LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3433, 12 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs F. Ward and CO,. will sell at their Tui Street Auction Mart tomorrow, Saturday, on behalf of a, vendor who is leaving the district, 9. large qua.nt.ity of first-class furniture, iron grand piano, and other articles; also a large quantity of fruit.

“The whole of the land in Sot:tll is going up in value,” said his Honour the Chief Justice, in the Supreme Court the other day. “I w:~.::.” he added, “on a. motor trip through Southland quite recently, and it was evident that the price of land there was on the I‘iS€J” The above remarks were made previous to the making of an order for the sale of trust land at a minimum of £l3 17/6"per acre.

Hon. J. G. Coates, PostmasterGeneral, says that he knows nothing officially of the subject-matter of a. recent Sydney cablegram wliich states that the Australasian Aerial Transport Company will shortly be floated with a capital of £700,000 to establish passenger, mail, and cargo services between Australia. and New Zealand. Mr Coates adds that his department will, of course, be ready to consider any proposals that may be uiade for -such :1 service.

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§_fla\'\‘.\', on l_ml‘h Gallipoli Peninsula and the ti-31:15 of .Fl'an<:o, there have boon froqum.rtly picked up keepsakes 01' m*‘nol' zlppill'(‘lltly iniszignijicant arficles Th“al‘ Im\'(3 1011 to the i(‘.elltify of the s'ol«Ti«or b9'ing- established. The Sec.l'cfal'y of flu: Nenv Zoaland \Var Graves Collllllifroo is endeavouring ‘to Inrato the I'<‘]:ltives 01' n(‘xt:of~kin of an unidentified .=.o}dim' from whose body has ~con I'r:Cu\'(-I'o3 a I:2rf_w*, }‘»la§ll I_m‘l3fml-bl'()Dc'h._. faced with the in-st-ripfion “Kai Ora.” .-\n_\f im"m':ml- - should be addressed to the .<(:-:-1~vfury of tho Néxv Zozllund ‘Wsll’ Gl‘2iV‘(‘.'~' Connnitteo at the connnittee’s ofiir,-vs in Welh'ngl‘o.n.

A mmtcst was ro<3ontly staged In'.\\vell 40 pm‘ r-out dynanxite and ‘i::-i::§-‘tr.-oJehlone, and H:-0 la.‘r‘ro'-' won, ;~a_\'s the Scientific ;\11101"icu11. Two concrete piers had to be blasted 011?, and this gave an nppol'tunit_v for :1 comparative test‘ of the two v.\'plosi\‘vS, with the result that 14.9 cubic feet of concrete were r<_mlm'(»«] per lb or". 'I‘.N.T. and only 14.1 pm‘ Tb of d_\jl::*. mifo. 'l‘.N.’[‘. ‘is not dosig‘nod ‘£o be used <‘xfonS‘ivol_v in ellgilloo_l'illg work as it is less Sensitive than dynamiio. but greater precaut.ions must be faken fo \'o.nt'iln‘re after {I shot, owing to 11-0 largo zunuunt of cambon InmxuxiJ~.=, which is 0110 of tho principal pw;Jll<‘«*~‘of cumbllstTiGn.

Relative to the boot timle in New Zeuland the Shoe Trades Journal (writes a London correspondent) mentions that "a really excellent article is turned out -in New Zealand,’’ hm in spite of this the imports into the Dominion +'m- the fix-:sVc eight months of 199 were vnluell an“ £240.000. The paper then quotes from the London Ch2mlbe;r of Conimerce Journal, which understands that both British and Ainerican manufacturers were unable to fulfil the ‘Dominion‘s requireinents; ill fact. orders lmve been received by New Zealand manufacturers from the United Kingdoni itself for civilian booms, men’s. the pl‘iCe:< appai'enll'_\' being lower than in England.

1 Egypt is a strange country, and it ilsr hard even for the men who have ‘been there to realise the difficuhies of the best.-meaning :Idminish'ators. ‘ln common with most \'i:_~‘il'Ol'S. a ten-der-he:n'terl f1'i("11"I. just h2l('k from :x trip to Cairo tells me (says :1 London writer) he has been greatly struck by the tattmml and neglected look of the children '\Vlmt:,lle could not understand e.<:pee'ially was» seeing welldressed mothers followed by perfect taf’ce:-{lernalions of offspring. But the old residetit smiled and put him wise. livery Egyptian mother believes in the evil eye. and hopes by making her children o-utwardly unattractive to ward on‘ its influence. For the same rezrson. boys being counted more attractive of the eye than girls, many an E_9,‘_Vpt:i:m boy has to submit to the irmignity of going abroad disguised in I his sister-’s clothes. l

“In the stomach of 21 bullock, which med suddenly near Rugby, were found a golf ban; ‘<l hatpin, and a. five-inch nail

Ofliciul sarictioii is likely to be given by tho British War Oflice for‘ the raising of a. I'egimont of Guards to be formed out of the four great oversea tll'll‘.i(‘S. A company each will in all pl'ob:Lbi.lity, be allotfvd to Canada, Australia, Z\'L-xv Zoalaml, and South Africa, in thai order‘. ‘

The polling for election of 3. licensmg committee for the Rangitikei electorate resulted in the following ‘being elected: Messrs F. R. H. Brice 497, Bray -164, Beban 464, Purnell 451, Gammon. 450. The other candidates polled as follows: McDonald 340, Wilson 292. and Nuttall 270.

A young man named Tocker met with 2L serious accident at the Paracroa sawmill, on the Pipiriki Road, on 'l_‘hursday morning. The unfortunate young follow got his hands caught in :1 wire rope, by which he lost the hngol's of both hands, the thumbs alone roxnaining. He was attended to by Dr. Grifiin, of Raetihi, who ordered. his removvl fo the ’l‘aihapo Hospital, where he arrived last night by motor car.

Under the Appropriation Act of last Sr-‘~sSion provision was made for public servants to rccei\*o an increase of £;J.S

:1, your to compensate in some degree for the increase(i cost of living. Complaint is now made by a considerable Section of the Service that the Act has not been complied with; that in many cases the £45 has dwindled down to £35. and in some cases as low as £2O. .»\_n<i those (:on.cel‘ned want to know Hm reason.

Tht‘-re was little alteration in the price of choice and prime beef at the Westfield stock market on Wednesday. There was a steady demand. Choice ox sold up to £2 18/ per ]oolb a.nd prime 10 £2 17/. Cow and heifer beef sold up to £2 13/ per 1001 b. Steers ranged up to £25 15/. Sheep were penned in large numbers and values were firm at last week's rates. E:~:tra heavy prime wethers made up to £2 5/9, and ewes to £2 0/9. The inquiry for lambs was keen and last week's improved prices were easily maintained. Extra heavy sorts realised up to £2. There Was a full yarding of pigs. Choppers made up to £lO 6/.

F In the current issue of the New ?Ze~.-iland Railway Review, the journal 3of the A.S.R.S., an increase in members‘ subscription, which now stands at 13/ per annum. is fo‘reshadowed. _\ccumulated funds which amounted to £4405 had to be drawn on to the extent of £268 to balance the ye2n*’s accounts. The position was kept within safe limits. writes the editor of the Review, but the plain fact is that the membership is not paying enough to meet current outgoings, and there ig the heavy cost of a trienial conference looming in the near distance}. It looks as if: for the great batch of railway servants another slight midition to the cost of living is plainly in Sight

5 The offer of £SOOO per annum as the conductor of an American orchesytra. has been made to Mr H. Verbrugghen, the conductor of the New South Wales State Orchestra. Referring to the matter in Sydney last week the New South VVale§ Miniister for Education. Mr James‘, said the Govern ment, was anxious to retain Mr Ver-‘:3i-ugg-heli,'s services. “ I recognise,” he continued, “that he is a. man worthy of almost any payment we can give him. But I hardly feel justified in pledging the country at present to the large expenditure involved. We have already made him an offer. which he thinks is not suflicient, and the Cabinet. is to again consider the matter. At, the same time we can hardly enter into competition with this Anierican offer of £SOO per annum——nn amount entirely beyond

New York women are wading kneedeep in the snow to look through shop windows at summer clothing (writes an American correspondent). Nothing is to be seen since Cllrisrsnns in the great dry goods store winalows except fhe flimsiest of summer frocks. Winter clothes, it is said. have been reduced to the “price of an kingzis ransom.” The New York Times has compiled some staggering figures to Show the comparative"figures in ‘XO- - clothes. The outfit for :1 ;-.'oun_:,i gm, which in 1914 cost 99 aollar.;_,l now costs 9.7 dollars. This is p3rfly~ due to the normal increase in ‘pv'iC(¥S.! {but partly due to the fact that the] ‘women of America are drunk with ex-i travagance. New York shoplmepers; find an easy remedy for goods that will not 5911. Th9.V Sinfply raise the price. Many women of means‘ pay 50 dollars without a murmur for a pair of beaded slockingS- One New York store is displaying a. rose white blouse for 700 dollars, and coats '_'OS?lll_’..§ from 10,000 dollars to 17.000 -‘folio:-Si are not unknown. Why pay dearly for Baking Powder when Shzn°land‘s——thc best what can be pl'm'lur.=ed-—-cost‘s less than otho:'s‘.’ ;\.s4k _\'mu' Q‘roocl'. 1

At the conclusion of a meeting ‘of the Christchurch Presbytery on Wednesday a conference was held to con. sider the situation which had arisen owing to the lfigh rate of exchange between New Zealand. India and China. It was explained that the total contributions to the Indian and Chinese missions had now to be approidmatch’ £BOOO larger than before the; PXChl’.ll,slf" rate went up. and the conference was to consider ways and nic-ans of collecting this extra amount‘ so that the Foreign Mission Work woum not be .<l1OI"f- of funds. The committee which had been set up to deal with the matter recommended that a sum be collected equivalent to 7/6 per church member, Every church should make up its foreign mission contribution to this amount, which would cover the deficiency caused by the loss in exchange

At a large meeting of farmers held at Masterton on Wednesday, the following resolution was carried: “That should fair and reasonable freight a,rrangements for New Zealand produce not *be possible with shipping companies trading to New Zealand, the Board of Ag:-iculture. with the consent of the Government, be asked to call at the earliest convenient date a meeting of delegates from all freezing companies, agricultural and pastoral associations. and -other prorlucers’ associations to discuss» the position and to formulate proposals for the establishment of an indepent shipping line or some other effective method of dealing with the position.” A resolution was also passed asking for legislative power to take a vote of freezing companies and dairy conipaxiies as to the raising of the sum of £4.00i0,000 to invest in shipping. Another resolution supported "the soncling of the conimissdon to -England.