LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3430, 9 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Reefton is shipping its coal 'the long Way round, via Grreymouth, says a Westport exchange_

Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed for the Easter holidays from April 2 to April 5, both days inclusive. ‘

A lady has established the record catch for one day among the daily anglers at Taupo this season. She had 27 fish to her credit, including a 12}pounder.

The exporta,t'ion has been prohibited of textile piece goods containing wool and all articles made wholly or partly from wool, except with the concaemt of the M.'imister for Custogms.

The serenity of -the proceedings was rudely disturbed during the hearing of a. case at the‘ Magistl'ato’s Court, Nelson, on Monday morning, when one of the witnesses addressed the Magistrate as “old sport.”

An important. combination of English and American motor manufacturing interests is reported from E.:lg‘..an(_l. The old established English motor can--o.ern—Cl'ossloy Motors, Limil:(-,.-1, has now joined forces with the big American Willys-Overland ..”,‘u'.'p:)::1ti(:11, the

intention being to adapt mass pl'oduo- - of cars in Englaai, mi the most advanced American lines. The capital of the new concem t-Ta 3 £22,000,000, and it is anticipat-»i that bu.‘forc the end of 1920 the co:npz‘.ny will be turning out cars at the rate uf 7000 a year for the British zmrl Dom"u;ion n':al'ke’rs—.

An American and an Englishman were boasting-about their respective countries. “Do you know,” said .the Yank, “ni our country we have :1 clock so big that when it strikes, the echo is‘ heard some hours after, five miles away.”.i “Oh!” said the Tommy. “In our country we sounded a’ bugle _call in 1914, and it wasn’t heard in America till 1917.” Exit the Yank.

The London c.ol‘responden: of the Dunedin Times says that “the members of the wool’ trade who were in London at the December series of sales were much impressed with the splendid window show at the New Zealand' Governnlent office in the Strancl. There was the model of a shearing shed, made by New Zeuland soldiers, which in its way is just as int./31-osting to Bradt'ol'd men as the mills are to the squat’r.el's who come over here. Cloths, blankets, scarves, and other samples of goods turned out by the New Zealand mills such as Pefone, Kaiapoi, Mosgiel, and Roslyn, were also on show, and altogether the exhibit from a wool-ma.n’s point of view was considerably in advance of anything seen in this line recently in the London -offices of colonial governments. The Wi11(lOW-(11‘GSSl‘I]g has been :1 special feature of Sir Thomas Mackenzie’s term of office.

Gratitude, it would appear, enters but slightly, if at all, into the constitution of some people. "Somewhat over :1 fortnight ago, while undergoing treatment at the Wellington Hospital, Mrs Ethel Wagner made the acquaintance of Jessie Nixon, alias Elizabeth Watson, who was also a patient in the same ward. Nixon professed to be greatly worried as to where she was to recuperate after she was discharged froni the liospital, and Mrs Wagner kindly invited her to viist ‘her farm, which invitation Nixon accepted. The other morning she decamped without giving any notice, and rohbed ‘Mrs \‘Jagner of £7 7/6 at the same time. She was overtaken while on her way to Johnsonville, and appeared before Mr E‘. Page, S.M., at the VVellington T\lagistrate’s Court ’to answer the rrlmrgre of theft. She entered a plea of c;uiltv. and the I-\.[agist'ra.te imposed a sentence of two months’ imprisonment.

_A rather important point was settled at the Magistrate Court, Wanga.m_2i., when a young man was <:l1-urged with being on licensed premises at a. time when they were required ‘(o be closed, the defendant not being an inmate, servant, or lodger on on the ‘pl'(‘.nliSOS, or a bona fide traveller. The evidence of the police was to the effect that a constable met the ulr«fr\n<.l:rut speaking ‘to another man at Hie entrzinuv of Chavanne’s Hofcl P. litf'.l«- after midnight. The defendunf, who was represen’rod by Mr F. K. Turnbull, said he had been invited by a soldier pal, who was staying at the hotel, to spend the evening with 113111He did so. and was in who act of S 11)“ Eng‘ goo{l—night at the en’n'ancC- Wh‘(‘ll the policeman came up. His Wol‘-Shill accepted the vdefondant'.- explanation. He said that ‘the defendant, if he were not the lodgor’s bona fide guest when he ontmod. /the premises, b'€C-€lmo 80 during 21 stay‘ of a. couple of hours. The defendant’S stav upon the premises was not in -contravention of the provisions of the Licensing Act: 30 he dismissed the information»

Ladies’ All—Wool' Hose; Splendid value, in shades of Black ,GreY and Heather Mixture. Price 3/11 per paVir.-Collinson and Gifford Ltd.

A bay pony mare, impou.-nded in the Taihape public pound, is awaiting an owner. Mr Paul Dufault, the French Canadian tenor, is expecFe‘d to vist New Zealand this year A proposal to start a new evening newspaper in Auckland has taken shape. Several well-known men are in the venture an'd a. site has already 1 been procured It is: stated that the‘ new journal will have prohibition leanings, but that. it Will be nonparty The annual general meeting of the Taihape Municipal Band will be held in the bandroom this evening at 8 o’clock. A full attendance of members and others interested in creating a musical atmosphere in the town is earnestly requested, as an effort is to be made to put the band on a satisfactory footing. (

There was a strange happening on Mr Barden’s farm at Okauia. last Week. Whilst drawing a load of firewood a horse belonging to Mr Barden dropped dead. He procured another horse to drag the dead one away, and this also expired. Both animals appeared healthy, and Mr Barden is un--able to account for the death of either.

The niunager of a Wanganui aerated water factory (A Ayshford) was fined 40/ on Monday for selling a substance containing red coal tar dye, artificial colouring, as raspberry syrup. It was explained by defendant's counsel that a supply of proper labels ran out, and old ones, printed before the Sale of the Food and Drug Act came into force were used.

A charge of selling liquor to a n.-afive for-‘consumption off premises in a native no-license district, was heard against the licensee of the Aramoho Hotel (W. J, Williams) a fortnight ago, was concluded on Monday morning when the Magistrate imposed a fine of £25. After hearing counsel on the point, he ordered endorsement of the license. I A

The neincedy for (industrial unrest was more education, said Mr W. Grow, at the Chambers of Commerce Conference in Wellington. The sources of this unrest, he continued, were to be found among the people whose education had fallen far short of the standard required‘ in these days. The aver age scholar did not learn in the schools to understand life in its broader aspects. Continuation education should be fuller and more tllorough.

A shocking accident happened to the litle four-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Hunter, jun, of Tuapeka. VVest_. recently. It appears that Mr Hunter was cutting a crop of oats adjacent to the house, and that the child,'who wasplaying with a kitten. got into the crop unnoticed, with the result that she was overtaken by the mower, and -before it could be stopped had her foot severed just above the ankle. First aid Was rendered as promptly as possible, and the little sufferer was taken to the hospital. Reports indicate that the child is doing as well as can be expected.

Official Labour has decided that it will have «nothing to do with the Central Progress League, a body formed to promote the interests of the Wellington Provincial District. Mr P. Fraser, M.P., was provisionally elected to two of the committees which were to deal with difierent aspects of the work of the League, and before accepting he sought instructions from the Wellington Labour Representation Committee, which passed the following motion at its last meeting: “That the Wellington Labour Representation Committee is of the opinion that no member of the party should have any connection with, or act. in any capacity for, the Central Progress League. as it. is against the best interests of the working class; further, that this L.R.C_ can meet all requirements and fulfi‘; ".11 functions that the Progress League stands for.”

Amusing stories are gaining currency in France as a result of the after-war relations of some of -‘the nation ’s combatants. One of these relates to a farnous general and his cook. who, on being reprimanded by the general because of some dish being not a perfect success, remarked: “You are wrong to speak so severely, my G_eneral, I am :1 Knight of the Legion of Honour.” Am. invesLtigatioll_:'foT.lowed, and it was discovered that the cook had been a nurse at the front, where she had shown such bravery that the red ribbon decorafion had been awarded to her. On the termination of the war she had accepted dismissal from the service without. complaint, and, having to earn her living, became a cook, wearing the decoration only on Sundays. The Echo de Paris, which prints the story and vouches for it, adds, “and since then the general has not allowed himself to make remarks when any dish has not been a perfect. success.” When you ask for SHARLANUS FLUID MAGNESIA don"t take anyi7hiD_Q‘ “just as -good.” but get SHARLAND ’S. Best that. money can buy. 1