LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3391, 21 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tlfere will be no publication of the “Taihape Daily Times’? to-morrro-W (Anniversary Day).

At the last"gellera.l élection at Wanganui 114 more women than men voted.

A giant cabbage, grown by Miss E’i‘le.':ln Forde, of St. Heliers’ Bay, Auckland, Wei-ghls 28;;1b., and is of the variety known as “Errfield Mal'kct..”

The Borough CounQil- notifies that all rates unpaid :afte‘r 14th February will be loaded with a 10 pscr cent. penalty and ‘be -sued for without further notice. .

There have been héiavy was at Dunwvich (England), the waves pounding the =c=l'iffs and bringing down halgri ‘the tower of Dunwich Casatle, which fell into ‘due: sea] The rest of the 31d Suffolk landmark is doomed, as the cliffs are falling on each side of ii;_

The slaughter of calves is causing much concern among pastoralists in the Vvanganui district, and it ‘is held that the country is drifting into a very serious position. It means (says an exchange) that stock will be increasingly difficult to obtain, and butchers maintain that in a few years prime meat will be a luxury. .

VVhilo trawling for flounders in the river at Gisborne recently, a fisherman landed a asctinugray, .6ft. from head to tail, foot across, and tho-fleshy pan. of the body was about Ift. thick. The sting in its tail was about 9'in. long. and ridiged like a. saw. It was calculated that it we-ighed between 2a,\vt. and Scwt.

It is reported that ‘then; are at present in circulationo a. number of spurious '"%wo-shilling pieces, which might easily deceive those who do not take particular notice of the coins they carry. One was -taken. by a poor flower vendor on Saturday. Noting her distress, bystanders interested fhemselvcs and hearing of the loss made up the money. Smoked blue cod, formerly 8d per lb, is now 1/2 per 11); cut fish. “that was sold at 46. per 11; is now retailing at 9d, 10d, to 1/ ‘per lb. Auckland a few days ago had to refuse catches of fish because there was more than the local m'al'k-ext could absorb, and there were no means of sending it. to Taihape and other markets, where it could be absorbed.

An Avshburton r.-cside-nt ‘took to the Guardian office the other day a remarkable sample of wool, halfbredj. 18 inches. long, which was secpxied from a hermit sheep -in ixhgaa Asah\burton Gorge. The sheep was dislodlgedéraftor several annual unxszuccessful a,tte-mpts, from his rocky mountain home, by the Veteran m.uStel‘c2', Mr Michael Carney, of Alford Forest, who ‘has OV.Ol' 40 years)’ service to his credit on backcountry runs.

“T:hel~e is money to burn everywhere in England and France, and the people seem to be burning it," said Dr J. A. Gilruth, formerly Admlinistraetor of the Nol'fhOl'n To-I'l'i'tory, Who arrived from America by the Wairuna last week. Dr Gilruth 1-oacihed England just in time to see the Peace celebrations in July. London waserowded, and there was h'a.x'dlY a room to be «had at the shotels. Food and clothing were very dear, costing about three times as -much as they did 'befol‘o the war, nevertheless. the pepole did not seem to stint themselves. He had ‘heard of £IOOO being pa.'id for the option of purchasing a Rolls-Royce motor cu-,

Treat a, cough or cold by the modern penetrating method of NAZOL. Not a mixture or syrup. Ready for instant use. 1

Ful'nis'h(>(l rooms. or heard is ‘V-ant_

ed in the WAa.ingJ;i-Ra.ukura district by an advert-Iser_

The Money Order and Savings Bank Oflice at Taihape will close at noon on Saturdays. from February Ist.

The Pcarline Company, Auckland, Wsl-1 purchase for cash, old f-alse, damaged or -sound, falsz. teeth.

The Borough Council invites tendsers for the pure-hase of bay at present stacked in the Oval Domain.

The ‘sztatement that the Carpentiel*-Dmn-psey boxing match has been fixed to take place, in America is prema,_:uz-e. A definite announcement_ is expected in a few days ’time.

No trace has yet. been found of Miss Reid, the Dunedin school-teacher, who was iost on the Milford" Track can Tues.da.y of last, work. Hope of her being found alive has: been px-acticzal-Iy‘ abandoned.

‘ Tfie. lumbc-rjacks of Louisiana, U.S.A., who are rece;ving unprecedented Wages, are buying £6OO autos, £2 and £2 10/ si‘l‘k shirts, amd £1 neckties, while their Wives wbal‘ £5 hats ami 10/6 silk -hose.

T-me ‘pound-keeper notifies that three horses, two impounded. from Wainui and -one from Ngawaka, will be sol_d at noon on Sa~turday, 24th January, if they are not claimed and expenses paid in the meantime.

Tenders are ri-nvited by the Rangi-I tikci County Council for th_.-e delivery of 300 cubic yards of gravel from the‘ depot to McDonnel=l Road, Ta'Lha.pe.; SpAecifica.t“ion's may be seen at the As-l :::.s»taxlt Eng‘ineel"s‘ Offiqe, Taihape. I

A local cynic says the tendency is to spend the 365 days of the year thus:—— Eight hours’ sleep, 104 days; ‘eight hours’ recreation, 104; one hour for lunch, 13; Sundays, 52; weekly halfholiday, 26; annual holiday, 14; public Holidvays, 12; race days, 12; sickness, 14; Labour Day, 1; full «Work, 13; total, 3Gs.——;\lanawa,tu Times.”

A pedigree Jersey cow, owned by Mrs A. Banks and Son, of Kiwitea, returned 20421bs -of milk for the month of Deccm-ber last, under Government test. This Works out at the very Substantial uaverage return of 651 b of milk pel'_day. The test for the month was 4.0, making 81.681bs of butter-fat. She is the only .Tel'sey cow in New Zcaland that has been awarded four butter-fat certificates, and is now m-aking her fifth record in her ninfih year.

T-he Hawera Borough Council has devoted a great deal of time and conslideration to the '-housing problem (states the Star), only to find itS.>?f practically helpless under exiéting laws zfil-‘cl conditions. It has now decided, that an enclc-avour be made to ascertain if this position is so acute that a. number of families: Would be desirous of availing “bhemselves of small, rough, temporary ipremiscs if same could be prov'ids:d. Should the d.<2m:md be proved to exist, the .suggestion is that the Government be imnl«:—.lial:ely approached r:2l'a.tive to financing the pl'oj€c’t.

It is, iperhaps’, not generaly known that Sir James Allen has “a “double.” A Wellington rep-orter was made acquainted with the fact that as the outcome of heiarmg casually that the Min-is-ter of Defence and of External Affairs. was in town. The -infonmation was sdmewhat cimumstantial_ Sir James had been’ seen in the lobby of one of the city hotels; and had been turned away, as “t.h.el'e was no room in the inn.” The clerk at the hotel partly confirmed this; at least she stated that comment had been made on the fact that Sir James Allen had been turned away. Extensive inquiries failed to locate the Minister, and ‘ultimately the Pl'9S'S\m3.ll learned that w visitor from Nelson had been mistaken for Sir James.

A remarkable story is told by the Lomi--.- correspondent of one of the most. reputame Canadian papers of the Sinn Fein plot to kidnap the Prince of Wales during his visit to the United States. H 0 states, “upon high authority.” that the modus operandi was to be as follows: “A high-powered motor car was to be brought? up to one of the ste.-t-ions at Whiehfthe Prince was due to alight -in America. He was to have been seized and carried to a waiting car, in which he was to have been conveyed. to a secret hiding-place. there to be held for ransom, namely, the recognition of the Irish Republic.” As soon its the British authorities heard of the plot they communicated with English ofiivials in America, and extra. guards worn ordered to attend the Prince;.‘ It‘ is ndiiiitted that members of the Prince’s party knew nothing of the‘ matter until they had l'0f11I‘I1f?d *0 Eng‘ land, and it. -is also recognised that the Prince's extreme popularity in Amer--iea. would have made the alleged Pm‘ ieet. 3. difficulty and risky affair to carry out. But the correspondent evidently has no doubt as to the accuracy of his information. I

No matter whether a cold lodge in t.llroa"r. Head, or chest‘, NAZOL will promptly clear it out. Try it on sugar or ‘through a Nazo} Inhaler. 3

A ra:bbitel- is a<]vel-tising for worli.

Mr W. S. Glenn, the mcenétly elected Member of Parliament for t.hl-‘s con« stituency, is in Taihape today.

The sugar shértagc seems tzrbe unfairly acute in Taiha-pee, the largest stores h.aving had no sugar for foul? Weeks come next Saturday. ‘

A five horse team, or bullock team and contractor to cart logs from skid to railway station, about miles, is advertised for by Shutefs .“.abou:- Exchange. ‘

The Mokoia will leave W-~lllngYß'n on Febl‘l‘.ZL3‘3‘ 14 with the members of the Pa4rliament.ary pm-ty to visit samoa and other Pacific islands. Theparty expects; to 1-e.=tllrll about -the middle of March.

The Town Clerk noiifics that ‘Auc-tionom-s’ Licenses haw. been issued to the New Zealand Loan -.ln'd Mercantile Agency Company Ltrl, {'o_Abraxha'lm and Williams Ltd., and to Ml‘ FA. Ward, of the Tui Stre.<+t auction mart.

The London Times of October 10 published the following: “In New Zealand, it is reportéd, the Southern coalminers are eubandoning the ‘go~ slow’ policy.” This «is the first we have heard of it. '

Members of the Taihape Bowling Club intend visiting Huntervfllo tomorrow to play a series of gamles; T=lmo§e local bowlers who intencl makw ing “the trip -are requeusrtcd to send In‘their naanz-rs to Mr Lawson before 8 o'clock this evening.

A lady, writing to the Times, says she paid 16/ ‘fora pair of strong shoes to fit her two-year-old baby, and asks who is doing the profiteering on ma~ terial and labour Worth about 4/. Possibly the standard boots promised for next month may have -some efiect on the market.

Entries for the Hcil-ding Ram Fair to be held on sth and 6th February, have closed with upw:ll'ds 2400 rams from 'well—known bl'eoJerS. For the’Sllow‘,, which takies plaee on the two preceding days, it -has been decided" to extend the entries at ordinary rates‘ until Frida.y niixt, 23rd ifist. Schedules will be ‘supplied on npplica-tioxi to selcretary.

The Dunedin Star reports t.-htat ‘the pigs offered for sale at Burnsid.e last Week realisetl exceptionally high’ prices, in fact they were iwcord pricesfor the yards_ Houservives desix-ou2s ‘of furnishing their breakfast tables with the savoury Mice of bacon will -have to pay for some time-» to come» high prices‘ for what, in these times, might be called a luxury. Beacon curersz are very much dissatisfied with -the Board of Trade for limiting the r,-catail‘ price of bacon to J/7.pe,l' lb. They state that this is not a paying 'busi. ness when pigs are abnormally high, as at present. The bacon curers con"sidxsr that the Board of Trade sh-o-uld’ 1-eenove the regula.bion.

The question of wliethor sugar was being hoarded to any extent was put to a. leading m€l'chzl—nt in Auckland (states the Star), who expressed him—self emphatically of the opinion that many ‘people who had got in early w,e.re hoarding considerable supplies. He expressed the opinion, too, that in" three months, if present conditions continued, there would be no sugar at all. The remedy. he contended, lay in raising the prices, and thus compelling people to draw on supplies which they have boarded. Meanwhile the develop--ments «of the next few" months will be watched with interest, notato :s.aY a.nX-» iety, by the people generally 11015 only in Auckland, but throughout the whole of the Dominion.