LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 21 February 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"One ounce of tea wasted in each New Zealand Home means 455,000 10-lb. boxes each year." A number of southern fire brigades representatives passed through Taihapc last night enroute to attend the Fire Brigade Conference at Tauranga next week. Messrs. W. J. White and Sons havs ,a notice in our issue to-day relative to their "Thow Out Sale" now beI ing held. A few of the striking bargains to be given during this sale are outlined in their new advertisement. At the Taihapc Earn Fair the ManaAvatu Auctioneers Association will sell select entries of Romney and Lincoln stied rams, aggregating some 700 fine animals, f ron i leading breeders hereabout. ■ln the Supreme Court at Palmerston on Tuesday, Mr. Justice Edwards commented very strongly on the practice of children double-banking on bicycles, and considered it should be provided for in the by-laws, rendernig offenders liable to punishment. The village of Sodus Center, 30 miles north of Rochester, New York, was thrown into excitement the other m ght, when thirty persons attending a ■Kcd Cross dance, were overcome apparently by some poisonous agency. r Hitchcock, the village physician, ter treating the victims, expressed the opinion that the air of the room ha <l been charged with a poisonous gas, the nature of which he was unable to dct crmme. All the patients were expected to recover. Start the day right! Polish your shoes with TAN-OL the popular shine for tan footwear leather goods and furniture. M

The management of the King's wishes to announce that the serial, "The Iron Claw," will be shown tomorrow night, for one night only.

There is to be a concert at Mataroa on Friday (to-morrow) night, in aid of the Mataroa school funds. As many Taihape people have pleasant memories of past Mataroa affairs of this kind, there should be a good contingent from this town.

Mr. L. de Latour's friends and patients will regret to hear that owing to continued ill-health he will be unable to resume practice next week, as anticipated Due notice of Mr. de Latour's return to practice will be announced in these columns.

A reminder is given of the public meeting to be held to-morrow night in \the Supper Room of the Town Hall, for the purpose of organising the campaign for Red Triangle Day. The Mayor will preside and makes an earnest appeal for a big attendance at the meeting.

A man named P. M. Dewar, described as a health specialist, was committed for trial at the Magistrate's Court in Auckland on Tuesday for alleged counselling an illegal operation. A previous charge had been laid a few days previously, but had been dismissed. It was mentioned before the Wellington Military Service Board that the cash trade of a butchery establishment in Wellington had nearly doubled during the war period, Four delivery carts out of ten had been withdrawn owing to shortage of labour, and last month 19,392 persons were served with meat in the shop. They paid cash and carried away their own parcels.

American employees of both sexes have suffered gross insults and violence in the province of Buenos Aires at the hands of police and strikers. Women had all their clothes torn from them and suffered other indignities from the mob. The trouble was caused entirely by professional agitators, who brazenly offer these women immunity for a price, and threaten vengeance otherwise

The case in which a taxi-drive* named Loveridgc was charged with the abduction of a girl under eighteen years of age was concluded on Tuesday, accused being committed for trial at the Supreme Court, with bail £200; himself and two sureties of £IOO each. Evidence was given that accused and the girl stayed in a Palmerston North boardinghouse for eight weeks, accused spending the week-ends there.

Unquestionably there is some difficulty in obtaining carpets from Britain but still they are obtainable and the Scoullar Co., have been fortunate enough to secure another shipment of really very, choice carpets and rugs. If floor coverings are amongst your pressing wants write at once, and The Scoullar Co. Ltd., Lambton Quay, Wellington, will furnish you with all particulars.

As the result of recent arrests of bookmakers, numbers appeared in the Wellington Court on Thursday morning for betting in licensed premises, Henry James Wales was fined •£4O and James Henry Rogers, £2O. Rogers was also fined £lO for laying totalisator odds. John Laidlaw Walling, for keeping a common gaming house, was fined £SO. Arthur Walling, for assisting in conducting the same, was fined £25.

In reply to an inquiry, the Prime Minister stated that the new arrangement by which meat is supplied to any retailers who require it, and at export price, has worked so satisfactorily that it is not now necessary to continue the Government connection with the butchers' business which, for 12 months, has been run in the Government name in Auckland. Since the new arrangement came into operation, the price of meat has been very considerably reduced in Auckland