LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3345, 25 November 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The ‘Westport Harbour Board is in financial diificulties, caused, it is claimefd by the Goven-nuuint taking £6‘o,'oUo -of the Board ’s revenue.

The Copenhagen police convey any person found intoxicated in the street to -his home in a cab, the fare being charged to the o.st*ablishment where the liquor was served.

“The man who laughs at that,” said Mr G. W. Russell, 'iu"Christchu_rch, replying to raucous laughter ‘on the subject of the epidemic, “woulfd sharpen his knife on his mothel"s tombstone in ‘order to -cut his f.ather’s throat.”

In speaking of the working classeé of the community at the Town Hall last night, Mr Brady said nature never intended man to grove}, or she would inave provided him with legs on his chest.

many friellds -of Mr B. P. Leth»br’i(lge ‘will be glad to le.arn that he Tis continu"-in'g T»o'impl'ove in health, alt3h‘o'u'gll he is sltlill ~c-‘onfined to his bed. It will lye ‘rell‘lclllb‘el'e‘.d that Mr Leth-'bl-‘idgc was seized with illness on the eve. of connnendinfg an election camfpaign, "he having nalnnounced himself as .11 eaxldidatc for the R-angitikci seat in ~Par.lialnen't. ,

“I know “there are many parents who have lost sons in the earliell stages ‘Of ‘the late war and have given up all ‘hope of ever getting their personal 'bel'o'ngings."" writes “T.M.}_3,,"’ lo the Posf. “I would advise. them not to lose "hope, as only on VV'ed<nesd‘ay last I reéeived a parcel of the personal belongfngfis of my boy, who was killed in action in O_ctobor, 1916, over »f.hree years ago.”

In aliudiing to the military "%_§"St(?l'll in_ his address last night, Mr Brady spoke from personal experience of tho insolent manner in which men were treated in military camps. Hei mon’tioned that a. young'wh'ippel--snapper of an oflicer came up to‘ him on one occasion and said: “Here, you with a face, go -and clean my boots.;’ V,

‘ At this week’s meeting of the Auckland Repatriation B'oa.rd it was reported that there were now rem"aining on ‘the register of the employment officer only 74 men. This, it was stated, was'tlle lowest number of men reported to be seeking .enlLsloynlent. Members of the Board heaftily congl'atula’fed‘ the staff -on the satisfactory position now a’t.t'ained. It was also reported that there werg only five men on the books who had been unemployed fora month or more.

The consignments of Anleric'.lll motor cars imported into ithe Domini-on Seems to grow larger with each Vessel th-at reaches port. 011 "Thursday the Lcitrim arrived at Aucklland from New York with about 300 motor cars for New Zcaland. Of this number 74 cars , including five motor lorries, are for Auckland. S_lle Iras‘br’ough;t. also 28 motolf cycles, ‘and several cases of tyres and motor-c|a.r repair parts for this port. In addition to these heavy cons'ignmen’Es for ‘the Donl‘iui'oll, the "vessel ‘is carrying 300 631-5 of various makes for Australia.

A "keen Palmerston North g*a.l'dener has had a peculiar and painful ox—perience. He was’so‘fting out his Seeds and came upon an iassortment of primulas. These he rubbed thoroughly with his" hands, and;, becoming }hot in the exertion, wiped his forehead with his palm. That evening his hands and head swelled to abnormal proporlions, and he suffered Violent pain. A doctor who was‘ c~alled_ in at once. diagnosed primulas as the cause, and blood poisoning as the trouble. The I'eslllt was that the gardener spent several days in ‘bed.

That one should find sweet blossoms in the ice-bound (d1'0:11'y wastes of the North Pole 5001115 incredible. It is nevertheicss {L fact that the explorer has foun-J. many thousands of acres of buttel'cup.<.‘ }lea‘t.}le,r, blucbells, dandelicns, and rhododcndrons A botanist has collected 125 species of plants and flowers on the roof of the world. Even large, delicious mllshl'oonls are there, while orange-co.lourc".d lic.hen.s are in abundance. And, strange» to s'ay_, with but :1, single exception, are perfectly odourlcss. Thousands and thous‘-ands of'*':lcres of flowers, and yof mo 'pel't‘ume

“*.\'[al'l'iv:liges between the (leaf and dumb are on the iilcl-case,” says an official of flue Royal Association in_ aid of the Deaf and Dumb, “It is on‘riroly an <‘:-z'nneoll.~* i(1(".1_ that those unions provide (‘X'.'3lllplCs: of nl€lh'imonia] bliss f-‘or qn:Jrr(~.l.~' van still take place ~n‘:itll'oug'li rill ‘noise is c-limin*-Mod and gostic-.ula’r.ion subs’ti.tutc(l. The only escape filo husband or wife have should they wish to .’rol'minatC the quztrrol is to shut their eyes, 01', if it be night time, to put out the _light. In the majority of cases the oflt'spl‘ing of these marriages are in no Way affected, and have the use of all their f~zlcult.ies.”

“Worth five times its price.” is what everyone says wlfo tries NAZOL for‘ dolds, catarrh, sore throat, and‘ hay ffever. _ NAZOL quickly giifes‘re'li'c3.f.* 6D_,_goseé cost 1,/6.‘ - V 1

The distribution of the sum of £3OOO, Voted by Parliament for public. libraries in country districts, is to take place on or about March 181: next, and claims must be sent in be’s§ fore January 28th,

Mr Brady showed himself quick in repartee last night. Having occasion during his speech to take :1 drink of water, he was chaffcd by one of the audience. “Ye_s’..’ he said, pointing to the glass of water, "that is the only thing which has not gone up in price.” '

The “brown beetle,” which has not been in evidence in Hastings for a number of years (sa'ys"the Ha.wke’s Bay Tribune) has Irenewed his aoquaintance with the district this season, and his kind may be seen in myriads, at dusk, flying in clusters, round trees, upon the foliage of which they subsist. It is held that their apipeai-ance ,pr.es.ages -a lfleiigtllezied period of dry Weather. .

Dr. Andrews, Govel'n'lnent geologist, has e-omplete’d- the survey of the sup-. pqssecl (xii,-‘bearing ~,'a.rae'.—Ls wt» tC_heviofl, but his report. will not be available until next January. Until then there may not be any further development work by the syndicate which has options over the territory. An application for ‘:1 grant. for development purposes has been made to the Governinent, and it is in that connection that the Government survey has been made. The oil, if it exists in payable quantities, will ‘Bmbably not be very deep at Clieviot., and it is considered likely that three or four bores could be sunk with the amount of the grant that the GC.vernment has authority to make. In the meantime, however, it. is possible that one bore may be sunk by the syndicate at the‘ spot which is considered to be most likely to give an ilnme'diate i'esult.