LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 15 July 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

“Will the person who ‘is killing my skeep kindly hang skins on fence to dry?” asks an advertiser ‘in a Westport exchange.

’A euchre party will be held in supper room of the Town Hall this -eming; the proceeds of which are to be devoted to forwarding.-the interests of the No. 1 Queen ‘in 'ef'fi‘e -compefi-' tic-Us now being Iheld. ‘

“The man in the Public Service is there for a lifetime if he can do his J'ob~—‘3l‘ld even if he can’t do his job he is there for a. lifetime,” said the Minister of Publi-C Works (M.l' Coates), when replying 1.0 a deput.tl'on. “That is the positlon ment service. right or wrong.‘ The I\lillisi:.el' had been urging that 0111ploymenr in :1. Government Del):n-r----ment hnd advantages over fenlp«~r:n-)1 emp'loymenl: in civil life_ .

F'ollowillg the recent collapse ‘Of “*9 tallow market, says 21 Melboume 1"" Dort of June 29th, soap nlan.u=facl:ul‘ol'H have reduced the 1775095 Of °"'di""”-V household lines of soap by f.l‘onl £6 to £l2 :1 ton. Pi‘esel‘Ville SO31) find all ml1<»1‘ ‘nousehold 3021175 1n"“1“f“Cm" ed In‘ one I'-olllpan,\»' have ill all i11s::111~ cos; been reduced by 13/ 11 170-‘? 1"“ 1“ some inslances the amended <l\wl="' tionx of‘ other 111z11‘111facl111-ers were nof in la-e<:cllle 01101-rltive until the. beginning of July. It is also announced 111211 21 Nclrt.ll lsland 111:111ufac‘r111'(".' has l«‘lxvel-o(l his qu0t:1li011s.

Between 'bdlJo()lls‘ in the engine--100111. hon-construcfol°s on the deck. li.'%ez‘.=s tagging them as they passed and tearing); their clothing, and moukeys roosting in the riggings, the crew of the Pacific mail I'.-eiglnten |*l:1lu.'1;I----ula hzld_one grand and glorious HlllO ‘"1 theil‘ Vo_Y£lge from Cztlcuttu. India. -*%il.\':~' the San Francisco l3ullelin. Hun of the monkeys stl'allglCd an elepllant to death, and when the crew tlu-cw I‘.-.e, cm-c-,a.<e overboard it refused to sink. Then Geofge Greegan, :1 sailor; who wasswahbing too near the tigel"s cagee, lost the southern exposure from his trousers when a, Royal Bengal “I;agged;” him. Even the pilot. house was infested with parrots. while a giant orang-outang kept pulling the whistle cord during the entire vo_\*a§_le..

Sixty doses of NAZOL cost only 1/6. Splendid for coughs and colds, throat and chest soreness. Get busy

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An alarm bell. which the Germans rung wildly an Zeebrugge Mole during the British attack, was again rung last Inonth_at. an commemoration service in St. Marys’ Church, Dover, in which many survivors of the exploit tookpart. ’

John Bull publishes the following extract from a letter received from a reader in China: “I do not wish to appear pessimistic, but, by God, I believe we are in for trouble out here. There is a most intense anti-Japanese feeling throughout China.”

The last. season at Monte Carlo has been very successful financially (says a Continental correspondent). The report for 1919-1920, adopted at the annual meeting of shareholders of theCercle de Monaco, shows a gross profit of £2,238,610. In the last pre-war season (1912-1914) the net profit was £1,972,154.

The plain and fancy derss social and dance which was to have been held in the Three Stars Theatre on Thursday next in aid of the Soprts Queen has been postponed to a date which Will be notified later. This postponement has been rendered necessary in order to avoid clashing with a function to be tendered to the returned soldiers.

A. lease of 831; acres of first-class grazing land is advertised to let by the Public Trustee. at Taihape. The land is owned by Natives, is 15 miles fro-m’Taihape, and three miles from Moawhango Post Office. Couditions and form of lease, and all other particulars may be had from Mr Berry, Deputy Public Trustee, Statiim Street, 'Tnihape. The advertisement appears on page Bof this issue. '

The, question of the size of school classes really depended upon the struggle between the Minister of Education and the Minister of Finance, said the Hon. M. Cohen, M.L_t3. (Dunedin), while speaking at the School Committee Association Conference in Wellington. He was pessimistic.over the likelihood of classes being reduced to 40 and 30 in sole charge schools, as urged by the delegates.

Cable advice reports that white lead is somewhat down in price, the drop amounting to 30/ per ton_ An "Australian firm of manufacturei-S announced some ten days ago that in consequence of the decline in the cost of pig lead, and beéause of the easier ‘conditions promised in regard to linseed oil, they were able to reduce the price of genuine ground white lead to a basis of £9O to £96 per ton. according to buyer and quantity. This reduction was to take place from July Ist.

British brewing and distilling in—tnerests, backed by a fund of £1,200,000, are forming 21 gigantic organisation _to fight “pussyfootism.” Former army and navy oflicers and men are being; mobilised as chief campaigners. Three hundred are to sfart immedi'are training in .<<peech—making and propaganda work. During the ‘next few weeks, in public and open-air forums in London and the provinces fhe attempt will be begun to neutral‘ise Hie effect of American and Canadinn anti-saloon workers.

The Wellington branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute discussed the question of whether or not it is necessary to teach children “formal,” grammar. As the result of a long discussion the opinion was evolved that the teaching of grammar in its scholastic sense took up a largr,w amount of time which would be better devoted to otlierscholastic activities; that it is a subjectthat conveys no appeal to the youthful mind; and that the best method of grounding young children in the English language is the promulgation of the doctrine t'h:w.t: “if you rem] good books you will learn good English, and therefore you will naturally speak gocd EllgliSh.”

In a, letter just to hand, Mr Hope Gibbons, of Wanganui, says that from inquiries made from many soiirces the general prosperity of Canada is very good. All nuthorites are agreed that the 1920 wheat. crop will be a buinper one. The price current at the time of writing was 3 dollars (12/6) a bushel, the United States growers were expecting up to 5 dollars. Sugar WIS Wllillg at 1/ per lb, beef 60 and mutton from 40 to 50 Cents per lb, butter‘ 45 cents, potaltoes sfd ~per lb, and all otlier vegetables equally highl)l'aper_v had dropped 20 to 23 per cent and was about on a: par with New-' Zoalaiid rates. .\s to wages, general labourers were receiving from 45 to 60 cents an hour, and tradesmen from 70 to 100 cents (3/ to 4/ per hour), Work was good for say six months; but the winter half was very uncertain. particularly for those engaged On construction work. On the whole, Mr Gibbons is convinced that New Zealanders have much the lbetter time. Mr Gibbons adds significantly, “Our New‘ Zealand climate is a much greater’ asset than we give it. credit for vi/hen we are at’ home.’:’

The Board of Trade has fixed the retail price of “ncxv” sugar for Canterbury at 65d over all. Previously it was proposed to charge 6d over the counter, and 61.-d booked or delivered, but the new arrangement makes a fiat rate of (Sid, subject to the usual discount.

An lo\'cl'cal'gill firm of hnttcrs .1-c~ cent-ly lauded :1 case of hats, forwhich it 1':-lid been xvzriting for some '"(E‘onsidcrable time.’ The case arrived by‘ the Zealzmdic, and was railed to Invercargill, being; duly delivorecl. .The firm, being short of the commodi-ty, was eagerly awaiting the arrival of the case, but ifs‘ hopes of replenished stock soon vanislred when the case was examined. Evc-.r_\;' hat was gone, and all that was delivered was a sound case. We are pleased to be able to report that as a result of his visit to Web lington, Mr F. J. O’Keefe, who lost the whole of his dental appliances in the recent fire, has been aib-le to secure the necessary outfit, and will thus be able to resume his dental practice with full equipment. on Tuesday, 20th ‘July. Mr O’Keefe has taken the building in lower Tui Street lately used by Dr Ma.cDiarmid as a surgery, where he will be pleas~ ed to see old and new clients until he can secure more commodieus ‘premises. '

A case of interest to barbers and their clients was heard in the Auckv land S.M. Court on Tuesday. A man named Al-rowsmith sued Harry Cleal, a hairdresser for £llß 5/ for damages‘ for loss alleged to have been sustained by defendant’s servants jn shaving him by which he claimed to have contracted an infectious disease, medically termed “ba-rber’s rash.” Evidence was given by four doctors as to the nature of the disease, though they were not prepared to ‘say the infection was caused by the shaving of which plaintiff complained. One medical man said that staphrylo cocci, which was the source of the infection, were common Organis-ms, and no relation could be shown between the barber-‘s rash and the infection. Evidence was given by defendant. that every possible precaution was taken, and he had never seen a case of bal*ber’s rash. After hearing addresses by counsel, the plaintiff was non-suited, with costs.