LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 19 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Patea Freezing Company intend to build a dozen convenient five—l-oomed houses in concrete for their permanent staff. «v

A. negress wearing :1 garluand of highly polished empty condensed milk ‘tins around her neck is one of the amusing memories of a 11011-COmll]i'SSiollGd zofiiccr who has just returned from Portuguese East Africa.

The correspondent of the London Daily Mail at Antwerp mentions ‘the case of a .t'armer from the Yser who had 36 children. Of these 22 served in the Belgian army, and 13 were killed. Twlo daughters died at Lille from illi'reatnlent.

Tom -Sullivan, the ex-champion scullcr of England, has made a Wager to row from. Dover to Calais, unaccompanied by any craft." Mr Sullivan, who is a New Zealander, was a. prisoner of war in Germany throughout the course of the War. '

Whilst at Panzunal ifhe Diggers’ Pier-rot-s, t.ra,velling on the transport Mannganui gave a performance at Christobel, on the Canal, to an audience of delighted Americans, who showed ample enthusiasm for the smart fare provided. The Americans ‘were particularly pleased with the clerer impersonati-orns -of Private Sitan ‘Lawson, and a tempting »ofl"er was made for him to_ remain behind and ‘tour the;United States Vpro—fessionally,” an_.of_l‘e,rnt,;h_a_E was declined.

In consequence of the ostoppago of general goods trafiic, the railway yards and ‘sheds at Palmerston North are still ‘‘in a. very congosfied state, some hundreds of trucks of Ifimber «and goods being hung up. An endeavour is being made to get them to their~destinat.i!on.

Professor Liltzman, of the University of Bonn, Germany, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment by a British court-Inartial during the Armistice period, for failing to salute an offi‘ce.r of the B'ritish Army at the British Press Office, though he had been pg, viously twice Warned."

The Borough Foreman (Mr Jamieson) with kindly "forethought, put the borough road-sweeper over the worst parts of the streets through which the children ’s procession passed rthis morning. This thoughtful action, quite unexpected‘, was much appreciated by the children and their parents. ‘

* So many pedplo are shifting nowadays, owing to the demand for houses causing ‘them to have to find new quarters that, it is asserted, though the truth of the assertion "is not vouched for, that the fowls have been so: frequently chased and captured for removal that they begin to cackle and run 21% soon as tlx"&'3'r hear the rumble of a furniture van. ‘

“My ideal husband,” said the girl who had been reading cheap novel-s, “must be a strong, silent. man, full of grit, and be able to bear the heat and btlrd.en of the day without flinching—one who‘ will not hear a word said abouf me, and who will not utter :an unkind ~woltd himself.” “What you want is a deaf and dumb coal-heaver,” murmured her friend.

The question of whether a lady had recently got out of bed when a 00;}sutable saw ‘her was under discussion’ in a Magistrate’s Col.lrtjreF_:ently.. The constable was askc(l"if‘ tll'e' ladjrlfliad the appearance of llaving just. risen

‘from bed. The ‘g:llal“dizul‘9'of The law .smilingly replied: "‘Shc did not look !as if ‘she hzidijusf got up} I*kn'ow» Jpl'ctft§“well:'lli6w’ “»flloy look.- Tlfey an Ilooki aiike -whéfi tlloy"'first'gét‘~O\it of"

bcd.}"’ Thérc ‘was a "general la'ugh‘ in fllgSih"?ofsc ‘avcxe77 I'-d8 taangk 0 Court. * -' ’— ~‘ ‘ ‘

" “A wicked waste of good fil'ewood,g§’ was. how 3. Wellington lady yesterday describe_d~~the Aueskland proposal to burn huge bonfires on peace night. “I have heard of some delibefately cruel acts, but this one. to me, appears to be ‘the absolute limit. I think it nothing short of el'ilnil).al, both 011 the part. of the individuals, or local bodies who proposed it, and the co.n.trolling powers .pernli'ttillg if. It is a case where the Government would be justified in prohibiting sueh wantofi destruction of Valuable firewood and timber.”

-The dislocation in the railway traffic and .the number of passengers who are compelled to stop o{rer at P.a.lmerston North for the night is causing considerable ixrecmvexrience to the travelling public, as well as to many householders. Night. -after night, people are Jutramping the? streets in sgarch of‘acc<ommodatio.n, and even after 11 p.lll. emaanyh householders are knocked up in the hope that they will take people in. On several occasions the tsatationmaster hast had to make zlrl-angement.s,,t.o allow. people, mostly women.al‘ld mabris, to sit. up inthe waiting I'o'Cnl at the station during the night.

Although the march of the London Scottish was urrotfieial, the returned cadre received what appeared to me to be :1 greater reception than miy given yet t-o other units (writes a corirespondent «of 'the _'Loudon sEv_,lening News, of May 17). It is a curious fact that Londoners seem to keep their i heartiest greetings for those who arq‘§ not necessarily London born and] bred. During the march of the Guards ! the greatest 0I1fl1l1Si«atSI11 was arousedl by the Scots and Irish. In the same} way the roar of appreciation tllat greeted the Anzacs all along the route 5 exceeded the loudest cheers that were raised for the Guards. I suppose. it is] the Coc.kney’s natur-al'shyness of selflaudation that is at the ‘bottom if it.” E

Some interesting remarks were made by Mr T. R. Michaels, at a sitting of the Conciliation Council at Auckland on Thursday. He said that before he left England. everything pointed ‘To labour not being content with pre-war conditions. They would not live in slums in the‘ future, and !the feeling was in favour of nationalisation of essential indlls‘.‘ri:s and co—operat.ion ‘with em—--I'-loyurs to :1 certain extent in the profits C-arne-cl. Mr I\:l?ieh:aclS! added: “Government conutrol of foodstuffs I consider absolutely essential for the welfare of the people in the Old Country.” Mr Michaels also said: “Directly you give workers an ‘interest in a business you take away the power from the agitator.” It was found in England ‘tllafgt agitators did -11-otofavour workers beifi‘;r given an interest. in the business where they were enlploYCd-

No bad after~ei'E:.cts with WADE‘S WORM FIGrS_ Wnn¢lorflfl Worm Wortiers. Price 1/6. .. 2 * Nip that cold in -the bud by treatiing it ‘instantly with NAZOL. ‘Taken on sugar or inhaled, NAZOL never fans; -5 ‘ _ ~-=-, I

An advertiser wants a"‘gooEi'seccnd. hand piano, any make, for cash. The instrumenf must be in fair condition,

The transport Kigoma, which -arrived from England, via Panama, on Tuesday, -with New Zealand troops, is 3, vessel with a history. ‘She was a. finely aappointed unit of the German East Africa. line, and was in German waters during‘the term of the war, Whilst she underwent internal altera~ tions of a. very comprehensive character, which were to enable her to carry 6000 ‘troops ‘pf ‘the invading gxforcb that was to lend on the East Ceast. of England “after Von Tirphtz had destroyed the British yavy.” The vessel fell into the hands of the revolutionaries at Kiel last, year, and it is stated that several represemtatives of the Gegman “rat” class were summarily tried in the Kigoma’-s saloon and subsequently changed from her booms.

The I’-arisians are particularly struck by English hospitality, and the friendly, simple, ~uneeremoni«ous way in which English people receive their guests, writes the Paris correspondent of the Times. They are also impressed by our cheerfulness when at leisure, and ‘declare that the hardest worked of our diplomats have the same faculty for play as the sternest of our soldiers and sailors. Our democratic spirit is also a continual surprise ‘to them, and the comments on the news that Commander and Lady Patricia Ramsay are to come in an official capacity to Paris have been many and varied The old myth of an English lord who only travelled as a “grand seigneur” is entirely dispelled by the sight of all -thazt is most aristocratic in_ our race using trains, omnibuses, and trams with the rest of the World; and that other myth of the Englishman in frock coat and tall hat is also exploded by the daily sight of Mr Balfour in a soft felt hat and Lord Robert Cecil in -a sofit collar.