LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 3, 5 January 1916, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A smart youth, able to ride and milk, is required for a farm by an advertiser.

A. Press Association wire states that present copper supplies are 39,05(5 tons, deliveries 40,060, stocks 12,341, afloat 4,000, visible 25,064. Lieutenant Harold Woodford, of the Berkshires, son of late Commissioner Solomons, has been killed in France. Men's Smart straw boaters, at Stanley Peyton's from 2/- each.

A cable this morning states that the British Post Office is issuing five per cent. Exchequer bonds of from £5 to £SO,

A public farewell function is to be tendered to the men of the 12th Reinforcements on Monday, 10th January, in the Three Stars Theatre., where, in addition to other entertainments, a special picture programme will b-3 screened. It is hoped the i

lie will not forget the recognition duo to the men whose lives are being offered in the country's defence, and that the theatre will be packed to wish them a hearty "God-speed."'

The Prime Minister said at Auckland that 70.000 acres of land had so far been definitely set aside for re turned soldiers. Most of this was in Hawke's Bay. Areas which had been provisionally set aside totalled 439.000 acres in the Auckland district, 95,000 in Taranaki, 74,000 in Wellington province, 31,000 in Marlborough, 26,000 in Southland, and 17,000 in Otago. So far, said Mr. Massey, there had not beeh a great demand for land, but the Government was anticipating the time when the bulk of the men would have returned.

Soft felt hats for men at Stanley Peyton's from 3/11.

The annual territorial training camps in the Wellington District for the present military year will be held at Rangiotu. The camp site is now occupied by the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. It will be evacuated by them some time in February, and after being allowed to "rest for two or three weeks, will be brought, into use again by the territorials. The territorials, going in by successive units, will probably occupy the camp for several months.

How differently affairs might be shaping in the Balkans had Admiral Prince Louis of Batenburg accepted the throne of Bulgaria, of which he was given the refusal before it was offered to King Ferdinand. It was on the deck of a British battleship in the Mediterranean (says the Daily Chronicle) that Prince "Louis received the deputation which offered him the crown. "Gentlemen," he said, "you see that bit of bunting flying there," pointing to the White Ensign. "Well, I would rather serve under that than wear any crown you or anyone else can offer me."

A silk shirt is very nice for wear during the hot weather. See Stanley Peyton's stock from 8/0.

Has the much-lamented Pelorus Jack been superseded? There may be considerable doubt on this point, though the fact remains that travellers across the Strait of late have been attracted by the friendliness of five _not "Pelorus Jacks"—but parently ordinary porpoises. The Kaitoa left Nelson at 8 o'clock on Tueslay night, and at 9.30 the passengers noticed three porpoises at the bow of the ship. The number was later increased to five, and it is stated they were just like Pelorus Jack in appearance ' The strangers kept, pace with the Kaitoa for a considerable distance and were the cause of no little comment and speculation.

The following interesting story of ingenuity at the front is told in an account of the work of the Rifles which has been sent to the Ex press by Captain C. W. Thrussell, the officer commanding adminsitraUve centre "On one occasion our telephone linesman happened to find two live cables on the ground in the rear of our trenches. No one happened to know to whom they belonged or whence they came; rumour had it that the generating station was somewhere in the German lines. Without asking leave from the German authorities, our linesman promptly fitted wires and carried them to the battalion headquarters, the dressing station, officers' dug-outs, etc. Lamps were found in the deserted bouses of a village just behind, and for many weeks a first-class electric installation was in full working order with power 'pinched' from Germany.

Unlike other baking powders, SHARLAND-S Pure and Sure Com<pouud costs no more than before the ."War. Save money by using SHARLASND'S.

At the Auckland races, Mr. T. H. Lowry's horses won £5820 in stakes.

The wholesale price of the best but-

'" in Sydney has been reduced to 135 s 4d, and the second quality to 130 s 4d.

The Defence Department has rejected a proposal from Wanganui for a route march from that town to Trentham.

On Saturday afternoon Miss Myrtle McGregor, residing at Tavistock road, Wellington, was severely injured at Island Bay through a heavy stone falling on her from the cliffs.

Gilbert Parkinson, the railway cadet, who wa s seriously injured in a shunting accident at Wellington last Wednesday, is reported to be doing fairly well.

The Mayor of Wellington has been asked by the Hon. G. W. Russell, Minister of Internal Affairs, to furnish a balance sheet of the Wellington War Relief Fund.

At the Hawke's Bay races, H. Griffiths, the rider of Pursefiller, had his license cancelled for giving false information to the stewards. The horse Croesus, the owner J. F. Hardy, the

-ainer J. S. O'Neill, and the jockey H. Lorgan were disqualified during the pleasure of the club for the pulling of the horse in the Summer Hanidicap.

How differently affairs might be shaping in the Balkans had Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg accepted the throne of Bulgaria, of which he was given the refusal before it was offered to King Ferdinand. It was on the deck of a British battleship in the Mediterranean ,(says th)e DailyChronicle) that Prince Louis received the deputation which offered him the crown. "Gentlemen," he said, "you see that bit of bunting flying there?" pointing to the White Ensign. 'Well, I would rather serve under that than wear any crown you or anyone else can offer me."

Newspapers are frequently approached for information on the most outlandish subjects. Yesterday, however, this journal very nearly met its Waterloo. A perturbed looking bachelor, who is well-known hereabouts, handed us a peremptorily worded Government document, which directed him to at once attend the Court and furnish details respecting the birth of his newly born child, and asked for our advice. The case being of too abstruse a character for an ordinary newspaper to deal with we were about to suggest a visit to his solicitor, but the man looked so innocent that we just toid him to hand the' paper back to the indiscreet officer who issued it.

Splendid line of summer singlets at 1/6. Very cool and comfortable; at Stanley' Peyton's.