LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3652, 14 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A clucking hen is required by the Civil Service Cricket, Club.

An advertiser has for sale a team of three good horses, pole, waggon, and three sets of harness, capable of taking eight or nine bales of wool.

A Maori found the body .of Tom Pearcc, who was drowned in the Wanganui river at Piriaka on December 2, opposite the Pa at Matapupi.

At Ward's auction mart to-morrow (Tuesday) an important auction sale of' drapery, particulars of which are advertised, will be held. The goods to' be sold are all of the best quality.

Pot the Rose, Sweet Pea and Industrial Exhibition, two special prizes have just come to hand. Mr R. B. Smith offers £1 for best brown sponge fcake with iscing; 'special prize v.-ilue £2 2/ is offered for largest number of points obtained at Show. Entries for all classes will be accepted at the Town Hall up to 10 a.m. on day of Show (Wednesday).

■A new use for a party telephone line was mentioned at the Wanganui County Council meeting when the familiar question of stock wandering on the roads was under' review. It w>rs stated that the ranger had occasion several times to visit the Long Acre Valley TToad to round up stray stock, but on even- occasion his efforts were frlTsTratod through a telephone message having preceded him. A mpmber suggested that preparatory to the next "visit it would be a good idea to cut the wire in two or three places.

The Railway Department advises % |ver advertisement that extra express 'trains will be run between Wellington and Auckland and between Palmerston North and Auckland on the dates named in the advertisement.

On Thursday evening a social and dance will be held in the Bennett's Siding Hall in aid of the soldiers' memorial fund. A lorry will convey

passengers free from Taihape. A waltzing competition, with prizes for first and second, will be held. As all the arrangements will be well up to usual high standard, patrons are assured of an enjoyable evening. Raetihi hopes soon to have advanced beyond its present statvp as a town district, and to become a bor--ough. All legal formalities to this end, we are informed, have been completed, and a poll of ratepayers on the question will be taken in a few weeds' time. Should the ratepayers sanction the change, the proclamation of Raetihi as a borough will be made on Ist April next.

A Palmcrston NeTfh ironmongery . firm met with an unpleasant sur"prise la#t week. When they opened ,up a case supposed to contain Yale • locks, they found that the locks had { disappearoU, and in their place Avas a quantity of coal, which just about ; tallied with the weight of the locks. The case had been jso carefully nia'nipulated' that it was next to imoossi . ble to tell that it had been tampered with. , il

A Christchurch suburban resident < who has taken over'a new house at a 1 high rent finds that the handsome appearance tyes not; f compensate for many internal faults fof construction. ''The doors won't fkeep shut unless they are locked," I 1 ;he said, "and through cracks in the 'f ceiling we qan teee the tin roof. The 'house was evidently"built in a hurry, jand the wood is beginning to eonftract. However, as long as it doesn't jffall down I don't mind. W.e must live somewhere.'' "-

On Thursday evening, the public of Taihape are invited to attend a conversazion at the Town Hall at S o 'clock for the. purpose of bidding farewell to Mr and Mrs J. F. Thurston, who are about to leave the district. Children and ex-pupils are especially invited*, and all parents should make a point of being present at this function. Mr Thurston h-p been in charge of the Taihape School for about twenty years, and it is intended to give him a send-off in aeoordaance with the~gocrd work he has done during that time.

An annual prize has been established at Sacred Heart College, Auckland, by Mr G. H- Foster, in memory of hTs son who was killed in the Great War. This prize, known as the "Arthur Foster Memorial Prize" an 3 valued at £l2, is awarded annually to the best all-round boy of the year and takes the form of a holiday trip. For 1920 the prize goes to Master William O'Connor, son of Mr P. O 'Connor of Utiku. This boy brilliantly passed the Matriculation, scoring 99 per cent. in Mathematics and 79 per cent, in French. He's 'captain of the College Second XV. and also cf the Second XI.

To-morrow's Rose, Sweet Pea, and i Industrial Exhibition promises to be a huge success. Mr A. J. Shciler (judge) of Palmerston North, will be in attendance with a Quantity of fine blooms. A great number of children have entered exhibits of writing, drawing, and cooking. Quite a number of schools are competing hence competition should prove keen. There will be various forms of amusement. A short concert will commence at 7.45 p.m. Father Christmas will attend with 500 surprise packets. Plain and Fancy Goods, Produce, Flowers, Strawberries and Cream, Ice Cream, etc., will be on sale. Afternoon tea and supper will be dispensed. Don't miss the Town Hall on Wednesday from 2.30 to 10 p.m.

Desiring to secure a lodging for himself and wife while on a day visit to Auckland during the Davis Cup tourney this month, a gentleman of modest means resorted to the expedient of advertising in one of the Auckland papers, says the "Dominion." He is still laughing tit the result. Only one answer was received, offering the use of a small flat containing one double bedroom, a lounge, a kitchen, and "a beautiful view "of the harbour," for 'the modest sum of £ls 15/ a. week, one month's rent to be paid in advance. The idea of having to part with i£63 for the use of a small flat for a- monoth, struck him as ludicOnly his sense of humour prevents him sending the letter on to the Prices Investigation Tribunal, tl was stated that after the tennis tourney the rent of the flat will "only" be £8 8/ per week.

\ Entries for Raetihi stock sale on Friday are advertised.

; Messrs Ward and Co. have a number I of good sections for sale. I The Railway Department has a i notice re holiday excursion fares in this issue. i A Chicago telegraphist has ' just 1 named his twin daughters "Dot" and "Dash." • A general meeting of the Taihape Young Men's Social Club will be held in the Methodist Schoolroom on Monday evening next.

The Armenian > Minister of War proclaimed a Soviet Republic, at Erivan on December 3rd. Practically tin whole country has announced its adheranee to the Bolsheviks.

There are about 78,689 names on the register of the Repatriation Department. Up to the end of last month ftie department had placed 21,250 men in employment. > The ink plant oV New Granada is a curiosity. The juice of it can bo used as ink without any preparation. At first the writing is red, but after a few hours it changes to black.

It is not generally known that the parents of pupils of a district high school coming from a distance (over five miles) are entitled to a subsidy of 5/ per week towards the board of fsueh pupils.

A limb of a tree fell on a man, named T. Wilson while engaged working in the bush- at Harris/s Mill, Raetihi on Friday and Jae sustained injuries to his head. Dr Peltham attended the sufferer who is now progressing very favourably.

the Post. Office notifies that it will be an advantage to the public, aiM make the delivery of correspondence before Christmas Day more assured, If catalogues and printed matter ar« posted not later than the 16th Christmas cards not later than the 18th instant.

The Hon. J. A. Tole, K.C., 8.A., L.L.B.J an old resident of Auckland, who once filled the important position of Minister of Justice, died early yesterday morning at his resftfence "Tautamai," Remuera, aged 73 years. Mr Tole's health had been failing for some time past.

A ef|se of robbery by confidencemen through the "gold for notes" trick was reported in Sydney last week. William Walker, a visitor from New Zealand, visited the Tourist Bureau in Martin Place, and when he came out was accosted by a I maan who undertook to get Walkfev'k New Zealand notes changed into gold. Walker handed £IOO in notes to the man, who walked away, and was not seen again. At Messrs Ward and Co's. auction rooms . to-morrow. ("Wednesday), the great auction sale of drapery will bo continued by Mr A. W. Boyce. The goods include blankets, sheeting, caltweeds, and ladieaf, • childrens' and men's clothing of all descriptions. The stock is all of the very best and must be cleared. The sale will be resumed at 11 a.m. to-morrow, and those in need of any of the goods mentioned would do well to attend.

Human nature in the collier} 7 district (remarks an English journal) has not changed, since the days of John Leech, who tlrew for Punch a picture of a miner* saying to his •wife, "Where's t' milk?" I give it to the child," replied the , woman. "Dang t' child," said the miner, "thee should ha' gived it t' pup." 'At Newcastle in October a miner rffcaid he earned £7 a week was sent to prison for six months for neglecting his family by giving his dogs the fresh meat and milk which should have gone to his children.''

Messrs Eteveneaux and Comjpany have been appointed agents for Goodyear motor tyres and tubes. Goodyear cords have attained an enviable reputation in all parts of the world anfl the winners of 95 per cent, of the worldfs big races in America have used oGodyear cords. De Palma used these tyres' last year when he established new records for one mile to 100 miles. It is claimed for Goodyear tubes that the special process of manufacture makes them the most air-tight tubes in use at present.

"The (papers in London are beginning to talk about the marriage of the Prince of Wales," writes a London correspondent. "It is already everywhere taken for granted that be will marry somebody of English descent. The last English King to do this was of course, Henry VIII., who not only did it, but did it frequently; but it is as well to remember that the mother of Queen Elizabeth was an Englishwoman, and that an experiment so highly successful might be repeated.

His Worship the Mayor recently' communicated" with the Premier and invited His Excellency the GovernorGeneral to visit Taihape, and suggested the date of the A', and P. Show* The reply reeeivod was to the effect that His Excellency would be in the ik South Island on the date named, but hoped to visit taihape at some time in the future.

On Friday,' January 6, the Ponsonby Boys' Brass Band will visit Taihape for a brief interval, arriving by the 9j50 a.m. train from north and leavingby the 10.50 a.m. train for Palmerston North. On 14th January, theboys will have a longer fetay here on their return, and wilNamve by the--12.38 p.m. train from Mar ton and: leave by the 5.50 p.m. train for Ohakune.