LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 30 July 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The trades unions of Masterton have decided to form :1 Trades and Labour Counoil, and to establish a trades hall.

It was mentioned in the Arbitration Court at Wellixlgton on Monday that suiting cloth. which in 1914 cost 8/6 per yard now cost 35/.

The transport I\latatu.a. is expected -to arrive at Aucklzmj on Augusut: Bth. RO- - by her are T. R. Mashitcr, Horopito, and E. E. Smallfield, Taihapc.a

A resident of Timaru who recently returned from a visit to Australia; Says that in June in Sydney theY Were ha-V‘ ing green peas and new potatoes for dinner in the hotel where he stopped.

The forage caps now worn by the Territorial Force are destined to go out of existence shortly Orders have been issued that when the present supply of Caps are exhausted they will be replaced with hats and puggarees. Hats are also to be issued to Senior Cadets.

Mr F. M. Jackson moved at Moll‘ day evening’«s meeting of the Welling‘ ton branch of the New Zeahand Educational Institute: “That” every. teacher receive, besides his fixed salary, an increase equal ‘to the incrcaSo in the cost of living, this increase to take effect from 1914.” Mr J.a.ckson said that the Arbitljatitin Court had recog—nis'e’d this prineip(l'é. The ~mot’lon was carried.

1:. was stated by the town clerk of

Petonc at the last meting of the coun. an that the outstanding rates amount. ed to £1250 18/11. Of that amount’ it was estimated that £636 13/3 ‘was recoverable but there was no immedi. ate prospect, of the balance (£514 5/5) being collected‘

The position in Wanganui with regard to the timber industry is becoming more and more acute. The supply of dry timber is so short that at least one local factory is Working short hours and closing down on Saturday mornings. This course has been decided upon in preference to reducing Hands.

“What sort of a man would you say I am?” a witness was on Monday asked by the defendant in a separation case heard at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court. “Well,” replied the witness, “I should say_ you:’re no man at all. There are three kinds of people I don’t call men--liars, crawlers and two-faced men, and you are all three.”

The four aeroplanes which are to arrive in New Zealand for Colonel g3e-ttington were shipped on June 28 by the Matatua, and should be in New Zealand in the course of a few weeks, The consignment consists of two D.H_4’s, a two-seater type of day bomber used very successfully in -the war, and two Bristol fighters, a. smal--ler.and faster type of machine. The aeroplanes have been consigned to the Sockburn aerodrome, and they will be flown at Christchurch by Colonel Bettington. ,W 1_ _ A. y .

Some hunlorous incidents are occasionally witnessed on the departure from Wellington of parties of soldiers bound to northern stations. On M: nday at Thorndon station one member of a party of returned soldiers, eviddently enamoured of the attraetions of the city, was disinclined to embark and resisted all entreaties of his'c‘om'panions to sake the dust (or mud) of Wellington from his Go'V'e‘rnlnent-clari feet_ “No, it Will_do mc_”_he c}iClNr.inl- - “it is Hthebcst. city iii the "wor""l. and say;it,w.ill‘do me.” His c’_J.l:r:.< ‘bo.a;rC._c(l tl‘llc4>.tl-ain, but he_ decided £3 prolong Vh_is._stay.V_ “You go for your Alives,’.’ 11C“,Sa__id.>tO the departing on--fa, f"bur I’nlgfor Wellingtcn—it will :10 m':_ for all time, and I'm not proud ”

‘Referring t7o't.he land question in his speech at Wanganui, -on Friday evening, Mir VV,.- V~ei'tch, .M.P:, asserted that thealarge land owner was lying «across th‘e path of’, progress. The ret.ul'llc(l soldiers was being driven to the b2.ckblocl~:s and the snow line, while others -monopolised the good land adja? cent to the roads and railways, There should be a limit, he said, to the va:l-u'o of land, any one man might hold. He complained that aggregation was going on, and that the population was being driven to the towns, yet the Prime Minister declared his land policy produced settlement, -more settlement,» and still more settlement. “I think that the policy has produced no‘ set’/tlement, no more settlement, and still no ‘lnor'e' settlement,” said Mr Veitch.

In an interview ‘ with P.quter’s Agency 011 the subject of I:‘.:perial Preference, Sir Thomas Mackenzie is reported to have said that from a.,Dominion’s point of view the‘ concessions made were in the direction of aspirations frequently expressed by their people, and were on the line pursued by the Dominions in reference to the Mother Country over a. long period of years. “It may be the result of the war, but probably the war has only given effect to what has been expressed by our representative speakers during a. period of years_ Although at present the new departure does not go Very far, it is undoubtedly an expression of a prineiple that may develop to the great advantage of all of us in the Empire. It will, at any rate, place the British people in the position of being able to negotiate with other nations on a fair and more equitable basis.” ‘

An exceedingly beautiful reserve of native bush .which covers an area of 375 acres, has, through the generosity of several Canterbury citizens, become public property. It is intended to take formal possession about the middle of August.. The reserve is situated on the northern end of Kaituna Valley_ and is traversed by one of the pioneer bridle paths known as the Port Track. The area of bush within the reserve is about 275 acres and varied in character, including some very fine ‘black and white pine, totara, and a magnificent growth of inanuka bush. Bird life is plentiful and the reserve is well watered by several small streams. Up, on the upper edge of the reserve is situated the latest addition to the Summit road rest houses, which have been built of stone obtained from the immediate locality. The Port Hills— Akaroa Summit road will traverse the Whole length of the reserve ,and will pass right through the Tongue 1311511When pathway approaches are made, the wealth of beauty in this reserve will be revealed to the public. ‘At present it is little known to the people in general.

The fdflowfng vessels will be within]. wireless range t-o—night: Maori, Mara-1 roa, Patdena, Paloona, Moana. !

Messrs. F. Ward and Co., have received instructions to sell, at their Tui Street Rooms, on Saturday next,_ at 2 p.m. a large varied an(lVmagn'ificent stock of jewellery including w'a"f’ches, necklets, rings, electro-plate e‘tc. '

Néfivspaupers, etc., for neutral countries and for U.S.A., may be posted and sent forward to their destination in the usual way. Such .articl'es are not now required to be sent under permit by publishers, or recognised news agents only.

é A White frost was experienced in Auckland on Sunday night, and one on Friday night. Though it may possibly have nipped some of the early potato crops, which are now showing well above tfie ground, it is generally hefd .“t.h«a.t the frost will do more good than harm in the way of destroying insect pests.

The destructive nature of shags amongst a shoal of smaalil‘ fish was shown at St-alll'ey Bay on Saturday afternoon, when a lot of these birds flew down into the Waters of the bay, and by constantfl’y diving simply gorged themselves with the fish with which the water was teeming. Efforts made by boatmen to frightfen the shags .a.w.ay had little eifect. ‘

The senior League football in Auckland, of) Saturday, was married by an unruly crowd. In a match between Ponsonby and Newton, parfisans of o-ne side made a demonstration against the referee in the eiosing stages of the game, and encroached on ‘the field, interfering with the pTay. The referee rightly declared the game off, and the match will‘l have to be I'e=-'played.

The sdcial and dance given by the Old Girls’ Hockey Club, §_VfE};S_'o.llE}_§)f the 111ves£'enjoyable it -ll£Vx#s'.':g'.‘lV..7‘=(-:':t"1"" this Willt_el-_ There was 3. g'c>o.dly”"a,"c‘t‘endance of dangers, and as {he floor was in perfect'_()rd.er, dancing was a real pleasure. .Thc’n‘l_u_si_e, which was of ‘quite a. high standard, added :no little to -the successdof the evening." The members- of the club and théil'__fl'iends can always put on. a sfplendid suppéf, "bll’c”la;s't' -night they excelled lfhemselveus. ' A

In some of the Auckland churches (lately, when reference has been made in a sympatlletic. Wayeto conscientious objectors, many of wfiom are still in prison in New Zealand, there has ‘been noticeable nesentrhent by many of those present, and especially has irritation been felt by the retul;ned soldiers. On Sunday last, when a minister made more than an ordinary strong appeal on behalf of theconscientious objector, -a. returned soldier left his seal, not closing the door too gently.‘

The Marten. Junction branch ‘of the railway men has ;decide<l.to ask the Department to purchase, if possible, the boots held in store byfithe Defence Department, and distribute them at. cost’ price amongst I'ailwa.ymen, giving preference to surfacemen and shunters. “This is an ‘excellent. [suggestion thinks the Railway_ Review), ‘embodying a. pl'incip_le_wlliclrcould be extended to other irnp_o_,rtant.'_ articles in general use. The lboofs .ma’de“for our sold-‘ icrs‘ were sound and durable, and no doubt t,llere:a'r.e many thousands of pairs in store. Even if the Government does not adopt a policy of wholesale buying for tlxesuppfly of its employees, it should, as :a matter of good busi-ness, turn over its st-0-cks before they depreciate.”

A Dunedin nlerehant, last week, gave to the Otago Daily Times his idea of the chief cause of the high cost of living. He stated that the Large amount of borrowed money, and the increased issue of paper money by the banks, had caused an abundance of what might be termed artificial money, and that as a result there had been a tendency to pay more than the actual value for ‘;::-.;1d, for instance, with a. general upward trend in the price Of produce. Another point he put forward was that no matter how high prices soared, the average housewife exercised no restraint in purchasing, in the face of the heavy prices asked. The merchant went on to say that if the general purchaser would only I'e~ frain from buying at high values, and ask for articles of a more or less simiWar value at a lower cost, the tendency must be to lower the price of most high-cost. commodities. _-_.-__-___.'—-.____._..--‘A-: