LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 226, 16 June 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

: Owing'to a possible shortage of lab- ■ our at Home, the’ War Office has proI miser! the Board of Agriculture to grant furlough to a "limited number of soldiers to assist'farmers in hay-mak- ; ingAt Huntervillo, on Friday, the Stii pendary Magistrate (Mr. AV. R. Haselden) gave reserved judgment in -the case W, <5. Carruthers v. L. Gk Brem" !ner, claim £ll 17/6 - value ,«£ fencing posts supplied, Judgment was for plaintiff with costs. itataroa correspondent writes to gny.that in reporting the ''send-off” to itessTs, McDoweHVa*3 Donova* on: Sftturv%y : - iifght , last, ine omitted to m oot|on\tiia t; during ni th«ftie ; ; cg^utlemen^were each j (by Mr'R. TyllkoHyXf n behalf.of thpec.-present)’j ;yrttfe' -a; osfuf outfit, that 1 ■the function gNmeraily wad ieogiheigred by Gedrge T#wy 'W, Qkayfir, i ’■ ,

In the Japanese the messing allowance is thc same for all ranks. A vice-admiral and &n ordinary seaman get alike the mbdest sum of five shillings a week. Tho Dannevirke paper states that Mr. H. Black, of Dannevirke, has received a cable that the cheese shipped by him from the factores at Maharahara-, Kiritki, Tataramoa,. and Piri Pin, per s.s. Rotorua, realised .100/ per cwt.

His Excellency the Governor has expressed a desire that the Hospital Ship Fund shall close on June 3rd. Any surplus funds, after equipping the ship, are to be devoted to the wounded or similar funds.

Thc London Times’ correspondent reports that thc sanitary ouditiens in the Serbian army and the civil population have enormously improved. Typhus is now not a serious problem. Cholera was apprehended, but has not appealed.

It is recommended by tho Library Committee of thc Dunedin City Council that application be made to the Carnegie trustees for a grant of £12,000 for tho construction of three branch library buildings in Cavcrsham, Roslyn, and Valley wards respectively. Mr. George Lind, who was ini -red by ber.g run over by an express at Palmerston North on Wednesday, passed away at the hospital on Saturday afternoon as a result of his injuries. The wheels of the vehicle passed over deceased’s stomach and also broke his right leg. Evidence accumulates that the farmer—the dairy farmer, at any rate —is in for a hard winter (says the Dannovirke correspondent of thc Hawke’s Bay Herald). Severe frosts throughout the district have retarded the growth of the grass, and unless fanner have made provision to supply this shortage by cropping mortality of stock is expected to be high. Miss Mullins and Miss Forde, the honorary secretaries for the Ena mb social in aid of furnishing comforts to the New’ Zealand sick and wounded, have now sent to Mrs. Moorho »3, Wellington, a cheque for £l7 10/-. Mr. and Mrs, Studholmo also forwarded wool and other materials to the value of £5, which the ladies of the Euanui district are now working up into useful articles.

The Mayoress (Mrs. Arrowsmith) will occupy the chair this evening at the meeting for ladies, to be held in the Methodist Church building. The meeting commences at 7 o’clock sharp, as the speaker (Mr. W. 11. Bligh) has a meeting for men only at the Fire Brigade Hall at 8 o’clock. At the men’s meeting the chair will bo occupied InDr. Sinclair. Mr. Bligh is an excellent speaker, and deals with the subject, "National Purity,” in a masterly manner. There is no charge for admission to the meeting, but n collection in aid of expenses will be taken up.

It is good to And that Cabinet has dropped the provincial spirit that hitherto has hampered recruiting by deciding to take in their order of registration all the young men who have offered for active service, no matter what part of the 'Dominion they come from. Hitherto ■fire enthusiasts in one province have ■been held back while the slackers in another province were being dragged up to the quota set apart for each par-ticular-province. It is tme the bad old provincial spirit died the unnatural death that should have happened in the long ago. And wo wil find that when the slack provincials realise that they have let go their privilege they will rush 'to -register.

Wo have head some strange but true stories of the medical examinations railwaymen have to undergo (says the current number of the Railway Review). One example Will probably show that railwaymen do not growl unless there is cause. The medical examiner states a slight failure of physical perfection, and that an operation is necessary. Two other doctors certify that such operation would be detrimental. To save his billet the member applies to be admitted to the hospital, is examined by the house surgeon, and referred to the operating surgeon, with the result that he declines to operate, and the man is refused admission to the hospital. Medical certificates and statement as above arc forwarded to the Departnint, but avail nothing. The instructions received are "to be operated upon or be dismissed.” We think that it is time somebody was dismissed. Who? The doctor, the man, or the Departmental nabob who knows more than the skilled -men?

Before the outbreak of war not many applications for work were received by the Mayor of Wellington. But ever since that date, fifteen or twenty, and occasionally more, persons have waited upon him every morning with applications for employment or relief. Each week-day at 11 a.m. a long row of chairs outside the Mayor's room at the Town Hall is occupied by needy men and women. There are reservists’ wives, married men out of employment, single mn proved medically unfit for the expeditionary forces, and even naturalised Germane and Austrians, all desirous of relief In some form or another. A member of the corporation ..staff baß.Jjcenappriintedl'ito look, after an/ap>Kl?ian.ts. \Sipiee-the etrtbreak' of ~the war the term. ■Fat.hora; i, - »> applied to Ku/or pr and' has become literally correct, and the number of those looking to ifce city for assistance has eon* increased. ;

Mr. John Collins and Mrs. Collins, of Taoroa, will leave Taihape to-morrow week, on a round trip to the South Sea Islands. Their many friends in the Taihape district will wish them a pleasant journey and safe return.

Tho patriotic mooting at thc Town Hall to-night will open with some excellent war pictures being screened. In addition to an interesting War Budget, the star picture “ Chopin’s Nocturne” will be shown, and the programme will close with a laughable comic, entitled “A Matter of Court.”

The Rev. Father Coffey, administrator of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, who is this month celebrating the silver jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood, lias been presented with a substantial cheque by his fellow-priests of the diocese of Dunedin, in recogniton of his valuable services to the church in New Zealand.

“The best investment I ever made n my life,” declared Mr. W. D. Lysnar at a meting at Giborne last week, when referring to the Bristol and Dominions Producers’ Association. The speaker stated that for the £250 cash invested in 500 shares ho had already in two years made £SOOO, and his books were open to examination by an auditor to verify the assertion.

Our readers are reminded of the great patriotic public meeting that is being hold in tlio Town Hall this evening. As tlie business of the meeting is to practically map out the course the Taihape town and district will take to raise the funds that will be urgently needed in the very nearly future for the care and comfort of our returning wounded soldiers, it is anticipated that every resident, man and. woman, will be present if possible.

Cases of deliberate and systematic juvenile thefr were described by SubInspector Broberg in' the Dunedin Juvenile Court. Two boys, aged respectively 14 and 15 years of age, were charged with the theft of cigarettes and tobacco, valued at 4/(», from the shop of Mary Aim Black. Both pleaded guilty. The Sub-Inspector stated that these boys had gone to this stop for he purpose of stealing. They armed themselves with a long bamboo stick, similar to one produced in court, with a nail driven in the end of It. They reached over the counter with it and secured two packets of cigarettes and two packets of tobacco. They wqut back to the shop again and were trying to get more tobacco, when someone entered, amthey fled, leaving the stick behind. These boys had been going round systematically thieving from shops. It ■was quite evident that they required to bo under some different control from that now exercised over them. It was stated that both boys were at work, and both came out of good homes. "Each was convicted and ordered to .come up for sentence when called on. They were ordered to be placed under strict official supervision, each to receive a thrashing equivalent to six strokes of the birch from the police, and the parents to refund the value of the stolen goods.