LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3435, 15 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A settler in Pohangin-.1 tried the CfT€Ci3 Of -‘*}lC9P dip on u ])Eii(‘7h of pemiyroyai. The wevci is still :livingr, but tI1r(-on fine niotiwr-t-‘r-d calves wore lost’. - Ml‘ 3115306 F'9l'Bllson has ;'r:ulted Ml‘ Holman’s'application to discloqe the name of the writer of an alleged defamatory al-ficie which ."t[)pe'-_lrm] En the Mtlriliunrbzili “Tweed Daily,‘ published on February 3rd in colm<‘n=iion‘ with evidence before the VVil~.=2att Commission regarding the ix’-212:'i:»_1;,rt-.»xl pony racecourse 19:\.So=~_ M2‘ linlrne-11 cizzinis £SOOO C:;r.*.;.g< >ls_

A cook, and alslofia laundress, is wanted for a. :private hospital in Tai--11898; 800 d Wages are offered.

“Between eight and ten thousand men of the Black Watch were killed in the War,” said Captain S. Watson, M.C., af 3. reunion of London members of the famous “Do or Die” regiment.

The wholesale price of New Zea-land-made soaps has ztdvanced by about £4 per ton. This will nmlze a difference to the retail selling price of about 1d per bar. Candles are not affected by the rise.

Negotiations are in progress in Britain for making the Triple Labour Alliance quadruple, by the adhesion of the engineers, and also for the amalgamation of all railway workers by the federation of the Railwaynlen’s Union and the Drivers’ and Firemen’s Society.

According to rthe Liverpool Post, the Pxjince of Wales, while touring New Zealand, “will be accompanied by a very small suite, and the ex-Kaiser will be interested to learn also that he is taking two uniforms with him. On ceremonial occasions he will wear either the uniform of a, naval captain, or of a Colonel of the Welsh Guards, and the rest of the time he will wear knufti.”

A remarkable escape from injury was the experience of Mr and Mrs Rodney Coates, their baby, and two other passengers when in :1 n:.oto1--our at Dargaville on Friday. The car overturned, but the hood kept. it from falling on the? occupants, and w.xe:»' all crawled from under it unnurt. The car was righted, and only the windscreen was broken. The party 1.11011 continued their journey.

A member of the Te Awzmiutu Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday said he had only a day or two previously been in a country store——uliles back from a town——where over two tons of sugar were in stock. He found not the least difficulty in purchasing a six month’s supply for his Im":n==.. Another member said that in the smaller towns of the King (joumry it was quite the regular practice to sell the sugar in the original sacks.

Students of strange happenings in nature will find much to interest them at Lake Coleridge (says 21 Christchurch paper). Although the water intake is fairly finely meshed, it is :1 common occurrence for eels to find their tray into the pipe line, and finally into the water turbine, where they are chopped up into conv‘enient lengths and ejected into the outfall tank. Small fish the size of whitebait are on occasions found in tanks, having made the journey from the lake per tunnel, pipe line, and Pelton wheel witlrout. mishap. On :'%?aturda_v two professional men from Christchurch, who were On. a visit of inspection to the lake, discovered a largesized ‘trout in the surge chamber. which connects up the tunnel with the pipeline. He must have got in when small and grown up. Mr C. M. Reed, editor of a \Vashington paper, who was one of the Chatauqua lecturers in Feilding, stressed the point that the initial location of the towns was of first—Class irnportance. A grave mistake had been made in selecting the sites for (-‘rreyrnouth. ‘sVestport, and Blenheim. the result being that ‘these centres were partly inaccessible, a fact that grzlvely retarded inter-communi(ration between these places and the industrial centres of the Dominion. If WY‘)-"ll1“l't and Greynlouth had been laid out with regard to :I<'(€t‘S>‘il)ilif_Y, the serious delays in shipping which at present occurred at these coal ports, would have been avoided with ad\‘ant~ag:e to themselves and the whole of New 7.ealand.l Blenheim ’s outlet was \'er)' bad. It‘ advanta_e'e had been taken of the splendid water ‘iaeilities available 111011;: the coast the South Island would have been brought. within an hour's reach of Wellington by fast‘ steamer.

'n"}n:- cx[>o('.l:llion that rho pl‘e:S-Silt sunlnler would see an nnprecedmltod number 01' departtlres of Nmv '/Lealanders for England and Europe has been fully I'£\aliSed. Shi;)p"én.:, companies have been literally r11:!1A‘--1 1"r-1' pass:a.gos, and it was St:l'.‘€=J by an cfficer of T, (‘oak and Sons shat. uifih Llw wx<:o1)1ion of a few first, am‘. .<-"-(-.- clld»c-lass .bm'tlls, all I’.lll-.v'ltL and .%uez boats were fully 'n-:))km.1 ‘JI; fo late in .Tul'y. The congestion in travel has been accentuated by the 9:104; that the P. and O. boats have been withdrawn from the ‘.-\ust1'a.}i-.m run owing 1-0 the large number of British ofiiczr-rs Tetuming; ‘[o England from In_(lia. Berths from New Zealand can still be obfained on steanlel-s for America, for the reason that the rise in («X----chzmge is Inaking the trip tllr'..nlrzll the States highly unpopular with travellers from this part of the world. The aw being advised that they '-ntxsat allow at loast, £32 10/ a day for I!'m'elling expenses in addition ":10 then‘ fares. No bad ui’tel'-m'lb'ue.‘.‘.< \\.i!'h \V.'\l')]~J"s' WORM: FIGS. ‘;VondCl'i'ul \\'m-m Wol'ricrs. 1

ts situaA first-class Topeman Wan tion in a_. S§l:Wmilla

A - . . n advertxser wants to buy cutung rights of a block of bush matai or maire. '

‘ln the stomach of a bullock, which dled suddenly near ‘Vere 3 found a golf ball, a hatpin and 3 five_ inch nail. ’

A mission of American Qua].-_ers ,including four women, arrived in Berlin, organising the supply of milk and food for‘ German mothers and babies.

At. 3, well-attended meeting of the Taihape bronch of the A.S.R.S., is aws decided that :1 secret: ballot be taken on the question of a strike .

A large and representative deputa. tion from the proprietors of the woollen mills ‘throughout the Dominion at present sitting in conference in We]lington waited upon the Prime Minis ter with regard to the supply and price of wool and other matters. The proceedings, however, were not open to the Press.

A member of the East Coast hydroelectric deputation, told the Prime Minister that for years coal had been costing them nearly £5 3, ton, and for the past two winters they could not get coal at £2O a ton in Wairoa. But for the war there would have been a little revolution in the district because of it. Hundreds of families had been burning green willow to keep the children warm during the winter; and that was not the Way to keep people loyal. Something ought to be done in regard to it.

The War Pensions Department has notified the Wlellington branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association that a. great number of retrospective allowances for children have not yet been applied for, and it points out that application to the department. for these grants is absolutely necessary. This requirement is objected to by the association ,and at a meeting of members it was resolved that the. executive committee be instructed to take steps so that allowances may be remitted without application.

Under the headline, “A Serious Exodus,” the Dunedin Star states: “For some time past there has been a steady and serious drift of skilled craftsmen to the north. We question whether many of those Who so readily acquiesced in the drift :1 short time ago are as certain now that they were wise in their original attitude. In the beginning the departure of a few craftsmen did not appear serious, but in its more recent developments it is causing concern. The prosperous and pushfnl north is prepared to pay in satisfaction of its requirements, while some of our more canny captains of industry refuse to compete in open niarket. The result. was an exodus, which means 2; decided loss to our city from :1 xvcsaltlrprodueing point of view.”

The attitude of the‘Defence Department in repudiating liability for the treatnlent of the disease known as “trench mouth” in cases where the sufferer has hlready been discharggew? as cured is resented by the Returned Soldiers’ Associutioll on the ground that the contention of the depa'rtnlent that the trouble will not recur except. as a result of the dirty habits of the

patient is unsound, and that frequently soldiers are discharged without. propery tests first. being made, \Vith a view to taking action in the matter, the association has circularised members requesting details of specific cases coming under the second cause for objection. This information, to» gether with a statement that several instances had already been reported. was given at an eXtl‘:lol'dill3.l’_V meeting of the \Vellington branch of the R.S.A.. held at the Town Hall. _Se\'er-.l‘. members present intimated that they would furnish the requisite particulars.