LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• A ring found in.Taihape is waiting an owner at this office. The Australian' and New Zealand Governments contemplate issuing a Gallipoli Star. Mr. H. A. Belk notifies in anottier cilumn that any person' found trescolumn that any person found- tresat Ohutu, with dog ot gun, will be prosecuted. s The Government is giving preference of employment to returned soldiers, and already 2624 returned men have received positions in the public service. In another column the secretary of the Taihape Tradesmen's Association publishes the times of shops closing on the various days of the week during the winter months. The Red Cross Shop on Saturday next will be conducted by the good people of Utiku. They are going to specialise in the essentially practical, such as mutton, home-made bread, fruit, cakes, vegetables, etc. Large numbers of Indians continue to travel about these days (says an Auckland paper). Among the passengers of a vessel which recently left Auckland were Chinesemen. Japanese, and Indians. All were well-seas'- 1 ' travellers, and appeared well versed in the war regulations affecting the departure of vessels. The following pertinent issue was written on a blackboard at the West End School (Palmerston) for the perusal of householders at Monday night's meeting: "Great Britain during the currency of the war has increased her education vote by £4,000,000, and proposes to further increase this am. ount to £11,000,000. New. Zealand, the richest people per capita in the world, makes an increase amounting to nil. Why?"