LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3330, 7 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

‘A budget of very in‘tel-esting news from our Tc Kapué. correspondent appears on page sixitb-d_‘ay.

A final reminder is given of the‘ annual railway ball to be held'in the Town Hall to-night; All arrangen;-.c-11ts have ‘been conlpletéd, and 2. my-_v en= joyablc time is anticipaj‘:cd. ‘

=Thol'e is now a. possibility that the date of the general election will be Thursday, December 4, which is'a week earlier "than has generally been anticipated. If the earlier date isselected the rolls will close about next Tuesday. -

Several good hauls of trout are reported from Lake Rotorua and adjacent streams. One lad,‘ fishing for an hour, secured seven nice ‘fish, the largest weighing 71b.‘ Onedparty Of three rods landed 105 among ‘them, the majority ‘being in really good condition for so early in the season.

There has been laid on the table of the House a I'etul'n showing the number of engines. built by the Railway Department since I\ll* Hiley made the statement in 1914 that there were 72 engines fit for scrapping‘. The numbers are: Built by the Railway Dep»al'tmollf 65, built by A. and G-. Price. 37; imported 10, total, 112. ' -v

In the Appropx-ia*tionT Bill passed by the House provision is made for the payment of £340,000. to be distributed among butter manufacturers of New Zcaland. In addit-ion to expenses of locomotion members of the General Assembly are to receive £1 per day travelling allowance in ‘trav(filing ‘LO and from :1 meeting Of Par" liament. ‘ ‘

‘A narrow escape from drowning ocgarrccl near Napier the other day. A boy was standing on the- river-bank watching some companions bathing, when another boy, unaware. that -he could not swim, pushed him in. ‘Before his position Wars-realised he had gone under the third tinie. A boy scout dived in and rescued the lad, who was brought to by means of artificial respiration.

Sixty—tW»o' disil]usiom3d yoml_fi' From-.h brides (says tiie Paris Intl'an.~'ige:lnt) have returned from New Yol'k ‘to France by the mail sl'eaniel' St. Ola. Tliey have married American soldiers, but found life in fine United States unsuited to their teniperament. The strelluous existence in 1-heir new sur-'l'oUmliD‘.l-‘4 ‘deprived Imtarriagc of .‘its ch:n'm. Their husbands; once out of uniform and back in fiche whirl of business, becaniemfoo much absorbed to give them the amount of att.ent.ion.they needed. 80 they felt, says the Paris journal, that -‘their only resource was divorce and a return to the eounhgy in which their sex is fully «appreciated by the ,othei- and is not placed» second to prosaic‘money-making, _ _ _

The Programme Committee of the Taihape ‘Athletic Club have drawn up a. very attractive progranune for the New Year Day’s- Sports. The prize money allocated totals £l9O.

For General Ludendorff’s “Own Story” of the war, which is now being published on both sides of the Atlantic, the price actually paid for the British and American rights is between £IO,OOO and £12,000.

TWO diggers were sent out of the trench to capture «a; German for identification purposes. They returned very shortly afterwards bringing with them a, very small Hun. The oflic-er looked at the capture and aslied where they got him; whereupon one of the Diggers I'epfl‘ied,‘: “To tell you "the truth, sir, We bought him from a Tommy for -a. shilling.”,

The Chautauqua. progrannnes are extremely popular in Auckland cit)’On Friday night the Hon. Mr George Fowlds, one of the promoters of the movement in New Zcaland, said that the Council had been requested to extend the Auckland season, and it had been decided that three more ‘PTOgrammes would be given, as the 111' creasing audiences ‘showed Very clearly that the movement was growing and was appreciated.

Cassell’s new dictionary contains many words which, it is stated in the introduction, are likely to make good their claim to be included in the language. Examples are “cushy;-’ “conchy,”. “dud-eyewash” (meaning humbug), “fed up»,’\’ “funkholc” (meaning Government job), “hotstuff” (meaning unscrupulous or formidable), “cut-no-ice’.’ (meaning to fall fiat), “movies,” “the push,” “the stra.fe,,” “umpteen,” “the ‘wind up,” “old bean,” “bus’.’ (meaning aeroplane), “brass hat” (nleglling s_tafi‘oflicer), “tophol,e."

The wreck of the Tainui is.gl<adually disappearing as sand silts up, and only a little twisted ifon can be seen at high water (says ‘the Lytfeltou Times). The Court, of Inquiry abandoned «a visit to the wreck at Gore Bay, as it seemed improbable that-‘anything useful would be“-.leal'ned owing to the battered state of the hull. The wreck is said to have ‘been sold to a "local resident for a small sum, and ‘am has been salvaging bl‘ilSS\VOl‘l{ -:m'd other fittings, ‘but the work has‘ been arduous, entailing muchhaulage over rough country.

l The Agric.ultul'al Committee of the Q House of Representatives has I'Cpol't3d } on the petition of C. C. M." Oliver, of hChrisptchurch, praying that» the allegations made against Sims, Cooper, and Company, Ltd... have been, or are now associated with an American Meat Trust, should be‘ investigated by a committee of the‘ House._ ‘The committee reports that in its opinion Dr. Reakes, in his evidence before the Meat Export Trade Committee, acted in good faith and in the public ‘interest, and, further, the conmiittee had no evidence to connect Messrs ‘Sims, Cooper, and C'om—4 pany’g Ltd., with the American Meat! Trust. But, on the contrary, the evi-; dence adduced showed that the com-j pany is in no Way connected with the] Trust. ,4

In reviewing the Buqget in the House -on W_ednes'day, Sir Jas. Allen said the revenue for the first seven nrontlgls of the current financia'l year had exceeded the revenue for the corresponding monthg of last year by £1,103,000! It would be safe, therefore, in estimating the revenue for the eurreht your to add at ‘least £1,100,000 to the revenue of last yeifi. _’J.‘he revenue in sight yen this calculation was ;E23’»,~1-55,000. The Budget‘ estinlatfe of revenue had been £22.5)]0,000, so that there was in sight vxees.<. revenue to the amount of £536,000. This sum, added to the available surplus shown in the Budget made a total of £1,014,000," which was available to "fneet the Supplementary Estimates anid the provision contained in the Appropriation Bill.

The peogle tof ‘Cill‘iStChlll‘Chl have taken to the consumption of frozen meat with avidity. A butcher at the Addiugton market last week said that but for the new !development acting as a brake on competition amongst butchers‘, prices at Addington would have soared to famine rates, and 21 retail rise to a considerable extent would have been inevitable. The amount of fat cattle oifering was the smallest on record. Under the circumstances it was inevitable that: prices should advance, and although a rise of several pounds {L head actually occurred, this advance would have been trebled if it had not been for the factor of frozen meat. The supply of fat. sheep proportionately was even worse, about one-third of normal requirements being yarded, but the advance in prices was remarkably low unfder the circumstances. It: was stated by buichers that there would be no retail rise of meat in most’ cases. A large number of applications were -lodged during the week for supplies of" meat from fi'r(aezing works, such meats retailing on an average about 2d per lb below the price for the fresh article.

A sl.lreAalld pleasant specific for remdving Worms. is WADE 's3’ WORM FIGS_ . Price 1/6. » . ~ 1

(7il'r‘z:*l':ll M(~]fl.l‘unl_, Libomi ¢_-undid-ate for the Rangitikei seat, had an fine reception at Eastown last.’ night,’thel-c being a large attendance in spite of the bad weather. V .

Mr Vs/‘alter Long announced in.the House of Coxnmoxfs that Turkey had surrendered the battleship Goeben. which had been partially repaired, and a British skeleton crew had been placed aboard’ to prevent scuttling.

A’ public demonstration of Waclo’s patent drag saw will be given ‘in the yards at Ward and Co.’s auction room, Tui Stre_et, to-mox-row" afternoon, at 3 o’clock. It is claimed that by this appliance a man can cut from ‘.25 to 40 cords of firewood a day.

Messrs Ward and Co. will hold a genuine sale of jewellely at the Tui Street. Mart to—morroW afternoon, commencing at. 2 o’clock. The goods to be submitted comprise brooches, pen[:lan.ts3 a]:berf.s,~ gold "rings, -ba-ngies, watches; etc. Further particulars will be found in our advertising columns,

“If any councillor thinks I don’t know what I am talking about, I would like him to come outside the Council Qhambcrs. ‘I don’t want to say wAhat“l think of him at the Council table,” was the significant remark made by a councillor at last meeting of the W-anganui Borough Council.

All lovers of china will be pleased to view our selection of Royal Doul~ ton China, and it is anticipated owing to the very.‘ limited quantity that prompt ‘buying is necessary to secure just what you are looking for. Don’t forget that H. D. Bennett's handle almost everything in the crockery and hardware line as is shown in the ad-‘-7c-rtisement on the front page.

Australia, has been regarded by quite a number of people as excelling all others in regard to its industrial disturbances, but an Australiam who has been visiting Alnerica- comirlors Australia a paradise compa-reul to -the latter country. “It is industrial warfare of the most bitter and determined character,” and notlxiiié‘bllt:"'é:tz-ilm after strike is taking‘ place. You peaple in'' NewlZeala'nd an must;-ali:i h-we no eofiception “of what is"‘taki'x‘lg"‘—pl;z’xce here,” he writes in otie

In. Southern Siberia the fi;jst.Vhanfyesgt since 1916 is now being Arealped. T-.‘le principal crops are wheat and. maize, and it is hoped that the harvest may greatly alleviate the sufferings ‘which the inhabitants of the ]llolll'llL'lli’lollS regions have endured since the armistico. Last spring the American Red Cross inlpol‘*ted into Siberia 10,0-7-0 sacks of seed corn, and agl'icult.ural machines, including tractors, were placed by the Red Cross at the; disposal of specially organisegil (?«)n-‘~.nli«‘,-tees. '

Fanned by the fierce gal-3 of Sunday last, smouldering logs on the Ruanui road created a fire of serious proportions and the liouse and woolshed of Mr E. H. Ryan was in great "danger of total destruction. Mr Ryan, assisted by Messrs Bremnar (2). Gowdie, McKay, Steadmau, and 4.-.‘-re-=son, fought ‘the fire streiiuously, but it was some time before the danigei-—pn?:‘.'i: was passed. Mr Ryan speaho in high terms of appreciation of and gratitude for the valuable assistance he t'ez—,i\'ed. from the gentlemen mentioned, without whose help, he states, nothing could have saved the buildings.

A recent visitor to the Catlins bush lands informed at Clutha Leader representative that the amount of timber going to waste in th'at“distl-ict was pitiful to see. Gigantic logs, some of them containing 2000 ft. of timber, were lying as they were felled. The opinion was expressed that the extension of the railway line, andlprovision for the construction of light private lines as feeders, would be instrumental in relieving the present shortage in ‘building material, and overcoming a consequent housing difficulty. Thousands 1.-t‘ feet. of timb'<7r -also lie embedded in the ground where wooden railways were once ‘in operation. .