LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3503, 15 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

If ’l‘elegraph, ‘(fiat the price of sugar will be raised in the irmnodizxte future .fmm £23 15/ pm‘ {[oll to £43 15/. At the present‘. time sugar for table purposrrs is being rotailec'f in Ausfralia at six}:"l‘=<'e pm‘ ‘pound, and this prifle is (‘X--1:meti0(l to rule in New Zealand at an ozwly «MlO.

As a result. of the high south-west gale ‘recently experienced in Christchurch a row of 25 giant trees on Marshland Road were levelled to the ground. Their up-ended roots with earth attached formed a ‘solid wall eight feet lfigh.

Mr J. Trussell, secretary of the Wanganui Garrison Band, desires to acknowledge with thanks receipt of a letter from Mr D. Burke, of Tai. hape, expressing his appreciation of the Band’s Sunday recitals, and enclosing a cheque for £1 1s towards the Band's equipment fund.

The entries for the Manawatu Winter Show this month show a large increase on last year, being 2933, an increase of 179 over the previous year. Field roots, vegetables, etc‘, aggregate 439, fruit 247, home industries 279, butter and cheese 286, poultry 860. Other sections are ‘also large.

“Ive been a smoker for forty years, but Pve Qiecided to give it right up if the price of tobacco is increased‘/’ said a prominent Christchurch police ofiicial on Wednesday. “I made up my mind on that point when the last increase in prices was made. It will be a big break, but I’m not going to pay more for my tobacco than I’m paying at present.”

The Waikato Hospital Board has set up a committee to inspect sites and report on a proposition to start a farm to supply the needs of the hospital. It was stated that’ the‘ board was paying at the present‘ time about £IOO per month for eggs. and £l5O a month for milk_ Several members were of the opinion that a big saving would be effectefl by the board running its own farm.

An unusuaifincident occurred in the Hamilton Supreme Court when Athe jury was being empanelled. When handed the Bible, a juryman said he objected to swear, and when the Judge asked why, he said:“‘Because the Wol*d of God forbids me." The Judge said that the juryman couTd make an affirmation. The man replied that the Bible t'bld fiim not to swear, “neither on earth or in heaven." Thereupon His Honour said that the man was not fit to be a juryman, and excused him from service.

The city of Melbourne is now facing lthe dismal prospect of being without ‘gas, electric light, and trams, as the ‘engine-drivers definitely decided to cease work at midnight on Saturday. git‘ any attempt is made to bring coal h.,lJ\'el-land to supply non-unionist work{ers at the gasworks the railway worklers threaten to strike. The secretary ‘of the Engine—drivers’ Union in Syd‘ney states that although the men have similar grievances to the Me]bourne strikers, there will be no trouble in Sydney until affer the departure of the Prince.

A cable from London states:——ow~ ing to the presence of Gardiner, the American, the amateur golf final attracted more public interest than in any "year since Travis won in 1904. In a stern, ding—dong struggle, Gardner led to the twenty-third. Tolley then lel and won at the thirty-seventh. Tolley is aged twenty-four, six feet high, and weighs fourt‘-'-en stone. He began golf as a boy. He was an officer in the Tank Corps, and won the Z\[ili‘rnry Cross“. He was a prisoner in Germany for a year. He distinguishe(l himself in golf at O?<fo.l’d, and is 11 tremendous dl-iv'er.

i To collect 3000 threepenny pieces one would require to possess a great D deal of patience (says the Otago Daily Times). A well-known Dunedin. resi’dent evidently posses.»-ed that charac,teristic. as when an inventory of her belongings was taken following her death, which too place recently, 21. hag iconr-dining 23000 three-penny pieces ‘was discovered. Another bag conilained about 100 sovereigns, and there ‘was in :1(.l(litio11 :1 bundle of bank~ notes and an accuinulation of wearing apparel. The whole estate, which includes two freehold properties with residences thereon, is estiiiiated to be worth £3OOO. The deceased left no will, but it is understood that a num—ber of cousins in Dunedin and Americu. will benefit as the next.—:o~f-kin. In connection with tenement, cases it was mentioned that the duty now cast upon the magistrates was to decide upon which side the hardship 1:1)’. One i~an(l solicitor, as he walked into court with the owner and tenant side by side, reniarkedr “I am sorr_\' for both of you. because you are both decent. chaps.” One owner; had bought another house rather than turn out an old tenzl.nt, then found he could not get posszessioii of the newly—: piircliasctl ho-u.~:e. ‘A lady said she‘ had tried to get a two~roomed fish! shop that vvag empty, but was too late. Had she secured it :1. family of six were going to crowd into it. A‘ working man said he had nine child-1 ren. nud found he would not be Tel: into an empty house if he found one.” Mr Poynton. the magist.rat.e. thereup-l On tlryljv remarked: “No? Children, I suppose, are not wanted nowi” I

For Coughs and Colds. never fails, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1/9, 2/9’. ‘ .

A pair of winkers with reins attach-

ed, lost in Taih-ape. on lam Saturday afternoon, are advertised for,~ and a reward offered

The special prizes to be included in the sm'pri.~'e packets in connection with the Convent. School Carnival are a varied and valued lot, comprising, among ofller substlnlti‘.l_l' presents 8. Stetsorx hat and 2.1 thornms flash.

More and more it is becoming remarked by observers that New Zeu~ landers are becoming leaners. We are losing our independence, and look to others to prop us up. “It may be that we are becoming too dependent on Governnient control——i‘f a cold east ‘vVilld blows we are apt to telegraph the Prime Minister for shelter,” remarked Mr D. Jones, ML.P.. in the course of his presidential address to the North Canterbury Farmers’ Union Provincial Conference. That is Wei put, Mr Jones. In the lean old days what did our pioneer settlers do about it? They stood four-—square to all the winds of a.cTvei-sity.

The want of rain is preventing the brea.king—up of land for grain-growing (says the Oa.m=:’n-u Mail). Falamount has already been dealt with, a. good proportion of it qaving been sown with wheat_ But farmers who are in fown report that lea land is so dry and hard tha; it is inipossible to break it up satisfactorily, and most. graingrowers have been compelled "iio abandon the task in the meantime This is a great pity, as there is a Ver-y wide determination to“soW a much larger area of wheat than in any of the last few ‘years. A good steadv rain of 48 -hours‘ duration, if it. came early, would mean a 151-ge production of wheat in this district.

An important decision was arrived at by :1 conference of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Oflieers’ Association the other morning, when a motion was passed to amend the constitution’ of the Associa.tion to’: allow of direct. action being taken in times of crisis. This propsed amendment of the constitution will be referred, in the ordinary course, to the inembership of the Association for confirmation by a postal ballot. The question of the taking of direct action at any given time will be dependent uponthe will of the members as a Whole, and will not be ordered either by the confercncc or the executive on their own initiative, the point being decided by :1. special ballot.

“The evil is on the ine.rea.se,” states the annual report ‘of the National Dairy Association, referring to losses of butter and cheese in transit on the railways. After referring to desired improvements in the strength of the package, the report reads: “There is another tfaetor th-alt ‘requires to be remedied without delay; that is the pillaging of boxes of butter and crates of cheese from railway trucks While in transit. The evil is on the increase. When three boxes of butter are lost from a consignment of 200, as between loading station and estination. it is time the Railway Depmtniem took responsibility for the losses incurred, and adopted preventive nleasures'to minimise the constant annoyance am‘. serious loss now prevalent.