LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 December 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fencing, on contract, is wanted by an advertiser.

Edgar Neate pleaded guilty in the Police Court at Christchurch on Wednesday to betting on licensed premises, and was fined £IOO.

As a sign of “'sorrow,” one of the Hawke’s Bay Highland pipers played “The Lament” in a Napier Hotel last Friday evening, as a farewell to 10 o’clock closing.

Fat wethers, which are at present selling in the Wairarapa at 27s 6d per head, could be purchased a few years back at 7s 6d All classes of stock have increased in price from 300 to 400 per cent.

An Ashburton farmer, who recently consigned eleven tons of potatoes to Auckland for sale, states that, after paying railage, shipping, commisson, and so on, his net return amounted to £2 13s, which was barely the price of the sacks.

“While I was in America, the secret service men were undertaking a thorough clean-up of German-born traitors, of whom there are many thousands, and their work is so complete that it will not be long before the nation is free from the enemy which shelters inside,” said Mr Harry Hoyle, late Minister for Railways in New South Wales, who recently returned to Sydney from the United States.

The question of selecting a suitable gift is always an embarrassing one, but when it comes to choosing one for Christmas the difficulty is accentuated. To meet the case Mr. R- Bond, jeweller, of Taihape, has provided a selection of goods suitable for the festive season, the variety of which will make the task a comparatively easy one. 'A notification in reference to this matter appears in this issue.

SHAELAND’S MALT VINEGAR is not only palatable—it is wholesome That is guaranteed. No mineral acid in SHARLAND ’S. 'At all grocers in bulk and bottle. 2

A meeting of creditors in the estate of C. E. S. Cuff, who was adjudged a bankrupt, on December 3rd, will be held at the Courthouse, Taihape, on Friday, December -14, at 11 a.m.

A meeting of the members of the Taihape Athletic Club will he held in Mr A. M. Ryan’s office to-morrow (Friday) night, at 8 o’clock, to make arrangements for the sports gathering on New Year’s Day. A full attendance is requested.

A thoroughly modern bakehouse, with up-to-date oven and equipment, is offered for lease for a term of five years. The bakehouse is centrally and conveniently situated in Taihape, and is accessible from the street.

Speaking at Cambridge on Tuesday, the Hon. G. W. Russell said it had been a question whether Te Waikato Sanatorium should not be done away with altogether, but as Minister of Public Health he could not consent to all the money being spent there being thrown away. • He pointed out, •however, that it would probably be necessary to establish sanatoria in other places.

A singular lapse of memory was revealed when a couple of Canadian soldiers rushed into the Manchester Town Hall and asked to be directed to the place where oner was to be married. This was ten minutes within the appointed time for the ceremony, and the soldier bridegroom had forgotten the place fixed for his marriage. He was a stranger to the city, and the bride had made all the arrangements for the wedding. It was only when a list of registry offices was read over that the bridegroom recollected the place, and the pair sprinted for the first tram to the scene of the wedding.

An appellant’s mother told the Military Servce Board at Hamilton the other day that she was “56 years old to-day.” The Board wished her “many happy returns,” and complimented her upon her youthful appearance. The lady told a tale of a lifetime of hard work —“up at i a.m. and work till 10 p.m.” She aria her husband had done the heavy wffrft of the farm for years, in order that their children might be properly educated. They did not wish to shirk; two sons had gone to the war and as the father was now unable to do any hard work they asked that the, remaining son should be exempted, at least until the busy season was over. It was impossible to get labour. The Board was entirely sympathetic and granted exemption indefinitely. *