LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3319, 24 October 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Monday next being! Labour Day, there will be no publication of ‘the “Taihapec Daily Times” on that day. Advertisers will please note this fact, and make their arrangements accordingly. é Readers are reminded of the Huia Ladies’ Hockey Dance to be held on Monday night, 27th, (Labour .night)_ The floor is I'€CofVillg special attention and the public are assured of a pleasant evening.

About a year ago something hap'p.cned which, but for the war would have caused a considerable stir all _o\{er the world; ‘Mount Elburz, the tallest peak of the Caucasus suddenly burst into eruption. Scientists knew that Elburz was originally a volcano, but’ Elburz had actually been dead 1,000,000 years. "

As instaneing the raiity of minis»tel' ’s visits to the settlers in the back-blocks of the North, the Rev. ‘R. Anstice, in the course of an «address at the Baptist JConfcrence in Christcllureh‘, -told of one such,‘ visit which “he paid. He found that -the Whole family, who were working at the cocvshed peered at him with an air of suspicion, which quite mystified him. until he learned that they thought he was the rate collector, or something of the kind, and that they were greatly reliever? to find that he was only a tmvelling parson.

‘ “When in the Old Country," said Sir Walter Buchanan 1-emjniscontly at the Agricultural Conference, “I saw logs down by the roadside ready for delivery _to the GOVel’llllle-nt-«the Imperial Govel-nment—tllc very trees I hélped to plant on my fathefs proporty at the age of fifteen. It came home to me then that on thousands of acres in the Highlands of Scotland they had been growing the wrong mops for many years. The sheep on such land could not be many, and they were not of the highest class. If the .people‘h:Ld planted trees on the thousands of acres 60 :y'ears ago, they would have had a valuable crop today.” ’

The Christchurch “Sun? sa_ys:—ln the enervating heat of a recent afternoon arbrewery lorry on which three brace of barrels of beer rocked contentedly, proceeded quietly along Oxford Terrace. The delegates tq the Baptist Union conference were filing out of the Oxford Terrace Church, 3score or more standingon the step?» ‘as the ‘beer approached. The delegates surveyed the evil with a cold, disparaging scrutiny, But the lorry did not pa.ss_ "The hirsute driver was not withouthis. humour. Directly in front of the main entrance the lorry came to a. standstill and the_driver asked the é.sinl'pl'e,- Piunanswex-ed _ ‘_ql“les‘tion: fi“Whez-e rdlq you want them to#gkqf.{’_f'_ F

The 401-din_a.ry monthly meeting of the ‘ Taihape Borough -Council will be held! this evening. ' 2

Mr F. P, Brady, the official Labour candidate for the Rangitikei Eloctorixte, will address a meeting "of c'l6’ctors in the Town Hall thisxévening, ‘at 8 o’clock.

A meeting of all those interested in the Taihape District High School Childrensf Ball, will beheld in the District High School on Tuesda.y next at 8 p.m. e

Says the Chrisfchurc-h Press: Mr George Biltclifi has just sold his "Airedale terrier that beat allcomers at the recent Wellington Show for 200gns, to an Australian fancier. This is a, record price. ~- I

In order to give patrons who are engaged in business an opportunity of witnessing “The Better ’Ole~,’.’ the nxaagcment of the King’s Picture_The—atre has decided to delay the screening until 8.30.

The following vessels will ibe within wireless range to-night: —— Mararoa, Manuka, Pateena, lonic, Riverina, Maheno, Ajana, Zealandic, Corinthic, Ar-gylshire, Tasmania, Waipori, Waitoma, Wangaraftra, Westralia.

“As a matter of fact, We are not out of the wood yet,” said the Prime Minister recently, to a, deputation which requested railway service improvements. He alluded to the coal cut and added that he hoped there would be no difficulty in the future, but one Could never speak with certainty. In saying this he was referring to ‘the coal supply.

The Defence Department decided some time ago to sell its surplus blankets at 117/7‘ each. That the ofi’elj is a good one was shown by the result. of the sale. The number sold in the main centres is as follows: Wellington, 13,383; Auckland, 7700; Christchurch, 7060; Dunedin, 3000; Palmerston North, '3100;‘ -¢Tl'ent.ham, 550; Featherston, 2000; tefal, 36,693. These sales "realised a. total of £31.647.

} Mr. J. Kilkolly has purchased from §Messrs Eteveneaiix and Co.’s Ford :Garage, 9. Republic 3?;-ton truck. Mr Kilkolly is prepared to transport all classes of goodsand to underfake eontiuaets for wool c‘ar'ting', etc. The Republic truek is :1 reliable make, and being an “after-war model” will do ihe work I'equil'e(l with ‘a minimum of risk. We wish Mr Kilkolly well in -his new venture, and trust that he will receive El. fair measure of" support. ‘ “Is it your habit to can-_v'a large sum of money in your pocket and leave it there when you retire at night‘?’’ asked counsel of a witness in a case that came ‘before the Magistrate’s Court at -Wellington on Wednesday. “It all depends upon the per-. sons with whom I anl‘staying,” replied M the witness, “but if I was s~haying- with a gentleman‘ like you I would prob-i ably’ put my money inside my sliirtl when I went to bed.”

I “How long will it be before the peoiple in the country dist.-i=ict.s who have been waiting fo'r over twelve months for priv.a.te telephone lines are able ‘to get them?” asked Mr J. T. M. ‘~I-lornsby ('Wairarapa) of the ._Postnlas'ter-Gren~ era]. Great inconvenience, he stated, had been caused in parts of his district. The Hon, J. G. C"oates replied that the question was -governed entirely by the amount of material to hand. It was not anticipated that supplies in New Zealand would be normal for at least eighteen months. According to the. urgency and the nature of the demands made by the settlers in difl’erent parts Of the Dominion, the applicafions were listed; and, in order of u-rgeney. they were dealt with. Orders for material placed before the war had not yet come to hand. Supplies of wire, insulators, and branch wire were all very low; but owing to the change to the automatic system in the cities, telephones were available. He would be glad to find out in what order the telephone applications in the honourable member’s dis- : tr.'et came.

In the course of an address on powdered coal at ‘the iannuéal lllecmng of the Pllil‘oSOphiCß.l Society 011 WCdll€‘s' day night, the Hon. G. M. Thomson said that a large amount of good material Was at present going to waste in New Zealand in the shape of pulverised coal. Byvpulverised coal he did not mezul slack, but coal from which an moisture had been extracted. and DUI‘ verisecl to the fineet"fiour. Had Such 3" industry been in existence, -ihe difficulty tlmt had arisen in respect to the supply of fuel would have been minimised. By the use of pulverised coal complete combustion was vobta.i’ned,.and it would prove an excellent fuel for the New Zealand railways. When po\\’Cl'€<l coal was burnt with the right PTOPOI‘ tion of air there was no waste products l‘:\°f, and consequently no clinkers. Being fine and dry, it was scfili-liquid in nature. and could be fed into furnaces by compressed air. Powered coal is nut liable to spontaneous combustion to'i.h-~ same extent as other coal, and bins containing it may be kept close to the furnaces. Mr Thomson explained that powered coal was used to a large extent» in America With’ excellent results. M -

An indignant. citizen rang up one of the newspaper oifices in .a southern towx; rcgauding ‘ZI .111-Gwspayper ?tepoTt which alleged his death from ’flu. “Look here,” he said, “do you know lmy death from ’flu has appeared in your paper?” “Oh, yes,” was the raply. “Where are you speaking from?”

The potato blight has appeared among crops in various Auckland suburban districts this season, but is stated to be not as severe as in former years. Piantations at Onehunga. have suffered most, and some at Avondiale and Epsom have also been ‘touched. The extensive potato fields at Pukekohe, however, have been practically free so far, and are reported to be looking very well. Arfy plants that have had the ‘blight have been dug. Last season there was almost a. complete absence of the disease, for the first time for‘ 14 years, and the recrudescence. has led to ex-p tensive spraying‘ being done.