LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 24 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The s-wcening cf th?.t fine pli-tirrc “ Vendetta. ” v.’iil take place tr-.-i-’ J j«ov !-’>« !'-<•:+ time fit + ho King’s ’i nerd re el'.' 1 , should not be missed. ‘ l ’M;•. Barnr? from Noav loro ■l>o shown ,fcr lire last time to-night at the Three Stars Theatre. The- I-rc-gramine generally is well worth seceing. The Rangiwaea Hall Committee e.;i\e decided to give a, dance at Rangiwaea on Friday, July 30th, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund. Mr. J. Carroll is the honorary secretary. Mr. W. J. H. McCormick advertises some extraordinary bargains in boots , which-should appeal to people-whether they are in immediate need of them or

“ Strange that soldiers should spend so much time in learning to stand up straight,” writes an Aucklander from the Dardanelles; “wo lind that half the business consists of bobbing down.

• The High Commissioner received £290 insurance on eleven cases of clothing from Hastings, lost in the Tokomaru, and with the money purchased clothing in'London for the Belgian am! British poor.

On May 22nd the wife of Corporal Howorth. of the York and Lancashire .Regiment, gave birth at Sheffield to three boys and a girl. Corporal Howorth was at the time in the living line in Flanders, where be has often distinguished himself by his coinage.

A young woman was charged ut the Central Police Court, Sydney, the other day, with robbery under anus. She was only 25 years of age, and on the charge-sheet her name appeared as Nellie James. The charge was that she, being armed with a revolver, did assault Nicholas Howlin, at lied tern, and rob him of £l.

A fatal accident occurred on Thursday at Wellington at fso offices of the Dominion newspaper. Me. A- B. Amt arson, clerk of works to 'jfcessm. Campbell and Burke, tho. contractors, was walking across tho. root of the building, when he fell between tha joists and dashed to the ground, 40H below. Death was ia§tau,tatieQu?i lH

; Madame Son la’,- Egyptian palmist, i clairvoyant, and crystal ga aer, will be iat her rooms next to Mr, J. E. CunI ningkame r s chemist Shop this evening. By request, Madame Sonia is remaining In Taikape for a few more days. Tlie Kata Dairy Company 's bonus tc* suppliers for the past season will be 1 iT-8d per lb 1 of butter-fat, representing;'a payment of £.1,501 0/2. The average price paid for the year &■ 1/12, as against' H.tTSef last year.

On tile understanding that all care but no 1 responsibility will be taken, the Wellington City Connell has accepted the offer' of the Tourist Department Co place on loan at the, Wellington Zoo their collection of birds and animals now at RJtorlla, numbering thirty specimens.

A good programme of pictures wflT b’tr shown at the Three' Stars Theatre to-mororw night (Sunday), The star filin will be a line Patfre, ‘‘St. Helena.” Other" pictures wfET be: r ‘‘The Lost Deed,” "The Rilling- Passion,” "Secrets of thV Deep;”'. <<<t The Sitarfisli, rr and ‘ ‘ Scenes ‘of rtaliaa- Taken.”

The- Minister for Defence has invit ed Parliamentarians and' representativ es of the' press to witness the testing of a number of locally made shells at th e Trentha’m rifle range on Monday morn - ing. Six shells in all’ will be- Area—three rounds IS-pounder Imperial pattern to find the range and’for'comparison, and three roundS ’ 18-pmrntFer- local made for "testing. \

Special music, including the anthem "Radiant Morn,” wilfbe- rendered by a large, trained choir at the' evening service at the Methodist Church tomorrow. An address of particular interest, entitled "How Cair we Rise Superior to the Past?"Will’ Be delivered by the Rev. Leser Mihiife. All seats are free and a cordial welcome is extended to ail.

"After several moths’ training in Egypt,” said’Lance-Corporal' Maurice Roderique, "we began to pride ourselVes upon our drill, but' the Maoris when they came over knocked' all the conceit out of us. We simply worn T in it with them. To see- them as they marched past, one would think that the Maoris had 1 spent alf dieir lives at the game. ’ ’

A novel way of preaching the Gospel has been discovered by the Bibie Society. In the window' of its depot in Pitt Street, Sydney, an electrical device is now displayed,' which represents a large Bible, the leaves (upon which appear some striking Bible" texts) being turned over by an electric- linger. Tlie mechanism is most ingenious in constrution, and atttracts much attention and interest.'

Wii/iani Fceley, of Petone, who is employed by Messrs. E. TT Walls and Co., electrical engineers, received a severe electric shock to his system white employed in repairing the'iiells in co'--ncction with the lift in Messrs. Wiliams, Hunt ami Co.’s offices in Featherstoa Street, Wellington. After being attended to by Ur Clay he was removed to the hospital, and was reported to bo

progessing ft;venerably.-. Proposals have been made from time to time in different parts-of the country ov pig breeders, to form an assoeia- '• <. ’ i it he tin re tor the maintenance of tea rmrbv r - th-' breeds of cattle and el>p>ci» I-.-’-* hif'ertn wit!u v, t s’meoss, 1" th l Feihling district, M css’-s. J. G C(.bl)-'. W, F. Fet;h. and'Ft Perrctk r p oVv>.; b,• a; (•_ .Tohn Linton. !Viv'> ' eided to make another attempt to interest pig breeders in the protect. A most enjoyable evening was spent last night at the residence of Mr. W.

Powers, Avhen friends assembled to bid farewell to Mesrs. Cbliihs- Bros, and D. Lee, who have been on leave from Trentham, prior to their departure for the front. During the evening several toasts were proposed' and replied to, and songs, admirably rendered, enlivened the procodings. Everyone wished the guests good luck and a safe return, the party breaking up in early hours of the morning.

A champion economist has turned up in a fecal body in the vicinity of Dunedin. A certain' committe had under consideration the visiting of the cemetry. with a view to inspecting the fences and hedges. The question arose whether a ’bus or a motor-car should « be hired as a convenience. Then an econ ornist arose, and, with all the solemnity befitting the adjustment of such a momentous matter, suggested that the committee take advantage of a funeral, attending as mourners, and thus save the ratepayers 15/- at least. He knew a man avTio had died that day, and thought that he would be able to use his influence to have a mourning carriage set apart for the committee. A newspaper was sent for in order that tile time the funeral started might Iv ascertained. There was an atmosphere of dejection in the committeeroom for the rest of the evening, ns 1 tiie notice stated that the burial was to take place in another cemetery not under the committee's control.

I cannot sing the old, swoet songs Which I should sing to-night. I W<i lost my voiPe, and have no choice, ■ Because of bTCumhial 'MigJrt; But very sbo* ItU be in ; tu2€„ Aral sing thorn afh ho atrse. IT]-change my moans to dulcet toceiy MTUI Woods ? i . Cure,

A painful accident befo! Mr. Mat. Wiisfirn■ yesterday, when-die Sustained a cut cn tile head and an injured eye as the resuiS of a kick from a horse'. The wound is not regarded a’s very serious, but it will be a little tme bof'cr*.? Mr, Wilson will be able to remove tru» bandages.

“ All Taihapc residents will I'earn with the utmost sorrow and deepest regret treat Lance-Corporal John CL Muimy. of this town, who was with tiVe sixth' reinforcements at Trentham, Iras succumbed to septicaemia in Trentliam Hospital.Tire' deepest sympathy will be felt /or Mrs Munro in her sad bereavement;. The telegram conveying the news reached this office just after midday ta-day.

The following* tied in guessing the correct weight of the sheep at the Winjl ter Show, and the first, second, and J: third prizes wilt be divided among Ijthem:—John Hunter, Hector Bray, A. D. Knight? C. E. Gibbs, J, Do Luen, C. 'Floyd, T. J. Davies, S. Forster (Ruafnui), G. Perry (Ohakune), G. Pritj chard (Mangaweka)', and J. Gillespie I (Palmerston North). All the guesses were within two or three pounds of the correct weight, 37Hbs. The dance heM in the Mataroa Hall on Friday night, under the auspices of : the Amusement Society, was in* every way a success;- The 1 attendance was evenly balanced, so that nil were able to obtain partners.- The music was provided’ 1 by Miss Stephens, of Karioi. at the piano, with - relief by Mr. Troy on the ac«ordion, ancf all went as merry as ■the proverbial) "marriage bell.” The .funds for the piano should be considerably augmented.

News 4 -- of a murder in Samoa was brought by' pasengers of the steamer T( fua, which arrived ah Auckland on Sunday. Tlio victim was a coolie emplc yed on a plantarioit some distance fro;m Apia, but when the Steamer left thel police had not identified the author of t lie crime. The-"man.; had been attacked with an axe, and his body' was horri bly' mutilated. During- the morning on which the man was killed, alb the other coolies were' in Apia, having being" summoned there as witnesses in a court case, so that 1 it is considered that the prospective absence- of the murdered man’s' usual’ companions was taken into consideration' by r the perpetrator of the crime. News was also received by the- Tofua that a murder was committed on the morning- of July' 8 t>y an Indian at Sonabula; in the Fiji group. The victim was a - girl about 15 years of age. She was shot by the murderer, who then paraded the neighbourhood with a -plentiful! supuP of ammunition. A party of police left Suva immediately 1 for the scene of the crime, and it was afterwards learned that the Indian had been:'shot..