LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3465, 20 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A fine bag of 23 trout was caught at Rakaia recently. The heaviest fish was just under 20Ibs.

Notice of appeal -has been given in the case against a Wellington‘ grocer for 'profiteel-ing in Mellin’s Food.

.. About 100 additional police, selected from various‘ parts of the Dominion, will be in Wanganui during the visit of the Price of Wales.

Some idea of the dairy produce manufactured in South Taranaki is given by the fact that a few days ago butter valued at £24,559 and cheese valued at £238,900 were exportedfrom Patea. ? ’

The Bank of New Zealand has received the following cabled advice from London, under date 14th inst.: “Tallow market. has declined at least £7 19/ per ton; prices merely nominal. Fully anticipate a. further decline.” ‘

Such is the scarcity of houses in Eltham that the postmaster and his family are obliged to sleep in tents at the rear of theoffice, and -the Argus states that there is every prospect of tl_loir continuing to do‘ so during the winter months. ‘

A‘il<_)vel -.'u'lvel'lisi'ng' stunt is being w-01'ké'd by‘ the‘ management of the I{i‘ilg’s. Each week an incomplete poem is published in their adV'el'tising czolumn, zmd patrons are ill\sitCd to fiil in the missing line. ‘Th6 best attenlpt will be screened every Saturday night,‘ and a prize awarded to the winner. M

The gold badge of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’. Association, which is to be presented to the Princeof Wales on his being made patron of the association during his visit to Wellington,‘ is to be enclosed in a. hzmdsome greenstone case bearing on the lid a representation in silver of the Prince of Wales’- feathers.

The Wellington Plasterers’ ~Union has passeda resolution -strongly pretesting against the utilisation of timber and 121b0~u1‘ for the purpose of decorjations, platforms, and other erections in connection with the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, when such timber and. labour is so urgently required for the building or workers’ homes. '

It will be 21 surprise to bird lovers to learn that the native pigeon can attain an age exceeding a quarter of a, century Mr J.‘ T. Waterhouse, of Teal Valley, Waipukaka, captured 3. couple of young pigeons 27 years ago, and kept them. One died, but the other is still alive, and ‘apparently as vigorous as ever. The bird, though kept in capfivity, is not confin_ed in -.1 cage, its quarters being a closed in fernery of not less than 10ft. square.

1 On the arrival of the Auckland— Wellington express at Taumaranui on Tuesday evening there was the usual rush of the hungry and thirsty for the refreshment roo-ms. Consuming operations were going merrily on when the lights went out. Lusty cheers went up and sundry clatterings in the dark told of gingerly—balanced cups and .<a.ucel-s that nearly gave up earthly existence. For five minutes good natured banter-ing in the dark proceeded and then the light came on again.-—Press. ‘

U Members of the fair sex at ‘the ath-I letic gathering at Wanganui on Satiurday, when invited «by the officials to nominate for a walking event, displayed a degree‘ of shyness and only one competitor came forward. Ap-I parently the ladies in the Dominion" are not so keen on walking as they! {were some years ago. At the present jtime there is a lady resident of Wanganui (Mrs _J_ T. Lound) who, in her 1 ‘younger days, was a champion longdistance walker. Nearly 40 years ago, at Auckland, she accepted a challenge’ to cover IUO miles in 2:! hours, and succeeded in winning the wager with 20 minutes to spare. She also won a large number of shorter distance‘ events both at Auckland and Wellington.—Herald. ‘ I

Why pay dearly for Baking Powder when Sharland’s~the best {that can be »produced———costs less than others? Ask your grocer.‘ - 1

A respectable young man wants

single bedroom with or without boara.

The quarterly meeting Tof the Tuihape Chanlber of Commerce lapsed lastnight for want of :1. qfiorum.

The well-known Taihape sportsman, Mr J. G. Collins, owner of Kipling; Top Dog, and other horses, intends taking up his residence in Palmerston‘ at an early date

The adjourned meeting of the Rovers’ Hockey Clifb will be held in the Fire Brigade Hall to—morroW night, at 'B'o'cloc.k, when it is hoped there will be a good attendance -to enable the club to be placed on- a proper footing, and play will start almost immediately.

The following vessels will be within wireless range for April 28th:-——Radio Auckand: Riverina, Arahum, Port Lyttelton. Radio Awanuiz Navua, Tutanekai, Riverina‘. Radio Wellington: ‘Nahizuc-, Maori, Pateena, Moana, Port Napier, Manuka. Radio Awarua: Wanaka.

* The Auckland Gas Company, in order to keep its works going, has had -to buy coal from the Railway Department, and the price‘ at which this coal was soldvrequires explanation. Cargoes from Newcastle are being landed"at Auckland at 37/9 a ton; the Department charges 80/, plus the cost of its peculiar system of weighing and of carting, this pricexhaving already been paid by the Gas Company and the Harbour Board. The public is entitled to know (says the N.Z. Herald) from what source the Railway Department derives its -license to practice such exploitation.

A duel in the dark does not often take place in these colonies, ‘but one is reported“ from Brisbane, Where Percy Regazzoli (a returned soldier, {evidently of Italian origin) told the ylocal police that on the evening of i—March 24-a~ man ca.me.to a. tent where ‘Regazzoli and his wife were sleeping, at Clarke River, near Townsville. Regazzoli hastily snapped his" rifle and fired, whereupon the intruder again fired a shot, which lodged in the bed. Once more Regazzoli fired, and his assailant fell dead,» shot through the left eye. Regazzoli added that his wife recognised the dead man as William MoDowa.ll, manager of Balcoomba Station, where Mrs Regazzoli A was f0I':II_1€l'1Y housekeeper.

I ..NeW Zenaflundens‘ 'frequenl:Cly ‘,a;n-H fondly refer to their Dominion as’ the Greater Britain of the South. It ap‘pears that woreallyeare more English than the English themselves. Look at ‘this eonflrniationz “The percentage of people of purely British blood is, I believe, greater in New Zealand than in the United Kingdom,” said Mr T. E. Sedgwick, in the course of a lecture on the need for immigration from the Homeland to the Dominions; Therefore it is only natural ‘thatlwe should refer to -the United Kingdom as the Old Country, as Home, asthe Homeland, and as the Mother Country.

The new Commandor—in~Chief of Ireland, Sir Nevil«'Macready, although transferred from Scotland Yard, London, to Dublin,'is no policeman. It was only recently he was given charge of Scotland Yard. He was appointed Chief Policeman of England during the recent crime wave, and when the people grew very -anxious over it, he calmly assured them there was nothing unusual in. the wave. “I can prove by 'figures that _the -crimes are no more serious or frequent than usual.” But Sir Nevil is essentially a. soldier. He is 58 years of age, was educated at Marlborough and Cheltenham, e.ntered the Gordon Highlanders as a lieutenant in his 19th year. He served in the 1882 Egyptian campaign, in_South Africa in 1899-1902, and was mentioned four times in despatches during‘ the two years 115" served in the Great War, for his services in which he was knighted, and has the rank of Lieut-General. 7