LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 11 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

\ '-‘—“‘*‘-9"’”"""" A plain and fancy dress ball will be held in the Utiku Hall on Friday evening next, the proceeds Of ‘Vhich .are to he devoted to ball imP‘-'OVC' ments. A car will Io:-we 1-31.0 Taihano Post Office on the evening; Of 310 ha“Mr P. C. Webb (ex—M.P. for Grey) was released front Kai:111S31'011 On Tuesday. ~ Arrangements have been made in Auckland to give him a Pub‘ lic I'eeeption'next Sunday, and on the following Sunday he will be tendered a public welconle ‘in VVellingToD_ It was reported at a meeting of the Ngatipikau tl'ibe,"held at Rot-Orua», that no diffieulty would be experienced in raising £SOOO for the tribal war memorial. It was decided ‘to erect a monument. on an octagonal foundation, one side of greensfone; and the others of stones of difl’erent colours.

At the Ma.gistrate’,-5 Court at Wanga--11111 on Tuesday, John Fraser was fined £2O and costs for selling milk to Walter Bidlake, milk vendor, containing 40 per cent. of water. The information was laid by Mr T. Pargcter, inspector under the Fine Foods and Drugs Act. The worst-wearing road in England was probably the Thames Embankment, in the days before it was paver. It is an absolute fact that it ate up 3500 tons of cracked granite yearly. Where it all went to was the puzzle, for the level of the roadway remained same. The Square Deal?-——lf a man has an income of £SOO he gets an exemption of £3OO and pays tax on £2OO. But if a man owns £so'O worth of land he gets an exemption of £SOO and pays nothing_ This is lfow the Liberal and Reform parties, graciously Ezonsider the interests of the land speculators.—“Liberator.” - ~

In reply to Mr J. Vigor 81-own (Napier), who asked whether legislation would be introdiiced making Anzac Day a Whole holiday, the Prime Minister said that the question of amending the several Acts in which holidays‘ were provided foi" by adding Anzac Day would be considered when an opportunity arose.

In addition to the number of absentees, as high as 60 per cent. of the total stafi at one time in more than one department, there were 114 deaths in the Public Service, as the result of the influenza. epidemic, states the annual report of the Public -Service Commissioners. In, respect of these deaths, the Government paid £9686 in compassionate allowances

An amusing story was told at a meeting held recently to discuss the» rural haeusing problem near Leighton, Buzzard (England). Mr Charles Rothschild provided baths for two cottages on his estate, and later asked the tenants how they liked them. “Grand thing to salt half a pig in,’( said one man. “Splended place to keep seed potatoes in,” said the other_ V

Dr Newman. M.P., asked the Prime Minister yesterday _whether he would revise “the tariff as recommended by the Industries Committee, in order to give the necessary assistance to certain industries. Mr Massey" said that they could not possibly revise the tariff this session. A member: “It. would take six months.” (Laughter). Mr Massey said he thought, however, that one or two niaffers that urgently required attention might be dealt with in the Appropriation Bill or otherwise.

While Mr Massey was in Wanganui. he was called upon as Minister -.2 Railways, a portfolio which he had then held for about one day, to View an appliance invented by a Wang-anui fesident for the minimising or elimination of the risks run by shunters in their work. It is an unfortunate fact only too ‘well known that shunters do meet with serious and often fatal aeeidents in their work and an invention which would reduce their 1-iskfui would be important. Mr Massey saw a model of the appliance, and he was so favourably ilnpl’e:<sed witli it that he gaveinstructions at once that a trial of it should be made in the Wanganui railway Workshops. A new cave has been. found in the hills Redclitfs (Christchurch) near Moo. Bone Cave, and not far from the tramline, says the Sun. ‘The floor is’ covered with sand, and the cave is high enough for a man to stand up in. It runs back int.-0 the hill for about a chain. The bones of :1 seal, which crumbled away when touched, and seine pumice stone were found in the cave. The cave has been cursorily examined by Mr R. Speight, curator, of the Canterbury Museum, and he intends to sceli permission to make a thorough inves" tigation in the hope nun objects of scientific interest may be d‘iscovel'ed. Pending this, the cave has been tem~ por:ll'ily closed by instructions of the Hon. J. Barr, Mayor of Sumner. Mo-1' 80110 Cave was discovered about 50 years ago, and many valuable relics were found therein.

At a Very large meeting of members of the Catholic Church in the Taihape district, held recently, it was decided to tender a public reception to the Rev. Father Connolly, who will arrive in. New Zealand, from a long service a 1" the war, on or about the 28th 01' this inontli. It will be I'enlelnhel'od _.that Father Connolly left Txaihape three ymilrs ago‘ \.and he has Sheen. jsince pr-rfoi-ming'_llis duties in the wi'"ir zone, whorelhe has admittedly accomplished an incalculable amount 01' good work. The Opportunity will also be taken at the same ‘time I'o tender at public reCeption to all Catholic soldiers who ‘ll-‘We arrived, or may arrive home by the date to be fixed There are many Ta-ihape residents outside the Roman Catholic Church who will find much pleasure in giving a hearty welcome home to Father Connolly, for he is generally regarded as an exceediiigh’ dash-able citizen, in addition to being‘ the priest to a large -.’:ommunity of Catholics. The date 0!’ Father ConIIOIIY’S afiival in’ Taihape will be published as soon as it is known.

, Mrs Drew, of thefiautapu Dining} Rooms, is advertising for g Suiflrti Waitress. ! ‘ Many of the wo'oden ships built by the Americans during the war for their own and other Governments now lie rotting in harbour. The green timbers used in their construction are said by “Popular Mechanics” to have shrunk so much on their maiden voyage that the vessels are totally unseaworthy. For the purpose of soldier-settlement the property of Messrs . Ogilvy and Sons, at Pine Park, Te Whiti, a few miles from Masterton, -has been acquired by the Government. The property contains over three hundred acres and should cut up into six dairy farms. It is situated on the banks of the Ruamahunga. river, and is some of the finest land in the district. it has been applied for by a syndicate of“ Masterton soldiers under section 3 of the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act. which renders a ballot unnecessary.

A strong protest against the continuation of the evening classes "at technical schools was made by some members at Tuesday's conference of directors of technical education‘ it Wellington. One delegate said the whole system of evening classes for tho young was “absolutely rotten,” and that they were beating the air in discussing some modification of the presrnt system. “Let us strive to remedy the whole thing,” he said; “it is useless, it is rotten, and unclean—we don’t Want it at all.” Day= classes, ‘of course, were put forward as the alternative.

One of the largest consignments of Austl':).lia&ll-bl'ed horses landed at Auckland arrived on Monday by the Port Melbourne. The horses——l 4 in number——were purchased in Sydney. The Hon. E.- W. Alison, Messrs E_ W. Alison, jun., Ernest Alison and G. T. Nicol being the respective buyers. Nine of the new arrivalsprank as two-year-olds and have yet to make -their appearance on the turf. Some Boy and Khublai Khan, who were both. selected by Mr E. W_ Alison, jun., during his recent visit to the Commonwealth, have each raced in Australia, and the first—named has several races to His credit on New South Wales racecourses. The supply of uniformtypes of sta~ tionery and school requisites at cost price to all schools is to be urged upon the Education Department by the Technical School Conference. A motion “That except in remote coun~ try districts, and except in cases where an approved standard of education has been reached, all boys and girls shall be compelled until the end of the year in which they reach the age of 18 years, to'receive instruction during working hours, and for not less than eight hours per Week and 3'5 weeks in the year at continuation or technical classes,” was passed. at Tuesday-’s conference of . technical school delegates.

A splendid attendance greeted the Allan Wilkie Company in their pl‘=3.=entation of th well-known drama, "The Silver Kingj’ at the Town Hall last night, After seeing the admirable acting of this talented company, it is easy to understand the wonderful grip they have attained over the theatregoing pople of the Dominion. 'ihe quality which is such an outstanding feature of the drama, and which rivets one's interest and attention, is tile, ingenuity with which the scenes have been arranged. They follow one another in such rapid succession that the interest of the story is maintained from the moment of the, murder to wards the end of the first act right up to the final. curtain. Mr Allan Wilkie and Miss F. Hunter-Watts, of course, were the outstanding stars. but every other member played up to the principals in a manner altogether admirable. ’ '

“'L\lv- Wilson,” says Collier’s Weekly, is at once tlle fioremost statesman of the I world, and its greatest artist. We know of no more enjoyable treat than to hear him at any time. But now he comes to us at the very peak of his fame, his skill, wearing‘. as it were, the sheaves of victory in his buttonhole. The League «of Nations may be a very good thing or a very bad; guarantee perpetual peace or threaten perpetual war; ennoble democracy with a worldmission or degenerate it to the level of wmmd Em-.o~pean creeds; free us, or blnd‘llp. No matter. The opposition to it, rapidly fading now, will cease entirely under the spell Of the lyrical interpretation to which many hundreds of thousands of Americans will listen this -month, and the tour will be recorded as one of the most important musical and political events in our history.” A BENZINE ACCIDENT. GISB'OR'NE, this day. The back-fire of a donkey engine driving a dynamo ignited rbenzine in the engine-mom of the small steamer Kiritona. last evening. The electrical tural daniagc was ‘done. Tte engineer, tural damage wasd one. The engineer, Blundell. was severely burned about the hands and arms.-