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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 114, 16 May 1916, Page 4

Mr. W. R. Montalk, of Mangaweka, has received information that his brother, Sapper A. S. de Montalk, is now convalescent at Cairo, after a bad attack of scarlatina.

The Kaiser has decorated Captain Boy-Ed with the Order of the Red Eagle in recognition of his services iu America. Boy-Ed, who was formerly Naval Attache at Washington, and was recalled at the request of the U.S.A. because ho was implicated iu spy plots, has also been appointed to a responsible post in the Admiralty at Kiel.

The suggestion wag made in the House of Commons by Dr. A. .W. Chappie, M.P. for Stirlingshire, and formerly of New Zealand, that a prize of £I,OOO should be offered for an incendiary bullet for the destruction of Zeppelins. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Munitions, replied that the question of projectiles for use against Zeppelins was constantly before the Minister of Munitions. Tens of thousands of suggestions had been received.

A Wellington telegram states that the explosion of a gas cylinder on the steamer Niwaru resulted in a seaman named Davis suffering injuries leading to his admission to the hospital.

Edwin Marshall, a married man, with four children, was found dead this morning, locked in his office with the as turned on. He left letters for his wife, He was 28 years l of age.

It is stated that Commissioner Cullen, of the police force,, will retire on superannuation at the end of the year. Inspector O’Donovan, ofifteen in chare of the Wellington district, is suggested as his probable successor.

The road from the Mangahaone stream bridge to the Waihau homestead hag been declared a county road and in the future will bo under the jurisdiction of the Hawke’s Bay County Council. The road is three miles in length.

Additional regulations under the War Regulations Act were gazetted yesterday. They provide that the Public Trustee may be appointed the controller! of the business of any company, firm, or person formally declared by the Attorney-General to be an enemy.

The Taihape Boy Scouts ane notified by advertisement that the Commissioner for the Wanganui Scout District will visit Taihape thi g evening, and every Scout is- asked to meet him in St. Margaret’s Parish Hall at S o’clock. It is hoped that every boy scout in Taihape will be present, Everyone interested in the Scout movement is cor dially invited to be present also.

Something in the nature of a record for speedy recruiting is vouched for from Kaiapoi. On the day the 16th Reinforcement draft heft,. Dr. Crawshaw, meeting a likely-looking specimen of manhood, persuaded him that the call of his country should be obeyed. An adjournment was then made behind an adjacent hedge, the necessary examination was completed and the recruit departed to hurriedly collect a few* belongings befone leaving by the train.

The population of the Dominion at MaJreh 31st s estimated at 1,162.646 The excess of immigration (including members of |he xpeditionary Forces') over emigration during the March quarter was 6726. Arrivals during April from oversea numbered 1684, and departures 2592, compared with 1702 and 2458 respectively in April 1915. The values of New Zealand products entered for export last week totalled cheese £143,992, frozen meat £211,454, hides £61,281, wool! £299,178.

It does not appear to be generally known that in accordance with Paragraph 127 of the Returned Soldiers’ Handbook, discharged soldiers can only wear theilr uniform on occasions authorised by the officer commanding their military district. Applications for permission to wear uniforms' on any special occasions should tlwaysi be made to the local defence office. As many cases have been brought to notice in which this regulation has not been complied with, a district order to thi s effect will shortly be issued. *

The buds of the koromiko chewed and swallowed are claimed to be an effective specific for the cure of dysentry. A citizen at RerMiffe collected a number of these buds packed them in an air-tight screw top jar, and sent them to a soldier friend at the front. By last mail he received a reply that the buds had arrived in good condition and had effected a remarkable cure of several! men, including the original recipient. The koromiko is 1 a species of veronica, and its healing properties in the direction named were well known to the Maoris.

j The Hon. G, W. Russell, Minister for Internal Affairs, stated to a reporter that he had in hand a cheap fish supply by the Government, to the people. He intended to establish, a station at Lake Ellesmere to smoke trout to supply Christehujrch. He ■would extend these facilities to other pants of the Dominion. The sending of fish from Rotorua to Auckland -had proved a great success, a,nd the trout in Lake Rotorua had greatly improved by the thinning out. The same thing had occurred at Taupo., He would wqrk the scheme out in the close season. He was l determined to make the supply of trout a success all over the Dominion.

j Lancashire may well be proud of i her glorious son. The deed by which (Lieutenant A. V. Smith, V.C. (East j Lancs. Regiment), of Burnley, gained j the V.C. and gave up big own life, is one of the most noble acts in this most heroic war. He was in the act of thrown a grenade when it slipped 'from his hand and fell to the bottom of the trench, close to several of our officers and men. He immediately shouted out a warning, and himself jumped clear and into safety; but, seeing that the officers and men were unable to get cover, and knowing well that the grenade ivas due to explode, |be returned without any hesitation and hung himself down on it. He was instantly killed by the explosion. His magnificent act of self-sacrifice undoubtedly saved many lives.