LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The transport Kaikoura, according to cable ad vie!. l received in Wellington, left Egypt on the 7th instant for New Zealand troops.

Tenders are invited by the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company for the erection of stock sale yards at Taihape, Mangaweka, Huntervillc and Marton,

A five-roomed house in excellent condition, on half an acre of land, at Utiku, outbuildings and orchards, is offered for sale for £IOO. Particulars at this office.

The Hon. G. \V. Russell says that nearly one-half of the cheese imported into Great Britain came from New Zealand, and he believed that this Dominion was destined to be some day the dairy farm of the British Empire.

A stupid and utterly unfounded report has got about that there are cases ■cf influenza in Taihape. The circulators of sensational fables of this kind should remember that they are liable to a term of imprisonmfont without the option of ia fine.

A special meeting of the B’orough Council previous to the ordinary meeting was held last night to certify to the district electors’ list. The Town Clerk stated that no objections had boon received, and he necessary certification was passed, and the Mayor :amd Crs. Dash wood and Turnbull were appointed to sign tnc list. The number of approved names total COL

A bowling match which is looked forward to with more than usual interest will take place on the local green next Monday. Four rinks from the Huntervillo Club will try conclusions with four rinks of Taihape players play commencing at 9.30 a.m. The visitors are at present holders of the Hum Cup, having wrested it from the Taihape Club a few weeks ago. Members’ wives and lady friends are requested to kindly provide afternoon tea. _

“It is an instance of how far capital will ga in order to ensure dividends,” stated Mr B. E. Murphy, Lecturer in Economies at the Victoria University, in an address at the Accountants’ Chambers in Wellington, after he bad stated that Chinese iamd coolies were ousting the British sailors in the .British mercantile marine. “It is absurd,” stated Mr Murphy, “that large numbers of British sailors should be hanging around British ports looking for work because they have been displaced by niggers and chows, who are cheaper. If the mercantile marine is to be the nursery of the British navy the position is as serious a.s it is absurd. This is only one of the sidlematters which is responsible for the industrial unrest now so evident.”

Every voter who is in favour of continuance will be interested in the big advertisement which appears on page 6of this issue. It gives some interesting facts regarding the question.