LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 15 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

-~—-—~~o—~--mi The shearing of stud sheep is.at present in progress in ‘rhe Mast-el-ton dis’triu'*l'. There are now 700,000 British war pensioners. of Whom 1435 are blind. 10,000 deaf, 24,000 without a limb, and 128.000 with an injured limb. , Several hack horses impounded from Pukeok~ahu,» Pongatawa, and Ruanui, will be sold at noon on Saturday, September 20th, if not claimed and ex-

A splendid farm of 160 acres, close to Taihape, is advertised for sale.

Three remits, formulated ‘by the old Taihape Borough Council, to the Muni. cipal ‘Conference in Wellington, have all been adopted by the Conference.

Prenfier Massey assures the people that‘ the increased cost of living in New Zealand is less than in any other country. To which the New Zealand housekeeper says: Then I’ln sorry for the other peaple.

Cabled prices of English superphos-I pha-tes received in New Zealand :are 50 per cent higher than either Australian‘ or Japanese. As a result no business can be done in the English article un--_ til some moderation is made in the price. Speaking at Napier, Sir Robert Stout said that the 15 million surplus shown in New Zealand was accounted for by the fact that loans were included in the revenue side of the_ac—count_ Iflthis was not so :3. deficit would be shown. If we did not get ridof the present extravagance we had many lean years to look forward. No provision was being made for probable drops in the very high prices at PN' sent ruling. The outlook in New Zealand was very serious.

“Whatever you do, don’t pay a deposit on the. land you choose,” was the advice given to some returned soldiers by the Commissioner, Mr H. M. Skeet, at a meeting of the Auckland Land Board a few days ago. “Let us get on ‘the job, and We will fight to see you get «a good deal. The Board is always pleased to see returned men, and you will find it the best father you ever had.”

In anticipation of the unprecedented rush of tourists to the battlefields of the Western front, the military authorities are taking all pl'ec.aut.ioliS against acts of vandalism, says ‘the Daily Chronicle. Oflicers have been appointed in control of v"airioAus areias, with special instructions to safegllilljd_liel'-oic spots from damage. ’A'larg'e. bo_;u'_d has been erected in front of the Catliedriali and Cloth —Hall‘.at"Y'pres,r‘ with_.'t_he wording: 4‘ "Thi§’ i stone‘ o‘f.“this fabric“ maybe‘ disturb_ed. It is» a 'he~;itage foraall" eivilise'cl [ico-

_' IFornlel‘ly in the U.S.tAruly Air Service, Lieut. O. Locklear has delnonstra.t--"ed the possibility of passing from one heroplane to another while in flight, by catching a ladder danglir.i'g from the plane when passing overhead. Both planes were at an altitude of 2500 ft. Lieut. Loe.-klear claims previously to have dropped from .a higher to a lower plane, while in flight, but this is the first time he has mounted to a higher plane. The feat was witnessed by the thousands who were «attending the PanAmericzui Aeronautical Convention at Atlantic City. . I

During the eitting of the Coal COlll- - Justice Sankey,‘ Mr Robert Smivllie -asked Mr T. H. Bailey, a mining engineer of wide experience: Do -you remember. when Mr Gladstone was, standing for AMidlothian against a. Beuelcueh that that Beucleuch declared that if Glands-tone won, he ‘would close down. the pits of Midlothian, and that Mr Gladstone did win, that the pits were shut down, and that the villages became demolished, and only the remnants of them exist to—day’! Do you think it should have been within the power of any Duke, or anybody else to do such 3, thing? VVitness: I think it was :1 foolish thing to do.

Parents on the lookout for careers for their sons mustfind the newspaper advertisenlen't. columns instructive reading just. now (says .3, London paper). One oui‘sut.anding feature‘ is that many of the “brainy” jobs appear to have been hopelessly out-d'is-tlanced in the general movem.en't for higher wages. ‘Thus you find that although zyfish frier is offered £5 21 week (an occupation, too‘ -that suggests long intervals for rest, wifli possibly some free fish meals), clerks are still in demand at 35/, while the Sum of £2 10/‘ is offered for an experienced cashier, which sets us wondering why some of the out-of—work_, poorly-paid eTer-ks «lo not take off‘ their ciiffs and learn how to fry fish.

It will be 1'Clll(‘.l11bC1‘C(l some time ago a parcel of bank notes consigned to the Na‘fion:ll Bank was stolen. They were crisp new notes, and unsigned by bank officizils. Some of these notes got into eiroiilation, but wide publicity of the f'(n'{:ery' was made. ' The thief or thieves were very 4-111'e‘r'u.l, 111111, for some time. as far as can be g‘flfll(‘l‘(‘(l“, none of these notes hils been in (-hculation. During lhe week—eud— however. :1. resfnurantl in Wellington found one among the day ‘s takings, but the discovery was 11017 made until the note was lodged nf fhe bank, when it was returned with the word. “Forg(‘ry”‘ \~.'l'|'tten across it. App:i,rcntl_v a ‘renewed effort is being made to get fhese notes into eix-eul\~ tion, and retailers and others would be well advised to scrutinise all n0?0S tendered‘ to ‘them.

It i\s said that there are no fewer than 20 individuals—l 6 children and four adults——-living in a small four roomed cottage in Hamilt-on_

Mr Wright, of Broken Hill, who recently came uniler the limelight because he threatened to punch ‘another member of the New South NVales Parliament, is an undertaker. He was once ehaffiing a political opponent on his business methods, when he was suddenly checked by the retort: “Well, my clients come back to me; yours never return.” Applications at the chief post ofiic-2 at Auckland for stock in the Victory War Loan of £10,000,000 were nl-ore numerous on Thursday than on any day since the loan was opened to investors last Saturday. The officials state, however, that the amount subscribed so far is‘ very small, and that there is room for great improvement.

As an -illustration of the continued difliculty in obtaining shipping, the Premier told a deputation on Thursday of a case where the Union Company wished to replace a ship which -had been requisitionod by the Imperial Government was lost. It was found that it would cpst one and a.-half mi‘.~ lions to provide this vessel, which was intended for the Vancouver trade. am was larger and faster than the Niagara. .

The best form of ventilation in ai room was declared by Professor G. Owen last evening to be a fireplace. He said that constant ventilation was necessary in a room occupied by human beings, as carbonic gas was produced by_ breathing. There were always about three-parts of carbonic acid gas in every 10,000 parts of air, but ‘if the proportion exceeded six parts in 10,000 then we Were apt to suffer. Hence it was necessary to constantly change air. Ventilation was the problem. of admitting fresh air mvjthout__causing édraughts. A ‘firepiaee was the best 3/entilating‘ device, as it ‘induced ._a constant flow .of.air up the .chinlney,,. _l?.,rofe‘ssor Owen ‘said an_'opcn‘,’fireplac_e_wz'ls the least econ’-' Olrlifoa.l met;h_Qd.9fn,heating a room, :1‘ sto_ve being nruch more efficient.‘ ‘ln’ the case of .a stove, the source of heat‘ was in the room, and the air -’+v‘as= warmed by direct contact with the‘ stove_ In C't_he case of an open fireplaee,_Athc gases.lleated by the fire. ct-s—----‘caped up the e_hil_nney.—Auckland Star.‘