LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3606, 19 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Entries for ( , Taihape Cattle Fair on 2nd October are advertHed "• h TUe Taihape Plunket Societyfs street stall to-morrow will be held in Mr D. Neagle's right-of-way, and not at the Triangle as previously announced. A concert and danced has been arranged to take place in the Taoroa Hall on Thursday evening. Some good talent has been secured, and the f miction promises to be a ( great success.' ; Chapman's groat boot sale is still in progress, and those in search of good footwear at isale prices should take advantage of this opportunity. All those interested in the formation of a cricket club in Taihape are requested to attend a meeting to be held in the Fire Brigade Hall on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The State Department's foreign trade advisers repoTt that the Kingston (Jamaica) Legislature ratified a trade agreement with Canada, under which Canada gives Jamaica 50 per cent, preference on agricultural products, .lamaica gives the Dominion 25 per cent, preference of her products.

A farewell social is to be tendered to Mr and Mrs A. Spence and to Mr and Mrs D. Burrell and family.by the Presbyterian congregation in the Presbyterian Hall on Thursday evening next. Refreshments will be provided by the ladies of the congregation, and all friends are cordially invited.

Hockey enthusiasts are reminded of the meeting called for to-night in the Fire Brigade Hall at 7.30 to arrange for a. suitable entertainment to windup the hockey season. A full attendance of both ladies and men' is requested.* It has been proposed also to put on a hockey match to raise funds for the hospital. This will also be dealt with to-night.

A telegram from Milan reports a brufal bomb outrage in the Hotel Cazor, where British delegates ! .o the International Conference of the League of Nations were staying. Two bombs were thrown into their living rooms and did great damage. Fortunately no lives were lost. The delegates were absent at the rime.

A male assistant is required for of-

fice work.

The children's Coronation Ball in connection with the Catholic Church Queen Carnival will be held in the Town Hall on Friday .evening next, The winner of the children's queen carnival will be crowned, at the function, with proper "ceremonial. All children who intend to take part in the ceremony and in the dancing must attend the practices every afternoon at the Three Stars Theatre.

A prisoner named John Levi aged 24, a Maori belonging to Bapaki Pah, who appeared at the Lyttelton MagCourt on a charge of unlawful interference with a Maori girl under the age of- sixteen years, ws.s found dead in his cell in . Lyttelton gaol on Saturday, his throat being cut. At the inquest, the gaoler said Levi was issued with, among other things, the regulation bread knife. When witness visited' the cell at 6.10 p.m. he found -Levi lying face downwards, dead on the mattress, with his throat cut, and the - knife underneath him. The coroner recorded a verdict Of suicide, adding that the gaol authorities had no knowledge of any suicidal tendencies on the part of the deceased.