LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3609, 22 October 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two unfurnished rooms are advertised to let.

Sugar factories in Belgium have al ready exceeded the pre-war produc tion, and are able to export.

Eighty-six land agents were registered during Augusf and September. Of these, 18 were licensed in Auckland.

1 The Napier Borough Council intends submitting loans amounting ot £260,160 to the local ratepayers, including extension of 0 the tramway service £32,000, ana *'oad construction £BV 930.

It is understood the British Gov-

ernment has approved a proposal to bring the body of an unknown British soldier from France and bury :« with full honours in Westminster Abbey.

A folding motor car is said to have been' invented which' has a greater speed than any other car. The next

thing that requires inventing (says Punch) is a folding pedestrian to cope

with it

!• Maoris are having a great time at

Wanganui. One big tangi is in progress in connection with the deaths of two important chiefs, and another is being held on account of a young woman who died at Jerusalem.

There has been much comment in i Wellington respecting the cost of the latest batch of houses erected by trie

City Council on its own land at North

land —£1620 for a five-roomed house and lover £ISOO ,foir-a four-roomed

cottage

A meeting of Auckland citizens carried a resolution urging Liberals ana Labourites in Parliament to keep up a stonewall and prevent a minority Government allowing Eotorua and the national endowments passing into the hands of speculators.

The wheeled chair provided by public, subscription has at the Taihape Hospital, and is in every way as beneficial and as up-to-date as was expected. The matron desires to thank all those who so generously contributed to the fund.

At the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Hospital Board on "Wea"ne» day, Mr Swindells, Health Inspector, Taihape, wrote informing the Board of arrangements made for' raising funds for Taihape Hospital, by meanaof a carnival in the second week in November.—lt was to congratulate Taihape on the efforts it was making to secure equipment. j

One of the victims of the cannibal tragedy (two traders being killed and j eaten, on the Fly ;River) was Eric 'Boll, of Chatswood, Sydney. He was 26 years of age. He won the military medal in France and gained his lieutenancy. He intended returning to Sydney this month to be 7 married. Bressler's real name was Frank""Brexier. He was aged 30, and was ■& trader in timber and jungle products.

The meeting of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association was resumed on Wednesday evening to further consider the charges in connection with the treatment of soldiers at Seacliff" Asylum. After considerable discussion it was resolved that the Minister of Defence be asked to , supply the" Association with the reason why a soldier named Cresley was removed from Rotorua to (Karitane, and whether against Dr Herbert's advice. •»' '" '

During a discussion at the Education Board meeting on Wednesday regarding the method& adopted by the truant officer in conducting cases against parents. Mr Joblin said the attitude of the truant officer before the Court ; tended to bring the Board into ridicule. He had, in a recent case at Waganui, accused the mother of a pupil of Laving been at the races. What business was it of his whether anyone had been at the races? The Chairman: You must remember, Mr Joblin. that the defence alleges that the child had been kept at home because its mother was ill. The truant officer alleged that she Had b"een at the races $

i The practice of certain patriotic societies in making grants/' to ex-soldiera on account of other socieites was considered at the Patriotic and War Helief SocietiesConference at Wellington on Friday ' (says the Post). Mr J. J. Dougail (Christchurch) moved: "That no society make an emergency grant other than to permahetly and seriously tncapacitated men without first obtaining definite instructions from tne society on whose account the grant is j proposed to be made. If a society; makes grants to those not coming' within the above definition, such society shall accept responsibility for the amount disbursed, unless exceptional circiumstances are < proved." The motion, was carried.

j In the last complete period berore. I the war there was a daily average ot I 593.24 prisoners in ; New » Zealand j gaols, but_the prisons' report shows I that, last year there was a clear reduction of 81.70 in prison. This is eminently satisfactory in view of the often expressed opinion that the coming of peace would be signalised by a marked increase of crimp in all countries engaged in war activities. Tlie reason for this somewhat unexpected position is, states ttie report, probably that up to the present time we are still floating upon a wave of apparent prosperity. Employment is plentiful and wages high, and there' is Utile -poverty. If conditions change for the worse it is possible. that the change will be reflected in our criminal statistics.

A reminder i- given of the Corona-

tion Ball to be held in the Town Hall to-night*

The "Taihape Daily Times'" win not be published on Monday, 25tn. October (Labour Day), which will be observed as a public holiday.

After this week it will not be necessary for British-born subjects leav-

ing New Zealand for Australia to obtain passports. J. At a public meeting in Marton it was resolved that the matter of erecting an auxiliary hospital in or near Marton be proceeded with, and that steps be taken accordingly.

' At, the Board meeting on Wednesday, the matron of the Taihape Hospital reported 17 patients at beginning of September, 27 admitted fluting month, 27 discharged, and 3 died.

Messrs F. Ward & Co. will sell at the Mart to-morrow a large quantity of the latest music, new dining room chairs, iron kettle, rolls of felting, force pumps, crockery, Potts' irons,,' seed and table potatoes etc. _

The following infectious diseases are reported during the month of September in the Wanganui Hospital district: —Diptheria 7. tuberculosis 2, pneumonia 7_. verebro-spinal 'meningitis 2 # In Taihape Hospital District six cases of infectious disease were notified,'

A question put by Mr Veitch on Wednesday was to the Minister of Interna] Affairs namely, why the moving picture known 'as "Cheating the Public/' which lias for its purpose the exposure of profiteering has been suppressed. He added: "This picture was shown in Wellington for a very few days, and. so far as I can ascertain, has not been shown since. v *

A concert and dance will be held at. Moawhango on Wednesday evening next, 27th inst.. in aid of the Taihape Hospital. Particulars are advertised, ana tickets will be on sale to-morrow.

The Palmerston North Salvation Army Silver Band will render a programme of music in the Main Street at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. Saturday. The band's programme for Sunday is a«ivertised in another column.

The member for Wanganul on Wednesday asked the Minister of Defence if, in view of the many honourablydischarged soldiers who are' still without pensions, he will, at his earliest convenience set up a Royal Commission to investigate the administration of the Military Pension Act wittt a view to ascertaining whether the difficulty is due to weakness of the Act or parsimony of the Pensions "Board.

There passed away at her daughter's residence. North Street, Talmerston on Wednesday, Mrs Margaret Carmody. The deceas&d arrived in the colony from County Kerry 24 years ago. She leaves a. ~gft>wn-up family of four sons: John (Taihape), Patrick (Te J.\roha), Thjomas (Taumarunui), Arthur and two dauhters: Mrs H. Cofr>«ry (Feilding). and M*rs J % Rush ston North). .

The Plunket Society's Street Sole on Wednesday last proved most successful, the takings amounting. to something over £SO. The exact amount is not yet known, as all the money is not yet in hand. Mr Fookos was the winner of the competition for the "Dinner," his »guess; heing the exact number of pins in the bottle—2ls. The committee wishes to thank all those who were so generous in contributing to the success of the "day"

It is officially announced that King Constantine's eldest son George, is' bethrothed to the Roumanian King's daughter Elizabeth. It is reported that the Queen of Roumania discussed the matter during the tour of the Western capitals which she made, accompanied by Princess' Elizabeth, and encountered a number of objections, as G'v>rge is still exiled from Greece and hates Venizefos, but the Crown Prince Carol fought hard for a happy ending to his sister's love affair. - i When discussing the outlook witn. la N.Z. Times representative Mr Harold Beauchamp chairman "of directors of the Bank of New Zealand, sa'tt: ! "Already there are indications that ; people in this Dominion are not disposed to pay the excessively high ! rates ruling for farm lands a row months ago. That chiefly is brougnt J about by the evidence given by so : many farmers recently before a Parliamentury Commission, when the bulk of them admitted that even with the ; present high prices ruling for butter-1

fat, they had a difficulty in making both ends meet, and most of tnem were holding on for the profit whicn they ultimately, wished to malto on the sale of their land. No doufin these arc times for caution."