LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3455, 8 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual general meeting of the Taihape Golf Club will belheld in the Fire Brigacfé Hall tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock. .

Oatsheaf chafi is evidently Va denuconzmodity in Wanganui at pl"3:3nf., the retail price being £ls" per-ton, as against half that figure in C-nxfirrbxxry.

h » _ Natives who could jump sft in the

air from. :1 standing position, without an eflort, were encountered by Major Court Treat, an English Army officer, 01?. a recent motor trip into Central Africa.

9 The installation of the District President in connection with Mackay Lodge, U.A.0.D., will be held in the lodge—l-oom this evening. A full at~ tendance is earnestly requested.

Proceedings against the Imlay branch of the Slaughtermen’s Union, in connection with the trouble at the workstwo or three months ago, will be taken before the magistrate at the court on the 27th inst. At Taihape, two days later, similar pr-need-ings will be taken against nearly all the employees :11: File Otaihape works.

Au instomce of what. he termed chili slavery was mentioned by the Chief Inspector at :1. recent meeting of the Nelson Education Board. At one place he visited on the West Coast two boys Had to milk nine eows, do the separating, and other work before going to school, which necessitated their getting up at 3.30 or 4 3.111., and he believed this experience was not uncommon in the district. ‘

The cushion which was donated to the Taihape Returned Soldiers’ Association by Mrs Wengdall and which was made the object of a. guessing eompetitiong, was Jwon by Mk W}. Easton, of't.he Taihape Railway Staff. The winner guessed the exact number of beans in the boftlez namely 443. The next best guess was that of Miss K. I\lcLa.ughlan, who guessed 444. The beans were counted and certified to by Mr Auld. of Messrs ’_1‘11om:1s and Co. Ltd. ‘

A man saw an announcement in an ironnmnger’s shop «the other day. as folio-ws:—“ll'on Sinks,” and he went in and told the.man that he knew that iron sank. “Yes,” said the man; “and time flies, ‘but wine vaults, acid Cu-L-[.<. sulphur springs, jam rolls, grass slopes, and music stands; Ni:lg_-. '1 Fzills, moonlight walks, sheep run, Kant hops, and‘ holiday trips; scan-161 spioads, standard weights, India rubber tires, the organ stops, and the wu-‘rd goes round, trade returns.” The customer-»bo1tod. —'—Then he §~,l‘eturnedzLnd.pul.. his head in at the door, and romv:n'ked———“Yes, I know, and nl.u.{blu hu2ts._" _

There is no immediate prospect. of tea being any dearer (sayslthe Sydney Sun). The mrifi does not afi'ect it, zimfl Sydney stoelis are heavy‘. Tea importers report easlerv positions in stocks, owing to the heavy arrivals during the month, and, slightly lower rates ruling in Ceylon. The Indian tea market. has closed, and most of the desirable tea in Java has been sold almost to ‘the end of the year._ This means that Australia will have to draw most of her rgequirenmnts in the future from Ceylon, and buyers will have to compete with the rest of the World. Ceylon growers are at present selling on at low basis, but although there is :1 possibility of :1 higher price ruling, it seems that Australia has at present a chance of buying tea cheaper than for some time past. The trade having got its stocks is sitting back.

I (17119 Marquis of :\be-rdeen, a few vxeelrs ago, celebrated the 50th :m.~l‘. \l'el':,:.ll'y (if his Su(3(’.L‘SSlOll to the sitles unu estates of the Aberdeen fam’-.13. Hi‘; acquisition to the title was as re--111:11‘k:1ble as it was pathetic. At one time he was far removed from the secession, but finally it 43211119 to him on the death of his brother, who was cll'owlled zvf sea. while serving as an §ordillal'y sailor under an assumed I n:lnle, on a ship called the Hera. Lord }Aberdeell will be 73.;11e.\'t month, and sliortly before he COll1lI1(.‘Il(3Cd his long public career he paid a visitito New Zealand and spent some time in Auckland. He is an ardent Liberal, and was one ill whom the late Mr Gladstolle put the fullest trust. He is a deeply religious 1111111, broad in views, and is 111ucl1_ loved by The people cf Scotland on account of his simplicity ’-of 1-.lannel‘ mld killdness of heart.

I l-'\.nlongst the “numerous incidents [that have been happening in Germany uncler its revolutionary conditions .is one that the record of which will interest I'efill'ned soldiers who took part in the occupation of Cologne, after the crossing of the Rhine. VVithin 80 miles of Cologne, furthers inland, is Muenster, :1. town of 70,000 people, who specialised in the manufacture of poison gas for use against‘ the Allies. This gas was stored in the great nragazine at Breloch, just outside the town. There was an immense store of gas shells there__\vhen the war end-I ed. Did Fritz destroy them‘? Not any. But the Allies knew about that store‘ and ordered the delivery of the s\llells.l Then something heppened. The mega-l zine was fired, the shells exploded-—-‘ and Muenster was gassed! The town had to be evacuated, and for days the people could only get about in gas‘ masks.

Be judge and jury and give NAZOL colds, influenza, bronchitis and nasal a trial. There can be only one veri dict—--“Absolutely competent to cure catitrrh.” 3‘

Members of the Railway Football blub are requested to attend the annual general meeting, in the Railway Social Hall, on Sunday morning, at 10 o’c.lock.

On the voyage of Wirth’s circus to Austmlia, from New Zealand, Mollie, one of rthe elephants, gave birth to two baby elephants on board the Maheno at sea, the event causing considerable interest on board the ship.

A splendid new coal seam was discovered in Bevan”s Tunnel, at the Liverpool State Coal Mine last week. The seam, so far, has been proved to be 9ft. 6in, thick. It is coal of. a. splendid quality (says the Grey River Argus). The seam rises to the mountain and experts declare that this is a. splendid indication -of a very large area of coal. ,

Messrs W, J. White and Sons have an interesting announcement in another column, giving particulars of some special goods they are offering at exceptional prices Particular attention is drawn to a line of ladies’ longcloth camisoles, of really excellent quality at prices ranging from 3/11 to 8/11. A perusual of the announcement wiil prove both insti-uc~ tive and profitable.

The seoretary of the Auckland Retnrrzed gaoldiers-’ Association (Mr F. C. Andrews‘) informed the Aucklamd Star that the control of benzine by the oßard of Trase is regarded by the association as a grave mistake on the ground that the big man is alble to obtain supplies while the demands of the small struggling man are passed over. A number of returned soldiers, it xvas stated, have been squeezed. out in consequence of these methods.

,4 At the Rangataua. Sports on Monday local competitors were fairly successful. Torrey and mate dead—heated with Reynolds and mate in the doublehanded sawing event, Torrey getting second in the single-handed sawing. " "Gregozjy secured third place if: the square cut‘ chop, and he won the Smith standing chop. The Rang:1t:;1u:1 Cup Handicap Chop was won by o"Sullivanj by the fraetion of a second, Herkt‘ aha Moore filling sec ond and third “places respectively.

The latest epidemic to worry the Do_luir.,iou is “school oph’r.halmia,”, whicli ptwug-1-epol;t,ed in Wellington little 'whljz§?e-~ ego, and is now any-3 or less pretallent in Christchurch, rcparts ‘Le Lytteltbon Times. The scientific name of this painful disease is endemic muco-curulent, conjunctivitis. It" is cal sed by a microbe, and 13 big Iv infiectieus. The principal symptoms are sieve-1e inflammation, accompanied by a blood-shot condition, and the eyesight is affected. As the popular naniie of the epidemic indicates, it is mostly caught by children at school, but it is easily transmitted to adults. and the greatest" care ishould _be taken to ensure that persons affected do not transmit: contagion through towels or otherwise. The most usual treatment islto bathe the aifectecl eye or eyes with a solution of boraeic acid. The symptions usually continue for :1 week‘ or ten days. 4