LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3497, 27 May 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Board and residence is wanted by a businessman, convenient to P ost Office. Trespassers on Mr Wilson Winiata's property, at Utiku, with dog or sun, will be prosecuted.

A private letter from Melbourne states that the strike in that city in the job printing offices has ended, the men returning to work on the 39th. The strike extended over three months, and seriously interfered with the publication of magazines

It is said that there is general satisfaction in the South. Island with the arrangement entered into between the Government and the wheat-growers for next season/s crop, and the Prime Minister when in the South was informed that increased areas were being sown in consequence.

We acknowledge with heartiest thanks a bound copy of the "Treaty of Peace," from the Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister.

The Wellington telegraph office reports at 9 a.m.: Only one wire south of Blenheim. There will be serious delay on all traffic for places south of that station

Returned soldiers are requested to note that the office of the Returned Soldiers' Association will be closed from Thursday, May 27th till about sth June, on account of the absence of the secretary at the annual conference. Plans of land for settlement may be inspected at Messrs McLaughlan Bros store, and subscriptions due by members may be paid to the treasurer, Mr M. N. McLaughlan.

A young lady was riding a bicycle along the main street of Hamilton the other day when she was knocked off by a dog. She had just recovered her equilibrium when she was bumped into by. a motor car. The driver began to apologise, hut the girl, much incensed, cut him short with the remark, "I don't mind being knocked down by a dog, but I object to being upset by the tin-can at its tailli"

The conference between representatives of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and the Railway Department in reference to wages and conditions is understood to be drawing to a close. All but one or two important points are believed to have been settled. The conference did not sit this morning, as certain matters were being considered in private by one of the parties.

The Prince won a good deal of money on the totalisator at Auckland, but his experience at Christehurch was that of so many punters —the luck didn't hold. At the end of .the day he was £l9 out of pocket. His last desperate attempt at backing a hot thing —Mustard Pot —in the last race, availed Him nothing. His loyal lieges —and the State —whacked up the whole contribution. —Taranaki Herald.

Touching on the work of the Board of Trade, Mr Massey said yesterday that, through its control, a very effective check had been imposed on prices of essential lines. The Board has in hand two very important investiga--1 ions dealing with prices of woollen goods, clothing, and leather manufactured goods. He paid a tribute to the work of the Wellington tribunals, and mentioned that several cases for profiteering were pending.

The Wellington.section of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association on Tuesday night resolved: That this meeting is of opinion that the Prime Minister is again side-stepping our demands an,d calls upon the executive to demand a reply within seven days; failing that, it. be an instruction to the Wellington delegate to the conference to press for immediate drastic action. The meeting also pledged itself to supoprt the executive whole-heartedly in any action it might take to overcome any set-back.

j Potato crops in the South are reported to be excellent this year. Buyers are offering £3 10/ per ton, but growers will not as yet accept. In spite of the good crop and the low price offered to producers housewives in Wellington are still called upon to pay 1/ for 81b or even for 61b —a rate equivalent to lid to 2d per lb. If the price is lid per lb, it means that it costs £lO to market and distribute a ton of potatoes, for which the grower receives about £4. It Is understood that the Prime Minister is asking the Board of Trade to look into the position, The back-to-the-land movement is becoming a live economic issue in France as a result of the decreased farm production and the scarcity of lodgings in the cities. The Matin prints an article in which it directs attention to the beneficial effects of life on a farm .It asserts that during the war an American epened an athletic school wherein the training consisted chiefly of arm work. A professor of Latin, it says, passed two j months on the farm, and found the i work profitable, enjoyable, and health- j ful. It cites that. Fiance is producing I onty enough to feed her population 115 j days of the year, whereas the popula- , fion must eat 365 days a year. j

Political life in New York has reI cently been enlivened by the open feud between Mr Alfred Smith and Mr William Randolph Hearst. The former is Governor of the State of New York, and he accuses the newspaper proprietor of being a sham and a fraud. Specifically, he says, a member of Hearst's family bought £2OO worth of army food sent to relieve the poor, and took it home. Hearts's reply is to call Smith a clumsy liar, and to say that all the Government food bought by his papers or by a member of his family was distributed free to the poor. Hearst, in characteristic fashion, says in his paper: "Governor Smith, with all his willingness in the world to be a blackguard, apparently lacks the brains- even to manufacture a good lie."

It is reported, that one of Fcilding's pretty girls who was at the big municipal ball in Wellington, was singled! out by the Prince for an introduction and a dance, because she bore such a striking resemblance to his sister, Princess Mary.

The numerous thefts of hats, overcoats, and umbrellas from the porches of churches ha s led the Police Department to warn the ministers of the risk taken by the congregation in leaving personal property outside. Several ministers announced in Auckland last Sunday that in future the members of the congregation should bring' their belongings into the church.

The Mayor of Christchurch (Dr Thaeker) states that he has instructed his solicictor to ask the "Sun" newspaper to apologise for an article published on Saturday evening in connection with the children's 'ball, and to pay £SOO to the War Memorial Fund. In default of this Dr Thaeker says he will sue for £SOOO damages for alleged libel

The first signs of an improvement; in woollen manufacture are given today by Mr W. Dowling, tailor, who notifies that he has just received a large and comprehensive consignment of gentlemen's suitings, serges and English worsteds, in the most up-to-date designs and in highest qualities. He has a large assortment to select from, and he advises patrons to order at once and secure the best. Inspection is confidently invited.

Speaking at the meeting of the Education Board on Monday, Mr F. Pirani announced that this would he the last year he would be a member of the Education Board. He said that he did so as a protest against the action of the Education Department, "and alleged that the treatment meted out to him was such that no self-respecting man could abide. The Minister for Education referred appreciatively to the work which Mr Pirani has done for education in this district.

A commercial traveller from England who is at present visiting Taranaki, says that there is a likelihood of many printers, linotype operators, etc, being thrown out of employment shortly in the Old Country. The scarcity and the ' dearness of printing paper is preventing the publication of cheap books. Novels that were formerly published at 6/- cannot now be published under fifteen shillings, and people will not pay that price for a book that can be read in three or four hours on a train journey. Some of the small publishers, our i nforinant states, have retired" from business, and others are likely to follow. Though the Prince of Wales did not visit Taihape, people in this town will have an opportunity of witnessing the scenes of the Prince's receptions at Auckland, Wellington, and Rotorua through the medium of the films to be shown at the King's' Theatre to-night and to-morrow night. The pictures of the Auckland and Wellington scenes give the children's wonderful displays, while the films taken at Rotorua will give a graphic idea of the enthusiastic Native reception at Arawa Park. A special effort should be made by parents to send their children to see the representations of these historic happenings, and the management, to encourage this, have made the admission for children half-price. The adult prices will be 2/- and 1/.

Some amusing interpretations of the various church bells which are rung each Sunday were giv'en by the Rev. Jasper Calder, who was recently asked to resign his position at St. Sepulchre's, Auckland. He said that the bells of St. Andrew's Church pealed forth, "Immersion, immersion"; the bells of St. James' Presbyterian, Ponsonby, "Prohibition, prohibition "; the bells of St. James' Presbyterian Church, "Collection, collection"; the bells of certain unnamed "select and elect" domination, "We're all going to heaven, we're all going to heaven"; the p-swering bells of a neighbouring church, "I doubt it, I doubt it"; while the bells of St. Sepulchre sounded, : "Out you go, Jasper! Out you go. j Jasper! "

j "The stately home s of England" are j passing into the hands of strangers, as I the result, in numerous instances, of j the necessity for economy forced upon J their owners by the heavy war taxation The cable on Monday told of the intention iof the purchaser of Devonshire House, one of the great mansions of London, to pull down the building and replace it by a cinema theatre, resI taurant, and dance hall. The present ! Devonshire House, which stands at the [corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley I Street, dates only from about .1735, having being built on the site of Berkeley House, which was erected in 1665, and burned down some 70 years later. It has been the scene of some of the most brilliant gatherings in London, and up and down the noble marble staircase have passed most of j the notable men and women of the I day. During the war it was lent by j the Duke to the Government, and became the headquarters of the V.A.D"s. A good thing Has many imitations. Order NAZOL by name. Refuse substitutes. No cold is Nazol-proof. 4