LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipa Post, Volume XIII, Issue 895, 24 January 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Intending exhibitors at next Thursday’s Horticultural Show are reminded that entries close with the secretary ('Mr V. C. Pollard) at 9 o’clock to-night.

Messrs Somerville Bros, announce to-day that they will open a butchery business in Market Street, in Mr Candy’s old premises, on Ist February or thereabout.

This evening, at 9 o’clock, entries close in all classes for the annual show of the Te Awamutu Horticultural and Industrial Society, which takes place next Thursday.

“ I have heard that there is metal in Kawa,” said Mr Alexander at the conference of local bodies. “This has been known for some years. I understand tests have been taken.”

Splendid entries have been received for the 'Te Awamutu Horticultural Show, which will be held next Thursday (29th instant). The Te Awamutu Municipal Band will be in attendance, and an unqualified success is anticipated.

“You don’t do limestone justice,” said Mr Mandeno at the local bodies’ conference yesterday. “There’s a patch of limestone road near Ohaupo that is splendid. Give good limestone its due!” He was speaking, to Cr Lawson.

There is keen inquiry for farming land in this district at the present time, and agents report a steady influx of land seekers. The particular inquiry seems to be for small properties, and the time is opportune for large holdings to be sub-divided.

The Prince of Wales’s hobby is collecting the autographs of the great, says the Observer, and it is therefore hoped that Sir James Allen, out of common courtesy, will not depart from New Zealand until the Prince has time to collect his autograph. The Main Trunk “ limited ” express made a stoppage at Te Awamutu the other day to pick up the Minister for Justice and his staff; and, so far as can be ascertained, the stoppage caused no disorganisation through delay in the service. Why should not the stoppage be regularly scheduled to suit the convenience and needs of the public?

It seems necessary to say that the expensive soldiering business of New Zealand, being carried on now without any visible use whatever, is as certain to cease as is the light of the sun is to cease this evening. The idea is to squash as much cash as possible out of the people who pay while they are in a tame and paying mood. —Observer.

The fact that two main body men were successful in the ballot last week for the Cheviot runs is particularly gratifying to the members of the Canterbury Land Board (states a southern paper). It was originally intended to throw these runs open or selection before all the main body men returned to the Dominion. Members of the Board, knowing the value of the runs, considered that action should be delayed until all the main body men returned to the Dominion. Mr D. W. Smith, of Ashburton, the successful applicant for the largest of the three Cheviot runs, was a main body man.

There is, especially among the hand-workers, a widespread and deeply-rooted opinion that “ profiteering” is rampant in the country, says the Chronicle, and that the rise in the cost of living is due to that and to nothing else. A little consideration might show that there are other reasons for the increase, but many people .are not in the habit of bestowing consideration upon such questions. One chief task of the Government is to reward misconceptions, to stop such “ profiteering” as there is—for it is to be feared, that there is some—and either to bring the malcontents to a different way of thinking, or to prevent them from blocking the progress of the country, as they are. In such a task the Government needs, and should receive, the assistance of men of all parties, of all sections of the community.

Those New Zealanders who grumble at the adverse rate of exchange to America, can imagine the chagrin of the Frenchman to-day who finds that he has to give 39 francs for an English pound as against 25 before the war, says the Dominion. It has been prophesied that this spectre of “ exchange” will destroy the good will among the Allies unless some means can be found to remedy it. The influential memorial which we are told to-day is being presented to the leading Governments is a step in the right direction. International action, however, cannot be fully effective in restoring financial stability if the currency policies, loan policies, and fiscal systems of the different countries are managed by a central board. Such a surrender is unlikely, but affairs are coming to such a pass that recommendations by an expert international board would carry the greatest weight and probably lead to the ending of some of the worst abuses even though the board itself lacked all executive power.

Rabbit-poisoning on a comprehensive scale is to commence in the Te Awamutu district on 23rd February.

At Fakenham, Norfolk, a grocer was fined £5 for selling an olive oil substitute which, on analysis, was found to be refined paraffin, artificially coloured. It was stated that the price charged worked out at £3 2/ a gallon.

At its meeting last night the Te Awamutu Municipal Band decided definitely to play at the Horticultural Show on Thursday next. Members expressed regret that more players had not attended practices. No more “ Sleeping members ” were required in the Band.

As surely as the borough workmen start work in Alexandra Street it rains. This is quite a regular happening—in season and out of season. Yesterday work was re-commenced, and it rained again. It has been suggested that the farmers, when a dry spell occurs, should negotiate with the borough authorities to undertake work in Alexandra Street.

In a recent issue of “ Punch” there is a picture entitled “ The New Poor.” It shows a Bishop, obviously leaving ’ v a country vicarage after a “Visitation.” The vicar walks besides his Diocesan, shabby and worried. “ Are there any poor families in your parish, Mr Jones ?” the Bishop inquires. “ Only my own, my lord,” is the answer.

It is officially stated that supplies of the new Victory stamps of denominations Id, Id, l|d, 3d, 6d, and Is will be issued at an early date. It is expected that they will be on sale locally towards the end of next week, and Will be sold in conjunction with the present issue. The Id, 3d, 6d, and Is denominations are in sheets of 140, and the Id and denominations in sheets of 160.

At a special meeting of the Te Awamutu School Committee, held in the schoolroom last evening, the resignation of the chairman, Dr A. Henderson, was accepted with regret. Mr George Spinley was appointed to the vacancy. A sub-committee, consisting of Revs Shaw and Henderson, and Mr Spinley was appointed to wait on members of the Education Board on Tuesday to place the matter of the new school before them.

This week’s issue of .the New Zealand Sporting and Dramatic Review maintains its right of excellence, the pictorial section covering a wide variety of subjects. From a sporting point of view interest will be found in snapshots depicting the Hamilton Trotting Club’s meeting, the Rotorua Jockey Club’s gathering, and the motor cycle sports at Takapuna. Impressive war anniversaries in London and a view of the last of the New Zealanders to leave Torquay help to make an attractive number.

At the present time there are no less than thirty-seven registered solicitors paying practising fees in Hamilton (says the Waikato. Times). Of these seventeen are either employed by or in partnership with others, making twenty practising firms. The attendance of the legal profession is so great at the regular sittings of the Court that accommodation cannot be found for all the members at the solicitors’ tables, and it is not an unusual thing to find them crowding on to the jury forms and occupying all the available chairs about the Court.

“ In view of the urgent necessity for economy, officers controlling branches of the Defence Department or commanding districts are reminded that they are responsible that all expenditure under their control is limited to the absolute minimum consistent with efficiency,” states a general headquarters instruction issued recently. “ Responsible officers must personally and carefully supervise the organisation of the staffs working under them and wherever changes leading to economy without loss of efficiency can be made such should be made the subject of immediate action or recommendation. As demobilisation is almost completed any additional temporary personnel who are still employed to meet the emergencies peculiar to war conditions will now be dispensed with. As the work of the War Expenses and Base Records branches is still far from completed, considerable staffs must still be maintained in connection therewith; but officers in charge of these branches will effect reductions at the earliest possible moment.”

Sick headache, and nauseous taste in the mouth, are oftentimes the effect of the hot weather on digestive organs. A simple and useful remedy is to be found in Sharland’s Magnesia. Sold everywhere. (4

It is said that among the Ainus the price of a wife is a bear ham. The Kaffir figure varies from four to eight oxen, according to the competition for the particular bride. A score of cartridges buys a wife in Uganda, while the Tartars in Turkestan get as many wives as they want at the rate of a box of matches each.

The most valuable household remedy for stomach troubles of children is Sharland’s Magnesia. It is used regularly in thousands of homes. Sold everywhere. (6