The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 329, 5 November 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

(With which is incorporated The Taihape Post and Waimarino News.)

An active young man is wonted to milk and assist generally oh farm. Intending applicants should communicate with advertiser by telopm.iie No. OTw, when full particulars will lie obtained. It is stated that activity' in the Hawke's Bay wool market, (s indicated by a large number of private sales, many clips having being thus disposed of. Reports state that the clearances by private' arrangement Have been so large as to be likely to have a material effect upon the approaching November sale, so much so that the catalogue is likely to be unusually small. The following are the Red, White, and Blue Stalls to be held at the Bazaar on Friday, anad Saturday, 12th and 13th November:—Red, White, and Blue Butcher’s Shop, Dairy Produce Stall, Tea Room and ’Soda Fountain, Jumble Stall, Ticket Stall. A sale of fat bullocks and other live stock will be held in the sale yards on Saturday, 13 th.

Hero is a recruiting story from Aberdeenshire. A newcomer at a Gordon Highlanders’ training cam?) was advised to see a dentist. Before committing himself, he made various inquiries, the purpose of which, it turned out, was to satisfy himself, before allowing any of his teeth to be extracted, that the substituted ones would not be claimed as Government property at the end of the war.

How Italy treats traitors is 'exemplified in the case of the skipper and crew of the Bella Scutarina. Two carrier pigeons were caught on July 1-8 on the beach at Bari, and under their wings were found messages revealing the fact that the fishing smack in question was loitering in the vicinity for the purpose of replenishing enemy submarines with petroleum. The charge having been proved up to the hilt, after an exhaustive trial, a war tribunal has condemned Captain Shagir Mustafa to 20 years’ strict confinement, and seven members of the crow received 10 years’ imprisonment for premeditated treason.

The number of women employed on the German railways is now very considerable. The Grand Duchy of Baden intends employing them for platform service at all small and medium-sized stations, but already has been obliged to grant them increases of pay owing to the dearness of living. All these women have instructions to watch any foreigner and report the slightest sign of suspicious behaviour. A large number of convalescent soldiers are now staying at the Grand Duchy of Baden, but a German-Swiss, who has just returned from there, said he did not dare offer a wounded soldier even a glass of beer, for ho would immediately have been suspected of spying. Mhen he left the German frontier he was actuallv obliged to take off his boots, the linings of which were searched for letters.

The Imperial Government has decided to requisition supplies of New - eJ land cheese for army purposes. 10 necessary arrangements are jelng made by the New Zealand Government at the direction of the Imperial oau of Trade, and the purchase will be h tnin in the near future. The amouu of cheese requisitioned will* not com prise the total output of the Dominion’s factories, but the requirements 0 f the Imperial authorities w sll >e vorv large, and will involve the expenditure of something like £1.000.000 during the year. The purchases ndl be undertaken by the Imperial - ■ ‘ : Bum dr Committee, Each dairy a • imaged in the manufacture of cheese Trill be" informed of the proportion o its output is required for Imperial purposes, and the prices, which will I' good but not speculative, will bo fiby the Board of Trade. Scones and cakes are always light, -iml nourishing when baked with that superior compound SHARE AND’3 Baking Powder. Most, economical you can buy.

A Christchurch constable had an extraordinary experience on Thursday, states the Sun. He arrested a man who was staggering about in a fashion which suggested that .he had been

| drinking not wisely, but too well. He i hailed a cab, and managed to get. the*' captive inside the vehicle The constable’s troubles, however, were only beginning. The cab started for the Police Station, but it became evident to the constable that the Jehi on the dickey was not driving as well as he should. He alighted to make an investigation, and decided that the cabbie was suffering from the same complaint as his involuntarily fare. The result was that the police cells provided accommodation for two men, and the constable had a “double” to his credit.