LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3341, 20 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Stratford County ratepayers recently carried proposals to borrow £90,000 for road Works.

Farm tractors are coming largely into use in the Wairarapafand the d'raught horse is slowly, but surely becoming a. thing of the past.

Mr P. Brady, the Labour candidate for Rangitikei, will speak in the Town Hall, Taihape, on Monday night next, the chair being taken a}? 8 o’clock:

Mr W.oMeldrum ‘adflressed a. meeting of electors at Mataroa; last night, and had a good reception. Mr P. Froyc presided, and -a vote of ‘thanks and confidence was carried unanimously.

Mr Birch, of Thoresby Farm, Mataroa, is advertising a. limited number of two—ye|a.l'-old Devon bulls of the well-known Thoresby strain, for sale. This strain has achieved an Austlt,_aIlasian reputation for quality, and The sale presents an unrivalled opportunity of procuring sires for improving their herds,

Mr W. ‘S. Glenn, who is contesting the Rangitikei seat in the interests of the Reform Party, will open his campaign in this end of the district next week, speaking at Waiiiui on Monday, at 6.15 p.m., and Moawhango at 8 o’elock the same evening. On Tuesday he will be at Pukeokahu at 6 p.m., and Taoroa at 8. The full list of his meetings will be found in our advertising columns.

The day of the quickly dissolved cheque is apparently not yet over. In a case heard at the Magistrates Court at Wangianui on Monday; it was stated that 3. man who Was al'l‘ested x'va:"s in :1 state bordering on delirium tremens A publican in the course of evidence said the man cashed a. cheque for £2O one 'a_fteArnon at 4 ofclock. When he called next morning he had’ no money left,

Mrs Lindsay Cooke, an Independent candidi’l>’c_e’fol'*the Thames electorate, ‘ad_dl'essed‘ one of the largest political nfeetings held at Thames on Tuesday, received a vote of thanks and con’fidenee. She spoke strongly from :1 soldiefs’ viewpoints, and was given 3. very cordial hearing. Mrs Cooke described herself as the “mother of the Arbitration Act," having been associated with the. Hon. W. P. Reeves at the time of its inception, and said it would meet requirements to-day if fearlessly and competently'adnlinisrered. V '

Statements with regard to_ the prevalence of cattle tick in the‘ North Were I'efel'l'ed to‘ a prominet breeder and farmer who arrived in the city from the North the other, day. He declared the tick, usually widespread at this time of the year, was affecting the cattle of the North, and very badly in one or two instances. Generally speaking, however, there was‘ nothing abnormal in the experience of most of the farmers in this respect this season, and the visitation of the pest was certainly not so severe as last year.

The two eldest princes were once mistaken for the offspring of New Zealand’s hefty Premier. It was at the great football match~in the Old Country when the crack New Zealand team beat the crack team of the British Army Mr Massey had just run over from Paris for a brief spell from his Peace Conference duties and was taken out to see the match as a matter of course He Was asked to take charge of the King’s two eldest sons, to whom were presented the n;ombers of the colonial team As’ the party was ushered to the seats of honour, a lady asked her neighbour “Who is that?’.’ “Oh, that’s the Prime Minister of New Zealand,” was the answer. “Ond I suppose those two ‘boys are his sons,” remarked the lady in search of information.

“Phaeton,” writing in the NZ. Herald, staltos:———"Dhe prospects of Desert Gold, winding up her racing career with a Wleiglxt-for-‘age_ victory do not appear at all bright. The All Black mare was saddled up to contest the G. G. Stead Memorial Gold Cup at Riccarton on Saturday last, and she came home last in :1 field; of tlll'ee, Gleaming and Rossini laeifig the pair in front. of her. It has long since been recognised that Desert Gold would have to give place to Gleaming as the Dominion’s leading weight-for nge performer, but it was hardly to be expected that she would also have to Sh.‘ll{€ her colours to Rossini. It would be lnighly pleasing to find Desert Gold making her exit from the racecotlrse. on the top of weight-for-age victory. but‘ in th 0 face !of the situation ruTlin,g* matters are not at all bright for such to even» tuatq. However, even if Desert Gold never wins anoi';llel* race, she has a.er:onlp]i.shed sufficient to‘ entitle her to‘ a place with the greatest‘ mares that: have haced in the Dominion.

Dr ”I\lac.Diarmi.c’l announces that ‘no\ has removed to his new surge:-v in; Tui Street, next to the Ruanui Hos—§ pital. - Mr R. L. Christie, auctioneer. of‘ Ohakunc, will sell by public auction; at Ohakune, on November 29th, 63‘ acrcsflof fix-st~cla,ss milling ibush. The 1 section is near Ohakune, and is withini two miles distance of a railwliy sta-1 Ation. ' '

The Hon. W. Nosworthy, speaking at Ashburton on Tuesday, assured the role of a. candid critic. He referred to Six‘ Josep'h Ward as a “political opportunist of ‘the first water.” The country, He said. would be better with its docks cleared of “Ward, Myers, Wilford_. and c.onlp:in_v.”

Mr Bl'gdy held a. very successful meeting‘ at» the Ohutu Box Comp-any’s bush last night, about 40 being present. His addxfess was on the lines of his previous speeches. At the conclusion of his address the speaker was accorded a unanimous vote of thanks and confidence. '

Another instance of the rapid increase in the price of land in Taranaki: A Te Roti settler -recently offered some property in that district to the Government for the purpose of providing soldier settlements, the price asked ‘being £6O per acre. It was rejected, and the land'is now on the market at £l2O per acre.

We would draw the attention of our 1-eadors "to the social and dance to he held in the Three Stars Hall tofnight. Special attention has been given to the floor; cards are being provided for non-dancers. As this is probably the Last dance this season in the Three Stars lovers of dancing should not fail to be present. Songs will be given during the evening. ‘

The _most accommodatiiig of all the candidates in the present election is Mr W. H. (“Doormat”) Field. Speaking at Otaki, he said the only allegagation made against him was that he held too much land. As towtllat,_he contended that the ipi‘-operty‘ he held‘ was not sin unreasonable am"s_um for himself and family. lflati any ‘time he found that it was not in the public interests _that.he should retain such 3. large holding, he would willingly relinquish part. Mr Field said further that he did not know who. would win this election—Massey or WAard~—but he would support the party with a. Inz=..jol'itY ‘ ». _ A

The honour of being the mother of England’s biggest family, held by Mrs l‘.l2':ry Jones, of Chester, who had 33 children, is oclipscdhy Signora Gionetta, of Noeeira, Naples, who in 19 years of married life gave birth to 62 children. Fiftynine of the children “Wm.-e “boys and three girls. In nine years she had 11 sets of triplets, three times" she had four at a birth, and on one occasion she gave birth to five boys and one girl. The case is quite authentic, and" 17 years ago a petition was presented to the italian Government asking.-._for an annual pension for the Woman who held the WOl-Id‘7’s record for births. ‘ ’ ~ '

The Hon, 'Georgo llilowxlidsn ‘who is standing as a candidate for Garey‘ Lynn, s‘fié'aking in Auckland on Tuesday night, stated he sfood as” a Progressive Liberal, unpledged to any leader. He asserted the present Liberal Plaffiy had failed to go forward with the limes. Asked Why, in this election, he had declared himself first an Independent; then an Independent Liberal, and new a Progrssive Liberal, and what he would be next. week, Mr Fowlds replied that he had not been consulted -as to the nefinspaper cl|3.ssi.ficatioxl of candidates. He was all three of the eclassifications named. He was that yesterday, to-day, and was likely fo be lhat to-111:0-rrow and ‘next week.

The charges made to settlers in the backblocks for telephone conll€CtionS ans 2” ’:lst the charges made to sub-sucr-loers in the cities, were mentioned by the Hon. J. G. Coates, PostmasterGeneral, in an address at Dargaville. The Minister stated that subscribers in the backblocks paid about £ls for a telephone connection, whereas the subscriber in the city paid only £34‘-bis‘-.1-tn £5 or £7. The char-ges made to the country subscriber did not seem to him to be fair, as the country subscriber did not enjoy the conveniences which were offering to the resident of a city. The Minister added that he was maikng inquiries to,’ see Whether it would not be an advantage to introduce in New Zealand What ‘was known as the “mea.sure's'ystem’.’ for telephone connections, which meant that the subscriber would have "to pay Lonly according to the number of calls the received for a stipulated period.