LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3337, 15 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr W. H. Ainger, expert piano and organ tuner and repairer, will be in Taihapc on Monday. Particular§ may be obtained at this’ office. V”

The combined -sports clubs (hOCkO.V andfootiball) are giving a social and dance in the Three" Stars Theatre on Tuesday next. The prices of admission have been fixed" at the low figure or; ge_llt:lem_el_l 2/,, aiid'la,dles 1/6, as the idea is I_lot toimake-‘ money, ‘but to have a social ere-union of c_le'vo_tces of kindflred sports. - M ‘

‘At the Wellington Farmers,’ Meat Company’g Works at Waingawa (Mas-tcg-ton), in the flush of the season, 450 mexi were employed and 200 in mid» winter. T

At the meeting of the Wangzmui Education Board on Wednesday, Mr Jablin stated fihat he had been unable to get all the signatures of the Maoris interested in the Moawangoa site——-he bols9Y€d they were dooging him.

A million feet of New Zcaland timbers of various kinds were loaded On the steamer Kauri, which sailed for Melbourne from ‘Auckland on Thursday; It is interesting to note that a. great portion of this cargo consisted of sawn pinus insignis.

Miss C. Harvey, who is Well-known in Taihape, has commenced business in Taihapc, specialising in la,dicsi’ millinery, underclothing and blouses, She has taken the shop at the corner of Station Street, which was opened for business this morning.

Messrs W._ J. White and Sons are holding a “Special Price Festival” for fourteen days at their shop. The prices have particular reference to millinery and costumes, full particulars of which will be found in their business advertisement in another column.

A notice -appears in our advertising columns from Taihape Motors Limited that nominations for four Directors to the Company will be received up till Wednesday 19, 1919. Shareholders will be notified in due course when the annual general meeting will be hld. .

In Eskdale, near Napier, some han-1-oost raiders got into trouble. A settler, llearing protest from his 11011:‘-. went out into the night and challeng—ed the intrqders. To emphasise his remarks, he fired a. gun into some nearby trees. A fgentleman who happened to be there was punctured in the neck; He is in temporary resiw dance at the Napier Hospital. é

A tragic reminder Is "given of the deadly influenza epidemic, which was I'2.f!,ing in the North Island at this time last year, by the columns of “nlenlol'iam“ notices” which are now appearing ‘in the Auckland papers. Twelve months ago to—day, an inhalation chanl“bei4_was opened in the Taihape Town Hall, and the holding of church services was suspended. In glancing through our files of a year ago a telegram from Wellington conveyed the sad intelligence that seventy solcliers» had died in camp from influenza during the previous scven days.

From an oflicial source comes the statement that the resignations from the railway service last year totalled 767. The ranks Wereialso depleted by 50 retiring on superannuation, 249 ‘dying,’ and 87 being‘ dismissed. As :Iga_inst this 628 were engaged. The employees of the department are distributed as follmxisz Greneral 661, traflic 4.-505, maintenance 3374, vand'locon’lo—tive 3878, making a. total of 12,391. Despite the number of resignations, ‘there has been a big increase in the. membership of the A‘.S.R..-°>'., due to the keenness «of non-unionists in the service to join up with the society. The‘total niembership Stands at 920. For the month ended November 414,‘ 89 new members linked up. I

In the course of his campaign as the democratic candidate for Masterton, Mr Holms advocates that, instead of tinkering with tlle problem of aggrcgation by half-hearted legislatiVe enactments, a stiff graduated tax should be imposed upon the larger holders of land with the Object Of bringing the land into the marl«:el., on a basis calculated to lead to evenly‘ diSl3l'lbllt‘Bd unloading throughout the length and breadth of New Zeal'a‘.nd. This system would reduce the operat—ions of the Land Boards to a minimum and prevent liap-hazard settlement and the inevitable log-rolling incidental to the present lack of system. The ba.llot system should {be abolished in favour of a selective basis, and both. civilians and soldiers should recei\*e local preference. 9

A sensational incident. occurred on the Avenue, VVa.nganui, on Thursday afternoon, when two men came "tumbling down stairs from a billiard saloon; -one -excitingly accusing the other of liaving; robbed him of £75, which sum was contained in a. roll of notes which the owner vowed he had put in his pocket only a few minutes previously. The irate accused vehemently protested his innocence before the police and a. crowd who had quickly gathered, and thenccused as forcibly Eleziiaxidecl that ‘the accused should be taken to the police station and searched. The latter protested that the operation should first be performed on his accuser, who thereupon again felt his pockets, and plunged one of his hands down -.1. trouser leg, Where sure ‘enough the notes had slipped in mistake for :1. 1!O(’l{Cl'. Profuse apologies were .f'ortlleeniing, it is needless to say.

A point for good housewives. Al- - ‘use S HARLAN(D’S Baking Powdel'. Costs least; goes farthest; gives best results. ' . 1

Raiiway services in connvction with the Waugamii Show are advertised in this issue.

A telegram received this morning states that the Arawa arrived; :at Auck-H land this morning, and bcrthed at 11.30 am,

The public library, which was taken over from .the Borough Council :25 from to-day, will be opexfthis evening from 7 till 8 o’clock.

We have .1-cceived the following letter from a well-known Maori resident of ’l‘urangarere:——-“Please put these few words in your paper for me. I have been in the Turangarere Town Hall to listen to Mr R. TW. Smith giving a. speech. Can’t beat the old horse again! Nothing to beat him! Kia Ora! Rofbbie Smith! Th.at’s how good it is!” _

The man killed by the express train at Feilding on Thursday was Alex. \Voods, carpenter, a single man, aged seventy. He was on board the Main Trunk train, aud'tl'ie'd to leave after the train had started. Corisfable McDonell saw the. man’s in’-tention from a. distance, but could not reach him in time. Woods fell between two carriages, and righ't. across the rails. His head and one foot ‘were. decapitated, death being instantaneous.

Anipoident illustrative of the spirit of themen of the navy and auxiliary services was described by Lieut.-Com-mander SR. Bourke, V.C., R.N.V.R., during a lecture to the Navy League in Auckland He said that, pl‘_iol' to the raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend 1600 volunteers were asked for from ;:.r.-11 of the Dover patrol for especially huzarclous work. ,Within 48 hours there were 35-00 volunteers to choose from. When the partiesn had been selected, the men ‘were told ‘the.na~ ture and perils of the task assigned to: them, and all were given an opportunity to withdraw without. question. Not one man withdrew.

It would appear ‘as though bacon is likely to be in short supply. What coming» to hand is in good demand at a fairly high} figure._ “I think we will see a. shortage‘ in" bacon befoifie Christmas,” said a. Wellingt-on_ dealer on"l‘hursd:ay_. “for at the pl'esent"tinle the demand is increasing ra'p.idlyfSides of bacon are not, generally" sfieaking, being sold retail to "the public.-much smaller quantities, in some ‘instances limited to a._ few pounds, -a.re’fa.Voure(_l. Hams are in good demand, and can be easily placed ‘at from 1/7 to 1/9 per _pound. « I anticipate a shortage, and I certainly doll’iJ.a‘llilCi})ZLl'-3 a reduction in priee—-—on the eon"trary, the indications at present point to a big demand and a. limited supply. which means but one thing, increased prices.” ‘

The aggregation ofland in this country, said Sir Joseph Ward; in ithe course of a political speech at Winton, on Thursday night, had been -going on under the existing system beyond all question. Since 1910 the acreage accupied in the Dominion increased 7,7 v per cent, ‘and the holdings increased 8.9 per cent, but the greatest increases were in the‘ larger holdings. Holdings of’ from one to a hundred acres increased by 0.8 per cent; holdings of from 100 to 1000 acres by 10.7 per cent; holdings from 1-000 ‘to 20,000 acres by 17.5 per cent; and holdings over 20,000 acres by 8 per cent. It was imperatively necessary vthat increases in larger areas should not be allowed to continue. To-da.y portions of these were being sold to the country for soldiers’ settlements at aa. price that was, in his opinion, Without justification.