The Taihape Daily Times THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 261, 22 July 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times

THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

AND WAIMAEINO ADVOCATE

(With which ia Incorporated The TaJhape Pout laa Waimaiino New*.)

There are at present 950 mounted men in. the reinforcements camp at Taukerenikau.

Thirteen Chinese returned by the Moeraki to Wellington, after a trip to their native country.

The Mataroa Amusement Society are holding a long night dance on Friday evening, in the Mataroa Hall, when a good attendance is anticipated.

The total result of the Mataroa dance, held some weeks ago by a committee of ladies, is now found to be about £27. The proceeds go towards purchasing material to make 1 'comforts’ ’ for "our boys” at the front.

It is notified by the Director, Mr. E. D. MaeEae, that classes at the Technical School will resume on Monday, 2nd August. When technical education was not avaiihble a great cry was made for it; now that a technical education is almost at our . doors every young person should avail himself, or herself, of the opportunity. A farmers’ experimental class will be formed if a sufficient number of students present themselves, ;■ W • v : [

If y»a. get & ehHI, with aa3 tightness of the . chest, dpm.’t wait until' yen a*e.laid up,' *'* but tackle tt with which relieves mere qniehly s«d’effectively than any other remedy. "Price, 1/6. ■

There wore 800.000 . more women than men in Germany when war broke out. When it terminates there must jbe a vast increase n the already j alarming excess of the female popula--1 tion.

The little indention just to the north of Gaba Tpe, where the British and Colonial troops landed, has been named Anzac Cove, the name having been composed of the initial letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

Mr Tyas, the well-known optician, is paying a visit to Taihape, and may be consulted at Mr J. R. Cunninghame’s Pharmacy, until nekt Wednesday. Mr Tyas therafter will visit Utiku and Mangaweka. A notification on the subject appears cn page one of this issue.

The rain that lias been experienced during the last twelve hours is the (heaviest in Taihape since 13th February, 1914. Mr. A. R. Fannin, who is good enough to keep this Journal correctly informed on meteorological) matters, states that the rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. to-day was 1.32.

Picture lovers should not fail to witness the now programme to bo screened for the first time to-night at the King’s Theatre. The Star film is entitled “The Vendetta,” and is a drama of exceptional merit and intense interest. The music will, as is usual at this popular place of entertainment, be of the best* Come along and spend an enjoyable evening. At the Wanganui Education Board meeting last night a vote of condolence was carried out of respect to two of the Board’s teachers, Messrs. Phillips and Watt, who folk at the Dardanelles. Mr, Pirani said that the late Mr. Philips was an efficient teacher, and loved by the children. The late Mr. Phillips’ mother resides in the Taihape district.

f It is not in battle alone that patriotism is rewarded with hononrarblo scars. (Whilst dressed as a New Zealand “ Tommy'’ and singing the moneyraising lilt “When the boys come marching home” at a Wellington theatre, Mr. Dan Thomas, the welrknown comedian, received a silver bullet in the shape of a half-crown full in the teeth. The coiu, which was hurled stagewards from the dress-circle, cut the singer’s lip and broke off one of his side teeth in the 4op jaw.

About a week previous to the arrival of the Willochra, a Wellington lady was informed that her wounded son was on board. She prepared a room and bed for him, and obtained a next-of-kin permit to get- on board the vessel. On the very day the Willochra arrived in Wellington she received a parcel and a Hotter. They were from a friend of her son, who was at the Dardanelles. The parcel contained the son’s personal effects, and the letter informed her that her son had been kiiled in action on May 29.

The dam at the local electric power station is flooded as a result of the 24 hours heavy rain. About 2 o'clock this afternoon the sources by which water reaches the turbines became blocked and turbines and wheels ceased to revolve. Unfortunately, the machinery by which “The Taihapo Daily Times” is produced also stopped and could not be coaxed to move, not oven a wheel at a time, and fears wore visible on all faces from the editor to the P.D. that linotypes and printing presses were going to do the grandfather’s clock business for the day and, consequently, that the day's issue would be sacrificed. After about an hour's consternation, the subtle force that drives all the machinery in the office gradually /oc omruenoed flowing and numerous siebs cf relief announced that a disaster had 002*1 averred.

It has been laid down, under the War 'Regulations Act, that no person may publish, or cause to be published, any statement or matter likely to interfere with the recruiting, training, discipline, or administration of His Majesty’s forces, whether by sea or land, or with the effective conduct of the military or naval operations of His Majesty or his Allies in the present war, or likely to be injurious to the publicsafety in the present war, or to prejudice His Majesty's relations with foreign Powers, or any false reports relative to the present war and likely to cause alarm, or any statement or matter which indicates disloyalty or disaffection in respect to the present war.

GOUT, SCIATICA, RHEUMATISM CURED BY RHEUMO. These are blood diseases, caused by excess uric acid in the system, and the way to effect a lasting cure is by purifjdng the blood. Eliminate the poisonous acid —and you remove the cause of the disease, thus the pain and inflammation cannot remain. RHEUMO is a specific which neutralises and expels the uric acid, removes the pain and reduces the swelling at the joints. Long standing cases yield es surely as occasional attacks.— Mr Francis McGuire writes:—"For 2 years I have been a martyr to Sciatica, have had a course of Electric Massage, besides going to Te Aroha for the baths; have now been Jn Napier 7 weeks, taking hot salt water baths, but all in vain; had tried almost every supposed remedy ufttil a 3veek agb; a friend persuaded ie to try RHEUMO. I’ve taken en-ly 2 bottle®, and the result is simply wonderful, can now walk and stoop with ease, and feel will make me as right as ever.** Let RHEUMO cure you. 2/6 and 4/0. 105