LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following vessels will be within wireless range by to-night: The Maori, Mararoa, Patecna, Mocraki, Kurow, and War Citadel.

The thorough inspection of Native pas and the inauguration of an adequate sanitary system therein w]as advocated in a communication from the Tauranga Hospital B'oard.

J. C, Harrison was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment at the Auckland Supreme Court on Saturday on charges of fraud in connection with the Anconia sheep dip.

On Friday evening, when crosing the Waihou Bridge at Te Aroha, Mr A. Kemp’s racehorse Alf Delaval was run into by a motor car, and sustained such seriou injuries that he hdd to be destroyed.

The voting in the American House Representatives on the resolution hoping that the Peace Conference would favourably consider Ireland’s claims to self-determination was 216 for to 41 against.

Notices sent to the next of kin of soldiers ariving at Auckland by the Ajana indicated March 22 as the probable date of arrival, but news has since been received showing that the vessel will not arrive until 26th March. Relatives are advised to watch the newspapers for variations in the times of arrivals ef returning drafts.

A notice of motion that the New Zealand delegates to the Peace Conference should be instructed to press for the payment, by Germany of the whole cost of the war to New Zealand was given by Mr W. H. Field, Parliament. No opportunity for the discussion of the motion was afforded, so Mr Field recently telegraphed to the Prime Minister: “Dominion expects enemy ]/ay total cost of war.”

A complete sawmilling plant, in thorough working order, is offered for sale by the owner, who is called to London, and must leave New Zealand shortly. There are rights of 5000 acres of bush, chiefly rimu, the capacity of the mill being from 5000 to 6000 feet daily. The mill is near a railway station, in a district where there is a strong demand and no opposition. It is described as a real gold mine.

At a public meeting held in the Masonic Hall, Brooklyn, Wellington, (he recent Christchurch speech of Mr Kobort Semple, M.P., was discussed. The following resolution was carried: —“That the electors of Brooklyn ■sympathise with Mr Semple and endorse his action and exonerate him

from the press misrepresentations in liis attempt to fight for the upliftmeut of the workers of the Dominion. ’ ’ Persons youthful and otherwise, sometimes make such interesting conversation that their eyes are blinded and ears deadened to all other things. Hence this level crossing incident. Two schoolgirls, deep in converse, wandered past the signs and the posts on the railway line. A little shunting engine shrieked and panted near them, but they neither saw nor heard. Truly their talk must have interested them mightily, for they both walked right into the locomotive. The driver threw the lover over and the engine backed a little, and then stopped. The off girl was standing in a trance, and tlje near one was actually clinging to la. bucer. So near a thing was it that she had fallen on to the buffer.—Auckland Star

An amusing incident occurred at the termination of a wedding ceremony in Masterton a few days ago (says the Wairarapa “Age”).' The newly-married Ample had left the home of the brde’s parents ostensibly for the railway station. At the time-table hour for the departure of the train a large number of wedding guests bad assembled .fiat the station, armed with confetti and other tributes. The bride and bridegroom, however, did not appear upon the scene, and the crowd was filled with disappointment. It subsequently transpired that the rchief actors had transferred themselves to another car and motored over the Rixnutaku to Wellington. They consoled the anxious guests by sending a wire from a mid-way township, wishing them luck, and advising them to “carry on.”