LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3608, 21 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Belgian Parliament has passed a law making a walking week of 48 (hours for all industries.

The appeal in Otago and Southland on beha f of the starving women and children of Central Europe resulted in over £20,000 being subscribe,?.

Means for the relie f of the Cuban financial situation , have been taken np by a conference of A me'" car and Cuba*: sugar’ exporters and importers.

Lloyd's . Exchange .contributed' £172.000 to the Officers’ Association, for the relief of disabled officers mu families who suffered during the war.

| American wire quotations, both (plain and barbed, are easier by about £2 a ton, but the low exchange rates will prevent merchants form spoeullatlng, especially as they have heavy purchases still undelivered,

During last week 20,1 7 0 tons of coal reached Auckland from overseas, and three more steamers' and three sailing vessels are listed to bring coal to that port. from various places, chiefly .Newcastle ,at an early date. Hatch; Rigby cycled from Calais

to Dover on a water cycle of* bis design,. He covered Tody mi;hrii in fourteen hours, and arrived uo ex-

hausted to speak owing i:o a cK-ppy sea. The cycle was supported by two floats and was propelled oy pedalling.

“The inhabitants of certain parts of Palestine were so sure that they would never be freed from the Turkish yoke/ said Mr Lowell Thomas In the course of his “TiMvciogu'V’ at Wellington on Saturday - evening, “that they said 'when Mother Mile flows into Turkish yoke be broken/ Oddly enough, this was done, because the victorious British armies, cn route to Jerusalem, piped the Nile; and so water from the famous rivet actually flowed into Palestine. ”

Zeligowski has proclaimed hims-.n supreme commander of Central Lt.huania with power to appoint an executive. Owing to "Zellgowski’s action, the Government of Lithuania has resigned.

The trimmers’ trouble at Newcastle has been settled, the stevedores having agreed to revert to the system in vogue prior to the 1917 strike of engaging men on c the wharf instead of through the Labour Bureau.

I The Government has i greed to | grant students over 20 /ears of ago the concession of travelling to and from technical schools at half-rates on three-monthly season tickets. Students uader 20 years 'of age are already privileged to travel free.

The system of living in flats is apparently very popular in Newmarket, Auckland. At the borough council meeting this week it was states that, in one area inspected there wore no fewer than 129 people living in eight buildings, which contained 42 flats.

I Reductions of 25 per cent, are announced by four of the largest stores of Marseilles. This is the first sign on an ■ appreciable scale in France of the anticipated fall in prices for which Ifche French Press (has been making . _ energetic propaganda during ttie last few weeks.

Details have - not yet been wonted out in connection with the bonus to be grantee to State superannuants, but it is understood that, in accordance with the Prime Minister’s statement recently, Yelief will be given to persons receiving less than £l‘oo. Widows who now receive £lB will bo placed in a better position, and it .will probably he possible to bring men receiving £2O or £3O up to £52.

, Says the Westport Times of Tuesday: Yesterday the railway brought from the mines to the port 496 trucKs iOf coal On Saturday 3417 tons and on Monday 4249 tons were placed on board ships, making 7066 tons in two days. This reminds one of oil times and if it could be maintained •as a working average it would make a lot of difference to the coal shortage, the Harbour Board revenue, and the pros- / perity of Westport.

Fifty guests will be present at the Prince’s luncheon to-morrow, Jlncluding the Duke' of York, Admiral Halsey and other members of the Prince’s stuff. Lord Milner, Lord Amery, J anice and Mrs _ Powers, the Earl and Countess of Stradbroke, the Lord Mayor and Mayoress of London, Mr J. R. and Mrs Collins, High Commissioners and Agents-General and their wives and daughters. The proceedings will be private. The only toast will be “The King.”

The West Coast is, now engaged in meeting an extraordinary demand Tor 1 timber, both for export and for New Zealand according to Mr J. D. Lynch, Mayor of Greymoutb. Mr Lynch says there is a tremendous boom in the timber industry yf West-, land, and new mills are going up air over the district.* The exportation of timber, principally white pine and rimu, front'the West Coast during the next few months, he declared would be very materially increased.

The matron of the Taihape Public Hospital desires to acknowledge with thanks an offer by the Palmerston j Nr/rth Salvation Army Silver Baud’ to render a programme of music :n the Hospital Grounds between 2 and 3 pm. on Sunday for. the benefit ot j the patients and the staff. The offer has been gratefully accepted, an i tnc Ba|nd will ,'pilay in > the Hospital Grounds 6 before rendering a programme of music in the Ground. J

A slump has arrived in West Enc? tailoring and in Bond Street. Sac suits and overcoats are four guineas cheaper than recently. Saxony cloths are down to 6/ and Cheviots 4/, and only the best worsteds remain A prominent tailor, in an interview, stated that the end of the high-priced suit had come, and added that the statements that they ' would be dearer were all nonsense. The slump is due to customers not buying, and wholesalers have been left with enormoys stocks.

I A farmer from the Geraldine disItrict, who was on a visit to Chris tcthurch, stated /that th,e farmers l)n that district are making butter supplying it to stores in the vicinity at 1/4 a pound, and that the -storekeepers are supplying the public at 1/9 a pound. The farmers are well satisfied with the price received. Ap-

parently the price of butter has gone up owing to butter factories and farmers in the North Island; who had bought land at an inflated price during the war, bringing pressure to bear on the Government.

A smart waitress for railway refreshment rooms is required. Six active men or youtlis are required for the Egmont Box Company’s works at Ohutu.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency advertises parlciulars of an important clearing sale at Ohakune, on 30th October next.

The Railway Department advertises particulars of excursion fares in connection with Wavcrley-Waitota'ra races on Labour Day (Monday).

Major Haines, of Palmerston North is conducting the Salvation Army meetings in the Town Hall, Sunday, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. All arc welcome.

Word has been received that • the Palmerston North Salvation Army bandsmen are looking forward to n good week-end at Taihape, and have a good programme arranged for the after church service in the Town Hall, Sunday night at 8.30 p.m.

The residents of Taihape are in for a good musical treat for the coming week-end. The Palmerston North Stalvation Army Silver Band has a fine combination of musicians, numbering twenty-four * Bandmaster Jackson is a horn musician, and has the Band in fine fettle. Re has been a Salvationist from his early hooyhood.

The League of Nations is involved in a quaint dispute with Belgium over the payment of a cigar bill amounting .to £3200. The cigars were consumed at the Spa Conference. Various Governments paid the other bT’s, but the cigars were overlooked The League of Nations replied that they had no money, and advised Belgium to dun th<? Supreme Council.