LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3572, 7 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Addition:*/ centres for the Taihape Stock Sal'.' are advertised. Lenin is said to be suffering from a severe ehik’. In consequence of this, his third assassination has been indefinitely postponed.—Sunday Chronicle. The fact that .Mew Plymouth can berth large ■ steamers i i iresponsible for the arrival of the Japanese vessel At.suta Mam there with over 3000 tens of coal for the Railway Department,' a considerable 'portion- of which is to be railed south.

Ten weaner pigs are advertised for sale. Additional entries for Ractihi stock sale are advertised. An advertiser requires the use of ' a furnished room, with use of conveniences. Mr. A. J. Evans, of Taihape, qualified for the linal of the golf championship at Palmerston North, and won one of the handicap competitions. A child who picked up a purse in Mastertou containing £47 in notes, and restored it to its rightful owner, was rewarded in the munificent sum of one shii'iug! A gossip writer points out that :heVe ate more teatotalers in Scotland now than ever before. It is not known wlio' first started to spread this scandal. —Exchange. Eighteen pence per quart all the year .round is the price fixed for milk in Wc" lington. The City Council this week decided upon the increase, to take effect from the 9fh inst. At St. Mary’s Church, Ma/arawa, on Wednesday, Dr. H. M. Hay, of Taihape. was married to Miss Marjorie ■Livermore, onfy daughter of the late Air. Ernest Livermore, of Auckland. An Austrian having been charged with breaking and entering, several British burglars are protesting to the Government against foreign competition on the ground that it is calculated to ruin their business. Those interested in the matter are reminded that tenders for Inland Mail Services must reach the Chief Postmaster at Wanganui not later than Thursday next, September 9th. Particulars and tender forms may be obtained at the Taihape Post Office. Mr. Mallaby Deeley, M.P., is still striving to abolish. profiteering in men’s wearing apparel in England by selling goods at a fair margin of profit. He is trying to illustrate the benefits of massed production and the selling of the goods to the public direct. A quotation from his price list: —Gentlemen's lounge' suits £2 17s 6d to £4 17s (1. Who is profiteering!? The purchase of a saddle is a matter of considerable importance. A man naturally desires to get the best value for his money, and a sadqjle will vain out an expensive item, if it does not stand the racket of hard riding. Call and inspect the splendid ran*,e of now saddles at Neagles—waere you obtain the best possible value for your money. All the elements of a tragedy were present at an accident at the railway construction works on Saturday (writes (the Clyde correspondient of the Dunedliu Star). When a shaft felt'in, a young man named Hart, who was down in a hole 12ft deep being buried up to the armpits. The work of rescue was both difficult and dangerous, and the shaft had to be timbered. After a couple of hours’ imprisonment Hart was got out, and is now little the worse for his trying experience. Through atempting to board a moving train at Feii’ding on Friday a man named Tallkc, of Halc.om.be, nearly lost his life. He managed to grab the /a? of one carriage, and his foot, swinging back, was caught between the step of the next carriage and the edge of the platform. He was dragged in this position for about a chain, when fortunately Mr. Petrie, stationmaster, was able to stop the train. Tallke is to be proceeded against by the police for atempting to board a moving train. The largest meeting of farmers ever held in Poverty Bay took place cm Saturday to Consider the meat tiade problem. It was convened by the East Coast Sheepfarmers’ Associa ion, and the president (Mr. W. G. Mherratt) moved that in view of the congestion at Home and in the Dominion it is desirable that free trade in frozen meat he permitted inside the safeguard of the Slaughtering Inspection Act. An amendment to the effect that it is detrimental to the interests of the producers fo grant licenses in any shape or form, either to' Armours or any like enterprise, was carried by an overwhelming majority. It was decided to telegraph the amendment to the Premier.