The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 319, 26 October 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

(With which is incorporated The Taihnpe Post and Waimarino News.) j ;

Messrs. G. Conroy and L. Wilson have been accepted by the military authorities for active service and left Taihape yesterday for camp. The' number of sheep in the Dominion© this year is estimated to be 24.901,421. as compared with 24,798,7(53 for 1914.

At the conclusion of the concert in the Town Hall last, evening, Mr S. G. Peyton auctioned a flag, the sum realised being £4O 15/, the final bid being one of £3O from Mr J. C. Whenaaroa.

In the billiard tournament Gray scored 18,000, Aiken 17,420, Stevenson 18,000, and Inman 1.7,714. Stevenson made a break of 994 —a record for allround methods.

The Auckland Dairy Produce Committee has fixed the wholesale price for butter and eggs for the week ending October 30 as follows: —Farmers’, separator, and dairy butter, 10 per lb; eggs. 8d per dozen.

The Minister for Defence stated on Saturday that the department contemplated making some use of returned wounded soldiers as,recruiting agents. A pamphlet is about to be issued on the subject of enlistment.

Through inadvertence the wrong tickets were sold at the King’s Theatre last night. This was pointed out to Mr Walsh, 'Carnival Organiser, who at once went to the theatre, collected all the butts from, which the tickets were torn, and has placed them in the prize drawings which take place this week. Therefore, holders should retain such tickets until the prize-win-ning numbers are published.

A deputation of southern farmers and millers waited on the Prime Minister on Saturday in reference to the present supply of wheat in the Dominion. The fear Avas expressed that there might be a large carry-over which might interfere with the new sason’s crop. Mr. Massey agreed to a, request that census should be taken as soon as possible as to the... stocks ■of wheat and flour held.

The recently formed Taihape Orchestra made a most successful initial public appearance at last evening’s concert in the Town. Hall. The playing of the valse suite, “Loch Lomond” was a very creditable performance, and augurs well for greater things in the near future. The inarch, “Departure” was spiritedly rendered, and when t[he nervousness of one or two players is overcome by more frequent contact with the public, there seems no reason why the Taihape Orchestra should not hold its own with those in similar centres of population. The piano was very nicely in tune w.itjh both wood and brass instruments, and its tone blended remarkably '.veil with that of the orchestral instruments. The piano used was, kindly lent by Mr H. C. Cochran, of the Taihape Music Warehouse.

Two well-known local men, who had the ability and keenness to enter into the spirit of the day, scored a great “hit’’ at the Recreation Ground ycsterday.; They unearthed (the term is used for want of a better) an old trap, the spokes of which were apparently kept in place by battens, and harnessed to the antiquated vehicle a grey horse, whos age would at least entitle him to be enrolled on the National! Register. Dressed in quaint and variegated eostitmes, not the least conspicuous of which were their nether garments, and. armed with collecting boxes, they worked hard the whole day, with the | result that they collected a hand some amount, which eventually will go to the wounded soldiers. Not satisfied with this, one supplied his hat to lie auctioned and for this battered headgear the sum of 20/ was obtained. The antics of the pair created many a laugh and so far as Taihape is concerned they ‘ ‘ out-Chapiined ' ’ Chap-

One roan If of : the air raids is that notice has been given of a question in the House of Commons whether Mr. Asquith will arrange the working hours of Parliament in dajdxght.

The Swedish steamer Bumina, bound for London with wood-pulp, which was captured by a German submarine in the Baltic Sea and was proceeding under a German officer to Libau, was blown up by a mine. Six wore drowned. The captain, crew, and the German officer were landed at Gothland.

„ One . clay last week the Palmerston Korth recruiting officer had a sixtv-year-old applicant for enrolment for active service. Tills, he says, is the second time men of sixty and over have been anxious to join the forces, and have been keenly disappointed that age proved' a bar to their serving thir country in the Held.

“Xcnv Zealand is committed to tlie expenditure of twelve millions of money by .Tune 1 next,” declared Inc- Ministr of Internal Affairs at Helensv.fc on Saturday, when referring to the difficult position in which New Zealand has been placed on account of the war. The country, he said, had been taxed to the extent of two millions per year, and the people were standing the new taxation with magnificent patriotism.

Though Troutliam Camp lias been occupied for over a year as a military training ground, and has had an adult male population averaging considerably above that of many towns in New Zealand, it has not produced a newspaper until The Camp Courier made its appearance at the end of last week. The new sheet is described as “a purely camp issue devoted to the interests of th military township.”

The Minister for Defence paid a visit to the May Morn Camp on Friday. Mr. Allen expresses his satisfaction v-ith the arrangements that have been made. The new Indian tents, he says, Provide excellent accommodation, but on the advice of Surgeon-General Henderson the number of men to each has been reduced from twelve to ten. There is a good water supply, bathing facilities, and adequate sanitary and hospital provision, Colonel Smythe is to be in command of the camp.

The net tonnage of shipping which parsed through the Suez Canal during Cm y ear 1914 showed a decrease of C 21,389 tchs, as compared with the pre. vions year. During the first seven months of 1914 the traffic was in excess of that for tjhe same period of 1913. The receipts fell after the outbreak of war, but the loss occasioned by the diminution of the mercantile traffic wag partly compensated for by an increased movement of military transports. The number of vessels which passed through the Canal was 5,273 in 1912, 5,085 in 1913, and 4,802 in 1914, of which 3.335 in'l9l2, 2,951 in 1913, and 3,078 in 1914 carried the British flag.

An extraordinary accident happened cn a train travelling between Pranktcn and Cambridge on Saturday. A man known as Chum Pearson was in charge of Mr Angus McKinnon’s horse Parsimony on the train journey from Auckland. At Frankton Pearson was seen moving about the box, but cn arrival at Cambridge it was noticed that while all the other horses intended to com-

pete at yesterday’s races were removed, Parsimony remained in his box. An hour later investigation was made, and Pearson was found lying under the horse’s feet, in a pool of blood, with serious injuries to his head and body, as the result of the horse having trampled on him. He was removed ot the hospital in a serious condition.