LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3354, 5 December 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

At the present exchange rate the price of rubber in Germany i s about 32/ per lb. German tyres should be some price. "Profiteering," exclaimed a Wellington restauranteur speaking to a Post reporter last week, "profiteering?" he said again, and then went on (or "off") on these lines. "A lady came into my tearooms and had a cup of tea, for which she paid 4d. When she had left there went with her one hot water jug, value, 1/9; one teapot, 2/9; one sugar spoon, 2/; one plate, 1/2; total, 7/8. Where docs profiteering come in,'''

If you strike out the TWO top lines, you may save your boy from Roto Roa, the jail, the insane asylum, or your girl from, a drunkards*' home, or worse. Read your daily papers and think of the many heart-broken mothers and fathers, th e neglected, unhappy children, and then work and vote Tor Prohibition.—Advt.

Two good bullock drivers ar c wanted —wages, £5 per week.

A yardman, able to class, also a docker ; able to class, and other sawmill hands, at top wages, are wanted at the Tamaki Sawmills, Raurimu.

Mr W. S. Glenn, the Reform candidate for the Rangitikei electorate will speak 'at Tiriraukawa on Tuesday next, in the school-house at 8 p.m.

A cable received ifrom Melbourne this morning states that the wellknown racehors e Nigktwatch has been sold to an Indian buyer for two thousand guinea's.

The news that the Moana. will not now arrive in Wellington from San Francisco until the 12th of the month defers still longer th c hopes of those who are waiting anxiously for lan English mail. The Moana brings American letters and parcels, as well as the English budget.

The frost experienced in Taih'tpe on Wednesday and Thursday mornings seems to have been pretty general i-ver the North Island. News has be?n received that potatoes and maizj were affected by frost at Opotiki and Wailii on Wednesday. This, is a very unusual occurrence at these places at this time of the year.

Quaint and curious are the ways of some reptiles of the desert, as revealed toy the famous naturalist, Mr C. L. Camp, who has been studying them in the Colorado desert. He tellg of some reptiles—the burrowing snake sonora, the grid-iron tailed lizard, the oscellated sand-lizard, and the desert horned toad —which actually swim into the loose sand by the strong lateral movements of their heads. The gridiron tailed lizard is very swfit and agile, and when chased will race ove?' sand at 15 miles an hour.

From all appearance the majority of people in the Dominion are to have a hamless Christmas this year. Inquiries elicited the fact that there 's little prospect*of any supplies coming forward this side' of Christmas. number of bacon factories 'n the North Island have closed down, while others have only very limited available. As a matter of fact, people in Auckland who are in a position to judge, are of the opinion that both bacon and ham will practically be unobtainable until some considerable tim e after' Christmas.

A peculiar accident 'befell an ejderly man named Clark at Pordell on Saturday evening. He was crossing through Mr George Phillips{ property from the township, and while getting over a wire fence, overbalanced himself and fell backwards, his legs becoming firmly entangled in the wires. He failed to extricate himself, and remained suspended, with his shoulder just touching the ground, till Sunday morning, when he was found in an almost unconscious condition by Mr Phillips. He was brought into hospital in Wanganui.

A few days ago a Press Association message staeed that a carrier pigeon had been picked up at the Chatham Islands in an exhausted condition. It now transpires that the bird is the property of a member of the Hastings Homing Club, Mr J. E. Sands. The bird itself is a noted performer, and was sent away to take part in the Christchurch race on November 15. This is a wonderful instance of the pluck and endurance of the racing pigeon. The Chatham Islands are 4SO miles from Wellington and 536 miles from Lyttelton

Remember the "Trade's" slogan of April, when they were offered compensation. "Don't vote Prohibition now, when you can get it in December for nothing." You can't always take the "Trade's"' word, but this time we will by striking out the TWO top lines, and get Prohibition for nothing.—■ Advt.