LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 4 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A 1111111 bag was trawlcd up from a depth of 60 fathoms ofl‘ Cape Banks, Australia.

Cabled advice has been I‘C(l(3i‘.".‘d in VVellington from the Arlmiralty that the New Zealand minefields are now clear. ‘The inavigatieon.‘ I'qs‘tricts?lons on ‘the areas mentiolled'ha.ve been removed.

Huge prices for pigs were realised at Addington last Week. Two th"ree-ycar-old purebred Devon sogvs, belonging to Mr E. Cross, of Ashburton, realised £l4 each. Twenty bags of crushed wheat were used to fatten the-m.

When General B‘ff<lwood said goodbye to the first lot of furlough Anzacs, they mobbed him and tore buttons and braid from ‘his uniform for souvenirs. Birdwood explained to a -horrified Imperial offieer that “when an Australian loves anything he p"ulls it about.”

“The difl'el'ence between the capital. ist. and Labour leader is, like beauty, only skin deep,”"§aid the Bishop of Christchurch in an address recent-Iy. “Let the capitalist only lose his capital and he becomes a -Labour leader, and when the Labour leader manages to accumulate a good round sum, he will become a capitalist, and from what I have seen, he will be as hard on Labour as the worst.”

The urgent need of free school books for all was mentioned at the School Committees’ Conference on Tuesday. Free medical and dental treatment for school children were also spoken of. One member said the number of free things desired was indeed large, and he thought they would have to modify their demands if they were to zgchieve practical results. '

The War Office can give no definite information as to the date when theshipments of captured war material from England to New Zealand will be completed. The trophies, which are to be presented to various districts in the Dominion, ‘are coming to hand by almost every transport, and when the‘ last batch of New Zealand. soldiers arrives back. the shipments of nla.ter--ia_l sh'ould‘be completed

A _l'etul'ned soldier appeared in unif.ol'nl before Mr, Justice Hosking at the Supreme Court at Wanganui on Monday afternoon to explain why he had not answered 8.. jury summons to appear at the Court in the morning. The soldier e.\:plaine'd that he was only home tlxrecv days when he was served with the sum-mons. '-He went into, the coun~ try and forgot all about the summons. He was still an undischarged soldier. His Honour remitted th‘s‘“fine which he had imposed. -

“I feel Sure that many of our troubles eoufd be averted had we a competent Mi_nister of C-om-mer’ce and Industriesj.” said M: P_ Davidson. at :1 Chamber of Commerce meeting in Chris'te.hurch. “I think I am safe in saying,” proceeded Mr Davidson, “that not more than ten in this room can tell who the Minister of Connnerce is. Gentlemen, this shoiflld not be, and we have agreed to join forces with the Industrial Association, so that a united effort may be unrazde throughout the Dominion in getting a. minister appointed, and we will not be satisfied -to have what should be one of the most‘ important. portfolios tacked on to the end of a‘less important one.”

A brief but amusing comment on the present political situation was offered by Mr C. E. Statham, M.P., at a. railway smoke concert held gt South Dunedin. Some years ago, he said, Sir Joseph Ward was credited with singing a comic song entitled “There’s G-roing to be a Row,” and to all appearances it Seemed to the speaker there was going to be a row when Parliament assembled in Vfellington. “Politics just now,” added Mr Statham, “are something like a volcano. Some of us are going up, and‘ perhaps we will not come down at all. I should not be smprised to see 50 per ccnt_ of new menibers in file House after election at the end of this year.”

The shortage of shipping between Australia and New Zealand has lately placed in short supply many lines of food stuffs and household commodities, notably methylated spirits, 1-ice, Sago, tobacco, and matches. The two former ai't.iCl£.‘S are at present pr2lC‘ciCall_*,' ullpx'ocurziblc- in Aucklan«.l. and tho prices of rice and sago have greatly increased. A representative mi’ .n~-.-~ w<-ll—known Auckland wholesale firm mentioned on Saturday that a shipment of £IOOO worth of matches had been lying in -Sydney ever since last October. - Before the war these goods Came out to New Zealand in tin-lined cases, now the cases are lined with tar-paper, and Australian Shipping will not take them under -hatches. As they can be carried only as deck cargo, they must await a suitable vessel, otherwise the WhOlG Shipment would run the risk of being ruined by sea. water. It is hoped that the settlement of shipping difficulties will now relieve the position, and that goods long overdue will shortly come to hand. ' ‘

Bushfallors, f:mYl hmrds, and other labour are advel'ti.~:cd for by S-hutes’ Taihape Labour ‘Exchange.

The following \'('sscls will be within wireless I'zLn»ge to-night. Maori, Monowai, NaVua_. Port. Napier, Orari, Mool‘aki, Giesscn. In rzmge of Chathams: Port Darwin. >

Twelve acres of first-class milling bush, adjoining the Uhakunc Railway Station, estimated to yield 300,000 foot of good timber, are to be sold by auction by Mr R. L. Christie at his Auction I\lm'l., Ohukumi. on Septmnber 13th, at 2 pan.

I “We ask that all school fees be ’abolished,” said a member at Tuesday night’s conference of delegates from ,school committees, now sitting at Wel‘lington, “but I notice that Sir Jos_.epn Ward has gone onobetter, and has advocated free education from the kindergarten to the university. I don’t think that can be improved upon.” Other meniborg agreed; and one said that he sincerely hoped Mr Massey would adopt Sir Joseph Ward’s proposals. “If he does that,” he said, “it will be sufficient for our purpose." Those present expressed a similar view, and it was unanimously agreed to urge on the Government: “That all education be free from the kindergarten to the university.”