The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 338, 9 November 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

"(With whicH t is incorporated The , Taitape I»ost. and Waimarino News.) •■ I- ! L-_

The National Register closes to-day

Cloth mills in the United Kingdom have supplied 24 million yards of uniform cloth to the Allied troops since tire 'war.

An example of the high prices ruling for fat cattle was quoted to tbe Ashburton Guardian. Three beasts owned by Mr. S. Corbett were sold to a local butcher for £54 10/.

More than 20,000,000 pamphlets dwelling on the political and economic reasons for Bulgarian intervention on the side of the Central Powers were despatched from Berlin for distribution throughout Bulgaria.-

The most conspicuous visitor of the Native Land Court at Waitara was a Maori woman whose weight is known to be 30 stone. Her dress of bright heliotrope made the vision more startling in her promenades through tinstreet.

A few days ago a train of 40 truck*, comprising over 525 cattle, passed through Taihape, en route for the Waikato. The cattle were loaded by Messrs Abraham and Williams,Ltd., and were purchased in the Manawatu and "Wairarapa districts.

A record courting is announced in the London Gentlewoman. A young officer obtained leave on a Wednesday, was introduced to a young lady on Thursday, proposed on Friday, was married by special license on Saturday, and returned to the front on Sunday.

The Governor has been advised that the hospital ship Maheno left Southampton on October 30. She calls at Malta, Egypt, Colombo, and Albany, and is due in Wellington on December 30. If she has room she will bring cot cases from Malta and Egypt, as we!3 as England.

Some of the English girls who have managed to reach the "Ada Leigh" Homes in Paris from the danger zones had terrifying experiences. Mrs Travers Lewis, the foundress of the homes, says that some escaped from Arras when it was in flames, and walked the whole distance to Paris clad only in their nightdresses and a blanket.

"It is a mercy that the war came when it did," said Mr. 0. J. Parr, M.P., in an address at Auckland a few days ago. He went on to say that, in his opinion the British nation was going the same way as ancient Rome, and the people were indulging more and more in ease and luxury. If they had gone on for another 20 years it was doubtful if the nation would have, been able to survive the present great struggle. The people realised the privileges of the great free democracy under which 'they Jived, but they did not realise their great responsibilities. In political life there was too much of the politician and not enough of the i statesman. '-.."■.

Some.idea of what it costs to clothe recruits for the front may be gathered from facts that came out as a result of the conference held by the Hon. A: M. Myers, Minister in Charge of Munitions and Supplies, with woollen mill -owners. The position was put very clearly by the Minister that if the mills were not prepared to supply what was wanted • for the troops, then they would have to be taken over by the Government. To manufacture what is required will mean 12,000 bales of greasy wool. One million yards of material are wanted for uniforms alone, and a similar quantity for overcoats. ' Wool will also be wanted for about a million blankets. The mills in New Zealand will 1 therefore be almost exclusively engaged on. army contracts, and the priee of goods will not be fixed until after the opening wool sale "r the Dominion. Lack of skilled labour is preventing li"- n «^ 3 working day and night. It is considered to be within the bounds of'-.possibility that woolen mill wor&jnen ;*'?»■ be barrel iivr enlistißg.

Some of the convalescent wounded ».t Chatham have played a game of howls under the title, "Arms versus Legs." One team was composed of men who had lost a leg, while their opponents were soldiers who had each lost an arm.

In another column Mr. W. J. Jorge>sen, of Taihape, notifies that he will apply for a transfer of the license of the Gretna Hotel from himself to Mr. W. McLennan, at. the next- .licensing meeting, at Taihape, on Ist December next.. •:• .m, . . '...-.,■:

; ' It''fs'not .generally understood that the war'tax on postal..matter applies to all'letters, vpaekets,. and parcels of any description, which are posted to an address within -or/beyond the Dominioon.: The. ;.Qnly.articles free.,from' the' tax are 'newspapers. Magazines' 'Are taxable postal matter. _ : ;i - !

In order, to : ensure and facilitate the shipment. Of Christmas gift goods for the New Zea'iand' soldiers at 'the front, those concerned are requested to kindly see that such goods'to be forwardea "by the next outgoing trans'ports arrive at No. 3 shed, King's Wharft 'WeMngton, .not later than noon on : Friday next;

Victoria has so far supplied more men than any other Australian State to the Expeditionary Forces. Tjhe enlistment returns show that she leads the way by some thousands. Well over 16 per cent, of all males between the ages of 18 and 45 have been enrolled for service. Foil owing are the complete enlistment figures for the various States up to September 21, no furMier complete figures being yet available: Victoria 49,633, New South Wales 44,714, Queensland 18,429, South Australia 14,062. West Australia 11,513, Tasmania 5472.

It came rather as- a bombshell to many Americans who thought that England was almost bankrupt, to find when England and France wanted to float the £100,000,000 loan, that England did not owe America a "red cent." It was, in fact, quite the other way. There was actually a surplus of English gold waiting there to pay tor the munitions of war when the orders were completed. The above information is supplied by Mr. Gregsen, onanist, of Auckland, who has returned from America.

How an English sniper "bagged" 27 Germans is told by Lance-Corooral Coop, of the Sherwood Foresters, i.i a letter from Belgium to his says: "This morning I was asked to take some ranges for snipers. The object was the German trenqh. The instrument acts as a powerful telescope and I could plainly see Germans in the familiar spiked helmets strolling about the trench feeling quite safe. Our sniper is, i ) a,„.cra£k„ shot, .and he got to work. He"has an observer, who records the \ phots', and the net bag was 27. Ifcis may '■. geem a yarn, but it is a\' absolute;tact, tin •'.-' • * l 'l^' : '^ :^'|f=

To-morrdw* dvsding' one of the most interesting 'arid instructive entertainments yet given throughout the Taihape Carnival will be furnished by Dr. Martin, ofhPalmerston North, who will' relate, and illustrate, the most exciting of the:,j .experiences' he went through, infitho-.war in France. Dr. Martin was at.-the front at a time when the war was young- and the Allies had not stemmed the 'initial German onslaught; w.ken daily experiences of the most thrilling, hellish, and dangerous character, were being borne by our "brave soldiers! ' it is these that Dr. Martin wi!L, tell all about in his precise, clever, characteristic way, and many of w in vividly pictured on the screen.■

Q ui te a, sensation was caused in New York the other day (says an English shipping journal) when word was passed round that a number of the big German liners tied up in the harbour were about to make a da.sk for the open. People coming from Soith Brooklyn ' declared that they had seen several Hamsun?:American steamships •moving frdm H their'berths, and confirmation of-the'story »ame from no less a personage'-than the marine superintendent of-j Herr Ballin's company. Be added, .however, :tha;t. all that had been done was'-to turn the liners orund, as after spending nearly 12 months alongside the piers; the metal in the latter had deflected [ -the compasses, and it. was therefore decided to turn the vessels round in order to readjust them to some extent- The enforced idleness of the great;,proportion of the German mercantile, marine must be costicg a pretty penny r ,in- depreciation.

A large hi umber of the Government Life Insurance Department's policyholders are; (says the Recorder) giving up their ..for, civilisation and the Empire in all parts of the world. Every important action or disaster ots sea or land appears "to involve one or more Ne,w .Zealanders, and up to the titme of writing 132 .policy-holders appear to have ; been killed or died of wounds or disease, the claims amounting to about.£34,ooo. The great rnajori ity of the deaths have, of course, risen j whilst serving with our own forces nt I the Dardanelles, but one policy-holder j was drowned, when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed, and another when H.M.S. | Formidable met the same fate, while others have jagon killed whilst serving with th-? Imperial,. Canadian, and Au>trsl;an iwMm': -

An elderly man is wanted on a fto iailkiand make himself generally .useful. Applicants should communicate with advertiser by Telephone No. 67W.

; All between -the ages of 17 and 60 years who do not put in the proscribed form, duly filled up in accordance with instructions, will render themselves liable to a fine of £IOO, ,or imprisonment for six months.

Tenders, addressed to the Chairman, will be received at the Kaitieke County Council office, Raurimu, until the 4th December, for re-forming and metalling three miles on the WaimarinoEetaruke road. Specifications may be seen cat.the County office. ■• ; ■■-

"We' 'want more men," says a returned wounded Gallipcli soldier, ''tihat's the whole trouble. Instead of dribbling : men -forward to the peninsula a big 'united 'effort might achieve the object, ; but as things are at present, although it'hurls to say so, it seems almost hopelfess:. There are great cliffs and washouts, and 1 the summer is hot and the winter very cold."

Taihape district volunteers, joining the 10th Beinforcements, are to be iarewelled by the general public at n social and dance in the Town Hall on Monday, ! November-; 15th, at 8 p.m. Everybody is invited to come and say good-bye and God-speed to the lads who ,are next to leave us to take part in the struggle for our homes and Empire.

At Whangarei a little fellow named Wrigley, after playing with a playmate, put a box of coloured matches in his trousers pocket. By some inexpi<icable means they became ignited, set-ting-fire to his clothing. He was severely burned about the body and legs before the flames were extinguishd. He was removed to Whangarei Hospital suffering from severe shock in addition to burning.

The New York Press has some joyously sarcastic comment on Count \on Reventlow's statement that it is rot the British Fleet, but "the geographical configuration of the North- Sea, ' whicjh has been responsible for keeping German shipping off the ocean and the German war fleet bottled up in the narrow waters back of Heligoland. Soys the American commentator, "The frol English built a fleet to sail on the boa when tlhey ought to haveproceeded on the assumption, if the count is correct, that the (North Sea was dry land. It certainly was very stupid of them n<~t to keep the geographic configuration of the Nort(h Sea in mind while building their boats. If the sea should evaporate they would be in a fine pickle. Certainly they are a stupid lot, these Britishers."

It is not often that police stations are mistaken for anything but what they are, but the new police barracks at Hamilton, which are somewhat pretentious in appearance, were entered by a Swede named Henridh Larsen, on Tuesday afternoon, who, apparently under the impression that the building was the most modern of the hotels, asked for a whisky and soda. He left somewhat disconsolately when informed that the law forbade the sale' of intoxicants on unlicensed premises. The same; evening, apparently sti 1 ! bearing a hazy imoression that the building was an accommodation house, Larsen made his way to one of the cells, where, spreading out the police blankets, he proceeded to retire for the nig)ht. The boilt was drawn on him, and next morning, when the settling came up, he found the tarfff, 10s and costs, a little higher than he was accustomed to pay for the luxury of a shakedown.