LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3577, 13 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Government intends to introduce legislation in the direction of State accident and child Insurance this session. We maintain (says the Wairarapa ‘Age-’) that the free, carriage of agricultural lime for a distance of one hundred miles is one «f the gravest political scandals that have ever been perpettroted in the Dominion. Th.c Government that (is responsible for such a thing is courting industrial}! '’•cubic.

A black purse, containing, money, lost on the Taihape Railway Station, this, Monday morning, is advertised for and reward offered.

A general meeting of the Taihape Women’s Club is to be held ton Saturday next, at 1-30 p- m -> ar- which members are specially urged to be present.

A parcel lost on the Taihape Railway Station last- Thursday is advertised for; a reward will be paid to any person, giving information that will lead to its recovery.

Tenders are invited for the supply of 10,000 feet of seasoned Matai and 15,000 feet of seasoned Totara, both to be heart, by Mrs. E. Lowrie, of Silverhope, Hunterville.

Some 800 to 1000 workers in Dunedin were walking the streets this week stated Mr. E. Kellett (Dunedin North) in the House the other day, owing to mineral water, jamy and o/ther factories having to close down through iho shortage of sugar.

The Auckland Prices Investigation Tribunal ati its meeting received a report on a complaint made recently alleging excessive charging by a medical man for surgical services. After considering the report the Tribunal decided that no action should be tak-

The annual meeting of the Taihape Branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society will be held at Messrs. Arrowsmiths ,and Loughnan’s office on next Monday evening, at 8 p.m. A large attendance of sportsmen, and particularly sportswomen —both rod and gun—is requested.

The shortage of labour is being acutely felt in the Railway Department in the South Island. The acting engineer in Otago urgently requires carpenters, fitters, painters, for both town and country. There is sajd to be plenty of work for painters in and about Duneditr to last for a couple of years.

While an unattended motor car was standing in a street in Picton a few nights ago (says the Nelson Mail), it suddenly commenced to go down hill, and eventually went over the embarkmcnt of the low-lying section, With the aid of the corporation’s steam-roller the cai*. which was damaged to some extcpt, was hauled on to the road again.

Writing in his book on celebrities of the British Prime Minister’s ability to extricate himself from difficult situations, Mr. Isaac Marcosson quotes one of Uloyd George’s closest friends as having said: “If Mr. Lloyd George fell 'out of an aeroplane at an altitude of 10,000 ft, he would not only land safe and smiling but- would discover something of interest and value on the way down.”

* ‘There - appears to have been an id.ea current for some •time-” (says the Samoa Times) “that this newspaper is Government-owned or controlled. In order to remove any misapprehension on this point, we wish to state that the Administration of Samoa has no money invested in the Samoa Times, and the majority of the-shares is not held by members of the Civil ■«> Service.

Thle piano-playing fiend* agys the Wairarapa ‘ ‘ Age. ’•' is a product, of psychology that is .poignant, evidence of the deterioration of the .race. And ;;h,e cable agent who sends such •“news” for the delectation .of an intelligent people is a lineal descendant of the long-eared quadruped upon which Borlaam made his historic journeyings over the arid .plains of Palestine.

During the year (35 inquiries regarding wrecks and casualties were held, 54 of them being preliminary inquiries and 11 magisterial, states the annual. report of the Marine Department. Casualties on or near the coasts of lie Dominion were (33, affecting vessels of 54,778 tons total register, as compared with 5(3, affecting vessels of 2.8,659 tons, in tbo previous year. The number of lives lost was ID, compared with 3(3 in the previous year.

A noiseless machine-gun, operated by con trifun gal force, is being subjected to secret tests by American army experts. The weapon lias a rotating barrel attached to shafts driven by a motor, the speed of which is under instant and absolu e control. While its muzzle velocity is only 1210 feet per second, the gun is said to be able to fire 11,000 shots a minute, as compared with the record of 3T)O o 000 by the present Known typos of explosive machine-guns. 0

On Saturday evening last thra t young men with a hand-cart pulled up opposite a residence in Plymouth st., where the occupants are away on a holiday. Later they were noticed to calmly make several' trips and load their cart up with firewood from a vacant section at the rear. A neighbour next door reported to the police 'hat. she also missed a .sack of coal and a wringer.Wanga.nui Herald. Collinson & Gifford Ltd, ,the Big Valuo House, are now displaying the latest importations in Milliner and Millinery Trimming.

In three years the value of exports from New Zealand has increased f,rom £31,250,000 to £46,500,000.

The Wanganui County Council has decided that as soon as satisfactory arrangements can be made for the sites the Council proceed to erect cottages for its roadmen. A plan of the proposed cottages was submitted to the Council by the engineer, each building being estimated to cost about £650.

A worried-looking man stepped into the box 'at Y|tllesd£n Police Court; (England) recently, and besought the magistrate: “Can you tell me how to stop my wife nagging and bullying?” “She even turns me out of bed/’ he pathetically added(, “and tmlakes 'me sleep on the floor! 3 ’ “You must be master in your own house, and head of your family, ’ ’ replied the “Yes, but my wife is that! 1 not!” confessed the applicant. An interview with the masterful wife was added to the duties of the court missionary.

“The girl's would spend their lunch money on silk stockings,” remarked Mr. Justice Stringer at the Arbitration Court at Auckland when considering a clause in the restaurant, Aea and refreshment rooms workers ; award. The proposal was that a sum oi Is ner day should be paid -o the waitresses and other employees whost employers could not provide a hot meal. His Honor added that the girls would pocket the money and content themselves with the cold meal provided, thus defeating the object of the clause. The decision of the Court was reserved. \