LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 19 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The manager of the Taihape District Public Trust Office notifies that he has a limited sum of money to lend on first-class sccinitv.

A public meeting is called by the Mayor for next Friday evening to arrange for peace celebrations appropi late to the importance of the event. It is one occasion above all others that will go down to futurity in the history of world events, therefore it is hoped every man and woman will rise to so great an occasion.

The volcanic island of Santorini, in the Aegean Sea, produces a natural cement called “Portselana,” which, mixed in certain proportions with lime and sand, is an excellent substitute for the best cement. Portselana has been used for many centuries, and is still being used throughout the Near East.

The Hon. J, T. Paul, president of the New Zealand Labour Party, stated that the organising campaign recently commenced had so far (been attended with much success. Great enthusiasm had been displayed at big meetings held in the South Island, and it was very evident to him that the party was making excellent progress. He was satisfied that the Labour Party wa s gaining ground everywhere. The organising already done would be of undoubted value to the party when the general election took place. Labour would he found ready for the occasion. Mr Paul is now in Auckland.

A well-bred young Collie dog, found in Taihape, awaits an owner at St.

Margaret’s Vicarage, Taihape.

A man for head of breaking down is offered .a good job at good wages by the Tariugamutu Totara Sawmills Company.

A handbag containing letters, addressed to the owner, lost between Carver Street and Beiliss’ Hill, “ advertised for.

The following vessels will be within wireless range to-night: Maori, Patecna, Mararoa, Zcalandic , Mokoia, and Mamari.

At Christchurch on Sunday afternoon a particularly severe north-west gale played havoc with .orchards. In many cases the trees were stripped of fruit.

The old central building, comprising the main school of Te Auto Native College, was totally destroyed by fire early on Monday morning. It was insured for £1,200 in the National Co.

The Government of New South Wales prior to the war, mported sensitised paper of German .origin; by direction of the Premier the Government instituted a sensitising process, which netted a profit of £248, equal to 24 p.c. on the output.

It stands to the credit ,of Taihape’s Chinese residents that they do not forget to realise the necessity of a local hospital. The matron of the hospital asks us to acknowledge the following donations to the hospital funds:—Wong Kee, 2 guineas; Shing ‘Lee. 1 guinea; and W. Hing, 1 guinea. o

A secretary, at a .remuneration of £l2O per annum, , is wanted by the Taihape District Patriotic Society. The successful applicant will be permitted to do any other outside work. Applications should bo addressed to the retiring secretary, Mr. C. E. Darrin

Freight charges were considered at a meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce on Monday night. The president, Mr_ J. B. Waters, introduced the matter of the high freights now ruling between the Dominion and England. After a discussion the president was authorised to draft a letter to the various chambers throughout Xew Zealand urging combined action with a view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a reduction both of inward and outward freights. At the Arbitration Court in Dunedin yesterday, the secretary of the Tinsmiths and Sheet Metalworkers’ Union stated that complete agreement had been arrived at before the Conciliation Council, but the Union now wished to apply for an increased war bonus under the War Regulations Act. The employers ’ representatives asked that this application be heard at the next sitting of the Court. The Union must prove that the bonus was necessitated by the increased cost of living, president said the Union could not make immediate application. A vote of its members must be taken first.