The Taihape Daily Times. AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3523, 9 July 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times. AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920.

With which is incorporated, “The Taihape Post am} Waimarino ' News.’-’

A small brooch much treasured as a souvenir lost on Tuesday evening is advertised for.

The VVa,irarapa Maoris predict that the spring xvii} be an early one. Many trees are coming into bloom already, while a sure sign is the early building of nests’b'y birds.

Abraham and Wellimns, Limited, report on Max-ton sale held on Tuesday: A good entry of sheep sold well. Cattle were hard to quit. We quote:——— Two-tooth‘ wethers, sm-all 28/11, 29/1; cull do. 18/; 111.5. hoggets 24/3, 27/10; small do. 20/_. 27/7; wether ho/ggets 335/; In.-aged ewes, I'.w. S.D. rams 35/6; f. and f. ewes 235/_. 27/; cull do. 7/; 18-mos. Jersey steers £2 5/,_£3; 3-year steers £lO, heifers in calf £9, m/s. weaners. .18/6, 20/;' empty cqws £4 10/; fat do. £lO7

The Full Court is hearing the case of the Union Bank of Australia v. the Commissioner of Taxes in Wellington. The Commissioner assessed the bank for excess profits for the year ending March 31, 1916. claiming duty from ‘the ‘bank at £BO3. The bank claimed to‘ deduct Certain depreciation of securites and losses incurred in realising other securities The Commissioner claimed that these losses represented losses of capital and not income. This_is the‘ question to be decided. ‘

I A reply {'o The suggestion that heavy ewe can-cases held in cold Sic)‘!age should be boiled down in the Dogruinion to provide space for new seafson’s meat has been received by the fFal'mel's’ Union from the Prime Minister. Ml‘ Massey states that if proper arrangements could be made, it was quite possible that the suggestion would be adopted, though perhaps not to the full extent proposed by the execufive. A definite decision, however, could not be made till further inquiries regarding the matter had been made. _

b The depredations of small birds in the spring on rows of young peas or eai-ly lettuce have always been Llifi’:scult to collnteract. A sovereign remedy against these attacks is employed by the gardener at the Asliburton County Hospital.. About twice a week he sprays the plants. subject; II) the voracious atte.nti.o~ns of the sparrow with a. weak solution of Jeyers’ Fluid aboue one tablespoonful to a kerosene tin, which make the green leaf unpalatable to the ‘birds without affecting the plants for human consumption. He states fmjther, that the same [remedy frequently applied to young cabbage and other members of the brassica family keeps the fly off: although,‘ once established, it is. not sufficienti to affect them. ‘ 1

g La.x'ge. quantities of Alller.icall goods ‘continue to arrive in’ the Dominiori. ’Whell the exchange crisis took place Ein New York on I<‘ebl'uary 3, and the ipound sterling I'ouch"ed ‘i:hree dollars '34; cents. and a. day later stood at 3 Fdolluzu-5 :11 cents, it was thought in (:0n11ne1‘(:i:1l. circles. that this would have the effec'.t of‘ diVeri'ing to British Inanllfacturel'.< the major porfion of the Made l’roil'l'l‘he outposts of the Empire which dufing the war had found its vcziy into American chzmnels. Not\\*itllst:nlcling the adverse rate of excllange ruling, impol'fel's have con-‘ tinued to place large orders with; Al'neri<-.:i1,. firms and each ship that! berths: hare imnriably brings large‘ quantitcir=s,. of various kinds of‘ nmr-I ?‘,'llandi.x-eh for busim-ss houses in tho} Dominioxi. They say they have g‘r<‘{x‘:c- ‘ or difficulty in gefting shipments i'l'()‘.nl Eizglmicl Hm” froni Aulel'i.c:l. {

A \'m'y human document is a 1011.4;-1' received at the Auckmnd Star‘ officte yesteq-(lny from the Mzloris z-11’ Take.Mlllll who are shol‘t.l'y 10 be relnovcr-:1 from land where they hzl.ve been 12x»

ing fox: some years. The appeal Lhe_v make I'¢-acls as follows:—«~“Sa.lutaHons? Tllis is a. word from us to you. We wish you to 1):-int it, so that all the people. pakc-xlm and Maori, may see 21. In 2:. few days we will . be

driven from our land at ’.l‘:lkaplnl:l. The policelnnn will comr.-. 0111' fires never went out on that land. We want the I\/laori. melllbel's to sve these words .We wanf 1.110111 to ask Y’:-11-Hll- - ‘Did this land that We 1111'

‘leave on the first day of August m~:.:f belong to our ancestors when {he ’l‘rea,ty of Wail,angi’wus made ’ Vs’-:2 know from Om’ fzn/rhers ft did. How did the land go from them? One S3..}’g it was sold. Who sold it‘? Was (hr) land mken 1i"or the sins (mupatu) of those who fought against the Queen? All the tribes know the Maoris from Takapuna arid Kaipara did not side with Ngati Mani-opol‘o_ "-.:; . :*. - fathers?”

Direct taxation per head of population in Britain now amounts to £ls 3/ (against £1 11/ in 1914), in France £2 7/6 (13/6 in 1914), Italy £2 3/3 (12/6), and the Uniged States £5 8/ (3/ in 1914).

At the Gisborne Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, Winiata Te Huhu was chm-ged with impersonating Hen:-11‘e Winiata and voting-at the recent Harbour Board election. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court.

The Westland timber mills are doing their best to supply the Dominion needs of timber as far as shipping will permit (says a. Press Association message from Hokitikia). Yestertlay, over a quarter of a million feet were railed north for shipment to Dominion and Australian ports," and i'nl‘fhel' large stocks will be on hand when shipping is available.

Two children arrived at the Riverton School on Tuesday last (says the Vvestern Star), each carrying two plugs of gelignite, which they had taken from their uncle’s residence under the impression that they were lolly sticks. They were engaged dividing the spoil amongst their fellow playmates When discovered by their teacher. Needless to say the spoil was instantly’ commandeered.

One of the anomalies in regard to the p_reca.utions taken to prevenf’ Dilfering on the Auckland wharf was mentioned on Wednesday by Mr N. Saunders, presidentnf the Waterside Workers" Union at a meeting of ill).porters in the Chamber of Conlmel'co_ He said that he had known of stocks of whisky being guarded in the sheds, while cases of furs valued at £4OOO were lying unwatched, inviting the av.tention of any" dishonest person who might be in the vicinity. ""

' The young man‘ William Cresswell, who was shot by C. E. Mackay at Wanganui, is now Well on‘ the road to ii-ecovery, his progress having been most satisfactory. It is reported ‘(says the New Zealand Times special correspondent) that additional information was secured by Cresswell consequent on his discoveries in connection with the first case, and though no information under this detail has been published, it is understood that certain people of Vvanganui‘ have shaken the dust of Wanganui oft; their feet.

Great’;prosperity- has descended on the British commercial traveller (says an English paper). Never has he made so much money as he is earning to—day. Men who were receiving only £2 to £4 a week before the war are now revelling in the "joys of a four-figure income. One of the secrets of the “commercial” prosperity is that to-day he has the field practically to himself. Before the war the country was oVel'run ‘by for» eign travellers, the German the mos? conspicuous among them. To-day the German has little to sell, and in most markets the only serious competitorthe Englishman has to meet is the American. I

A certain industry in his electorate and in Auckland was being practically killed by the latest changes in the Australian tariff, under which ;‘\‘e‘-.7.‘ 'Zealand was treated as :1. foreign 'country, like Japan or Aiiierica, doiclared Mr W. A.‘ Veitch (VVangauui)', fin the House of Representaives on Wednesday.~ Yet the .\fini_st*cr for Customs said that nobody was bofz. v" hurt, and that tariff revision could wait till next year, to be dealt with in the second year of the P-urlianisznt in the good old-fashioned way. Smfn a Minister, if in charge of the Dnfence Department during Hm war. would have sent our men ’to the front armed with stone axes. (haiightmti Sir Willian‘l‘Herries said tzhaf. the now Ailsiraiiau tariff had not been passed 1 V6"-‘.l. Ml‘ Veitch: It is being: PnfOl'C6.‘'‘l. : Thai is_ .~:moiy, (~nough_ (Ht‘:lr. lie:-2'-.‘;'

‘ The hearing of :x. divol'ceJsui;‘ \\'lll(,'ll I()C‘.(33l>‘lOIlG(1 much local interest 11118 been concluded at Gishorne, before Mr Justice Sim. The Court was 00Icupiecl for over two days with {lie "case_ The petitioner was 'l.loll!‘.\’ 'l\lferi-y Horne, who sought :1 dissolu!tion of his marriage with Emil.\’ Horne, on the ground of her ullegl?-(‘: ‘misconduct with George Brown Oman. lwho was joined‘ as co-respondent‘. The 100-respondeni is one of the lending linen of Gisborne, :1 i'e.<i(lont Cl’ 46 years’ standing, licensee of the Gis’bol‘l‘l(‘. Hotel, and closely connM'lctl in ioiher ways with the trade. \V-‘I‘.V" llengthy evi(lence was given (Hl lieli.-Mi’; of the petitioner, alleging nli.~:r:.onduc: between Mrs Horne and Mr Oinnn. The defence consisted in a ‘flat denial ! of the allegations of petitioner am}! his witnesses. The jury found agnintzl the petitioner, and the petition was! dismissed by His Honour with C0374’ on the highest scale to ‘both I‘espon(lem and co-respondent, from whom‘ £2OOO damages had been claimed. I

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As announced recently,‘the VV:m_:;j uui Woollen Mills Company has been successfully floated," the share issue being oversubscribed. At a meeting of the provisional directors on Wedlnesday, it was decided to issue another £BO,OOO shares in order to satisfy the demand for shares. Applications for the original issue totalled 1400, and came from every part of New Zealand, also from Au_stralia., and even as far afield as the Friendly Islands.

I Speaking at Auckland with referyence to the consumption of sugar in ;New Zealand, Mr McDonald (chairtman of the Board ;of Trade) said that approximately one—third of the output ;was used in connection with the manufacture of confectionery -—— sweets, chocolates, biscuits, etc.—and the remaining two-thirds Was consumed in domestic use, Last yeall’s supply of 60,000 tons worked out at a little over 1201 b per head of the population. In Britain the domestic consumption had been reduced, owing to the world's shortage, to 13§l’b per head of the population‘. Asked if it would be possible for the people to secure greater quantities" of [sugar under the new scheme than they had been getting, Mr lVlcDonald replied that ‘he could not say in what quantities the new season’s sugar would be supplied_ The fact was that there was practically no visible supply now. Assuming the factories worked full time, the output would be from 1200 to 1300 tons a Week, and it WOUIH be seen that on this basis it would be some time before the people would be able to buy bag lots.