LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3548, 9 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At a meeting of medical men of the Wanga.nui district it was decided to make_an increase in fees.

The late Ml's."Sal'all R. Lindsay, of \Va'itara,’ 'l‘-aranaki, left "a legacy of 'ubo'ut £l-,ooo‘ to Dl‘. B‘arnal'do’s Homes. .

A, London cable says that Lord inverclyde who died recently, left £2,17,798.

N 0 fewer than 332 candidates have entered at Auckland for the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of I\lusic.. The numberconsfitutes a record for the Dominion.

It is anticipated that athc GovernorGeneral, Lord Jellicoc, will be present :1! la pa.-tr-iotic ‘enterfainmbnt which will be held by the Navy League at the Wellington Town Hall on 21st October (Trafalgar Day.) %

The amount of all wool sold in New Zealand ’ro~ bug'(u‘s Within "the Dominion since the inception of the Imperial" Government purchase was 91,909 bales, and the value of this wool was £1,899,500 bales.

Many farmers here (says the Pa,ra~ pamumu correspondent of the Otaki Mail)” are fed up of wintex-4l3lilking, and babies or no babies, several rcfuse to supply the city with one of the nee-esities ito'build ‘up bonnie babies.

Down South the farmers are singing out for rain (says the Dunedin Star), and the Milton people were _.'ostel'da.y carrying water for domestic use. Most uncommon experience f 1- ea‘:-‘ly August.

It is stated-that private hospitals and nursing homles in Wellington have never been so ful of patients for 20 years as,they are to-day, leaving out, of cqurse, the epidemic perind of 1918. ""

“Not allowed but at nights,” was the apology offered by two: prominent Christchurch citizens for not aftcnding. the other evening, the annual meeting of the Canterbury EniI:!'.o)7Cl‘S’ Ass'oc.iati‘cm.‘

A Mr. .Cunni;n,.g, on_e_ 't4ir'ne, _edit.o;- of ;,,t 11,0! ,Aglri;§filt_lu;'aT .11:x.1,; axid' ,la.tL?ly §;{li_t.or Lqf >hhe_ N 9“? Fzemna .Isja.qn¢r,‘ i.s;_"._tal:§;z:g a. _pn_s_fi_¢sharing "..c(lf_i,.t_oria.] ,>cli:{i_r "lob-11: the "new paper, the Dairy ’Fabr_meVr, £0 be pubklished by me New ’zea.land Co-op-or:x'ti\~‘c I)ai:'yA CO., Hamilton. I

A few weeks ago goitre was made a notifiable disease in order that the Health Department, might. carry out’ ienvestigations: ‘for the purpose of checking the complaint. In Wanganui and surburban districts 30 cases have been. notified ‘and illvesti¢gations.-1-e----quired by the Dep:u-tment. carried out.

“I am just as aTl'xious ”as"any one el:._'e t(_)/_ass_is't these peop‘.e,” sajd the _Pl'imc IV[inis_tér "when the membér for Hutt‘ urging 'thD claims Cf supel;allnuat(ed_s publié servants to con’.~:iderat.ion_. Mr. '.\'f:(_sey‘ ‘added that he did ‘not fc’r}sq.ct,.'.'fthe' ‘firiitricizil position ‘of. those’ _ cvOnc'Grn‘cd " l'raiif”;"illlpl'o\'e(T since‘ the subject was menti’one*d last so.<sioll, and then he went (511 to prom"ise that the position would be considered before this sessio-11.c1os'cd.

A ‘\V:Lng':nlui business man, in con-ve'-sation with 2: “I-Ie1':1]d” reporter recently stated that if Y\"d‘S one nmtter to I'e-ad cf the cheap quotations of p‘(_'-‘T311165 in C:mtel'bul'y and another to make a deal with the merchants at the low figures quoted. The other <l3)’. when potatoes were suposed to he £2 105 per fan at country stations he I'.elegl':~.phr.:<l to one {of the largest dealers in the .°_oul‘.h and ‘rho lowest quote me 4:/xu?«1 obI‘;:1'1‘n was £5 per 203. *'

“En§.;ish .<<u3iety must have 21 play--I}nin_:;'," .-aid .T‘x'c»f’o.~'.soy- >‘h(*Hey in tho (’(HII‘SL* of his :Iddl-was at: (_7untCl'bury ('nl‘.ogv on ’:i‘l'id‘-;l_v .ni‘ghl. “Some _yv:n'.< ago it was t-ollsLlmptio'n; latel‘ if. was v:n'ion.~. ofhor <]iso:\.-cs; now it’ is education. Education now is :1. thing that e\'m'fi-’~l)()d_\f \\':lnts and nobody wzmfs to pa)’ for, nnd fhe only means of getfing it paid for zipp'o:lrs to 'OO by grvffing hold of 21. .strzly millionaire. who, having esifablishod his name by g*i\ving_: to vzarious ch:u"itable and othe'r obj<?o,fs. may have :1 few }_mIIIIGS 101'! for (*dllmtir»n.”

"SEI9 cost of living index for the aiiree fcsid groups. according to the “;‘.Eo2lrlily Abst.l-Em; of St’:lH.<tics.” for the month of June is 1742, :1 decrease of four points compared with May, and an ‘iH(.'l'f-_‘ilSG of 62.80 per cent. com-pr-.w(l with July, 1914. The fall in the June index was (1110 to influences operating in meat and groceries groups, ihe fall in the latter case being mainly due to a drop in the price of potatoes. Prices in the dairy produne group :.ictuall_v rose, but not sufficiently to counteract the effect of the falls shown in the two other groups.

With SHARLAND’S Baking Powder in the dough. good results are certain. That’s why busy housew‘wes aiwuya use SHAB.LAN’D’B. I

A breeder =pu\!'c}m€-efl ’i".r:1oo.~:y @Ol- - ,whioh is a record price. Since Tmccry went-to the stud his progeny have won sixty~thl-ee races.

Tenders are now being invited for the conveyance of mails for the Postal D'epal-tment: for one year from Ist January 1921. Tenders close on 9th" September. 1920.

The series of Socials and dances under the auspices of the Tajhape Returned Soliders’ Association will he continued on VVednesda.y_. when 3 dance will be held in the Town Hall.

Next year the quinquennial census of population is due to ‘be taken. ‘ln spite of the loss caused by the War, it is believed that "there has been a considerable increase in the population of New Zealand.

Ohakune Borough Council intends to spend a further £4OOO on electric lighting, and the amount is to be raised by the issue of debentures for five years at 5; per cent.

Mr H. D. Bond has just landed a most artistic assortment of high-class English China, also electro~plated goods. In chinaware there are attractive vases, bowls, toilet sets ‘and other useful articles. . Mr Bond confidently invites inspection.

:1 W:-iftlct Watch, without strap, lost near the junction of Main Street with Mataroa Road, is advertised for. It is a Watch that has been -through the war with a New Zealand soldier, and is valu'ed as such_ A reward is offerefl.

Messrs F. Ward and Co. have been favoured with inlstructic-ns, by Mrs Barsby, to sell at -her residence, in Kaka Road, the whole of her furniture and effects. The sale is to take place next week, the date to be advertised later.

The following vessels will be with.in wireless range on 9th August:—With Wellin'gton:~—Pateen_a, Wahine,‘ Maori, Munuka, Horofata, ‘Moana; With Chatham Islands:‘ Kumara. With Auckland: Riverina," -Kiawarra, E. ‘R. Sterling, Katoa, Atua. Wi’t'h Awarua: Awanui, ‘Atua, Kumara, E. 'R..Sterllng. _ _

'.' At tll&e_l_)o’x.nest_-eald, three miles from "—'U"£ll<.u,V on Is_:ll"’;A.ugust, Messrs. AbraHam éiiid’Williams will’sell"_on beh:alfz‘ '6f ‘Mr. J.‘ l\lcCartin, the whole of t_he stock, including‘3gOoo sheep. and 220-.headb of cattle._ ‘cam’ wim ‘":iie‘et trains a_ t”Utiku to ‘:c'o"llv'(ey'l')u3}'.¢_e’_l's to the sale if .sealss are figéviously bociked with the a.uctioneer§"'up t.Aill_Vt'h_e 6:1); before the sale. ' ’

The producbiton ‘in Ausltralixae ‘ofnews printing paper is again receiving the-a,ttenti'«o=n of the Federa.l.Goveminent. Many experiments have" been conducted in recent years‘ (sa.ysl the Melbourne Age) but no satisfac-1: tory ‘result has’ yet -been lachievod, though hopes -are by.no_ means. relinquished of a. pulp suitable for p{lpe'l~ making being pl‘odllC[Cd‘ill_lh_e Commonwealtxh, ALlStl'alizl Elias been placed in such a serious position owing to _the presen~t_.lvorlcl-w_i(.lc slim-’r-age of paper and the very high} p::iq~s ._.t’ha't_are ,being. charged for n_v=.~_-5 pri=ntin.g.and other .paper ;‘_purchas,o<’. abroad, that the d'esira.bil'lfy of making further eifperinienfs in paper m-an-ufacture has_l)eon -:forced upon the Ministry. The proposal now being considered relat/es mainly to the provision for bounties for locally manu-_ faofnrod paper.‘ ‘ '