LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 26 October 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

/ , English and American mails arc expected ,to reach. New Zealand about Monday next.

Messrs. John Cobbc Ltd., the Cash Mail Order House, Feildiug, issue a circular through to-day, giving particulars of some smart, seasonable goods, at excellent prices.

The members of the Ivuhtze family announce on page 5, a change of their name to Coutts. This action is conforming to the wishes contained in the High Commissioner’s cable published some days ago, relative to British subjects having foreign-spelt names.

There’s much guessing as to the probable date of a liquor poll (says the Post.) Sir Joseph Ward’s recent words have raised a hope among Prohibitionists that a poll will be taken before Christmas, but it is extremely improbable that such a course will bo taken this year. However, the war is proving that the age of miracles is not yet past.'

A Mastorton trooper who has just returned from Palestine pays a high tribute to the stamp of New Zealand horses in use there. “It is breeding that counts.” That is why New Zealand horses are so good. The animal with a substantial strain of pure blood in it is able to easily do better work and survive the terrible conditions of the desert than the horse having no breeding. ”

First Division men, from this date, on joining reinforcement drafts will be given orders to proceed to camp with the 52nd (April-May) draft, unless a Military Service Board should otherwise recommend in individual cases. All Second Division men —volunteers and ballotted—who became available for posting to a reinforcedraft will be given orders to proceed to camp with the 53rd draft, unless a Military Service Board should otherwise recommend in individual cases. These readjustments will enable the Department to postpone the first ballot from Clasg D of the Second Division until February, and a “Gazette” containing the names of the first 5000 from that class will be published on Wednesday, February 12

Mrs. Drew’s dining-rooms will be open all day on Monday (Labour Day) for the convenience of the public.

The Matron of- the Taihape Hospital acknowledges with thanks the following gifts:—'Trout, Mr. Partridge; violets, Master Williams; a sheep, Mr. Shand; flowers, Mrs. JB’onncr, Miss Venables, Miss Deadman, Mr. Begg.

The Minister for Justice, the Hon. T. M. Wilford, is strongly against the appointment of women police. He says: “The only women, in my opinion, who would be fit to be women police are women who Avould not take such positions.”

Patriotic lasses, who would bo glad to assist in the great Red Cross Effort on Monday, are wanted to sell art union tickets on the Recreation Ground during the sports. Mr A. G. Lawson will be glad if such young ladies will call upon him for a ticket supply. The prizes arc to be drawn on Monday night at the Grand Revue in tho Town Hall.

At the monthly meeting of the Newmarket branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants held this week it was decided to support the executive council in its demand for an increase of 2s per day on account ■of the increased cost of living. It was also decided to assure the executive council of the branch’s support in any action that might be deemed necessary to secure the increase.

“The rain it raincth and falls on the just and unjust alike,” Probably the unjust feel it most, and it may bo some form of punishment. The local electrical staff received their share this week. Owing to the quantity of silt and mud carried by the river and lodged .at dam of the power-house great difficulty was experienced in carrying on. Some trifling inconvenience was caused to consumers, but wo hope they ■will accept this little trouble as part of their share of the punishment.

To-day and Monday are the last two days for disposing of the Grand Art Union tickets in connection with “Our Day” Red Cross movement. The prizes are valuable and owing to the small outlay involved nobody should be without one or more tickets. Mr A. G. Lawson of the Bank of Australasia, has the direction of the art union and lie is enquiring for the services of a few willing young ladies to assist him in disposing of the tickets, chiefly to sell on the Recreation Ground, on Monday.

A well-known farmer, who is perhaps the largest stock raiser and dairy farmer in the Matapu district, informed a representative of the Eltham Argus that he did not lose a single beast during the whole of the winter. He said he took care to make adequate by keeping sufficient hay which, with a plentiful supply of root crops, saved the situation. While this old, experienced farmer believes in the necessity of good shelter, he believes much more strongly in having a sufficiency of fodder and root crops.

A Press wire from Hastings says that heavy rain, driven by a pitilessly cold southerly wind, has caused serious loss to sheep owners, shorn animals having perished in hundreds. One owner at Havelock reports having lost 400 sheep, and Onga Onga, Waipukurau, Te Aute, and other neighbouring district suffered heavily. One sheep station reports that 1000 shorn sheep are lying dead in the paddocks. Farmers have not had such a distressing experience for many years. The weather is now clearing, but is still cold and cloudy.

The result of the essay competition for a first prize of £IOO and two smaller prizes, promoted by the New Zealand Alliance on the merits of the National Efficiency Board’s recommendations dealing with the liquor traffic, was announced in Wellington yesterday. The first prize was won by Mr. Ernest Aldridge, of the “Auckland Star,” who resides in Tiri Road, Milford. The third prize also goes to Auckland, while the second prize goes to a Hastings competitor. The names of the second and third prize-winners are not available pending their consent to publication.

-A complaint that half a million bales of best greasy wool were being shipped to America and Canada for treatment there instead of in New Zealand, was made last week to several Ministers by the Freezing Works Employees and Allied Trades Unions. Mr. Massey, as Minister in charge of Imperial Supplies, has replied that the information was very ■ much exaggerated. The directions received from the Imperial Government with regard to shipping a certain quantity of wool to Allied countries and Canada refer to wool unsuitable for scouring in this Dominion. No arrangements have been made with Canterbury woolscourers for dealing with an extra Quantity of wool during the coming season, but it is probable that the quantity of woo! available for scouring will be quite equal to the large quantity dealt with last season.