LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13969, 20 August 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thougfeiti foil' itio-day: A degireet of comjmoin! serasei Is a far more vitiail po« session ilhajni a, diiiploiiab.

An acute shortage of bacon, ham, and pork ia at present perturbing householders in Wellington.

Heavy rain has fallen during the past few days at Dunedin. Reports stote that the riviers are very high in Central Otago.

It is definitely announced 'that Mr. Karika Paeahu, of Cambridge, has decided to contest the Western Maori seat against the Hon.. Dr. M: Pomare, at the general election.

Tlie Dunedlin 1, Star states auithoritatavely thati the Hon. J T. Paul, mow' a meirabor of the Upper House, will conltlesib the Dunedimi South seat iin the mtereste of Lajbour.

iJarge quanftiitdes of Austiraliami armiy stores and^equipment will be sold bjauction during \h& next f<w*bTiiigibfc. The sales in Bnglamd ba.ve already yielded! £10,000. "

A Whakatane meseag© cays that record prices ruled at a clearing safe at Otangihaku, wOierei dairy cows ranged froari £12' to £3S for high-bred grade milkers. They were all in exceptional oonditaom.

As a result of the rrcemt Hoepiirtial ball at Waihii the hospital • acicpamt should be swelled, by a.bouiti £'600, as the'(rovernmeinib- jjd'bsidy on,' the n.eiti receiipitis. will bo ftwentyfoiur sihillfeigisi in the pouod. ,

At the N«fpier Police Cooix't James Scheele, xnntil recently secretary to the Napier Hospd'tiil Board, pleaded guilty to! theftis of Bo:ard money itotalling, £1392 l^s 84. He was^ committed; to' ■ihe' tSupreine';:C6«irt':.f'6r" sentence. ..'. |:!! ,V■-."■-."'■ ' -..,

Duinnagie's yarxp'ty depot . ;has ,i& ; complete .range, 0f,,;a11. stationery* latest books;, : ia^ioQi.,,•; boptksj-..v,andj /magiaiin'es ;: also li really good -selection of fancy goods and toys. Satisfaction (in picture framiingi i« guaranteed. .

A Prtogi'esßlivei League has " been iproinioited. tJa'/'boosti'"' Mastietrtion!, and itfc has beem decided' to raise ai looal giuaitfanitaei of £500 per annium for the purpoisei of engiaging -a seoretiairy-or-gamasor. Wanganiuni lisas also; got a Pro*gircssrve, League. Isn't, it time Thaanesi diid likewise? • ,

• At the 1 Hiku'taia stock sale on Toiesday, Aug. 2i6, at 11.30 ai.ml, the Farmers' Auct. Co., on> aocouint of the Thames Valley C»-O!p. Dairying Co., Ltd., will'offer 1 the buititer-fe-t from the Kopoi buliter 'factory, for- a term of two yeaina, commencing from .October 1 next.

The manager of ,the liiweroargill dairy factoiy states that, on August '4 there were id 1,440 boxes of butter in 'the stores .in. the Doaninion, and only 703 in the South Island, 618 being at Dunedin., &ad 85; at Lyttelton. He said that at a low estimate the present Damin-ion. consumption was 5000. 'boxes pen week.

Tlhree oargioea of cc-ai ttatallLiig .14, 000 tone aire being! diiscihairgied ait Aiueldlaind a* present,- whale 5 ot'lior vessels are listed tlo storing coal to Auckland. The Horn. A. M. Myen-si sitialties tha|& the coal in sigh*, totals 617,187 florals and the Poanrinwu bag a good chance of fieouriTig a faiir share of .tihe aiaaumiulllated Newciaistilei sftoeks when the miaaiiitiime stbrike is settled.

Mr. A. "Christiei, in, annouttnoing by advert.isement in: this issue that he is a candidate for .the vacant seat on the Borough Council, states that he recognises that the whole future of the town deperidls oni a deep wiater harbour and' communication with the Hauraki Plains by bridge. If elected he -will do his utmost -t« get these matters put in hand right away.