LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 3 April 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

‘I do.not blame the publican,” said .-H1" Todd {Lt Masterton, “There are just as good men on one side of the bar Counter as on_ the other. Some of my best friends are publicans.” More than 1000 illtel':le«_i enemy aliens a week are being rep;m'iated from the great Camp at Kiioelmloe, Isle of Man, which is c.\:per:tr.r,l to 110 cleared this month. Ma 2‘; do not Want to go back. Mr McGreeve_\f, one of the earliest settlers in the Howke’s Bay dis—trict, died at \Vnipawa, on Weclliesday. Mr. MCG-1-eeVe_\{, was at one time 3 large station holder, and he leaves a, fairly large famii3—'. School Committee Elections—~—List.enl The country which spends 5 millions on booze and I,}, million on education may be ‘helping to make the World safe for deoc-racy but it doesn.’t look like that. What do you think paronts?———(Advt.) LOV'C'l'S‘._()f music .2111 d wholesome humour have a treat in store, in that the famous K'pllnegiy Conlpa_‘.n.'Y 3 of‘ singers, instrumeiitalists, liuniorists and comedy artists, have decided to visit Taihape Shortly_ The date of thovir appearance will be duly announced. At" a meeting held in Wellington, :1 Wellington branch of the New Zealand Welfare League was formed, There was a good attendance, over which Mr. C. P_ Sl<el'l'ctt, K.C., presided. ‘Arrangenients are being made for the formation of branches in other parts of New Zealand. The Minister for Defence has received cable advices from the Air Ministry in London that two B;-11,-is]; fiß'h‘Gol‘s and two D.H.4 machines, with equipment, two riggers, and two fitl/GTS, are Pmcecdillg to New Zealand Shortly. The machines and equipment will remain the property of the British Government, and New Zealaua will be «held responsible for their custodY. It is understood that the ma—chines were_p;-esented by the Royal Air Force. , li’ you catch a. cold. you c:tn’t help it. “NAZOL” is 22 safe und certain curd. and (gives ininiediate relief. 15 6d. 2

A conference between represcnta.~ tives of the freezing companies anu fho Slaughtermexrs Union is being held at Wellingtorx to-day to dficuss matters in connection with the proposed new industrial award -between the parties_

The Customs dufy eoilected in the Dominion during March amotmted to £345,553, and the excise beer duty to :E2(i,(s'l-1:. The Cusntoms duty for the financial year ending 3[a.reh 31, was £3,831,048, and the excise beer duty £273,451‘ 11. tbfql of ‘~°4.104,499——t-he largest amount over collee’ce'd.

A. London con-espondent states that the old light cruised Pyramas is now on duty at Constantinople, with the Captain of the Base on board. She had 3. very v4arie‘d experience during the war, having seen service at Samoa, East Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Suez Canal.‘

The mail steamer Niagara arrived in Auckland yesterday mofiling from Sydney, and on the run across, severa: cases of sicknes developed, including one or two of a. severe nature. The steamer was Sent into quarantine,.and bthose passengers who are ill wili be sent ashore for ti-eatmeiit. What subsequent course will be taken has not ‘yet been decided upon.

A number of tl'allsports‘al'e now on the way ‘to New Zealand with homocoming soldiers. Of these the Bhamo, vaitli draft NO. 23-}, comprising 818 of ali «ranlcs, is "int; M Auckland" on April 24. All troops will disembark there. The COl-inthic, with draft No. 236, totalling 1161, is due on April 22, at Lyttclton. Draft No. 240, with 610 soldiers and 150 wives, is flue ale.‘ Ancklzmd by the Romuera. on April 29.

The Invercargill Town Council nas decided to inaugurate a superannuation scheme for its employees frbm Apfil 1 under the National Provident Fund_ It is expected that the first year of the s_chcme will cost the council £863 but, ‘of. this £6OB rill übe chargeable‘ against the general fund. Fifty-one employee§ have Eecided to join the fund, and the O«‘.hs‘rS will be given six months in which to make uf) their minds.

‘Upito the end. of 1918,-j_.American Red Cross appropriations for Palestine and the Near East had totalled £265,000. Approximately znlothor £200,000 was added to this. Supplies have been goiug forward regularly from France and .lit:l]_y. I 1: one order were 3000 dozen spools of thread. . 900,000 yards of aiotliing mat‘el-izlls, 20,000 blankets, 50,00 sweaters, 15,000 kitting needles. It is (‘stimated that the American Red Cross Conlmission’s peronnel will nl_lmbol‘ 200 -by April.

An amusing little story is told by Mr_ Reginald 'l‘, Townsend, in his de--sm'ipti'-Gn of Victorizt. Day in Paris on the March Red Cross Magazine, Mr. Townsend Says: A group of Yanks passed singing “Tipperal'y.” “What is that they are sin;fillg?"' asked ‘a Frenchman standing beside me of his nieghbour_ “Donft you know?” came the s/cornful reply of one who always makes a point of keeping up with world affairs. “Why, that is the American National 'Anthem!‘”

An officer of the Labour Department states that employers whose businesses come within the scope of the Shops and Offices Act will have to observe the statutory half-holiday for the second week in April on the day of the Hcensing poll ('J‘hu‘-ssday, April .10) instead of on the usual day. Occttpiers of factories are required by law to afford each employee a reasonable opportunity of recording his or her vote with no deduction from pay it‘ the time taken does not exceed one working hour.

The p'eoplo of Rotorua will be glad to know that a. pupil of the Rotorua District High School was successful in the recent examination for junior national scholarslfips. Among the published list of names of those who reached the ordinal-y standard qualification.fOl' junior scholarships (62; per cent) Was that of Ivan EdwinLewis, who obtained 512 marks. The successful scholar is a son of Mr. E. Lewis, a member of the Rotorua District School Committeo_

Soldicrs and sailors have ‘a fondness I'ol'Vlllasc‘cets'. The stlwa.ng'eSt mascot so far reported is that which belonged to the British dreadnought Valiant. An officer of the American fleet just returned thus describes h it:-—“I have

seen all Sorts of mascots in the navy. from plain dogs and assorted cats. goats, chickens, ducks, and monkeys, to fancy armadillos and Gila. monsters and Sea—going guinea pigs, but the mascot of ‘(he Valiant had -it on them all. Nothing less than :1 boa. constrictor. the Tfiggesf I Mol‘ hope to see, 3 regulz-11' full-sized «boa constrictor, long enough, I believe, to use for a, 11101110ward bound pennant if flattened out it little.“

Bad for Biz.~—The street corner grogg.g3"y hurts the eye, offends the nose_ Smack it.*’ _

The following vessels will probably be within wireless range to—night:— Maori, Mararoa, Pateena, Loitrim, War Music, Moana, Monowai, Moeraki, Port. l\’lolbOllrllc and Nzivua. .

According to letters received in Pa}merston the Anzacs have become very popular in Germany, and large numbers of the New Zealnnd Soldiers have been offered inducements to settle in that country_

Mrs. Russell of “The Parisicnne,” Auckland, is paying a short visit to Taihape, with a high—class display of millinery. An advertisement giving further particulars will appear tomQrroW.

To-marrow night the King’s Picture Theatre will show a first-class 'f)l'o- - the proceeds of "which will be devoted to the Taihape Fire Bl~igade._’s motor reel fund. Special music will be rendered;_ The admission. -is one shilling to all parts of the theafre, children halfprice. '

A resident in one of the suburbs of Auckland was about to retire to bed on Monday night, shortly after 11 o’clock, when -a young lady rushed on to the verandah and beat at the door with her hands. He at once went out and was informed by the excited visi~ tor that-, as she was passing :3, clump of trees near the road, a man shouted out to her. The house-holder had a pal‘ticula.rly business-like looking dog, and this animal was at once turned into the pl-antation, with the result that three men rushed out, and made good time along the road, followed by the dog.

Messrs. F. Read and Co., of Wellington have purchased the grocery and provision business carried on by the late J. A. Champion. The Messrs. Read have had a very wide experience -in’ this particular line, for a. number of years being in the employ of Campbell and Co_, of Wellington. It -is their intention to 1-eorganise and extend the business, introducing innovations that make for efficiency.‘ Members of the 7th Regiment, W.W.C., Taihape, are officially warned to attend a parade at the,Defence Office, Taihape, on April 9th, at‘Bjp.‘m., from which no leave will be granted.

“Cadets and tverritorials-' are con—. 'Sidel‘e'd to_ be undernmilitvary jurisdic_tioll'fl'oln theytinre they- leave home for parade, in uniform, till they return home again from parade,” explained the military officer to Mr F. K. Hunt, SIBIV‘, in Auckland ,yes»terda.y,_ when a senior cadet Was brought before the magistrate on a- charge- of not, obeying orders after parade. The circumstances were that just after a. parade a number of cadets crowded about a drunk man in the street, and on account of the language used by the man, two cadet sergeants ordered the boys to move on. . Some moved away, but the defendant in particular refused to ,take any notice, and ‘his example as followed by others. ‘l‘lle_defendant was fined 10s‘ and 11s costs.‘