LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 October 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The hockey mathch yesterday between the District High School team and the Huias resulted in a win for the latter by 5 to nil. A very close and interesting match was played between Taumarunui and Ohakune at Taumarunui on Wednesday last. The scores were Taumarunui 8, Ohakune 9. The losers had four men injured during the game. “The returned badge is an honourable distinction/’ remarked Sir James Allen. “We arc always proud when walking through the streets to see men with the /badge. It is the mark of a decent chap.

A team of members from the local Golf Club journeyed to Marton yesterday to play a match with the latter Club. The Taihape golfers were successful in winning the match, the scores being, Marton 5, Taihape 6.

A 'telegram was received to-day from Wellington stating that the Full Court reserved judgment in the case of iMerson versus .Eactihi Town Board. This case was heard yesterday, a report of which appeared in our paper.

The member for Eiccarton, Mr G. Witty, (states a Press Association telegram) has telegraphed to the Minister for Defence as follows: “Owing to the unusual amount of sickness in Wellington and the camps, I trust you will consider the advisability of not ‘■calling fresh men into camp until the epidemic is past, and the camp properly fumigated.

An excellent opportunity for anyone desirous of securing a house with 12 acres attache!! is disclosed in our advertising columns to-day. The property is situated on the Main Road, just outside the Borough. The section is a splendid one, being nearly all level. It is the chance of a lifetime for a man desirous of creating an ideal home; it has also a great prospective value, and as the town becomes more thickly populated, there is bound to be a demand for residential sites. The price is £950, and easy terms will be given to approved purchaser. Messrs R. Wilson and Co. are the agents.

The extent to which horse-racing is taxed in the Dominion was the subject of comment by the Hon. E. W. Alison at the annual meeting of the Takapuna Jockey Club. He'stated that during the past year racing clubs alone had paid approximately £IBO,OOO in taxation. Donations for patriotic purposes since the outbreak of the war had probably exceeded £IOO,OOO, and subscriptions to war loans £50,000. He added that the spirit of the sporting community was indicated by the Conference had recommended recently Conference had recommened recently that al surplus profits of racing clubs should be devoted to patriotic purposes during the currency of the war.

In connection with, the work of the Church Array, Premier Lloyd George, writes: “I take this opportunity of bearing my 'testimony to the extreme usefulness of the Church Army recreation huts, at home and in all the theatres of war, for comfort and cheer_ The combination of refreshment bar land games with the quiet corner shut off for devotion, is*a happy blend directed by men of high tone, many voluntarily helping from the highest motives. In the shell zone, these huts are invaluable. I heartily wish success to the effort to respond before Christmas to the request for more huts, many to be erected in the devastated region recently taken from the enemy.” Donations are urgently required for extending the -work of this excellent institution.

Bullock driver, engine-driver and other labour is advertised for by Shute’s (Labour Exchange.

A meeting of the) Tafhfape Bowling Club will be held in tho Pavilion at 8 o’clock this evening.

The final shoot by the Awarua Gun Club for the McLennan Cup will take place on Bcban’s Hill, next Thursday, 10th inst., at 1.30 p.m #

A splendid range of the newest in Cotton dress fabrics. See advertisement on page I.—The Big Value House Collinson and Gifford, Ltd.

Prices of beef at the Westfield stock market on Wednesday showed little variation from those ruling last week. Prime ox sold up to £2 15s per 1001 b. and heifer and cow r .beef from £2 5s to £2 11s. Steers nanged from £ls to £23 17s 6d, and cows from £lO 10s to £ls 10s. Prime sheep sold at late values, wethers realising up to £2 4s (id, and ewes up to £2. Spring lambs were easier the best selling from £1 6s to £1 10s. Pigs made last week’s prices.

Voting on the loan proposals took place at Raetihi on Wednesday in connection with the Town Board’s scheme to raise £IOOO to complete the sanitary and drainage scheme. The voting w r as 48 for, and 8 against. Two proposals to borrow £2500 or £ISOO to erect offices and shops were also voted ’upon. The ratepayers rejected the £2500 proposal by 25 for and 30 against. The £ISOO loan was carried by 42 votes to 22.

The Taihape Red Jersey Fund reached a nett total of £l6O 19s 2d, which amount was promptly dispatched to headquarters. The total expenses were £4 2s 9d—advertising £2 17s and postages £1 5s 9d_ In connection with this fund Mrs. Caxdain Batt is responsible for much the greater part of the collecting; .her work from beginning to end has been most successful and praiseworthy. There is no more sincere and honest patriot in this town than Mrs. Captain Batt.