LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3633, 20 November 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Plunket pram in good order is advertised for sale. The many Taihape friends of Dr Boyd will be interested to learn that he is at present in Australia, on his way back to New Zealand after a tour of the Old Country. British electrical power engineers, comprising the highest skilled staffhave given notice of a strike throughout the country on December ,14th unuess their wage demand is concedfed. . i

Mr Stanley Machin, president of the London Chamber of Commerce, interviewed, said the shrinkage affected both Dominions and foreign trade. The prohibition of shipments of gold from Australia had created an unfortunate state of affairs in the Anglo-Australian market and had had the effect of holding up an enormous number of Australian orders. If the present conditions were not remedied early, they would seriously injure Australian trade.

The entries for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, Company's Taihape Cattle Fair have been increasea' to 982.

In connection with the Hospital Carnival the following were ’winners of the various articles: Boudoir Cap, Mrs Hayward 43; Camisole, Jack Timbs 89; Cushion, Mrs Tomlinson 32; Rug, A. IST: Poole, 366. The winner of the sheep was A. D. Anderson 481b5., the correct weight, being 46J pounds.

The Defence Department gives notice of importance to the public with regard to the sale of surplus defence stores, consisting of clothing, boots, etc.. Orders will be received by post from the general public, an(? price catalogues may be seen at all post offices and defence offices.

Last July the Government decided to extend the guarantee of Id per in on apples of approved varieties exported from New "Zealand np to 100,000 cases. As there seems to he isiderable ground for anticipating that if the market - conditions in the United Kingdom remain favourable the export of apples will 100,000 cases, Cabinet has agreed to extend the guarantee to cover 200,000 cases, on condition that the Government reserves the right to restrict the guarantee to a lesser quantity, after giving reasonable notice, if it is satisfied later on that market conditions at the other end do not, warrant exporting as much as 200,000 cases.

The cabled report of a paper roac at the annual meeting of the Australian Society of Dental Science, alleging that 90 per cent, of dentists allowed decay to proceed as a source of future income, was referred yesterday to by Mr Nelson . Mitchell, president, of the New Zealand Dental Association. He said: It is a wellknown/fact that the keynote, of 1 the teachings of the dental profession and

the practice of reputable dentists throughout the British Empire for the last. 25 years had been prevention in the interest of public health. Treatment of advanced or lieglected dental caries is of such an arduous and difficult nature that members of the profession are always eager to treat disease in the initial stages, and with

this object in view are continualfy impressing their patients with the need of periodical examinations .Such statements as these have been heard before in connection with the lawyer who foments strife and the medical man who keeps a patient sick for the reason of commercial gain, and it is Ito be hoped that the public opinion will be as little influenced by th? 3 latest bogey as the extravagant preposterous nature of the suggestions , deserves. I