LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3383, 12 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

'Ml' Wong Nam. nbfifies that he has neithe-r cigarettes -or tobacco in stock.

Moses Bal'itZ_. deportee, left Wellington for Sydney by the I‘-/lo.=,m‘:ci on Thursday evening.

It is: notified by the Rangitikei County Céuncil that I_o per cent. will be added to all rates not paid by the 31% January, 192-0. ‘

Some 200 acres of Crown land in the North ‘Auckland district, 325 in the Auckland district, and 17,830 in the Hawkc’s» Bay land district are gazetted as set apart for soldier-set-tloment_

For the infonmation of patrons th§°'~. management of the Town Hall pictures announces that “The Rainbow x.Trail,"" the sequel to “The Riders of the Purple Sage,” will be ‘screened at the Town Hall on Wednesday night; Watch the papers for the big features following it, ~ '

A proclamation by His. Excellency the Governor-General, gazetted on Thursday. appoints January 31st, 1921, as the date for the coming into "force of the Legilative Council Act’, 1914. The measure provides for the election of the Council by the system of proportional representation, half of the members of the Upper House to be so elected at the general election of 1922 and“ the whole Council atthe following elction. . l‘ . I 4

The 'direct' descendant of the snake made‘ fam.ous_ by Eve in the Garden of Eden, was recently found at-Browns-ville, south of Waynesborough, U.S.A., when 9.‘ Copperhead snake with two Well-formed feet was killed by Ir}. L. Kastzel. The reptile measured ‘2ft._ 4in. The feet. are located about six inches from the tip of the tail_ ‘ The logs are 3:—';in. in length, while the feet are round and about twice the size of‘ the legs, and are covered with -a hahrl gristle. Mafifiy peorsons swarm to the home of Mr Kastzel to see the freak.

“The. worker in the States generally spends every penny he gets‘; he doesn’t save much,” said 111' M. J. RC-ardon (recently returned from California) to :1 reporter. “He lives faster than the New Zealand working man. It is an unusual thing to see in this country a worker going "to his job in his own motor car. But such at sight. is not infrequently -met with in ‘the States. -Many-workers possess clays. and when there is a meeting of the San Francisco Trades and Labour Council you may see quite a lot of cars drawn up in the street outside. The oflicers of the Council are provided with cars at the Council’s eripense. ” “If you want ’a’fi:‘yth"nig, buy now, and you canft go wrong. Prices will not fall for two or three years.” That was the advice of a southern business mall, and he backed his statement by surveying the field of prices from furniture to. tobacco», jam and crockery, linen, "cottons, and woollens. He prophesied another general? rise of 'SO per cent. on some lines of ordinary necessities and on others considerably more. His reason was the withdrawal from production of 30,000,000 men in their prime for five years, and the reduction of that producing power by death or permanent injury by 25 per ccnt., which added to world’s,industrial unrest and kept the price curve tending steadily upward,

Mr Hine and his political support’-i ers are not accepting their defeat with the best of ,grace. T-he oflicial recount of the votes has «given Mr Masters. an majority of 67, and having failed 'to dislodge Mr Masters, a petition is now being prepared praying that a, Supreme Court Judg shall be appointed to hold a further scrutiny. It is not entirely the intensity of political feeling that has created such interest in the Stratford election contest (comments the Eltham Argus). It was (iisfigured by ea. wild Orgy of betting. It is doubtful whether in any other electorate in the Dominion there was so much betting money at stake on election clay. Liberal and‘ Refrom tsvyndicates had command of plenty of money. If a Reformer supporter said “I have £IOO that says Hine will wgn.“ the Liberal I'oSDollse quickly came. “I have «I-‘IOO that says he Woll’t. And so it went on. Some people had 3. “fiven” in the -syndicates, some had less, some had more; plenty of bold "wage-rers had £IOO “on their own." ‘

It is rumoured that the ’Wang‘a.nui

lawyers have recently increased their scale of charges by about 50 per cent. We presume this is d‘u‘e"to the high cost of living!_

“Without joining .in the- chorous which urges: Labour to increase production,” said Mr M. J. ‘Reardon iii an interview the other day “I would like‘ to urge every Worker in this country to save every penny for the rainy day that will surely come.”

The mystery surrounding the muall launch which ieft Auckland for a cruise around the harbour during the Chl'istma~s holidays continues to baffle the searchersand no tiding§..have come to hand. The complement of the craft numbers two, Mr De Lisle, the owner, and a. companion, Mr W. Woods. _ ‘

The cheek of the Hun has become almost proverbial. A German Alien recently complained to the Wellington police that there had been stolen from him a British military overcoat, which, it appeared, he had been in the habit of wearing in public. Asked how it came ‘into his possession, he said he got it from a New Zealand soldier now dead.

-Speaking at the meeting of representatives of Taranaki dairy factories that was held at Hawera this week, Mr Chapman (Jolla) stressed the necessity of adopting a policy of advertising our products on Home marlzets. New Zealand had a good footing in the Old Country, and he considered that the present time would be good opportunity for advertising 9n the systematic lines that were adopted by Dc:lm':-.l'k. and other countries. He was sure that the delegates on their. trip Home must have noticed the amount of 2-dvertising done by our foreign eom—potitors.

When the son and daughter of a. neighbouring cow-cocky got “spliced? the arrangement was that they should reside with the bridegr~com’s pafents, and help to Work the place. The day after the wedding I dropped in about cow-time to have a pitch with the old man, and was surprised to léee the newly-weds Hard at Work milking. “‘Didn’t they have a hon_eymoon‘?” I asked. “Honeymoon!” said dad, ‘.‘NoA ti-me to go honeymooning. But they‘ missed two milkings.” . _

At a meeting of the Wellington branch of the Railway Ofiicers’ Institute the following resolution was‘passed:—"—“Tha.t the compilation and presentation of D 3——1919. has absolutely taxed zbeyond encTin-ance. What little faith members have had in the present control "of staff nmnagement of railways, and that the question of setting up a. Board of Staff Control be represented by the institute to the Wages Board as a matter of ‘paramount *importance.’«’ ‘ ~

A Timaru young man, who eniistecl in a Scdttish regiment and saw about fo’ur ‘years ’service- in various ‘gheaztrcs of war, has just received i11fo;':::m:i<)n that. the differefice between~.tl\.eV pay he received with the Imperial Forces and what he would have receive? had his service been with the New Z:m.Ea.lld Forces amounted to £365 (says the Timaru Herald). A "cheque for ‘;his amount has been fOl'Wal‘d€(T to him from the Pa'ymaster—General, Wellington.

Among" the many. household articles in short supply at present is crockery, the case of a dinner set he bought sets are practically unobtainable, and the prices quoted show fully 100 per cent increase on those asked seven months ago. A local resident quotes the case of a doinner set he bought last. May at £6 6/, for which he now have to pay £l4. Latest’ eablegrams from London advise an increase of 140 per cent in the price of ‘all crcokery, and even at thaf‘quotation, the goods‘ are unobtainable. An Ashburton grocer recently reports that the ware‘houses of” Christchurch, Wellington, '3.nd ‘rckland, are innocent of dinner sets, find one leading Chrhtchureh firm has 150 orders booked. while it is the proud possessor of only two sets, prices at £ls and £45" each.

- Settlement is proceeding apace on thfi line of -‘the Stratford-Okkihtiliura ”_“{W3=Y: the eifect being plain to the visitor after a lapse of a year or two (stategihe Stratford Post). The iron Way is Completed nearly to Taliora, where the terminus is likely to remain for isomofiyears. It is evident fl'om the extent of the works in proSWSS at the station yards, that Tahol‘3 Will be an important link in HlO railway system ‘even after the connection with the Main Trunk. a consummation which those who note the rate of progress at prosenf can r»ni_v ::!;ato’ is in the lay of ‘rho fufuro. Rtiii, while “'0 wait", iho pioneer pushes into virgin bush and precedes the “iron horse,” 'hcwing out homes for future passengers and traffic on the line. There is a wealth of feed in the Mangapapa. and stock are in s. -‘.:=t-did, condition. Sufferers from Hay Fever will enjoy speedy relief by breathing in NAZOL. A_unique, never-failing: :‘e~.nod'_v. -60 doses 1/6. Use the Nazca! _lnhalers. . .' 1

An advertiser wants to buy two cows. _« With the experience of the demand.‘ and prices ruling for eggs during the Christmas and New Year, .\_:r Levin paultryman stated to 9. Chronicle re. presentative that he would not be sun prisml to see prices go as high as 45 per dozen during next winter. _ “Wanganui's pr;pl:}:.‘~.".on. is about. 22,000, and there me about 20,000 engineers among them,” rcmrwked the chairman at Friday night’s meeting of’ HlO H-arbour Board, :.vh(‘73 referring to. the numerous ‘opinions and statements. which are in circulation in town.

While excavating the land for a deeper floor level for the front Shops in the new “M‘Dc\nald Buildings"_ (next the Albert Hotel) in" Upper v,-51. {is Street, the workmen exposed the-, lower part of the trunk’ of _a tree, which must have been a forest gi.-.n't in thedays when Te Ara flat‘ was covered in bush. The butt. measures about 4ft. 6in_ in diametér, and is supposed to be the remafns of :1 rata tree of‘ impressive dimensions. = '