LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3555, 18 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An advertiser asks for prices for all kinds of firewood.

Addi lon al "entries for Raetilii Stoek Sale are advertised.

The owner cf a gent's umbrella, which was found on the Rec. on Saturday, may obtain same on application at this office.

A farmer speculator in the Levin district Avho purchased a property and held it for about a week, sold at an advance of £9 per acre to a returned soldier.

As the Botfield Benefit Fund closes defhiitcfly on Saturday, all monies should be handed in before that day. The matter is urgent, as Mi*. Botfield is leaving for England.

At the annual general meeting on Saturday, the Raetihi Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd., decided to establish a store for the benefit of shareholders and suppliers, the store to be controlled by the Company.

Speaking to a Levin Chronicle representative an did Ohau farmer deplored the lack of foresight displayed by the set fliers in that district, of whom he was one, in regard to preserving their former timber supplies. He h.ad neglected the precautions, and was paying dearly now.

Two returned soldiers for employment at New Plymouth are advertised for.

The Christchurch City Council is considering the advisability of establishing a municipal brickyard.

The New Zealand footbaUlers won alll the games played in Australia, the aggregate points scored being 266 for, and 77 against.

At the present time there are 28,118 bales of greasy wool and 3000 sflipe and scoured in store in Wanganui making a total 1 of 31,118 bales.

An insurance policy on the life of William Sydney Hart having been lost, it is notified that a copy of the orig- j inal will be issued within 14 days if no forbidding notice is lodged meanwhile.

Those who had tickets to sell in conuoction with the Botfield ,benefit entertainment to-night are earnestly requested to hand in unsold tickets and proceeds at the Town HaGl to-night, as the fund willl be "closed on Saturday.

Some (hSIJ-country farmers, near Otaki are making quite a good winter cheque by shooting and converting into bacon the wild bush.pigs. The product resembles mutton "hams, and in many cases has a decided "flavour," resembling as some say, that of an ancient billy goat.

An interesting case is to be heard in the Supreme Court at Wellington this week, when A. Leigh Hunt, formerly manager of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Company, claims from Joseph J. Bryce, of Marton, a sum of £3OOO damages for alleged slander.

A social and dance in aid of the Botfield Benefit Fund will be held in the Hall at Bennett's Siding to-mor-row evening. Motor 'lorries will convey patrons from Taihape free of charge, and will leave the Post Office at 7.30 p.m. The' music will be plied by Mr. S. Dash.

A reminder is given of the clearing sale of furniture and effects by Messrs. Ward and Co., at the residence of Mrs. Barsby, Kaka Road, to-morrow (Thursday). The sale wild commence at 10.30 a.m., and as ft has now been found that there will be) 550 lots to be offered, the will have to be continued on Friday, commencing on that day at 1.30 p.m.

The following new books have been added to the Taihape Library:—The Courtship of Rosamond Fayre, and Sweethearts Unmet, by Berka Ruck; The House of Bdltarzas and the Rough Koad, b}-- W. J. Locke; Ladies in Waiting, by Kate Douglas Wiggin; Torchy and Vee, by Sewell Ford; Whitewash, by Horace A. Vachclll; Lives of the Hunted, by E. Thompson Seton; The Quest of Glory, by Marjory Bowen; The Kinsman, by V A. Sedgwick.

The Women Teachers' Association in the Wellington Education .Board district recently protested against the introduction of tooth-brush drill among smaller children. The Education Department has now agreed that medical and dental officers shall *meet representatives of the Association to discuss the matter. The Education Bc/ard, while admitting certain, 'difficulties, hopes that teachers wilß. encourage the proper care of the teeth.

A recent English, paper stated that, owing to the relaxed vigilance of the police, cock-fighting has recently been revived in Ireland. At Boresdown, West Meath,, recently a "battle" was fought between cocks owned by representatives of North and South Ireland. Thirteen fights were he>ld, the result being declared a draw. Over 2000 spectators were present, and many motor-cars were drawn up beside the scene of the encounter.

The Secretary of the Ohakune Chamber of Commerce, lias received the following communication from the Commissioner of Crown Lands: —"Keferring to your letter of the 12th ult., I have to inform you that I am not aware of any Crown Land in the vicinity of Ohakune that could be used as a ajte for an* experimental farm. If however, the Department of Agriculture decides to "establish, the Experimental Farm at Ohakune, the question of finding a suitable area for the purpose, will receive attention."

Members of the gang of thieves who. have been operating in Sydney for a long time, paying attention generally to the best, of disposable goods, visited the factory of Sidney Snow, Ltd.. late on the night of August 3rd or easily next morning, and took materials worth about £SOO. (The. factory is opposite the Central: Police Station. The thieves first forced an entrance to a building adjoining it. from which it was ortiy a matter of leaning a little distance to smash one of the windows on the third floor, on which the articles were stocked. These included madapolam, crepe, silk, satin, drill, sateen, and flannelette. Such goods are not very bulky. They could, have been taken away in ,a few bags.

No good housewife can afford to be without SHARLAND'S Baking Powder, the most economical compound on the' market.

A pantrymaid is advertised for. A strong man for gardening is -wanted by an advertiser. A laundress for Taihape Public Hospital is advertised for. Entries for Taihape Stock Sale on 25th August are advertised.

A boy to carry papers to railway station after school is advertised HOT.

According to latest quotations! fae price of chaff locally has eased by £1 per ton. Blenheim chaff is selling at £l4 5/ and Rangitikei at £l3 10/. Waflganui Herald.

The following Taihape players have been selected for inclusion in the Wanganui Rugby rep. team, which goes on tour on 27th inst:—C. Murphy, Batley, Belliss, McAuliffe and Cowie.

"I have no fines for pillagers/" said Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., at Lyttel•ton Magistrates Court, in sentencing a man to one month's imprisonment with hard labour for stealing soap out of a vessel's hold.

The return of ,£3l received by a Levin dairyman for his six cows for July (says (the Chronicle) has been beaten by a Te Horo supplier to the Wellington City Council, whose July cheque for 12 cows was' £BO.

Notice is given in another column that on and after Saturday next, there will be a new scale of charges" l by local hairdressers for shaving, haircutting, shampooing, etc. The full particulars of the new scale are embodied in the advertisement.,

The following weather forecast was issued to-day: —.The indications are for easterly winds, moderate tQ strong prevailing, and freshening; there is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather, with increasing haze and cloudiness for change to follow; the barometer has a falling tendency.

The following vessels will be within wireless range on 18th August: With Wellington.—Pateena, Maori, Wahine, Mafama, Tutanekai, Karamea, Pakeha, Port, Hacking, Iris, Monowai, Port Denison, Shahristnn. Ruahine, Saikai Maru, Rimutaka, Wangapa. With Chatham Island.— Ayreshrre, Suffolk. With Awarua Tarawera, Karamea, Paloona.

The many friends of Mr. Walter Knox will regret to hear of his death which occurred at the Taihape Hospital yesterday afternoon .after an illness of several days. Mr. Knox was 63 years of age, and wjas probably better known as Mr. Walter Smart. He came to Taihape about six years ago, (and worked for a long time as. a bricklayer with his stepson, Mr. Jno. Smart. The deceased gentleman was highly esteemed on account of his many sterling qualities, and the sympathy of a large circle of friends: witl be extended to the widow and family in their sad bereavement.