LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 11 September 1915, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

On-e pound reward Is offered for the return of a black and tan sheep dog, lost from the railway station last night. Mr. and Mrs. J. Mathews, in putther column, thank all those who have so 1 kindly expressed ' sympathy by letter or telegrata, in the loss of their son nt the Dardanelles. Sergeant-Major Tuekey, in charge of the Defence Office at Taihape, has r*ceived a telegram informing him that a hospital train will pass through Taihape at 2.30 o'clock to-morrow (Sunday) morning and asking him to convey this information to the Mayor. The .world-famous Kennedy Family of Musicians will make a welcome reappearance in Taihape Town Hall again on Wednesday, 22nd inst. The splendid musical treat this family gave in Taihape last November will be well remembered by all who were fortunate I enough to hear them, Messrs. Collinson and Gifford, drapers, milliners, and clothiers, who have purchased the large premises now occupied by Mr. C. E. Darvill, will open for business on Wednesday next, when a great clearing sale of ail Mr. Darviil's drapery stock will commence. A bargain “hot-time’ ’ is to continue till every article is ; disposed of. Readers will do well to note the date of this great sale.: The Treasurer’s Report presented at last night’s Borough Council meeting showed the various accounts of the Borough to stand as follows; —District Fund Account (dr.) £2,87-1 8/11, as against £2,621 4/1 at last meeting; Interest Account (dr.) £Bl2 6/10, as against'■'£B44 16/10 at last meeting; Temporary Leans Account £610; Loan ‘ Amount No. 3 (dr.) £lOl 8/9; Loan • Account No. 1 (dr.) £661 13/0; Oval I Domain Account £52 8/7. Accounts i amounting to £2lB 13/7 were passed for payment.

“England is faced by a formidable enemy. The Empire is welded into a singl'e whole. We. shall not rest until the enemy is laid low, never to rise. We have command of the seas. France. 1 Russia, and Italy arc. fighting with ns. The Dominions are behaving magnificently. Wo have be-?--, vt y/i.r-fivtstc b’St • July.’ *