LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3441, 22 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A five-seatcr Ford car, in good Order and well shdd, is offered for quick sale af £IOO. .

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A somewhat sensational incident occurred on Thursday night on the premises of a firm of Palmerston Outfitters in Main Street. Messrs Johansen and Kearney, partners in a men's clothing emporium, were Islurprised about midnight by a. stranger who had ventured on their premises. With a threat of “Stand or I fire”? nature, the intruder who seemed to be armed, made good his escape, but without being able to take anything of value as the result of his visit,

An Auckland paper draws attention to the position created in the boot trade since the price -of hides has: risen so greatly. According to this paper it is now possible to import sole leather from England at a. trifle under the cost of the local article, and several ‘Auckland 1-etaifeirs have sent orders Home. A merchant, speaking of the great rise ‘in the price of footwear, instanced. a line of American goods which were quoted. at 12 dollars in America, to which-would have to be -added 60 per. cent, before they could be handled in’ Auckland. This would makeethe price over £5 a pair, which, of course, was prohibitive, and the order had to be cancelled -

i, The annual harvest festival services in connection with the local Methodist Church yesterday proved very successful. 'l‘h.c-re was a. good display of fruit and general ‘produce, and this, pleasingly arranged amongst sheaves and foliage, made a striking harvest scene. The congregations throughou"t' the day were good. The sale of produce will take place on Thursday evening, to be followed by a social, when an opportunity will be takcm of saying goodbye ‘to -the Rev. W. H. Hocking, who is farewelling on Sun-N South. 1

Foxton people are nearly tickled to drath (according to the l\‘lnn:uvatu Times). Some months ago the community was turned all upside down because the local school committee had purchased a German piano. ‘After a long struggle the offending instrument was hurled ignominiously from the precincts of the school -and thrown’ into the harbour or somewhere. Ninety good golden sovereigns were spent in replacing it withfan elegant instrument labelled on the frontiepiece “Raymond, London.”’ Palmerston North -tuner went to Foxton on Wednesday, and when he opened up the internals of the piano he found it stamped through and through with inscription, “Koebler, Berlin.” The news spread like wildfire, and all parties are united again in the enjoyment of the joke -of the season,

“I regret that there are so few commercial men in the House,” said the Hon. Arthur Myers at a farewell gathering at Wellington. “Constructive policy rests with the commercial men. It is his business. He has to solve questions; he has to look ahead. He has, in the light of experience, to lay down a policy, and I believe the comniercial man embodies that particular ideal more than any other section of the community. I have another complaint—~that enough commercial men do not Offer their services.’ I believe that we as a class are too selfish in looking after the almightly dollar. Probably the majority cannot afford the time; but I believe there are some who can spare the time, and their ripe experience should be very \'alu:r.ble if their services were placed at their disposal.”

“Tin or’ procelain?’a’ That was: a question that came unexpectedly before members of the Wellington Education Board last week. The business was proceeding briskly when Mr C. J. Harkness noticed that a teacher had agreed to pay the difference in cost ‘between a tin bath and a porcelain bath in a new residence that was being provided in the country. Protesting against such cost or any cost being reclaimed from the teacher, Mr Harkness said ‘that a tin bath was out of keeping with the new residence. If the board could not afford pox-cé'la.in (he meant ouzrniellod iron) balhs under the present conditions, it ought to. import. its own hardware in bulk. If he could have a porcelain bath in his house, why could not a head teacher be similarly provided? The board ultimately decided to pay the whole cost of the bath (£l6).

Having last year -paid a visit of five months’ duration to the Hawaiian Islands, Mr A. lvloritxsron, of Dunedin, has furnished a leiigthy report to the Prime Minister upon the resources of the islands and the best manner in which trade wil:h them can be developed. He suggests that New Zealand should be represented at the Pacific Conference, to be held about September, and names three representatives with special knowledge of subjects cited as likely to serve the Dominion well. He further recommends the advisabily of sending some business men with a knowledge of New Zealand’s resources to all the Pacific countries visited, that can be opened up. There is hardly a. steamer leaving the Pacific coast that does not bring along a number of representatives from both Canadian -and American manufacturoers to exploit all ..-he Pacific countries .including New Zealand and Australia; we should have a share of this business’.

A young and resolute constable and two individuals, who were determined to continue in the street hostilities which had commenced in an hotel bar, were the chief actors in a. little drama which entertained a considerable crowd at the corner of Queen Street and Customs Street West, Auckland on Friday evening. When they emerged from the hotel door with the constable behind them the two Ibelligerent individuals. commenced it whirlwind sort of fight on the footpat.h_ In -.1 second the constable had them apart, each being at the end of an extended arm. Even then the fighters attempted to reach each other for some minutes. The policeman, with a calm disregard for the lists which, though not directed at "his face, were coming perilously near to it, proceeded to conduct the men to a taxi, and held them at a.rm’s length all the way across the street, an admiring crowd following.

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