LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 197, 30 April 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In Christehurch the half-holiday poll resulted in Saturday being carried by 7,GG2 against Thursday's 3,460. Leonta has been scratched for all engagements at the Hawkc '3 Bay meeting. A Molba concert in Melbourne Sn aid of the Belgians realised £6,100, including £2,400 from the sale of flags. The Common-wealth Government cabled its congratulations to Canada in connection wtih Canadian, gallantry before Ypres. Mr A. J. Joblin publishes to-day an apology for not addressing the electors on the evening of (telling day.last Wednesday. The Sydney Commodities Commission refused an application for a further increase of 3d in the price of but; ter. Mr T. -Elliott Wilsr.n conveys his thankg to all those who supported him at the Municipal polling en Wednesday. lie well-known jockey, o®,Tcukit>.Hi who received a fractured ;i w as the result of a fall off the racehorse Son, on the opening day of the Uar.g likei meeting, and who has bee: an-inmate of n private hospital in iaimerston ever da.ee, was able to leave that institution last Wednesday, fully recovered.

Tho president of the Chamber '■'■ Commerce, at Perth, deplored the ntlendar.ee at various forms of amusfiment. He censured the Government's action in opening the Palais do Dau.se. He thought that in the next few weeks the people would have the seriousness of the position impressed on them and cause them to recognise that there wis no time to dance.

An Order-in-Councii is gazetted protecting bares within the Wellington Acclimatisation District. The area affected includes all Bangitikoi (bounty, the most northerly boundary point being the mouth of the Wangaehu h'iver and the border of Wanganui County; aiso the areas of Marten, Taihape and Mangaweka. The effect of this.Order-•u-Council will make it illegal for sportsmen to shoot hares in the asoas r.)ierred to. A case of interest to sportsmen is recorded. After a hurdle race at Tattersail's meeting, C!ydr ; ey, 'tlio stewards fined the trainer aad jockey of F'nto Flayer for ezr-rcssivo 1:20 of spur!}. Later, at <!;e Police C'cart, til? trainer. Forbes, waa charged with causing Flute Haver to be ill-treated, acd the .jockey, Moon, v.'ith ill-treating the horse. The charge against Forbes was withdrawn, the only r-llegation against him being that ho did allow the jockey to use dummy. Moon was fined 10/-. He stated that the trainer instruced him to use spurs, as Flu Is Player was unreliable, roguish, and, lazy, and he would have stopped oi.acrwise. CONNOISEUTW, v.-.r-v, referring tu i"he merits of "Tiki" Stout, st'y, "It 11 as good as Engli.«> St-vat." 'Cry it.*

Mr H. T. Ellingham was re-elected unopposed as the Crown tenants' representative on the Wellington District Land Board.

The Sydney Government is restoring, in the case of men in the Civil Service, salaries which had been suspended owing to the war. The Ngatipikiao natives at Taheke, Lake Eotoiti, have offered a potato crop for "sale to benefit the Belg'Jiin Fund.

A pest of grubs is devastating the northern canefields in Queensland and many men are earnig from 20/- to 40/a day catchig them.

As supplies of rifle barrels are unprocurable in England, it has been found necessary to stop the sale of rifle barrels to rifle clubs, etc.. during the currency of the war

In connection with the New South Wales Government's cheap fish supply scheme the second of three steam trawlers secured in England has arrived.

Second-Lieutenant Harold W. Jennings, eldest son of Mr W. T. Jennings, M.P., for Taumarunui, and late of Buenos Ayres, was last month station, ed with the Royal Field Artillery, West Worthing, Sussex.

With a 401 b stone round his neck an elderly man named Clay was found drowned in a creek three miles from Hikutaia (Auckland Province). It is proposed to hold the Rangitikei A. and P. Winter Show on the 21st and 22nd of July, when a more than ordinarily fine display of poultry and pigeons is expected.' The defence authorities have given notice that the next-of-kin of deceased soldiers will be notified direct by headquarters, immediately on receipt of advice, of an Expeditionary Force members's death.

It seems hardly credible, says the Eketahuna Express, that in a dairying district such as this, margarine, which is a substitute for butter, should find a ready sale. Such, however, is the case, several hundredweight being received for distribution recently.

In order to give an idea of what the asphyxiating chlorine gas, used by the Germans against the British and French is like, a Wanganui chemist has manufactured a small quantity, a bottle cf which is now on view in a local shop window. Arrangements have been made with the Treasury whereby remittances may be sent by cable to members of the Expeditionary Force, through the paymaster with the troops. These remittances are to be limited to £lO for any one person, every other month, and the cost of cable (about £1) is to be borne by the sender. The shooting season opens at six o'clock to-morrow morning. Shooting licenses aro not necessary for native game, but must be obtained for pheasant and quail shooting. Native pigeons are said to be plentiful and some disappointment is expressed at their being protected this year. A strike of stevedores in the port of London commenced en March 15, and on March 19 was still in progress, says a letter received by a Palmerston North firm from England. At the time of writing 1500 men were out. and the loading cf all outward steamers was at a standstill On account of the congestion, goods wore not being accepted by the Port authorities.

Before the Sydney steamer River i mi, which left Auckland at half-past two on Tuesday, had reached Tiri, a seaman rt'-aicd James Caroll, aged.2B, fell down a hatchway. He landed on his feet and injured his spine. The vessel i-.t once put back. After tho man li.id been Innded he was taken up to the hos pital, and the steamer left again for Sydney at 4.20.'

The Defence authorities have bean advised of the death of Private Eugene Tangney, Bth Southland Company, Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body New- Zealand Expeditionary Force, en April 26th, from pneumonia. His next cf kin is Miss Mary Tangncsy, Gocd Shepherd Convent. St. Magdeln, Halsveil, Chri-.tchurch. Deceased was 25 years cf age.

The first war trophy for New Zealand arriving shortly on a returning troopship, is a pontoon, carried over the desert by tho Turkish soldiers, and launched in the Suez Canal during the enemy's unsuccessful effort to cross into Egypt. Tho Minister I'or Defence says the Nelson Company of the Expeditionary Force captured the pontoon, and, therefore, it will be presented to that town in commeroration of their good work. Speaking at the demonstration yesterday at Parliament Buildings, Mr Massey said there were no details of the New Zealanders' achievements.but he had no doubt that particulars would com© perhaps to-day, but certainly within a day or two. It was clear that New Zealand troops had been privileged to take part in a very important engagement in the Dardanelles, and that they had distinguished themselves just as was predicted they would. Lower cost —extra goodness— these are the secrets of the wonderful popularity of SHARLAND'S Baking Powder. Ycnr grooor sells it.

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On behalf of well disposed residents of Mataroa Mr A. P. Sheath this morning delivered a well-filled sack of fruit to the Taihape Hospital. The matron desires to heartily thank the donors. The Mayor (Mr A. L. Arrowsmith) has received the following telegram in reply to that sent to the Premier yesterday in connection with the New Zealanders' achievements in Turkey: "Many thanks for your telegram. NewZealand is tc-day proud cf her son s at the front ,and feels sure that this is the forerunner of further lustre. No further news is yet to hand. — (Signed) W. P. Massey. In November last the Feiiding stock auctioneers held a sale of Tift stock in aid of the Belgians. It is most regrettable and shameful to "iearn (says the Feiiding Star) that the money owing for the stock purchased has not yet all been paid. The auctioneers have handed to Mr J. R. Perry (secretary for the Belgian Relief Committee) a statement showing that over £IOO is still unpaid, and the secretary has now the most unpleasant task cf dun-

ning these dilatory purchasers of stock gives to be sold for on e of the best causes in the world. Should Mr Perry not meet with immediate success, it is probable that steps will be taken to make the position as public a 3 possible.

Lieutenant Chry stall wrote to friends in Christchurcli from France, under date February Sth: —"It is surprising how one appreciates letters out her in this vale of mud. The mail day is the day of all days I have had my turn at the trenches, and they really are bad I was for twelve hours at a time up to my waist'in water, occupying, with seven men, an advance post. When relieved, our limbs were so numbed Ave could not stand. We were in Givency, Gbuinchy and La Bassee (close to), and were subjected to heavy shelling and intermittent riflefire, which, however, was distinctly bad, luckily for us. Snipers' fire is the worst of the lot. They are perched up trees", in stocks or barns, and fire at your back, and in deed, from anywhere when.you are not looking. They are so cunningly concealed that detection is practically impossible. However, none of us was hit, and they must have been bad shots, because Ave Avcro very close. ' '