LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3357, 9 December 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The following vessels will be within wireless range tonight:-Westr‘a-lia and Navua. \

Extensive works, involving an expenditure of. nearly three-qua:-texts‘ of :1 million stel-ling, are contemplated by the Christchurch Drainage Board.

(‘contracts- to “rho valuo of about £IOO,OOO are shortly to be placed in hand for business and other establishmcnts in Mastex-toh, where quite a. building boom is in evidence.

Now that the Parlizimentary Wl‘itS‘ have been issued, there are no members of Parliament, and this condition will exist until the general elections will entitle the chosen of the ‘people ‘to, use the magic prefix M.P.

Mesdamcs Stevens and Hird have commenced business as: dressmakers in the shop opposife the Gretna Hotel, which is now open for business. Personal attention will be given to all orders, and satisfaction is‘ guaranteed.

An athletic who was very successful at the army sports in England Sergeant Wilson made his first appearance in New Zealand at the Wellington College Sports last week. Giving a start of ‘one hurdle and ten yards’, he won the; 120 hurdles in 15 secs., though not in training, and then won the 100 yards flat 1-11 10 2-sscc_

Mr J. A. Nash stated that “one Bill was introduced last session,” when a persistent interrupter exclaimed “only one!” There was some laughter, but when Mr Nash added “It must be for your benefit; it was called the Undesirable Inlmigrallfs Restriction Bill,” the laughter increased fourfold, and that particular intérjector was‘ quiet for the rest of the evening.

An evangelist who was conducting nightly services announced that on the following evenill.ghc=.wou‘ul speak on the su*bject‘of “Liars." He advised his hearers to read in advance“ the seventeenth chapter of Mark_ The next night‘ he arose and said: “I am going to preach on ‘Liars’ to-night, and I would like to know how many re.a.d the chapter I suggested. A hundred nands were upraised. "NOW',’(’ he said “you are the very g_orsons I want to talk to -—th'ere I'_sn’t any s'evvn.+eontll chapter 0:’ Mark.”

I Rabbit-catching is- apparently very remunorative. _A Palmerston North Drosident has received advice from his ‘brother in Central Otago that the rab’bit industry is fairly on the boom in that locality. He sa§'s: “Rabbits price this year sollletlling like £lO per 100, and the boys have made very *big cheques. People are falling over one another to get blocks for next season, as they are o:<pcctillg prices to continue. The .biggest return I have heard of yet is two chaps cleared £ISOO each for the season, and one man made £9O for one week.”

M Mutfcoll birds in millions are recently reported having been seen by Mr A. Hansen, formerly of Pollczlrx-ow Lighthouse, but now of Taiaroa. Heads, Otago. The birds came up from tho, scuth. in flying column about half a mile wide, aclvancing in waves about ten chains apart, each wave numbering thousands. The main flight continued for an hour or more. Later the birdsbogan to fly south again, but in irregular order, many settling in the water close to the lighthouse. Mr

Hansen predicts in ‘ consequence an abundant harvest of fish from the waters al'oli.lld on the principle “no birds, 110 fishfi’ .

“Civis4” in the Otago Daily Times, complains that the Style of I‘epar.*.oe in election meetings is very poor and says that old time election mcetmgs had much more sap. “If I had a son who was an idiot like ‘you I'd drown him,” said an interrupter to :1 young and boyish-looking candidate. “Evidently your father was of :2 different opinion,” was the I‘epl_V_ Or take the reply of George Reid when he got a. Packet of flour full on his exl):ulsivo chest: “I always said I was :1 \Vilite man;” or one of Lloyd Gl?ol‘£;€~'s retorts. When a. man in the audience called out, “I knew your .l'ath.2r when he drove a. donkey-cart,” Lloyd G001‘?-*6 replidz “I have seen the cart myself, but I always thought until now that the donkey was dead.”

‘A Wellington builder informed a. Times reporter that the cement shortage would soon be relieved. “At the present time the position is far from satisfactory,” he said, “and if the ainount of (30ll(’.l'(‘l'p \Voi'k contemplated to be carried out the quantity of conie__nt available will have to be great.ly iiicreased. I have reason to believo, however, that there is every probability of the position being very much improved. and niany difficulties now pi-eseiiting themselves in this con—nection will disa.ppoar It is too early to .~:zw_v more at the present stage,’.’ he added-, “for anticipations may not be realised, but I have every hope that before long the position will be very much easier—--and not before it is time.” i i 28. WEST VIRG-INIA Governor John J_ comwen. Prohibition since July 1, 1914. Estimated’ Population, 1917——1,412,602. “No man of intelli-gje-neo, ‘regn'rd?les_s= (of what} {was his opinion on Prohibition will to-day deny that the benefits arising from the suppression of the liquor traflic have been many. Crime -has been reduced. Bank deposits -have increased enormolisl_v, and all.collateral benefits have followed.” "

A cable received y:=;st<~:'d'a.y from

Washington announces that U.S.A. expenditure under the 1921 Budget totals 4,865,000,000 dollars (aha-at £973,000,0o0)_ _ '

The Maori elections will take place on the 16th December, the day preceding the Eul'opea'n elections. All Maoris'al'e reéluested to vote, either at T.a.iha.pC or Moawhango.

The following vessr.-is lame within wirdcss distance: ;\lar3.roa, Maori, Patccna, Manuka Tutanekai, KaiW£Ll‘l“.~l, Moana, Austz-al.t‘o-rd, Monowai., Kaiapoi. In range of the Chathams: Remuera. '’

According to a calfiegram‘ received from Washington the Federal Trade Commissioner has issued complaints ch'.ll'-ging the Chicago packem with Viclations of the Clayton Anti-Trust Act through the alleged purehase and cons tr»cl of 31 corporations haudéing food and other supplies.

The New Zcaland Lo-e..u and Mcrcan. tile Agency Compan_v, Ltd., has receivcd instructions to sell, on the property, at Mzwaxoa, all Mr.’ J. E. Thurston’s stock and implements owing to his having disposed of his farm. The sale will ‘take place on Saturday, 20th December, at 12 noon. ».Lunc'heon will be provided.

Dissatisfaction continues to be expressed in the Gisboi-‘he district at the delay in opening up the Tapatu block, consisting of. about 9000 acres, of which the Crown holds the major portion_ It is said to be splendid land (two-ewe country), and would be eagerly applied for. The delay on the p3.Z’§ of the Crown, it is stated, is incomprehensible. ,

Mr George Rutherford, of Wia"tohi' ]’r:a!<s, North Callf..».rbllry. has sold his station of 12,000 acres to the Government for soldier sot.t-iomont. Mr Ruthm_'ford recon-tly 2'3fu.<;ed £9 an acre for the property, and has now sold it for £6 10/ per acre. As the pro. pol’f}'§is valued .-at £lO per acre, theprice at which it has bee-11 sold reprc-A scnts a. gift of over £40,000. ? '

The unseasonahle Weather last. ‘week \;as bad for farming‘ in the M'ana.n9a.fu and surrounding districts, owners of newly-shorn sheep 11avi'ug suffered loss_ At Pdhangiua. o-no farmer lost eighty ewes, at Ashhurst 70 owes “died on one run, and at Tiritea. ‘a farmer found 50 of his lam-bs dead. The potato and other crops also sufforef‘. aneverely in conscquexmc of the frost. ,

Mr VV. S. Glenn, Rqfcamxcanclidato for Rangitikei, was nonliu'a.ted yesterday by the fol Lowing gentlemen: Herbert. O’Ca]laghan, Pohonui, farmer; Edward Wilberforce Spooner, Taihape, farmer; Robert David McLeod Peterson, Wanganui East, 'nl*.lsfer plumber; Leslie Joseph Sigley;"No. 1 Line, Wan-_ ganui, railway sl'gllalnl€-H11‘; VVilliam Harold Sutton, Greystovke Soldier Sottvlemcnt, farmer; William Oldfield, lklarton, ongincdriver. ’

On Monday night there was :1 fair attendance “to hear the concluding pro? gramme of the ‘Chautauqua season in Tailrepe. I’ro~3eedings opened v:i'fll “Tiny Town” in which 10:39.1 children acquitted themselves with .-great. credit. It took the form of a mock Borough Council meeting, receiving deputations from representatives of various bodies having for their object the improvement of their home "Eown.. This was followed by another of Dr. Caroline Greisel’s interesting lectures. A very highly appreciated programme was concluded with items by‘ the Fenwick Nowell Concerti Company.