LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 10, 13 January 1916, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Tiro Taihape Freezing Works are at present putting through upwards of a thousand head per day.

At the Three Stars Theatre to-night special music will he supplied by Mr. ISTumphye ('violin) and Mrs. Nump’iye (piano), who, it is understood, intend to teach music in Taihape.

At the Tui Street Mart, on Saturday, Mr. D. J. McLennan will sell several first-class horses, also the usual assortment of seasonable fruit. A large stock of fruit is also held for private sale.

Messrs P. A. McHardy and G. H. Bennett two promoters of the McHardy art union, have been summoned at Palmerston North for using a “spinning jenny” for the s’ale of tickets.

In the House of Commons ,Mr.; Asquith said he did not think it desirable to appoint a elect committee to inquire into the shortage of munitions pri cr to the establishment of a ministry. It was not desirable to discuss Sir lan Hamilton’s report at present.

The Waimarino County Council has been advised by the Public Works Department that the Minister for Public .Work s has approved the issue of a further sum of £SOO, £ for- £, towards repairing flood damage on the Mason’s-Raetihi road.

Some ten returned soldiers in this district will como before the Medical Board, w r hic-h is sitting at Taihape today, composed of Dr, Barnett (chairman), Dr, Sinclair, and Dr. Feltham, the Defence Department also being

Father McMenamin, of Petone, is at present visiting Taihape. He left as a chaplain with the Main Body of the Expeditionary Forces, and was at \ Gallipoli for some months. He was | later invalided home, and for some time his life was despaired of. He is now spending a short holiday -here to recuperate. Some comment has been occasioned by the '.absence from the .New Year greetings, sent by the Governor on behalf of the Dominion to the Empire’s Allies, of any message to the Czar of Russia (says the Lyteelton Times). The omission is explained by the fact that the Russian New Year does not begin until January 14th.

At the King’s Theatre to-night a very interesting film depicting the race for the Melbourne Cup, last November, will be shown. This film depicts the whole of the race and is reported to be the best racing picture ever produced. The New Zealand representative, Reputation, is to be seen in the race.

The Public Works Department is evidently finding some difficulty in obtaining painters for work at the Tauherenikau camp, for a circular has been issued to all Labour Bureaux in the district asking for their assistance in secui’ing men. Good wages are being offered, with six weeks or two months ’work, with overtime at usual rates. So far as 'ascertained there are not many painters out of employment locally.

Intending exhibitors at the Feikling A .and P. Show will please note that entries for all classes close .with the secretary to-morrow (Friday). Attention is again drawn to the prize-list, compiled, on a particularly liberal scale in regard to prize-money and trophies. Ladies are reminded that there is a shield valued at 10 guineas fpr the most points in Home Industries and Art Needlework. Schedules may be obtained from the secretary or' application.

Mr. E. W. Kane, Clerk-Assistant of the House of Representatives, received a cablegram last night from the manager of the P. 'and O. Company at Sydney stating that his brother, Mr. A. R. Kane, is among the missing from the liner Persia ,which was torpedoed ‘in the Mediterranean on December 30th. Further information was promised, should such be obtainable. Mr. A. R. Kane was senior inspector for the P. and O. Company, with which he had been connected for many years. He was well-known in New Zealand, which he,,last visited a dew years ago.

“The munition factories in Canada are working at very high pressure just now,” said Mr. Adam Watson, a passenger from Canad'a, who arrived in; Auckland by the Makura. “Factories which before the war were manufacturing agricultural implements, are now turning out munitions as fast as they can be made. Most of these factories are being operated 24 hours a day, and some of the expert mechanics employed in them 'are earning up to 100 dollars a w-eek. The factories were originally making empty shell-cases only, but they are now turning out large quantities of loaded shells, ready in every respect for Ithe guns.”