LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 14 June 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

—-——~—~r¢"~—————An ax-t.esian well recently sunk in the borough of Napier is giving a. flow of 4000 gallons of water per hour. As Aof‘f'ol-t is going xmidc by the Progressive Loaguc of Masterton to secure the holding of a band contest in that town.

A big blazc in Symonds "Street, Auckland, on Thursday night destroyed the motor department of Messrs. Merson Bros., motor and cycle dealers. The cause of "the fire has not been ascertained, but the damage is in the neighbourhood of £3ooo_

The Defence Department is advertising for the services of 30 men, including two farriers, -and one butcher, for duty in Samoa. All applicants must be fit for general <ervice. An adventisement in another column gives full particulars as to the ])epar".‘mer».t's requirements_

The fact that two issues of the Bank of New Zealand ten shillings note; differing -slightly in the details Of the design, are in circulation, apDears to have caused some people to decline to accept -the notes. Both ‘notes are good and may safely be accepted at the face value_ The “10‘shillingsf’ has been omitted from the two top corners of the second note, but it remains on the lower. corners, This is the only difference between the two notes and it does not in any way et'~fe.r:’r- validity of either issue,

Calves are regarded as unprofitable by Mastcrton farmers, and are being killed ofi in large nurmers.

, At a Taranakis Wedding recently “The Brides’ Dance,” in which the men pay to dance with the bride, the sum of £75 was I'ea.lisod—:L handsome present for -the bride.

A meeting of householders was held on Thursday night at Napier to form 9. Consumers’ Association to protect. their interests, and called on the Govern—ment to take steps -‘to reduce the cost of living.

Since Mr Joliife commenced work in Wellington as Government Film Censor in September, 1916, he has had under review 11,248,730 feet of film. For the year ending March 31, 1919, he censored 3,479,860 feet.

A cablegram received yesterday stated that three hundred soldiers of the Black Watch refused to embark at Dover for Germany, owing to their grievanc.es~. They marched to a, rest camp instead of boarding the vessel.

As showing the dryness of the season in Canterbury, the wells are lower in Bangiora than ever they have been known to be at this time of the year. The Ashley river is dry on either side of the bridge, a state unknown in the month of June before.

The record in fastidiousness must surely have been reached in the case of the Glasgow nlunition girl who, unfortunately enough to have lost :1 leg,‘ asked that the artificial one might be finished in pink enamel, in order that she might continue to wear openwrork stockings! ‘

Sir James Carroll, interviewed by a New Zealand Times representative_ about the present political .situation, said: “The future will be fought out on the lines of order, or disorder. Those who stand & by order will be true. to the counti-'y’s interests-. Those who proceed on the lines of disorder will ‘bring about disruption. Can the ,people stand disruption?? I think not.

“The best horse always wins,” asserted Mr. A. I. Rattray, the Wellknown secretary of trotting clubs, in giving evidence in a case concerning the sale of a trotting horse in the Supreme Court at Christchurch_ His Honour Mr. Justice Herdman asked incredulously, “Is that so?” Mr. M, J. Grcsson, counsel for the defence: “He shows a touching faith in racing, sir. I Con’t share it.«"

The Defence Department invites artist and others to submit competitive desigrls for a certificate of service for members of the New Zealand Expedi-tioll-:11'y and llilitary Forces who have St‘l'Vt-I] overseas, and another for these who served in the Dominion. The sum of £l5O is allotted for prizes, as follows: Overseas, first order of merit, £SO, second £25, with another £25 to be allotted. among other designs of special merit; home service, first. £25, second £lO, and £ls :allotted amongst othc-1‘ designs. t

, What is to be done? Builders declare that a house cannot be eyected for less than £125 to £l5O per room, and less than lo,per cent on the»cMapi’ral so: employed will not pay the lalndQ.l‘_d, owing to the rapid depreciation rented houses,’ undergo. Thfleoé rent which which.would this be required for a foul'—l'oomCd lgouso to I'ondc~r, it a business proposition for the landlord would be at least £52 per year oxelusive of rates, and no one will pay £1 a week, and the rates, for a fourroomcd cottage so far.—“Dannevirke Newsf.’

Mr. Lloyd-Lees, president. of the Whakatane Returned Soldiers’ Association, got his bayonet right home, to the root of the evil when he declared that there are 300 returned soldiers around Whakataue and not one yet settled on the land. It is probably a fair estimate to put. a soldier’s loss of income through idling at £2OO per year. So that the 300 men are losing £60,000 per year around this district alone_ What New Zealand sadly lacks is a man with a genius for Organising If we possessed that man we could abolish the whole Government and never miss if.——“Whakatane Press}

‘A peculiar circumstance is recorded in connection with the suicide of a. girl named Jessie West, who jumped off the wharf at Whangarei. Two men who were returning from a fishing trip saw the body the next morning, upwards of three miles down the river. It was then floating buoyantly. They hastened to the nearest telephone to inform the authorities, and search was made without result, but the body was later washed ashore at Awaroa. Creek. Dr. C. E. Macguire, medical superintendent of the Auck-I-and Hospital, states that he had never known or heard of a case in which the body of a drowned person failed to sink immediately after death_ The period during which it remained submerged depended upon the rapidity of decomposition, and the usual period of submersion is from five to ten days.

Keep down the high cost of living by purchasing your hosiery at Collinson and Gifford, Ltd, See advertise'ment on leader page.

Attention is drawn to the anniver-| sary services of the local Methodist‘ Church, which will be held to-morrow-The preacher forfitlie day will be fll§‘| Rev. W. H. Hocking. A very cordi~al« welcome is extended to all. |

An Anzac who braved the dangers and horrors of Gallipoli, and lived to fight in France, Mr Stanley Gibbs, is ona visit to Taihape, staying with his aunt, Mrs T. E. Wilson. Mr Gibbs’ home. is at Oamaru.

Elizabeth Jean Rose Conrad and Emily Ethel Connad (sisters) were arrested on the Auckland express train at Palmerston North on Thursday, on n chgrge of having stolen £6O 10/, the property of Joe Gett, of Wellington. Accusedxwere remanded to Wellington.

On page 8 is a new advertisement from Collinson and Cunninghamc giving a.‘ cordial invitation for Show ‘Week visitors -to their guests. This Big Store closes at noon on Wednesday, but is Open every other day with delightful premises.

With a View to safeguarding the pedestrian traffic, the Christchurch City Ccuncil is considering‘ a proposal to prevent vehi'cula.r traffic, other than tl-.amc,ars,i passing ithrough Cathflrzxl -Square on Friday evenings between six and nine o’clock.

That there are at present at least 100 too few carpenters in Auckland to carry out the Work offering was .Stg_ated by Mr T. Bloodworth, at a recent meeting of the Auckland City Council. He said the position was peculiar. There was a shortage of milk and a. shortrage of houses. The majority of the members of the ‘carpentry trade in this district were engaged in building structures for the storage of dried milk,_which‘would_ make the milk shortage more acute, while their occupation in that direction was helping to maintain the shortage of_ houses.

A special correspondent lat Prague writes that the sit.uati~on in Bohemia is so serious that the Czeeho-S‘ovaks are threatened with the disastrous Consequences of a complete famine.»-The last reserves of flour «and other bread "constituents" will be exhausted within a few weeks. Coal is. so scarce that the ration is reduced to 21b per day per family. There is a complete. lack of meat. The deficiency in potatoes is estimated to be nearly 30,000 tons. Rice, coflce, and tea, and other food stuifs have disappeared. The mortality rate at Prague among children under 14 years of age attains -the appalling ‘figure of 40 per cent, as compared with approximately 10 per 1000 in normal times. .

Both Jess Wiiluard and Jack Dempsoy are occupying tmining quarters at Toledo, Ohio, undergoing inten-sive training Work. Willard, who qrzived from the Pacific coast, where he received :2, prelini’i*nary Imon*th’s tl‘laill- - is sziid by experts to be in splendid condition. Dempsey’s Weight is now said to be 13st _3lb. He boxes daily with Bill 'Tate,_w_ho closely approximates Willi~a.rd’s\ height, _weight, and form. It. is estiniaited that the promoter, Tex R_ickal'd, has already sold 400,000 dollars’ worth of tickets for the championship fight. He expects the total to reach 700,000 hdollars before July 4. 0 b

German trading interests are already makingarrangements for the importation into the United States of German and Austrian china and earthvrare. According to information from :an lauthoritafive source, interviews have taken place in New York to arrange for the handlinglof these goods. 'l‘lle_ir View is that there will be a considerable market for them if they can be bought at a cheaper price than English, Japanese, or domestic goods. It is reported that one German agent has already made plans to obtain a large quantity of china, and that the goods will be ‘marked ‘Made in Bohemia’ or ‘made in Bavaria,’ as it is believed that the ‘ rying public can easily be persuaded "that neither of these countries was responsible for German aggression.”--Journal of the Imperial Board of Trade (April 3).