LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 7 October 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taihape District High School is observing a holiday to-day in commemoration of th^ ; Allies’ recent victories, and the surrender of Bulgaria.

The Melbourne Argus states: “It is a most extraordimuy fact that a far larger proportion of the youth of the churches enlist than of the youth of the non-church-going class.

For failing to deliver a' telephone message whilst ‘occupying the first position oh a stand, a taxi-cab driver was suspended for one week by the Wellington City Council. ! "

According to what Mr Hemingway said in his address to the Auckland accountants more than half the great revenue raised from income tax is paid by companies.

Officers, n.e.o’s or men on the electoral rolls for Taranaki will be granted leave from camp on 9th to 11th inst. to register their votes. Railway warrants will not be issued

A British periodical dealing with musical matters mentioned the fact that out of 950 military bandsmen who had been killed on the field of battle, no less than 300 were Salvation Army bandsmen.

The annual general meeting of the Taihape Tennis Club will be held in Mr. R. Ongley’s office to-morrow night at 8 o’clock. All members and intending members are requested to be present.

The shearing season is about to open in the Wairarapa. It is not anticipated that any difficulty will be experienced in securing full boards of shearers notwithstanding that many Australian shearers are absenting themselves.

On Sunday last, between 4 and 5 p.m., a man named Lacey .White, .employed in the yard at Bartholomew’s No. 2 mill, Makaranui, near .Palmerston North, borrowed a double-barrell-ed gun, and was shortly afterwards found dead with a portion of his head blown off It appears that deceased had been living with a Maori girl at Taonui, and the elder natives having effected a separation, White took their action seriously.

The Government prohibited recently the importation of cornsacks into the Dominion, except with the consent of the Minister of Customs. Merchants and indentors met the B’oard of Trade on Friday morning in connection with the matter, when it .was announced that the Government intended to purchase all the cornsacks necessary to meet the Dominion’s requirements for 1919. After full discussion an Advisory Committee was appointed to draw up a scheme for the carrying out of the regulations regarding distribution.

A woman is wanted to clean a professional man’s rooms.

Owing to alterations that are being made to the pipe line in the northern end of the borough the water supjfiy will he cut off to-morrow from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m The area affected is from the Tiki Brewery to Batley’s corner (past Mr Arrowsmith’s house), the whole of Moa Street and the reticulated portion of what is known as Birch Koad. Consumers in this area ard' particularly requested to note the day and the hour in order to prevent inconvenience.

Owing to the • growing scarcity of wrapping paper a number of Palmerston tradespeople, especially butchers, bakers and fish depots are insisting that customers should bring their own wrapping for their goods. One storekeeper pointed out that the least he could wrap up a load of bread for was one penny which took all his profit. The system of “bringing your own wrapping” has been in force in, Australia for some time, and appears to be working well. —Otaki Mali.