LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3401, 4 February 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

. -——.-~.,._.___. A woman for housework and washing for two or three days a minimum wage of £1 is offered. A three ton wool waggon with double shafts is advertised for sale. It is equal to new, and was built by Mr Chase, of Max-ton. Mr R. F. Barlow brought :1 freak potato plant to the Guardian Offioe, in Ashburton, the other day. 'l‘h¢- seed was of the Charles Downie variety, and instead of the crop tubers being at the root of the plant they are in clusters on the haulms.

Swimmers and others ‘are reminded that’ the annual meeting 65 the Tai hape Swimming Club is to be held in the Fire Brigade Hall this eveiiing at quarter to 8. As the batfls are now open, and the Weather at its best for swimmrs here should »be a large attendance. '

A greenish-grey Dexter overcoat lost at the Ledward‘Estate sale on the 3rd‘ February (yesterday); is advertised for by Mr R. W, Smith, M.P., who will reward the finder on his returning it.

Mesrss W. J. White and Sons,’ Summer Sale is proving pal-tictflarly attractive, corsets are going at such a. rate that it might well be called a Corset Sale, for corsets are selling at from a few shillings per pair.

In the course of an extended tour abroad, Mr G. M. Kebbell, of Wellington visited Newfoundland, and spent some time visiting the paper mills and plant of the Associated Press owned by Lord Northcliffe. The quantity of paper turned out was as much as 400 tons a. day, and the number of men employed ran into many thousands.

Almost unparalleled -prices Were obtained‘ for all classes of poultry, especially duéks, on the Dunedin markets last Week. Ducks were selling -at from 12/8 to 12/10 each, while about the ‘same time last year they were realising 4/ to 4/9. Bacon pigs also showed a considerable rise, the price of green pork being almost equal to that at which bacon was quoted for the corresponding period last year.

Great interest is being taken in the Ledward properties which are being sold by Public Auction at Taihape on 17th inst. The freehold and leasehold land is being put up in sections ranging from 117 to 552 acres. It is splendid grazing country, and the size of the sections brings them within the scope of the small settler. Plans are now ready, and are obtainable at all branches of Messrs Murray. Roberts and Co., Ltd.. and Levin and Co. Ltd., including temporary. ofiice at Taihape.

The sale of furniture, stores and effects in the estate -of the late D. Ledward was held yesterday by Messrs F. Ward and Co., of Taiha.po, Mr Ward weilding the hammer. There was a, very large attendance of buy-

ers, and every lot, down to the smallosf article was solved at a most satis-fa.ctol-y price. Considering‘ there were llpW:_n'dS of 460 lots to get through, it noc.essita’ted a lot a minute being disposed of, but in one hour this was easily beaten, Mr Ward ‘ putting t’hl'ollgvh 80 lots in the hour.

Colonel P. C, Fenwick, who commanded the New Zealand General Hospital at 81-ockenhurst, where over 100 men of the Dominion’s forces lie buried, has wxitten to 2. Ch:-istchurch paper that Mrs Salway, a resident of Brockenhursf_. ha:-3 efl‘e:'<:d 10 take Eharge oi‘ the New Zealand gx-ave:~:. Having organised a Guild of Honour which the_ ladies of Brockenhurst

have joined, to care for these graves in the 81-ockenhurst churchyard. Among the Guild of Honour members is Miss S. Downman and Miss Alexander, who were A.D’s. of the Morant War Hospital, one of the adjuncts of the General Hospital.

“In the United States I found everywhere a strong feeling of civic pride, great faith in the future possibilities of the country, and tremendous activity to justify the one and to develop the other,” said the Auckland city engineer, Mr W. E. Bush. on Saturday. “In this connection it must be remembered that the war for America lasted only long enough to stimulate. the energy and will of the people, without in any way impairing their vitality, or reducing their resources, while Great Britain and every other part of the Empire, in conjunction with her European Allies, had to sustain the strain of a severe and prolonged struggle that made tremendous demzinds on all their resources. In Great Britain’s case this has revolutionised almost every phase of her social, political. and economic life, a fact which has to be borne in mind. when one weighs the varying attitudes of the peoples of the countries visited if a right judgment is to be arrived at.” q

Recent English newspapers >'.llo\\' that ‘the Profiteering Act is by no means a dead document. In the North London Police Court on November 14. 2. fine of £IOO with‘ costs, was inflicted on Alfred Urwin, licensee of the George public house, Glyn Road, Hackney, for selling four half-pints of bitter ale at sd, iiistead of 4-id. At Leaniington, William Goode, Railway Hotel, Hinck—ley, was fined £6O, -and 25 guineas special costs‘ for charging 9d, instead of St], for Ross and Guinness’ stout, at Warwiekshire Agricultural show. Stewart, Wright and C 0.,, refreshment caterers, London Bridge, were summoned at Tower Bridge Policp Court. for aidingand a.be‘.‘ring‘ their manager. William Toogood, in selling, or exposing for sale, firmed salmon at a price exceed. ing the maximum, and also with fai]_ ing to exhibit. the price list. The firm was fined £2O 5/, and Toogood £7_ Henry Duncomb, manager of Lem-bi-idge’s stores, Eastbourne, wag fined £2O and five guineas costs for charging 1/2 for 3. I 211) package of porr'i(]ge_ Oats, the correct price being 1/I.},

Ladies’ Fabric Gloves; all shades; good quality. Sale price 1/6 to clear. Collinsoon and Gifford, Ltd. *

Until recently it was not practicable to allow a I'eba_t_e for the prompt payment 701" interest on Joans under ithe Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Act, as is dnne under the State Advances System. Arrangements have now been made with the Treasury which will enable =fhem to make the rebate, and the concession will‘ apply «retrospectively.

In graphic terms a well—known" Palmerston ma.n describes his first attempt at earning a. living at Christchurch on arrival there 30 years ago. “Soup kitchens in every quarter, a bitter Winter; no work. With my last half-crown I b&lght two shillings worth of wood and a ball of twine, borrowed a tomahawk, and hawked bundles of kindling at three for a Penny.” Now he and his wife are about to make a World’s tour.

It is no use saying one thing about the alleged wool scandals in Britain and meaning another. If the profits made are :1. tithe of those reported to hve been made by "the eableman, somebody ought to be hanged. That is the piain English. of the situation, says the Christchurch Sun. A Feilding farmer, discussing the matter the other day at the saleyards, said he could supply some figures that proved the cableman had understood the case. There was no exaggeration about the profiteering figures. His own clip on the London market. proved that. ' _

The yearly toll exacted by the kea throughout Canterbury is estimated to "be close upon 20,000 sheep. An instance of the ditficulty of dealing with the kea pest was narrated by a prominent member of the Ca"n'terbury Sheepowners’ Union. Recently he shot a “killer,” and in the vicinity ‘there were several sheep lying that had been killed by keas. Owing to the bush providing plentiful cover, he found it necessary to wait in hiding

‘till this particular bird came down to start his nzightly operations. The kea [began on a mob of sheep on a spur ‘about a quarter of a mile from" his ,hiding-place. ‘When he had worked

his way ‘towards the bird and had shot it, he found that the kea had succeeded in attacking the sheep's kidneys. Last November his head shepherd killed three keas while each was in the act of eating sheep. During the past season be estimated that he had lost 2000 as the result of the kea’s fondness for‘ the fat in the viiinity of the kidneys.