LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3650, 11 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two metal drays in good order are advertised for sale.

Additional entries for Mangaweka .Stock Sale on 16th December are advertised. One of the big- hotels in New York city pays out more than. £IOOO a year for its supply of toilet soap. Only one-eighth of the passenger revenue of the British railway companies is derived from first class fares.

Haymaking operations are now in full swing in the Wairarapa. and some splendid crops are being harvested.

''he Public Trustee has an important, notice in connection with claims against the estate of the late James Foss in this issue.

Owing to pressure of private affairs Mr P. C." TVeetH" lias . tendered his resignation from the Wanganui Education Board.

The various branches of the Mangatoki Dairy Factory, in the Stratford arae, are changing from cheese to butter manufacture in view of the bottsr prospects of the latter article.

A young man is desirous of Tenting bedroom,, no meals to bo provided.

Notice in connection with a lost insurance policy is given in this issue by the A.M.P. Society.

The Public Trusfee has an important notice in this issue - in connection with claims agalnsT the estate of •John Henson, deceased.

On Sunday at 11 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Methodist Sunday School Anniversary Services* will be'held. Special singing by children.

The approximate number of British Army officers and men in all theatres of war of whom no definite information has been received, and whose deaths have now been assumed is 99,868.

Commercial traffic through the Panama Canal during the year ended June 30 created a new record, a total of 2478 craft, aggregating 8,545,000 tons, having passed through during the period.

Figured on the basis of past year fatalities in proportion to the number of vehicles in use, it is estimated that 11,000 persons in the United States will be killed by automobiles this year.

London is no loonger the most populous city in the world. Greater New York, according to the latest returns, now claims over 8,000,000 inhabitants, against the 7,400,000 of Greater London.

Carter, the Magician, now showing in Auckland, has challenged Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the matter of producing manifestations. The magician has offered £IOOO to charity if he fails to make good his contention. «

A number of axemen and sawyers from this district have nominatedv for the big champion chip events at Gisborne and will make the trip. Messrs J. Neal and W. Gregory, the well-known Tajhape axemen and sawyers will be among the competitors.

The prospects for a prolific cocksfoot harvest locally are extremely good just now, and unless a spell of wet weather is experienced and causes a heavy growth of fog grass harvesters should do well. The market, however, is rather uncertain, and prices will be regulated by the extent of the southern crop.

At Mangaweka Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., submitted ~"th3 property of F. H. E. Gorringe, Esq., to a fair attendance. t ßidding was not keen, presumaoly owing to the financial outlook and only one S2Cfion reached Mr Gorringe's reserve and was' knocked down to Mr J. W. McCoard at £3O per acre. The balance of the property is now open for private treaty.

"Lizzie," one of the elephants at "Virth Bros.' circus died in Melbourne the otl*>r day, after an illness of several weeks. This is the fourth elephant which the circus has lost during the present tour. "LizzibV was a great worker and a popu-

• performer in the ring. The carcase was removed to a soap manufactory to be boiled down.

With the approach of Christmas you will be considering, the selection of a little keepsake for some friend, near or far. Let us remind you that our range of charming gifts in. Jewellery, Silver and E.P. Ware, and many other suitable forms is especially good just now. Here you are bound to discover exactly what your own good taste would prompt. Call at 'H. D. Bond's—it will repay you.

There will shortly be available for soldiers J settlement about , 150,000 acres situated in Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Taranaki, and Auckland districts. Some 150 settlers will be provided for. The.land is suitable for grazing, dairying, and mixed farming. Between now and March the Minister of Lands (Son. D. H. Guthrie) expects to. have six or eight properties -ready for subdivision.

To an interviewer in Auckland, Sir

Conan Doyle said the three great Dominions were developing new types. Without taking note of uniforms he believed that he could pick out an average Canadian, an average Australian, and an average New Zealander in a London street. Of the three types the New Zealanflsrrs .most resembled the "Briton. He had been struck with the resemblance of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the South African War to the yeomen type of Briton. "But you run bigger,'' he said, "the result, no doubt, of a more healthy and open air life and better food." The Australian was developing along different lines. They were the sallow aquiline type. The Canadian, on the other hand, was develop* ing the square-jawed type. Sir Conan added that from his investigation for his history of the Great War he had ascertained that the New Zealand Infantry Division had the finest record of the British Army in France for the proportion of killed and wounded to prisoners taken.

Entries for Huntervillc stock sale on 14th inst. are advertised. A horse was sold at the Carterton pound this week for the sum of 5/, still there axe some, horses a man would not accept as a. gift

J'This is the sort of man who comes to a house on the day of the funeral and wants to know when the tenants are going out," *;tid counsel during the hearing of" a tenement case heard at Wellington.

Reports from the various Hawkc 's Bay farming centres show that there has been a surprising improvement in during the past few weeks. There has been a good growth of grass, and all the stock is now in tip-top condition.

Nearly all the Canadian Government appropriation of £5,000,000 for housing has been taken up, and more than 3000 dwellings have been erected in Canada this year under Dominion and provincial housing schemes.

Mr Grayndler, secretary of the N.Z. Workers' Union, is advertised to address an open-air meeting in Huia Street, Taihape, to-night, cbmmenciug at ! quarter to 8 o'clock. As Mr Grayndler has British experience in Labour matters his address should prove interesting.

The funeral of the late Mr Thomas Bradley look ph?ce on Thursday afternoon, and the great respect in which the deceased gentleman was held was evidenced-by the fact that all parts of the district, were represented at the funeral, which was one of the largest seen in Taihape for many years past. Those present included many representatvies of the various sports bodies with which the late Mr Bradley had been associated, and a large number of residents of distant parts of the district were also among those who

participated in the last sad rites of the ( funeral service. The Revs. Fathers Harnett and officiated at the services.