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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 79, 1 April 1916, Page 4

Two furnished rooms are advertised for in another column —bedroom and sitting-room, with use of conveniences. Urgent reply is asked, for. The New Zealand Lou a and Mercantile Agency Co. has been advised by its London -house that the fourth series of the London wool sales will be held on May 16, and will be limited to ?(),- 000 bales.

It is expected that the Wairarapa Rugby Union will be able to conduct senior and third-class competitions this year. Practically all the" players will be military rejects and yoiths.

A Gazette contains an Order-in-Council,. dated Thursday, prohibiting the export of all hides and calfskins, except to the United Kingdom and Australia.

Produce entered for export last week was valued at £564,968 including dairy produce (£131,595),. meat £115,699, hides £24,710), flax (£46,134), and wool (£221,453).

The Southland News (Invercargill) publishes this: "Owing ':o the diiftciflty of obtaining newspaper supplies, all advertising contracts from this date wiM only be accepted on the understanding that they may be cancelled should we roducc the size cf our pub-

lications. •*'

•-Mr. E. H. Hiley, Genera-. Mf.mgcr of the Nov Zealand Railways, has purchased the property known jtS "Nockmor." near Linton, so long occupied by the late Captain Hewbt, R.N. The farm consists of some 2,000 acres freehold, of which about 400 acres are ploughablo, and the balance is hill country. —Standard.

It is notified that a number of properties in the Hunua Survey District, and in the village of Manunui, are to be sold by auction, at the Taumarunui Saleyards, on Tuesday, 18th April, by the Hamilton Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. The properties are owned by the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. ,

Notice is given in another column that all returns of tend under the "Land a,nd Income Assessment Act, 1908," and its amendments, and the "Finance Act, 1915," as at 12 noon on the 31st March, ultimo, must be made on or before the Ist May, 1916. Forms of return may be had from Money Order Oftices.

Sir George Beid, in a letter apologising for unavoidable absence from the reception given on January 20th to Sir Thomas Mackenzie, said of New Zealand's High Commissioner: "He Ims been an unqualified success as the representative of New Zealand. No one eould excel more thoroug-hly in devotion to the interests of his Dominion. I trust that he will long continue to serve. Such positions should stand far above party considerations."

"One matter that I am sorry for." said Mr. John EH'ison,. ex-Superintend-ent of Police, at the valedictory gathering in Wellington, "is that the head of the Department has nor. allowed members of the For;*e to enlist with the Expeditionary Forces. We could have spared easily from GO to 100. many of them fine young fellows who are anxious to enlist and be with their fellow-citizens and fellow-colon-ists who are lighting for their country."

A Federal proclamation prohibits the export of goods to China and Siam, including Hong Kong, without the consent of the Minister of Customs.

The Chinese importing houses are making a determined effort to place Chinese eggs on the Australian market. The trade has been circularised in favour of the scheme.

The Auckland Provincial Patriotic and War Belief Association, has decided to join the proposed National Advisory Board of Patriotic Societies.

A special feature of the musical portion of the service at the Methodist Church to-morrow evening will be a solo, with harp accompaniment, contributed by Mrs. Mitchell. All soils' are free. Hymn-books provided.

A fine of £SO was thought sufficient last month by t-he Bow Street (Londou) Magistrate to deter Stanislaus Olszewski, a German barber carrying on business in Leicester Square, from making any further statements likely to prejudice recruiting.

The war has had a remarkable effect on shipbuilding in America. During 1915, 1,216 vessels of 215,(502 tons gross register were launched in the United States, of which number 90 were built of steel. All the shipyards were working at high pressure to fill orders.

A number of discharged soldiers attended the Wellington Land Board meeting on Thursday as applicants for sections in the Wainuiora Block. The land is highly improved and, it is understood, will not require considerable capital to develop it. The applicants were informed that the land will be put up for ballot among returne'd sordiers.

In the Three Stars Theatre to-mor-row (Sunday night, "When it Strikes row Sunday) night, "When it Strikes Home," a fine picture by the World Film Company, will' be shown. The film is 5,000 feet in length. Another picture of great interest is "A Trip on the River Clyde," showing the famous shipbuilding yards, battles-Hips, torpedo destroyers, etc.

Our readers are reminded of the farewell social and dance in the Town Hall to-night to a number of our young men avlio have decided to go and face our enemies on the other side of; the globe. Were it not for such men our freedom would have been sacrificed, and, as the Germans themselves put it, we should have been considered only good enough to lick up the crumbs from German tables.

A significant step forward has just been taken by the French Parliament, the Lower House having passed a bill to legislate women taking part in family councils and becoming the guardian of children other than their, own. The Senate is understood to be favourable to this change, and this enlargement of women's power will be of the greatest benefit to the myriads of war orphans, who, under the old regime, would have had an indifferent or preoccupied business man for guardian.

The Wellington City Council proposes to make the flat-iron corner where the Manners Street police station now stands a reserve up to the back of the Royal Oak Hotel.. The Manners Street police station will, therefore, soon be a thing of the past, and Flockton's (the old fire brigade station) and the Turkish' baths will also have to go. As a result of the projected changes Manners Street will be made three feet wider at this spot and the approach to Courtenay Place will be thus rather less of a bottleneck character than at present.

Further success attended diving operations which were continued at the Auckland Queen's Wharf last week in the hope of recovering the balance of the cargo lost by the sinking of the punt from the Motutapu camp. Six tents were, brought to the surface by the diver, and in the afternoon dragging operations resulted in the recovery of two tents. Owing to swirling water, caused by the berthing of steamers, a large cavity at this spot has been formed in the sea-bed. The cavity itself is 10 feet in depth, and is lined with silt, so that the diver is obliged to work half-buried in mud. As the Avater is 42 feet deep, from the surface to the bottom of the cavity, he is also unable to see clearly what he is doing. An unexpected find was a butcher's outfit, including a ftteel, meat hooks, and a tray.

"There is a time for all things."— Proverb.

The time to attack a cough or cold is before it attacks you, or, .in other words, be fortified always by having a bottle of: Baxter's Lung Preserver handy. An occasional dose is a fine tonic to the system and proves a certain remedy for all chest and broncial troubles. T-Ms has been proved by a discriminating public for over half a century. Surely a sound recommendation. 1/10 buys a big bettle from any Chemist w Storekeeper.

A good young sheep dog is advertise;'! for sale in another column of this issue. Senator Pearce (Federal Minister for Defence) announces that the Commonwealth has not experienced any difficulty in providing reinforcements.

Another case of infantile paralysis is notified from Moawhango. This makes the fifth case in the Taihape district.

Mr. G. E. Little, clothier, in a lew advertisement, draws attention to a choice arfivel of new shirts, ties, socks, felt hats, caps, and gentlemen's under wear.

Messrs. Collinson and Gilford are now drawing attention, in their advertisement on page (>, to a very special and choice line of tailored costumes, which they claim to lie truly wonderful value.

The recent Hibernian Sports gathering resulted in a net profit of approximately £2O, which will be given to the funds for a Eeturned Soldiers' Club. The Bed Cross effort on the same day resulted in about £4O being collected.

The fourth son of Mr. P. J. Murphy, of Mataroa, leaves on Monday for camp with the Taihape quota of the 15th Reinforcements. Mr. Murphy has five sons, four of whom have now been accepted for service and the remaining one has been unable to puss the medical examination. Very few families in New Zealand* ctn equal the record oi the Murphy family.

The conscientious objector, on religious and on plain funk grounds, is no,stranger to us in these stressful and eompoSing times. But from England comes a new line of objection. East month the recruiting officer in Leeds received a letter from a "Conscientious Objector" who was actually .in the trenches, who, it appears, ha 3 developed a conscientious objection to fighting!

Messrs. Gardner and Co., direet importers of r.ulies' drwSS wear, are nov. showings the latest arrivals in coats some smart model's of which they have just received from their buyer in London. The chief .characteristic of these goods are their respective individuality and exclusiveness. The goods are said to be the finest obtainable and the prices are extremely moderate. ' "Still the prices fall" is the theme sung in very large type in H. D. Bennett and Co.'s advertisement on page 1 of this issue. A price-list is given which should certainly interest everyone, seeing that the goods are guaranteed to be of the finest quality. Poul-try-keepers will certainly appreciate wheat going down to six shillngs a bushel. A New Zealander.., now , resident in England, who for many years was closely associated with the public, life of the Dominion, writing to a friend in Wellington says: "I note what you say in connection with the Rational Cabinet, and hope it may be a.'success from an Imperial point of view. T have not much faith in coalitid/*6; they Lave no alternative in the invent of work being badly done. After j£ha war is over, no doubt there will be, as you indicate, a sifting and further lines will be formed. When one sees the difference between the progressive management of New Zealand and the system in the Old Country, one feels that, no matter what Government may be in power in the Dominion, it is excellent compared -with the slow methods and hide-bound officialdom of this country.''

Senator Pearce, Australia's Defence Minister, states that he is not in favour of men going to join the forces in Great Britain in any capacity. The Australian army, he declared, ought to be good enough for Australians. T-he same sentiments have been expressed by Messrs. Massey and Allen with regard to New Zealand emigrants. But the fact remains that a Grierson gets a commision out ht're in short order whilst a native born is barred; and another seductive fact is that most of the New Zealanders who have had the enterprise to go to England have been given commissions.

Captain Bean, the official Australian war correspondent, in writing of "the spirit of Anzac," makes the followingobservations on the force of character and example upon soldiers. The weaker men are swept on by the stronger. A good part of the men in any foice always go into action with their minds ready to be made up for them by the will of the man next door. They would not realise it, even if you told them so; but it is a palpable fact, especially in the case of a proportion of the younger men. Their will is not really in their own bodies, but in the body of the man next to them —or the nearest strong man whoever he happens to be —and they will do as be does. If he Efoes on, they will go on, if he drops. they are apt to become con+'ased. The valuable man is that strong, indepen-dent-willed man, who in the case of these troops constitutes a big proportion, fortunately, and who will go on til! his job is finished, whatever the man beside him may do.