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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 November 1916, Page 3

At tlio recruiting committee meeting at K1 tlia 111 Mi' Wilkinson stated that the Government was the largest oniplayer of labor and they should comb out o!fc<ril>le.«. the same as is done by the ISritish Government. This opinion was endorsed by other speakers.

Wergt.-Major Mahoney 'complained to the Stratford I*ost about a business man in that t iwn, with a. foreign accent. refusing to display a recruiting poster. The incident was reported. Xext morning the said shop was displayed all over witli original signs and nasty remarks about the Germans. The shopkeeper complained to the newspaper man that he was born in Russia and had supported the patriotic funds. The refusal to put lip the recruiting poster was taken as a slight on the Allies with the result that amateur sign writers got to work.

The Hawera Star states that the recent stormy weather and attendant high tides have made many changes along the Taranaki coast. The Waihi beach is almost unrecognisable. Tn some places inroads have been made into the cliffs by the sea, the mouth of the stream has rjitite altered, wh'.lst sandy stretches have disappeared and huge boulders with a lava bottom take their p'ace. Within the last few years the cliff has been falling away rapidly in this locality, and r -t is safe to say that acres of good grazing country lias been washed out to sea. The out-look lis none too pleasant for the owners of land whose boundary lines along the coast arc being so materially altered, with no possibility of compensation..

lii a place not a hundred miles from Whakatanc four thirsty .souls strolled into a bar and ordered four "long beers." The glasses were placed on the counter, and one member of the quartette pushed a florin towards the barman. During these dramatic proceedings a constable had been, lurking on the other Side of the folding gla.=fi doors. His eyes glistened with professional anticipation as he noted all this evidence of guilt, and pushing in he tapped l the man on the shoulder snyFng sternly, "Jtisfc a. mtinute my man. I want a word with you. "Half a mo' till T finish my drink." returned the guilty one staring .distastefully at the blue uniform. Then he seized hr'fi glass and drained it. went to tlio next and the nest til he had emptied the four. "Now what dn you want to see me about?" lie asked with engaging innocence. The policeman, however, had by this time lost all interest in the case and beat a strategic retreat.