LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3409, 13 February 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A final I'elllindcl' is given ratepayers that all rates unpaid after to-morrow will carry the statutory 10 per cent fine. We woutd also (#3ll the attention of rafepayers to the fact that -the Borough Offices close at 12 noon’ tomt)l‘roW.

For the Rangitikei A. & P. Show a special train has been arranged tc. leave Taihape for Marton at 5.30 pm. on Show Day, February 25th.

The Military Hospital is advertising for V.A.D. Cooks, at a salary of 5/6 a day and uniform grant. A*s’sis-tant cooks are also wanted. See adver--tisement -in another column. .

The cult of the cow is progressing. The Slratford branch of the Jersey Breeders’ Association is holding a social gathering on Friday evening, to celebrate 1110 performance of Messrs O’Sullivan and Son’s cow, Sulte.n’s Daisy, in making the recent world’s record test.

An effort. is being made by lessees of native land held under the Aotea Lalld Board to obtain the freehold of their sections. An 'Association for this purpose has been fornied, with headquarters at Raetihi, with the object of pushing the proposal as much as possible.

A Dannevii-kc resident who has returned from a visit to the thermal district. complains of the insanitary condition of the Main Trunk train. He says that considering that an epidemic is hanging over the country, the railway authorities are woefully lax in the case of disinfeetives. He also complained that. c:lrl'iatges* were shunted oif with luggage on the Rotoxua line without any wal'nin~g being given to pa:~:sengel's.

An extraordinary catch wa.s effected in the sub-district match at Fooi3'scn::ly between Footscray and Caulfield (savs the Melbourne Argus). Jousson, of Footscray, the highest scorer in the match, had made 47 -runs when he cut: a ball from Crawley ‘ghard toxvm-Gs point. Huntington waé fielding there. He put out his hand to take the catch, but failed to hold it The hall, howevcr ran down his arm and dropped into his» pocket, the batsman xvar. out.

When the vote of £200,000 for foreign and other secret service was discussed in the House of Commons it I few Weeks ago, Mr Baldwin, Financial V Secretary to the Treasury, said:—-“The {amount spent. on secret service during the war assumed considerable proportions. In 1917-18 it amounted to threequarters of a. million, and it rose to its highest point in the year 1918-19, reaching £1,150,000. In 1919-20 it dropped “to £400,000, and I have every eonfidenee that next year will see a further substantial drop. I have no more knowledge than any other member where sixpennyworth of the money went: to or what we got. for it.’-‘ 1t is now known (says ‘the London E_'vpl'e;<.-‘) that the Germans tried to break away from the international custom of bestowing only numbers on submarines. In 1917 a. special “U----boat hero” class was formed by order of the Kaiser; each boat was to bear‘ the name of a German submarine com 4‘ mander who had done great ‘things. The I firs‘ to be completed received the name I of ‘Neddigen. Then the name of suit: weiger was bestowed on one of them-—-_-and it seems to have ended the scheme, for Sehweiger was the man who sank the Lusitania. Anyway, shortly afterwards the hero bo‘;~lts returned to numerals. U 140 replaced the \Ve'ddigen, and U 139 the Sehweiger.

I An adverfiseur has a grand piano and} a. high-class gramaphone for sale. §

It is notified that St. Margaret’s Parish School will re-open on Thursday, 19th February next.

A rubber stamp is given away by Mr Davey, hstampmakcr, Auckland, to anyone who likes to write for particulars. Here is a chance to get something useful just for the ‘."l'ifillg.

It was decided at a. meeting of the Swimming Club last nightlto -hold an ‘Aquatic Carnival in the local baths on March 4th. Further pa.rticuLa.l-s will be published later.

Applications are invited by the Public Service Comnlis.~:ioncl-s fur plobation ofiicers for the districts of Hamilton, \Vhangarei, and 'W;lnganui. The salary to commence is «T 250 per annum. Tenders are invited up till 5 pm. on Tuesday, 17th inst. for dr-aving in connection with the forthcoming A. & P. Show and Ram Fair, to be held on 25th and 26th February. Particulars may be had from the secl'etar::', Mr A. M. Ryan.

The Minister of Defence has received advice that Captain Hall-Thomp-son, late Naval Adviser to the New Zealand Government, has been appciftccl to the command of the battleship Erin, 25,000 tons, one of the latest additions to the Navy.

A Washington cable states that Dr Young, a specialist, who has b'een attending President Wilson regularly, interviewed, said: We diagnosed President Wilsonfs illness last October as cerebral tihrumbosis, which ‘had effected his left arm and -leg, but not impaired ‘his; ‘brain power in the silghtest degree. The arm and leg are now functioning more and more normally, and the whole organism is steadily improving. President Wilson’s mental vigour -is prold'igiou::.

A Christchurch citizen has suggested to the secretary (Mr W. E. Leadley) of the Returned Soldiers’ Association a novel means by which the returned men could give a reception to the Prince of Wales. The suggestion is: “That the returned soldiers should meet the Prince on his‘ arrival ‘at Lyttelton and draw him in a carriage over the Port Hills to Christchurch. If the day be fine an excellent \'ICW of the city and plains would be obtained.” As Christchurch is several miles from Lyttelton, land as the Port "Hills are no easy climb, the “Diggers” have not so far taken too kindly to the proposal. As one said: “What’s wrong with the train, or if that won't suit, what price the motor car?”

Lmd Sands, of the Scottish Court of Session; has delivered an important ppronour.-cement on kissing, both as rehgal'dS religious and amatory customs. It had been said in a divorce court before him that the co-respondent had kissed the respondent merely as :1 part of a religious ceremony after conlnlu-n----ion service. Lord Sands said it might be all very well for elderly saints to greet one another with a chaste, Oriental, religious salute, but it was quite a different matter when it came to young married women being indiscriminately kissed by casuai male friends who happened to be fellow communicants. Extension of the custom was viewed with disapproval by man)‘. but still to a certain ‘extent the custom persisted. The learned judge held, ‘however, that the kissing ease in question had exceeded religious custom, and he granted a decree of divorce.‘

I .-'\ good story is told of one of Engllan<l"s; admirals who recently gav-3 up an important commancl. \-’\7:llk?ng ’d<.\\'u a London street one day he üb‘sel'\<::l a lieutenant of the Azne-tie -.11 Naval Reserve leaning against u lxc-a.~e-i Sid), and roafed out his usual fa-'.‘.n la: i“Why the devil don”: you salute me, ’sil"3DOn’t you know who I an)?-, sir?” The foot never moved. “Say,” he relplied. “I salute the flag at six o'clock ;.in the morning. and I salute the flag ‘at four o’clock at night, and I ain’t doing any monkey tricks between the acts.” The admiral drew‘ himself up. “Sir,” he said, “as you decline toi salute me, permit me to salute you.. You will understand this has no refer? ence to the person in the uniform, but] is my tribufe of respect to an ally.’’' He saluted gravely, and moved away.‘ The loot suddenly sprang up. “Sii}',l Admiral, he said, “I never reckoned‘ to be taught my duty by an Englishman, but you’\'e about done it. If you ’ll call oif my salute, and let me begin—.” Then two gen’-lemen shook! hands. ,