LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3549, 11 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

————--—~~o~--——-———— _ Twelve years ago last t-‘.atur:lu.3' the first through train rm frmm WOl lington to Aimkland.

Blll'.‘-{law entemd 14116 prenli;<(=s: of A. 15- o’L€al'.V, (h'a.pet', at: ']‘auln:ul'umfi. and took two half sovereign.c; from we Hll, in addition to about £2O wurih of mon-’s wear. ’

A "New York cable states that an. other issue of Treasury certificates for one hundred and fifty million dol~ law is being offered at par with accrued interest through. Federal reserve banks. .

A meeting of Otol'ohv,v-.ara .<.::.Hlers discussed a proposal to form a. new County by-merging the three northern riding of Waitomo and a. portion of ’We.<t Taupo, the new County to be ealled Maniapoto. Decision was de"ferre(l till a later meeting‘ '

.:\. womenfs campaign in favour of prohibition has been oflicially launched in N:--‘xv South Wales.

‘The Canterbury Aviation Co. lost £3382 on last year’s operations, receipts being £9453 and expenditure and depreciation £9536.

A ‘cable from Monte Video states’ that Parliament has Passed 3- 11168547? ure approving of duelling.

Amongst the “prizes” to_ be offered in a “Surprl'se Packet” séheme to take place in Gisborne shortly are three orders fiovr surgical operations.

In the sale of “an old house at Otaki a Valuer allowed £IOO each for two very fine Nortolk pines about 40 feet high, and probably 40 yea-rs ()1(1.

A Mauawatu farlner has let a. sec~ Hon of five acres at Otaki to a Chinaman at £ls an a.'cl'e. There are no buildings and the fences are dilapidated. W _ M N __ U;

{..Th(=L Cunard liner .4\quitallia, which saEle~?d‘fl-om New York on July 31st cmzzted a. new record_ She covered the last 129 miles to Cherbourg on Friday in three hours forty-two minutes, an average of 27.4 knots, or Hm-t._v-one land miles.

Mrs J. Henson and famjl yare edSi'l'Olls of expressing their appreciation of the services of Dr Sinclair and the Taihape Hospital staff during the illness lof the late Mr J. Henson. Also their many friends for numerous expressions of sympathy in connection with their bereavement.’ _

A public meeting recently appoint.ed :1 committee to report on the question of a. war memorial for Dunedin. The committee now recommends that a memorial of a n-on—u‘rilitarian nature be placed in Queen’s Gardens at an expenditure of not . less than £IO,OOO. Designs rare to be advertised for, in the Dominion and in Austraiia.

The Olmkune Times says:— iWe understand that the Ohakune Dairy Company are considering the a.dvisabilit-y of starting a co-operative ‘store for the convenience of their S-11pp1ie1's. It is quite within the 1-axige of things possible L_h_a.t ‘ the function of the store will be é_’.\'tenrie.l and 'resid’enfs- generally allowed to pafiicipaie in its benefits.

"I am sorry if I woke the Hon. Minister.” remarked Mr P. Fraser in the lfilouse of Representatives to the Hon. Dr Pomare with elaborate apolog)’; “I am deeply sorry if I disturbed hils- slumbersf’ “That’s all 1-ight._.”’ I'et-urned the Native member from the depths of his cushioned seat, “I’m more awake when I’m sleeeping than you are when you are awake.” (Laughter). '

.-\ Ta.ihape resident has just received a letter written by a friend who returned to England a’ few months ago. The Writer states that the people are rationed now only in respect 10 sugar and butter, the allowance of sugar being half a. pound per week_ Sugar is 1/2 per lb; and butter is 3/6 per 119, but there is no scarcity of niargarine at 1/1 per lb. Currants are selling at 1/ and 1/2 per 11).. and some other commodities are I)I‘np()1'H01lafG1}" high in price. The writer adds that rents _l are much lower in England than in New Zealand, and that wages in England are nlppax-en’rly b€’HTPI“ thanc in New. Zealaml. ~