The Taihape Daily Times. AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3524, 10 July 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times. AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

With which is incorporated

“The Taihape Post and Waimarino

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Owing to the death of Mrs- b'hex‘g‘old all golf fixtlwcs for this week have been czzncelled. There wfli no no golf playéd on the links. A

Mrs. Durand will act as soloist at the Methodist Church on Sunday at 7 pm. R-ev. W. -Lee will ‘take as his subject: “Cln'i.<t’s Completed Work.”

A social and dance Wlll be }1e1(1,1n the Oddfellows’ Hall on the evening of I\lond'a.y, 12th inst, in am of the Sports Queen Candidate. All supporf, 61's are accorded a heiirty invitation to attend‘ D“““inQ will commence at 8 'o’clock. _

Messrs W. J. White and Sons have a neW advertisement in this issue, to which we Eiirect the attention of our readers. The balance of their ladies’ and childrell’s millinery has been markefi flown *.;o prices that must effect a. speedy clearance.

The raiiwaymen have struck a novel form of winter amusement, call~ ed a,l“Hard—up Socia.l,’.’ which is to he held in the Three Stars on July 13. Every effort is being made to make this function the event of theseason. Prices of ‘admission have been fixed on a, hard-up basis, and will be: Gents 2/6, ladies 1/6, upstairs 6d.

An onthusia'stic gathering of Stratford district supporters enterta.inedMl' J. B. ‘Hine on Thursdey and presented him with a cheque for £IOOO. The Prime Minister sent a. message express; ing the hope that Mr [H3IIO would again be in Pzfrliamcnt. This "is the second presentation, the northern end of the electorate having ah-eady presented th <‘-x—membel- Iy"ij:,’_}l £‘6§o.

As the result of a. co__l}.ision between a motor em and a motor cycle with a side-chair, William Hansen, a resident of Pareora (near Timaru) yesterday was badly cut on fhe face and leg, and Mrs Hansen :ustai»ne<'l ‘a. fracture of the left leg /and a broken right ankle, and thei-:9 infant ~dau»gh’cer sustained injuries f’!’Onl which she died later. '

To shgw that the old spirit of trench comradeship was stil'l"'exist'ent among the returned soldiers, the Hon. W. D. S. ‘».\la‘cDon::.lr.l, in the House of Rep;_esenfativcs last wee.l§, said that ‘in a recent ballot for three sections,Qspmo of the men, who hall fair sums of money, ontered for only one ballot in order that the O’(l1(-‘.T>', with los;<cl' means, might have better chances for the smaller sections.

A rather unusual claixns, was heard at the Palnxemton, North Mag'istl'ute’s Conl't'f}lis week w}w3n Captain George Barnes Walker preceded agzrinst I\lessr:~* Wnhitehead and Ellis, bakm-s_, for recovery bf one shilling and sixpenco, alleged ta be owing by defendants as chzxnge in <:onnect'ion with a purchils-;-. The Magistrat'e. "in giving decision, shit] it seemed to hi‘rn That the 1/6 change was put on the cofintex‘ by the girl, and fhen the discussion 01r.~tned I'e_9;n'r(li'ng; Hm penny. The balance of ovi(.lcnr-.»3 \\«':»:.< in .-*::vm‘.r of dofnndmr‘.. am? j:zJgvr.~.ml.~f \~;n.~: <-nterod :le.r:ol'«li2l{_r?),v, wit.}:(r'=.2’r. ~2us.‘s.

A 7") (n‘"fic'.7:;l] il'xf.‘im:2.fiol‘. of the ‘mndonc-_y of ‘rhe Tlli)D(i‘}7 I‘.l:l.2‘}<lPT Came bnfox-«_! {he \Vang:nl‘.:i Cotmty C<,‘:‘._m<:il yoSt(3l'fltl_\f in the form of :1 ]ctl:.r:v- from the Mzulager of the Bank of New Z(=al:lnd, Wan-gw nui, statifig that from the 15th pl'o§imo the minimum ‘rate clmrged by banks fr:-I‘ o\’r_—-x'»'"hzx.‘.»'r av.-con:nmflatinn wmzid B 9 (3 hm 7'}-1:1, mu] E121.‘ Eu‘rm'v.<l‘ on the !'_m.'r.vw3j]’~: :n~'<n.x:H' w<.~1:1(i hm‘ mivnncod 7<»}; 1 "pr-‘.v' av-::.*.-—_«‘x nH’mb('!‘ 2181(-«:-~:1/\\'I‘.~o*.‘:n‘:- f’ml.< ‘.~"as the I'v.~'.lflt of 3. nmnbin-i. Th" ~:"lm}"n‘:1n replied thaf. Hmro ‘.\.:‘ls ‘no gl'<‘*:ltm' cnlilbinv t.h:m the ‘\s.~r)v.i:2tm'§ Banks, and no fhor bank was $1 rong (-é'n(m<__rh to (mum info New Znalrsnd: and (.'Om]>el'G {lg:li.nst them. The int.im:l.tion f176n1 the bank was then received with regret.

'l‘he Anckjand Prlc-.0.< I'nv(!st‘igutioll Tribun:>.] <]rzw7vs the métontion 01:‘ remilers and I'.h'E"genoral 1mh1i«: tz) thé fact that no udvannu can be made in the prices of Sugzn 01' of jflm made from sugar pu:;r'c}la.~:cd 3? HlO prir-c‘. cm‘rent befmc the "recent ndvzmtw intimated by the Bo:-1-(J of Cont:a'ol. Ret:lilor:~‘ are’ Y\‘Zll'lH’.d flxvnt, any infr':l(-lion will I‘on<}ol' the dvfaulter liable to penalties defined 5.17 Sccticm 32 of the Board of Trade Act‘. It has come to the knowledge of the ’l‘l'ibunal {but some retailers are charging 6d per lb for sugar bought before the ‘.ldV'al)(.'(3 in price, and any r=.nmphlillts~ made against g‘ror?.el-S of charging the new rate for old suppfies will be immediately attended to by the Tl-ibtnml. Only a small quantity of .the new sugar has yet been "placed on the may-~] ket. ' ,-

One of the conditions of preference to unionists is that the applicant for) membership to a union must be of good character. The g:3estior_. has been raised in ‘Auckland whether 2.]

convicted thief is of good character.

“The police are down on a ‘two-up’ school like a. 31101:, even if it is in some out-of-the-way corner; but a ‘to-let’ school is allowed to go on withoiff hindrance.-”—-Mr Brindle at the meeting of the Ratepayers’ Protection Association.

. According to the-Sydney ‘jßulleti_,u" they do things differently in Canada. The Canadhn Senatf Tfas passed the second reading of a bill. requiring all who sell anything German ‘£o Put OVGI‘ their doors and in their advertisements and on their statione.l‘y the words, “Dealer in German goods." The -penalty for failing to do fhis is gaol-

It is believed that de Valera has begun preparations to “smuggle” himself,back to Dublin. British o-fficials are out to prevent him, and do Va}era is reported to have said with a smile, “Let them, if they can.” His friends” say that de Valera ’s work here has practically ended, and that he has raised more Jrhan £2,000,000,by the sale of “bonds” of the “Irish Repubiicfa’

A remarkable incident occurred at P.o-intisbury, a Shropshire village. A travelling pedlar, said to be a. German Jew, called thefe selling watches and other arficlesf He offered a. silver Watch to a young man named Sankey, who purchased it after considerable haggling. On examining the Watch later, Sanka)’ was amazed to find inscribed on the insiae the néiine of his brother, W_ Sankey, Pontisbtliy, who served witlrthe Scots Guards, and was killed in France in 1914.

According to the Deutsche TagesZeitung, the typical English gt-mtle~ man is “a person with little or no education; brutal in the pursuit of any aim; faithless to friends and Allies, a hater of all foreigners; It cowardly highwayman, who only attacks the solitary and helpless, and that even with accomplices, whose only reward is°a few crumbs; perverse and gl'oss—minded in love §t.nd hO1'lOul'; 2L hypocrite and a pharisee; a scourge of God,’ and like Attila, the true Hun.” A

The atitude of Mr D."S_ Sullivan, Labour member for Avon, in regard to the responsibilities of the working man was expressea in the House of Representatives on Tlxursday. He would not deny that the Workers should go‘at a reasonable pace, and he would not defend the worker who shirked his reasonable responsibility; but he Was not going to admit that it was due to -men to work as if they were horses. (A. Labour member: “Or donkeys!”) Mr Sullivan claimed world~wide exper-ience——he had worked in‘ Australia and England, and had visited Europe, and he wanted to assert that the workers of New Zealand toiled as hard, and as conscienfiollslv. ‘as men in any other colrntl‘y.

General Birdwood experienced an amusing departure from the time-hon om-ed rush by school children (amjj, even‘ teachers) for an extra holidzui during his trip from Napier to 'lfuup«). At. Te Horoto, the school children were again en masse to weléoine “The Diggers’ Fl‘ien(i,"_ but this time they were chietfy natives. A quiet. chat. with them led the General to ask for those who wished for :1. (2:-2.3‘ off to Show their hands-, and Only.‘ about four went. up. Thinking they did not quite understand the Engiish I¢'lllg‘.la.f,’,‘€,. the question was repeatc-\c‘. with the sarue result. “WeH," Sflid the Genera}, “ha.nd.< up thos<e who do not‘ want a holida_v."’ and this iiifirv‘ fhr‘re appeared a sea of colo-11'.'ed hands. Thinking this most extract.-(i~ in:n‘_V, the General inquired of the schoohnuster the reason, and was inforined th-.ll‘ a, huliday to most 01113.7 11191511" hard \\'ol'k at home. and tiiuk I>l'el'el-red to be at school. A ho':‘:dzl_V “'33 z‘.-fl‘znltc-(1 ho\\'evel', and the Cami moved on, amidst cheers from -'1 (:I'owd of amml'ellt‘._v ha.pp_v children.