LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3343, 22 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

There. were in the United service during the war 53,000, Johnsons. 51,000 Smiths, 18,500 Walkers, and 47.000 Willianls. ' The reizord price of £5,250 was paid for an imported cow at :1 sale of Frisian cattle at Aylesbury. England, 9few weeks ‘ago. The business of the Borough Council was got through with. great expedy tion hast night‘. From the time the Mayor took the chair till Cr. 'l.‘urnbull exercised his pl'el'oga‘rive in moving the adjournment only 95 minu"res were taken up. ‘ The following vesseis will be within wireless range to-night: Maori, Mama-oa,, Maonuka, Pateena, ',Moeraki, ‘Makoia, Karaxxieia‘, and ' Arawa. In range -of Chathmns: Argyllshire. In range‘ of Wellingtovn’-oh. “Sunday: Kaikoura, Kal'amea.'. In I'a.ng'e of Chathzimg "0011 Su,nd!.a,y: Argyllsllire. 0 "p

The French are showing symptoms of alarm at the great exodus of Frenchwomen since the war. The Paris "'-T01lI‘I1a1” says that 100,000 Frenchwomen have married ‘Americans, and the Portuguese Lcgation states that Portuguse soldiers have married 3600 Frenchwomen. If the proportion is the same for the British, Belgians, and Italians, about one soldier in 30 has taken home a French bride. .

At a'mass meeting of railway em~ ployces held at lunch hour on Wednesday in Eastown workshops, the fol-< lowing resolution was carried after a good discussion: “That we consider thefitimc has arrived when State help should be given to all married men raising a family, in the way of financial as§istance to help them to feed, clothe, house and educate them, seeing that children are‘ the nation_’s best asset. This in our opinion is in the best interests of the nation.%.’

'When the Electric -Light -and Water C-om‘mittee’s report was under discus sion at the Borough Council’s meeting last night, Cr. Cunninghame took ad vantage of the opportunity to congratulate the Council on the satisfactory state of the Borough water supply. He said it was the first time for a long period thathe had been able to report that there {Vere 11 feet of water in the reservoir. He recommended that the swimming Bath be filled. The position was very encouraging.

An innovation was introduced at the meeting of the Borough Council last night. At the head of the agenda paper placed before each councillar was a choice Havana cigar, the gift, we understand, of the Mayor. We do not know whether the practice is to be a permanent one, but if so would suggest that. the bounty be extended to the staff and the press réportcr; it would be equally as much appreciated by them as by our. City Fathers. The suggestion was also thrown out that a “locker” would be a useful adjunct to the meeting room.

Ml‘ Me'l'drum had an exceptionally good meeting at Pukeokahu on Thursday, about 40# electors being "present. Mr W. Doolc occupied fhe chair, and :2. vote of thanks and confidence was carried unanimously. At Ohutu last night, Mr Meldrum xnef. the electors, when fhel'e.were between 40 and 50 presen-t. The meeting was presided over by Mr H. Belk, and tbe ad(ll'ees was along the lines'a:ll'eady pulblished. Mr Mdldrum w‘as'A,~2ieco»l'de(l ‘(L M most“ attentive hearing, and there waé not '3. single interruption during ‘the’ whole course of the address. There were no questionsbasked. A vote of thanks to the speaker was proposed by Mr Robert Campbell. seconded by MIVV. Bartosh, and carried unanimously.

Apropos of militarism, the Palmerston Times says:—“Huge quantities of military supplies and equipinen't ‘are reaching New Zealand, which must’ either be fised or wasted, and the staffs -in the chief military districts are in-.in'g not decreased but augmented. Promotions are the order of the day, and three or four colonels are doing the work that one «colonel and a captain found’ time to do before. There is no indication that there is greater aetiv-~ ity amongst the territoriais than there Was in pre-war days; indeed tlle’indications point. all the other way. The mystery is in many cases to discover how so many well—paid heads are putting in their time. The one unquestionable fact is that the country is footing a Defence bill much. in excess of that which was ébeing paid prior to 1914. The only thing that the taxpayers know nothing about is xv‘-.1-at it all really is ‘costing, and for precfiseiy what object.”

At the "Council meeting last night, the Special Committee, set up to go into the qustion of providing conveniences at the Oval Domain, reported as follows:—Having gone fully illto the qustion of a ladies’ rest room and conveniences on the Oval Domain Recreation Reserve with the gentlemen representing the Sports Bodies of Taihape and considered the tenders and suggestions submitted consequently, now have to report having let a contract to Mr H. Hcsketh at £153 10/ to erect conveniences as per plan and specifications prpared by Mr Swindclls, subject to the site of the ladies’ rest room and conveniences being altered to a locality south of the entrance from Kuku Street, and an overhanging; gable root’ being substituted for the flat root‘ shown on original design. Any "extra cost over the original estimate will be found by the sports bodies. The Council to supply iron for roof, and éarry out the liecessary concrete and drainage works. Cr Reid said the Work was proceeding very satisfactorily. The contractor who is supplying the pipes for the Borough loan works had supplied the pipes for the drainage Works at half the usual cost .A letter of thanks and appreciation was sent to Earthenware vmd Pipe Co. of Auckland, for their generous action in the inatter. Kitchen economy demands the use of SIHARLAN’D’S ‘Baking Powder, Costs less than others-_—gives better results. Your -grocer sells it,‘ V 2

& By Special‘ request “The Diggers” [will sing at the Town Hvajlil this evening‘, “The Dela,r Little lSh.amroe—k,” “The Bonnie Banlfs 0’ Loch Lomon,”’ “The Bells of St. Mary ’s,” and “I’ve Lost my Heart. in Maoriland.” At the request of the business people the perflformanee will commence at 8.30 o’cl‘ock. ‘ An "English officer writing from Siberia. says: “There is certainly plenty of picturesque matter for a pressman here, The battle for‘omsk, which is now going on" :1 little tothp west, is full of very curious things, altogether different -to the fighting in like west, in _fia.ct, it ‘is not fighting at ‘ all Then there are 60 million roubles ! iirgold lying in railway trucks outside my window, and the aa.dvent.ures of these trucks since -they were seized‘ by “the Czechs last year at Kiev (they were being sent :’to Berlin by the 801lsheviks after the Brest‘ Treaty, was part of the indemnity) would fill a l volume.”