LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3436, 16 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr B. H. Just, Palmerst;on’North, offers fresh picked, finest sample tmnatoos, at 7/ per case. A bay filly and :1, bay gelding, empounded Fm .-the Mangawéka. pound‘, will be sold on Saturday, 20th March, at noon, it‘ not claimed and expenses paid in the meanltimej The Premier has entered a private hospital at Well'in‘gton to undergo a slight surgical operation, Probably he will be unable to attend to business for several days. A story is told of the composing stafi? of a. London daily. Being anxious to get back to the bosom of their families on Boxing nighlt the men made a written request to the proprietors “To go to press early so that we might be able to get home to our ‘various’ wives.”

It is announced in the Gazette that interest on Government Post Office Savings Bank deposits will from April 1 be increased by a quarter per cent. On deposits up to £3OO the interest will be increased from per cent. to 4 per cent, and on deposits from £3OO to £IOOO the rate will ‘be 33 per cent instead of per cent.

Recently two persons of alleged “water divining proclivit.ies” visited Hastings (says the Tribune) and publicly announced their willingness Tu locate water. In answer to their ad~ Vertisement, lseveral local residents, who no doubt had their nlind’s eye centred on a. draught, at once availed themselves of the olfer and paid a fee of £23. Up to the pre_sent., ‘however, there has been no appearance of ‘the “\\'atel' (livinel's,” and their victims St is reported are endeavouring to divine flue/it xvllereabouts.

’l‘he: War Pensions Dep'.lrt'ment has notified the Wellington branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Assoeialtion that :1 great number of retrospective allowances for children have not yet been :Ip]_)liedfor,andit points out that application to the Department for these grants is absolutely necessary. This requirement is objeelfed to by the Assoeizrtion, and at a meeting of members it was resolved that the Executive Cormniftee be instructed to take steps so ‘that allowances may be remitted wil'llou’r application.

During the Paeroa Stoeplccliaso Handicap on Saturday afternoon, three jockeys were thrown, one sustaining a somewhat severe injury. Irisliland, rid(lon by Hamilton, fell at the second fmice of the doubles and threw his rider, whose collarbono was broken. Kurnalpi. ridden by Copestako, fell alt the socoml t'once from home, and its rider was severely bruised. After receiving medical attention ho \v:l.< taken To his home at 'l'h:imo.~:. Otartr stumbled {Ultl threw its rider. Hit-ndor.<on. who vscapml in_iur_\f. An accident of an unusuzil nature 0Cl‘l]1‘\"(l in Waiigmxiii the other «lay. A carrier had allowed two children to hitch their box cart on to his vehicle, and was towing them along when :1 motor \\‘a.< met. The carrier turned out of the \\‘:l_\' of the moltorist, but tho ohildron did not. with the result that the motor collided with them. One of the children had his nose. injured, and his legs were “barked”. But for the fact that tho moltorist was driving \"‘T‘}' slowly and pulled up promptly, the result of the collision might have hum‘. very serious.

“One of Hm most wonderful am-.0‘.:~ gw‘;i:~‘ll.*xlmlls afiained }v_\' blind SOMinn-“’ said Mr ("lu‘-11:1 .\lu<ekollziv. ‘:1 his lecture on St‘. ])Lln.~'t‘an's Hospital in \\"v!llugl'un. “i.< that" 01' >'horth:lnd typing." 'l.‘h(' pilfimxts learned to manipulate shorthzlnd machines, an instrument, sOm(‘fl'.ing‘ likv :1 stmloti_V'pe. but with six lwys only, Iml’ll they were proficimlf 10 take down dictated mossagos at 21 mmuul ruto. Ml‘ 'l\T:u-l<vn-zio is llimsolf an expert at “I‘ou<‘h” Iypo\\'l‘ifin;__;‘. and (10c:< 2111 his uwn cm--1-e5]):)11<lo11v0 on an 01'(1i1I:11'y llypv\\'ritor even 10 21«‘Id1'(“ssi11g <|ll\'<'l(wp.~s and ;<‘r:mlpillf__>‘ ‘Hl('Ill.

S I’{opnl'!s ;’;elwl'2lll_‘.‘ 1:151 \\'w*k S]m\\'(‘.d i\!:zil'yillg pl'()dll<',l’iull in New Z(>al:lnd it») be kooping up WOll, vmli‘l':l.<l‘ing !‘i':l\’nlll'El})]_\_-' \\'ii‘.ll I'c<:Cllt uufulnns. On this B.(‘L‘.ollll’[ little nnxioly is felt \\'ilh :;Ao‘;-.lll] to winter supplies of butter, i'[‘h.-- price of thv clloice.<l’ qualify buf- !{.;--- in Now South \\'2xl(‘S and Vic- ; f¢,|l'i:l. has mm’ Iwml ztdvzlnced f 0 200/.9 E;.m- mm, or 1/9.? pm‘ lb wh01o;<a1o, 5 Mllll3 to zzhouiz 2,’ per 11) rufai]. .\mL‘l‘;i<a:m mail :Id\'iv(‘s Show Hllll prices i have receded a little, and at the Jam '10:‘ advice the highest grade of lt:l'oanlel’y buH‘ol' was selling at 63 to jlifif vcl‘.l‘s.

.\ handy man is ad\'el‘tiSed for by Mr S. .5. ’l‘inlbsz Butcher;

The y[un- . ‘ ICI _ to~nigllt at Spal Brass B3“d -~11! xneof. O‘ClOCk 10 .. - Dl-ogramme for to I‘l<'lCt-ice the Every nlenlber ig ‘lnoll'()\\‘.\: " ' -" \ Sent. -etl«lr..~.tul to be pre.

A large sum of money, lost in Taihape, last Saturday, is advertised for. The finder is urgently requested to communicate with the Taihape Police Station. ’ .

The truckers who stopped work at the Taupiri Coal Compuny’s Rotowaro mine on Friday owing to 011 being used instead of grease, resumed work on Saturdzxy. The terms of settlement are not divulged.

The adjustment in the price of bread made by the master bakers, as a result of ‘the recent conference with the Prime Minister last week took effect on Saturday. The cash price -over the counter is 53d. for the 2lb loaf, and the booked and delivered price is Gid.

A dastardly act is reported from Waitahata, between Paeroa and Waihi, where a colt, 18 months old, was stabbed to the heart with some sharp instrument. So far the offender has escaped detection, but much indignation has been aroused, many of zhc mine:-_\: vowing they will themselves deal with the culprit.

A blasting accident occurred at Raglan on Sunday. Two men, Thomas Dunlop and Bert Mclvor, were filling a bore in a. quarry with gelignite, when the charge prematurely exploded. Dunlop, :1 man aged 59, was killed. and Mclvor was seriously injured. The latter was removed to the Waikato Hospital, where he is making satisfactor-_v progress.

The “go-slow” policy is alleged to have been adopted by certain slaughtermen and assistants at two large Auckland freezing works. The establishments concerned are we Westfield Freezing Company, and the Southdown works of the Auckland Fal'mcl's’ Freezing Company, At the .t'ornlex' works 24. men are concerned. The reduction in working speed in the «slaughtel'men’.s branch is naturally having considerable effect upon the whole output.

Talking to :1 Palmerston florth reporter, Mr E. S. Pees, who has juslt returned from a trip abroad. strongly advocated e"el'y -business man. anld particularly men who held public ofiices, going away from New Zealand for a trip. “But they don’t want to be content with seeing America only, they want to go to England. There is an air of permanence about her than America lacks. However, I ‘i‘egz'et to say that in the motor car and motor cycle business, it is absolutely impossible for England to compete with America. The States has the business and is likely ‘rte retain if."

A. young man, aged 21, named Hurold Gossage Gardiner, appeared on remand in the Magistl'ate’s Court, at New Plymouth, on Friday, in connection with five charges, breaking, entering, and theft at ithe residence of R. ‘H. Bartiey, Bullcr Street; the same ofiences at the shop of H. J. Price; attempted breaking and entering at. the residence of P. J. Flannigan, Devon Street; attempt to burn the residence of R. H Bartlcy; theft of various. articles (pencils, stationery, six razors, chewing gum, etc.), the property of John Avery. He was convicted and remanded for sentence.

| The educational needs of the adolesieent girl were referred |to by Miss Aitcheson in an address before the Wolnen’s Christian TOll-IpCI‘aIICC Union. It was for the community to see, said Miss Aiteheson, that the education of these girls, many of whom left school at the age of 14, was continued on the right lines. Betiter environnieiit, better housing conditions, hostel accommodation. social club rooms, and especially extension of education. wort -anong the rernedies for the ne<g~ lected educations‘. state of our young: girls. To keep our nation to the fore we must see that our youth was supplied wi’tll education between the years of 14 and’ 18. One of the matters brought before the Hon. D. H. Guthrie by a deputation at Te Kuiti on Friday last was the necessity of maternity sniall hospitals in outlying places. Mr Benner. chairman of Otorohangn Town Board, spoke Very fore-ibly on this matter, and Mr W. ’.l‘. Jennings, M.P., gave instances where it cost. head of the (home who. in most cases, was a str-u::-Igling settler or working men. a lii}; ;hole in 21 fifty pound saving before the lmother returned from the central malternity hrnnes, additional to which iwas the inconvenience of travellinfii iunder the circumstances. The Minis!ter :.:':l\‘e 11 S_VlllD{lill9tlC reply, and stated he would bring the matter unlder the notice of his (¢ollC‘flf3§lle’S~. i .\ :<ul‘e and pleasant ,\p(‘t'ifl<' for tn‘-.O\'iug_' wornrs is \\’_.\’DlC‘R "~,\'ollll FIGS. ‘-3 All-VVool Scarves, new colouring-*1» with block stripe effects. Prices 14/5 and 16/G—~2lt the Big Value Hou.~3e. Collinson and Gifford Ltd.