LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3643, 2 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In twenty years the*'population , of New York increased by 100 per cent. •Britain holds in bond 664,000 cwt. of sugar, nearly 163,000,001 b of tea, and 127,154,0001 bof tobacco more ■than she did a year ago. "I must have 'wanted something to do," said a Northampton bricklayer, when he admitted during Ms courtship he wrote a letter of 38 pageis to his Wife. -

Small farms in the Mahgere district, near Auckland, were disposed of by auction at £l6O and £l9O per a'cre, the latter being a record price for the district.

Danish 'scientists have perfected a process for treating cheaper woods, that makes them more durable, chemical action in 24 hour's producing the effect of several years- of drying..

A cable message to the Australian papers states that Sunday cricket will be inaugurated at Beaconsfied, followSg upon the "approval of the Bishop of Buckingham and the Rector of Beaconsfield. •

The total production" ol radium |n the United States up to the, close of 1918 is at approximately 55 grams, which is understood to be more than half of all the radium the world has produced. ~

A shareholders in the Bunnythorpc Dairy Go. informed a Wanganui Heraid reporter that his company crecidedi to relinquish cheese making for the present and return to the production of butter.

A considerable drop has taken place in the price of Australian onions as compared with those from California, and when supplies arrive the loeal retailers will be able to sell them at about half the price now charged ror stocks on hand. The outlook for supplies of New Zealand onions this yearis not too bright, as it is understood that the growth of onio:n seed generally has been poor.

A man who ought to know told a Manawatu Daily Times reporter that there were 15,000,0001bs of tea at present in New Zealand. As tea only kept in.condition for about 15 months retailers would be well advised to quir any surplus stock now, even at a loss. A well known motor-salesman' also told the reporter that he had seen 100 half chests of tea stored in a garage in Gisborne in lieu of cars.

The Australian Press Association's Geneva correspondent states that the committee of the International Red Cross has written to the president op the League urging the limitation of aerial warfare to military objectives; the interdiction of the bombing o* open towns, the absolute prohibition of the use of gas, and the bombardment of undefended towns, also of the deportation of civilian populations. Sore thToat, tickling cough, cold in the head, quickly soothed and relieved by N-A2OL. 60 doses 1/6.

A quantity of new furniture is for ' sale with option of renting house. i Mrs Drew notifies that her up-to- I date millinery salon has been re-open-ed in Station Street in more commodious and central premises, in Sherwin's Buildings. The body of Mrs O'Callaghan, a widow, aged 70, was found floating tn | the Avon on Tuesday afternoon. She had been an inmate of a private nos- j pital. j With a veiw to securing a full out- , put of cement during December, Wil- ! son's Portland Cement Company has 1 completed arrangements for a suppsy j of Newcastle coal. The company ss also making other enquiries for coai j >yifch a view to getting its different J works in full/swing by the weN Year. I

A rise of 4/ per ton on all kinds or household coal delivered in Christchurch is notified. Members of the Retail Coal Merchants' Association say the increase is due to the latest cost of living bonus, which is now being paid by the majority of dealers. In addition, there have- been increased running expenses in other directions. »

With a view to establishing a viceConsulate in the Dominion, Mr K. J. Naukler, Consul-General for Finland in Australia, is: at present visiting New Zealand. Mr Naukler stated that there was a prospect of immigration of Finns of a good stamp td New Zealand. He is also endeavouring to establish trade relations between his country and New Zealand.

"There are memorials all over the world/' remarked Mr W. E. Leaciey (Christchurch) at a recent meeting of the Dominion executive of the Now Zealand Returned Soldier*' Assjda. tion, when the question of war memorials was "Cinder discussion. "The best, memorial we in New Zealand .can set" Up is to' see that the dependant's of those who have; fallen in the war do not suffer. Our "Government has: failed to do Its" duty in this respect in providing .a sum of only000 in the way of augmenting pensions."

Some of the new dairy farmers are confronted with serious trouble on account of the cement shortage. Before they can supply milk to dairy factories or to people for domestic consumption, they are under statutory obligation to have their byres in good sanitary condition. Coucerte is necessary but the concrete waits on cement. Concrete is also required for the bonding of new milking machinery in a number of districts, but shortage or cement compels a resort to the old order of hand milking. Among the settlers who are thus handicapped are some returned soldiers.

The South Island Potato Growers" Association, with -a membership of about 500, appointed Mr T. Burton, who recently visited Australia regarding the embargo, to be manag-ng-agent and organiser of a- co-oporitiv> selling scheme. Mr Burton is to comas soon as possible. ..He will push the organisation among growers and arrange for marketing. The association intends to assist growers in the production! and selection for market. Part of his -duties will be to keep his hand on the pulse of the market and avoid injudicious shipments. The Agricultural Department promises advice and assistance on condition that its convenience is considered.

| Mr Archibald Hurd, in the Dairy j Telegraph, discussing the shipping j problem, saj;s: It no longer pays to build cargo-carrying vessels in Britain, though there is still a domnnc for liners and oil-tankers. . Freights have fallen so heavily, and running charges are so high. Moreover there is much ca' canny in the ship building industry. Some yards paying for eight hours' work are only receiving 51 to 6 hours. The Cunard Company:,Samaria cost an extra quarter of a million owing to car canny. Cargo carriers are now costing three to four , times pre-war. As seven million tons of shipping will take the water wittfln a year, immediate prospects are bad. There are still orders in hand, but new ones are not coming in. * j

ELSINORE is showing in Taihape on Friday and Saturday, and will offer some special lines. Hand-em-broidered Voile Blouses at 296 each. Silk Skirts in Navy and Black Jap at 30/. Voile Frocks from 49/6 to 75/. Crepe de Chine Blouses at 39/6. Also a great variety of accordeon pleated Frocks and Skirts; Seaside Dresses; Dinner Gowns and a few smart items of Millinery: At the Gretna Sample Rooms. All day Friday and Saturday.