LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 12 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Grass is now abundant in all parts of the W}liral'ap§ district, and settlers report that stock is wintering well.

The English Wife of an Auckland soldier,‘ as ‘tho tl'anspol't approached the Ali‘ckland wharf, tartly observed “Vvhat an ’ell of a ’o1e!”

A. correspondent in London Mail (Reginald Bacchus) ‘states that he once in New Zealand found h,imscll’~‘ playing golf, of all ga.lnos, with clubs stamped “Made in Gel'mall_V.”’

Owing to the Returned Soldiers holding a social and dance on July 23rd, the Old Girls’ Hockey Club has now decided to hold their social and dance on Tuesday, July 29th, in the Town Hall. Prices of admission are as follows: Gentleman, 3/, lady 27.

Ractihi,nlus-.t be a pl'oSpCl'ouS place at the present time. It is stated that the building trade in -that township is booming, and that there are double the amount of buildings unrler erection or contemplation than in any other township -of its size in the Dominion. There was also a proposal to form a racing club in the district. ‘ I

Dunedin folk, not to be dismayed by

Governmental ineptitude, intend holding four days’ peace celebration-—-Sat-urday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.

It is understood that the Railway Department has added sheepskins and hides to the schedule“ of goods which will be carried ’on the railways under the present restricted conditions.

The following vessels will be within wireless range to-night: Maori. Mararoa, Rimutaka, Manuka, Shrops‘hil-e, In range of Chathams; Kigoma. For Sunday: Kigoma. ‘ln range .C,hat,h‘ams: Rimutaka.

A Wellington telegram states that the Second Division -League was form- - dissolved last night. The balance

.4‘ the funds in hand was allocated to the Returned Soldiers’ Association and the Trentham Scholarship Fund.

Many books and pamphlets are being hawked about the Berlin streets outside the crowded cafes where the orchestras are playing. A man calls out in a rauccous voice: “Pamphlets, all rbout Germany’s guilt.” and a demobilised sailor in uniform is selling “The Death of the German F,leet_->’

‘ Evidently they are not Worried about the cost of living in Sudan. Mr D. N. MCD-a-irmid, Australian organising secl'eta.ry -of the Sudan United Mission, informed at Christchurch audi'ence at luncheoll':t'h—e other day that the expense of clothing a child in the Sudaxi was sixpence per annum.

In order to cope with the congestion of traffic between Auckland and.Wel- - owing to the curtailment of the railway service, the Union Co-m----pany’s steamer Pateena, now completing repairs at Wellington, is to enter the Wellington-Oneliunga ser-vicc‘eal-ly n"e‘3<t vTeek_ I

A painful accident befell Mr. Fraser of Hoi-sliazn Downs, Hamilton, on T_ll.‘SdE‘.y ziftmnoon. He had occasion re ékill"a ‘sheep lying in a bacldoek, and’ on completion of the operation he casu‘ally pla_ced the knife in" .__his pockefrl. In the evening when going home; he sfunibled over a drain, ‘and the blade "of the knife penetrated deeply into his chest. ’ Prompt gssist» anco waisurcnderéedoand the patient is making good _prOgress. ' ‘

Speaking at a Labour gathering at ‘Wellington the othenevening, Mr W. Nash (New Plymouth) said that the ceaseless pi-ofiteering going on under the auspices .-of the present Government was amazing. He gave one intsance, where a. conscript.»i"armer near Frankton had had to "sell his farm on going" into camp. The price he obtained was £25 per acre. He came back and wished to buy back the farm. The price demandedwas £4O peg; acre. This was only one of many instances where the ‘capitalist who was over military -age had exploited the man who had been forced to go abroad and fight. ‘He injstanced cloth and WOOI as other cases of excessive proiiteering. 4 --

‘ Mr. J_ Kerr, speaking at 5- public meeting at Petone on Tuesday last, said he had an intimate knowledge of the coal pi-Tduction of the "x7v"cst”C'oast, and it Was suprising to him That there was anlydshortage. The ‘output. for V\festport_Vfor.Jun’e"'Was 41,000 tons, and for ‘Gi-eymouth at least 3'o,'oooV tons If 16,000 tons were being produced weekly surely it was possible for the men in power to arrange to get 5000 tons for the railways. The curtailed service meant, a disaster ‘right through the Dominion. Worse than that caused by the war. The 'State‘miil‘e "itself produced sufficient for the railways. The trouble was 551 with the miners, who produced and were producing enough coal. The difficulty lay with the Union Steam ‘Ship Company which controlled the outffit of the port. Why was this company\ailowed to" run a full service while the railway service was curtailed? Why not, for instance, curtail the passenger service‘bet.wec:.l the two islands?

.-\ few lucky farmers in the Dominion who have sufficient feed to fatten Cattle can look forward to a continuance of ruling ‘high prices for fat stock, so short in numbers ‘are for-wzu-d-eonditioned cattle and sheep. The recent long drought and no autumn growth has brought about this position. In the opinion of a leading farmer Whose activities take him far and Wide throughout the Dominion we are fast approaching upon the greatest shortage of fat stock in the Dominion’s hisfory. The position has become more acute as the result of Swede crops, upon which the farmers were relyifig for fattening fécr]. being fickle, the good ones being sparse. The fly and the aphis has worked considerable havoc in the crops, particularly the latter, which this year has been even more disas—trous in its ravages than the fly_ It follows that prices for fat stock must naturally remain high. .._—_—.._.............

An Anseo Cainera, with anastigniat lens and compound snuttter is advertised for sale_ _ Theodore Wolff, editor-in-chief of the Berlin Tageblatt, formerly proWilson and pro-America, now advocates an entente between Britain and Germany, commercially, financially and politically. l\/I=r‘“'.‘D;'ow.ling has !deci.dcd to {run skating all next week at the Three Stars, which will be the final week. A goodaftendance is expected at the rink tonight to watch the different events. The brass band is a big at.tractilon. At the annual meeting of the suppliers of the Taihape Co-operative Dairy Co., this afternoon. in" speaking on the motion for the adoption of the annual report, Mr. H. D. Bennett, Chairman of Directors dealt very lueidly with matters of interest to dairy farmers, a, I'f:pOrt of his address on Monday. 4 ii ‘:1 The recarcr 7': .-'apld ‘nouse construction belongs tu America, where, at Missouri, four years ago, a. local contractor built a home for a fastidious bridegroom in_ twelve hours, when the furniture Was: taken in? Thebuilding consisted of a four-roomed brick cottage, with a. bathroom and 9. reception hall, the cost being £SOO. The magical feat of labour was witnessed by thousands of people.