LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3646, 6 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A lost pony is advertised for. Seven purebred bulls are advertised for sale. I An advertiser requires a position as camp cook, rouseabout, or general handv man.

A piece of gold-mounted greenstone lost on Saturday is advertised \ for and a reward offered for return of same. The N.S.W. Assembly read a first time, after a disorderly debate, a Bill to increase memberff salaries.

On Thursday evening next, in the Town Hall Supper Room, a public meeting will b,e held to arrange a fitting farewell to Mr Jas. Thurston, headmaster of the Taihape High School, who has been promoted to Feilding.

The stripping of a small screw ' occasioned much delay and inconvenience at the Town Kail on Saturday night. However by dint of perseverance a makeshift arraangeriient was improvised and the show continued. This is one of the pleasures of a picture man on" a big night. However, the damaged part has been replaced and the pictures will be as good as ever they were.

Ihe London Magazine, of which the November issue is to hand, has fully regained its pre-war status, and now ranks as one of most readable of the world’s magazines. Special features of theh November number are “The Blue Room,” by Cosmo Hamilton; Sinn Fein Secrets;” and “The Silver King.” Such well-known writers as T. C. Bridges, Shaw Desmond, Cosmos Hamilton, Fanny Heaslip Lea, J. J. Bell, Alexander Hull, R. S. Warren Bell. F. St. Mars, and G. B. Lancester figure prominently throughout the pages of the November “London.” and another pleasing feature is the excellence of the illustrations and of the printing, which is always a feature of the magazine. Copies may bo purchased locally.

The chairman of the United States Immigration Committee submitted a Bill suspending all immigration for two years.

Sir Francis Bell, Attorney-General, ts booked to leave New Zealand by the Athenic in March next on a visit to the Old Country.

Sir James Allen, the High Commissioner for New Zealand has been elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts Colonial Committee.

J. C. Wilson a tinsmith, married, died of injuries received in a collision between a motor cycle he was riding and a post at Redcliffs, Canterbury.

British-Americau gunboats are speeding to Ichang, in the Hupe province, where mutinous Chinese troops burned and looted part of the city.

The discovery of bituminous coal reported! from Marlborough,-. It $s accessible for transport. If prospecting discloses a satisfactory extent or seam, mining will commence early.

Under the British bank fusion scheme of the London Bank of Australia and the English and Scottish Bank, Mr Andrew Williamson becomes director of the former and chairman of both banks.

It is intended to bring down an amendment to the Motor Regulation Act next session providing, among other things for the licensing of mo tor drivers, states the Minister of Internal Affairs.

A satisfactory number of applications for the position of Director of Education In New Zealand have been received in response to the advertisement circulated in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain.

At the Australian shipping inquiry. In reply to Senator Newland, a carpenter employed in building ships; said he put in dummies. Senator Newland suggested that it was a matter or straight out fraud. Witness replied: “Yes, I was acting under instructio is.»

Ethelda Blebtrey has announced her acceptance of Australia’s invitation to join the American swimmers Duke Kahanamoku Ludolaiger and Guakeolaha* who are going to Australia. Miss Blebtrey .sails by the lakura from Vancouver on 15th.

A Bill provindfng a tariff of 35 cents per bushel on wheat will be introduced In the- United States House of Representatives by a Kansas remv'sentative. The measure is designed to restrict the imnnrtatiou cf Canadian wheat, in the hope that, the present price decline will be checked.

A cable from Rome states that H’Ahninzio I scuttled an Italian •• rimer In the fairway of Fiume, preventing the departure of an Italian squadron, including a battleship. D'Annunzio declares that a state of war exists with Italy, and has ordered mass mobilisation including women.

“For the sake of the dignity of the city and the South Island” said the Mayor of Christchurch, “it is, up to us to make the hquestion of a Vice-regal residence a vital ouesii-n.” ,\ letter is being sent to Captain Curtis asking for the full requirements of His Excellency regarding house and grounCs. A letter is also b(«i»»? sent to the Prime Minister on the subject. Various properties for the Governor-Gen-eralSs residence are under consideration in Christchurch, but the question of their suitability is uncertain.

Reporting on the progress of the work of repatriating returned soldiers, the Director of Repatriation, Mr J. R. Samson, stated that up to the 30th November 21,250 men had been placed by the Department into suitable employment. There were, at the date mentioned, only 110 men awaiting placement, and of this number onty two had been out of employment for more than a week. The total amount paid out to date in the form of unemployment sustenance allowance is £5258, an average expenditure of 1/4 per demobilised soldier.

Some days ago it was stated in the Wanganui Herald that owing to the miscalculated 9/ bonus, sawmillers had lost no time in advancing the price of timber by 2/6 "per 100 ft. A few days later we wore informed that the information was premhtlfre, alfft that no such rise had taken place. This was undoubtedly good news for the builders, but unfortunately, not in accordance with fact. A local builder, when lie received his account from a local firm at the beginning of the month, was surprised to find that he had not (been charged 277 but 3/ n-.-Ta. rml-Wg an additional charge in his monthly account of about £SO. It is under stood that he promptly protested and the extra charge has now been deducted. We understand that the increase has not been sanctioned by the Board of Trade.—Wanganui Herald.

You can’t be happy with a disordered stomach. Get a bottle of SHARLANDfS FLUID MAGNESIA. It corrects acidity, flatulency, and. other Btomaeh troubles, i

A mooting of provision importers

ib London resolved that the increased freights of thrce-half-pencc per lb, plus ten per cent, demanded for cheese from New Zealand, were exorbitant and unwarranted, and decided to deputationise the Australasian refrigerate tonnage committee to protest, and ask for reduction.'

The Peat Carbonising Limited Go’s meeting decided to liQuidate. Mi Gerard Balfour stated that the liabilities amounted to £372.000/ The immediate assets were practically nil, The company owed the Government £200,000. The directors and their families had invested £400.000 in the company. The failure was due to the war and financial stringency.—London cable.

A. unique bathing pool is this year available on the West Coast (says a Dargaville correspondent). A large piece of sandstone rock has been worn away by the ocean about sft above beach level, making aii ideal swimming bath, 25ft long, 15ft wide, and s}ft deep. This is covered by the ocean only r at high tide, and is available during most of the day as a tepid bath, for the sun warms it. At full tide the water is renewed.

Oversupplies of corrugated iron and restricted demand has eased the price in Wellington, it being quoted as £63 to £65. In Auckland, however, position is more acute and holders have been compelled to un l oad bv the drastic means of public auction. Plain and wire neals, and barbed wire, are also advertised for sale by auction in Auckland. In Wellington wire nails are 2s 6d lower at 50s for 7 gauge basis. Fencing wire is in slightly better supply and rules about £SO to £55 for plain, and £57 lOp for barbed.

Official Japanese quarters declare that Japan’s objections to the Soviet Government’s territorial concisions

in Siberia which were reported to have been granted to an American

syndicate, are based on the treaty which Japan made with the old Russian Government, under which Japan was allowed to exploit valuable fisheries on the North Siberian-Kams-ebatkat Coasts. It is held that the concessions would bar Japan from the fisheries. -It is also possible that Js- - will claim that the concessions violate Japan’s Far Eastern position, outlined in the Root-Takahira and Lansing-Ishii agreements with . the United States.

The efforts made in official circles to keep alive the military titles employed during tthe war, although the soldiers who earned- those titles have long since returned to their civil vocations, ought to be sternly discountenanced, states the Melbourne Age. The State Parliament is included amongst .those who are doing their ■best to keep military titles alive, for it has printed lists of members of the new Parliament, for use when taking divisions, with military titles appended to certain members’ names. The Government’s action in this regard was strongly objected to in the Legislative Assembly recently by Mr Thomas. ‘• , ' n

new member for Glepelg. Mr Thomas, who said he spoke as the father of several soldiers, urged that military titles should bo “transferred to oblivion” during peace limes. He directed attention to the fact that while

the ranks of /colonel,” “major,” and ‘ ‘ captain ’ * were indicated in the lists, the rank of “private” formerly held by a Mr Slater had been completely suppressed. '

There is no disguising the fact that commercially, the city is suffering from a bad attack of rihrves (writes the London correspondent of the Star). Scarcely a day passes wiithout reports gaining currency that this or that concern is in a critical position; but, as usual, rumour does not fail to exaggerate. So far, city men have been spared the pain of hearing of a financial catastrophe; but there is no d'-nbt that unpleasant events are expected during this and the next month, and the suspense is rather trying. The situation arises from the tendency prices are showing to drop, and wholesale traders find themselves in possession of inconveniently heavy and high priced stocks. The difficulty of obtaining financial assistance front the banks is also an important factor; i whilst, the rather depressing state- i meats of important business men on j the trade outlook does not help mat- 1 ters. Just now the city man is rather •depressed, and there is a noticeable falling off in tthhe number of plea? sant little luncheon parties that a \ short time ago were a feature of cer- j tain eating houses round the Bank. |