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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 16 August 1916, Page 4

The Board of Trade at Christchurch yesterday commenced its sittings. It will enquire into local prices and al-. legations re breaches of the Trust Act.

A youth named Daniel Alexander McDonald wa s sentenced to six months reformative treatment for the theft of postal packets at New Plymouth. Mr Justice Chapman emphasised the seriousness of this clas s of offence, which was too srious to warrant the Court granting probation.

A meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Association wa s held in Auckland to decide on the proposed iicrease of the retail price of spirits. Nothing final was decided, but another meeting will be called during the week, wha t:n» whole question will be definitely settled.

It is estimated that the total amount of sugar produced in the Commonwealth this year will bo about 200,000 tons, w.hich is less than the amount required for local consumption, so that it will be necessary. for Australia to import between March an<j June next some 70,000 tons.

Mr N. Denness announces in another column that 41b loaves of bread will be sold, over th e counter only, for Sd cash.

The National Executive of the New Zealand Labour Party, which was recently set up, has written to the Wellington Labour Representation Committee, requesting the endorsing of a scheme for the fusion of existing committees. Decision on the matter has been deferred pending a discussion by representatives of Wellington Unions.

Already the Taihape quota of the 20th Reinforcements is completed, and will be given a farewell at the Town Hall on Saturday next. The quota leaves Taihape on Monday by the 6 a.m. train. As has been the custom in the past, no charge wall be made to the public at the send-off, but a collection will be taken up at the door.

Action is being taken by the Trades Council in regard to food prices. At its last meeting the Council discussed the recent rise in th e price of butter, and it was decided to request the Board of Trade to consider the matter. The Board wrote to the Council, stating that the price of milk, and the milk supply of Wellington generally, was being inquired into.

A big deal in sheep is reported to have taken plac e up the Main Trunk line. The vendor is a farmer in the vicinity of Waiouru, and the purchaser a Wanganui resident. It related to a line of 6,000 ewes, and the price paid is said to be £2 6s. per head, or a total of £13,800. The sheep are to be kept by the vendor until after docking and shearing, the lambs and wool being the property of the purchaser.

Referring to the Education Act of 1914, Mr J. J. Garland, retiring chairman of the Auckland Education Board on Thursday described it as a millstone in the educational system of New Zealand, and one which would have to be pulled ftp. It should be rolled in cotton wool, he added, and placed as a tombstone over the head of the Minister for Defence, the Hon. J. Allen. The present Minister for Education was not responsible for it.

As a result, of a communication from the .carpenters and joiners of Victoria (British Columbia Y, calling attention to the large, amount of'joinery (sashes, doors, etc.) imported-into New Zealand from the former country, which is largely produced by Orientals,, the secretary of local branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners has requested branches to consider, the matter, so that inquiries may be made and complaints lodged in the proper quarter. . ..,..,..

In Auckland at 1.0.30 on (Saturday morning a couple of small boys, who had been picking up coal from the road way near the Customhouse, were being escorted to th e police station by a constable, when about 50 watersiders and others intervened. The constable was severely jostled, and was compelled to release the boys, who quickly decamped. The constable retained his hold of the sack of coal taken from tlie boys, and continued on his way to the police, station.

Urging the importance of industrial efficiency on the part of the worker, Mr. E. A. Craig, retiring president of the Auckland Provincial Employers Association, speaking at a meeting of the Association, said it was universally recognised that the American worker was more efficient than any other, except perhaps the German himself. That was largely due to him having specialised in training himself to get the maximum result out of his working hours, to take up technical classes and correspondence schools courses', and to his use of up to date methods in both office and Avorkshop.

By means of an Act passed by tlie General Assembly, the Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act, it is now possible to register, through the Registrar-General, any child born in New Zealand before April 11, 1915, if such birth has not been previously registered, the operation of the Act extending until October 11, 1916. A number of people, whose ages varied considerably, some being 30 or 40, have already taken advantage of this concession to secure the benefits of registration. Th 0 Act enables those who were born perhaps some years ago, in places where the facilities for rcgistra tion were not so great as they are now, to be officially registered.

Fat lambs exhibited at the Fielding Show in February, which were sent hom e after the show, fetched 10 Ad per lb in London. The Show committee lust night pointed out that, the Government was commandeering fat lambs at 5 5-Bd. Members wanted to know who was gettting the difference. The opinion was strongly expressed that there was no .objection to the, Government taking meat at the price,'providing the British people got the benefit, .but a protest was made against.the middleman making a: huge profit: It was decided to bring the matter before Mr Massey, and to suggest that he should have the matter, inquired into in London, ~•:_■

Interesting news will be found on

Pages 2, 3 and 6 of this issue

A Maori, named John Kereopa, of Utiku, leaves Taihape for Narrow Neck Camp, Auckland, tins evening.

E. Gowan, an Auckland baker, was yesterday fined £5 and 9/- costs, for selling a short-weight 21b loaf of bread. The Magistrate threatened to advertise such convictions should they continue.

Public Service examinations of shorthand-writers and typists, for both senior and junior entrance to the Public Service, are to be held in the 23rd September, 1916. Applications on the proper, forms will be received up to the 9th September.

The Minister of Defence states that the enrolment of the First and .Second Divisions of Vie Reserve under the Military Service Act will be proclaimed in about a fortnight's time. The register will immediately thereafter be pit* in hand.

Mrs P. J. Murphy, of Mataroa, has received advice that her nephew, Captain Clarke, died from wounds received on French battlefields, on July 30. Captain Clarke was a particularly well known personage, a s he travelled over the whole continent of Europe in company with the famous Dr JB'ell.

The Sixteenth Reinforcements, some of whom leave on a visit to Dunedin and Christchurch today, have establish ed a shooting record for the reinforcements, the figure of merit being 114. The previous best, 107.2, was credited to the 12ths. C Company of the 16ths attaind the remarkable figure of merit of 122.3.