LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 22 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lambs have made their uppcaraxlcef in fhc Kaitokc district. » The following vessels will probably be within wifeless range to--night: Maofi, Ma.l'al*oa, ‘Briton, and 'Port'Victoria. In range of Chzrtllams. Pakeha.

One day this week one off the men who had returned from active service, prior to which he had been in the employ -of Messrs John Court, Ltd., Auckland, for just under two years, inferViewcd the firm and stated his intention of going on ‘the land. He was more than pleased to hear that his half-pay :accCullf had accumulated for him the nice sum of £260.

A report alleging Japanese atrocities in Korea. has been published by the Presbyterian Church. The report was smuggled through the Japanese Censor. It states that Kore.-alls suspected of complicity in the revolutionary movement are subjected to every human. refinement. of brutalilty. 11011 are beaten to death, and women subjected to every possible form of shameful treatment.

A police constable, who was being c.l'oss-examined by a solicitor in the Wellington I\lagistl'ate’s ‘Court on Saturday, possesses some humour. “I suggcslt. to you,” said the solicitor, “that the accused used the hand-bag to carry on his lawful occupation of hawker. Wlizit do you say to that?” “I suggest in lrcfurn that accused uses the han<l—b.ag to carry «fwo square riggers of beer-—tllat’s about all the canvassing ho do‘es."’ “But,” persisted the solicitor, “how do you know tllat‘.l” “Wcll,’ rotortod the witness, “Ive SCCII him coming out of bottle stores time after time, and I know he (looSn’t go there for eggs.”

Lord Newton. has been awarded £SOOO damages against the Daily Mail. which was charged wifh alleging heartless speeches in the Lords regarding war prisoners when in charge of efhe Prisons’ Departmenf. Th'é/Daily Mail made a series of attacks on Lord Newton for several months in 1918. The specific libel alleged that Lord Newton, in the House of Lords, treated suffering prisoners as opportunity for self-a.dvel-fisement with jokes and sneers, ‘the paper adding that he joked on the tragic sufferings of prisoners. The Primate, lMlr Jufstice Younger, Lord Robert Cecil,‘Lord Devonport, ‘and others testified‘-that Lord Newton was always highly s/ywmpatheotic. ’ _ _

A pair of lady's white washable kifd gloves, lost in Taihape yeéterday, are advertised for_

Pupils who attend the book-keeping classes at the Technical School are reminded that the class will be held this evening. Owing to preparations for the Peace Celebrations, the attendance during the past week has not been very satisfactory, and pupils are reminded that new the celebrations are over all absentees’ names will be forwarded to the Truanlt. Inspector.

Strong resentment, in view of ‘the coal shortage, was voiced by passengers in a. crowded southward bound ex~ press at Oamaru, on Friday, "that they had to content themselves with standing in eilleyways and on the platforms of the carriages, while the Ministerial carriage travelled empty by the same train, and the Acting-Prime Minister motored southward by a hired taxi from Timaru. '

Acting‘ upon information laid by Mr W. 'l‘. Young, general secretary of the Federated Seanloll’s_ Union, the police arrested =on warrant James Sullivan, the Union’s' agent aft Napier, on boa.rd the liner Port Pirie, "at Napier, last Tuesday, on a charge of misappropriatiouof the union ’s funds. The amount involved so far is set down at £43, representing, union dues alleged to have been received ‘by the accused since the middle of last. October.