The Taihape Daily Times MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 26 July 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times

MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

AND WAIMAEIKO ADVOCATE

(With which is incorporated The Tab hape Post 'ina Wuimarinu News.)

The patriotic dance in aid of the Wounded Soldiers’ Fund, to be held at Rangataua on Friday evening, July 30th, is to commence at 8 o’clck. A large attendance is expected. Mr. A. C. Nicbolls, of Taihape, received a cabVe from his son, W. !I. Nicholls, who is with the troops at the Dardanelles, this morning, stating chat he is in the best of health.

At the Kings’ Theatre to-night will be shown a special war picture, entitled "Captured by a German Submarine.’’ It shows the capture of a Dutch steamer by a German submarine, and is 500 feet Dong. The management has arranged to show it for two nights.

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Taihape Chamber of Commerce is to be held in the supper room of the Town. Hall this evening, when: most important proposal's are to' be' discussed. It is earnestly hoped that every member will be present and bring' with him a friend.

Meat is to cost from lid to 2'd a ib more in England, making the average increase above pre-war prices roughly 4d a lib. English lamb is the only meat obtainable at something like normal prifees,. Veal is very dear. During the last ten years most of it has come from Holland and Belgium. , The supplies of beef from the Argentine are less than usual.

Inquiries are frequently made by peopl e who have relatives or friends with the Australian Expeditionary Force as to what is the best channel to use to institute inquiries concerning them. The military officers in District Headquarters have no means of supplying such information but can only refer inquiries to the Officer in Charge, Expeditionary Force Records, Wellington. This officer lias a record of all base detail record offices for the Australasian Forces, and he alone would be in a position to advise as to the most likely source of information in Australia.

The remains of the late, John Carvi’Jle Munro reached Taihape from the Trentham 'Hospital on Saturday night’s train.' The funeral is advertised to leave the Taihape Presbyterian Church at half-past two to-morrqw afternoon. A service will be held prior to the funeral at a quarter past two. A full' military funeral is to be conducted and a parade of all forces here is officially called. The Taihape Brass Band will head the cortege, playing a dead march, and owing to the liigH Respect in which the late Mr. Munro was held there is sure to be a very large attendance of mourners.

Miss Gilbert, bon. secretary to the Women’s Working Club, wishes to acknowledge the- following: —Already acknowledged, £I2S 10/1. Per Miss Bfiute; Mr. R. Healey, 4/-, Mr. Mathic 2/(1, Mrs. Loughnan 3/, Mrs R. W.

Smith £1 1/, Miss Olsen 5/, Sympatlii-scr-.1/. Per Mrs Miller: Mrs Me Tagart 5/. Per Mrs Jorgensen: Mr Young £l. Robbie, the Painter, 10/, E. Chris-

tian 1/. Per Mrs McLennan: Mrs D

Wilkie (Taoroa) 10/, Mrs J. Thomason (Taoroa) 5/, Mrs S. Thomasen (Tao-

roa) 5/, Mr D. Wilkie 10/, Miss A. Cunningham 2 cushions, Mr H. Reid 5/, Mrs H. -smith 5/, Mrs H. Belk 10/,

Mrs. Dixon 5/-, Miss M. Green 4/-, Mr T. SmithfleW 2/6. Sale of sheep at social £9 12/6 cash in hand, sale of sweets at social £1 5/11, sale of tickets social £6 3/, cash taken at door £3 10/, sale of badges 1/6, balance on programmes £2O 14/5, collection- on street £5 13/1, members’ fees £1 4';-total!, £o4 5/6; grand total £162 15/7. _ A copy of “The Soldier,” a song which seems to ha e become, very popular at patriotic affairs in Wellington, has reached this office. From newspaper reports it is learned that the “Trentham Boys” sang “The Soldier.” at th e Queen Calrnival Coronation ceremony in Wellington recently with marked success. The song has a good marching chorus, and it was played by the baud that escorted our first returned wounded from the Wiilochra to the Wellington Town Hall. This office’s j musical critic has casually glanced through it, and he Says it is sufficiently catchy to become popular so long as soldiers ar e under arms in this great war, in the time in which t is written,] but to be a success as a go,off rousing band march, he says, it could n tb e advantage i the world he put into six-eight time and a special arrangementmade, for brass band purposes. We may find the Taihape Band shortly playing “The Soldier” in t lie ±orm suggested. The writer and the arranger (T £ . r ure to be congratulated on their success, ami, no doubt, before long this song will.be as popular on our streets as the Soldiers of tho Queen ■ > was during the Boer War.

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