LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 8 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Eighty men and women tcachezis of Monmouthshire (Wales) stmck 'ucc.lusc {L conscientious objector was given preference over an ex-Service man.

It is estimated that it will take two years to ship the cargo now held in Australizx owing to the slmrtago of tonnage space. The allotment ocmmittoe cal'l'ied forward on July 31st 3,285,000 tons Of wheat, 1,320,000 bales of wool, 50,000 tons‘ of meat, 23,000 tons of rabbits, and (30,000 tons of other products.

John O’Brien, of Dublin, after being «remanded at }Mull‘ingar recently {on a, charge of picking a pocket. of a man at Mulling.ar races, requested the magistrate to request the peiice to fetch him a pint of stout. He said he would pay for it out of the nloncy< which he claimed was his own. The magistrate acceded to the request, :a policeman being despatehed for the iiquor, which O’Brien enjoyed.

“It is unfol'tun:n'cly ‘the case that the average politician is not applauded for speaking the truth -as he sees it,” observed the Hon. J. 'l‘. Paul in the :I.e.gisla.tive Council on Friday, “but is condemned and handicapped in many ways, and while we ‘have that statement ofthings you ne-ed’not be surprised if »a. majority of men seek the easy way -and do not. Speak the. truth as they see it_”

Premier Massey has not yet. organ-. 1 ised his Railway Restrictions Invcstiga- 1 tion Colmllissioxl. :

According to cabled advice received at military headquarters, the New Zealand_?Expdditionary EFOrce Rugby football team which has been touring South Africa, is leaving for the DO, Eninion on September 7th.

Ten thousand guincas, said to be 3 world’s record price, was paid for Edgnote Hero, a red Shorthorn bull, owned by. Mr A. J. Marshail, of Bfidgmank, Stranraer, at -the Royal Show at Cardiff, on June 28. The pur chaser was ‘another Scottish breeder, whose name was not disclosed.

Writing from Christchurch to the Star, a reader says: “I saw and have heard Lord Jellicoe, and enjoyed him, There was such a. gne- steady [ring about him, and a fine grasp of the problem of Empire. He is not a. fluent speaker, but is most precise. N!) Words are wasted, and there is no attempt at oratory.” ‘

The value of the dairying industry to the Dominion, and incidentally the increase in the price of dairy produce is shown by the fact that the value of the cheese exported from the Dominion for the twelve months ending June 2th last was £55/01,452. Nine years ago the total value of the cheese annuxally exported was just over one million pounds. ’

During the war many wooden buildings were left unpainted owing ‘to the high cost of paint_ As things have turned out (states a northern paper) the work could have been done cheaper before Peace was signed. Linseed oil isnow quoted at 11/ to 11/6 per gallon. Best American white lead recently lanrled in the south cost 84/ per cwt, amid the latest fquo)ta‘tion from the United States gives a figure for turpen. tine which, when the rate of exchange is taken into eonsideraltiown, would mean’ a landed cost of over 13/ per gallon. '

The Wellington police continue the campaign against bookmakers end’ illegitimate bettingn ‘ A "man named Thomas Risthas been charged xvith publishing a d-ocument, :1 bettingrc-ar:l, to George Cameron, a.police const-able. The card, it is alleged, had reference to races at Christchurch during the Grand Xatioiial meeting. 011 Friday at t.he ~M.agistrate’s Court, the case ‘.V.l.<. callen on. Sub-Inspector Emerson said Mr M. Myers was appearing for the defence, and desired an adjournmentof the case. This the magistrate (Mr E. Page) granted, the case being set down for heziring next Friday.

Among the critical things said i]1“1\I1‘ Holland’s Address-in-Reply speech, was that the military authorities had too many boy-ofi‘ieers, who under the redtapo system could control men their senior. In one offiee a young li.eu-tenan‘-t, aged \,23, ieio-nt4rc_llle.‘d a ’staff of clerks who could not write a letter without his signature One clerk drafted a letter commencing, “I regret to inform you,” and had this struck out by" the boy lieutenant, who wrote in the margin, “I have no regrets when writ‘ing to these blanky soldiers.” Several members: That man ought to go. Mr Hollzangd. Yes, all(l.,Liellt. Cramp-ton ought to go, too!——l[.D. Tiznos special

The point was stressed in _the Wellington I\/flag‘iStl'atC’4s ’.(Xolu't on; day that purchasers of motor cars nluét 1-e-register tlle’car before using it. James Wlilson I'eajell‘tly PllrCll¢?»SCd. a car, and, apparently ignorant of the law on the subject, drove the car for several months without rcgistezring it. Yesterday he was charged with the offehee and pleaded that he was not conversant with the by-law on the subject_ It was stated that offenders were liable on conviction to a penalty of £lO. The magistrate accepted the statement that the defendant had acted more in error than in defiance of the law, and inflieted a nominal penalty of 10/. It was hoped that the publicity given to the ease wellld have the desired effect.

\Vl‘iting'i"o. it relative in New Myniouth, :1. British Oiiieer who is eiigagetl on exhumation work near Ypres, says: “We are taking up the bodies of .all the poor fellows who lie buried, and sometimes unburied, in the line, and. after endeavouring to identify them. re-burying them in large cemeteries \\'hol'(.‘ the graves will be properly cared for. S 0 fall‘ this company has collect.ed soine 4.500 bodies, 65 per cent being identified, many of them having been returned as ‘missing,” so that we shall relieve the minds of :1 llllnll'Jol' Of I'ol3~liVos as to their fate. I have found many New Ze:ll.undex';~‘ on this part of the line, and have usually suu(’(‘(}(l'.‘(l in identit'ying‘ them, as their metal discs wear very WOll, and are still quite lC‘giblQ_ They were all killed on the lighting of October _l7th near P0l)":.?°” Wood. Other fellows are working in other parts near here.” He concludes by saying: “If you know of anyone who lost a relative at or near YPTCS.- I will do all I can to get particulars of his grave, or to find him.”

It is now stated that during the war parrots were placed in the Eiffel Tower because they gave warning, by their actions, of the approach of enemy air—planes.

The following Vessels will be within wireless range to-nig‘ht:——-Makura, Australian, Karoni, Erstiling, Flora, Kaitangata, Kaiapoi, Ellenga, Maori, Moniwai, Moenaki, Tofua, Mokoia, Ellinga, alid Fiona.

The Meteor, the ex-Kaiseris yach+. is advertised for sale in Scandinavian papers with “her royal fittings and historic menlories” for 500,000 mark-3, nominally £25,000, but really about £9OOO.

“We were instructed to add 135 per cent to the net cost of‘ ‘the article,” said a. witness in the Wellington Magistx-ate’s Court, in giving eivdence in a civil action. “This would cover the landing charges, our profit, and the wholesale 25 per cent discount.”

According to General Peyton C. March, American Chief of Staff, the German army, which was dfficivzlly 4;,500,,0.00 men \at the "Arlnisutice', is now 820,000; the Austrian army, 2,230 - 000 now 80,000; -the Bulgarian 500,000, new 120,000; the Turkish 400,000, now 20,000. ‘

The way in which footwear is advancing in price owing to the world shortage of leather, points to the possibilities of sandals and clogs having to be resorted to. Australian firms have advanced prices for boots and shoes once more, and direct orders are only to be supplied, subject to the distinct understanding that the goods will be charged at prices current on the day of despatch. This means that the firm ordering the goods does so in ignorance of what the actual’ cost will be delivered. Even now'it is stated that prices for footwear in Australia. are fully 75 per cent less than latest quotations from England.

. Advices to-hand from Whang:lmomona state that a man who was hv.nl;ing wild pigs in -the dense bush »~".'1 the Tairanaki side of the Wanganui 1-i7el= had 2. most unusual experience.-. ‘Fa-hunai-’oa. settlers knew that he ‘had entered the bushion Monday morning, and, as there was no appearance of him on Tuesday, some anxiety was felt for his safety. A search pal'ty from Tahunaroa set out to try and find him. After getting through a traekless forest waste the searchparty found the missing man in a very -exhausted condition in a_ dense gorge near the Wanganui ii-iver. Restorative mesaures were applied, and the adventurer was eventually_ able to get out of the bush with the assistance of his rescuers.

Recent advice from London is to the effect that the high zeost of cloth, 1 trinnnings, etc., has raised the price of‘ dress suits to twenty g'uineas_ In New’ Zealand fifteen giuineasl is about the I figure, when cloth can be obtained,‘ wortli ten guineas, and finest twcedsi eight guineas. Prior to the war the. great- proportion of the cloth requirmeuts of New Zeziland came from Great 0 Britain. Naturally‘ supplies "'l:o'n the 1 United Kingdom were collsid<:.r::|Jl; (iccreased during the wer. ‘The scan-city of tweeds and clothlsince the signing of the armistice is, of course, due to the big demand for eivilliian suits by demo-‘ bilissed men. Even for 9. small p;Jpu7a- I tion likte that of New Zealiud about 125,000 men went to the front, and the I great bulk of them having re’curue(l, all required suits of mufti. It will be readily recognised that in Great Bri-I min, with four to five million men to be I. deniobilisedfthere must be hven 23., greater demand for civilian suits, hence the shortage of supplies of cloths and tweeds of British manufacture. }