LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3489, 18 May 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A boy to deliver newspapers after school, hours is Wanted at this office.

The system of “jury-squa.ring” has become so prevalent in Victoria that -an agitation is afoot in that State to abolish the jury system of trying persons. charged with crimes and establishing a method of trial by three judges. '

The persor; who toolyin mistake, a.. !‘ady’_s Burberry cosft from the _Ca'l-Itch Dizging Rooms, Taihape, leaving ‘a; gentleman ’s coat behind; is asked to kindly return it to Mr D. Neagle, Saddler, or to this'oflice.

The total value of the butter and

cheese production of the Auckland district for the year ended June 30, .1919, was." app:-oxixuatcly £3,187,000.

There were wild scenes 111 Sydney on Sn.l:llrday on the occasion of undergraduates’ commemoration day. After a procession the theatres and Town Hall were invaded and much damage was done. to the organ and furniture. Government House was visited and the Governor joined the -revellers.

The meeting of the Taihape Cham~ ber of Commerce last night was a re--cord short one, the session only occupying threequarters of an hour. The ordinary business was quickly disposed of, and some til{le was spent in an informal discussion on matters of interest to the town and district.

A fine of £25 and costs was inflicted on the proprietors of the Hamilton Metal Stores by Mr Young; S.M., at I-lamilton on Monday, for storing 3. greater quantity of geligrnite than is allowed by their license. -1‘; was shown that, while the magazine was in every way properly constructed, owing to its proximity -to Victoria; Street it was only licensed to hold 1001 b, whereas when the inspector visited the store he found 10001 b there.

Regmding the reduction of the prices of imported mutton in Great. Britain by the Imperial Grovernmenfi, an interested person agreed in conversation with a fH=awke’s Bay‘ Herald representative that the drop should have been anticipated by all concernefl, and he was of the opinion that wide awake Vbuisiness men had anticipated it. On account of the congestion, markets had‘ to be found for large quantities of mutton, in View of which it could hardly be expected that the prices would remain high.

Butter tlistributors in the Dominion expect 2. substantial rise in the price ‘of butter after July 31, when the Iniperiul Government purchase comes to an end. The control retail price today is 1/8 per lb, for first grade butter. or 1/5 at the factory door. But on the basis of the current British rctail price of 3/, it. is expected that by August. Ist New Zealand butter will be worth fully 2/3 per lb for export, and this will make it worth all 2/6 per lb retail for local consumption, a. rise of 10d per lb 011 the present. controlled price in New Zealand.

An option has been. obtained over a, block of about 7000 or 8000 acres of good sheep aIT(T cafiie Country in the Hunterville district for the purpose of making the land available for selection by returned soldiers. The property will be .s'fib»divided into sections of about 500 acres each, and with the cost of roading, the.pric‘e will av erage about £l3 10/ per acre. There is still room for ten local applicants, and any remrned soldiers who wish to inspect the land wilzh a view to applying for sections should notify the Secretary of the Returned Soiiiiei-‘s’ Association, Taihape '

A meeting of those interested in forming another football club in Taihape will be held in the Fire Brigade Hall on Fl-ifiayinight, at 8 o’clock. [lt is quite true, as Mr Wl-ightson, pre[sident of the Taihape Sub-Union. said 'nt the annual meeting recently, that [there are’ a number of un'attache<'i ‘footballers in the district who are still in their prime as players, and it is up to them to roll up to the meeting and form afnother club, and so ..help the old Rugby game along. We hope to see a record attendance, as the formation of another cl'l'l‘n will unldoubteclly greatly increa’se ‘the interjest in the game this season. -

‘Shipping and Commerce of Australia” has EL paragraph referring to the fact that for the first time regular lines of Italian steainers are trading with the Commonwealth. The bulk of the 1:-ade with Italy was formerly ozm-ied bf the Norddeutscher Lloyd line, which is of course now out of the running_ The entry of the LloydTriestino and Lloyd-Sabando into Australian trade is therefore welcome. The Royal Belgian Lloyd is also eatering for ‘Australian trade. This coin pany took up the positi-on that it would not enter the trade with Australia while the Commonwealth overseas shipping were still being used cm-I'yillg troops.