LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3393, 26 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two furnished rooms with use of conveniences are advertised for.

An acute shortage of timber has «resulted in t.h'é erection of a number of buildings at Masterton being suspended.

A meeting of -the 'l‘.a.ihape Athletic Club Connmibtee is called for Wednesday, 28th inst., at 8 o’clo_ck, in Mr A. M. Rya.n"’s office.

The following vessels will be within vvil'e}ess range to-night: Maori, Mararoa, Pateena, Moeraki, Bremen, Kaiapoi, Momowai, and Port ‘Sydney.

A meeting of the General Cornmittcz GE she Taihape and District C:>.‘-.c(lun-ian Association is to be he.ld in LllO "Lawn Hall Supper Room on '.'.‘.'lm'z~'al:ny atoning, 27th inst, at 7.45.

In this issue ‘the NZ. Farmers’ Distributing Co. Ltd., publish the "initial entries for their opening stock sale at Mangaweka, comprising 3200 sheep and 152 head of. cattle. Further entries are invited.

Messrs Collinson and Cunninghame, the Palmerston North drapers and general furnishers, notify that they will pay half railway f.a.l'e to purchasers at their sale from certain towns On the railway. ':

“There seems to be a panic in New Zealand in regard to sugar supplies,” remarked a prominent Auckland merchant. “There is no question that sugar is being hoarded . I firmly be lieve that -sugar, Suflicient to meet the requirements. of the Dominion for two rnonths has been accumulated during the past months by private individuals.

Some idea of the big profits tlmt are being made by British cotton companies at the present time is conveyed ‘by the recommendation of the directors of the Fern Spinning Co., Shaw, near Oldham, to pay a final dividend of 30/ per share and a bonus of £ls per share, making £lB for the half-year, equal to £l2O per cent per annum, and absorbing £IB,OOO.

At Hawera, on Tuesday, Mr T. A. B Bailey, b‘.M., in giving judgment on‘ the legal point raised by Mr F. C.t Spratt last week in the application‘ made by him for an order attaching. moneys lying to the credit of a debtor in the post office, said he felt sure that he could not make an order against the I Crown; it could not be made against the Postmaster-General. -The application would be dismissed. He suggested that the matter should bellooked into! by the Laiv Society, with :1 View to‘ having an amendment in the law to. give the Magistl'ate’.s Court power to make such an order when necessary.— Star. I

“It seems a peculi.a.l' thing,” remarked Mr Henri Verbrugghen, at the welcome extended by the Citizens to the members of the New South Wales State Orchestra on Friday, ‘ ‘ that everywhere one goes one finds town halls, and yet people think of everything except music. In AllCkliLll(l,_if we wanted any ventilation in the hall we had to hear an accompaniment of the rumble ef tl'amcar.s_. the cries of dogs, and worst of all. the crying of children, in the most delicate passages we were playing. If permission could be given to the e.olldLlctor.s of tl'.a:mcar.s' h‘el'o perhaps they might slacken speed as they passed the hall during: a 0011’ cert.” Tlfis suggeé-tlon met with much 'Rppl'OVfll from the audience.

_ WMI; P€l‘ll=l»ps, much concern, travellers on the New Zealand Brailways lately have (says the Hawke’s Bay Herald) noticed the determined creeping in of the tipping evil. It is Suggested that if it continues. ‘it. will soon be as common a practice as in England. On the larger stations nowadays porters are quick to servo passengers and in some instances guards have been found to be very attentive. And, of (:our>-13, the usual tip is expected and pnid_ It gogms that the introduction of the system of reserving seats has been responsible for tipping being started. Passengers who have reserved seats usually require assistance in finding their carriage. This assistance need not be ~sought. In fact, travellers do not. have time to look for a porter, because the latter takes charge of the luggage, and starts off for the train bot'ore. the passengers realise they are on the station. The public is not to blame altogpthcr for starting the tipping, for in most cases the hand of the porter is ready before the hand of the p_a.sengser can be Withfflawll .t'rom -his‘ hip pocket. It seems to have come into vogue by mutual ‘understanding-.

Someone has sent three shi.lling‘s to the ,State Treasury as conscience money.

The British Ministry of Food (has arranged to import 8000 tons of Russian butter,- which is now coming via. Kara. Sea. V A meeting of the ‘.'f‘aihape ‘bx’:-mch of the Farmers’ Ufiion will no held in the N.Z F&I'IIICI‘.S’ Distribuuing Con:p2my’S. office at 11 am. on \Vc-_dn.esda_y', 2!~‘<h Jamery. An Order-in-Council prohibits the exportation of preserved milk, condensed milk, and dried milk, save with the consent of the Minister of Customs on ‘the recommendation of the Board of Trade. ‘

For the jumping events at the Pukeokahu Sports on Anniversary Day the proprietors of the Tziihape Ford Garage gave a valuable trophy_ It seems strange that this trophy should be won by Messrs. Bray and Sinclaifs. “Tin Lizzie.”

‘ Orders have been received by Defence Headquarters for the Wellington Military Distriet to the effect that there will be no territorial camp for the year ending May 30th, 1920. It is unlikely. therefore, that any camps will be held this year, with the exception of voluntary camps for ofi‘icers and n.c.o.’s_

A report on specimens of diseased wheat forwarded to ‘him from North Canterbury, has been made by Mr. R Waters, acting-oflicer in charge of the Biological Laboratory" at Wera~ roa. M 1". Waters expresses the opinion that the disease is due to fungus, but in order to identify the disease positively he intends to make an immediate survey of the infected area.

The Rotorua authorities have deemed it necessary to augment» the water in the Rachael and other popular hot sl)i'illgs a diminution of the supply h’.-wing been manifested, occasioned, it is thought, by the continued dry Weather, and the increased demand. The supplementary supply is to be obtained from a spring near spoutt bath, Whakarewarewa, a preliminary survey showing a fall of 50 feet. .

Dresses in Paris revues have bec.ome so scanty that the Prefect of Police has sent inspectors to music. balls to report. what they see. The result has been startling. In nearly every case The police code. of perniissible undress was found ignored. The prefect has now issued. a. circular to music-hall managers refusing to accept excuses in future, and threatening with an icy cold cell any actress who displays in her stage dress a predeliction for ehiliness.

E Mr. A. L. Luke, land agent and farmer. advertises apparently very cheap pl-opel-ties in this issue. The Bay of Plenty may betermed the New ZeaBund Garden of Eden, as there are very few things indeed that will not -grow there, whether it is maize or oats, or from gooseberries to oranges, lemons and grapes. ‘Fancy land prices do not appear to have reached locality at, Taneatua, somewhere befiffeen Rotorua and Whakata~ne, although close alongside the new railway line_ Those wanting farms can do Worse than see this low-priced good land.

A sideligh-t on the reason for the low rate of exchange on the United States was thrown by an American visitor, who was airing his views freely in one of the Auckland hotels this week. He said: “My country has been paying tribute for about 120 years, and now that she is no longer a borrowing nation, but is the only lending nation in the world at the present time, she means to hold on and make the best of her opportunities.” He followed up his remarks with various arguments in support of his contention that American had the ball at her foet and would make good use of it.

In the. petition against. the return of 1.7" R. Masters, for the Stratford seat, it is alleged that the night before the election Mr _l\lasters provided a. large number of electors with a free picture entertaiiiment, with the object of inducing ‘them to vote at the election; also that at his first meeting of electors he supplied musical entertainment, paid for by himself or his agent. Anofilfer complaint is that" a large number of persons were adrnitted to vote in the successful eandidate’s favour, who, it is alleged, were not entitled to be registered as electors ‘owing to legal disqualification or incapacity. Further grounds are that, a number of votes were recorded upon ballot papers issued without the electors’ numbers being Written on the counter-foils; that some ballot papers were not stamped in accordance with the statllfOr_v instructions; and that art the booths at Stratford and Inglewood the number of ballot-papers in the ballot l)O.\'Cs far exceeded the number of names marked off the roll as indicating the persons voting there.

Messrs Murray Roberts: and Co., Lt.d., in conjunction with Levin and Co., Ltd., have an extension of land to be sold in the late D. Leward’s Estate, and on acco-um.’ of Misses Ledward. Town. sections at I\la.ta.roa. and otlnexfiplaccs have been added, ant! there are shares in :1 freezing company, also in the Farmers’ Distributing Co., Ltd., to be disposed of to close the estate.

The appointment is gazetted of Their Honours Sir Robert Stout (‘the Chief Justice), Sir W. B. Edwards, Mr‘ Justice Cooper, Ml-_ Justice Chapman, arid Mr. Justice I-losking, to be memo bers of the First Division of the Court" of Appeal; also of Their Honours SirRobert Stout (Chief Justice, Justice Sim, Mr. Justice Hosking, Mr. Justice Stringer, and Mr. JusticeHerdman, ‘to "be members of the Second Division of the Court of Appeal. A very large proportion of settlers

in the Taihape district will regret to learn that Dr. Boyd has dispfised of his Taihape practice in order to settle in Raetihi. The departure of Dr. Boyd will be a distinct loss to ,Ta.ihape, as Mrs. Boyd has con'tl-ibuted much good work in very nearly every object in pra.trio~tic and charity work, and has associated herself with eyery forward movement in the town’s ‘best ixrtera ests and -for the general pi-og‘-‘resist of the district. Raetilii is to be comgram tulated onesecuring such valua~b-lecuitia zens as they will most certainly di;s« cover Dr. and Mrs. Boyd to be.