LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3350, 1 December 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

“Your wife is a, foreigner, too, is she not‘Z” askdd ‘counsel of a, Wit.ncss in the Wellington Magistra‘r'e’s Court on Friday. The witness replied: “Yes, I think she is; 1101' parents are Irish, and she ‘Was born in] Nelson.”-

The Depal'tm.ent of Agriculture has received the following eablcgl-a.m from the Direct-0-r of Quarantine, at Me}bourne: “Importationé of potatoes. for food under modified conditions, is no longer permitted. Please inform all exporters and .shippel's.”

Mr A. D. McLeod had what 111'.-1y be termed “a beauty” handed out to -him in a very unexpected manner at one of his Wairarapa ‘meetings. He was speaking in. a small schoolroom where he did not expect to meet with 13.11y0110 having a knowledge 'o3‘? coal-nlining; but there happened to be in the :auclience a man who at one time occupied .the position of sub-manager. The Be‘form candidla.t.e deelaned rthat “a miner needed only brute strength and no brains, ’a’ and the sub-manager, looking up quickly, said: “Then you would fill the. bill exactly.” Whereat. there was much laughter. At ques-tion-time ‘the sub..manager e,lompilc‘ted Mlr »’Mel.eod’s diseomfiture.

An amusing story is in circulation on the East Coast touching the advice given. by a. lawyer (says the Poverty Bay Herald). At one of the townships a lot of driftwodd was,washe don to the beach. Many of the. residents, including the lawyer, piled up the wood and sought vehicles to Take i-t away. One man took *a,uo.ther’s pile, and the man whose pile had disappeared sought advicp from the solicitor regarding the poshibilities of an ‘sucdessfu! action! for the recovery of the wood. The solicitor advised that he had no action, and the man paid his foe. Straight a‘\wiy,_the man whose wood stack had been taken got a c‘al_"t~*and appropriated‘ the SOHCifOI"s pile of wood. , .

The fireball rang out an aiarm last night at 10 o’clock, and the Brigade turned out, 01:13’ ‘to find -‘the -alarm was ‘it false one.

Four young sound and quiet cows in milk, also hacks and harness ‘horse and young sheep dogs are advertised for sale.

A Maori, after viewing the havoc caused by Sunday’s frost in a. Celesti:ll’s garden: “By korry, te frost! Last year he kifll ’te man, this year tc tairo (pot;a.to).”

“Education and the land question stand «out as the -most, important questions of the day,” said Mr McLedd. .‘lf the credit of -the Government can save a private bank like the Bank of New Zealand from ruin, it can do the same as far as" the Stafe Bank is concerned.” ’

‘ A man named I_Tl’t'tle was brought into Taihape early on Saturday from Rangataua, and admitted to the local hospital. He was working at one of the mills and sustained injuries through being struck by one of the hauling ropes. Though painful, his injuries are not dange-rous.

The catalogues for the sales of surplus wool sold by the British Government ‘in London on September 23 Show that §hort. and Sons’(Pakihikura clip topped the list by bringing 36§d per lb for Romney Marsh upskfirted. The sales indicated that wools from 40's to 50.-’»s were going up, and under 40’s were at least 66. per lb below -the others.

There is 22. probability of another {electrical scllem'e ‘developing at What is known as the Piopio Falls, near Otorohanga, s'.—lys the Auckland Herald. Last week a. member of the Government electrical eng'ineel'ing staff visited the falls zlll‘d reported to the local au-thori—-ties interested in the’ scheme that in the flush of the season the falls would be. capable -of developing 2000 hp, -and in summer 1000 h.p. He strongly ad{7ocated harnessing the falls, which would‘ enable Otorohanga, Te Kuiti. and adjacent townships to maintain -a. steady supply of current the year through. and make up for any deficiency in the supply from Horahora. A meeting is to be held at Otorohanga. shvortly to go further into the question, '

Dry weather, with innutritious feed is the,‘ burden of complaint of some milk-producing districts. Good‘ rains are urgently retguired along'the East Coast (says the Wellington Post). It is expected that with present indications there will be :1 failing ofi? in aggregate production this season. Medium cheeses at 116. to llid per 1b are reported to be plentiful. The question of control or dccontrol of the dairy produce of the Dominion, after 31st July, 1920, is now the subject of much thought and debate on the part of tlmsg interested in the trade, both as producers and exporters. Reports from Canada are to the effect that the make of cheese is decreasing since the British Government decided to purchaseonly part of the output,