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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 149, 27 June 1916, Page 4

The dance which was held by Mesdames O’Connor and Reid last week prove very successful, and the proceeds. which have been devoted to the Sailors’ Fund, amounted to £l4 16s 6d.

An interesting case was set down for hearing at the sitting of the Magis- | s Court at Eketahuna last week. Se Gler saw a line of stock adverisod by an aucficneer firm, to be sold on behalf of a certain owner. He travelled some distance to be present at the sale, and found that the stock was not offered under the hammer. He thereupon instituted proceedings against the auctioneer :and the owner of the stock for his travelling expenses. As the owner paid the travelling expenses before the sitting of the Court, a magisterial decision cm the interesting legal point icould mot be ■obtained.

Particulars of the conditionsmf leave to New Zealand soldiers wishing to visit England on furlough from the front , are contained in an interesting letter received recently from a wellknown Auckland sergeant. “To-day we heard the glad news that leave will be granted to men wishing to visit ■England,” he writes, under date of April 25. “We, of course, are within six hours of London here, but there are, naturally, limitations. Two men per ■week will be allowed to go. We have 100 men in the company, so lots Will he drawn and the lucky ones will go first. The leave is for eight days. All travelling expenses are paid, so ’tis said, so the trip should not prove expensive.”

A Napier recruit recently found himsell face to face with a difficult problem, which -he soon solved to his own entire satisfaction. [When he reached Trentham he was asked to nominate his next-of-kin. He did net have one! “Have you not got some relative?” asked the recording officer. “No,” he replied. “Not a friend? You must have a next-of-kin, you know.” The recruit did not even have a friend to see him out of his trouble, but on being pressed to name somebody who would be anxious about him, the aspiring soldier added, “Oh, put down \Vigor Brown; he’ll be good enough for *me,” aiUl down went “Vigor Brown,”

A meeting of the Taihape and District Patriotic Committee was called for to-night, but has now been postponed until Friday night next.

Make your money buy more —trade at Bennett & Co.’s and pay cash! Bennett’s Cash Shopping Plan means money saved —a chance you should take full advantage of these war times.

Isaac Harris, of Amberley House, Cheetham Hill Road, was fined £2O at Manchester for failing to enter in the prescribed register particulars of a Turk, a Russian, an Austrian, and a German who had lodged in his house. He pleaded forgetfulness.

Private advice w r as received in Taihape yesterday to the effect that Private Frank McLaughlan, who was recently reported wounded, has arrived in England and was in good spirits. From the wording of the cable it would appear that he is not very severely wounded.

Mr. T. A. Harris, solicitor, Raetihi, has decided that he will not again offer himself for a seat on the Wanganui Education Board. He has informed Mr. A. J. Joblin to that eeffct, and offers to nominate Mr. Joblin.

A lad named David Dauphin, commonly known as Jack, only eleven years old, has been missing from Raetihi for some weeks. He was last seen at Horopito station about June 7th, and it is believed he travelled north. Mrs. F. Dauphin (his mother), of Raetihi, will be glad to head of his whereabouts. i i

“The Wolf” has arrived! Mr. Nichclls apologises for the sins of the railway department, who overcarried “The Wolf” yesterday, and held it up at Waitotara while it should have appeared on the screen at the Three Starg Theatre as advertised. There will be no disappointment to-night, as Mr. Nicholls has unwound the 6000 feet of film to make sure it is all there. This is a really wonderful picture; nobody shoud miss seeing it.

The funeral of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gowdy, who died as the result of injuries received in the motor accident at Feilding, was held yesterday, the cortege leaving St. Margaret’s at 2 o’clock for the Taihape cemetery. At the church a short service wag conducted by the Rev. W. F. Stent, Mr. Gowdy’s favorite hymn, “Abide with Me,” being sung. The funeral was very largely attended, representatives from all parts of the district being present to pay theSr last respects. The service at the graveside was also conducted by the Rev. W. F. Stent.

To-morrow night, at the Three Stars Theatre" a film depicting the Anzac procession to Westminster Abbey will bo shown, lire procession consisted of 2000 of the Anzac ' heroes, who marched through the heart of London to a service at Westminster Abbey. The King r Queen were present, also General Sir Willitam Birdwood, Mr. W. M. Hughes, Sir T. Mackenzie, Mr. A. Fisher, and the Australian Ageuts-GeEWKnal. The 'film, showing as it does “Our Boys” at Home, must appeal to everyone, .and there will, no doubt, he .a large attendance at the Three Stars Theatre tto-morrow evening, and again on Thursday, when the film will again he shown.