LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3529, 16 July 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

‘ Consequent. upon the recent a.dvnn—j ,0-es in the price of stcck on the boot: [there is an opinion among butchers ‘that retail mmeat prices will have :0! ‘iadvance. The adv-ancciis expected I'o ‘ the fully 1d per lb all round. } } A Shorthoru bull from the herd of‘ ;Mr C. C‘. Llewellyn Williams, Lian-I ii-unmey H2lll, Monmouth, which iiust, been sold at Rxcath ('>C£J,l{.-i."_’)«' iicuttie market, weighs 1 ton ]C‘l‘«‘L 31;‘.-~‘ 1 ;’2llb. This is lielicvvd to he :4 §C.()z':i” weight for the breed. E * At the pl'esellt time som<.-;- L3:”.»,:‘.u!-;'»‘i Tbales of greasy, scoured -.‘=.:l«,’.¢ .-:.i€;wi wool are in store in Wzinganud. is Only :1 fraction of the acil'.!:il ‘»7id.",l fmln last season's clip stored in I;‘nrt-i D<»miilinn, and yet the i'l]l‘if‘L_‘,-' 1301156wiic wonclcrs why prices of woollen’ goods are continually going up, or why she cannot obtain a skein of grey \\'Qol to darn. the children’s socks. Lust week :1 Sytlnoy (-able m:ade_ Im.-ntion- of the sale oi‘ the stud inn rzmi, “Goiiath.” bl'v(i B 1; ,Tx.,3;.; }_3.;l-5,9.’ k‘3l~ 01: Clfll‘£-‘A, South ’r"ti;.<.iz‘2.ii:>., is.-rgl 1500 guineas. Nmv.s'p'.lper iii-T~~: to hand show how this 3:.ig};~s:T{'.’:::‘.{ 5119813 got his Immo. for h-=' i;--1 «’Js’.L..::rffl..--ed as measuring 72 i,,(,m-.,\ _..03.,:,-I girth, and as being p(>pll]az‘l'j.7 “\’l;'V(.:(, i “S the biggest merino stud }'?.’_’i <-‘-.-‘-9:‘;

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A company is in course 01' I'om3:-:-tion to work the ironsand deposits the I\lanakall Heads. A lease of ironsand areas has 'been secured from the Government, and a site for smelting works has been obtained at Onehunga. It is anticipated that the works will be it operation in about three monthzs time. It is stated that the method of smelting is‘ a new one, and that tests, carried out before Government

experts, have proved satisfactory

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Attention is drawn to the salvage sale to be held to-morrow morning at Messrs Sherwin"s shop, by Messrs Ward -and Co., when a large quantity of books, stationery, toys, ladies’ and children’s bugs, fancy goods, etc., will be sold. These goods are very slightly damaged (some of them not at 2111), and are only being disposed of because Mr Sherwin has no place in which to store them. The sale starts :I’rU_l.l :I.nl.

“Good writing is the saVin,<_;' grace of any they or girl,” said the President of the School Colnmitteesf Associafion’s Conference (Mr A. G. Wal--111(39):. Every “advertisement for a. clerk ends in ‘apply in‘ own hand Boys and girls learn to write in the primary schools, and the worst addressed envelopes We get are those addressed by those who have passed through the secondary schools. The three Rs’, ’readin’, ’ritin’_. ’rithmetic’ still hold good. ‘

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A woman shopkeeper in Sheffield returning after a few hours’ absence, found her servant girl gagged and bound with stockings to a chair. The girl declared that a In:ul,'wholn she described in detail, had entered the shop, dragged her behind the counter, thrown her into a chair, gagged and bound her, and then had gone upstairs. The shopkeeper found ‘that£3 had been taken from a cas~bo.\' in :1 bedroom. When the police were called in the girl repeated her story, but under cross-examination she con-fes-sed that she had been the author oftlre alleged “hold—up,” and that she had hidden the money in the chimney in her bedroom, where it was found.

' To—lllo'rl‘oW a street stall will'be iopened in the Main Street for the purpose of selling various goods to iraise money for the Soldiers’ Memorial Fund_ ‘A vari,ed selection of goods will be" on sale, including farm and garden produce, jams, jellies, cakes, confectionery, potatoes, meat, vegetables, e-tc. ‘ln addition to these, there will also be a. beautiful Rhode Island Red cockerel, for sale, generously donated‘ by Rev. W. F. Stent. This splendid bird won a special prize at the Dominion Dairy Show at H-awera for the best birdnof its class “in the Show. in addition to Winning dfirst..pl-ize for Rhoda ‘lsland Red cockerel. . -It was proposed some time ago that a commission should be sent from New , Zealand to Brifsain to investigate mat.itel's.in connection with the meat inédustry, and to bring the resources of the Dominion more prominently before ‘the people at home. M. S. C. Journeaux, at Wcdnesday"s meeting of the executive of the Auckland Far:-ners’ = l'nion, wanted to know what had happened to the commission. The people in. Great Britain_. he said, did not know that Nev} Zealand was exporting meat at 5d per ll) and wool at 1/3 per lb. '.l.‘here had been exploiting, and he ‘thought that was the fault of the British Government. It was true New Zealand sent“ to Briinin a commission lwlricli would go 'through the country ‘and explain the position. The people could then demand justice, and the i Farmers’ Unier. was the body to bring 1 that abo-ut. , E “It took a team of oven to get some ‘people put on Some-s Island. during the ;wzll‘.” declared Mr J. Vigor Brown i(Napier) in the course of VVednes!day’s. discussion in committee on the *Revocation of Z.\’-aturalisation Amendiment Bill. He had a big pull to get ‘some people there. he added. andl ithen he found in a. day or two theyj [were let out On parole (Laugllt"Ter.)3, The difficult)‘ Was that so long as they 3 ,‘v.\‘ere sober these men seemed loyal; 2 enough, but if they got full of ‘beer or‘ ;v.'hisk)' tleeir disloyalty came out. jrhoutl l:iughtel'.) That was to sa,_V.i iwlien they were full of beer or 'WhiSk,V' I ‘the truth came out. (Hear. hear.) ‘the truth came out. Hear, hear)! ilir.-?f()1'e he let a. man of? the island! ‘therefore. he would ha.\'«'e filled him} up with beer or whisky to see if li’«.'\_! i\vzr:< loyal. (_Laughter.) . , A lady who knows Lady Jellicoe) Ewell sent the fololwing to the London, 3’Col‘F9SDondent. of the Christchurchi ,Press: “.-\.s her Excellency in New 'Zealand, Lady Jellicee will be of :1’ iH<‘\V type. For she is -.2 daughter, not, let‘ a noble faniily, but of one which ~has made its mark in trade. Her father, Sir Charles Cayzer, was it: CINE‘ -*hiDowner, and head of the’ Clan Line. She had not met her future husband before 1902. when Lord Fl-“-hC‘F added to his many roles thei act.ivitie,s of match-Inalter. He knew! UM-‘ C:!.\’Zers, and liked the lrigh spirits] 8-110 <“'rlS.V manners of the second] (33l1§h’t€‘I'_ He also kenw and likeni(‘aptain Jellicoe. he then was. anal he had inarked him out as the future, commander of the,British Navy. So! he discreetly brought them together? Lady Jellicoe, 'ivho has a sunny tem- V DH‘ and enjoys life as only people with great vitality can, should, with her young daughters, make the social side of Govern’rnent House gay for the next flew years.”

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; Birlding at. the Auckland hide sales this week was slightly lurisker than it has been during the 1:15? two -or three Weeks, but some buyers were siill Elisinclined to operate, and 3. number of lots were passed in. Cow hides élV‘l-)r--aged about 10d per lb, one lot selling at Bil per lb and :Ino'thclj, weighing 4511) and upwards, realising" 10-3 d per lb. The average price for calf hides was about 1.13. per lb, and ex hides realised: from 1/0% to 1/1. The Greyinouth Argus says that the tenders for the construction of the railway line from Runanga to the new coal mine at the Seven Mile have now closed and only one party has put in a price for the work. This is a. cooperative contract party, comprising picked men from all over the Coast, and the tender quoted is in the vicinity of £20,000. Apparently the Publie Works Department thinks “this price to be excessive and up to the present no agreement has been reached for the commencement of the work.