LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3663, 29 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

;_ Au experienced sh)jrtliand-typiste s 'ieks a position. ■■:

A spring cart and good staunch horse are advertised or sale.

A gold cable bangle lost at Ohutu is advertised for and a reward offered for the return of 'same.

Ties make useful presents. Dozens of dozens to choose from and all on view at Thomas?. c

Board and residence with private family at Taihape or Winiata is required by an advertiser.

Buy heir a Voile Blouse —something sensible, you will find the right one at Thomas'.

Hokitika reports heavy rain and a flood which is almost a record

Messrs McLaughlan Bros, have a large consignment of {Christmas hams for sale at 1/10 per lb. *

A despatch from Suez states that the Duke of Connaught, bound to India, is ill on board the Malaya.

A great variety of Tray Cloths, Duchess Sets Runners. These make make useful presents. Get them at Thoniasf.- •

It is officially announced that effectives in the German army have been reduced to 100,000 according to the Spa agreement.

A four.room.ed house in nice sunny position is offered for sale by Messrs McLaughlan Bros at £SOO on very easy terms.

Tho ' assortment •of Ladies' Handkerchiefs make a great show; come in and see them for yourself at Thomas '.

Gisborne has been experiencing a heat wave. The highest reading in the shade on Sunday was 96 degrees, and on Monday the highest reading was 93.

The White House boardinghouse is to be offered for sale by auction on , Wednesday, 19th January, 1921, by Messrs Ward and Co.

The Matron and Staff of the Taihape Public Hospital desire to thank all those who so kindly made donations of money, presents, etc., for the patients during the Xmas season; and also Mr Hill for tickets for pic. ture entertainment, and the concert party which gave a concert at the hospital on Xmas night.

A man who recently applied for a position at Te Awamutu said he had hitherto served for over 20 __ years with the Postal Department. "I have a splendid testimonial.*' he added, "but would not care to /send it through the post." Evidently he had learned something about the postal methods in 20 years.—Exchange.

A two-year.ol<3 Shorthorn bull is advertised for sale. *,

Don't forget you save money on everything you buy at Thomas' this month. Ten per cent, discount makes your Xmas presents easier to buy. This is what you save by buying at Thomas*.

At the big axemen's carnival at Gisborne on Monday, J. Neal, of Taihape, won the underhand chop (1-8 inch log) in" 1.52 2-5, C. O 'Rourkc won the 12 inch championship standing chop in 28 sees, and J. Shewry won the two.foot championship standing chop in 4.s9Asecs. *

When the hew year rolls round Chinese settle all" outstanding ac. counts, a habit that might well be copied by western people. In an , American city last year a Chinese .committed suicide because he was /unable to pay his debts for the new ijyear.

According to a despatch from Brussels Belgium intends to renounce her rights of confiscation over German property in Belgium according to the treaty It ds said Belgium a- " ** will announce - this decision after consulting the Allies, but considers renunciation necessary from a commercial point of view.

A survey has been completed of the Upper Wangaehu River on the* site of the proposed hydro.electric power station. The fall is said to be better than was first calsulated, and if the minimum flow is not less than three hundred cubic feet per second, which it is assumed to be, approximately 5000 h.p. will be obtainable at the po,wer station.

The Prime Minister has received a cablegram from General Sir William Birdwood, who is at present in In. dia, as follows:—"All good wishes to you and the people of New Zealand.' The -following reply has been sent by the Prime Minister :f—"Hearty thanks for greetings, which the Government'and people of New Zaland heartily reciprocate.''

The Westport tTews says: Roughly, the whitebait season recently closed yielded only about £IOO to Westport, as compared with £2OOO to £2500 in former seasons. Such, a shortage as occurred , this year is unknown previously amongst those who have been in the habit of v.annually spending time on the waterfront with their muslin nets. , • ;..

In a recent two-up raid in Sydney an innocent was found in bed. On being awakened he rubbed his eyes and —knocked his pince.nez of£\ JHe had also overlooked his collar and tie. The top had to be knocked off a dog kennel to extract another, and" the other pupils of the school got on to the Toof and were about to jump, when a constable stood underneath' with a pitchfork, and kept them high and dry until they were corralled.

Mr M_ J. Mack (general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Bail, •way Servants), states that at the election of conference delegates, just held by the A.S.E.S. under the proportional frejareae'ntatioh system, ;Jfchc number of informal votes was less than 1 per cent; and even this small percentage included certain votes which had clearly been made purposely informal, toeing scribbled all over to show the voters' disapproval of the principle.

A farmer in the Waimate district' had a stroke of ill fortune one day last week (says the Timaru Herald). He was working a three-horse tßaxn in the field, and at dinner-time unyoked and took, the horses to their stables to feed. He put one horse in its stall, and. while tying it up loft the others standing at the stable door On going out for them he found both dead, they having been struck ' by lightning when he was in the stable. The horses were valuable ones

At Gisborne yesterday J. Neal and W. C. Gregory, of Tathape won the double-handed sawing championship' of Australasia (2ft logs) in 25 1-5 sees. In the single-handed sawing championship, S. Woodward (Kak. ahi) was first, and J Neal (Taihape) second, the time being (2ft. logs) lmin 10 3-ssec&. D. Pretty was third in the £IOO chop, which was won by O. Mather.

What is stated to be the largest diamond ever imported into the United States arrived- at New York on the Aquitania, in the possession of Mr Fred Whittram, manager of the Madrid branch of the Mercantile Bank of America, for disposal on account of AtrLeWHaJld, a former Sultan of Morocco. The diamond, which is of light straw colour, is a perfect stone, weighing 183 carats. Mr Whittram's wife, who was the custodian of the diamond during the crossing of the Atlantic , admitted that she slept uneasily while the precious stone was in her care ■