LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 10 August 1915, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Tailrape Queen Carnival Committee is inviting applications for the position of organising secretary. An advertisement appears in another coliumn. In a correction re the assault police cases heard at Levin Court yesterday, it is stated that the fine inflicted on R. Cameron was £2, not £2O as telegraphed. It is not genera!ly known that the Department of Agriculture issues certificates to men who show that thej arc proficient in the work of pruning and spraying orchards. Tommy Hosee, an elderly Chinaman, charged at the Police Court at Dunedin on Saturday with having opium in his possession, was fined £SO, which he pain on. the spot. The sum of £IOO was guaranteed in ;■ few minutes at the Fruitgrowers’ Conference towards the expenses of the . first National Fruit Show, to be held in Wellington in May, 1010. The officers of- the Department of Agriculture made a substantial contribution to the guarantee fund. . A'short time ago notices were issued 1 to volunteers for the Eighth Reinforcements ■to parade on August 17th. Staff-Bergeant-Major Tuckey has now received notice that this date has been altered to August 24th, and the men will be notified to this efTce.t "Every little helps,” provided that : little is a, drop, of ( I NAZOL. 7 ’ When you'vc, a •(■•did in the head , inhale .-gi few whiffs; if the trouble is in ike throat, sprinkle some drops on a piece of sugar.'. Taken cither way “NAZ•I OT.»” ,ensures-relief, •. i ■

! When a wounded soldier was operatI ed on in the Royal Berkshire Hospital ; for an injury to his thigh ir wr-

found that a piece of smapnel had carried into the wound a portion of the man’s trousers pocket, and with it several coins, which were successfully extracted.

it was on August 6,190 G, that Fir Joseph Ward formed his first Ministry, after the death of Premier Feddon —-nine years ago last Friday. On that occasion, also, Dr. Me Nab was appointed a Minister of the party. These two are the only members of the Ward Ministry who are now members of the National Ministry,

Among prisoners recently taken by the Italians were some young Austrian officers attached to the headquarters of the Archduke Eugene. They say that the Archduke has assured his officers that they will “spend Christmas in Venice and Milan.”

A lady who reached London from Belgium recently reports that, when crossing the field at Waterloo a short time ago. she saw 1,500 German soldiers at work round the monumental lion erected to commemorate the battle. The soldiers appeared to be demolishing and removing the monument.

Some details which were omitted from the first list of Ministers and portfolios are: The Hon. G. W. Russell takes control of Public Health and Hospitals, Sir Joseph Ward will have charge of the Land and Income Tax Department and Public Trust Office, the Hon. R. MeNab will be the Minister in charge of the Tourist Department.

“I do not. want you to go away with the idea that we are • going tc have meningitis cases on troopships that leave from here,” said the Hen. James Allen to a Wellington deputation. “You cannot know the extraordinary care that we are taking with regard to meningitis. Nothing like the same precautions have been taken anywhere else.”

A laugh was raised in the Carterton Court when the Magistrate held that two summonses which had been served by an up-country policeman on a Sunlay, were not properly served and would have to be served again on some other day. Counsel remarked that on a recent visit to the King Country he had seen a bailiff waiting outside a church door to catch a man. “If that is the case,” said the Magistrate, “it does not pay a man to be religious in the King Country.”

Among tlie vast army of night-work-ers, with whom tlie ordinary layman dees not come in contact, is the all-im-oertant baker. A visit to a bake-house

is always,of interest and our represen

tative recently paid a visit to the premies of Messrs. Butebart and Co. Ranged along tlie sides of the bakehouse were hundreds of loaves of bread, and he was informed that on Saturdays this firm turns out over SOO small loaves. The small goods were also in evidence, both in tlie original

ard the finished state, and in thisMessrs. Butchart and Co. also do a

large trade. .Since taking over the business. Mr. P.utchart has more than doubled the volume of trade, and this in itself forms a guarantee-of the excel el nt c!‘*a? of goods supplied, for ways "the proof of the pudding is it the eating.” A NATIONAL REGISTER. RECORD OF ALL THE MEN. WELLINGTON, Aug. 9. The Prime Minister has stated in the House of Representatives this session that before Parliament dispersed the question of National Registration would be dealt with. This promise will probably be fulfilled soor after the House re-assemblcs. The Prime Minister stated this evening that he had given instructions for the preparation of the necessary legislation to be submitted to Parliament providing for the taking of a national register of all the men in the country with the object of discovering exactly what are our resources in men for military service nad for industrial service. The proposals were that every man should be required to give his name and liis age, to state whether he is married or single or a widower, the number of persons wholly dependent upon him, the number partially dependent upon him. including particulars about the latter. A man would also be required to say whether ho is an employer of labour or an employee, what his occupation is, what is his income from all sources, and what those sources are. He would be required to say whether his health is good or otherwise. and whether or not he is free from any physical infirmity. This register, Mr, Massey thought, could be compiled in a month, and when completed it would supply the Government with all possible information with regard to the number of men available for the army or for the .industries of the country which might have to be organised if the war continues. Mr. Massey did not think p would be good plan to have the uiual , flve-yearly census due next, April taken earlier. The census was a very much .bigger undertaking, involving more work than the proposed nation'll register.