LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3332, 10 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A small parcel of New Zealand rabbit skins auctioned in London last week fetched 350 d per pound——-21 reCol'd»' '

General Meldrum, thp Libcx-21.1 e.:ln(‘.i--date for the Rangitikei electorate, will 5-01i"01' 3 Dolitical address at the Taihape TOWD I-Pall thig 'evr>.niug'. The chair willnbo taken af 8. o’clock. A éordian invitation td every“'élceto_r to be present is extended. ._ ;

A motorist 11ad_ {L narrow escape from losing his car in the quicksand on the Turehau beach recently (reports the Poverty -Bay Herald). He attempted to cross the river mouth on the beach, and bust for the prompt action of a‘ horse team and some natives, the car would have ’disappoarod.

The Rev. Father Connolly, who act.Bd as a. chaplain to the Forces during the war, is to‘take charge of 'll new suburban Catholic parish formed in Vvellington. He will be rectol"of Hutaitai, Kivlbirnie and’ Lyall Bay dis-t'l-ictsfi. Fa.ther'Connolly was formerly in chargeof Tai-‘nape parish. _

Yesterday was the 17th anniversary of’ the wreck of the Huddart-Parker steamer Elingamite, in a dense fog. at the Three Kings. The vessel, which struck on the morning of Sunday, November 9, 1902, carried about 180 passengers and crew, anld of these 45 lost their lives. Yesterday is also the fifth anlliVersal'y of the destruction of the ‘German raider, Emden, by H.M.A.S. Sydney.

A Parisian with a sense of humour recently bequeathed 300 francs to each relative who abstained from attending his funeral. Only one poor relative insisted on following the deceased to the grave, and her loyalty was richiy rewarded, for by a codicil to his will the /deceased left the residue ‘of his large fortunes to‘ those relatives who were prepared to sacrifice the 300 francs. ’ ‘

For Bank of New Zealand £1 notes only 410» cents‘ is given in the United States and ‘American possessions, while 480 cents is given for Australian Federal notes, a dffference of 2/11. Mr A. MOl-itzson,aDuqedin -‘)us+ilie<3 man, in mentioning this fact, said that, as the Bank of New Zealand was Staie guaranteed, arrangements might be made to obtain as good terms as Australia.

; An instance. of the land-liunger iamong returned soldiers was afiordecl by a ballot which was helld a day or two ago for 14 sections in the Cloverlen. Estate. -near "Palnlm's‘iollv Ndrtli. ’l‘]lr-are WOIO 37 applicants for land,-in-elurling a nurse, Miss E; ‘I. Schaw, who was successful in drawing a section. An aniendmeiit to the Act was passed this session, and Miss Schaw is the first ex—erviee’ woman in_ the ‘Wellingto_ll.Aprovince,\it‘ not in the Dominion, toéobitslin‘ 21 section under its new provisions’. - ' - ‘ An illnstratioii of the; need for something being-‘done for depenclell'ts'of returnfed soldiers prior to, the discharge of the men was mentioned by the hon. secretary of the Soldit.-rs‘ Mo--thers’ League (states an Auczitland paper). In the Auckland Military Hospital there is at the present time a soldier who, owing to his condition, is not.lil:el_y to ‘be. released for some While yet. He is the eldest of a. family of sixteen, of Whom fourteen. are girls, the mother is a widow, arid has lost. her sight.

"Rabbit catching .is appaifently very remunerative. A Palmerston North resident has received word from his brother in Central Otago that the rabbit industry is_ fairly on the boom in that locality. He says: “Rabbits have gone up to an ext_raor(lillal'y ‘price this year——sonlething like £lO per 100, and the boys have mafle very big cheques. People are falling over one another to get blocks for next season, as they are expecting big prices to continue. The biggest return I have heard of yet is two chaps cleared £ISOO each for the season, and one man made £9O for one Week.”——Manawatu Times.

There were -two peculiar coincidences connected with ‘the trial for ‘murder of James -Reside in the ‘Supreme Court on Friday. The first Witness called into the box was one of the witnesses in the notorious Soinervillo murder case of 1895, in which a man shot another with 2. revolver at little more than arms’ length, on account of the fact that his victim owed him a small sum of money. Secondly, had :1. thirteenth manlbeen required for the jury that man would have been one of the jurymen in the Sornerville trial. The registrar, .-anticipating that the twelt'th man might be challenged. drew from the box :1 thil'l?(3C'(litll card bearing the name of the man referred. to.

The allt.i~profitool'ing ?trib.un:lls in London have com-mcnced business. The multitudinous complaints requiring‘ immediate iiivostigafion m-0 connected with every ~:al'tT(-.10 oi’ lmiisohold use. Apart from HlO punislullvnl‘ by fine which may follow l)cf‘or(- 1"l1o.~'(.- local Committees ii‘ is evidvnt 1))’ TllO ‘lol3’ oral frimming of prices that The moral effect of the ginti-profitoorimr: measure will, in itself, prove beneficial to consuiners. Among the commodiitcs showing :1 slump rare boots, clothes, 94115 hais. Regarding men’s suits, West End reductions are, in soipo cases, as nimsh as 30 per cent, while children’s bnnfs cliznigo price so rapidly it is impos;<ihlc to estimate the qxtont of the (lcureuso. A fair proportion of ‘the nimniiorsliip of the tribunals is formed of women, the male members being largely drawn from the professional classes anld trade union oflicials. '

The following vcssols will be within wirc-less range to-night: Manuka, Mararoa, Moeraki, Pateena, Rivcrina, K«al'a.mea. Hororata, To’r'u?. and ’.l‘:'opic.

Lambing averages are Very low in tho Kaikoura district this year (says the Marlborough Express), being only from 57 to 70 per cent.

Spirit merchants say the stocks at present held in New Zealand are very light. The Customs stock-taking show that there is less whisky in New Zealand than at any time since 1907. The meeting of the Presbyterian N[€ll’£¥. League (Taihape Branch) which was to have been held in the Presbyferial Hall to-ni-ght, has been postponed untii Monday, November 17th.

A notice appears elsewhere from His Worship the Mayor (Mr A. J. Joblin) with reference to the "King's ‘message to dbserve two minute’s silence at 11 am. tomorrow.

A French descrtcr, arrestefi in Belgium, murdered the prison warder into whose charge he was given. When examined he declmcd he had ‘deserted only to go to Anlcron-gen to kill the Kaiser. That is why he carried :1 revolver.