LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 1 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

_ __.«--,4,,. ______. A young man wants board and residence in private family. A housemaid-waitress is wanted at Arcadia House, I-Iliia Street. ‘ Mr. C. Qalil, tent, cover, and flagmaker, Palmerston North advertises Union Jacks and‘l\Tew Zealand flags in all sl,ZesV.‘, V V, A . .' A‘ Clli’iste‘hnrch telegram ={*.=lles that‘ the snow on Cashniere Hills,’ is lying a foot thick on the flats, and from three feet. to six feet in drifts‘. The annual meeting of the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Union will ‘be held in the Taihape Church on Wednesday afternoon at 2_30. Sister Chi-istabel will address the meeting at 3 p.l_n. Mr. Swindells; who has charge of the organisation of Childrell,’s Day in the forthconiing Peace Celebi-a‘ti.)ns. has suceeded in procuring a captni-r_=.d German machine-gun, to be exhibited "in the procession on Children’s Day. Taking advantage of fine weather the rabbit trappers have been putting up big tallies during the last _fW'3-bk (reports the Orepuki Advocate.) One farnier forwarded 20 dozen skins to innrket, and he realised £9. From. this it will be seen there is goéd money to be made from rabbiting. The .LondonVTimes refers as follows to the New Zealanders in the overseas procession 'th,rough 'Lonc]..ln 1511 May. After the Australians came the men from New Zealand, ’_ed by Briga-dier-General Young. =The Dominion was represented by one ‘.)_lt't-Mic-u of tall, graceful men, marching with freedoni and yet with 3. Kiwi o.‘ dignified reserve. And all eyes were att.i-ac't‘ed to a drum-inajor who nll:'3'l(*.l.l lowering before his band——:l giant of

June, 28, 1870-48 years ago--—-is a date important in the lristary of New Zealand, for on that lay Sir Julius (then Mr.) Vogel, ‘as Col.).linl Tre:as.-Ir-‘er of the day, in his Brivisget Speech, launched his historic Public Works Policy, which was_ the be~{iln'.3g of the real development of the eonrdry. Mr Vogel proposed the expgzrndifizire of ten millions sterling within ten years, upon railways, roads, immigration, goldfields, wa.t.erworks, and telegraph ‘extension, six millions ‘to he raised on the London marliefj The -bold ncss of his scheme was described at the time as “positively frightening honourable members,’ " and the 'l‘r'easury was obliged to revise it. -by reducing his borrowing. scheme to six millions. In this form,.tlle great publie works policy was unanimously adopted bylParliament. e " '

The following ‘x-'e§sels wil‘lAbe within Wireless range to-ni'ght:‘——Tahiti and Flora. '

At Wincliester, England, the robes and portmanteau of the Bishop of Southampton were stolen from his motor car. ‘ M

The Defence Department was advised from Wellington y'33c‘3rla.;r that the transport Tahiti is nov due at Auckland on Thursday. ' A

The local Post Oflihe authorities advise us as follows:-—-During curtailment of ’trainé we will close mails for south at 5 am. and 2.55 am. -and for north at 5 am. and 12 noon.

Few people are aware that a portion .of the body of Captain Cook is to be found in the Sydney Museum. In a lecture 9. few days ago Dr. Storie Dixon exhibited an arrow tip reputed to have been made from parf of the leg of that famous expborer. '

‘Notice has been issued by the Town Clerk of Wellington to all users of electric light that until further notice all external illuminafion must be discontinued. Shop-keepers are also required to discontinue all shop lighting Vimniediately after closing hours.

The two corner sections in Hautapu Street, opposite the band rotunda, were sold by auction {his morning, both sections being knocked down to Messrs Dwan, Wellingfon, the price being £BOO. The sale was conducted by the Crown Lands Department.

Outstanding rates on property in -the Borough of Te Kuiti for the year, ended March 31, 1919, amounted to

£3,000, as comparedwith oven £4OOO for the previous year. Fifty‘-seven summonses to recover £IOOO outstanding were issued last week by the town clerk, and another larger baJteh, representing £ls’.-«O0, will be issued in the course of the next few ‘day.s.. ~ »

A pleasing little function took place at Messrs Gé.rdller' and Co.’s establishment yesterday, when to mark their appreciation the staif gatheredvtogetlier to make a pl'esen'taitioll‘to Miss 'D.~ Moor, who is leaving Taihape for ‘Aueklzind. Mr Gardner, on behalf of the firm and the staff, asked Miss Moer‘ to aecept a. silver Cake basket and sweets dish as it slight mark of their appreciation and eordia.l‘gooklwill felt towards her by her fellow-workers. I Mr Gardner concluded a n'e;l.t little speech by wishing her every‘ happc-nness and prosperity in her‘ new sphere -of life. Miss Moor suitably returned thanks.

Mr. J. 0. Olsen. of Dannexjirke (says the Ncws)'ihas obtaiixcd letters, patent covering an ‘invention which may possibly revolutionise the building trade in New Zealand. Briefly, con concrete clab and brick form may be used in almost any manner in building construction, and with a complete air circuit between the wall slabs‘ all dampness is excluded, With the present high prices of timber »and ‘the almost limitless use ‘#o which,’ in building construction,_ the concrete ‘slabs or bicks may be used, it would appear that the invention will open. up ’a new era. in f'he’building‘ trade. ‘AI-rangcments haxie been made to place the article on the market_ ‘ H

The .T.inlber Workers’. AConfer.-gnoe has concluded. The conference der:id~ ed to rquest the Government to enact legislation compelling owners of sawmills to provide a bathroom and dry--ing rooms accommodation for Workers in- sawmills. Resolutions were carried as follows: That the conferefiée is of opinion that the time has arrived for the organisation of industrial departments covering all workers in the building and wood-working trades and that the national executive be instructed to call a conference of :11: workers’ organisations involved It was decided that the national executive be located at Christchurch for the ensuing year. with Mr. Hiram Hunter as secretary_ The next COnf3l'.?Y‘.C'J was set down for Wellington in June 1920. . . e - H"

Yesterday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passage of the Bank of the New Zealand Share Guarantee Act, by which the bank was enabled to increase its capital by £2,000,000, the interest on which was guaranteed by ffhe Government. The measure was a complete surprise to Parliament and to the country, the fact that the necessity for such a measure had arisen having been kept a close “secret. The authoriiies of the bank had been in cominunicafion with Ministers for several days, and the G»overnment, of whichthe late Mr R. J. Seddou was the liead, d(‘.Cl(l(_‘(l to sllbmit the measure and to ask Pal‘lialnen"t to pass it in one sitting_ The Bill was introduced by the Colonial Treasurer, Mr _J. G. Ward (now Sr Joseph Ward) on the evening of Friday, June 29, 1894. and it passed into law at an early hour on the morning of Saturday, June 30. -‘ Women’s l3la.ck Cashmere Stockings, usual price 1/11 per pair. SaTe Price 2 pairs 2/11 at the Big Winter 3818——Collinson & Gifford, Ltd.;' No bad after-effects with WADE"S WORM FIGrS_ Wonderful Worm Worlriers. Price 1/5- an 2