The Taihape Daily Times. AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 216, 29 May 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times. AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

(Wi "fit 'Whiok is incorporated The Tai* ha jPoat ana WaimarlmJ Newa.)

At the T »wa Hall to-night ; a film giving the h 'istory of £he war to date will be shown V

£t is stated on good -authority (says the Feilding Star) that «very eligible young man with. In five mi-lea of KSinfeolton has for active service, with only two exceptions.

} Tauranga .farmers bavo sent a remit fto the Auckland Farmers' fJnion, suggesting that the Government should offer second-class land" in tho district free for settlement \

Word has been received *P tlie eff that a Southland-trainefc ch'wsemakor, Mr. Andrew Dunlop, now' manager of the Hawera Dairy : Factory;\ba«\gainod: world's championship '• honour**' - profession fi by; being awarded t\ ie •■**"' ticket; for Ms entry -©*: cheese .aK**® Eoyal Dairy Skow, Eegfcsflr •i:*fe|^f""

A fall of snow is recorded frm Moawhango, Pukeokahn, and Hihitahi.

The child injured in the Southend air raid, cabled yesterday, is dead. The Railway Department is advertising excursion tickets for King's Birthday, 3rd June. Over forty hutments are ta T>e erected at Trentham, each, of which will accommodate one hundred men. Two of the buildings were occupied at the end of last week.

At the meeting to bid farewell to the young men in the railway service who are proceeding to Trentham to join the Exeditionary Forces, £2 12/6 was collected in the room towards tae New Zealand Hospital Ship. On March 31st there were 19,459 oldage pensions in force, representing an annual amount of £480,000. There were also 1809 widows' pensions, representing £35,000, and 1384 military pensions, representing £49;800.

The following twelve ships, all insulated ,are now on their way to load meat for Army supplies: Rangatira, Papareu, Kia Ora, Indra~barah, Athenic, La Blanca, Remuera, Opawa, Tongariro, "Waiwera, Tndrapura and Somerset.

In Dunedin, th e death is announced of Canon Bryan King, who was for many years vicar of St. Peter's, Caversham. He retired about three years ago, and was 68 years of age at the time of his decease. He was Grand Chaplin of the Masonic Grand Lodge.

South Canterbury farmers are in desperate plight for feed for their sheep, and the few turnip crops that are for dale aTe bringing fabulous priee3. One sheep dealer, -who has a lot of sheep o* hand, has paid £l2 per acre for 40 acres of turnxpa.

An analysis of the applications from, women in England for war work shows that out of a total of between 23,000 and 25,000 sent in, about 3600 women wish to be employed on armament work. One of the applicants, who is most eager to • make shells, is. a Scarborough laundress whose place was destroyed by th e German cruisers in the East Coast raid, • *•. '_'

"When I learned the wages paid to workers in New Zealand and Australia," said M. de Martin in his lecture on Belgium on Tuesday evening, "I was astounded; they are so much greater than those paid in Belgium. At the same time, the workmen in Belgium are much better off than yours, as the cost of living is 60 low. The Belgians are also a very thrifty people, and nearly every worker has a stocking with something in it." Reliable figures give the number of Jews now fighting with the Russian army at 250,000, while there are oyer 12,000 known to be in the British army, besides a lot who are serving with that army and with the various branches of it from Canada, the Australian Commonwealth, and this Dominion, but who have not registered as Jews.

Advice has been received by the secrotary of the Ballance Co-operative Dairy Company (Mr. G. Godfrey Taylor), of an increase by shipipng companies on the freights for carriage of butter and cheese to the Home markets. Butter charges are to be advanced from 2/6 to 3/- a box, and cheese to M per lb. The increases will take effect from May Ist, but an effort is being made to secure exemption for the large quantities of cheese that have been held up owing to the shortage of space.

The danc e held in the Railway Hall last night,, under th e auspices of the Railway Social Club proved very enjoyable. Mr Watson acted as chairman and during the evening contributed a vocal item. Excellent music was rendered by Mr Dash. T,he opportunity was taken of bidding farewell to Mr Dash, who for some time has been a porter at Taihape, on .his departure for the front. Th e best wishes of the gathering were extended to him and the hopes expressed that he would be vouchsafed a safe return to New Zealand. > ."

The Government Statistician's re, port, showing that up to May •■•l7th 6,169,760 bushels of wheat had been

threshed should do away with any fear of a shortage in the Dominion requirements for the year. It is probable that I there may be at least another half-mil- | lion bushels to add to the total from later threshings/ There has been little inquiry for wheat lately for the North Island, but no sales are reported by j farmers. A few sales have been made ' of wheat in second hands, one sale of i Tuscan and Hunter's being at 6/1J f.o.b. The quantity of oats reported as threshed up to May 17th was 4,265,066 bushels, but it is evident that the supply is going to be short. The market is firmer, and Carton's are worth 3/10 and 3/11 at country stations. Oatensheaf chaff is Arm at £6 5/- at country stations, but little business is doing. The potato market is -still quiet, with few offerings from growers. The present price is £3 10/* at country stations, and £3 10/- to £4 for June deliv-ery/-ws£h,ristchurch market report.

All 4fk& beet (OQoks say &HAELAND'S js the test Baking Powder. It is cheapest;, ,soo. ; 4-& your grocer.

. Thai the Bea£ gtfjets Least is iitoraily true when ..joy. #JM BRABL&MP&

The fifty nurses who went to Eng* land by the Rotorua are now proceeding to Egypt. The next contingent of 100, 31 of whom have already sailed, were originally destined for Egypt and Malta, 50 to each place, but the Defence authorities have now been advised that they are ordered to England. ;' On returning from Egypt, an Englishman told his friends in London that one of the best "sights'* he had ever witnessed was the landing of the New Zealanders and their equipments. He had seen many men of many regiments, nothing that could compare with the physique of the colonial and his marvellous equipment. The death occurred at St, Dominic's Priory, Dunedin, last week, of Mother de Ricci Kirby. Born at Limerick 78 years ago, tho niece of Archbishop Kirby, a schoolfellow of Pope Leo Xin., she was educated at the Carmelite Convent, Dublin, and arrived in New Zealand in February, 1871, as one of ten sisters who came to the Dominion with the late Bishop Moran to found the Dominican Convent in Dunedin.

"I have just been througb the north part of New Zealand, and am now on my way south," said Mr. J. Macleod Boulton, of Sydney, at a social gathering of tho Christchurch. Commercial Travellers' Club on Saturday evening, "and while I won't say that New Zealand is booming, I will say that neither at Auckland, Wellington, nor Christchurch, is there any Indication of it going back. This Is a result that Is highly creditable to the country, and I hope- the prosperity of this Dominion will continue."