LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3431, 10 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

One of the leading hnzols in Hl]nwr.~.fon N-Ol't’]n has jxm hven c.\'uilan-g----ed for 1000 :1(:l'(‘S of \Vz'l.ik‘clto land. During the last financial your (103111 duiios ~.v(*2*O paid in Britain on eight rvstafrrs; of HM» valiiv oi’ £1.000.()()() 01' <,l\/€)'. Harvesting o}.n.‘l'at.i<)m; urv mm‘ practically c.oinpl(=tnd in Him Mzislcrtun district. The 08.1 cv.'o;»:~' :11-4‘ I\:l]'ti(f[l][ll" I}‘ good. “ \V£Lihi has been vary _<}m;-it of anal for some time, but the climax cnnic this week, when the supplies for the municipal guswork;< \H‘!'{‘ <‘x}mnst‘ed. Savants who have studied the subject say that in America and Australasia it cost about £265 io bring up a child ‘in an average family from birth 70 the 36th y("L=.l'.

Over half a ton of gold and silver bars, alleged to have been made from British coinage, were seized in" :1 Wllitocllupol jowelleris _shop. Two foreigners have been arrested.

At the Amberley (_Canterbul'y) owe fair on. Monday somewhat sensational prices were realised for good class ewes, special lots selling up to £2 18/ per head, and :1 Very large number I'e:ll‘ising over £2 a. head. Half-bred owe lambs sold up to 10/ and 17/6 :1 head.

The story is told of 2. London Motorist who, in despair of finding '' a. suitable mechanical -thief-proof device. pul'cha.sed 3, savage dog which he had trained to sit at attention in his car Whilst he was absent. One day he left the car, with the dog on guard, in Pall Mall, but when he returned found that someone had stolen ——the dog! b

An Australian pastoralist. who was‘ oxnployed ‘in buying British wool in the South of England and in Ireland. says that the sooner we return to the open market the better. He formed Hm opinion that there is a ring amongst English Ina2nufa(:tul'ers, and Hum foreign competition would give a }=.(‘:llHliol‘ tone to the‘ market.

(fonisc-I'v:lti\'e -estimates pl.ace"* the production of au’comible and motor trucks in America 'this yeal'- at

f?»,:300,000. ’[‘h-at means that 14.000,000 covers and tubes must be made for initial equipment alone. 011 top of that there are sonlethi'n4g like 7,000,000 (ears and trucks already on the American roads, calling for 45,000,000 tyr('s a year. The United States requirements for motor tyres -For 1.020 are placed at 72,000.000 L 1 sl.upem_loug Output.

At the meeting of the cotnnnitteo of the T-aiha.pe and District Caledonian Association last. night, it was un:minlousl_v decided that social and other functions should be c-arried on during the winter months, which will most likely include a Burns Night. The classes shortly to be established by Miss Daisy McLellan for teaching F-liighland dancing will surely become vei-_\' popular, and it was suggested tlmt exhibitions by her pupils at intervals. either alone or in conjunction with other items should be given. By the way, Miss McLellan is a cham-pic-n <lun.cer of Dominion reputation, who has the gift of imparting her knowledge to her pupils.

General Sir .»\l-thur Currie. addressing the Old Conixmles Association of Princess Pllll-icia’s Regiment, re'.'e3,‘led the inner story of Passchendaele Ridge. He said the politicians rudely interfered with Marshal Foch’s and Field Marshal Haig'g plans for 1917. Owing to submarine depredaltions, there were sometimes only four to seven. daysf supplies in France. The B)'ll'iS11 Army had to fight, and the morale of the army began to be affected when every effor-t to capture Passcendaele f;.,iled. The Governments were not willing to find what terms coulll he .~<ccllreLl, and Fie‘[«‘2Marshal Haig deéided, for the sake of the morale. "to take the ridge which previously had defied all assaults.

.\‘cal'city of commodities is the opportunity oi’ the I’rofi§cel'. Scarcity may CZlU>’.L’ some in(:on\'enionce to the rich, but it can cuiisc real and continued privzition to the masses of people whose pul'c.ha.sing power is limited. Some forms of profitecriiig can 130 punished by the law, but workinen who doliber.a'l'ely rostl'ict. output, or who fail to accept any form of indu>‘trial doVel‘opnient which ran inal-Lo ihcir labour niore productive, are punishing themselves and thc-ir class without. knowing‘ it. If }-rofitecrinq is conscious pilfel'ill,t_l‘. ca.’ czinny is an ignorant. act which do». }:n-ivos many people of their real needs. 1: infiicr.«~ no loss upon the favoured «-.ia.-.<. \\‘h:ch it may bo dosi.gno(l I'o pillnisli. 1.1 is U. :=e—xltolico "passed upon the innocent by those who inay not. know they are guilty of a wrong .10 their own» class. —~Mr 'l‘, C. Cl_vnos, .D.C.f... 31.1’.

The licensed victaullers of Auckland have not yet definitely decided whether the price of beer i-etailed to the public will be increased, A good deal of attention has been given to this quesition, and it is now understood as the result of information from various scources that the victuallers may not find it necessary to raise the cost. of the beverage. The brewers hud COl’ll'E.*.lllplll.fßd increasing the cost of the liquid to the publicans. but inquiries: have elicited two ‘things. The brewers Will probably not increase the price to such an extent. as v:;:,s anti(-iipalmi, and the consensus of opinion among the licensees of Auck]a.nd lies in the direction of shoul«ler~ ing their losses due to the rise in prices. rather than pass them on‘ to the public. The whole question will be settled at a meefiug of the Licensed ivcttiallers’ Association on Wedn_esduy, then the mutter will be fully discussed.

Ladies’ All-Wool Hose; splendid valupg in shages of Black ,Grey and Hea't?her Mixture. Price 3/11 per p:;,iz-.<.—;Q,ollinsoll and Gifford Ltd.

The Board of Trade is furt.hm- inVestigating the prices of leather in Auckland, in relation to the recent rise in the Drice of hides.

Porcelain enamelled baths are not 0-‘lilctb’ ‘cl 011031) i'tem in house-building nowadays, and one Auckland firm of inlpoxifers finds that an unfOl,t_lmar€, occurrence is not likely to qowel. prices. VVriting to ‘a Wauganui client a. day or fwo ago, the firm Sf'l’r(-d that out of ":1 recent Shipment of M 9 baths 110 fewer than 60 were broken Consequently the firm’s calculations have been put out altogether, and at present they are unable to quote for baths at all.

Brown was going to have some alterations made to his home, and asked Jones, who had just got rid of the builders-—the best way to go about it. “Oh,” said Jones, “you call in a decent builder and tell him the limit you are prcparod” to pay out, being surc that the sum you mention to him is about :1 quarter of what. you have for the alteratioiis, and then, if you are lucky, and keep your wife away while the work is proceeding, you may get about half of what you want «lone for about twice the total sum you want, to spend.” A burglarious entry was made on Monday night into the oflice of the Fletcher Steel Construction Works, Nelson Street, Auckland. A small sate was removed to a vacant section adjacent and there blown up with gelignite. The noise made was so loud that it was heard by constables on the beat in Karangahape Road. The door of the safe was torn completely off, and carried some distance. Apparently the noise frightened the buglars. as they dccamped without even abstracting the cash contents of the safe. which only totalled 25/.

A statement of the revenue and expenditure for the 11 months of the financial year, ended on February 29, with the usual comparison with fig~ ures for the corresponding period of last year, was issued on Monday by the Prime Minister, who is acting as Mini.s‘rer for Finance during the absence of Sir James Allen. The figures show a net increase in revenue of £4,224,242, and an increase in expenditure of £4,290,558, the year's transactions showing a surplus of £344,768, compared with £41.1,0‘8} at the end" of Febraury, 1919. .

Messrs Meadley and Gardner, the largest bread-makers in Palmerston, state that they employ eigiht hands at £5 per Week, and that they make less than their emp-"loyees. They are willing to hand over the premises and plant to the Government, or anyone else at at low rent, and work for them at the same wages as they now pay their staff. and would then be making more than they make as employers. ‘Urgent representation is to be nl:lJ=.‘ to Mr Massey through .\l'r Nash, ’.\1.,P., to ‘allow the price to stand at 6d. In the event. of 8. refusal, it is 11ndC‘1‘.\‘tOud that the association members will c.‘lo.<o their bakeries.

The painting of wooden laiiiltlingrs bids fair to be a luxury in the {ul,llr".. White lead still rules high in price. and linseed oil continues to advance. Recent English quotations reziclied 10/ per gallon. Orders cabled did not secure the supply, for the reply received was that the price had again advanced to 11/6 per gallon "in bulk, and as the drums: cost ano’tllel' 7/6, when profits at this end are added, very high figures» must rule. An advance from 5/ a. gallon to about 16/ during the last. five years is a very serious matter for a town like Taihape. where the majority of dwellings are constructed of Wood. '

The coal situation in Aucklamd is gl'adu:llly losing its acute aspect, Besides the increased tonnage available froxn local mines cargoes totalling 15,000 tons are due this week. The Vvhakatane is to bring the greatest lonid—6soO tons»——fl-om Port Kemlilzt this rek, and the Japanese steamer Heisheu Maru is due with 400 tons, ‘and the Kaitangata with 2600, both lfrom Newcastle this week. The colllier Kamona. is expected to arrive with a cargo of 2000 tolls from Westport on Friday. In addition to these supplies this week the Kaituna is due with 2600 tons from Port Kembla next week, while the barquentine E. R. Sterling is expected wi-th another cargo from overseas towards the end of the month.

A correspondent of the Daily Mail, who says 110 is both :1 sllcopf‘:n-mcr and :1 retail draper (states the Post ’s London correspondent) writes: “I am recoiving 1/6 per lb for black-fmsod WOOI. I am retailing wheeling yarn at 12/ per lb. Where does this 10/6 per lb ditferonce go‘? Surely the washing, blo:lching:, dying, together wifll the profit of the woolbrokor, the wllolusaler, and the draper does "0" amount to half of this. ’l‘hore is 01115’ the spinner loft. Tho usuul reply i 5 that black-faced wool is not su‘.tabl(‘ for the making of wlmeling: ‘\'zl"ll, but c\‘Cn the highest pl'icm‘l of our homegroxm wool is only 3/ pm‘ lb, and that still leaves a (l'ill°erencv of 9/ Pol‘ 15 lJCt\\'o(‘ll the ram’ WOOI and HlO manufactured yarn.” ‘

A social and dance, organised In the Natives, was held in $56" Stars Theatre on the evening '0! HE A. and P. Show Day, was a success,the Natives having paid £ls 5/6 into the credit of the Soldiers’ .Vfenloria! Fund account at the Bank of Au'sn-an lasia, as the net proceeds whereof.

One of the lines that :Id\'ance(T

sharply dtfiing Hm war was wooden

safe-tjv m:l=‘.clles. It would seem as if prices are likely to remain high, as cable advice I'eCo:iV(<l in Australia. is to the effect that Swedish safeties had advanced 30/ per case. A lot of safety matches for New Zealand, however, came from Japan.