LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 21 December 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The French mission to Australasia, headed by General Pau, leaves for New Zealand to-day.

A brindle cattle dog lost from Utiku is advertised foj-. One pound reward is offered to the finder.

The Prince of Wales is expected to arrive in Now Zealand late this summer or early in the autumn.

Eastown railway workshop employees (Wanganui) passed a resolution to boycott picture shows until the price of admission has been lowered.

The Hon. A. M. Myers states that a £10,000,000 loan will probably be floated in 'March or April at 41 per

cent free of income tax,

Mr. A. Moghan, of Ruakura, will give £5 reward, to any person who finds and returns to him two lost heifers. Particulars of earmarks given on page one of this issue.

Something like a record was put up at the auction market in Wellington on Wednesday, when Thompson Bros, realised 34s per case for a limited number of cases of Stunner apples.

A crusade is being made against Auckland district farmers who fail to take stops to exterminate rabbits on their property. Henry Ivaihau has been fined £ls and costs. In September last he was fined £5 on a similar charge.

Whilst almost every part of New Zealand was experiencing practically winter conditions, the conditions on the other side of the Tasman Sea were just the opposite. A man just returned from Sydney reports that the temperature there was lOOdeg. in the shade.

A cablegram from Suva states: The influenza epidemic is abating, and Suva is almost clean. Some country districts iare improving but in others the disease is still virulent. European deaths total about GO. It is impossible to estimate the Fijian and Indian mortality, which must be heavy.

Special Christmas services will be held in the local Methodist Church tomorrow. The Rev. vV Ft Hocking will be the preacher for ‘lie evening service, a special feature of which, will be the rendering of a number of carols by the choir. A h'Tty welcome r.ded to i 11.

It was stated in evidence at the ing the bearing of a case of theft, that several thousand cases of butter were shipped by the Eemuera. The butter was placed in railway box wagons at the cool chamber, where it was tallied, and a further tally was taken when it was being shipped. The tally taken at the cool stores and the ship did not iagrce ,and it was found that 45 boxes of butter had been stolen between the two places.

A 1 Taihape solicitors close their offices at noon to-day and do not reopen till the morning of Friday, 17th January. Messrs Morgan and Co., the Taihape ironmongers, notify that their shop will be closed from Christmas to 3rd January. The public are asked to note that Mr Sherwin’s great display of new toys will he' held throughout the “peace and godwill” season in premises next the iKng’s Thearte, on Station street.

Dunlops are always first, whether it be in car tyre value or sending out Christmas greetings. We have received fom Mr J. B. Brunsden, manager of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Wellington, the seasonable good wishes, which we most heartily reciprocate.

Messrs. McLaughlan Bros., are showing a magnificent lot of seasonable toys for children. Amongst them are dolls of every description from sixpence upwards, to suit youngsters of all ages; there are sufficient animals to furnish 100 toy zoo collections, besides mechanical curiosities iu almost endless diveMity.

The Borough Council, at its meeting last night, had a large agenda paper, it being well on fo 11.30 before Cr. Joblin made use of his special privilege of moving the adjournment. A special resolution recording the Council’s appreciation of the Mayor’s efforts during the epidemic was passed, discussion on which we have -bee ll compelled to hold over till Monday, on account of pressure on our space.

The examination of the underwater exterior of] the hull-of the liner .'Dorse* 4 by the diver was continued throughout Tuesday at Wellington. Mr Archibald Walker and a Government surveyor of ships also completed thei r inspection of the interior of the vessel. It is understood that no structural damage has been found. The Dorset is proceeding with her cargoloading operations, and is now timed to sail on Tuesday for Port Said.