LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 29 July 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mr Tyas, the optician, may be consulted at Mr Cunninghame's Pharmacy, Taihapo, on Saturday. This is his last day in this town.

Dr. W. A. Chappie, M.P., major in the R.A.M.C., who has charge of the Mount Vernon Hospital for wounded soldiers - , has been sent to the Dardanelles with a hospital ship. The Aahhurst Co-operative Dairy Company Las paid a bonus of aid per lb of butter-fat supplied, making an average, payment, of Kid per lb for the whole year. A Canterbury mother, who lias sent three sons to fight for King and Empire is Mrs. W. Hcnly, of St. Albans, Christchurch. This lixdy only, has three boys, and they are- now in camp in Trentham. Dr. Diehl. p. Gerrrsm subject, was n director of the Talisman Mining'Com--pany. He is not now. At the annual matins; of the. coiupany in London; Then the question of re-e'.ecting him to f i! n ' l _ir«"'toratc was considered, he was

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New Zealand is providing war pensions for soldiers' widows on a generous scale 'that makes cur allowance look rcfit-vely niggardly in comparison (says the Glasgow News, of May 14). As a man with a brogue was lizard to remark in a suburban car: "With a pension like that coming to his wife, a soldier wouldn't care, how many times he was killed." -

When the full history of the war comes to be written (says an EngMsh correspondent), the historian, if he fully covers the ground, will not omit to pay a tribute to he way British mo-tor-car maunfacturers have come to the assistance of the country, not only in the production of motor-car vehicles fr military purposes, but in the manufacture of war munitions of all kinds.

Protection against the competition of unlicensed persons doing the business of land agents was asked of the Prime Minister by the members of the newly formed Agents' and Land Auctioneers' Association, who waited on Mr. Msissey while in Wellington for the annual meeting of the association. They also asked for the removal of certain unjust restrictions r,ow imposed upon them. Mr. Massey promised consideration.

In a letter from the British Admiral in the North Sea to the Hon. Thos. Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir John Jellicoe says, inter alia: "I feel it a great honour to write to you as representing New Zealand, as the recent work of the New Zealanders in the Gallipoli Peninsula, and their magnificent courage and tenacity, has filled us with fceilings of the deepest admiration. You may be interested to learn that Captain Halsey, of the New Zealand, is about to join my staff. I feel I ani depriving the 'gift ship' of a most valuable officer, but I hope and believe that his successor will maintain the high standard of efficiency of the ship." '' '

The meeting of carpenters advertised for to-night will be held in tne Parisii Hal?, not in the Oddfellows' Hall, as stated yesterday.

A cable advises th e death of Lord Kilmov'<?iy, who, when Viscount Newry. accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh when he was attacked in Sydney, averted th e lynching of Farrell, the attackee.

Mr. W. McLennan lias been instructed by Mr. L. Dickson to sell the whole of his splendid furniture and other effects. Included in the articles are many desirable things of every-dar

"It is possible that another shipping company may enter into the. New Zealand trade after th e war. It is on the tariff, but at present I am not able to say any more about it.—Sir James Wilson, at theannual conference of th'ej Farmers' Union yesterday.

It is reoprted that owing to the high price of basic slag, experiments are to be carried out to determine the most effective substitute, and endeavours are being made to obtain suitable experimental areas in different parts of th e Dominion.

Oa June 24 Lieut. Lloyd and Lieut. Len Fiudlay wore in the trenches around Ypres, and Lieut. Wilfrid Findlay was expected to leave for France very soon. All three officers ar e sons of Sir John Findlay, of Wellington.

Th e New Zealand Board of Agriculture has resolved to inform th e New Zealand Sheep Breeders' Association that there is no statutory power to prevent the export of inferior purebred sheep to Australia. The Association is to be asked to state th'ej best method of dealing with the matter.

I Th e Tauherenikau camp has been 'removed to a site on the Moroa plains, about a mile from the racecourse (on which the men have for the past feuweeks been encamped), and on the opposite side oi " thi? | Greytown road the 7th Infantry Corps will be located. A site on the Greytown side of the Tauherenikau bridge is also under review, with a view to establishing a camp thereon.

Mrs. Boyd lias received the official receipt for the money sent (£56) from the Ccntess Brassey, Hon. Treasurer of the National Food Fund. In her letter. Countess Brassey writes: "This is a welcome surprise. Thank you very much. I can assure you it will be put to good use as the National Food Fund has grown enormously and is doing an excellent work."

Two soldiers on leave from Trentham went to th e Dunedin hospital yesterday, complaining of sorej throats. On examination they were found to be carrying germs of cerebro spinal meningitis. , It appears that they are not suffering from the actual disease, but are designated as "carriers,'' being immune, themselves but liable to affect ethers. Every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease in the district, and both men have been isolated.

The Farmers ■ ■ Union Conference in Wollinp-tov: pdopted the ■ following remit: "That the Land Act be so amended that'where the ofllcen; of the Land 10-ird report that second cr third-cu-'ss Irown Lands are overgrown with noxir oll q \veed'S > a:vplicaii'jn:s b? invited from those who are prepared to occupy the land and eradicate the weeds, and a title to be issued to (he occupier only ii\ at the er: c i of the ten yerirs the Crown lands ranger reports that the occupier has exterminated the noxious weeds.''

The friends of Sergeant-Majcr Bell

who for some time was in charge of Defence Department matters at Taihape, will regret to hear that he is very ill at Marton. He has been transferred from this centre to Hastings, where he will* take up his duties after his recovery, which, it is to be hoped, will not be long. His successor at Taihape is Staff-Sergeant-Major Tuckey, who has been transferred from Napier. Sergeant-Major Tuckey has already taken up his duties at Taihape, and at present is busily engaged on defence matters.

Organisatlol of the timber trade in the South Island is being talked about and seriously considered. The proposal (says a Dunedin wire) is to form the niillowners of Otago and Southland, and perhaps some further afield, into either an association or a company. Already, it is said, all but one of the South Island men have signified their willingness to agree, and the absent one is being communicated with. The first object of the organisation is to compel town customers to deal with the timber merchants, instead of going to the mills, and making individual bargains, whilst country customers would aid deal with one office representing the Association mills. The office for Otago would be in Invercargill. Some step of this kind is said to be necessary to put a stop to mills undercutting each other. The West Coast mills are prepared to stand in. Some arrangement as that outlined is said to be working satisfactorily in the north.

Mothers! give your children "NAZOL-" when they have colds or sore throats. This famous remedy can be inhaled or taken on a lump of sugar. A 1/6 bottles. • . * J