LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3564, 28 August 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A live agent to buy bottles is advertised for.

"Four genfllemen paying guests a,re ■vadvertised for.

A six-,roomed house on terraee is offered for sale for £950 on easy terms'by Messrs Ward & Co^

The Canadian claim against Germany in conection with the war totals £374,000,000.

The boycott declared by the trade; unions against Hungary was recently joined by the South African Industrial Federation.

There, are 9 256 railway stations wi'thr in a six-mile radius of St. Paul's Cathedral, while within a 20-mile radius there a,re nearly 400.

' The new taxation recently approved by the French Parliament is estimated to bring in 9,500,000,000 francs, nomina'ly £380,000,000. Nearly all 'the cities and towns, of Switzerland and even many of the small villages, have technical! schools specialising in watchmaking.

,The public will be amazed to hear /fiom :iio less an authority than the Commonwealth (says the Melbourne Age) that nearly £{300,000. 000 escapes taxation in Australia.

The Railway Department notifies that .holiday excursion tickets will be issued .from Taihape and intermediate stations on Ist September by trains leaving Taihape at 5.30 a.m. and 10.20 a.m. for Marton, where) races are being held on that date.

Representatives of the E.F.C.A. have, conferred with the Rrinie Minister and General Manager of Railways regarding the aaew ;rates of pay. It; is understood that no financial settlement was arrived a:., but serious trouble was not The differences are mainly in regard to the interpretation of the new -agreement.

A Paris inesmge io the, London pape.vs of July <j states: The paper famine has killed the 118-ycars-old Memorial de, Pyrenees, a journal well known to many Pau (South France) visitors

visitors. T-he Ncmvelliste, of Bot*deaur, a loading Conservative paper, with its own Paris wi,ve, has also disappeared. If a Paris report to-day is correct, a number of other papers, including at least ono Paris daily, will "fall like 'leaves 'this autumn." An Invejrcargili resident who has jwst returned from a lengthy holiday in the Nor fa Island, told a Southland reporter that he had been greatly impressed by the way things were booming in ■'lie north. Hej was particularly struck by he high wages being paid and by 'he quickness will which those in business are accumulating fortunes. "Having made their money easily, the rich are spending it freely," he remarked, "arid 'he more solid gontheme,r cannot but stand in Lambtja Quay and meditatively inquire, 'Where are those people heading?' " For Coughs and Colds, never fails, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/9, 2/9. .;;"''-'

Mr. Leo C. Richards, Station Street, has just received a large consignment of onion plants. Purchases may be made up till 11 o'clock to-night.

The Town Clerk notifies that tenders are invited up 'to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Bth September, for the lease of a section containing about 6J acres. Particulars are given in another .column.

A copy of the; balance-sheet of the Taihape Borough Council for the year ending 31st March 1920, is open for public insepction during office hours till 30th September, 1920. Copies may also be obtained on application to the Town Clerk.

The series of dances under the auspices of the Taihape R.S.A. wa s continued at the Town Hall last night, and the function was well attended. The committee desire to thank t' 1

Masonic Ball Committee for leaving the exquisite decorations intact.

At the King's Theatre last night, Mr Ralph Smith made a decided hit in his rendering of the song "In The Gloaming,?" the haunting melody of Which could be heard whistled as the audience wended their way home through the rain. Mr Smith will sing again at the King's to-night.

The Taihape Borough Council has secured a new stock of electrical appliances for sale to the public at prices which are most reasonable. The new stock -includes hot-point three heat grillers, El Stove's cookers, irons, radiators, kettles, toasters, lamps, etc. The cooking appliances are the latest in electrical progress, and should command a ready sale in the summer. Those interested should inspect the appliances at the Council Chambers.

Trust a C.T. to know a good drink. They all "hikei" on to D. & J. McCallum's Perfection Whiskey. Why? It makes them full of vim and vitality—fit tp face the most obstreperous and clinch his order. Don't have too marry though, because Perfection Whiskey is more stimulating and more delicious than other brands. Say, "**D. & J. McCallum's, please." Bottled only by the proprietors, D. & J. Mc'Callum, Edinburgh, Scotland. Distributors: A. Hatrick & Co., Ltd., Wa-nganui.