LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3493, 22 May 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr 1.-lenare Kaihau, M.P., for the W‘est.el-n Maori District, died at Auckland yesLerd:iy_ from heart failure, aged 65.

A Masterton tailoring firm has just been advised that fine worsteds aie atpresent selling at 35/ per yard. at the English mills. This'means that their wholesale cost in New Zealand nxwt year will be about 56/ per yard.

Owing _to upward tendency in the notifications of influenza cases, it has been decided to keep the Auckland schools closed indefinitely. There was an increase of 41 cases of influenza during the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday. ' b

A public meeting of citizens of Taihgipe and adjoining districts will be held in t.he"supper—room of the Town Hall on Tuesday evening at S o’clock, to arrange for a public fa'rewell 61:‘ Mr A. L. .-’\rl'owsnlifh, late Mayor of Taihape. A full attendance is requested.

_ The Northern Wairoa sawmillers deny :1 report that £5 was offered from Melboume per 100 superficial feet of kauri timber. ' At the Local mills the price to-day is 41/6 for firstclass kauri, 12in wide, fier 100 superficial feet. Landed at Sydney it is 12/6 extra. ' ’

During the discussion at the Borough Council last night on the question of providing a motor car for the Electrical Departlnen,t, the relative merits of a. motor Oar and motor lorry for the purpose were canvassed at considerable length during, which it was stated that it cost less to run a lorry than a can D

.\. big drop in the cost of cotron is :mticipat.ed at an; e‘ar“ly date. Commercial houses at Wellington have been advised to act with caution. The statement is made that Continental buyers are not operating. A recem: press calgylegz-am announced that the Gennans had invented a process of lnaking cotton without. growing it, and this may be the cause of the unexpected dl‘op in ‘prices.

Protesting against the objectionable nature 01": some of the posters used to adv.el=tise cinema theatres, Mr HT S. W, King told the Minister of Education at Auckland on Thursday that it was considered desirable that there should be some kind of censorship

over the distribution, as the effect on children was - bad. The Minister

(Hon C. J. Parr) said he was entirely in sympathy with the protest. and .»'ug‘gestr><l that a. wom-a.n ‘should be axis-ccial‘e<l with the Ct?llSol'S]lip'

.v\n llll[>()l‘tflI1t conference will open in \"‘.v'(-‘.llin_s;'l'on on June 9th an'cT'will be attended by representatives of various employers’ associations throughout the Dominion. The object is to consider the ‘p'i'“esent industrial position, and in connection therewith the growing irnlusti-ial unrest. It Ts hoped that some solution will be found thntiwill allay the unrest; Efnd which will point to the need of increased production as the only real means of reducing the high ‘fiost. of living.

Carry it in your pocket. “NAZOL’ protects from colds, coughs and sore throats. Penetra'ting, pleasant, safe and convenient. 1/6 buys 60 doses. 2

Patrons of the Town Hall pictures tonight will be able to §hor_o.ughly_ enjoy the sensational Doug, Fairbanks’ masterpiece in comfort as the Bor«ough Council has placed two Very powerful coke-stoves in that are large enough to warm the large auditorium in the coldest weather. a

Instructed by the Ohakune Repatriation Committee. Mr ‘R. L. Christie will sell by public auction the whole of the livery sfzible plant now in‘ posSession of Mr F. H. Ashton. The sale takes place on Thursday, May 27th, and will be held at the stables, Tainui Street, Ohakune, «commencing at 1.30 .p.III.

A reliable -authority on dairying matters informed a Wanganui Herald reporter yesterday that a fair sprinkling of summonses have been issued along this coast within the past few months against dairymen who were unable to meet their interest. He qualified the statement, however, by explaining that there were men who had practically no cipifal and rushed recklessly in to buy dairy_ farms «afl highly inflated values without any regard for consequences. The [authority stated that he blamed those responsible for financing these fictitious sales more than the misguided purchasers who thought fortunes could he made out of dairying.

During the small hours of Wednes

day morning two men, Wearing evening dress, were Walking along High Street, Christchurch. They had apparently Been attending some convivial or social gathering, -as both were in high spirits. As they approached the large cold water tank, which was once a part of the city’s fire-fighting scheme, they had a friendly argumcnt about the merits -of early morning bathing. One of the men offered to bet the other a shilling that he would not dive in. The words had hardly been uttered before the chillenge was taken up and his companion was “overithe top” and into the water with a splash. Having'once got in the next question‘ was how to get out, and this turned out to be a much more difficult proposition than the bather had anticipa.ted_ In fact if it had"not been for the arrival «of some very interested spectators’ the comedy might have become a tragedy. It was a very cold and Wet figure in evening suit that came out of the tank.