LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3471, 27 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The mail-train from Auckland was two hours late this» morning, due to the fact that she left Auckland two and :1 half hours behing schedule time.

The irnpression is about that “The Cify of Dim Faces” (Sc.-.<uo Huy:2kzuva), w'hi<=.}l is biflod to show at the Town Hall on Tblzrsday. has been shown in Taihape previously. The facty are fhat it was advertised to Show here, but not“ actually shm\*n, something at the time preventing.

It is stated that draught horses suitable for country work are in great demand in the South Islaiid. They have risen in’ price a good many pounds sterling during the’ last month. Not long ago £3O was thought to be a good price for a horse, now they are double that-figul'e:if of the fight stamp. 4 ‘- "

Several big Hawke’s Bay pl:oper~ ties have changed hands during the past few days. These include Tahura station of 20,000 acres, Tahura, station 4500 acres, and other smaller areas. All were sold for good figures,

The early closing down of the Wanganui freezing works is causing apprehension amongst district farmers. It is said that a‘ good many sheep will have to be carried over the winter. Fortunately there is» an abundance of feed.

Business people at Marten are considerably.—ala.rmed at the extensive thefts which are being perpetrated on the railways, and inquiries show that Palmerston‘ North and other places along the Main Trunk railway are similarly concerned

It is stated that “it .isH§§lsil‘?3.'b's'?)lute rule in carrying Royalty that the train cannot run over 9. shunting line, and that is why, when the Prince of Wales goes to Wellington, he will leave the train at Thorndon and not at Lamlbton, as the Wellington people have been demanding.

A Fan-field‘ resident (says the Otaki Mail) has just cut some 3001 b Weight of pumpkins from one plant. These included five which turned the scale at over 501 b each. As pumpkins require practically no attention during growth, tfiey are a profitable ancf useful crop.

It is reported. that Mr Leigh Hunt, who has just resigned the general managership of the Farmers’ Distributing Co., is suing a member of the directorate for £IO,OOO damages for an alleged libel uttered at the recent sensational meeting of shareholders in Wellington. '

One of the ' pressmen on the.Re« nown, Mr Everard C-o=tes, the representative of Reuter’s and distinguished Englirsh journalist, Whose professional career has been notable, says of the Prince of Wales! visit to Can--ada; “He thought that Canada had done much for the Royal visitor. “He came here a nervous boy, and he left an zissureid man, s‘tren_gthe_ned in pride by the 1-éce’pt‘ion he received to ~play his part as-‘h‘en-"—to the Croivn. I‘ think we c:l'n“say tha.’r.°i*n Canada the Prince ‘grew up.’ ” '

- Chatting with a Wangariui “Herald” ‘representative, a local master *plum'_ber‘ spoke of the high prices and ‘difficultyof. getting plumbers’ materials. The work on‘ a small cottage which in pl‘e~W2ll‘ days could be carried out for about £27 how costs .4375, and there was less in it, -so far as the plumber"S pno-fit was concerned, than at the old figure. Then it was a difficult matter to get journeymen, while ap—prentices, even the limited number allowed by -the award, were almost impossible to procure.

I According to a cablegrain fron; London, published in a South African paper, an interesting experiment "is being inaugurated in the Tanganyika. tei-ritory. A number of Newrzealand -Freemasons are forming a eo-o'pera—-tive setlementin order to grow tobacco, rice, cotton, tea, and coffee, and are als-o ‘devoting attention to icereals and cattle-grazing. The set{tlement is to be governed under Maisonic principles, under the superviVision of Captain Willis, who .has- had L‘3(‘,OnSlCiel‘fl.blC experience in tobacco planting in South Afr-ica| It is, perhaps, thoroughly character'istic of the Prince df Wales that when he was asked before leaving England when he would be “home” again he replied in that natural, boyish way that is one of his greatest charms: “I hardly know What you mean by ‘home’; surely the Empire is my home! ” He realises to the full that in the ordinary course of eveiits he will one of these days be called upon not only to rule over the United Kingdom, but the entire British Empire, and he is a.nxi.ons to a degree that is only known. to those in intimate Contact with him to malie himself acquainted Wi'Ell the whole of our T)oln_inions overseas. .

“In proportion to population, New Zealand leads the world in the matter -of men out of woi-11,,” said the retiring president (Mr N. B. McCallum) at the annual meeting of the Christohui-cll Returned Soldiers’ Association. “So far the Repatriation Depmtmeiit has found work for 15.926 returned men. Of these 3147 have been placed by the (‘all’[€l'blll‘,V Repatriation Board. (Applause.) The sum of £966,244 "has been spent by the Departlnent in assisting the men. In all the Canterbury Board has approved of loans for business £101,588 18/2, furniture £35,199 14/I], tools £1466 3/6, unemployment sustenance £1629 14/5, training sustenance £20,378 14,/, transportation £438 12/1, a total of £160,701 17/11 for the district Canterbury alone has at the Dl‘eSßHt moment 717 men who are beingitrained in technical S(‘i)00IS, "factories, and workshops”

Winter Blousings in Light Grounds with small neat Stripes; 30 inches wide. Price 3/9 per yard.——The Big Value House, Cdllinson and Gifford, Ltd, Taihape. I

A letter from the sec:-etar'y of the Retprned Soldiers" Association with regard £0 Town Hall charges for local? concerts will be found on page 6 of to-day’s issue. ’

One of the largest. blue sharks ever‘ caught in Tauranga Waters was C3l3‘ tured ‘by a launch party in the vicinity of The Mount on Friday night. I 5 measured 13ft 3in. Before hooking the shark the party landed about 100 schnapper. '

Farmers in the district are notified that the entries for -the best fiv‘eacre crop of swedes in the district will close with the secretary, Mr A. M. Ryan, on or before the sth ult. The prize is worth Winning, and as the crops in the district this year seem to" be above the average the committee hope that there will be keen competition_

The berthing -of H.M.‘S. Renown at the Queen ’s Wharf is 'a‘n: «Went of consfderable importance in the histofy of the port of Auckland. The battlecruiser is the largest vessel that has ever been in New Zealand Waterse 794 ft in length, with 103 ft beam, aiixd 31ft draught, and avtonnage of 26,500. The next largest vessels that have been ber.f3led"in Auckland are H.M.S. New Zealand, 590ft_, -and the White Star steamers Medic", Suevic, and Runic, each 570 ft.

An effective amusing ruse to make an obdurate man quit the People’s Palace, Auckland, was used by a. Salvation Army official late one evening las week. The person outstayed his welcome—although only a short one—— but when asked to remove himself resented the suggestion. The official, evidently with the assiuran-ce of past successes with the camouflage, took frond his trousers pocket a pistol used by schoolboys for firing nothing but a cap, and pointed it at the man, who very quickly got into his stride and idecamped, the sound; of,his clattering boots resounding through the ‘street.

An incident occunred‘ "I'vliile- the Prince of Wales was motoring back from the Narrow _.Neck_lVlilitary Hospital at Auckland on -Sunday ‘provided a striking illustriition of the Royal visitol"s courtesy and charm of manner. A little girl threw a, _chrysanthemuin at him, but it fell behind the I110fO1"'AC:3.I‘. The Prin'ce stopped his agar and an aide-de-camppicked up the flonier with the intention of giving it to him. His "Royal Highness, however, directed that the bloom be handed to the child, and she was lifted up to the. car and blushingly pl'esen’t‘ed him with her gift. The Prince -smiled his acknowledgement. ‘ '