LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 24 June 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

.__.__.—¢»—-——————- ! Five tickets for the Catholic Social.‘ and Dance, which '1 child, who hadthem for sale, lost in Taihape yester-i dill’, are advertised for. I “I have been particularly impressed‘ by the grit of the returned soldiers who come to me for guidance, in con-‘ nection with -their future callings,” declared Dr. Hansen at Invercargilly recently. He instaneed the ease o‘f"a young man with‘ one eye gone, 3 hand useless, and a lame fuot, The man had told the doctor that he had been informed by the English doctors that if he took up commercial Work he would go blind in -the other eye. However, he gone to ‘an Invercargill doctor, had come back with a pair of glasses, and had started work with enthusiasm. ' ""

.A Masterton fal'nl‘C:r—l'elllal'l{ed to a Daily Times representative‘ that the present season was a remarkably 8005 season for hoggets. which never looked better. By the spring hoggetsiwould be in exceptionally forward condition, and much better than has been recorded for some ye.-21's past. The troopship Waimana. arrived at Auckland yesterday, and two trains were despatched with southern contingcnts of soldiers. The first. passed through Taihtape at 5 o’clock this morning with Wellington and South Island men, and the second at 8.15 with men for intermediate stations be‘tween Auckland and New Plymouth.

' In an interview, Sir James Allen said he thought the newspapers hlad exaggerated the recent statement attributed to Mr A. M. Myers, regarding the social and financial position of New Zealand_ “I dont think Mr Myers suggested that the finances of the country are in serious difliculty, because they are not,” deelared Sir James Allen.

The Commonwealth High Conlnlissioner, Mr. Andrew Fisher, publishes a denial in «the London papers that the English wives cf soldiers receive a hostile reception in Australia. Marriages are occurring in grea:ter numbers than transport is available. There were 7000 wives and 300 children awaiting transport at the time or me armistice. Two hundred marriages were solemnised in one week reeentx_~.-..

The Board of Trade has appointed a committee to consider and report on the means: of securing sufficient meat supplies for the United Kingdom at reasonable prices, with special regard to the development of meat production in the United Kingdom and in the British overseas Dominions, and to the protection of British Inal‘ke:‘.s and of producing co-Jntrics within the Empire from domination by foreign organisations.

A family named Wild,_conlpl-'i_si.l‘lg husband, Wife and. tWQ_ childljeil," »i‘_e'-A siding at Hamilton ::e__silf£erixig fr"6m' ptomaine ‘poisoning, supppsed uto‘ hayq been. caused ‘by tinned ni4i‘lk,.c3f"jx‘rhi,‘_c_h‘ they partook ’on”S'é"t2lrid'ay night; were .ataken' s'er_io;lc.l,\{ . il)l',_"an‘d . were ulla.bJp to sumnmn’ "as,Si‘s,tancb. A A visitor to the housle 6n" Sflimduay after-j noon discovered the plight of the in-. mates and sunlnlohcd‘2ls‘s’isthah’cé'. Their condition is still, s-_er:'—_ou-S-, .4 but not dangerous. ' ' ' ‘ 3

The troopship Tahiti is expected to arrive at Auckland on July 2nd. She has 1600 of all ranks on ‘board. The following men from this district are rcfurning by her: J. E. W. Collins, Taihape; W. Bell, Ruanul; L. A. Lit.chficld, Taihape; S. J. Loye, Mangaweka; R-. W. McCl'orie, Taihape; D. McKenzie, Utiku; H. J_ O’vL'oughlan, Oha—kune; J. J. Partridge, Ohiakune; T. Rcardon, Taihape; J. H. Reilly, Mangawcka; F. VV. Scott, Raetihi; A_ Shiol, M£Ltal‘oa; A. Smith, Ohakun-0; D. Thompson, Mangaweka; L__ Thonlpson, Horopito. A H

“You have \Vil3h}y_nll zs. professmj who has;locatcd mere G’r3-"man guns ‘ and supplied more ill_fol‘m:r..fion_ to the In.telligence Depart‘nloll"c than any otlle.': man in Wellingtoll,’_ said BrigadierGeneiwal Gr. S."Riehal"dson', ‘in addressing students of Victoria Tjniversity College at the capping cei-emobny ‘in the Wellington Town Han. “That is Professor Mai-sden——(r:on*.,inued cheers) ——who has ’\,been using his scientific knowledge in sound--.-angin§‘on the Western front. I congratulate him most heartily on the work he did in the war.” _

The Minister of Education announces through the Gezrette that on the advice of the Council of Education he has approved of the following amending clause in the scheme of control of secondary "schools: “The programme of each pupil shall be deter; mined by the principal after consultation with the pal'oL.ts or guardian, but. in all cases the programme of each girl shall include adequate instruction in elementary domestic science and hygiene, and in one or more of the domestic arts, extending in general over not less than two years of the secondary course provided. No pupil shall be compelled to take Latin 01' to take more than one language besides English.” -

There are more than 500 profes. sional onion peelers in the East. End of Lonrior. alone. ’l‘l:'_*v 2139 brought up f‘.‘f‘.‘_‘.‘_ chi‘udh3or’l in thigx occupaggom and in v~~"“" cntcs mcthers have also b{‘(‘:l “I‘-“:1”-‘.‘£=."’ I,om‘;on_. however, is not the only heunt o'.‘ the professional onion-peeler. Birmingham can boast of possessing a fair number of the fraternity. There no water is allowed to be used in the process of onionpeeling, though peelers are allowed that privilege in the metropolis to protect their eyes. The only drawback attached to this peculiar occupation liee in the fact that the fintgers of the peelers are constantly ‘lcold (this being a winter job), and that prevents them doing their work with greater speed. 7 , For Bronchial Coughu, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

Messages from San Juan, Porto Rico state that 80 people were burned to death in a cinema fire. Women and children were crushed?‘ in the crowd. : __ . ' During the rush ot people anxious to see “Hearts of the World” at the Lyric. Theatre, Auckland, .a silverod penny was foisted oif as a. 2/ piece. The resemtblance is so good that anyone in a. hurry might be pardoned for being taken in with the coin_ Mrs_ M. J. Thomas, blouse specialist and dr.essmakor.,.'ha.s opened rooms in Station -Street, Taihape. Mrs Thomas will carry a. large stock of blouses; ‘ skirigs, lingerie, dresses, and everything ‘in ladies’ wear right up to t.he last word in things fashionable. Mrs Thomas invites inquiry and inspection.

The transport Mtaunganui arrived at Dunedin wharf at 11_30 yesterday, after a good voyage. The troops are well, and include only six cot _cases. They were given ‘a splendid time at Colon. The New Zeahand Division Pierrot Troupe is on board. The northerners left by special train soon after 12 o’clock.

The Serjeant Art Gallery building in Wanganui is now completed. It is one of the fargest and finest buildings of the sort in the colonies, costing about £18,,000 fior constructibn and equip» ment, this not including lanything for land. The money ca.me from a. bequest by Mr Henry Serjeant, a sheep-farmer. Another Wanganui res‘i'dent, lat-ely deceased——Miss Alexander--has left £12,000 for a._ libhary building_

“There seems to be a general idea that a man is entitled to buy a drink just on -the stroke of six, spend two or thre minutes in consuming it, light his pipe, and get out of the «bar in

leisurely fashion,-”, S-lid Mr. F. V. Fraser, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court, “That is: not the law at all,” continued His Worship “When -’rhe law says the bar must be shut at six, that is just what it means.”

H’ A lady writes from Scptland to say she‘ has in_~;fe_r=. possession Ia: silver Iyrisflet Watch with an dlrxscription on ;fhe_ back, “To J acky,” f.l'_ql;l_‘ the Devonlport‘ boys_’_’ ~Sll_e.._s_;Lys:_; “(me party vw_ll"6 gave me this _Wat(;lvl;-;€QQl.gf'l“t. __,off a New Zealand s=oldier’s_,ia_rm- in‘Francc do "that the Ge_rmz_m_s_ could not get it. If 1 could,¢ra.c¢ any relative of the brave lad who woijef the watch, ‘how happy I would be ti) sénd if on..”_ b d

“The Taranaki I-le:a'ld” remarks:”—-’-i “Tragedy and comedy are commons owing to the coal trcvble in W_aitala. One old man with plcntv of money has to go «to bed to keep warm, because his money cannot buy coal that is not. Another man "went home to tea; there was 110 «tea for him because the wife hadnot the wherewithal to make a fire, and she had. gone to bed in cold destperation. It is not a case of there ‘being a shortage " of fuel, for there is none at all, and if other town§ are as badly off as Walt'a.r'a is, then they must be very badly tiff indeed.” ' V I»

The departure of‘ the Ana-Wa from Wellington to-(lay will make fivelarge steamers, aggregating 46,000 gr.oss»tonnage, which will have left New Zealand for Englanld wmivthin «a week. The ofher four S-te3.IIIBI'S' were the Paparoa, which left Auckland last Wednesday, the Ral'a.nga_;' and~.the Remuenajwhieh left. Wellington on.JFri‘day and Saiurday res-peevtively, and the Devon, which sailed from the same port yesterday. The lapproximate amount of cargo that the five s’c.ea.mers will have taken from New Zealand will be at least 46,000 tons, consisting of all kinds of New Zealand produce.

Miss Margaret NV-ils-011 {‘s;:3.3«°xs "the Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette) will undoubtedly remember an experience she had at Dijon. She decided to give a concert. to French poilus and Amer‘i‘o'ans in. hospital 318, Dijon. "When arriving, she left her M-t'omobile., a beautiful double sixcylinder American car, in front of the hospital, in the care of her American "driver, who, being a lover of music, followed her inside the concert hall for an hour. The dlaughter of a founder of the League of Nations charmed her auditors with operatic. «songs, and, after a. tremendous ovation, left the hall. A surprise awaited her; for, while she sang, her automobile -had disappeared; and close inquiry made by Amefican secret service -men showed that the car had beeri""§'folen. Miss Wilson had to Walk home.