LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 28 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Before the Bolsheviks were driven from the diocese of Perm, ’they put to death three bishops, 19 archbishops, 44 priests, 6 deacons, -L chorist/ers, and ~14 monks. , ,

On arrival in Raetihi on VVc"dnesday, Wong Mong immediately proceeded to the scene of the fire, and after -a little zscnatching recovered 54 sovereigns. Not bad, after so many searchers had been raking the debris for days in search of things belonging to some one else. I

“It. will -be possible,” said Colonel Bcttix gtvon Royal Air Force, last night, “to link up New Zealand and Austra~ lia with an air service.« Airships will prove just .as reliable as ships on the sea, and they will prove very much quicker. I suppose a 22 hours’ secvico could be uaarranged between New Zealand ‘and Australia.”

During the hearing of case in VVel- - on Friday last," “counsel re-

ferred to accused as having ac'q'uiro:l

the habit Qf ciga‘rette"- smoking, which

led Sir Robert ‘Stout to remark that

the cigarette Was‘ a drug like drink, and there is a craving for it. As I was ‘coming to my office this morning I noticed three-fourths of the young men I met were smoking, and I saw one youth who was not more than 14 years smoking a cigarette. ‘I don’t know what New Zealand will come to if this sort of thing continues. /' The whole trouble in the domestic service of the wife, Writes a. London correspondent, is that he has not been recognised. But the director intends to be recognised in the future. “If I come home, John, What is my salary to be?” “Your salary?” “Yes. You see, I’m valued at £3 a week by the Government. my keep will cost you at 3. very moderate estimzite £1 per week, and £2 will compensate me for not working in an offiee.’.’ A Little conversations are going on all «over the country. Men are finding, to -their sur- 3 prise, that their wives want wages.

In an article on the shipping strike in Australia the Melbo\l'rne Austl'a—lian says that before the strike by the Gov.ernmen‘t, at a fixed ngonthly charter rate, and the monthly payment must be made to “the shipowners whether the Vessels were in commission -or not. The Whole loss Of Shipping profits arising fxzom the Strike must, therefore, be met by tlle Federal Government, and the moneys to meet it must come fro mthe Australian taxpayel"s pocket. Every unionist, therefore, must pay his sh»al'e for the strike.

The number of people booking through to Auckland and other stations On the Main Trunk line is 'stua3ted to be Well below the normal number of travellers under ordinary conditions, but trouble regarding accommodation has arlsen at such places as Taumarunui. This is attributed to the non-essential .I}IISS(3IIgGI‘S, who are considered ‘to comprise from -10 to 50 per cent of the present number of passengers on the railday. But such passengers, ‘it is said, Would do well to look out, in View of the fact that the recommendation by ‘the Minister -of Railways, which has been approved by Cabinet, to restrict passenger traffic still further to cases in which travelling is essential, will shortly be brought into operation.

Among the women passengers recently “stranded” in Sydney: WllO I'o‘ turned to Auekland by train last Week were several whose indignation was divided about equally 'DetW€6ll “1089 responsible for their long detention in Sydney, and those at whose door they laid the culminating hardships and ininconvenience of their rail journey from VVellington. “As if we had not b-.-en hard enough ‘put f 0 it Over there)’; said one, “without having all this delay and discomfort when we do get back! I h'a.vcn’t had a square meal for weeks,” she exclaimed. “W_e just had to manage as best we eouldon the Way up_ we telegfaphed for room-S at Tmlmarunui, but couldn’t ‘get H 101“, and some soldiers gave up ‘their beds to our party, else I suppose we should have had to sitiin the station. One old man was charged half—a-crown for a seat in front of a.fil-e.” , All Wool Khaki Knitted Hose. Sale pribe 2/11 pair——a. bargain.—The Big Sale.——Collinson and Gifford, Ltd.

Ml‘. E. White, the Carnation special-

ist/. of Mangcre, offers highest class Varieties at from 10/ to 18/ per dozen_ -Catalogue free for the asking.

The Levm “Ch:-oniclé” states that 8. bu;\-"er who operates extensivcTy in the pig market expressed the opinion whilst in Levin that although prices are inflatedat present, an early fall is expected by those ‘engaged in the bacon trade.

During the war, said Colonel Rettington, R.A.F., during -his 1(3Ct1lI‘: on “The Air Force” recently, the British fighting machines brought down 7980 German machines, while the total num-_ ber of British machnies brought down by the enemy was 281-0.

The Hon.~Arthur Myers mentioned in the coal statement some days ago that the Government was trying :5 obtainfrom England a steamer suitable for carrying coal_ Sir James Allen stated on Friday that the Government had received definite word that this is impessible.

One would think that with the Rt. Hon, W. F. Massey in England as P_renlier of New Zealand, the fact that ho filled that office wou_ld be at least be known to the Press of London.‘ In the “Daily Mirror’? of Monday, Febrilary 10th, 1919. apepars the following under a picture of a bridal couple:——“Captain Cook, son of Sir J. Cooke, Premier of New Zealand. ’ '

The peanut eating craze in public places is evidently taking on extended popularity. There was a time when this habit was confined to the small boy, but now that the elders have‘_%become more enlightened to the alsnarent pleasure to be derived from eating the little brown nuts, it has extended from the section that frequent the cheapcnportion of the theatres to those in the dress circles. There is one aspect of the practice——the threwing of shells _on the floor-—that creates endless work forwthose responsible for the cleaning of these houses.

. -. V r V * Once more Pateafs prospects of an I ironsand .industx'y.-at that port are on, : the wane (says the Star.) ‘lt will be : remembered that a year or two ago > Mr. Heskett securedrights over. cer- : tain irvonsand’ ‘areas, and erected ; small Works near the Patea ‘bridge at which the ironsand was to be treated M under a new process. A few promising : looking ingots of pig iron were turned ‘ . out, but -smelting ofJel-ations then‘ . ceased, and the chairman of the Har- ~ bour Board mentioned on Monday that "all the machinery had now been re-_ moved from the building. The Board, ‘however, retained all brickwork, etc,“ ! “New Zealanders made splendid fighters in the air,” said Colonel Bet- ! tingfon, in his lecture last night, “and ’. they did -marvell-ously good work. I [mention the names of Brandon and i Park, amongst many others. The New Zcalander is left a good deal to his own resources when he is young, and. [he is generally nu. much better man in the air than the ave-ra.ge,Londoner., He learns to think and ‘to act quickly in his _ol'dmary life, so that when he :13comcs an aerial fighter -he has more initiative V and imore general capacity team the others. The same I’-eniarl-: zppiies to .all_other colonial figh'te_rs-_— lytheyn wrro _splendid nlen.”A A I

. “The trouble in Marlborough as far as public progress, is concerned,” said a speaker at a meeting of the Land and Railway League in Blenheim last week, “is that the farmers in this district are so well 01? that they are content to let the common good slide.” ‘An octogenarian farmer combated the point of view. The statement that the farmers were a, wealthy lot of people was news to him. His own experience was that the land taxes, the local taxation, the mortgage interest, and so on were leading to the old-age pension rather than to affluence. The_ gentleman who ‘mil been saying that the farmers were so heavily Weighted down with their money that they were too tired to move, must be lacking in philosophical balance, or his mathematical faculty Inust be at faplt.

An interesting Incident, which indicates What an important part motor transport 'on land is likely to play in commerce when conditions are again normal, was mentioned by Major Chapple to a Times’ ‘representative. A member of the B'rit.ish House of Commons had told Major Chapple that a railway company which demanded £6 for the transport of a boiler from London to his factory in Essex‘, and was unable to do it for a fortnight, found uafter two’ days that ‘its prospective client had been able to transport the boiler to "the place required for £3. This member had expressed the opinion that motor traction was going to be a very formidable competitor with the railvways. This experience" suggested, said Major Chapple, that much New Zealand country might be opened up by good roads, in districts Where railways. could not be immediately Laid. .

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