LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The “Taihapos‘s Daily Times." will publish ‘as usual? ‘on Saturday, but there will be no‘. publication on Monday. '

A defendant in a by-law Case at InVercapgill, sumzzggned to. appear at 10 o‘clo_ck t-he otlgqxgnxorning, wrote to ’rhe_ , Mal.g_“isAtl-.'=.L‘i:_9‘_;_llr‘lllounci.llg ‘ casually thalf.““lle: ,wpul<,lf.;L‘llo'l; be _ablc ‘to Lget ther“(:_ at _lO, but he would look _in at about 11.” ~ ~ .- ,

“There is no’ultel*ior'mOfive,” said Mr. Herries at Wellington, on Wednesday, addressing at deputation on the subject of the railway restrictions. “Some people think we want to do this to give Labour 3. smack in the face, but that is not so. That would have been suicidal.”

Evidence of the big cutting in freight rates by the Japanese was shown to a “New Zealand Times” repl'esenta’c.iVe repently. According to an invoice, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha is charging 22/6 per ton from Japan to Sydney. The ordinary charge for the same cargo from Sydney to Wellington is: 35/ per ton.

Miss Vera Robinson, A.‘.E‘.C.L__, L.A.8., teacher of the pianofortc has still :1 few vacancies for pupils. Miss Robinson’s marked successes with pupils signifies that she not only possesses high musical diplomas, but also that she is largely - endowed with the ability to teach, to transmit to her pupils the knowledge she has gained. Miss Robinson’g address is: Warwick Villa, Taihape.

People are burni"ng lignite in Christchurch now. It is not generally known (Says a Christchurch paper) that the ashes of lignite coal may keep alight for 3. Week, and care should be taken to have these ashes safely dcposited in tin or iron receptacles. During the last ten days the Christchurch Fire Brigade has been’ called out on three occasions to exfi'nguish incipient fires which it was presumed were caused by live Ilgnite ashes, being deposited in wooden boxes.

The Hawera Gas Company is living from hand to mouth and several nights last week the lighting committee of the Borough Council thought it wise to cut off the street lighting except in parts of High Street. From all parts of the countrx there are similar reports of difficulties, and there being poor prospects of an early termination of the Australian strike, the outlook for the next few months is by no means promising. 'Everyb'oay. should economise in the .use of coal 'or gas as far as possible.—'-—--—Hawera Star_

The Manukafs projected trip to Sydney has been abandoned. The crew is’ to’ be paid off -and the vessel is to be laid up. .

While engaged in 'plan€l'fig marram grass on the Wirokino run last week,

Mr. Davidson discovered a large stone Maori adze, aiso a smafi one. The large adze is one of the finest speciments. we have yet seen, and it is in perfect order. The locality of the find is near one of the lakes, at the back of the run. where probably. the Maoris had a. large “camping ground. Nearby are numerous indications of a settlement. Several skeletons are also to be seen there. The adze is made ri*’ flint.—Foxton Herald_

“I want to say that we in this country cannot go on and shoulder our responsibilities unless there is some altcratiOn,_.” the Hon_ A. M- Myers rcmarkcd in an address to a Palmerston North deputation. Output must be Inceased. Pesrplo who would not increase their output could not have higher pay. The solution of the coal trouble was more work and more output. This country could not go on with any section of the community desiring to lessen its output. We were‘ all workers in this country, and should. try to realise that we must aim at great eflieiency.

“There is no reason why We should not send huge quantities of“ eggs and fowls to Great Britain each year, said the Hon. G. W. Russell, at Christchurch on Saturday night, “Britain last ‘year imported 20,000 tons of fowls and 21,580,000 hundreds of eggs Those are big figures but I quoted them to show that if New Zealand developed along lines of intensive culture, and smalil holdings the market is there.’ And Mr. Russell set the example of intensive culture himself by taking up tens of thousands of acres of land in the Nortl:»lsland.- .

Though his single-hearted desire to promote the best ill'C,(_3l“CSfs’ of the Dominion is notin doubt,‘ the Ministerof Defence (says the Dominion) is ccl'tainly'iH}’ad\}ised in the tentative proposal "that territorials in their ‘first:A3}ear—that is to say on attaining the ‘of’ I.B‘-—should undergo four months’ training in camp; The proposétluhasl given rise in some quarters to rather heated criticism, but it will weigh more -heavily with those who look at the matter dispassionately that the Government has distinctly failed thus far to make out a convincing case in support of the innovation it is asking the country to approve.

The shortage of butter-at Gisborne, and the difficulty experienced in securing supplies from other parts of the Dominion is borne out by the oflicial details now available regarding the quantities of butter in store in New Zealand at the end of May, for the total of 53,410‘ ewts, was scarcely more than half the quantity in store at the corresponding date of the previous year. Although the shipments Of butter for the ten months ended lliay, 1918, amounted to 529,579 cwts, the shipments for the corresponding ten months ending May of this year reach-up ed 867,539 cwts, leaving in store at the end of May the following.—Auckland, 36,154 cwts, Gisborne 423, New Plymouth 3034, Wanganui 1302, Patea 1961, Wellington 4984, Lyttelton 1154, Dunedin 4423; total '53_.440. Marshal Petain tells the following story:—“lt was at the time of the great German offensive last May. To stop the German flood the High Command adopted the system of lirigading the ‘Americans with the. French and British This device gave the best results. Poilus and Yankees fought to‘gether triumphantly. But one day, in a front ‘line trench, a stalwart recruit from Missouri, was smoking furiously one of those appalling Havanas, black and ebony, of the brand called in Yankees slang Stinkadoro pomposo. By his side stood a Poilu. “Hello, old man!” said the American, ‘hold this cigar a mornent, While I throw some grenades at the dirt.y Boehes, “Whereupon he handed to the Poilu his lighted cigar. “Mais non!” exclaimed the latter, “Give me the grenade, and throw the cigar,”

The effects of the railway cut. upon the live stock markets threaten to become rather severe. Seventeen trucks of fat sheep and eight of bulloeks were despatched frlom the south for Westfield not long ago, and. Whereas in the Past the trip would occupy a day and :1-halt‘. on this occasion the eninials were in the trucks for fivelwydaiys, and 01! :n'l'ivnl at their destination, seven of the e:_t't‘tle. valued at something in the neighbourhood of £l9 each, were (lead. The curtailments are alfecting the yardings at Westfield, and besides that, ceonsignments of stock are either arriving too late for the sales, when they have to be fed by the auctioneer-, ing‘ companies until the next week, or else they come several ‘days early, evidently because settlers wish to take no chances of late delivery. This sort of thing is very naturaglly upsetting the calculations of everybody, auctioneers, buyers, and sellers, and it must reflect upon the sales thetmselves. V For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

. Mr, J. S. Burgis, late electrical en\gineer to the Taihape Borough CounIcil, .will arrive in New Zealand on iJul_v 23rd_ ‘

l . ‘« By Order—in-Council it has been !determined that the time of the expiry

of the Mortgages Extension Act shall be ‘August 31st next. "

The following vessels will probably be Within wireless range to—night:~ Maori, Mararoa, Pateena, Mokoia, Pakeha, Kigoma, and Ma:-ama. In radio of Chathams. Briton. _

Wireless advice as to transports: The Briton wITI reaéhwwellington at 8 a.m. on July 23r<T, the Ruapehu at daylight on the 26th, and the Athenic is due on August 23rd.

Steamer delays and the shortage of coastal tonnage Play their part in the increased cost of living. telegraphs our Wellington correspondent. A mercantile house has shown accounts for carting by motor and horse vehicle in connection with the loading of the Mokoia for Auckland on July 7 The bill was made exceptionally heavy not so much -by the work actually done as by the costly waiting time_ In one case a motor—lorry cost £3 15/ for five hours’ waiting time only.‘ A horse vehicle cost 6/ an hour for four hours. This costly idleness, has, of course to be paid for, "and it inevitably reaches out to the ultimate consumer. Though a Week of national mourning has been ordered in Germany, this does not fall in with the state of fife Berlin population, writes a correspondent from Amsterdam under date May 13. On Sunday, the first day prescribed for mourning, there was no sign of public grief at all. Theatres, cinemas, cabarets, and concert halls were filled to overflowing, In numerous localities dancing lasted until the early hours of Monday morning, The correspondent ‘adds that the longing for "peace may be great,'but the longing for amusement is still greater. The seriousness of the ‘situation seems to penetrate but fewfiandl’ inreviewl ing this 'spectac_l'e "of and dancing" the correspondent ‘recalls the words‘ of ‘Carlyle: 'Dance"‘on,“-» ye foolish ones. Ye sought not wisdom, neither have ye found i“t_” ‘ T" ‘ ‘

The general low tone of Camp life (says the Wairarapa Daily Times) is generally admitted by those - who are qualified to speak by actual experience_ The conditions existing show that our camps- have‘ a very strong dcmoralising tendency. The great majority of instructors use language which, if given“'\7oice to in the streets, would result inthem doing a term of imprisonment. Sir James Ellen, with no experience at all of camp life. is attempting to defend the conditions that existed there. He says, in effect that the campinstructors are meek and mild, and of the Sunday School typeof ‘individual. Men who have been in the camp at" Featherston and Trentham hold a totally different view_ ‘They ' have ' had experience of these blatant, bullying instructors whose ‘language at times was enough to "shock even a'haLrdened civilians Sir James Allen is only making a laughing stock of _himself'by his foolish statements.’ ,Why‘do'es he not get into touch with men whohave had experience in camp, and not take the word of camouflage tin hats who have no desirethat the truth should be known. X.‘