LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3315, 20 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

M: Massey thinks Parliament will rise in a. fortnight.

The Society of Friends has purchased foul; dwellings with land approximating 30 acres, ‘on St, John’s Hill, , adjoining 'TLal<e V'irginia, and intend to develop a boarding-school alld’Quaker scttlonmnt generally. .

A return submitted to Parliament on the motion of Mr Vigor Brown‘ shows thtt the total cost (if taking the recent licensing poll was £59,399, of which £35,006 was spent on *.he preparation of rplls, and £24,393 on the expenses of the poll. V

Two tram conductors and ' one motorman, were the lucky one-s'to draw a first prize in Tatts., and received notice to that effect on Thursday. The face value of the prize is £SOOO provided it is fully subscribed, and the: fortunate members of the little syndicafe Will receive after commission deductions abont £I4OO each.

Members of the Feilding Boroguh Oouneil said Efime hard things against cer't:l.in ratepayers who opposed the recent loan pz'opo§fi.ls. The Town Clerk and Engineer have resigned. The Mayol- referred to the “diriy underr'hand Tying” of certain individuals at :1 recent meeting. The Feilding community is not 11 happy fzLln'ily. Their disagreement bid§ fair to eclipse Foxton’s 1-idieu’.l‘uous second-‘hand 'G§errnan. piano episoide!~——Foxton Herald.

Advice has been received from the Controller of Customs‘-that the rates of exchange, on money, other than £ 5 d, in payment of goods imported into New Zealand will, for Customs ptuiposes, henceforth be taken at the. rate in force atthe time the goods were exported. This ‘does not come, into operation until. F_e}_)lfuary 1, 1920. A previous. intim_a;.ti‘on’ had. fixed the date ‘at the first of next month, but the time has been’ extended.

. No less than four overseas steamers of a. gross ‘tonnage totalling 31,579 sailed from Wellington for London on Friday. They are thenTainui, Port Hacking, Port Melbourne, and Waiwcra. All carry cargoes. of New Zealand produce, which probably amount to 40.000 tens.

The factrthat every increase in wages cont.ribu*tes something to the growing cost of living was mentioned at the Arbitration Courf, in Auckland. Mi‘ Justice Stringer agreed. “I suppose that every instance adds to the cost of living of every other section of ‘workers,” he said. “It will go on until We topple over. the precipice, I suppose.”

A suggestion. was made by Mr McCombs in the House that the New Zealand Government should follow the example of the ‘Australian authorities in paying the war gratuity from the -date of enlistment, instead of cmba.rk_aion. The Minister of Defence said that he had no official information on the subject, but he considered New Zealand’s scheme more generousif various allowances were taken into consideration.

ms from the Feilding S'far.—From :1 dairy farm of 82 acres, a fa.rm’er in this district last season received £1066 worth of butter—.fa’E. The price paid by tlr-0 factory was 1/6 per lb. A little czilculation shows the daii'yman’s“ I'o- - equalled £l3 ‘per acre. The land wasvalued at £BO per acre, and ifiterest on capital value, plus rates and taxes, would ‘amount \ to" £5 per acre. The money the farmer received for calves and pigs, paid the cost of labour, so that the farmer made a profit of £8 per acre for the season. Of course, he is an experienced ‘man, but it shows What can be done. Even on =the highly priced dairy land in this district, the returned\ soldiers’ settlements should give good results, providing the soldiers are given helpful advice. by experienced farmers. . . _. .i_ r

A peculiarfy daring'-theft~- was "perpetrated aitptho '4Aueklan.d "Eduea'tion’ pßoal'd’s offices on £M'onday ”aVft.el'noon-. The ‘oflice was" left unattended for" -a‘ few moments. I.ll"Kalaugher' and his‘ tstaif being» in 9. room adjacent, and'(luring this brief interval, s'onl'eone walked ‘in and 'st-raightway walked out again with a first-class ‘type'wl'vite‘reflwoln one of the clerk’s desks. The matter was ‘promptly .reported to the detectives, with the number and full description of the machine. The supervis-or'broke this bad news to the ‘Board meeting, and the «daring of ‘t'n'e thing left .. members breathless for a moment or tw-0. “Probably a yielding to sudden tempta.tioll.” “Tag HlO SOICIIIII COIIiDIGIIt Of OHO 111911]b€l'. The purchase of a new typewriter was suggested by one Inelnbe.r‘in atone of resigiiafioii. to the inevitable, but the supervisol"s firm faith in the local detective force prevailed, and the Board agreed to await developments.

“There has been considerable talk of ! late about competition,” said a_ wellknown Wellington business man to a Times’ rep.resenta.tive. “but in my opinion people are turning their eyes in the wrong 'direction. Now, I happed to‘ know that Japan has already agents in Australia and New Zealandrspying out the land for trade. I don’t mean a_ Japanese envoy, headed by tonl—tonls', and accompanied by a suite attired a la Geisha girl. 'I meanan unostentatious number of business men to place Japanese goods on our niamrket. And we grunlble. Japan was one of our Allies. Her warships convoyed our first coal tingcnt, and now We will traide with her. You can’t ring fence New Zealand. This Dominion is undoubtedly prolific but she couldn’t stand on her own resources for a week without some important industry suffering. VVe must look abroad, and when the world is our : market, one is not surprised to find people buying in the cheapest marke‘c—q they are forced by dire necessity to do so.” ‘ A. supply it about 28.000 1914-15 Stars for distribution among members of the .\’-eu' Ze:iTand Expeditionary? Force is .arl'iving in the‘ Donrinionl shortly, and will be sent to the holders 3 immediately the’ names and regimen-A tail numbers can be engnaved. This work is being done by"tlhe Defence De. pal'tlnenl, and it is expected that the ‘distribution will commence early in November. The New Zealand certificate of service will shortly be available. Memorial paques and SCI'OOIS are to be made at a special fac‘tory which is being erected for the purpose in’ lain-glaml. When supplies arrive they will be d‘istribute(l to" the next-of-kin of all“ deceased soldiers. irrespective of whether their service was abroad or in New Zealand. The personal effects of deceased soldiers are s'fill coming to hand for delivery to next-of-kin. jThese facts show the importance of {keeping base records, Wellington, advised regarding the cor.re'c't addresses of returned soldiers, and of the next-of-kin of deceased members of -the Expeditionary Force. as a proper distri-bu‘t-ion cannot be carrieiout unless the «correct addresses are known by Base Records. Soldiers who were discharged in’England,.and who have returned to New Zealand, should also send their "present addresses to Base RGO-OMS; 5° as to secure their medal-.

Rifieman E. A. ~‘i3elliSs, who is a member of the All Black Military football team which played Auckland on Saturday, arrived in Taihapc this morning, and was met and welcomed by his relatives and wa. large crowd of personal friends.

Following are ‘the winners of The competitions at _~‘S}t,L Msi’garet’s {Chu;l'eh buza-al':——Mr G. Wheeler, oil painting; Mrs Denness, cradle and twins; Miss B. Smith, (1011; Master C. Aniierson, baby doll; Miss Fraser, box of chocolafies; Mr R. Cleaver, box of chocolates; Mrs A. McCall, cake _: Miss Scott, cake; iVlr,q T. Bradley. pot plant; Mrs Boyd, dump‘t.y cushion; Mr: F. Smith, boudoir cap; Mrs J. O’Calla-ghafi, cushion; Miss Finn, ottoman; Mrs D. Mitchell, cushion; Mr P, Baird, silk pyjamas; Mrs s. Timbs, silk shirt; Florence Fannin, dumpty; Mr VVatson, painted cushion; Mrs Loughnan, decorated table; Mrs Emerson, basket; Mrs Templeton, nightdress.

Miss Louise Mack, the brilliant writer, linguist, and War correspondent, will deliver a lecture in ‘the King’s Theatre to-morrow night] This talented lady is not a lecturer in the- sense ordin-.a-rily understood; she is a word-painter, with the gift of vivid and thrilling description of events in -the great War, taken from life and from the lecturer’s own experience. She had unique opportunities oflseeing events at closerange, and she has unusual ability of depicting and reviewing these incidents over again with her audience. There will be shown during the course of the lecture 2. series of 100 la.n't—ern slides, and 1500 feet of film—-both of which are probably unique. Day sales will take place to-day and tomorrow.

A bumper house greeted the “Rouge-ot.-Noirs” at the Town Hall on Saturday night, when the sketch (in two acts), “Billets in France” was presented. The first: scene was in 9. French estaminet. Wliere a. mixed lotof soldiers \.w_e.re__A enjoying A themselxrees. ‘ V‘ During this; scenedsongs were given Mess;-5 Berna:-d McCal'tll_yb':(A‘V‘A Little §C'osy COl-'nerv’?" partifildllar-ly g_ood), fl?-L "Howell, H.‘cß?ober‘t's",' and a d_net".be—itween Messrs Roberts and I\lcCz3rthy. Mr -Casey Grant, as .“.a.b' "waiter, ."pr_ovided the humour in“ this ;scene,' icontriblutinga couple of songsfi’Tlle second act represented old ‘Ger-I'nan" trenches ‘two miles behind the flrin~g 1-i-ne, jlist_before the Armistice. The musical ITn7:nbcrs were contributed by Messrs Howell, Chapman: MeCal'tlly, Grarft. Duets were sung by Miss Mc:Lean and Roberts, “The Rose of No-Man’s Lan-d,f~’ and “The Great Red Dawn” being very accept=a~ble -numbers. The company was labouring under ‘the disadvantage of two of their members being absent owing to the delay in the an-ival of the mail train.