LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 31 March 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• A respectable youth about 16 years of age wants employment.

Mr C. Masters, agent for the York-

shire Insurance Company, is prepared to insure anything —cars or men —against accidents on the 10th April when the liquor referendum poll will be taken.

Much interest is being taken in the municipal elections in Masterton, where the Labour Party is making a determined effort to capture the balance of power in the Council.

All choir members and vocalists, ladies and gentlemen, are cordially invited to take part in singing Jackson's 'To Deum' at the Peace celebrations. A practice is being held in St. Margaret's Church at S o'clock on Wednesday evening. All are asked to be present.

It is reported that several business properties have been sold in Hawera lately at substantial figures. The Central Buildings changed hands at £16,000, while another shop in High Street was sold at £2OO per foot. A property in Union Street was purchased for £I4OO an advance of £SOO on a previous transaction.—" Star."

A chauffeur named Purton, while attempting to board the Main Trunk express at Palmerston North on FHday, before it stopped at the station, in order to secure a seat for a lady pasesnger, fell between the platform and the train. He had a miraculous escape from death, and when rescued was found to be suffering from a bad scalp wound, a blackened eye, and an ugly cut under the jaw, He had lost several teeth. Despite 3iis injuries Mr. Purton remained conscious, and displayed great fortitude.

Mr. George Jackson, a centenarian, has been spending a holiday in Nelson. says the Colonist. Mr Jackson, who is still hale and hearty in spite of hi' great age, was born in the county of Kilkenny on July 1 ISIB, and came to New Zealand in 1562. For 50 years he was prospecting and mining on the West Coast, He is a single man, and except for several accidents while following hi' occupation 'did not know a day's illness until *ftacked by inflcunza last year, from which he made a good recovery.

'A writ of libel has ben issued by Messrs. oYung, Neave and Courtney, of Wellington, solicitors for Lieut. A. H. Grierson, against 1 the Napier Telegraph Company, Ltd. The plaintiff alleges that defendants on February .15, 1918, printed and published a statement concerning him in consequence o* which the plaintiff has been injured in his credit and reputation as an officer of the New Zealand Expeditlonar;Force and has suffered damage. The plaintiff therefore claims £2OOO as damages, the costs of the action and sunh further and other relief as may be just

.A few wt-eks*ago a personal paragraph went the rounds concerning the death of one of New Zealand's professional men who had relatives over in U.S.A. A copy of the paragraph was sent to these folk in America, and an acknowledgement just to unsays: My wife and I both remarked upon the absolute accuracy of the paragraph as distinct from the invariable incorrectness of the American "personal." In this country they jumble their facts together in a manner most amazing and from the standard of truth, the reportorial standards are "punk."

The Stipendiary Magistrate at Wartara fined a Native, known as the "Kaiser,':' a total of £9 and costs, for violently asaulting three post office* cadets recently. The lads were driving in a gig when the defendant appeared on the scene, waving a whisky bottle. On their refusing to accept his hospitable offers of a drink, he proceeded to seize one of them by the throat, and well-nigh strangled him, and also dealt severely with the other two lads. It was explained by the counsel on behalf of the "Kaiser." that a friend had gone to his home and left him a bottle of whisky, which he proceeded to drink, the result of which was that he committed the assault, it was alleged on his, behalf that he had not the remotest recollection of having done so.

Hearty applause greeted the o? a letter at the meeting of the Feilding Patriotic Society on Friday afternoon from Mr J. J". Bryce, of Hinau, in which he enclosed a cheque for his h™''<», Twilight's, winnings at jumping compettions during the 1917-118 season. The cheque amounted to £164 5s and goes to the wounded soldiers' fund. Mr Bryce, in reply to a vote of thanks passed "by acclamation, state'd that as the war wa': over. Twilight'a work had concluded Questioned '->s &> Twilight's performances, Mr Bryce said she had won on behalf of Patriotic funds during the war period a totU of £909 15s, all of which had gone to funds for wounded soldiers. Twilight has also wcr. £2OO at competition- before the war. Warm expressions of pva*' *» wore were used by members of the Society regarding Twilight as a -:ar worker. Some horse—and a generous owner.

Aii infant's woollen, lost "n Main Street, is advertised for W. J. \Vhite

and Sons, drapers

In usually Mvcll-inforniod London circlil it is conjectured that Peace Celebrations Week will be .from .rune 28 to June 30. Mr A. J. Boon'cy, K.M.C, teacher of music, pianoforte, violin and singing, including voice production, notifies that he has moved liis studio from the Three Stars Theatre to the Presbyterian Hall in Huia Street.| His pupils are A.ke'd to take note of the change.

A rather gruesome discovery was made by some children, at Feilding on Friday, who found a skull under a honeysuckle hedge at the residence of Sergeant-Major Shepherd. The children noticed the object, and dug it out with a spade. It was noticed that the skull had been wrapped in a piece of chaff bag and buried by a fence under the hedge, It is surmised that the parcel had not been there very long, for the sacking had not been completely rotted. The skull is believed to be that of an elderly person as the wisdom teeth showed signs of wear. The police have charge of the skull, and are endeavouring to elucidate the mystery.