LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3593, 4 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two los'!. keys are advertised for. A reward is offered for the return of a lost handbag. , „ A notice re impounded stock appears in another column. Notice ittf bankruptcy appears in our advertising columns. Entries for RaeTSli Stock Sale on Bth inst. are advertised. For trout tackle ring 'Phone 5. Ohiugaiti. Anglers visiting Ohiugaiti please note. A lost .fountain pen, bearing initials G.N.M. is advertised for. A reward will be given when the pen is returned to this office. On Wednesday, 20th October, the Taihape Plunkett. Society is holding a street stall in aid of the Stuart Karitane Hospital at Wangauni. The Society has a cot at this hospital, and it is necessary' thai.. money should be raised for its upkeep. Contributions of produce, etc., will be welcomed. Thousands of pounds’ worfh of French, Italian and Belgian goods, chiefly laces, silks and other similar productions, sire being shipped, back to Europe from Australia owing ‘to the authorities persisting in assessing duties on the pre-war exchange value. The importers declare that !r.he goods would have to be sold at a heavy loss if landed on this basis. The Renown, will be pdid off at the earliest possible moment after her arrival. She will not be recommissioned. Mr. Fisher and' Sir Thomas Coghlan have fallen into line with the majority i of the Agents-Gcneral, who decided j unanimously at a meeting i.o request] Colonel Amcry to preside at a dinner to the Prince of Wales and to en- ] courage no speeches and no guests out- j side officials. The London “Daily Express” Cardiff correspondent states that William Gordon Low, a nephew of Captain Low, who fought in the Maori War, is claiming, throvfgh the High Commissioner, a valuable estai!.e in Wellington. The estate was awarded for his uncle’s war services in Now Zealand. The Government took it pver when unable to trace Captain Low. who dierj in 1872. Year after year brings' increasing proof of the superiority of SHAELAND’S Baking Powder. Costs less than others-—worth more! 2.

Miss X knit well. She made herself a strong warm sports jacket. The wool, bought at wholesale price, cost IS/-. But it was too large for her. Her dressmaker snapped it up ai:i once, offering two guineas. Delighted, Miss X accepted. -Two days afterwards her oldest friend arrived chortling. “A real hand-knitted jumper, my dear. Got it from a dressmaker. Look, here it is.” Miss X ' glanced at her own handiwork and asked falteringly: “Sow much?” "Only five guineas! Such a bargain. It would have cost at least eight at ithe stores.” The Australian and N.Z. Press Association interviewed Sir James Allen, who has returned from Brussels. Sir James Allen stated that the difficulty of i..he conference was to reach concrete decisions owing to the diversity of opinions and ideals and the polyglot discussions by more than one hundred delegates. The trend of opinion favoured each country fiscally and industrially re-establishing itself. No State, large or small, was entitled to ‘“assistance until iit; balanced revenue and, expenditure. Sir James Allen did not believe the results would affect New Zealand. “The Dominions can best, help Britain by increasing exports to America to redress the adverse exchanges. 7 7

A young married man named George Shaw appeared "before Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., at Hamilton on Friday charged with disposing of a waggon, three horses, and two scits of harness, over which the Repatriation Department holds a hill of sale, without the permission of an officer of the Department, It was shown that accused received a loan of £IOO from the Te Awamutu branch of the Repatriation Department for the purchase of the outfit, and that he later sold it at Morrinsville for £42. Accused, who bore a good military record, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, and to pay the money owing ito the Department at the rate of £4 per month.

The Chinese Consul in New Zealand (Mr. S. Y. Lin) has received a cablegram from the Chinese Government informing him that China’s attitude itowords Russia will be in accord with the policy of the Allies. She will remain neutral as regards Russia’s internal strife. The Russian Minister and con-sular-officials in. China have lost their status as representatives of the laite Imperial Russian Government, and they' will not be recognised in any diplomatic functions. However, friendship towards the Russian people will remain as cordial as ever, and their lives and property will receive ,the same protection" provided they; conform to the law. Control of Russian people iif China will be temporarily handed over to Chinese special foreign commissioners. This withdrawal of the recognition of the Russianministers and consuls is due to Inevitable circumsfances, and sitands on a different footing from severance of relations with Germany.