LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3463, 17 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

..__..___.—_¢,..___,_,..... Mr Harold Beauchamp has been re~ elec-ted chairman “of directors of the Bank of New Zealand.

The Superintendent of l’o.liC-:‘« fifDunedin received advice from Pulmerston South on Thursday to the effect that a farmer named Henry Lunam, aged 84 years, had commimzd suicide by cutting his thx'oaf..

An application was made to the Wangenui Jockey Club last week by the Waimarino Racing Club for a racing permit. The Wanganui Club decided to recommend the Pacing conference to grant the permit

A Christchurch bootmaker, who also keeps a soft drink bar, haspfiééfi fined. for selling outmeal stout, which was described by the Government analyst-. as -being within one per cenfiqf the strengfh of :1 we]?-Ernown bret<"er"s alé.

In future the public librziry will be

open on Wednesday and Saturday afternbon from 3.30 till 4.30 o'clock. An :I.ttelld‘.ln.t will be present ‘during these hours.

The death has occurred at the Sunnysidc Mental Hospital of a man 85 years of age, who has been an inmate of the institution since August, 1870.—Press telegram.

Rev. W. Lea, who has been appointed to the Taihape Methodist circuit, arrived during the week, and will preach at Taihape to-morraw at 31 am. and 7 p.m., and Mataroa. at 2.30 pm. .

Mr W. Strachan, of Highfleld Farm, Georgetown, has just threshed o-. 45acre paddock of Ga:-ton oats which yielded 4056 bushels, or over 90 bushels to‘ the acre, weighing 451 b to the measured bushel. No fertilisers Whatever were used’.

There appears to be some diflicu‘»ty in obtaining a suitable oak to be planted by the Prince of Vvales on his approaching visit to Masterton. The Park custodian has not a. saiitahle specimen of the “British” species, and steps are being taken to procure one. -

An evidence of the discontent in the railway service is shown by the fact that 435 permanent hands have resigned since Christmas ,and _£l6,000 has been drawn from the Superannuation fund. In one large station, where the complement of.porters is 43, only 15 can be obtained.

One of two telegrams about “potatoes” a'ddl-essed to Wellingt.o::l “merchants”:’ by Palmerston “business men” have been blocked at the local telegraph oifice, says the “l\/lunznvzziu Times.” This camouflage is too ohvious to be successful, and reilects little credit on the ingenuity of the “bookiesl”

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and 00., hold a clearing sale on Tuesday next on behalf of Mr J. C. Goodger, at the stables, Seddon Street.‘ Besirles the'whole of his stable plant, three valuable township sections will hr; 011 fered at this sale. Full par-ti::11Ia:-s will be found in our advertising columns. H ' “He’s the hardest old thing in the VV:=rikato,’§’ a councijlor observed when a particular name cropped up in debate before the Waipa County Council recently. “Well, if he’s the hardest old thing in the Waikato he-‘s pretty hard,” soliloquised a second member and the council beamed broadly. '

W'hell a defendant appeared befoxe the monthly” sitting of the T.\’.la,.<;'~;s--tratefig Court at Upper Hutt on la. charge of leaving a. motor-car at night in a. street without lights, he explained that the vehicle was the property of the Government, and that lamps had not been provided. A small fine was imposed, and upon the magis-i tl'3.t€ suggesting that the Government would probably pay the fine, the defendant remarked that he did. not think it was likely

A meeting was held in the Fire Brigade H-. 111 last night to take steps ‘to form a nlen’s hackey club in Taihapc, Mr S. Reid presiding. ’l‘l‘?6iigh there was only a Ino{lera’cc attendance, owing to counter attractions. it was deeided to form a club, to be ezilled “Tho Rovers,” the colours to be black and gold. The initififion fee was fixed at 10/6. It was decided to defer the election of ofiicffs and "committee till nc-:~;L meeting, wfien it is hoped there will be 2». larger attendance.

Speaking of the New Zealand Club luncheon at the Y.M.C.A. at Wellington, Dr Guy Scholefield said that we would do well not to believe the repeated statements that Engleiifd is full of Bolshevism to-day. In a Derbyshire miners’ village some time ago, he added, the miners had met and decided to form 3. Soviet Republic. Then, to conform with the rules of public meetings, they adjourned the meeting for :1. week, and next. week they de-cide-d not to form the republic. That, he thought, was about as far as they would get with Bolshevism in the Old Country. i

A battle of paper is now being waged in Canada, which is affecting supplies for New Zealand. High prices and favourable exchange resulted in large shipmenlts of paper to the United States, causing a serious shortage in the west, where several daily newspapers are threatened with the necessity of suspending publication. One large paper company declined to obey the order of the Canadian Paper Controller to make the necessary allotment to western newspapers. In consequence of the refusal, the seizure of the company’s stock was ordered. The sheriff, however, found that the greater part of the stock had already been moved across the border and housed in a railway siding.

WE cordially invite wou to inspect our new range of ladies’ tweed coats‘. Splended vaiue and workmanship of the highest stan‘dal-d.——T~he ißg Value House, Collinson and Giffiord, Ltd.

1 Good cows and two -harness horses ,are advertised for sale.

The express train which usually arrives in Taihape at 2.45 a.nl. was two hours late in arriving this Hiorning. The cause of the delay was a breakdown in the engine at Paekakariki, and a fresh one had to be procured.

The Prime Minister informed an Auckland Star cofresponderat yester‘ day he proposed to ask the Hon. E. P. Lee to take the portfolio of Extcgrnal Aifairs, and has no doubt he will accept Other Ministerial changes are pending, but are unlikely to even‘ tuate for a. few weeks. L

The various bowling clubs in Wellington and'the suburbs are faced with a claim by green keepers under the Industrial Conciliation and ‘Arbitration Act for an award fixing wages and hours. The claim is to the put be.fore the Conciliation Commissioner on the 23rd April. The demandsinclude a 44-hour week and a minimum wage of £5, with double rates for any work done on C-hl'iS‘tmas Day, Good Friday, or Easter Sunday, and time and a. half on New Year’s Day, Annniversary Day, Easter Monday, Labour Day, :King’.s Birthday, Boxing Day, and Picnic Day.

The romantic German, I understand (says a London writer) is having a thrilling time plotting the restoration of the monarchy. Prince Charming is not the Crown Prince, but his eldest son, who is young enough to be trained into a. constitutional monarch. There is a. good deal of quiet toasting to “over the water” and the day of the restoration, a friend just back from Berlin tells me, and contrary to most people ’s- ideas it is not 7:. militarist revival at all, but 'B. kind of patriotic dream supported by nearly all the people except the extreme Bol.shevists and Spirtacists. Secret societies are buibbling all over Germany, but, _in spite of all the romance and drama, not much is really being done.