LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 16 September 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The British Government made a. profit of £10,500,000 by insuring propértv against aircraft and bombardment. risks; .-$313,610,000 was received in premiums, anld only £2,970,000 paid out

_The following "vessels will be within wireless range to—night: -—— Maori. Monowai, Ellenga, Matatua, and Mamani. In range of Chathams: Ayrshire, Tainui, and Corinthic.

“Turn a little more this way,” Icmarked Mr Justice Hosking to a witness at the Supreme Court in Wa.ngunui. “Your counsel knows what you are going to say—_—l do not,” This little touch of irony caused a broad smile to go round the Court.

“The Gfnistchurch macadamised and tarred roads are the nearest approach to the real asphaltic roads that I have seen,” remarked -Mr Sandst-on, ‘in the course of a lecture on “Road Economics.” He added that. the roads in and about Cllris‘tc'hu:rch W’-ere. m!uch superior to those seen in Australia.

“I’m not going to palliafe the fact that yery often the language used at the front was not of the choicest, but there were many -extenuating reasons for :this,” said the Rev. Luxfiord, C.M.G., recently. In .a voice deep with elnotionl, he continued, “I know what your boys have done, none have done bet'tcl', and let us judge them no‘t by what they say, but by what they did.”

Speaking at the Salvation Army Hall, New Plymouth, Chaplain Bladin, said that at one of the Salvation Almy huts at Etaples it- was a daily thing for “Ma,” as the matron was called by the boys, to fry as many as 2000 eggs, sausagéfs were cooked by the yard, and ‘three large Coppers werensed for cook. ing potato chips. He had known “Ma” cook as many as 3000 eggs in a singlooday, and eight sacks of potatoeshad been used up in one day.

The fann‘ hungerwis hot,_ by any 1110:1113 confined ft) the Auclglétnd pifo-' Vince, if the pri.c’es oifel-Ting foffidairy £al'lllS in Tar-e'Lpal€i‘ c‘a.l'l b’e fa-k’e‘l‘l aélaq guide Qf"theAdVelmind fso-1' f-arms in the bli'ttel' pl'o\_4iilc‘e} Lahd in Ha\{'cra‘llél's :.11'w':'1’ys'"'c1a‘in1'e‘(1 a highupfice,‘ but ac‘c.o;l'din}g to" a visi’§,or "to these pavrts from’ S‘t»ra'ffo‘rd, fabulofig prices are now being offered "for ‘it. It has reached as }fig}i'a's £IBO per acre. In Sf-ratford offers‘ of over £9O are not infrequent.

"Ithwill be .rather interesting to Watch the figures supplied by the Gtovernment Statistician regarding the expenses and the profits of the railways since they began to run slew. So far the figures for the first nineteen days in July are the only ones available, and they show that for the four Weeks to July 19, the lines were used by over 730,000 passengers, 403,405 tons of goods were shifted, the revenue was £359,514. and the expenditure :fi279_,354:. The ‘ex penses hCI'C.COVCI‘ 77 per cent :of the revenue, aind this figure is ‘the highest for many yezus. V V _

The “black spot,” or mould, which is said to have appeared on carcases of meat in some southern f.l'cozing' works hasnot. made its appearance in any of the Auckland works. “Black spot” is unknown in the northern -country, and it is stafed to be a new ‘development in connection with the freezing industry. The fact that meat has been kept in cool store for a e'onsidel'a'ble period, on Iln-periafl Gove-.rnment hooks, is believed to ‘be responsible for “bl-ack spot.” There is practtzically no old or long-nstorecl meat in any of ‘the Auckland works. is p

[ Mr Irving Sladen, a conlnlel‘eial traveller, of Christchurch, had an exciting experience in going to Masterton from .Woodville in a motor car the other day. The driver was not accustomed to the road, and in turning a corner {at Mt. Bruce the car went over an emibanknient into a hog 15 or 20ft. below. Mr Sladen and the driver were both pinned umfer the car, and it was with the utmost difficulty they extricated themselves. Mr Sladen was badly shaken, and on visiting a medical man. in Masterton was informed that his heart was severely strained. The car was wrecked. ‘

’ Now that the railway facilities have ‘improved, remains of delayed D?II'C9I-‘-' lof crutchings are coming into the stores (says the Wellington Post). The warehouses will be quite cleared and Teadb’ to deal with the next season's Hi]; to come. in in about a couple of‘ month. New Zealzmd wool exports (Dalgety’s statistics) for the fir-st two months of the WOOI Neal‘ 191920, amount to 102,034 bales. The exports‘r'or the correspondillg period of the 1918-19 year were but 23,761 bales. The Imperial Supplies Departmerlf to A‘-I.=-"' ust 31 reported 483,184 bales of greasy wool stored and available for shipment, and scouring or delivered to scourersy The Department has now handlmi (in- é eluding this quantity), 1,583,585 balm‘ greasy wool, and paid out £38,523,66‘-3 on account bf 1,532,322 bales paid for. On account of slfpe wool it has paid out £5,310,086 for freezing companies‘ slipe wools;’ also £1,947,002 on account of sheepskins. »

| Th‘.C‘- ~crib'bl-.z<_3;r» m:ltch b-c'+.ween ‘the {Fire Brigade and citizens, deferred ‘from last week, will cventuate on 3Thursday next, at 8 p.m. “I reckon that the whole of this ‘Dominion could be better governed by 10 or 12 good solid men than by the 80 representatives now in Parliament.” remarked Dr Thacker, M.P., at a meeting at Christchurch on Wednesday.

A reminder is given of the social and dance to be held -in the Town Hall tomorrow night by the leturned soldiers. A very pleasant and enjoyable evening is anticipated, and all anrangements to that end are complete. The function is scheduled to commence at 8 o‘clock.

An interesting discussion took place at a meeting of tfie Chamber -of Commerce last‘ night on the question of pushing on the czoifstruction of the Taihape to Napier Road. Mr Wm. Doole, nlem‘ber of the Esrewhofi riding of the Rangitikei Cgeunfy Council, was present, and gave some useful ‘information. A report. will zappear to-morrow.

Cablegrams may now be accepted for Germanyand Austria, subject to send er’s risk. The rate via Pacific and Iniperiai is 1/3 per word; via Eastern 3/3% per word. Cablegrams to occupied German territory must be in plain English, French, or Italian, and refer to commercial or industrial matters, or be addressed to Allied soldiers. The deferred rate to Germany via Eastern is only 1/9% per word.’ There is no alternate rate to Austria.

Speaking on his return to Melbourne, Premier Hughes said: “I -remember during one of those strenuous campaigns that were fought a year or two ago, some of our weaker brothers asking what could a. hundred thosand Australians do? But for those 100,000 Australians Amiens would have fallen, and this war would have taken a different course. Wherever‘ the battle raged fierciest, there were Australians in the forefront.” ‘Had Mr Hughes coupled the Neu'r";Zeal-and"él‘s? with his‘ boys’, he wouiti -*lia’v.e‘ ' 'pre's"3e'nt'ed-E ":1? ' perfeet 7pie'turel ofi "tlic-T--real 'f.ll‘rnin§sp’o-intl ~of'"vi'ctoryfl

"Messrs .Stl'o;l__g. .a;'.d_ l.§l,cagle,. painteljsz _papel-han»gers,. signwritcrs, gl'ainers, and pi'cture-f_rame.l‘s,;__ Shave -g. I}GW" -al;n~cs_~lin¢9LrVne_n_t-- on pa.’g.e-7Ql__lA<_2 o.:i:"\,’c’lli?sbbissl4le.A ‘Messrs Strpng andA.Neagle_gla’inl to Ibggartistrs. in the -_tl'u.e se_n.4sc of the tol“nl;_,,They will Adecorated; hfiuse .injtel'i__ovr's _an<l’ exteriors in the high._(_:st sfyle ofuhrt-craft. They will fiyrhish new and qriginal ideas for doc-'orat:io,n, quite in_,uccordance with most; nxddern art and development. They uhtlértake ‘I-o do painting and paper'h.aliging, glazing, and pictureframing, sigmvriting, and graining at distinctly moderate prices, ,

I Tho‘l'CaSOll>'\Vl)y Cabinet has been 3 so long making up its mind with regard [to the soldiers’ gratuity is thus exI plaiued by the specialeorrespondent of the P.9..lnlel~st-oxl Tinies: The Minister of Defence, it is reported, adxvoeated a f scale according to rank, -and he had the libacking of military opinion and prece. ;dent.l He had .a. hard.tas-k to induce ‘Cabinet to adopt his view, but it.‘ is understood that he has now succeeded,‘ the matter liaving been finally ‘decided at . a Cabinet‘ meeting on Sa~tu_rd-3y.‘ Though no Ministeri.al -announcement can be obtained, Cabinet ’s decision on, the broad principleof a difl’erential I rate is known. to many Government sup- ‘ porters _who. are not satisfied on the subject. . There ~isA a. strong feeling l among them in f_a,v_3ul' of paying a. flat ’ rate of 1/6 per day‘, which if.’ is esti—; mated win absorb £5,000,000” There} is a general idea. tliat oflicers and men I should be treated exactly alike with I’~egail'd to the war gl'zltui'fy.