LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 February 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The K.M.S. Paloona, which will arrive at Wellington on Tuesday next from San Francisco, is bringing 2486 bags of mail matter from the United Kingdom and America. Included in this there arc 1372 bage of parcel matter.

Sergeant Matthews, w'ho has been away on a well-deserved holiday, returned to Taihapte at the end of the ■week, and has, resumed duty

A waitress at £2 a week and a kitchen-maid at 30s per week, are wanted in a place where there is no Sunday work.

The wool season is now at its height, and brokers are edneavonring with success to overtake the delay caused by bad -weather- and the influenza, resulting in retarded shearing. So far (says the Post) good progress" has been made.

“ Hardly any of the wealthy people have given us any assistance,’ ’ said Mr J. Smith, jun., at a meeting of the ' Wellington Voluntary Motor Corps recently, when the need for greater support, in order that the work of conveying returning men to their work, was under discussion.

Says the Auckland Herald: There is a place in the Dominion for a Miniisber who will grapple energetically with the problems of reconstruction repatriation, land settlement, nnd immigration and who will lead Cabinet to the consideration of railway and road construction and the scientific development of the country’s natural resources.

As was the case last year there exists in Wellington quite an epidemic of sore among young children, that, whilst not affecting the general health of those afflicted, are not pleasant to see and are difficult to heal. The outbreak is not confined to any particular locality, but is fairly general throughout the city and suburbs. The sores should bo kept clean and a cooling ointment with disinfectant- properties should be applied at suitable times.

The Public Health Amendment Act, 1918, was recently discussed by a

sub-committee of the Greater Town Planning Association and a report was made at its meeting held on Friday night. The Committee reported that the Act is a strikingly, inadequate and kasty piece of legisla tion, which will prove itself largely a dead letter, and merely emphasises the crying need of a scuentifc treatment of the matters dealt with in a comprehensive Town Planning and Improvement Act.

A Wellington chemist, Charles Fletcher, was charged at the Wellington S.M. Court on Friday with selling adulterated drugs. Tire prosecution alleged that defendant sold olive oil adulterated with seed oil and tincture of iodine containing 40 per cent, methylated spirits', With regard tc the adulteration of the olive oil the magistrate stated the addition of cotton seed oil represented a profit to tho vendor of 900 per cent, at the price charged the inspector. Defendant was fined £5 on each charge with £2 17s costs]

An unusual strike took place at Molong, N.S.W., recent?*'. The Lloyd Sisters ’ Circus was billed to show. Before the performance commenced a crowd demonstrated in front of the entrance, refusing to pay the 2s 2d which was demanded for the back seats. The spokesman informed the ticket-seller that the crowd had gone on strike, and would not patronise the show unless the price were reduced. The proprietors conferred with the strikers, and eventually agreed that the price of admittance should be Is 2d The crowd then surged in and the performance proceeded

Early on Friday morning a goods train frmjo Mercer 'to Auckland shunted, off some wagons into the Westfield Freezing Company’s siding the train itself being in the crossingloop. After the shunting was finished the train resumed its journey to Auckland, but fouled the wagons that had been placed in the siding. The impact caused three trucks of the wagons to be badly derailed. The wagons were loaded with fat sheep, and about 25 wore killed. The sidings were blocked by the derailment and a delay of about two hours to the goods train occurred. The cause of the accident was a lurch in the shunting.

Mr. F. Paltridge, of Waihi, has had a peculiar experience in regard to an accident in which took place a few weeks ago. At that time he was injured in the neck by a fragment of flying steel, which passed through the windpipe and lodged in the throat. When he was in hospital much interest was aroused in the case on the part of the medical staff. Efforts to remove the steel from the throat failed, and the injured man left the institution apparently recovered from the effects of the accident. The other day Mr Paltridge was seized with an attack of coughing during which, to his great relief, the fragment of metal was dislodged from the throat, and coughed up without further difficulty.

A woman to keep house is advertised for in another column.

A meeting of the Taihape Branch of the X.Z. Rammers’ Union will be held at 11 a.m. on next Wednesday in the office of the Farmers’ Distributing Co. Ltd.

Mr. Fred Hall notifies that ho has purchased the Main Trunk Dining and Supper Rooms, in Station Street so ably conducted by Mr Phillips. Mr Hall comes with a reputation as a caterer and chef and, if cleanliness, attention, moderate charges and a liberal menu can accomplish it, Mr. Hall promises that still further improvement shall be effected; anyway, he confidently asks for a trial.

In another column Mr T. Bason, Taihape’s bricklayer for 15 years, notifies that he has retired from business. He thanks his numerous patrons for their very liberal support, and he asks that similar patronage may be extended to his successor, Mr. Martin Howard, who has bean with him for the past 12 months. Mr Howard asks that he may enjoy the confidence that has been accorded to his predecessor, and promises that no effort on his part will be spared to merit it.

What may have been a serious accident was narrowly averted on Saturday. Mr Kelly’s waggon was bringing in a load of wool from Mr Lyndon’s farm on the Ridge road, when the forepart of the waggon broke through the crown of the road and sunk up to the axle. Fortunately it was the wheel near the inside of the road and the load came forward on to the Horses which fortunately were quiet and carried’ their extra burden until relieved. This is not the first time the saracthing has occurred on this road as last year the same thing happened several times, when the wool was being brought out. It is time the settlers up that way received some consideration and had their road metalled.