LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 21 June 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The trophies‘ wonpby. ‘ competitors at the skating cami=\tal. held on.Thursda.y last. willxbe prescntcdnt thc~.Thrcc Stars TllO-.lfrc tO-night. . T »

The Wellington City Council has decided to spend £20,000 on the building and equipping of new fire brigade sub-station in the city, which will relieve the present pressure on the central station.

‘Miners at the North Cape Colliery, in the Nelson district, who had been on strike for three weeks, returned to work on Tuesday. A dispute arose over the dismissal of one of the men. The views of the management ultimately prevailed. Forty miners were aifected.

Next Sunday is St. J'ohn’s Day, and throughout the Empire, and wherever the Order of St. John is I'epl'esented members of‘ the various branches Qf the Order -meet for divine worship. In the Old Land it is quite a picturesque sight to see the Large meetings of serving brothers and sisters and B'rigade members in their neat uniforms marching to the various churches.

The following resolution was passed at the meeting of the Wanganui Hispi‘cal and Charitable Air Board held on VVedneSday: “That Inspector Swindells be eongmtulated on the. steps he has taken in his district in connection with organising classes, ete.., to cope with a. recrudescence of the epidemic should it occur. "4

Sir James Allen has received intimation that the following soldiers are still abroafd? In France, 20; in the United 0% the United Kingdom, 1714; nurses, Kingdom, 13,861; patients in hospitals Red Cnoss workers, and wives and children of soldiers, 103. Total, 15,503The number of those already returned is 31,244. ' "

At a special meeting’ of the Te Awamutu Borough Council loan proposals were considered, «and the Mayor, with the Deputy-Mayor, was authorised to ‘proceed to Wellington to make final arrangements. It is anticipated that the total expenditure will be about £50,000, for which a loan ‘is required. The scheme includes :11 sewerage system, electric lighting, and municipal building -of houses. Flags, all sizes, procurable at SomerVille.’s-—-(Advt.,~‘ _ 1;’

‘Po-day is the shortest day. The sun is supposed to rise at 7.6 o'clock and. set at 4.39.

The Rev. J. C. Loan, the newly-ap pointed Minister at the Taihape Prebysterian Church, will preach at bo=t.h services to—nlorroW. ’

The outward and visible «sign of Waipori’s deexay as a goldfieldis to be found in thevfact that the last of the local Chinamen left there a few days ago’ to go into hospital. There used to be hundreds of them in the district, and in its zenith Waipori had its recognised Chinese quiarter, equipped with opium houses and fantan establishments.

Returns of actual thrcshings received from threshing mill owners to May 21 show (states the Government Statistician) that, so far, 3,49%5,»238 bushels of wheat, and 2,766,093 bushels of oats have been threshed out. The average yields per acre in cases where particulars of areas were furnished, work -out at 34.15 bushels for wheat, and 42.76 bushels for oats.

Residents in the ‘Fcilding district cvi' dently know and appreciate the value of technical education. It is proposed to establish a Technical High School at Fcilding, for which a sum uef £2250 is required. Already £I6OO has been subscribed . Two of the three Coun_t.y Councils in the district have already been approached, the Manawatu and the Oroua, and each have pnomised to subscribe £4OO each. The school it is proposed to erect will give alccomm-ode-tion for 150 pupils. ‘

Owing to the expressed wish of several persons who desire to be present at the meeting to discuss the question of securing Workers’ dwellings, the meeting which was to have been held on Tuesday evening has been postponed till the following Friday evening, when It will be held in the Fire Brigade Hall_ The demand for information and the interest osciled has been ‘extfaordinarily keen, evidencing’ the V acute * stage the house shortage in Taihape has developed into. ' V ~~

"To avoid clashing with the ’Winter Show, the social commfftee of_ the Taihape Returned Soldiers’ Associatien has decided to postpone the third of the series of entertainments, which was to be held on Wedllesday ne:¢:l._ The next enterta.inment will take place at the Town Hall on Wednesday 9th July, when a euehre party will be held in conjunction with a social and dance. The euchre’ party will be held on the stage, and will be corxlre.-.é2‘.«c=»3a"l at the same time as*llle dancing, name.ly, at eight o’clock. Partieulars will Le advertised later. .

It is forecasted. by a trade authority that 81-itain’s annual landing of fish for food will soon be at the rate of 40,000,000 cwt per annum. What that means is best. seen by conlp‘al-ison with the pre-war year 1913, when the catch amounted to 24,657,116 cwt. The ‘harvest of the s.ea»lla's not been thoroughly gathered since August., 1914-, and there are fortiines waiting for the fishing industry. That this is fully realised is apparent from the eagex;ness with which ’shares ‘-in fishing Celnp._anies are being purchased. Recently 5610 shal'es have sold at £21‘15/, mid £23 15/ each. ' .

Medical evidence at the inquest on the death of John Mackrill, a Tasman. ian West. Coast. hermit, who lived alone in the bush, and who fell down :1, shallnow cutting on the Emu Bay railway, was that deceased was extremely emaeipated from stawaltion, and the fall fractured the cervical vertebrae, crushing the spinal‘ cord. For over twenty years Mackrill’s only companions were two dozen eats. At one time he had 80 cuts "in his camp. When the police removed the body to the railway station at Five Mile, where it remained for some time, cats came to the place from near and ft'zll'.- .

A senslatcional experience befel a party consisting of Messrs P. Ralfe, A. Chapman, D. M‘Cord, Miss Ralfe, and Miss M‘Callunl (Hawera) at Matau, on the Upper Waitara, on Sunday week. They intended crossing the river, 40 feet in width, by cage, and four being seated the fifth member of the party jumped in behind, but the extra weight was too much for the rope, which parted before the journey was completed, precipitating the whole" of the passengers into the river, forty-Seven feet below. Fortunately there was deep water fat the spot, and not one was seriously hurt. Ralfe sneeeeded in saving the life 101’ the two women, and the other men, although unable to swim, managed to seranlblc out, «all eventually reaching the opposite side, bruised and wet, but glad to be on dry land again. One of “the women had‘her clothes pra'ct.i‘ea.lly all torn 6011’. her, owing to being‘ caught on a snag in the river when she fell.—— Stratford ‘Post. Colds fly before NAZOL. Sore Threats are soothed by this proved and popular remedy. Get -NAZOL today. 1/6 buys 60 doses. 4 A Cure that is sure—-—NAZOAL. Sends coughs and colds packing in doublequick time. Easy to take. 3