LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 17 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two furnished rooms, with use of ‘kitchen and conveniences, are advertised to let.

Farms continue to change hands rapidly through'out'flle Wairarapa district: at considerably increased prices.

MCSSI'g W. J. White and Sons, in an—other column, advertise special prices for millinery and costumes, which Will obtain for fourteen days. It will be seen that the prices for millinery are particularlyAattracti've. _. V

On Sunday, October 19th, there will be slight interrufitions on telephone lines Nos. 201 to 225, owing to“a.l'tera{ions in fihe local telephone exchange. As little inconvenience ‘as possible will be given. ‘ , . The annual meeting of the Taihape Tennis Club will be held in Mr Ong10Y’s office on Tuesday next, 21st inst. Members whose subscriptions for past season. are outgstanding are requested to forward to the secretary or Mr Ongley on or before ‘Saturday next_

Complaint is made of dearness of vegetables in Dunedin just now, ‘telegrapfis a correspondent. Cauliflowers are bringing up to 15/ a dozen whole.sale at auctions, table carrots 10/ per sugar bag, and parsnips 11/. Onions are being retailed at ‘6d per lb, and lettug:-es at Gd each.

The -annual meeting of the Taihape bl'anc.ll of the Acclinmtisation Society will be held this eveningynaét 8 s’clock. Those interested are particularly requested to note that the meeting will be held in Messrs Arr-oewsmith and Loughnan’s ofi’ice_s, not in the supperroom of the Town ~HaH, as st-a't'ed in yes-‘cm-day’s issue.

Dunedin business men who are interested in the sheep running on the Campbell Islands, .and'the great Antarctic ice packs, recently advertised for men to go down there -as «musterers and shearers. The response they received shows clearly how strong is the lure of the unusual and unknown among our young men, for over 50 applicants came forward, including a. number_ of returned soldiers. .

A Press Association message from Taumaru'nui states that a boy named Brightwell seven years of :age is missing‘. He was last seen on Friday afternoon going to his home across the “fan‘ganui River. The bbxy had to cross on the swing bridge to VVinters Island, and Sinclair ’s bridge from the island -to the other side of the riveix A parcel carricdby the boy was found: yesterday on the island, but no further trace. The police are searching.‘

The E-lautapu Tea Rooms have been considerably énlarge‘d_. and the whole interior has been ’bcaJutifully renovated and" decorated. Under the-. management of Mrs Drew these rooms became so popular that §xtension of premises‘ bcame a necessity, androom is now provided that should furnish all the comfort and convenience that clients can expect. A good three course din-

nor is served daily, and tea can be had both morning and afternoon’. On sale days and Satm-day’s a sl)Jc:ial lunch is prepared, and on Saturdays hot tea can be had from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. No doubt Ml-s~"Drew’s chentfs will show their full appreciation of hm‘ ent-erpl-ise. .

“'\Vhy is. there .a tendency ‘amongst our people to flock to the towns?” asked Sir Robert Stout, in the course of an address upon “Education in Rleation to Future Production” at the annual conference on? the ‘Council of Agriculture. “Surely the lure of the sun, the pure air in the country, and the beautiful surroundings of our country districts, should cause the dwellers in towns to migrate to the country. The tendency, however, is the other way.‘ It ought not to be so, for there are joys in the country that cannot be obtained in the towns.” Sir Robert did not see why all the enjoyment that was said To be obtainable in the towns, should not be had in‘?he country districts. Life in the country could be popularis-ed by making more of the country schools, which should be the centre of social, has well as of intellectual life,