LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 1 August 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A. wireless received by the Union Company from the Captain of the Niagara states that the vessel WWI arrive at Suva at noon on Friday from Vancouver, and will sail the same day for Auckland, where the vessel is due on Monday afternoon. "

It is stated that one of the Diggers who was booked for 3.-passage to New Zealand in the Chupra, declined to sail because he had dreamed that the ship was going to sink. He therefore remained in London in order to avoid ungecessary - risks.

“I have endeavoured to get a four 0-: five roomed house, but once a man tells an agent he has seven chilrrcn that is the end of it_ People do_ll'L want people with children occupying their houses,” reamrked a. .father 0' seven, in a tenement case at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court.

A letter from the Chief Health Ofiicer was read at a meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital and Chari~ table Aid Board,‘ asking that if vacancies occurred on the medical staff of the hospital, the greatest conside.ra?tiou should be given to applications from medical ofiicers who had been on active service. The Board decided that’ the request should be acceded to, provided that the qualifications '6l:‘ military doctprs were equal to those of other doctors available for the positions.

A “resident of Waihi who has been on a visit to Te Puke states that there is a tremendous boom in land tramactions going 0 11 just now in Te Pu1:o, and the number of sales that are takingi place is remarkable. The pr‘2e per acre continues to soar, but mt» withstantfing buying and selling go.~e:< on, and in each deal profits of varyi xi; sums are made. Twelve months ago sections about the township ‘b_rougi:t. on an average about £75 per"‘acre, whereas today the same, sections ‘hate jumped up to £l5O per acre; M

' A mother of P. wounded 'so]diLr writes tg the New Zealand Herald: I was glad to see that the Returnefl S'ol'di_e:-s'.’ Association is moving in the miatter‘of the proposed reinstatement 9; Professor von Zcdlitz. I Vvisli it would also turn its attentiolx tn those aliens who changed their names during the war, and now masquerade under well-known Scottish or Iri:.h names togmislead the general pubiic, who may not have kn’b\vll them, in the days when they were proud to bear the names they now despise.

The eagerness with which 'Anlericml business men are arrangin'g"‘ to try and capture the trade of the woril is shown by the steps taken to organise their forces for the development of foreign markets, The Natioiiai Ass..ciation‘ of Manufacturers has decided that a corporation of associations be formed. One is the Namusa South Ame. rican Corporation. The ‘word Nl- - is formed from the initial letterg of the_ corporate title of the National Association of Manuf».cturers of the United States of Armrzca. Similar Namusa co:-porafons will be formed to trade with otlzér graad divisions’ ’

A case of interest to -owners of picture and other theatres, as well as patrons, was heard at Feathel‘s7toll last Week. A. man named -Guildford purchased two tickets for I'eserve’d seats from the defendant, who is manager of a picture show. Plaintiff did not attend the hall till about half past eight o’clock, when he was in-fol-med the‘”seats had all been taken. After some discussion his money was refunded and the "tickets handed baelr. Later on he came back and asked for the tickets, tendring the inoney again, as he wished to take the matter to Court. After hearing the evidence, the Magistrate gave judgment for 5/ (refund of the value of the ‘»tickets), Lut would not allow costs, as he COll- - ?the plaintiff h,‘ad? previiously had the opportunity to get the Value of the tickets.

During a discussion at a meeting of the Waihemo County Council ‘last week the chairman related an amusing story of what happened many years ago in a county in South Canterbury. One ycar the balance-sheet was recei-sec‘: from the Auditor‘General’s ofiice, witli :1 “tag” about something which did not meet with ofiieial approval. The Council preserved 9. discreet silence, and nothing more hapcjmod till the next year. when another “tag” on the same subject was greeted with the same silence. The years rolled on, their D‘rtSSillg being marked by regular am».al of another reminder from Wellington until the unconcerned and unreDentant Council had received 18 addi~ tional marks of official displeasurw The/11 Nature took a hand in the gams The Dl‘(3SeVel'i.l'lg oflicial at headquarters dicd, and with him the mat‘.-sr was tacitly buried

The most common of ills_ ié probably the ordinary cold, and the most successful of cures for this common ill is NAZOL. In bottles of 60 doses_ for 13 6d. _ 3

The following vessels wjll be within Wireless range. toknight: Mararoa, Maori, Pateena, and Moana.

Mr W. McCullough, who has occupaed the position of Grand Master of Seoittish Freemasonry ‘in Pthe ‘North Island for over half a century,_has retired from oflice. He has been presented in Auckland wflth a salver and a silver tea and coffee service by the members of the craft, as a mark of paprociation of his long ‘and valuable services. flis sficcessor is Mr: W. Haxrdley.

A nominal roll of troops returning from Egypt by the Ulimaroa was issued yesterday. The list contains the names of 75 ofiicers, two nurses, and 1018 soldiers of other ranks. The transport is due at Auckland on the 6th inst, and brings back the following men from this ‘district: W, E. Bosher, Mangaweka; E. C. Butler, Raetihi; I. L. Fraser, R-aetihi; W. H. Geange, Ohutu; J. McLannan, Kaitiekc; J. W. Reardon, Taihape; and -G. L. :.~:wect, Mangaweka.

By a curious combination of coincidences, last night was pitched upon as the date for eome half-do7cn— nl’3~"C--ings, all‘ about the same hour. As an ordinary human being can only be at one place at a time, the functions naturally suffered, One of these was the cribbage match; the Brigade ha} a full team on deck, but the muster of town players was too scanty to have a decent match_ Thursday, the 14th inst., has been fixed for the next encounter, Whenthe fates may be more propetious.

A discussion on “Social Purity” took place in -the Diocesan Synod (states a Press Association message Ifrom Auckland). “The speaker ‘who introduced the subject stated ‘that he had brought the matter forward because of certain resolutions passed by General‘ Synod. H The influence" of war ‘upon morals was discussed, and Synod accepted the testimony of chaplains that re‘-turned soldiers were receiving too full a measure of blame, an&"that there was a tendency tonialke them scapegoats for sins _common among civilians. The ’:discussi'on was closed to ‘strangers! but. ‘it”’ tis un‘del-stood Synod appointed" a eommisisilon‘ t-0 cooperate with the'Centra.l Commission, as suggested ‘by General‘ Synod. ‘ ‘

.During his visit to England, a New Zealand’ officer ‘(recently returned) spent ‘an aft.ernoon»with the late Major-General R. H. ‘Davies, who was then _in command of the Cannoek Chase (llmperial) Divissi'on in Stafiiordshire. The late generall‘, who, it will be remembored, came from Hawera, and held an important position with the New Zealand forces in the South African campaign, made rnany inquiries regarding New Zealand, its progress and prospects, and mentioned the names of many friends, to whom he sent his best (and -probably his last) greetings. General Davies had command -of an Imperial division in the great retreat from the Marne-in the-early stages of t1:-c. War, and in attempting what subsequently proved to be impossilfle then, his forces suffered heavy casualties in the dezrdly struggle that ensued, Mr R. A. Davies, of Taihape, is a SOll Of the late Major-General Davies.

During the last Week we’ have read of two finosperous andureputable business hogses in Wellington‘ adopting systems of pi-ofitsharing" (said Rev. J. G. Chapman, in the course of a sex. man -in VJellington on\Sunday). In fairness, We must credit those firms with honesty of purpose in seeking to promote better feeling between L3ll‘:cur and Capital_ But We know that systems of profit-sharing will never solve the industrial and social pl-ob-l.2ms of today. As the Hon. T. M. Wilford remarked only‘ a few days ago, pl'Ofit-Sharing and co-partnership arr, at the best only partial palliatives. The arrangement benefits the empTO§'e'.‘-:~‘ of the business, but it in no way l:e;1<:;'iI1 the public. In fact, the tendency of profit.sha.ring is in the direction ofiprofiteering. It stands to reason that the employees, having become shareholders, are d€sil‘ollS by making increased profits. The buy-BTS and the consumer get no advantage-

In order to impress upon would-be travellers the injunction Of the Railway Department: “Dent travel by rail Imless your journey is imperative, and for essentia’| business purposes,” we remind our readers that. the further curtailment of passenger trafiic came into force this morning. Anyone ti’-.—u'e‘f:'ng now will have to satisfy the r:=:il\-say ofiicer that the journey un-d(?l't€lk-f_“l‘. is in forms of the department’s instructions. To give the very widest publicity to the conditions now obtaining, Mr Mercer, ‘our local stationmaster, has posted up in conspicuous parts of the railway station, and also on the notice board of the local post ofiice, the conditions and forms of procedure necessary to -be observed, and those persons who purpose traveTling by making themselves acquainted therewith, will perhaps save themselves disappointment, and in a. measure lighten the somewhat unpleasant, but necessary duties imposed upon station‘masters by the proper carrying 'out of their ir.structi-ons.- ’ .