LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3398, 31 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Prices for painting and plumbing on ‘the Ladies’ Club, Kulcu Sf.l'ec’r, are mvlfed bi’ Mr N. COIO. c.nn’rl'9('.tol'. Carpenters are wanted on the 11-@5103’ Clob buildings, also at the TaiNlpe Freezing Works. by Mr N. Cole. builder. V It is notified that St. Marga]-(=.t’s Parish School will not reopen uxxtl] ~fhc Health Depurtmentis 'rosltrict.ion on account of influenza, is removed. There Will be several vacancies in the kindorgarlcn section, and in all classes Up to Standard VI. Application ‘in all cases should be made to the vicar.

Mr C. J. Parr, M.P., has, for busi-

ness reasons which require his presence in Auckland next month, declined the invitation to join in flTé'Parlia.mentary tour to Samoa. Mr Parr, in. Writing to Sir J. Allen, mentions ‘that he had already visited Sam-oa on three differ~ ent occasions prior to the war. 1‘

Our readers are reminded that the sale of furniture and efl’ecuts, including stores, vehicles, -and harness in the estate of the late D. Ledvvard, .is to take place on the property at Ngaruakehu, on next Tuesday, February 3rd. A flairly full list of what is ‘to be sold is given by the a.uctionee.r in an advertisement on page 8 of this issue.

Mr R. Waters, of the Agricultural Department, who has been investigating in “t'a.ke~all” fungus aflecting wheat in Canterbury, has reported to Mr A. Macplfér-son, Fields Supervisor, that a. limited area in Tiri'la,ru and Temuka, is affectecl, but the loss will be inconsiderablé. The Southbridge district is free of the pest, but ‘around Lake Ellesmere frosts have 'c*fi'c-cted a few crops. L .

At a meeting of the Wellington Social Democratic Party, held at the Wellington Trades Hall on Thursday evening, the following resolution was passed: “T_'hla.t- in View of the liability placed upon the shoulders of the New Zealand politicians for the future welfare of Samoa, this meeting of the Wellington Social Democratic Party is of opinion that the visit of ‘the Parliamentary pairty for e-dudational purposes is of vital importance to all concorned.”

His Majesty’s New Zealand troopship Bremen, which arrived at Wellington from England on Wednesday, was one of the fleet of German vessels that was handed over to the Imperial authorities shortly after the signing of the Arniisfice. This fine steamer has since made several voyages under the control of the Motherland, but upon her arrival at Sydney, for which port a departure was made, she will be allocated to the P. and 0. line for at least one trip, .

The Feilding A. and P. Show will take place on Tuesday and VVednesday next, People’s Day being Wednesday. The committee have spared no pains to make the function a successful one, and have been favoured with excellent entries in ‘all sections, those in cattle constitution a record for the Association. Numerous side shows have applied for space; hot water will be provided free; and the comfort of exhibitors and the public has been studied in every respect.

An old Waingongoro bridge in Stratford County was damaged by storm water by last weelfs storm, but :1 new concrete bridge which was being erected to replace the oldfone, sufi:'ere<l no (lamlage, but the Argus reports that all i‘he ‘temporary supports and 100 Cubic yards of concrete have been carried away. It is expected that a portion. of the bridge will be saved, but, from present reports, it looks as thougli practically the whole of HlO work will lfave to be done over again.

A remarkable case of egg-poisc-ning is described ‘by Dr S. Ed‘.e€l"‘).‘-1 in the Practitioner. "The first .".s‘TllDt'o]“.lS were noticed when a girl, notv aged eleven, was twelve months old. On being given a few spoonfuls of custard symptoms. of acute-poisoning at once developed, follower} by rapid collapse when an iittle :Llbun.u:,ll Water (white of egg) was given. The cause being suspected, she was giv~.—\n no food for some hours, and then put on chicken broth- An iiiirnmiiet-3 reco\— ery follo\\'r2d. Some yemrs later a friend gave the girl a ‘piece of sponge cake, when violent symoh-=2; of poisoning with rapid conlmsa followed. Dr Edleston 53:15 that once when the child’s mother \\'&.l.-3 beating up some eggs a drop’ .:p'ia.3l.2rl into the a.'ul’s eye, which at once became so swollen that the iids con '1 not. be opened. Even now share are .'.<; sign: that the unusual suscpe-f-.bvlic_v to egg p(:'soning is ‘being oul':.gro'»vn.

A French soldier, wearing the unform of a captain of the Belgian ‘army, called upon the German chief of police at Aix la. Chappelle and demanded that he loan him three German policemen to search a local banlc. His request was complied with, and the soldier posted one policeman at the outside door of the bank. We then assembled the staff of the bank and the manager in a room, the door of which he locked. After this he ordered the two other police to stand watch over the ffiisoners, and they‘ were also put under lock and k«=._v. The soldier then entered the vault of the bank, coolly ‘took 1,000,000 marks, and walked away from the buildimr_ The policeman stationed as a sentry at the door ‘became suspicious and shadowed the supposed officer and watched him enter a cafe from which he emerged a few minutes later dressed as a civilian. The policeman ‘Llien arrested the thief and turned him over to the Belgian police. Don’t leave the “lightness and digestibility of your scones and cakes to chance. ‘Use SHARLAND’S Baking Powder—it is bound to rise. 3

: A South Otago farmer, Mr Duncan McLellna.n3 of Dunxpbin, 1051; close on 60 Sheep recently by a vefy simple means (says the Tapanui Courier)_ The Water pots irito which the shearers dipped their blades had not been cleaned and replenished, and as the sheep were shorn they succllm‘bed quickly to blood 'pDisoning,llntil Mr McLemlan traced _the cause. Though aparently simple, the effects of foul water pots in a shearing shed are disastrous.

During the running of the Hauraki Maiden Hurdle Race at the Nortfi Shore on Thursday afternoon, there was a nasty accident, which resulted in the Elysian gelding Backfire béfng killed. The mishap was caused by Rathlin, which was one of the leaders meeting with some I'nterferen"ce and falling, and as a result Oakfield, Kiriwinning and Backfire fell over him, the last named breaking his neck. Fqrtunately the riders concerned ascaped withoufi injury.

I An immense shark, measuring 19 feet in length by 7feet girth, was ‘landed on Tuesday morning at Port [Chalmers by four fishermen, viz.: Messrs Noble, Farmer, Anderson and lPotter. The shark was known to have been in the harbour for the past three weeks———a menace to bath:-rs and small craft alike—-it actually threatened a racing skiff one evening recently, to the terror of the lit’-Lie coxswain. Several attempts. ha-Ll been 'made to locate the unwelcome visitor, but until Tuesday morning without ‘success. After an all-night vigil he was located about opposite the Cres‘cent. Hotel in Careys B’a3’, where a piece of porpoise had been tied to the [channel buoy as a piece of bait. As soon as the shark rose, the fishermen 'were quickly at work, and after breaking two harpoons on him they succeeded in getting a third home at about 2 a.m. Then the tight bc-gnu! “Towing a 30 feet fisher-man's lau.=(~h {behind him he made for the island, Where, after a. four hours’ fightnin the Jcourse of which the brute s'nr=.ashed a

dinghy, the men succe-edei tn lailling him and in towing him Incl: to about the starting point of the fight Whaling lanoes proved unequal to pi:-rc-ing the monster’s. tough hide.

‘lt is reported that yet another mem- I has joined the ranks of the Independents as the outcome of the caucus of the Liberal Party recently. It will be x-emembered that Mr Hanan said at the luncheon to Sir Joseph Ward ini the afternoon that he was not so closely associated with‘ the Liberal‘ Party as he had been in past years.‘ At the meeting of the party which,‘ of course, was not held in public, Mr: Hanan went some distance fm"t'ner in dissociating himself from the party. Exactly what his attitude now is has yet to be disclosed, but he certainly has made a clear Eeverancefrom the Liberals, and he has said that he will not fight- under the banner of Ml- - .in the House when Par‘liament assembles. The news does ‘not come wholly as a. surprise. as it ‘has "been known for a long time that Mr Hanan has had visions of indelpendence. At the elections he told his constituents that he would not ideclare whether he would vote for the Opposition or the Government in a inc-confidence motion, saying that if ‘he made such a declaration he would not» be an Independent member. He has been consistent with his declaration by remaining away from the Liberal caucus, and he is not to be accounted 9.. member of the Liberal Party any longer. It is notexvorthf, also, that Mr S, G. Smith, of Taranaki, still retains his complete inde{pendence. "