LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 13 December 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A capable woman with, two children who has recently lost her husband by the influenza epidemic, desires a position as housekeeper near Taihape.

Commencing Ist January, 1919, the Taihape-Winiata, Taoroa and Papakai Road rural delivery will be a thriceweekly sevice instead of a daily as at pesent.

It is a striking fact that five Taranaki blacksmiths recently succumbed to the epidemic. In every case the smiths suffered from heart-strain —a fatal weakness when pneumonic-influ-enza attacks.

During the height of the storm on Sunday morning a cow belonging to Mr. E. D. Kempster, Foxton, was struck by lightning and killed instantaneously. The animal was in an open paddock. The lightning apparently struck it at the back of the head, ran along the back, and then branched otf along the tail and down the side over the ribs, the hair being singed off.

“New Zealanders always think of Samoa with a tear in their eye. ’ ’ was the playful remark of Dr. Solf, when German Governor of Samoa, to •&< party of New Zealand parliamentarians during their visit to Apia in 1903. He referred to the failure of Premier Seddon to induce the English Government to take Samoa. The tear has been wiped off. and Dr. Solf, as Minister of the Lest Colonies, had a whole lot of tears to shod.

“I hope later on/’ said Sir Joseph Ward, in the House, “that we shall find the Minister of Defence utilising the transports returning to the Old Country to have the members of Parliament come there too, and utilising the transports also to convey the fathers and pothers - ( of (soldiers at cheap rates to those never-to-be-forgot-ten fields where their sons have fought And why should they not? It was not such a great distance, and they had sent 100,000 men on the journey —a performance thought impossible before. ’’

The war rstrictions imposed upon the use of code language in telegrams has now been received to permit the use of the use of any private telegraph code, a copy of which has been deposited with the Deputy Chief Censor at Wellington. Firms desirous of using a private telegraph code for telegrams within the Dominion must arrange for a copy of the code to be deposited as required. Telegrams containing private code may only be accepted from well known firms or persons. Each telegram must be endorsed: “Private code deposited with Censor” and such endorsement signed by the sender.

Au bightday watch, lost in Taihapo on Tuesday night, is advertised for and a reward offered.

All accounts owing in connection with the Temporary Hospital must bein the hands of the Mayor of Taiham by Wednesday next.

Bank remittance cable messages for soldiers at E. F. M. rates may be accepted for transmission via Eastern; estimated transmission twelve days.

The Minister for Education, the Hon. J. A. Hanan, intends to visit Australia early next year, to examine educational institutions and administration there.

“The rabbits in our part of the country are suffering from the ‘flu 7 and the epidemic is doing as much good as shiploads of poison. 77 said a King Country rabbit inspector the other day.

Owing to the influenza epidemic the Taihape Athletic Club have abandoned the idea of holding a sports gathering on New Year’s Day. There is a probability of the Club putting on a firstclass programme on St. Patrick’s Day.

The Crimes Act Amendment Bill, dealing with the right of appeal in criminal cases, which passed the House, got lost after it reached the Council’s Statutes Revision Committee. Hence it does not appear in the Statute Book.

A meeting of contributors and intending contributors to the Mayor’s Relief Fund will be held in the supper robm of the Town Hall on Tuesday evening next. The business is to appoint trustees for the Fund and general.

The usual Tui Street Mart sale will be held to-morrow by Messrs Ward and Co., when there will be sold fowls, travellers’ samples, carpenters’ tools, as well as a large number of other tools, including painters’ and plumbers’ outfits. Full particulars will be found in the adVt. on page 8.

Mr. Geo. Lord, car and coach proprietor, is the succesful tenderer for carrying mails to Moawhango and Mangaohane, from Taihape. In another column Mr Lord announces that he will run a motor car service to Moawhango thrice weekly, and a coach service with Mangaohane weekly, commencing from Ist January, 1919 . Passengers and goods will be conveyed to either of the places mentioned and to all settlements en route. In a future issue further detailed particulars will be published.

The majority of the Makura patients on Motuihi Island are progressing satisfactorily. Major Pettit reported on Thursday morning that there were 36 cases on the island under treatment. Of those four were dangerously ill, but two of them showed slight signs of improvement yesterday. The state of one of the others was serious. The remainder were mild cases, and were convalescing. The number of deaths to date totalled three.

At the sale by auction of Eaetihi town properties, in the estate of the late Mr. W. Hoodie, held yesterday byMr E. L. Christie, auctioneer, very fair prices were realised. Section 43, blk, 4 brought £900; Section 70, blk 3 realised £80,0; Section 75, blk 3 went for £lls and Section 62 blk 44 was knocked down at £205. The two highpriced sections are situated in the Main Street, and all have an area of quarter of an acre each.

The many sympathisers of the Salvation Army will regret to learn, that Captain E. Eadeliffe, who has so cheerfully laboured in our midst the last 11 months, has received instructions to farewell from Taihape on Sunday next, December 15th. The captain proceeds to her home on a much needed rest, before taking up another appointment. We would like all old and now* friends of the Salvation Army to be present at the meetings on Sunday to wish the Captain good-bye.

The greatest auction sale in the world is now being prepared. The vendors are' British Government, the articles of sale varying from blankets to typewriters, from sandbags to motor cars. The preliminary catalogue of surplus stores which will be available for disposal as soon as peace is declared is now available (says an English journal.) Do you wish to buy a railway, a motor omnibus, an aeroplane a marquee, a tank, or murely some everyday article such as a bicycle or a lawn mower? You will find it in the catalogue. How and when the goods will be disposed of is not yet decided, but the catalogues are being prepared in greater detail, and will shortly be available.