LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3389, 19 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Messrs Pratt and Co., booksellers, have been appointed Taihape agents for the Norwich Union Fit-he Insurahce Society.

‘At Brix-ton a Jew ‘offered a landlady 30/ -a. week for four unfurnished rooms, :7. premium, -3. handsome presacnt, and “friendship for life-.” The ‘offer was immediately accepted

Our readers are reminded Of H3O meeting that is to take place. on Wednesday evening, in the Town Hall Supper Room, for the purpose of form" ing a Taihape Caledonian Society. It is hoped that the» meeting Wm be we“ patronised so that so desirable 11 Society -may be launched undol' the‘ best auspices.

Says the London Times of October 23: It is understood that the prices charge-d for Wool of all categoriuss have been occupying the attention of the Pre-sichcant -of the Board of Trade for some time. It has been ascertained that the average profits’ securssd by vendors ranges from 300 to 400 per cent. The attention of the Pl-ofib9.er-ing Department has been directed to the matter.

It has been an oflicial secret until recently that ‘the Germans, and subsequently the Allies-, used insulated electric cable laid on the bottom of the sea to guide their ship]. through their own mine fie-ld=s.-. I-t was called “leader gear.” Cablasl up to 50 miles long Wwre used, and ‘this ‘device promises to be invaluable to ships navigatning narrow and tortuous channel and entering or leaving harbours in a. fog.

A rather uniquj-3 stight was witne.l nd in the main street, Waverley, the other day, when a, cow,_ evidently inter:-.-,t.ecl in the goods disaplayed in the window of a. certain business firm, calmly sttrolled on to the footpath and surveyzgd the goods, regardless of a number of pedestrians impatiently waiting until it had finished it-s’ scrutiny so that they could proceed upon their way:

Speaking on fihe high prices of bacon, a gcntl-::man who is an authority on health (says the W-a‘ika.to Timtrs) said he woyld make pork such a price that people would not buy it. “Since ‘the pork famine of the last six months or so,” he .-ays, “there has bexn a marked falling off of disease (especially one), and for the benefit of health it would -he better to prohflbit the mating of porh: than the’drinking of good be-er.i”

The Wellington tailors’ employees am‘ seeking a conference with the employcrs in regard to an increase in wages, and it is reported that 3, meeting will be arranged «sihortly. Wcukly wage men are at present receiving 1/2 pa’ hour, and an increase- to 1/3 is desired .Hourly Wage earners are receiving 1/6, and cle1n:111d an invcrealsw to 1/10;, and weekly wage workers :'(3Ck £4 10/ per week in place: of £3 15/. These demands are made on account of the rise in this cost of living.

For some years the talle 1 and most powerful man in the New Zea.land Police Force was Mr Thomas McCh.e«sney, who has just died in Invercargill, where be had carried on a grocery busmcss: since 1867. When he was a young man Mr McChesncy disrtingul'sah~ ed himself ‘as an athlete, and o.n one occasion during the time he was a p'olic~e'.m'an his great strength cnab-100. him to nl:astl3l' 3, refl'a4ctor_v prisoner, whom three other constable-sv to-gather wore powel‘le;ss to handle.

it pitful tale was told by the Freemantle Bay police (says the Auckland Herald) when giving evidenc-.0. in a case in which Micha.-cl Charles Ryan a.g‘ed 3.4;) was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by inhaling coal gas. It was stated that on Satul'da.y»llight the accused was found: wandorin-g barefooted arbout the Freemanfs Bay di.stl‘.ict. Asked what he was doing, he replied. “Pm going to drown myself to finish up.'s’ He was then taken to his hO~Zl]|C‘., where his Wife told the police how [her husband had tried to and his life by cutting his throat, hanging himself, and by inhaliiig gas from the cooking ring. The a.CCu»SL‘d admitted thege attempts on his life, and the magistrate remanded 'him for a week for observation and treatment.

“One of the .gl‘c-atest difficulties to bl» faced in the future,” «says Brigad'ier—G=~noral Ricliarllson, “is going to be the lb;-va1{do\v~.11 of the dfshbled returned soldicr. Then he will have to live on his‘ pension and how he is going to do it under present conditions, I don’t. know.” The gv.ancl*al expressed the opinion tha.t patriotic funds throughout the country should be pooled to form a fund for disabled soldiers, and should be un-dcr the control of local comxmiittees. Thcase com. mittoes could: give immediate relief to dr'la:bled men who had broken down. What was the country going to do for this class of rum? Somebody should see at once tlla.t -niachtneiry was set up to deal with the question, and he advised the R.S.A. to take that‘ matter in hand at once_

The Maori, Mararoa, Pateena, Wai-

mama, Manuka, Monowai, Waiwara, and Mokoia are within wireless range.

The White House px-opl-ietress notifies that ‘there is no truth in. a. rumour that the White House is closing. Boariders and travellers are guen-.an'teed the same good acconl»nloda’tioil as hitherto.

The Sunshine Comedy people have -turn-ed out some excellent; picfures, but their latest, “Roa.-ring Lions on "the Midnight Express,” showing at the Town Hall for to night only, is said to eclipse everything previously shown.

On Saturday night obsel'vant patron! at the Kin-;’s Theatre might have noticed the white plaster walls of the vestible. To-night, “hey, presto!” they are a beautiful shaded salmon pink, with tasteful d'ccorations in the shape of paintings. of famous screen a;l't'lsets in the panels. When it was done is almost a my-stm-y, but things do move at the‘ Kings, even the ,pic‘cures,

The organisation of this Auc.k‘ulnd Municipal Choir is now proceeding. The work of the choir will include performances at the municipal concerts and also at special civic functions .The tasting of voices will commence on the return of the city organist from his holiday, and rehearsals are expected to :=t.a.l-t early in March. It is not surprising that workers with an artistic tempcram~3.nt flock to ‘the cities, judging by the state of music in Tztihape.

A building ‘«boom is taking place at De-vonport, and many builders say they fin no difficulty in getting material. The cliinf obstacle they say they have to contend with is the constant fluctuation -of prices. One con'r,r:Lr.-tor ‘mid yesterday that he got -:1 price for doing a plumbing of a house, at a reasonabife‘ "§ilnl, and‘ then next, day the price “as withdfliwn, and £2OO addel as material had .gone up. “VVe &nn,’t know Where we are," another said, “the pre'§r3:nt unsettled state 3f things, which is very often artificaliy made, is not in the interest of the builtler or. the man who is paying for tli-3. job.”

3 “In manufacturing America,'’’ __said Mr E. J. Ward, (boot manufacturer of We.l‘lington, “there is no genuinié at-‘ tempt to catch up to the demand. They dont,’ want to c-atch it up-——quite a reversal of the ordinary argum:3.nt——be—cause if they did. there would be a fall in prices at once ,and that would not suit them. You hear about the mecessity fo-r -thi-‘iftgand politicians urging everyone to buy thrift stamps, but really, as far an I could see there was no t-hrift_ On all sidies people -seemed to take pleasure in usppending at once what they earned, and though’ the prices, for food and -clothes Wen: very high, I am inclined to think that the margin in favour of -the Worker “is greater than it used to be You speak to the reasonable,‘ practical man, and his answer iii a, bit of the newer phil osophy—~“Wlly should we care‘ while the going’s good?” *