LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3448, 30 March 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

General Bramwglil Booffi, head of the Salvation Army, has left, London for Australia and New Zealand.

The Safety Of a two-storied pavilion at the East End beach, New Ply» 111011511» is endangfired owing to the encroachment of the sea. Reizent tides came to within a. few feet of the building.

As showing the difliculties experienced in securing supplies -of paper, the Wangimui Herald mentions the fact that during the .pl‘~e«s-ent [week three newspapers have appealed to them tdzmist them in tiding ‘over their slidrtage. '

The exemption from war tax of soldiers’ corl'esp_olldence is to cease on the 31st inst.

At; the last sale of tafllow held in Wellington the market was considerably easier, and in some instances there was -a decline of from £3 to £4 per ‘ron.

Of the shipment of bananas which arrived at Auckland by the Maona, la'sl-. week, 15,000 cases will have to be destroyed as unfit for human consumption. One importer estimates his loss on the shipment at £I2OOO.

A picnic and sports will be held at Bennett’s ‘Siding on Easter Monday. Admission is free, and hot water and milk will be provided gratis. A dance will be held in the evening, the price of admission will be, gentlemen 2/6, ladies free.

A cable from Paris states that military and colonial. ofilcialswatch.edthe trials of a new glider type of motorcoat, equipped with a I'2-cffinder engine, of 450 horse-power. Four tests tests were made, giving an average speed of 75‘ miles an hour. The top speed was 80 miles an hour.

News was received in Raetihi on Sunday of the death of a returned soldier, named A. E. Davis, at Man-ganui-o-to-ao. The unfortunate man was out shooting, and it appears from the information to hand that he slipped and the charge entered the body causing death. Davis Wa’s' married. and about 32 years of age.

Charles Turner, wholesale wine and spirit niex-chant, of Rotorua, pleaded guilty on Monday to selling a. bottle of whisky in contravefition of the Licensing Act. He was convicted, and this being his second offence he was fined £25 and costs. His license was Cancelled and he was debah-ed from trading for two years.

A school boy (says the Greymouth Star) met with a nasty accident recently on his Way to Cape Foulwind. He had got hold of a freshly emptied Ibenzine tin, into which he thoughtlessly dropped a‘ lighted match, with the result that an explosion occurred, and the tin was blown into pieces, some of the fz-agments hitting the lad in the face. It was found necessary to insert half-a-dozen stitches,

The annual meeting of the Raetihi Collie Club was held on Friday evening. The balancesheet showed a most satisfactory credit balance of £45 14/2. The next annual dog trials will be held on May 12th, 13th and 14th, towards the prize fund of which a number of handsome and valuable cups, trophies and cash prizes were donated. Mr R. G, Millar. secretary, was reelected. amT an honorarium of £5 5/ voted him for past services.

There is a story going round that the miners at Huntly, having had enough of going-slow, are now endeavouring with a mischievous twinkle in their eyes, to make the pace too fast for the Railway Departnlent (says an Auckland Writer). It is notorious that there is no margin of rolling stock on the railway lines, and if ‘the miners could hew coal faster tllann the Railway Department could carry it away the joke would be on‘ the minelfs side.

The Coininissioncr 01' Crown Lands for Canterbury (Mr H. D. M. Maszurd) has issued :1 wzlrning that he will publish the names of certain land agents if they persist in their‘ pmetiee of calling upon disehuiged soldiers to forfeit deposits paid on house properties for the pureh:-ise of which no Goverurnent. :I(lv:.lnce is gxruiited. Also, M 1" Haszard advises that it. is useless seeking advances upon old, hol'el'-infested dwel'lings. 0

A plucky action on the part. of a woman in fighting a plantation fire was mentioned at the last meeting of the Selwyn Plantations Board. A member stated that a Hororata woman recently fought a fire‘ for two hours with no other aid than a leaky kerosene tin, which s_he filled wi"Eh water at a neign‘B'ouring creek. Had the flames spread considerable damage would have resulted. The Board carried a motion expressing its hearty appreciation of the lady’~s action. We regret to have ‘to record the death of Mr P. J. Dunne, who passed away at his brotzhe-r’s residence in May~street. on Friday evening. He began his journalistic career as a reporter on the New Zealand Times under Mr Chantroy Harris and Mr C. RousMartin. He was well known throughout New Zealand as a. broad—minded and fearless writer, particularly on the West Coast, where he was editor of the West Coast Times for a. number of years. He afterwards came back to the North Island, and settled at Olmkune, Where he took over the Ohakune Tinies and the Waimarino County Call, where his interests still lie. He was a seni.or=membcr of -the local Borough Council, and a member of the local Repatriation Board} and most public bodies. In his younger days he was known in inusic:llT"circles an a prominent tenor soloist, and freely devoted his talent to the advancement of every laudable object. Most of the older school of musicians will regret -to hear of his death.

A young lady wants position in a, Taihape drapery establishment.

The following vessels will be within wireless range to-night:—Radio Awa-1-ua: Paloona, Tarawera. Radio Wellingtonz Mararoa, Vvahine, Pateena; Manuka, Suffolk, Westralia, Heilgrount. Radio Chathams: Armagh, Woodarra.

Speaking of Premier Holman of New South Wales, whose defeat in the State elections is definitely announced, Mr Frrmk Morton, the well-known Writer, recently said: “He is the soul of simplicity, and good nature. The amazing chap seems to have read everything, and in New Zealand I found it mighty hard to find a. prominent‘ politician who had read anything.‘ The more you discuss books with Holman, of New South Wales, the deeper in you get. He is an absolute anthority on French literature, and he speaks French better than the average politician of some places speaks English. His knowledge is cyclopaedic.”

A rather peculiar position has arisen in the boot. trade since ‘the price of‘ hides jumped up so suddenly -after the ‘~ Government declared an open market, says an Aucklland paper. It is now possible to import sole leather from England at. a trifle under the cost of the local article, and several Auckland retailers have sent. orders Home. A merchant. speaking of the great rise in the price of footwear abroad, instaneed 3. line of A.lll9l'iC’a.ll goods which were quoted at 12 dollars a pair in America, to which would have to be added 60 per cent. before they could be handled in Auckland. This would make the price over £5 :1. pair. which, ‘of course. was prohibitive. and the i order luul to be cancelled.

Maoriland daily papers have moved up to 2d; and the Aust.ralia.n reptlies will] follow. And 2d V\'on’t see them through their troubles either. The Free—traders amongst them must be having some ‘hear-MlO-"heart -talks to themselves. In the absence of mills in .=\.usti-alia, all publications in the C‘.ommonwealt'h and Maoriland have depended for supplies upon North :\meriea and Scandinavia, or upon British millls using‘ Scandinavian pulp. When the dollar value of English and Australian money fell so that a pound bought only 14/ worth of American goods. Australian papers rushed to European mills. But those magnificent profiteers are now fixing their prices as though the pound was worth only 14/ to them to. And. of course. the Australian buyer is helpless; and the threats of Hughes or Ryan, of Holman and Storey, to deal with the profiteer <;lon’t. trouble them at all. So the Australlian newspaper is now paying £IOO for what even towards the end of the War cost only about £45; and that was over three times more than the normal price het'ore the war.——Bulletin.