time ago a line that had cost him £lB 10/ per ton to land in New Zealand. By the time the iron arrived there was a decided shortage ahead, and the price rose. He was asked by a Dunedin firm to quote a price for the iron, and as he would have liked some of his smaller customers to get what they wanted, he put what he considered then a prohibitive price of £33 10/ per ton at the ship's side in a southern port, cash down on the arrival' of the vessel. To his great surprise the inquirer bought the whole line at the price named, and telegraphed the money through at once. Already this month five big steamers have been despatched with full cargoes of meat purchased under the Imperial ■ Government's meat supply scheme.. These, are the Indrapura, La Blanea. J Delphic, and Corinthic, anil five others (the Buahine, Somerset, Opawa, Tainui, and Makarini), are timed to leave by the 29th inst. Since the inauguration of the scheme thirty steamers have been despatched carving 153,430 quarters of beef. 3,116,1.15 carcases of mutton, and 1,767,873 carcases of lamb purchased on behalf of the Imperial Government, and 13,751 quarters of beef, 92,058 carcases of mutton, and 124 117 carcases of lamb have been loaded into the five vesels at present on the loading berth in the Dominion. The meat in store awaiting shipment on the 31st ultimo was equal to 1,805,283 001 b. carcases, and the total payments up to and including the 10th inst. amount to £3,375,755 19/5.

Poar Solomon Stead lay sick in Ids bed, 'Twas a cold that he'd contracted, With lungs like lead, he was all but dead, And hia wife was nigh distraeted. -:. In the stress of her grief gfce shook like a leaf, But such anguish was premature, For lutr mother rushed in, and replaee9 hot gin With Woods' Great Peppermint Cure

; A man brought on to the hospital fro:;: Messrs Berg Bros.' sawmill . Horopito, tbis mcrninj, as the result ' ! cf an acoiuent at the mill. Wo urulerJ stand the man is seriously injured. | Mr. David McLaren, an erstwhile [member of Parliament and Mayor rn I Wellington, who is now acting as organiser to the National Patriotic j movement, is in Taihape to-day for j the purpose cf endeavouring to unify fall patriotic efforts in Dps district, more especially with respect to patriotic fund-raising. Mr. Ml'Laran is returning from a mission in the north, where his efforts have met with considerable success. At verse-making. Mr. McLaren is an adept and his ef forts in this direction have been of considerable service to the New Zealand Patriotic Society. A very enjoyable farewell social [was tendered to Messrs. C. Murphy, | Joe Sinclair, Pay Masters, and Bon- , nett. at the Mataroa Hall last night, when there was a large number present. During the evening. .Mr. R. \V. Smith made a short speech, and Mr. , Casey, one of the oldest residents c;' the district, aifeo spoke. The you---follows were each made recipients of a wristlet watch and shaving outfit. Dancing was indulged in until a late [ hour, and a very dainty supper was i provided. The music was kindly rendered by Miss Stephens and others.