LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The first •dreadnought of a nf-ew type, constituting a special squadron, is now being finished at Kiel. « A hoy to run messages and to make himself generally useful is wanted by W. J. White and Sons, draper. During the last two or three days five gentlemen in LowbT Manawatu have subscribed £20,000 between them to the war loan. The Railway Department is inviting applications from men eligible as porters on the permanent staff, and from persons desirous of casual employment. “This is the worst yeltr we have had for lambs in my 40 'years’ experience of farming,” said Mr. G. Foreman, when giving evidence in the Masterton Court in a lamb deal case. “There has been too much rain, the grass has grown too much, and the sheep have scoured. This has been the general experience, throughout the Wairarapa.”

A, woman to wash and clean one day j a week is advertised for. The Taihape poundkeeper advertises a roan gelding and a bay mare, impounded on last Thursday. If .thej' are riot claimed and expenses paid they will be sold on Monday, April 29th.

The Nationalist Dooley, at the request of his supporters, decided, as a protest against conscription, not to contest North King’s County against a Sinn Feiner. Polling is fixed for the 25th.

Mr. T. A. H. Field, of Nelson, is asking tii6 Defence "Minister whether the report is correct that General ‘Godley is now stationed in England; and, if so, whether he will inform the House who is now in command of the New Zealand Division in the firifigline, ' ’ ' ■’ ;; Hon. D. H. Guthrie explained to the House that the Government had taken steps to protect settlers in the district recently devastated by bush fire against exploitation in the matter of purchase of grass seed. He understood that the settlers were highly pleased with the arrangements made.