LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

-__--._,..,_.. .- ..___ During repairs to tho <:ll\ll'<_'/"I1 of 8?. Francis at I{:l\'cnn:l (.H:l]y) :1 now D:mtc~pol'trait‘ was discove:-ed frescood on the wall. It: is probal)l_\' :1 \.\'ol‘k of the Hfh u.cnt:ul'y. The scarcity of pigs in the Domainion has resulted in the \]ovr=rn* -ent. I'€lTlit‘Cillg the duty illlp()S('.d under the Customs tariff on ‘pork mxpm-ta-1 f‘.O!U Australia. The duty \'.':l.; previ(msi'y remitted 011 hams, bag-.-an and 1:11-d_

.~s]mep-stoa‘ling on a. considel'abl<3 scale is g0iI1;: on in ‘the I‘}ko’m}nm:l d"i.<tricf. '].‘ln'oo adjzlccnt fzmnors within a few miles of the town find that Hwy have lost bol'weml them some 200 sheep, extending: over a. pm-im] .<in(:(s docking.

Standing handily 11e;n- the \Vhak:l- - Police Station the other morning the chief constable’s mote-I'-car :11’tracted the attention of two prisoners working in the grounds. While the constzrble was busy i.nsi«le as clerk oi‘ the Court, they seemed thetusolves in his car and vanished. When the car was missed later, the telephone was set working,_ and the runaways located speeding to Te Puke. The assifib ant. consfable is now in pursuit.

A new arrival wants to buy a sec-ond-hund piano in good order for immediate cash.

The Wanganui Sash and Door has an opening for a good machinist, and also a good Sawyer.

A-nother consignment of fat sheep were railed from Raetihi on Monday morning for the VVellingfon Meat Export Works at Ngahaiuranga. The draft comprised 2200.

A large candle factory and :1 garden village of model houses '.is to be erected by Messrs Lever Bros. on land recently purchased at Newton St; Lee, near Ba/ch. An expenditure of £1,000; 000 is contemplated.

The record prices recently received for hides were exceeded at the Christchurch sales on Monday. Competition was keen and the second line submitted, a prime ox hide, reached 24._§<l per lb—a record figure. A considerable proportion of the offerings went over 23d per lb, and calf'sl-:ins realised up to 44d. Secondary quality hides were largely secured by exportel'S\. Horse hides made up to 26/6. As the sale progressed the prices did not alter materially, except that calf skins touched 44§d.

“I call that man a glorious fellow,” said a famous general who recently visited the Haberda.sller’s Company, poiufiing to the beadle. “Do you know he is :2. general. He has had a wonderful career. He has served 21 years in the army. Then he became beadle to the IHaberdashel"s Company. Then he went to the war and became 3, Brigadier-General, and now he is ha:-k again as beadle. '[‘hel'e never was a beadle with such :1 record. It iséa great honour to the eonlpany to h.'x\'o so remarkable it man in their service. It makes me feel proud to look at him.”

The Supreme Council of Scotland miffed Bro. 001016] GCol'gf.- .'3:lx'.*7:\y 32nd degree, to the 33rd (leaves. Chlonel Barclay, who has been Elf)">int9'l fnspectol'—Gonol~al for New Zealand in .auc(:om~'i(>l'n to the late Bro. T. Sherlock Gl-uhtrn, .\‘(,'l'\'(‘(] throughout the war wiflx the New Zealand Forces, w-as r_‘.l~<*~tifl.('-11f of tho Non’ Zoaland Expedir.i(;ll2lry Forces Association. and was for :1 p<.‘l'iod in command of the New ’/..~zllan:l ICng{iner=r Depot at Boscombo. i:‘.uul'xlornouth. In fhe craft’ Colonel B:lrr'.lzl_y is a I’. H. B. of Engalnd, and a I’.(}‘..\\' of New Zouland, and in the Royal .\r<3h ho holds the rank of Pést Ir‘il'.s'l’ (lrmlfl -\‘ojuln'ller of New ZeaLzusd zuul Hon. First Grand Sojourner 01’ Scotland.

Referr-iiig to the trade outlook for the pl'eSe'flt year, the Guara.n’ty ’l‘l'u.¢;t Co. of New York has the follo\\"m_g‘:——~ “The world shortage of goods continues, and Europe especially cla'unuring for food, raw materials, and machinery. America has the thinéis the world needs, and the labour mirl capital to make them available to the needy, but labour is restless un-ler better wages and Shol”Ler i1ou;*:~:. zuul capital hesitates to \’*l\'r‘€‘l'l-"l or-'=(l':+. while the terms of peace are unknown. Those who see the oDpG'r"_llllities, and who realise the only iilie remedies. for the past anal the only hope for the fllt.ure. '.‘.ll‘(:‘ urging the country lo work harrler and to spend less. Thee is no ])I'OS-Plll‘ indication of :1 decline in prices. llusilwes.-1: everywhere is good, lzfuonr in strong demand.

There have been certain tliisigs said about the treatment of GC:‘}l‘.BllS interned on Somes’ Island, but one of their number called at the Post and «aid that before leaving New Zealand he desired to state that. as one who had been interned since the earl_\_r days at’ the war, he had every appreciation ot‘ the way New Zealand had handled her prisoner problem. On S‘-omes Island. there had been a number of e-nem_\' aliens, wlio were roug'll seamen. who did not. perluips. respond too kindly to treatine-nt or diseipine. and dilferent usage in their case was necessary. There had been shortcomings on the part of the authorities at times. He did not desire to do any white«wa.<lling in l'(*Q‘Zll'Ll to such shorteoinings. But in a general review of Ilie whole period he would state that it’ any (:}erman had reason to complain of his treatment in eaptivity in New Zealand the fault lay with himself and his behaviour. He, personally was ‘;eavin_; I\"e\\' Zealantl with Feeliiigs of appreciation of the treatment he had reeeived here as an enemy alien.

A. decision of consi(lerahle intex-est to farmers has just been given by Mr Justice Sim in the case Gaynor \'. Lacey, The parties owned adjoining farms and had agreed to erect a fence along their common boundary. Mr Lacey completed his half, but Mr Gaynm- failed to erect his half. His sheep strayed into Mr Laceyfs rape and ate the crop, Mr Lacey sued him in the Mzlgistx-;lte's Court at Taumarunui, and recovered .8100 for loss of the cl‘op_ 'Fh(.\" dr-rundant. then appealed to 1111* Suprenle Court, claiming that under the Impounding Act no damages could be recovered for stock trespassing on unfenced land. The Supreme Court upheld this contention and allowed the appeal.

Four men for shovelling on road formation are wanted at. eighteen shillings a day.

A line of woo-lly \‘Vhit€‘-fflC€d lambs realised the high figure of 24/3 under the hammer at the f‘al'terton Sl‘-00k sale on Friday.

“Edll<=afionl'n my w°q,unh-y,” renmrkod .Tudg'(= Alden at Chautauqua at Palmerston North, “is "the only thing which has been left free———o\'ery—thing else has been syAndieaAfed.”—Manawutu Times.

Japanese l'oreigll trade for 1919 shows an advance over 1918 of 650 million yen. the ‘bulk of Which is found in imports rather than‘ exports. In exports, raw silk nearly doubled in value despite .21 net-back in December, with the result that in 1919 business promotions described 9. spectacular record, the total having been reached of 4,201,529,000 yen, or more than double that of the 1917 total.

Bandsmen are reminded that a practice will be held in the bandroom toniormw, Fl'i«lay evening, and it is hoped llzaf every plny(*l' who min make is possible. will be present, as plans have been put into practice. for reorganising the l)an(1- on :1 footing which will render it some credit to the town as well as to individual bandsmon,

The produce exports from New Zealand in December of last year were worth £3,071_.358_. this being somewhat. less than the value of the goods sent. out of the country in the last month of 1918. The grand total export figure for the whole of last. year is almost fifty-two millions, which is :1 CO11'1f(.)l‘i‘al)l9 24 millions in excess of the 1918 Values. Wellingtoxx exported nem'ly El} millions Worth, and Auckland 83 millions. All o'tll_er places are eonsi«lei':-llily umler this. The imports‘, (m-“the other hand, fotalled in value something over 2-3. millions for Deeeiubei‘. making u grand total for the year of something like 30-} millions, which is 215 millions under the worth of produce exported. The Cusfoms duties for nine months of the year amou.ufe(l f 0 £3.31(1,793,

Mr Archibald Hurd. the well-known naval expert. recently predicted that there would soon be an end to the shipping boom. and that ‘ freights would come down. He believes that the world will shortly have more shipping than it needs. A. statement like this, coming from an udinitted authority, should cause those farmers of New Zealnnd who are endeavouring to finance a. shipping company to think seriously. VVoul<l it not pay to wait for a year or two and W{Li’.Ch the (levcelopnient of events? Huge shipping ziinzilgainaiions are being formed, and these nl'.l_’y endeavour to control the whole of the shipping and rnnintain freights at :1 high standard. Should it transpire that they pursue this cour.<e. the farniers wEII be in a position to l)u_y froni the shipyards to :I<lvarltag<_>. At the‘ pre.<eut tinie it is impossible to buy, and the farmers would be foolish to do so. it‘ they could, at existing prices. '

A further puzzle is nzlilecl to ‘lie clothing problem in the soarins.;: rir‘ hats, 21 line of which. the .-‘\llieiir:;i:i Stetson, has now reached :1 price \V-hicll in pre-war days woul-_l hz-;v<> bought a first.-class suit. At. the beginning of the Week the popular \.r-l-our leapt from £4 10/ to .435 0/, .“iIH'l the latest prognostication from tlio limited number of dealers in Lilig expensive top piece is that the nv-xt shipment. due in a couple of inonths, will be quoted at a price Very lltllt‘ short of double figures. The pluiri felt. Stetson is now quoted at three guineas. and is likely to soar g-gain in the near future. Despite the phenonle_nal price, retailers continue to find purchasers, but there is evidence that when the further inc;-ease is (-f----fected, other competitors in the velour market will intervene, and it is expected iliut English ili:iiiiiF'ae:*;lli~ers will onpose the Ainericriii inonnpc-ly of t‘n’..: particular line. A "paw of praise for the “vniglity British l‘ill1])ll'(‘H uppe:li's in the Junker and t'ormorl_\' Pill}-Gr('_‘l‘ll'lall Krouz Zeitung. ‘lt is by the writer on international politics. Otto Hotsch. He compares the 'pros(‘nl‘ situation ‘in Britain with that of the Roman Enipire at its tipcigoo, ziml abounds in tributes of :i<liiiir:itioii for the political genius and literal vonstitutrional prziatice of British .-tntosinmi. Never was Britain's position so strong throughout liistor_v. He lll1ll‘\'(‘lS all the skill with which the Doniinious liavo l)t‘(‘lI Weldotl into one close lI11[)Cl’i:l1 union during the war. In her Imperial development. the writer coiupares Britain with Rome. pointing out ‘how in India and Egypt. we are oonforring Imperial citizenship upon the Outlying‘ inhabitants of the Empire. There is not the smallest clnnice, he warns the Germans. of the British Empire breaking up, either on Nationalist or Bolshcvik groiimls. At .-\n-twerp her new Ilfwal 11350. Slit‘ holds the briilgohoml of‘ ill? Continent.

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