LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3647, 7 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Additional entries for the Toiliape stock sale are advertised. Brigadier-General Meld rum is leaving Huntervillc to take up his residence in the Hawke’s Bay district. Pick and shovel men are wanted by the Tadfape Borough Council at 2/ per hour. Mr John Donald, of Wcstmere, who vras severely injured by a prize bull not Jong ago, is progressing satisfactorily at Belverdale. The Western Star (Otago) states that a number of miners in the Wairio district are making 8/ per hour for a five-hours day.

Although he received 2/6 nett for butter-fat at his milking shed, a dairy farmer at Te Horo has just leased Ms property without the buildings to an industrious party of Chinese gardeners for a term of years at £.17 10/ per annum. Tins would appear to be an extremely high rental, but the Chinese say they will take £2OO per acre each season for cauliflowers.

As a result of the heavy slump in rabbit skins, the number of men engaged in trapping rabbits in' the south is said to have suddenly diminished, and "bunny” will bo permitted a greater degree of relief srom such harassing measures in the immediate future. The money some men have made by rabbit-trapping during the past three years js said to be fabulous.

"I could not say, your Worship. All I know is that I followed the Governor-General’s car all the way from the racecourse," stated a defendant motorist at the Hutt Court, when asked what speed he had been travelling. Defendant, explained that his motor-cycle did not possess a speedometer, and he was not aware that he was travelling” at 27 miles per hour. The Bench imposed a fine of £1 and costs 30/6.

An experienced young lady seeks, situation as waitress or housemaid. A small sum of money has been found, and may be had on application at this office. There is enough money in sight to make sure that the £6,000,000 Disicharged Soldiers ’ Settlement Loan •: would not be a failure, says Premier Massey.

By the purchase of timber areas and mills in Queensland at a cost of £500,000, the Federal Government estimates that it will save £700,000 on the erection of soldiers’ homes.

The police in Afasterton have been advised that certain goods stolen from the residence of Mr Eeihana Boyes some months ago have been returned through the post from Mangaweka.

A Dunedin man who recently visited Singapore says that that large city with a population of 203,000, has no river or big stream as a water supply, but depends entirely on the rainfall from the catchment areas and big reservoirs.

Queen Alexandra a few weeks ago sent a hamper of fresh fruit to the Empress Marie "of Russia at Copenhagen. The fruit was earned by the Airco aeroplane express to Amsterdam, and there transferred to the Danish connecting machine.

It was intended to commence killing operations at the Feilding Farmers’ Company’s works On Friday, but the men refused to start, demanding, like other freezing works ’ employees, a 25 per cent, increase in wages.

A leading Queensland grazier states that pastoralists there arc enjoying a wonderful season —the best for 20 years. Rain has fallen right through the winter just when it was wanted, and everything is flourishing. The seamen’s strike alone is interfering with a large export of meat. Another big motor garage is in course of erection at Taihape, a start having been made with the walls of the brick garage which is being erected for Mr Barney next to Lord’s stables. A portion of the old stables has been dismantled, and will be sold for removal to-morrow.

A social and dance, which will probably bo the last of the reason, will be' held in the Bennett’s Siding Hall on Thursday, Kith December. The proceeds will be devoted to the Soldiers’ Memorial Fund. Visitors from Taihape will be conveyed free by motor lorry, which will leave the Post Office at 7.20.

To-morrow (Wednesday) Messrs F. Ward and' Co. will sell the commodious building (for removal) situated between Lord’s stables and Dalgety and Co. ’s offices- In addition a large quantity of galvaniased iron, loose timber, etc., will be sold. Full particulars are contained in an advertisement in this issue.

The sum of £BOOO has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries in country districts. The distribution will fake "place about March Ist, 1921, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that is not sent in in due form and received by the Secretary, Education Department, Wellington, on or before January 25th, 1921.

Australia is a country where it is j stated fortunes may be made in one j season and lost in the next. A genj tleman who has just returned to j Levin after a lengthy stay in the Commonwealth (says the Chronicle) quotes a typical instance of this. In 1902 a bullock driver on the road in the hack country came across an abandoned station, left by the owner on account of the drought. The bullocky liked the look of the country, and turning his bullocks out went back to the nearest land office and registered the property, which was a leasehold.’ Shortly after rain came, and with it the grass. He i stocked up the station, and after that never looked back. The ex-bullocky • is now in a bog way, and among his rscont business transactions was the cancelling of an offer for 7500 fat stock. involving something like £140,000, preferring to hold till ,a later period.