LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3507, 19 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A choir of forty voices hag been organised by flip Duncdin R.S.A., and it is expected hat the number will be ruhlod lo shortly. "The revision of the tariff is a very thorny question, and is generally dealt with in the middle session of a Parliament," the Hon. I lorries remarked to the boot and shoe repairers' deputation in Wellington. A witness in a maintenance case stated at Wellington that she paid 15/ per week rent, for a small house, but received that amount back from a married couple who, with their five young children, lived in two of the rooms An Englishman visiting America, goaded to desperation by the incessant necessity for tips, finally entered the lavatory of his hotel, only to be faced with a large notice reading, "Please tip the basin after using/' "I be hanged if 1 do!," said he, walking away. "I'd rather go dirty!" It. is slated that a local resident carefully locked away a portmanteau containing a number of bottles of whisky in an outhouse, and a short time later, on going to ': broach" a bottle, discovered that the shed had been broken into and the portmanteau and its contents removed. —"Wairarapa Age."

Mr Justice Sim a-emarkeel in the

Supreme Court at Napier that Maoris seemed to supply rather a large proportion of the criminals in that district.

According to a Press Association message from New Plymouth Patrick Joseph Flanagan, a well-known figure in New Plymouth, was charged at coutr on Thursday, on fourteen counts, with having made bets in public places in New Plymouth and other Taranaki town. The hearing was adjourned.

At the Court at New Plymouth on Thursday, George Payne, farmer, of Okau, North Taranaki, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen 19 sheep valued at £32 1/, the property of a neighbour. Evidence alleged that the accused had cut off the, earmarks from the sheep, hut on some of them were left evidence of identification.

At the meeting of the Borough Council last night the Stratford Borough Council circularised £ne local Council pointing out the desirability of having a universal Saturday halfholiday throughout the Dominion. The communication wa s referred to the local Tradesmen's Association and the Chamber of Commerce for an expression of opinion.

In the House of Commons, the Hon # W. H. Long stated that the flotilla leaders Broke and Botha had been sold to Chili, for which country they were originally buillj, in accordance with a contract made with the Chilian Government when the Admiralty took the ships over. The historic names and records of these ships would be borne in mind when the names were allotted to future ships.

Mr Charles L. Stark, who left the Wairarapa some months ago for the United States, writing to the "Age" says that the "New Yo-:k Globe" ha 3 published a serie s of articles, which have set the people talking of New Zealand. Mr Stark adds: "The people of the States, .with the exception of houses doing busines s there, know nothing of New Zealand. When I tell fanners that I'come from New Zealand, the only thing they say is, 'Gee! You have soon picked up our language.

Some 162 head of stock were impounded in the Borough Pound last monfh, the stock of some owners reappearing with such irritating frequency that it led one of the Ci cillors to remark that they were using the streets as a dispasturing area, looking upon the inevitable pound charges as better than paying for feeding. This nuisance is now to be put down with a firm hand, and persistent offender s in this respect are to be proceeded against in the law courts, when the full penalty will be pressed for.

Reference was made in a cabled new s message from Australia on Monday to the possibility of New Zealand meat being imported into Australia. The Prime Minister was yesterday asked whether he had heard anything of the scheme. Mr Massey said that he had not. The meat in New Zealand cold stores belonged to the Imperial Government, and he had no doubt that if the people of Australia wanted meat the Government would be willing to sell as much as Australia could take, but he wa s afraid that nothing could come of the proposal. He understood that meat was still being shipped from Australia.

There were many hearty laughs at Hi s Majesty's Theatre (Dune-din) as General Bramwell Booth de-scribed to a packed audience what manner of man his father, the founder of the Salvation Army, was. But probably the heartiest laugh of all (says the Otago Times) was raised at the expense of the General's good friend, the Mayor (Mr W. Begg). The General was speaking of his father's wonderful power as a beggar, and regretting his own alleged inability in that direction. "Why," he said, turning to Mr Begg, who was presiding. "Mr Mayor, you cannot form any idea of the struggle I have to get £SO out of some of my chairmen! " j

A deputation from the Taihape Bowling- Club, consisting of Messrs Stent, James, and Neagle, waited on the Borough Council last night, asking for favourable consideration of a request that portion of the oval domain should be allocated for a bowling green and croquet lawns. The deputation made out an extremely good case, and the Council was quiet in sympathy with" the project. It was decided to meet the representatives of all the local sports bodies and the A. and P. Association on the Recreation Grounds on Tuesday, at 2.30 p m., when the matter of making grounds 'recreative" in its broadest sense, and worthy of the town, will be discussed. The views of the deputation were so interesting, and the issues so vital to the Leautificatlon of the town, that, we intend publishing a fuller report of the proceedings on Monday than the exigencies of our space will permit u s doing to-day.

Measr s Ward and Co. will sell byauction at the Mart on Saturday next the borough lease of section 2, block 4, Taihape. Particulars are obtainable from the auctioneers.

"My experience is that the nonunion man is generally a man without principle," said Mr T. O'Byrne at the Conciliation Council at Invercargill. He went on to say that it had been proved time and again that the man Who was prepared to take the benefits resulting from a union without any effort on his own part was the ono who, when he got into trouble, immediately went to the union for counsel and, if necessary, defence.

The relatives and friends of those members of the N.Z.E.F. who died in the United (Kingdom and were buried at Torquay will be pleased to know that the graves are being well cared for and that many of the local people have interested themselves in this direction. Information received by the Secretary, N.Z. War Graves Committee, Wellington, from an un official source, states that several members of the Torquay Borough Council and a member of the Y.M.C.A. in Torquay placed fresh wreaths on the gravs on Easter Sunday and intended to pay similar tribute to the memory of soldiers ou Anzac Day. Any relatives deriiir.g to learn further particulars should communicate with Councillor or Mrs Waymouth, of the Torquay Borough Council, England.

The inability of some people to profit by the experience of others was exemplified by an incident in the early hours of this morning. Two young fellows in Taihape, who were anxious to go to Wanganui to see the football match, were preparing a car in the Ford garage for the journey, one pouring benzine into the tank, while the other was investigating the understructure of the car with a lighted match. The expected happened, the vapour of the benzine caught alight, and soon the car was a sheet of flames. Mr F. Smith, who lives opposite, saw the flames, and with his pantaloons neatly tucked up under his arm, made a record trip to the garage, and with assistance pushed the blazing car into the street, where shortly afterwards a tin of benzine stored in the hood, went off, throwing a geyser of flame into the air. Meanwhile the firebell rang out, and the brigade soon subdued the flames. Damage To the extent of about £6O was done to the upper part of the clir.