LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 16 June 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

During -the war the Ellerman Lines, which trade to New Zealand lost 90 vessels. I “If the price of clothing advances 11111011 more we will have to wear a: suit of blue paint,” said Mr. F. V. Fraser, S.M., during the hearing of a case in the Magisfl'ate’s Court in Wellington. Our Teaclers’ attention is drawn to the dance to be held in the Town Hall on Friday night lo} the Ladies‘ Huia Club. The floor is guaranteed'to be in excellent order, The supper good, and the gnusic jgvbeing supplied, «by Mrs_ Weflrb, Misses E. Bray and E. Sinclair, and Messrs. J. Upchurch and S. Dash. . , 4:.

A rare and curious relic in the form of a boomerang discovered in the New Hebrides has been presented 16“ the Otago Museum ‘by Dr. Bowie. There are only a. few of these weapons, which point to an aifinity with Australia, in existence, and none has been made in recent times_ '

The Te Aroha News has it on good authority that the Hon. W. H. Herries M,P., for the Ta'u”l-anga. elccfor-ate, is to have opposition at the forthcoming general election. The new ca_ndidate Will «be Mr. Mr. B. C. Robbins, ex-Mayor of the Tauranga and a pro—minent figure‘ in local affairs in and about Tauranga for several years past.

The way in which Bolshevism is fostered. The hnly public bequest made by Lord Glentanar——a. member of the great firm of Coates and Co., thread manufacturers—whose estate was valued at £4,642,263, was the interest of £2OOO to a. church in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. The duty collected by the Government on the es‘tate was £865,399.

One of ‘the hardy band of miners! who followed the gold, Mr Hugh McLachlan, has just died in Grey River Hospital. He was born in Dumferline in 1836, and loft Scotland for the rush to B'endigo. From there he came across over 50 years ago “([0 Gabricl’sA Gullyy rush, Otago, and ten years later tried his luck on ‘the West Coast goldfields. For many years he drove the coach on the Marsden Road and to Reefton.

“Next to the Scotch, 'the Japanese are the nation most passionately fond of education in the world,’ said Professor J. Macmillan Brown at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, Christchurch_ “Tl_lat fact makes the Eastern menace all the greater, because a well educated country, as the Germans have shown us, has the‘ most capacity for making it warm for its enemies.” '

In conservation with a Dunedin reporteii, 111' .D. N. ‘l\lacD'iarnlifrl, who has just spent some years in Egypt and the Sudan, said he welt perfectly certain that the colonial troops would be sent back from Egypt at the earliest possible moment. The country will, in all probability, be ‘held by garrison troops, either from India or from Great Britain, with assistance, of necessary, of Sudanese battalions who keep alive the remembrance lof Egyptian slave raids, and bear the Egyptians no love.

| Referring to the matter of misrepreisentation, at the Dairy Associa:fion’s idinner in Dunedin, the Hon. VV_ D. S_ yMacDonald, said that the other day he had seen in a paper not very far from Dunedin, an article dealing with his sins, and all he could say Was this was deliberate bare-faced lying, with no ignorance about it. He was in the happy position of drawing £IOOO a year and spending £2OOO to earn it. If he was among the missing at the next general election he would be a much happier man, and when the issue was decided he would si/nk his individual aspirations and work and give of his best in the service of the people he represented, and he believed his colleagues would do the same.

An Italian business house, writing Ito a Masterton business firm a month ‘or two ago, says: “It is with a real lpleasure that I resume our correspondence, interrupted in 1914 by__the war ,0]? the World_ The brilliant victory of the Allied troops and the Peace Conference commenced under the most lflattered presages, gives to me posiltively hopes that also the export business will I‘eCOlllnlenCe with great activity, I do put my house at your entirely disposition for every mereliandisc you may esteem convenient, to! export to, or to bup in Italy.” The quaint wrestle with the British lan—l guage also con-tains the following‘ significant passage: “I will pay strictly cash every product, and wish! to sell any cash.’

Tales of the sensational wages earnled by rabbiters in Southland are com'ing to hand (says an Invercargill cor- “ respondent). The men in the Birehwood idistrict are making from £4 to £5 Ea day. The catches in these cases »average 150 per day, and the supply does not seem to be diminishing. Rabbits have multiplied rapidly in -the province during the last year 01' two owing to the scarcity of labour, so that those engaged now have a rich harvest. Skins of good quality are worth 9d on an average, and it is understood that a rise of 25 per cent. will take place before the season closes. However, the rabbiters have to work hard for their money, and the present Weather conditions are any-‘ thing but conducive to comfortable life. In many cases also they have to‘ provide ‘their Own means of sending‘ the rabbits to the market, and farmers have been known to ask ibonuses. Flags for Peace Celebration, at Somerville’s.-—(Advt.l Keep down the high cost of living‘ by purchasing your hosiery at Collinson and Gifford, Ltd_ See advertisement on leader page. “Forewarned is forearmed.” Your best weapon against a bad cold is‘! NAZOL. It will quickly am ‘easily rout-the enemy. Sold everywhere. ls‘

An advertiser has honey to lehd in sums of £IOOO and uxiwzrrus, at current ratés of interest. -

Members of the Huia. Hockey Club are reminded of the meeting to be held in the old Red Cross Rooms, 'at 7.30 to—night sharp, kindly 161117 by Mr_ P. E. Wakeman. ‘

Constable Geraghty, of 'l‘.im:lr'.l, has ‘been appointed to 1;‘-ill the ':acal_:_c;'_r 0-11 the local police staff caused 1»? the death of Contable Petit, dur‘.lg.the recent influenza epidemic. 5

The transport Maunganui is timed to arrive at Port-TChalme;rs, _oxi June 2151:. She has 1128 men on board, most of whom belong to the south Island_ \

Seven cows due to calve in July, August and S'e‘ptélnbcr, are advexstised for sale. These cows are Euaranféed, and all information may be obtained from Mr. L. Daws,

The candidate, after tiring his audience, wound up as fo1}ows:1$“I want housing reform. I want land reform, I want educational reform. I want-—” “Yes,S’ shouted a bored voice from the audience, “you Want chloro‘fornl_”

The Rev. J. 0. Loan has been called to the charge of vthe Presbyerian Church in Taihape, and his induction is to take place in the Taihape Church, on next Thursday afternoon, at 3 o’clock_ A number of visiting Presbyterian Ministers will be present.

A complete agreement has been reached between the Paintersf Union and employers in the Manawa-tu District. The wages have been fixed at 1/7% per hour, with a bonus to compensate men at 2,1,d per hour, The overrate has been raised to time and half. Slightly increased pay has been granted to nppresentices,

V The Government Statistician states in the May number of the oificial Abstract of Statistics that the war increases in food prices and rents from July, 1914, to April, 1919, is 2s_3s per cent. It is not practicable at present to calculate index numners to Show the increase in retail prices ‘éver the whole of the domestic expenditure of an average household; but the -three food ‘ groups and rent, in regard to which the above increase of approximately 28 per cent. has taken place, cover the most important and necessary items in the average domestic expenditure, and from more than half of the total. -

, An offer by a. returned soldier to 113}dertake the destruction of shags in methodical fashion was considered by the council of the Wellington Acclim—avtisation Society last week. The soldier, it was b explained, had been wounded and not able to undertake hard work, He made a. hobby of shag-shooting, using a .22 rifle with a silencer_ The council decided to offer to pay 2/ per pair of feet up toi 100 birds on condition that all thci shags were shot in inland Wat-:rs.f Members stated that the ravages of i the shags among the young trout were; ver yserious. It Was‘ nicntioned thati only three Varieties of shags éut ‘Of 80 were in -the habit offltaking fresh-I water fish. . i

3 Some idea of the dpr‘csent. cost of building Workers’ <!o’tt':ige'st in brick was given_by Mr'J.’ T. Julian, at the Arbitration; Court at Auckland on Friday, duringlhe hearing of an appli- ’ cation for anrincrease in brickmakers’ wages. He stated that he had ju’st conpleted five five-roomed cottages in the country for a dairy company, and these had cost £llOO each. He estimated that, if granted, the increase asked for would compel the brick manufacturers to raise the price Gs per 1000, which would make the cost. ‘so prohibitive that it would not be 'possible to build workers’ homes in brick. Although he had not prepared comparafive figures, he estimated that it would 3;; cheaper at present to build in‘ either wood or concrete.

Speaking at a dinner at the Wellington Club, Mr. E. I-I_ Hiley, the late gfineral manager of railways, referred to-Labour matters, and said it would always be of interest to people at Home to watch the progressive methods of dealing with Labour in Newé Zealand. He thought that in many re- ‘ spects the Old Country would be following New Zealand Ways with regard to Labour administration and Labour. methods_ AHe leltthat during‘ the' last five years his time ‘had not!‘

‘been wasted in New Zealand in the ‘experience he had ‘gained in these lmafiters. Many New Zealanders had yet to realise how beneficicnt and how up-to-date they were in this Fcountry in regard to socia‘l qfiestions, and how much their firactice would be followed by the older counfries. For Chronic Chest Complaints _ Woods’ Gl-eat_ Peppermint Cure. I Dainty Tea. Cosies_ well fitted and covered in the ‘newest materials_ Plain shades 1/11, in fancy materials 2/6, 2/11, 3/11, 4./6.—-Collinson and Gifford, Ltd. 1 1 Messrs. -H. D, Bennett, Ltd., are Eshowing a. large consignment of Down ‘lQuilts from 30/ upwa.rd_ .