LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3620, 5 November 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

According to a report from Berlin, the Allies have decided to reduce byhalf the 800,000 German cattle which wer.9 to be delivered to the Allies. Owing to the difficulty which is being /experienced in obtaining materials, work on the woollen mills at Waingawa, near Ivlasterton, has been temporarily suspended:

Sixteen of twenty-foar new magistrates appointed for Hertfordshire ar.e women. They include the Countess "V eruiam, Viscountess Hampiften, - jtbe Dowager Lady Ebury, and Lady Reynolds.

Complaining of his lodgers, of whose rooms he wished to regain possession, a man told the Woolwich magistrate: "They've bought a hammer to bash the floor a'bout, so as to pacify the baby." The schoolmaster asked his class if any of tliem could tell liim what an epidemic was. An epidemic is sometnmg that spreads. Now, what is an epidemic 1" "Jam,.sir," shouted the class in chorus.

Figures compiled by the Census Department show that 1205 Chinese entered the Dominion during the first niuo months of the present year. Throe hundred Chinese left New Zealand during a similar period.

As a result of the high prices being paid for skins and furs there has been a boom in kangaroo skins iu Western Australia, in part of which most of the floating population ill the townships are engaged in hunting kangaroos.

Replying to Mr It. VV. Smith (Waimarino) who asked what was being done to relieve the shortage of railway trucks, Mr Massey said trucks were being distributed to various parts of the Dominion according to the urgency of the work and the perishable nature of the goods to be handled. He repented the statement made some weeks ago that, a contract had been let to a British firm for the construction of 2500 trucks. In addition to this, they were inviting tenders for the construction of one thousand trucks in New Zealand and a number were also being built in the railway workshops, so that he hoped the shortage would soon be overtaken. In this connection he also desired to say that a contract for twenty-five engines had been let in Britain, and it had been thought-desirable to increase that number to forty-five, which would considerably relieve tho situation. ~'.

Five cows are advertised for sale.

Two heifers, just calved, are advertised for sale.

Entries for Taihape Spring Cattle Fair are advertised by the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.

The French Cabinet is asking the Chamber to sanction a credit for the burial of an unknown soldier in the Pantheon.

Remnants of Prints, Ginghams, Zephyrs, Voiles, etc., at ridiculous prices. Saturday next.—Thomas & Co., Taihape.

The Waitemata Land Agency notifies that it has clients requiring from one thousand to five thousand sheep off the shears. Particulars are advertised.

Mrs C. S. Arthr will be the soloist at the Methodist Church on Sunday at 7 p.m. The service will close at 7.50 p.m. for Hospital Appeal at Town Hall..

At the Mart to-morrow, Messrs F. Ward & Co. will sell one grey gelding, one black mare, one pony, trap and harness, new and old potatoes, veget ables, produce, furniture, etc. Sale starts at 2 p.m.

A meeting of parents will be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of forming a cradle roll in connection With the Sunday school. A cup of tea will be provided for the parents.

At the Manawatu A, and P. Show, Mr A. R. Fannin, the well-known local breeder of Romneys secured three firsts, five seconds and two thirds for his exhibits, in addition to championship for ram in natural conditions class.

Mr. Haddon Chambers married Pepita Bobadilla, a pretty South American actress, aged 28, on Friday at a registry office in Buckingham Palace Road. Mr. Haddon Chambers, the wellknown playwright, is a native of New South Wales, having been born at Stanmore sixty years ago.

Says the Levin Chronicle: The bodies of no less than eight cattle, besides several shoep, are to be seen on the beach between Hokio creek and the wreck. These, no ;doubt, came down the Manawatu frqrn the flooded country further. north, and give a small indication of the damage done.

Mr Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, stated that there was no further cause for anxiety regarding Mesopotamia. A committee was drafting electoral laws, which would be ready shortly. Sir. Percy Cox had / inaugurated an administrative counj cil of State representing all parts of I the country.

A poll on loan proposals in connection with the New Plymouth tramways took place on Wednesday. A proposal to borrow £22,500 for purchasing three additional cars and tramway appurtenances was carried by a majority of 500. The question of a loan of £43,500 for extending the present system to Westown and the installation of railless cars to Vogeltown was defeated by 600 votes, and an alternative loan of £27,300 to install railless (rams to both suburbs was defeated by 144 votes.

The Education Amendment Bill was somewhat severely criticised by the Auckland Education Board on Wednesday, when a resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the Minister's action in forwarding copies of the Bill, expressing disappointment that a comprehensive Bill embodying the principles for which the Board stood had not been introduced, protesting against legislation by regulation in such important matters as teachers' salaries, and suggesting an alteration from three to two in the names to be decided on in the event of a conflict of opinion between the Board and the inspector.

At a meeting of the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Catholic Federation the following resolution was carried uminimously, and copies were ordered to be sent to the Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Leaders of the Opposition and Labour Praties: "That the New Zealand Catholic Federation strongly protests against the clause in the Education Amendment Act now before Parliament abolishing the right of pupils to hold scholarships

at other than State secondary schools. The scholarships are for the benefit of the pupils, and not for that of any particular educational system. A grave injustice will be inflicted on Catholic students if tbey arc not allowed in future to hold their scholarships at an approved secondary school of their own choosing."