LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3587, 24 September 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Akaroa 572 points of rain fell I in 24 hours on Tuesday and Wednes- j day. , ' The Nile has risen favourably this j year, so that an additional 28,000 acres of Egypt can be used to grow ; rice. ' j ' i Mr Daniels, in a speech before the : International Congress at Washington against alcoholism, 3 >c’.ared that, At- ! tide 22 of the covenant of the League would set the seal of condemnation on the evils of the slave trade, opium traffic and kindred evils in mandate - orrltories.

A reminder is given of the ball at Mataroa this evenling under the auspices of the Mataroa Football O’.ub,

Monday, 27th September being Dominion Day, the offices of all solicitor s practising in Taihape will be closed.

Heavy rains, extending over three weeks, in British Columbia farm areas, caused a million dollars damage to grain.

One brown mare, a chestnut gelding, and a bay gelding cob have been impounded. Owners should apply to the poundkeeper.

The Borough Council gives uotice of the closing of Carver Street from Pipi Street to Mataroa Road on account of a new culvert. v

To good judges of a high-class pipe mixture. Ellis Robison’s* KAIPAI MIXTURE stands out on its own. Once smoked always smoked.

In connection with the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, 772 cattle, 5265 sheep, 271 pigs, and 2 goats were slaughtered during the three months in England.

• What is believed to be a record price for a Jersey bull has been received by Mr F, S. Mcßae, of Palmerston. Mr Mcßae was given 400 guineas for a three-year-old.

At' the Mart to-morrow, Messrs F. Ward & Co. will sell the balance of Mrg Drew’s pots, utensils, bedroom linen, etc., and a number of pure-bred fowls, furniture, etc. on behalf of Mr Stringer. , _ Li

A further action, wherein Mr Holman is claiming £SOOO from the Tweed daily newspaper has been settled, the newspaper withdrawing the imputations and donating a sum to the hospital funds.

(5 During the past few weeks a party of surveyors have been engaged in surveying the route the proposed railway deviation round Palmerston Nor h is to take. The work, it is understood, has now been completed from line to line.

Arrangements have been made for students over 20 years of age travelling to ' technical schools to be granted railway tickets at half rates for ordinary three-monthly season tickets, subject to the regulation minimum. A public meeting will be held in the Council Chambers on Thursday, 30th September, at 8 p.m. to consider the question of raising funds for the Hospital. The meeting was previously advertised to be held in the Supper Room, and Ahe alteration should be noted.

An aftermath of the recent Wanganui sensation, in which the late Maj r or figured so unfortunately, will be heard on Tuesday next in Welling on. The Full Court will be asked to consider an application to have Chas. Ewing Mackay removed from the roll of barristers and solicitors of the Supreme Court.

Walter Tail, the New Zealand manager for the. Globe Sewing Machine Company, was picked up in Hearne Bay on Wednesday in an unconscious condition and with severe injuries to his head. The extent of the injuries is not yet known. Tait, who came to Auckland from Wellington on business. is a married man.

Steady rain set in in Canterbury shortly after noon on Tuesday, and continued without Intermission , till 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday, a fall of nearly 21 inches being recorded in the city and more in the country. All rivers are running high, and creeks on the Peninsula and elsewhere are in flood. It is reported that a large number of lambs have been lost.