LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3505, 17 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

._______,¢___,_____- An advertiser offers £2 bonus to anyone who gets him a 4 pr 5-roomed; house to live in. l A black dog with tan feet, found at Ohutu is awaiting his owner at Mr H. Belk’s‘_ at Ohutu. A reminder is given of the social’ and dance to be held in the Three‘ Stars Theatre this evening under the‘ auspices of the Returned Soldiers” Association. I The will of the late Mr George Randall Johnson, ex-M.L.C., New Zea-! land, who died at Fenton Court,l Devon, last November, which has just: been proved, disposes of “treasure on, earth” to the value of £157,842, the net personalty being £131,931. “A constable is not bound to arrest! every drunken man, otherwise the! lock-ups would not be large enoughl to hold them.” was the opinion ex-1 pressed by a police sergeant whenl giving evidence at the Christc»hurch7 Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.” ; Six out of the seven races on the last day at Ellerslie were won by first favourites. There has probably never ‘been :1 racing season in the Dominion ’s history in which so many first favourites have heen successful" as during the present season. Are backers learning to pick winners better or do they get inside information from some- ’ where‘? ‘ It was recently reported that when éasked to put a price on Amythas, his iowner, Mr F. S. Easton, quoted 10,000 gns. Since then, a writer in the Weltlington Post states that the champion three-year—old has been sold for 8000 gs, [and is to go to India. If this is correct. it is a big price for a gelding, which, however, usually last longer in India than mares or horses, and consequently are more valuable. There are still over 100 German guns accumulating rust in the old Te‘ Aro railway yard in Wakefield Street. The late Minister of Defence (Sir. James Allen) called upon local bodies !throughout New Zealand to make application for any German “ironmon-. l§'gery"’ they might require, but apparently there was no enthusiastic call ’for captured guns, and they lie huddled together in their faded camouflage, silent testimony to Germany's I downfall.

The law relating to executions provides that within seven days after receiving a notice that the GovernorGeneral will not interfere with the sentence the sheriff shall execute it. The Governor-General’s Warrant. for Gunnfs executiongcan be forwarciecl only by post, and will not be 1-eceiver‘. by the sheriff, Mr A. Stubbs, before yesterday afternoon, at the earliest. The customary procedure then is for the sheriff to personally inform the condemned man that he must be prepared to expiate in full the Crime for which he has been convicted. Major Blackctit, who was in charge of German prisoners sent back in the Willochra, from New Zealand, has returned to the Doininion, and intends to take up sheep farming in the .~.nd tll.‘\‘il‘l(',f. He stated in the course of an inter..\-'iew in VVCllill'f.l"‘.'oD, that during the voyage to Europe the prisoners constructed a whisky still, using for the purpose an oil drum and a coil of copper tubing. This construction was built into a cupboard ‘in the kiteh"en. Whisky, which was “awful stufi’,"‘ was uianiifacturetl from rotten fruit. rl‘llP'v_.-,\‘i"lll was, of course, seized on <lis<*(ix'a\i'_\;. I-Ixperinients r(.‘eexll'ly Carrieil out in New Zealand show that money in the form. of coins is prae.tieall.y microbepmof. liven the attempts to cultivate f_',‘(‘l'lll.\' on eoins was a failure. Conlra.~<t ‘hi.-: with an .‘\lll0l'l(‘:lll investigation into paper money. One dollar bill yielded no fewer than 901,320,000 b:u'l'eri:x, null the a\'era;:e of 24 fairly clean notes (‘.\'Zlllllllt‘tl in the Laborai‘()l‘}' at Yale was .l-42.000. This led to the ill!"-Ul‘l\’ zhat paper money spread (li..~'(‘:-..~'(). so the No\\' York B0:l1‘(l of Health e:crl‘it‘«l the in\'e.<ti_qat'ion a sln§_re l'urther. and l‘e:lSSlll'(3(l the public by the nniplmtie pronouncenient that they hznl been unable to trace a. single ease of iut'e«"rious disease to the use of this term of C11l‘l‘(‘ll('_V. At a meeting of the Manawatu .-\.;:‘ricultural and Pastoral Association on 'l‘uesday, it was decided on the motion of Ml‘ Marshall. that a com~ nli>.si<m should he sent to the East by the Govm-nuient to investigate possible nnirkrts for New Zealand prodnels. Mr M. A. Conway said that 1119 Illlherial Go\'ermnent should be asked to Contiliue the comnmndeer of wool so laht they would not ‘be faced with a free market for wool with more wool than the nlanul‘a.cturers could use, which would mean a slump in prices. It‘ the wool was allowed to go on the market without any control whatever there would no doubt be a, big slump in prices. Mr Conway’s suggestion was agreed -to_ Special Display of Millinery and Coats at reduced prices. The Big Value House, Collinson and Gifford. Ltd.

The Wanganui Schools Committee has nominated Mr E. "V. Laws for the seat on the Education Board from which Mr Fred Pirani is’ retiring. An e.\'aminati'pn is to be held by the Plumbers’ Board for the purpose of registration, on the 23 and 24 July. Forms of application may be had at Teclinical schools and at the Boards’ Office. Wellington. The Wanganui Chronicle has made an investigation into the latest rumour of scandal in that town and sums it. up thusly: “No girl, 110 twins, no doorstep, nothing but a wicked, cruel, and unfounded fabrication.” '

i In connection with the Consideration! [of Gunn’s sentence for the murder of ‘Mr Braithwaite, the Ponsonby postmaster, it is stated that prisoner had consented to have his palm prints ' taken, but rhe report of experts thereon was not presented to Cabinet as it. would not have assisted Grunn"sl ‘ case. » l During Saturday's in-atch. at Sydney 1 two of the English three-quarters were ordered off the field in the second half for repeatedly questioning the referee’s decision, and a third for punching an opponent. One New South Wales player was ordered OE, and several ‘others on both sides were cautioned , for rouo:h play, which marked the game { throughout. R | New Zealand boot manufacturers apparently are still unable to supply the Dominion with the footwear it requires. The importations of boots and shoes during the past five months amount to no fewer than 39,000 dozen ,pairs. Of this number Australia has ‘sent us 3.>?.,000 dozen pairs, notwithstanding the heavy import. duty that ‘lies to be paid. Not for -a fortnight have there been any sales to speak of in the hide market. There is practically an entire absence of bidding, with the result that all the hides are being passed in. It is evident that the tianners considergthey are doing better by holding ofi7, A and are in aposition so to do by having fair numbers in stock. Another routributing cause to the spell of quietT 'ness that permeates the market is a declining overseas nrarliet. The Board which has been considering the E.F.C.A. section of the railway dispute concludled its deli{berations to—da.y, and as soon as the final draft report has been prepared it will be handed to the Minister of Railways. Members of the Board were unanimous in their rceonnnendations. The Department is now ready to proceed with the First Division case. It will be commenced almostpimmedi-ate-ly. The accomplishment of the transportation of a piano across the EngI lish Channel by aeroplanewas rivalled ‘ on April 8 in California, where a horse, [entered for exhibition at Santa Barbara, ‘arrived in Los Angeles. The trip was made without incident (says the Times’ New York correspondent), but the start was delayed until the Humane Society was officially convinced that no cruelty would resulf to the horse. 0 The lady boarding-out ofiicer of the Education Department is new in Taihape with a View to securing homes , for boys in the country, who are at present attending school. An allowance is made by the Department for , cost of board, and the boys may do useful work before and after school hours, till they are 14, Whenthey may be engaged permanently. If any country resident or farmer is willing ‘to take one of the “boys, full informa- ' tion may be obtained from the board‘iing—out officer, care of this office. ‘