LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3616, 1 November 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Entries for Hunterville Stock Sale are advertised.

Notice is given jn this issue that all accounts owing to Taihape Motors, Ltd. (in liquidation) must be paid before November 13.

Messrs. F. Ward and Co. announce a two-days clearing sale on account of Mr. G. W. Wrightson, A full list of household furniture and effects to be sold is published in another column.

It is stated on good authority that the present session of Parliament will end about the middle of next week, although some of the members are hoping that the business will be completed by Saturday.

A Conference of Lgcal .Bodies at Feilding on Friday decided to form a Hydro-electric Power Board and apply to the Government for a license to .cover the district between the Rangitikei and Manawatu rivers from the mountains to the sea.

A motor car collided with a traia from Riverton to Invercargill at Wallacetown level crossing on Friday. The car contained two men, who did nos notice the approaching of the train until they were almost on the line. One of the occupants jumped out, but the other —Henry Warden, the driver —remained in the car and was struck by the engine, sustaining a fracture of the skull, He was removed to >"flic Southland hospital in a serious condition.

Additional Entries for Taihape Cattle Fair are advertised.

The'annual general meeting of the Moawhango Collie Club will be held in the Moawhango School room on Saturday next at 8 p.m.

Germany is handing over the flags captured from Napoleon a,s compensation for the flags taken in 1870 which German students destroyed afteh the Versailles Treaty was signed.

A big German firm, the Java Overseas Company, has become bankrupt owing to heavy losses in connection with sugar plantations. The deficit is estimated to exceed ten million guilders .

The Japanese Minister of War states that there is no truth in the report that the -new fortifications of Bouen Islands are due to any present necessity. They are merely carrying out plans delayed through lack of ap« propriations. He also denies reports of lack of harmony between Chinese •and Japanese troops operating on the Korean frontier.

The German Chancellor in the Reichstag drew attention to the growth of French militarism,, which he stated was, ! with the support of Belgium and olland, striving to obtainH predominance on the Continent, e stHrongry condemned the teachings, of Eussian terrorists. Amid l°ud opposition from ' he warned Germans professing faith in Moscow doctrines not to Kcecd the limits of the law.

In connection with the reported stoppage at Chelsea sugar works, the President of the Board of Trade made representations on the subject to the Prime Minister, asking him to arrange for a supply of coal for the refinery from the Railway eDpartmenf s stock in oder to avoid cessation of operations. Information was received in WellingtWon that work at the refinery will not now be suspended,

Deeply pathetic scenes were witnessed at a murder trial at New Orleans, when a factory girl named Helene Jarry was tried for attempting to murder her mother, who is dumb and cannot write. The mother came-to the court and by means of signs pleaded for her daughter's pardon. The girl burst into tears and fell on her knees. The jury were so impressed by the mother's anguish that they returned a verdict of not guilty. The spectators protested, and hooted Heln?;e as she left the court.

The Council of Nationfal Defence has been discussing the question of the been discussing the question of the period of military service in France now that Germany is down and out fro ma military viewpoint. The Premier, the War Minister, Marshals Foch, Joffre and Petain, and other ministers were present at a meeting. It i& stated that whilst the War Minister and the soldiers favoured biennium service, to which public opinion is opposed, other Ministers considered eighteen months sufficient. The final decision is kept secret, but newspapers understand) that the scheme submitted to the Chamber will be eighteen months' service in lieu of three years as at present, but the new scheme will not come into force till it is possible to reduce the army of effectives. Meanwhile biennium service will be adopted.