LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 2 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A Hauler Driver, also a man to rake charge of a hauler gang is advertisra for by Messrs Perham, Larsen and Co., Ltd., sawmidlers, Rangataua.

On the motion of the chairman of the Education Board, Wellington, the board decided that all the schools be closed on Dominion Day, September 27th.

The Education Board, Wellington, received an application from a teacher, who is also a trained nurse, for permission to go to the front. As a monetary consideration was asked fer, the board declined the applioai.lm.

The Wellington Trades and Labour Council, it its last meW.iag, decided to forward to the Cover one at a protest against the proposed i.orm «»? the National register, and to suggest that information would be obtained as to incomes and the sources (ran ehkh • f.-ej are derive,.!.

The Customs duty and beer duty collected at Wellington during the month of August 'compared with August of last year was as follows: —Ist August, 1915, Customs, £89,102; Ist August, 1914, Customs, £110,524; beer duty (1915), £1,257; (1914), £1,142; total, 1915, £90,359; total', 1914, £III,GOG.

It was decided by the Wellington Education Board yesterday, on the motion cf the chairman, that in the case of the two terra holidays of one week each, the schools should lor the future reopen on the Tuesday instead of the Monday, thus giving the teachers a cleat week-end at the close of the holday. One such holiday commences on Monday week next. This district Education Board mlgftt likewise extend term holidays.

Extraordinary circumstances surrounding the death of Arthur Webbnv until a few weeks ago residing in Ticton, were the subject of inquiry at Whangarei on Tuesday. The evidence showed that deceased was employed at a Whangarei freezing works on July 15, was working on a plank which broke, and the deceased fell ten feet on to concrete. On August 10 he complained of pains in the stomach, and was sent to the Whangarei hospital. Paralysis developed, an operation took place, and it was found that deceased had cracked part of his backbone. The verdict was death, due to ascending inflammation of the spinal cord as” the result of injury received on July 15 by falling on to a concrete floor. The deceased was middle-aged, and left wife and four children, who have, only arrived in Whangarei since the myb dent. ,

A number of Maori volunteers passed through Taihape this morning on the 5.30 express. It is expected that they will shortly be leavng for the front.

The clearing sale to be conducted liy Abraham and Williams, on behalf of the Public Trustee, of the whole of the stock, implements, etc., in the estate of the late Frederick Scherf, at Wainui, has ben postponed until Wednesday, September S. Mr. Chas. E. Darvill notifies by advertisement that, having sold his drapery business to Messrs. Collinson and Gifford, that department wiD remain closed for a few days. When it will re-open will be shortly announced. Mr. Darvill.’s grocery department remains open as. usual. ~

A young man, George Amos Curran, wa s fined VlO or two months' imprisonment for stealing an ipt union book in connection with th e Pahiatua Patriotic Carnival. Evidence showed that he had sold several tickets. The Justices considered th e public should be protected against the exploitation of patriotic funds.

“This daily company, I see,” said His Honour Mr Justice Husking, “asks powers to establish a sawmill, buy and sell timber, and so forth. That isn’t the work of a daijry company.” “It is all ancillary to the business,” urged counsel. “A small engine to cut up about 6000 feet of timber per day for butter 1 boxes, cheese crates, and so forth, and supply a little timber to the farmers, is all that they want.” His Honour reserved his decision.

At a conference of share!)coders which is to be held in Wellington c| >out ftliei middle of September!, a scheme for the formation of a sharebrokers’ association will be submitted. The proposed association will incorporate all th e stock exchanges in the Dominion. Provision has been made that the membership of the association shall include shareholders situated in places where stock exchanges do not exist. All officers of the association will be elected at the general conference.

A formal meeting of the Railway and Civil Service was heM last night, to discuss matters relating to the Carnival. An offer was received of a section at Owhango to be disposed of in support, of the Reel Cross Candidate. The offer was gladly accepted. Another meeting is shortly to be held, when the arrangements will bo further advanced. This branch of the Government Service is going in whole-hearted-ly for the Carnival, and they are rapidly making preparations to vigorously support their candidate.

A perky little man came forward at the Supreme Court when his name was called as a juryman, and from an open book quoted volubly a paragraph something, snb-section something else, to convince his Honour that members of the Dominion military forces were not available for jury service. “What are you?” asked his Honour. “An officer, ” was the spirited reply. “Yes, but what sort of officer?’* queried his Honour, drily; “are you a General, Commander-in-Chief, or a Corporal?’’ When the titter in the Court had died down, the little man humbled voice said, “I am a lieutenant.’’' “Very well, you can stand down,’’ said his Honour.

Although ten da'ys have elapsed since the secretary of the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union wrote to the Prime Minister regn .ii-g ne a ’eged victimisation of certain wharf labourers at Auckland and Greymcr.lh, no reply has been received. If ; s several weeks since :• deputation from the workers waited upon Mr Massey to Jay before him complaints regard ne this mattefr. The Prime Minister staled at th e time that he would refer the matter to Mr Justice Stringer, but the secretary of the union has had no further advice about itj„ 'A prominent man among the whairf .labourers stated to a “Times” representative yesterday that this delay in dealing with an urgent matter wa s causing dissatisfaction among the men working on the waterfront, and he added that it would be a great pity during the present drisis to provoke any labour troubles.

William Beach, the Australian responsible for the use of the rifle periscope which makes the job of filling the Turk with lead more comfortable, is (says the Sydney Bulletin) of the family of Bill, one-time world’s champion sculler. Young Beach and assistants commandeered all mirrors within coo-ee of GalSipoli, and 2,000 periscopes were fixed up. The effort and its success has been brought under the eye of the military panjandrums. The idea, of course, is not new. Years ago it was demonstrated at Bisley (Eng.); but military figureheads pooh-hoohed the notion that troops would ever get close enough to make the thing of any

value. The belief that modern artillery was formidable enough to slay everything within five to ten miles was too strongly entrenched. The cognoscenti having beea proved li»peless!y wrong, an idea, simiSar to the one used by Beach and his mates, is now being worked on by the B.S.A. people, after boi'ng in the lumber-room for | yowg.