LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3509, 23 June 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An advertiser Svants to buy a. secondhand Wade-saw. A large building on Messrs Collinson and Gilford's property, directly behind their drapery establishment in Main street, is advertised to be sold by auction on Saturday next, by Messrs Ward and Co. The building is~,in good condition and is suitable for a variety of purposes, and at the ruling price of timber it is likely to go as a bargain. Those who require such a building will do well To be present.

The following new books have been added to the local library:—"The Light of Western Stars" (Zane Grey), "The Definite Object" (Jeffery Fraud), "Josselyn's Wife" (Kathleen Norris), "The Great Desire" (Alexander Black), "The House of Torehy" (Sewell Ford), "Smoke and Shorty" (Jack London), "The Mask" (John Cournos), "Nut Brown Maid and Nut Brown Mare" (C. G. Hales), "The Soul of Ann Eutledge" (Bernie Babcock),

What is believed to be a record for motor transport was established on Saturday, when Mr S. M. Moult, of Northland, covered the distance, from Wellington to Wanganui, with a twoton motor lorry loaded with furniture, in the smart time of seven hours. Leaving the city at 7 a.m., Wanganui was reached by 3 p.m. on Saturday, with one hour stoppages for petrol and meals, and on Sunday the return journey was completed in eight hours.

A further advance in the price of Dunedin draught beer sold in Auckland has been decided upou. The incjrefase is a penny extra on pints, handles and long glasses. The price of half-handles and medium glasses will remain as at present. The increase has been (rendered necessary owing to a further advance having been rendered necessary owing to a further advance having been made in the wholesale price.

Primitive people are in the habit of making the performance of collective labour easier by singing, the joint effort being put forth at definite points of the rhythm. One traveller tells us that certain African negroes do rather a clever thing in this line. Five hundred of them are in the water, trying to get a vessel off a sandbank. They sing a melody; at the eighth bar they all submerge; each continues to sing the tune mentally under the water; at the twelfth bar they all give the vessel a push, and at the sixteenth they all come to the surface.

Mr J. J. Dougall, a Christehurch citizen who has taken much interest in war works, returned v from a visit to Victoria recently;, and) said he was much struck there by one of the forms of war memorial—the planting of great avenues of trees. In Ballarat the Prince of Wales was to unveil a memorial arch. Stretching from this in a continuous line of fifteen miles is an avenue of trees, each tree planted in honour of a soldier who served, and bears a porcelain plate with the man's name, number, and regiment. Memorial avenues had also been planted in Hobart, but the lines are not continuous. "Xonc of the old exaggerated notion? of a land flowing with milk and honey, where the stranger sees 'gangs of 'cm digging for gold in the streets,' are- shared by the 359 immigrants who were brought safely to land by the Arawa (says the Auckland Star). These people are mostly married, and between tbenrfhey seem to have plenty (if children, but very few are coming here friendless, for the grtater majority have brothers or other relatives already resident in the Dominion, and most of them have a fairly accurate idea "of the conditions they will meet, in the new country." They all come with the knowledge that plenty of hard work is ahead of them, though they have a notion (which will soon be dispelled) that, this country is not nearly so difficult as Kngland is today.

A considerable expansion of the sawmilling industry seems likely in the, near future (says the Chrietehurch Hun). Already there are projects in hand for the opening of eight or nine new mills on the West Coast, mostly in South Westland. A company is in process of formation in Christchurch which has rights over 6000 acres around and near Okarito and 4000 acres at -intcr-Wanganui. It proposes to erect three sawmills. The timber will be shipped from the Okarito lagoon in light-draught vessels. There is a vast amount of good milling timber in .South Westland, the forests consisting of about 70 per cent, rimu, 17 per cent, white pine, and the balance fotara, matai and silver pine. Unfortunately the difficulty of access is a. big*handicap against the establishment of mills. The harbour at Hokitika is unsuitable for timber vessels, and supplies have therefore to be sent by railway to ftreymouth. With SHARLAND'S Baking Powder in the dough, goo 3 results are certain. That's why busy housewives always nee SHARLAND'S. f

A young girl is advertising for a position in light housework, or as lady's companion. A Wanganui baker named Coxon has been iined £2O for selling a 21b loaf under weight. The magistrate also made an order to have the conviction advertised. ' Mr J. B. Hine, ■eSfM.P., who wasi recently defeated for the Stratford sear by Mr Masters, was entertained at Inglewood and presented by enthusiastic supporters with a cheque for £650.

The following vessels will be within wireless range on June 23: —Wellington: Wahine, Maori, Pateena, Moana, Manuka, Mokoia. Chatham Islands: Marama, Kcmuera, Opawa, Donold McKay. Awarua: Westralia.

In the Police Courts at Dunedin yesterday four persons were ehargvd "with Sunday trading by selling cigarettes, and all were convicted. A Press Association message states that two of them were fined 20 s each'with costs, and the other two .l6s each with costs.

The subscriptions collected by Mr. John Boyd at the Taihape Winter Show, in aid of the wheel-chair for the Taihape Public Hospital, amounted to £3 10/. The matron wishes to express her gratitude. The sum now 'r- lir.r-c! is. £7 10/ and the cost of the wheel-chair will be from £ls to £lB.

The big cargo steamer Donald McKay, due at Wellington on July 7tb, from New York, via Auckland, has 35,000 eases of oil to land at Wellington. This news wall greatly interest users of petrol, as local supplies are getting low. The vessel will also discharge 15,000 cases of oil at New Plymouth.

A gdbd story is going the round about Britain's new FWd-Marshal, Sir William Robertson. During the war a works company was quartered in a Line obi shire village, the men bWng in furnished billets. A dispute arose with one of thh "landladies," and the officer, considering that s he was in the wrong, refused redress of ttor alleged grievance. "Oh, very well," s-aid tho dame, folding -her substantial amis, "I'll j us t write to Willie Koblb'tson. Him and me were children together, and W;'11 not see me put upon."

s Wc have probably never had such a glut of- mutton in London as at present (says the ' London EveningStandard of April 17). In store are 1,137,000 carcases, and aboard vessels waiting to discharge arc over 800,000 carcases. At one huge cold storage for 600,000 carcases the number actually in store now is 744,000, with 50,000 more coming in; tot amother store with accommodation for 500,000 the number now held is 593,000, and another 10,000 are coming in. For the last two months, adds the Standard, there has never been anything under SOO.OOO carcases afloat, and -the figure has been as high as a million. On Monday ships had arrived with 800,000 carcases among them and 60,000 quarters of beef. ''lt' s a shame the way the agents in the Old Country are 'kidding' io the emigrants," said two members of the crew of an overseas vessel in Lyttelton to a Lyttelton Times' representative, in the course of a conversation a few days ago. 'The emigrants are led to believe that when they reach their destination in "New Zealand they will bo met at the boat by other agents, who will place them in work straight away. On their arrival they find there is no one to meet them, and that it is very difficult to secure board end residence; in fact, as most, of them are unskilled workers, it appears that they are in for a very rough spin. Those whom we know are desirous of coming out we have advised to remain at Home .for a while longer, and we have pointed out to them the house problem and other drawbacks that will confront the unskilled worker."

In ■■•••"■nversation with a Wanganui Herald representaivo the other day, Mr J. Kernohaii stated that a very clear indication of the handwriting on the wall for a reduction in prices could be gathered from the fact that commercial travellers, both from the Old Country and in New Zealand were particuI larlv attentive at present and most I anxious to unload various lines. Some j little time ago the boot was on the I other foot, and retailers had practiej ally to chase the wholesalers for variJ ous goods. Asked regarding the more recent reductions, Mr Kernohan staled that these included tinned fish, where the reduction was about 1 per cent. Sardines, for instance, that were selling for 1/3, were now retailed at 1/per tin. Crockery from the Old Country was coming more freely to hand, and at a cheaper price. There had also been a drop of one penny per pound in the price of bacon. Indicain the P>ac\on market 'poinrted to more plentiful supplies, and ently farmers were paying more attention to this industry. N-A-Z-O-L, the scientific prepara-1 tion which never fails to reliere coughs, colds, sore throats, arid chest J troubles. 1/6 buys 60 closes. 21