LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 182, 9 April 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

•The Taihape Borough Council will meet thi s evening. A married woman named Elizabeth Killick fell SOO feet down a cliff at Lyttjalton a few days ago and was killed. At the Tui Street Auction Mart, or Saturday, Mr McLennan will sell fruit, potatoes; vegetables and furiiiture i The prosecution, against Swodcda 'he French spy, has been withdrawn and fresh charges laid —Press Association, Marton Dairy Factory is participat11.= tv in the cheese boom at Homo. The secretary has received advice that » shipmer-t of 55 .crates by the Waiwerr had co .! od 9.1/- per cwt. Thvs Very Rev. Dean McKennn, V.D., ■.; Masterton, has had the honour of "Monsignor' conferred on him by the-Pope, and the dignity of a domestic prelate to His Holiness. Cousta,KJ3 McLeod leaves for his flow charge at Featherston to-mcrrow morning a farewell will be tendered to him in the Fire brigade Hall tonight. The programme at tbja Station St. Picture Theatre is an uniformly good one, some .of the pictures being far above the average. Two of the dramas and the K-systcne farce being particularly good. Sydney butter merchant* have >bts.ined sanction to add 2/- to the recent prices 'fixed for -butter to cover boxes.and cartage. Retailers are greatly dissatisfied .with th« .small margin of profit. ' .' According to an Amsterdam paper, German officers place the number of Germ.ri troops in the neighb >vhot A of Antwerp s.t 20,000. Antwerp, it i-j said, is to be defended to the last, and tremendous efforts are bei>r- ftiau'? vo ! renew the fovtifiuvM mr At Rangataua, oh Easter Mocda-. Messera .Kennedy snd Johansen, competing in the Double Handed 18 inch 2 c\it Sawing Handicap, finished in (lis -amazing space of 28 \-$ seconds, thereby establishing a world's record for A this event. The pair started from ; scratch and won the'contest, j - ■■■ I For Influenza take Wcrocbs' Great j Peppermint Our*. Njevje? (q*i\ts\ 1/ft, ' 2/6. i

r ' ... i At the UHiotlonuin bports at Uhukuue ; last Saturday, \V. Peck, the champion \ axeman, successfully essayed the feat ; of establishing a time record for chop-. | ping through a 10-inch block. .Tils | time was 43 3-5 sees. j The Hon. 2. M. E. Fislrer, who has j left for the Old Country, has signed a Parliamentary nomination paper end placed it in the hands of, the Premier. se. that in ease of a -by-election he might be a candidate. As showing the productivity o£ the land in. Rangitikei district, Messrs Wilson Bros., Ngaio, have forwarded ja cheque of £67 lis to the Bulls Patriotic Committee, being the return of five acres of wlijaat planted for the relief of the Belgian?. The Referee says Dick Arnst has challenged William Webb to row him on the Parranxatta River for £2f>G aside. He will allow Webb £SO expenses. If Webb accepts, articles can be signed at ouc.3 and the date three mouthy hence arranged. Charlie Towns lias decided not to row Webb '.n Mew Zealand. IT Webb refuses to row on the Parramatta there will bja no inati'h.

"Writing home from the front a Baptist officer, whose letter is quoted in the Baptist Times, says: "Seymour Wieks told me that he was approaching the War Office to know if thiay could send out one or two humorous men and singers with each regiment, as ho considered it was as necessary to have a humorist with each regiment as it was. to have a chaplain!" . At the Feuding races a man Who went K) Iris dividend of £ls, and lindinfe he could not reach the pay window because the crowd gave another r.ian who was doss up his two 'i'ketri cillS'-t ihq money fv" him The :1 alter received the money and lisapp'Jai'cd. . His victim was unable afterwards to identify him. Another oereon had £9 taken out of his hip pocket. Writing to a local resident, a Sydney gentleman refers to the drought New South Wales ha? experienced. "We are having a very dry time," he n-'te.-. ,: Part s of New South Wale" \*Y'j. liCt. seen rain tor eight months, '"•crffoua'ly, I huve not bad losses, but he si'.r.aticn is now precarious to say he least." it i a pleasing: to record hat -■luce the letter was penned, ccpi•us rains have fallen in New South Wafes. In bis advertisement in this issue Mr F. A. Garratt makes a very pertinent vnd commonsease remark. He says t is pure foolishness to 'neglect that rnost common and one of the most 'stuporous complaints that humanity is heir to—a cold. Mr Garratt also points -/ th 't thvcuah careless and culpable ].i,~n'2 many people allow insidiu« disease, which might have been rv-f'kled. to prematurely end their

When oil is seen en the surface of he water after a submarine has disappeared it is prima facie (evidence that something serious has happened to it, This i« the opinion of Mr J. S. VlcCorraick, a Diesel oil engine expert at present visiting Wellington. Tbh oil can only coma from one place Mr McCcrmick holds, and if'the c:i' tank be punctured the submarine is done for. It was hardly likely that oil wci'j'd be purposely strewn upon the water by a sinking submarine. "I had an interesting experien;:.the other night," an Auckland member of the Divisional Signalling Service Corps writes from Zeitoun camp. "One of the boys who has made many friends in Cairo took me with him to dancingclass in town. To begin with, in body waited to be introduced, as one's men presence was supposed to be a sn.7 eient guarantee of respectability. Atthe girls were French, Italian, <-.? Greek, and the effort to keep up n con versation was excellent mental ex;:. eis. Having sorted out a prospective partner, one- rushed aud asked: 'Voure:: vous danser"?' If the lady was willing, she says, 'Mais oui, merci monsieur,' and one fired ahead. If she had r. partner, and perhaps sometimes who;. she had not, she said, 'engages,' and one had to try again. My principal amusement that evening was a long and involved conversation, in French, with a young Roumanian merchant, who was very interested in the wool trade of New Zealand, and who had me thinking very hard how to tel' him all I wanted to about it. The people here, particularly those wko do not speak English, are very curious about Now Zealand and all that pertains to it.

For Chronic Chesi ©oniplainfa. Woods' Great Peppermint Cura, 1/6, 2/6. HEALTH HINTS FOR RHEUMATISM, Diot plays an important part in Rheumatism, Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago and kindred complaints. Those troubled with these diseases should be careful, for some foods encourage the formation ox uric acid. Avoid red meat beer, vinegar, spices. Use tea and coffee sparingly, and—-most important of all—take RHEUMO. It is the one medicine that will quiekly and effectually euro Rheumatism. Gout, Sciatica, Lumbago and their attendant evils. From the first dose RHEUMO gives relief,* and will be found to quickly effect a complete' cure.- Your chemist or storekeeper sells it. 2/6 and 4/6 a bottle. Give it * trial. "%%

Captain Knyvett (new major), who Is well known in Kjew Zealand, has, according to information received by Mr Briscoe, of Wharfedale, Remuera, fully recovered from the wounds he received in South Africa, but had to suffer tlio amputation of his right forefinger. The Town Clerk notifies in another eolitmli that the Borough Electors' List will be closed at 5 p.m. on Wednesday nest. Anyone wishing to have a voice in the coming Council' and Mayoral elections must enrol before that date. Forms' can be had a!" the Town Clerk's office. Mr. A. Spence. "The Big Draper," has just landed at his Taihape establishment, a particularly choice selection of the latest and smartest coat models for ladies He claims that they are the finest selection of winter coat« he has yet had the opportunity to of ferj. they are made from the highest quality material, finished in. the highest style, and the prices are unapproachable for economy. At the Three Stars Theatre tonight, and to-morrow night, the finest Boy Scout picture ever taken will be screened. Mr Nicholls, this manager, realising its instructive importance.has invited all the Taihape Boy Scouts to see it, and all scouts presenting themselves in uniform will h,3 admitted free. It i g stated by exchanges to be a gloriously patriotic theme. The subject of the pieture is the training of boy scouts in Sussex, England.