LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 21, 26 January 1916, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

A person who could il-affc(rd it loss a £5-noto in Taihape on Saturday lasr. A substantial reward is offered to.tiw finder.

One of the most exciting and thrilling 1 pictures ever shown in Taihape will be' shown to-morrow night at tho King's Picture Theatre. For parttcalars see dodgers.

■The Salvation Army Las decided 10 open a home in Auckland for tile reception of the Auckland children of New Zealand soldiers who have iosr their lives in the present war Fctr th»» purpose they have secured a residential property on Clifton Eoad, I'ov;sonby, known as "Tho Grange.'*

The Bank of New Zealand received the following cable from their London office: "London wool sales comared last series: greasy crossbred 11 per cent, dearer."^

While shop-herding on Skiddaw Mr. John Milter found a Herdwick ewe which had been buried in the snow since the storm of the previous week, and was little the worse for it.

Mr. John Armstrong, of Peel Forest, •has handed Major Kennedy, of Gc-ral-dine, a cheque for £250, which represents the extra amount he has received for his wool in consequence of the war. Mr. Armstrong said he felt it to be his duty to hand this amount for patriotic purposes. Timaru Herald.

The Education Department wants n secretary, who will have control of the business and financial branches. The new officer will have the official tttie of Secretary to the Education Department. The office of Secretary for Education is to be abolished, and there will be a clear line of c?ema|rcation between the business side and the professional side, under the Director of Education.

A "strike" in a mild form too'--p'fftce at the fp)"m of a well-known Homebush settler last week. The dispute, it is alleged, arose over the settler not supplying the mCn with t';o customary 10 o 'clock lunch supplied to harvesters. Two men left the field, ;;.- they claimed they had a genuine grievanee.—Napier Herald.

To-morrow afternoon, at the Taihap) Bowling Club's green, a team from Palmerston North will play a local team for the Hum Cup. As the visitors have to return by an early train, friendly games will be played also. Entries close' to-morrow for the Championship Pairs and Handicap Pairs. Afternoon tea will be served at the green, and it is anticipated there will be a good attendance of members and friends.

A well-to-do farmer in his motor-car was approached by a young lady who was selling aprieots in order to augment the patriotic garden party receipts. "How much are they?" Inquired the ff/.'mer. "A penny each," the damsel mad e repfy. "I'll tane one," the patriot decided, and produced the necessary coin. A little boy who was also in the car expressed :• desire to sample the fruit, and Lv generoutf ancestor, drawing from hi? pocket a handful of silver, selectee another copper and so doubled thc amount of his contribution to the patriotic funds. Another nail in Germany's coffin! Another spoke in Austria's w.heel!! Another feather plucked from the Turk!!!. Another bug rn the Bulgarian's ear!!!!—Marlborough Express.

According to returns submitted Ao Headquarters, the Wellington military district was in a very good position so far as its quota for the loth Reinforcements, which go into camp on February Bth, were concerned, only 132 men being required within three weeks. Since the beginning of the week, however, a call came to fill up gaps in the 11th and 12th Reinforcements, and the Wellington district sent in 145 men, reducing the number available for the next quota by 216, and leaving 277 men to be obtained by February Bth, in just about two weeks. The emergency call was answered particularly well' in the' Wairarapa group, which sent in 73 out of 75 men available. Wellington city group sent *n 17 out of 112, Manawatu and Wanganui 30 out of 83, Hawke's Bay ancT Poverty Bay 15 out of 44, and Tars.naki .10 out of 47. The position now is that the city group has to obtain 39 men, Manawatu and Wanganui 4s, Hawke's Bay group 61, Wairarapa 65, and Taranaki 64 before their quotas are complete.'

J)o you want a better position? Anyone who spends hut a few months in systematic study of the right sort may rest assured of obtaining a good place in tire commercial or industrial world. Go into any large office in Now Zealand and you will heap-complaints of the shortage of good hands—due to the number who have volunteered. 17 you want a good position, study under Hemingway and Kobertson 's (Auckland*) well-known correspondence system. Come in to-night and see Mr. Hemingway, w-ho is visiting Taihape. He will be plteasad to advise those desirous of learning thoroughly, expeditiously, and inexpensively: Bookkeeping, Accountancy, Shorthand, Advertisement Writing, or receiving * complete business training, or beingprepared for the Civil Service, Matriculation, Law, or Teachers' Exams; or studying Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering subjects., or Architecture and Building Construction. Address, to-night only, opposite Gretna Hotel. If you cannot call then, write Hemingway and Eobertson, AuekSan*, for advice and particulars <«f jus? what von wish to learn.

Special Tfno ci' iLado to measure trousers. Best of ■worsteds, eu2 bottoms, beautifully cut, from 22/6 to 18/6. At Stanley Peyton's.

"The question of th c cost of living daily becomes a matter of more serious concern," remarked Dr. Thacker, ■ of Christchurch, to an Auckland Star reporter on Wednesday. "New Zeahmdbutter can be obtained more cheaply in London than locally, the prices of meat are out of all proportion, and there is opportunity for dealers to 'corner' the wheat supply, and so create another so-called ' famine," said the speaker.

"If no land is available in any district when such is required for returned soldiers. 1 am prepared to purchase suitable blocks for the purpose," remarked the Prime Minister to a Christchurch Press representative. "We have not had many applications, but the position at present is good for returned soldiers. We have made it impossible for single men of military age who have not volunteered for service to go to a ballot at all. On the other hand, special provision has been made for the relatives of men at the front to ballot on their behalf."