LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 30 January 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ohakune electric lighting system showed a loss of £l7B on the year's working.

A Chinaman was fined £lO and costs at Ohakune last week for having unstamped scales on his premises.

Mr. V. E. Currie asks those busy people who have anything disparaging to say about him to face him so that he may get a square deal.

The amount-put through the totalisator for the two days' meeting of tne Takapuna Jockey Club amounted to £88,977, being an increase of £13,762 on last year.

New Zealand cheese has not driven Canadian cheese out of the market, says a Canadian agricultural journal. New Zealand is simply supplying the quantity which Canada is unable to supply.

Paragraphs are continually appearing in newspapers of the Dominion concerning efforts that are made to augment the export of apples. Great efforts are made to exploit the English market but why is not some effort made to cater for the local demand? Apples, a very healthy food, are a prohibitive diet to a working man's family because of the price.

Phonof-rap-hs, Edison Machines and Records Machines repaired and all parts stocked. Large assortment of records just to hand. Instrumental and songs to suit all lovers of music. Razors ground and set; all brands of Tobaccos stocked; pipes a specialty. Try our prices before purchasing else*

where.—H. GREEN, Station Street

The recent heavy rains brought down a large sli pat Eaketepauma near the school, the road being completely blocked.

Mr. H. B. Bond has a notification in another column giving particulars of goods suitable for presents and other purposes.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., by order of the mortgagee, will sell the fee simple of two sections in Taihape, at their office, on Saturday, February 16th, An advertisement appears in another co? umn.

Mr. W. Gieseking, of the Bank of New Zealand, secretary of the local swimming club, and who was well and popularly known in Taihape, left for his home in the South Island by the express this morning, where he intends taking up other duties.

Messrs John Cobbe, Ltd., of the cash mail house, Feildiug, have.an inset in to-day's paper giving particulars of their special summer clearing sale, now in its third week. This firm never does things >by halves, and the bargains offered appear to be exceptionally good.

Private W. B. Auld, who was a member of the advance guard of the Main Body, and on returning joined the 12th Reinforcements, is back in Taihape. Private Auld lost the sight of one eye in the flighting in France, Before leaving Taihape he was on the staff of the loco, foreman's office, Taihape.

For some time past very little call has been made on New Zealand artillery reinforcements, and several of the men who have been in camp fr.r months have been granted extenaer! leave. It is understood, now, that practically the whole of the artillerymen in camp will be transferred to the infantry and that no call for further artillery reinforcements will be made for some time.

"The only buyers of land just now are Germans, because they can supply mere labour," was the 9 statement of an appellant who appeared before the First Wellington Military Service Board at Palmerston North. The appellant said that recently four Germans had bought 17 farms in the'Rongotea district, and converted them into sheep runs, presumably, in his opinion, to lessen the supply of food to the army.

A very painful accident happened to a man named J. Hayes, a returned soldier, at Raketapauma on Sunday. It appears Mr. Hayes, in company with another man, was driving some pacxhorses down a hill, when the horse he was riding got away with him, galloped down to the foot of the incline, and started bucking. Though not unseated, Mr Hayes sustained severe internal injuries, necessitating the attendance of a doctor. Owing to the s # lips on "the road between Taihape and Raketepauma the doctor at time of writing was unable to get through.

China is apparently giving material aid to the Allied cause. Captain J.gS. Watson, salvage expert of the Hong Kong Dock Company in Victoria, stated recently that ships are being built at Hong Kong and all principal yards in China for British interests as fast as they can be turned out. He says Hong Kong Dock Company has six steel ships, each of approximately 350 ft in length, on the stocks at Hong Kong While labour is cheap in the Orient, the steel shipbuilders there have many obstacles to combat, the greatest of which is the shortage or steel.

A reporter visited a stock sale within a few miles of Palmerston North some days ago, and watched with interest the activities of a young woman drover, to whom apparently the buyers had become quite used. Her caustic remarks upon the qualities of the stock were very instructive, but in cutting out and drafting in the yards she was much more severe than one would expect from the gentler sex. On the road, too, astride an active stock horse, she made the pace, much as a Mexican cowboy might, but not in the easier spirit of our modern stockmen^

Rabbits! You don't know what rabbits are until you have been to Southland, said a recent arrival from that part of New Zealand to a reporter. The place is overrun with them, the reason being, firstly, that so many young men have gone in for soldiering instead of trapping, and, secondly, those men left behind find no inducement to try because they Can get no refrigerated space for their output on the steamers. You could trap between 8,000,000 and 10,000,000 rabbits if it were made worth your while, he said and as for shooting, it was not necessary to look for them—they are under your feet everywhere.

Torchon lace and insertion, pretty designs, and dependable qualities—1/6, 1/9, 1/11 per dozen yards. Th? Big Sale. —Collinson and Gifford's Lt I.

Full entries for the Wanganui Ram Fair, to be held on the Racecourse ou Tuesday next, are advertised on page 8 of to-day's issue.

A 25 yards handicap swimming race avill be held at the Municipal Baths tomorrow evening. Intending competitors are requested to be in attendance at 5 o'clock sharp.

Desert Gold's appearance on the Randwick track created many favourable comments. She impressed critics by her abnormal vitality, resembling Carlita when at her best.

Some of the laws in England are singular when applied. The owner of a motor car was fined one guinea for conveying a wedding party to church. A man who recently returned from the front was not fined for having a motor, but was told he should have walked to church for his wedding, though a car could be legally used for his funeral.

At the meeting of the committee of the Taihape Swimming Club last night the unseemly conduct of certain young men at the baths last weerc was discussed. Very strong remarks were passed by the members. Though the offenders in question had apologised, it was felt that some punishment should be meted out, and it was decided to debar them from the privileges of the baths during the pleasure of the Committee.

fTwo very fine trophies for competition at the forthcoming Rangitikei A. and P t Show are at present en view in the window of Mr. T. Sherlaw, jeweller, of Taihape. One is a massive silver cup, presented by Mrs. G. Wheeler for most points in horse, cattle, and sheep classes The other is a beautifully designed cup, standing some fifteen inches high, presented oy T. Mann, Esq., for the best three-year-old filly. Both trophies are splendid examples of the silversmith's art, ana' should occasion spirited competition.

, Two accidents occurred at the Takapuna Jockey Club's meeting .on Monday. During the running of trie Rangitoto 'Handicap, three of the contesting horses—Lough Ennell, Patetonga, and Meltonio—fell, and the first-named met with such injuries that he had to be destroyed. J. Conquest, who had the mount on Lough Ennell, had his collar-bone broken, and' suffered from severe concussion. The other riders experienced severe shakings. Sylvan Knight fell during the Takapuna Maiden Hurdle' race, and his rider, H. Turner, sustained a broken collar-bone, and also suffered concussion. Both jockeys were taken to the hospital, where they regained consciousness last night.