ANOTHER VICTIM.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 152, 30 June 1916, Page 4

ANOTHER VICTIM.

The Bay of Plenty Times announces that in of the’ heavy increase in the .cost of newspaper production it has had to increase its advertising charges by 50 •. per cent, as from July Ist. ” : The editor points out that owing to the high cost of paper, coupled with the increased charge by the Government for press telegrams, the daily issue of a newspaper in the Tauranga district has been threatened, and it has become abundantly clear that a daily paper at existing rates is impracticable. Two alternatives presented themselves, namely, increasing the charges for advertising, and for the paper itself, or to reduce the issue to three days a week. By way of a test the advertising rates are being raised as indicated. Other New Zealand papers have felt the war pinch severely and the size of several of the leading southern papers has been reduced from 12 columns to 10 columns, and from S. columns to (i columns dailv.

am a coward,” said a fine, healthy looking fellow of 21 in appealing for exemption at the Williton (Somerset) District Tribunal, A member; “That I quite believe.” Application refused. A young Tahitian soldier, who. is visiting Wellington, gave a very interesting account of his fellow countrymen who were there lately. He said that most of them were men of position and wealth, but had come from the interior and heel not received much education.

Tire Japanese training squadron, consisting of'the Iwate (979(3 tons) and Azuma (10,118 tons), under Rear-Ad-miral T. Matsumura, which is at present in Sydney, will extend its visit to WclIngton. The dates of arrival and departure of the ships cannot be published, nor can their destination. The utter d evilishness of German intriguers in America appears to ,know no limit, for one of the most despicable tricks of the war has just been uncovered. Ton tons of tobacco, sent by Americans as gifts to British soldiers, have been found to have been drugged. Immense quantities of tobacco have been dispatched from New York to England for the British Tommies, under the auspices of the Allied agencies in America, and it is believed that some evil-minded Germans anonymously forwarded various quantities of tobacco to the Allied headquarters in New York. The'‘weed ” has passed through without suspicion, but when it reached London a peculiar odour was detected. After a careful examination, it was descovered that the tobacco had been drugged. It was immediately burned by the London authorities.

The Million Dollar Mystery will be screened at the Three Stars Theatre to-night at five minutes past eight.

Mr. D. J. McLennan will sell at the Tui Street Mart, to-morrow, at 2 p.m., three springing heifers, besides furniture, washing copper, kitchen range, and the usual potatoes, vegetables and fruit.

Greenstone has been introduced into the ornamentation of Princes Street, Dunedin, Dawson’s having put it as the pilasters and stallboards of their shop front. It looks well, being uncommon and elegant. The stone is mined out of a mountain range. at Tuhua, near Gireymouth.

A clergyman resident not 100 miles from Balclutha has offered to work three days a week in the Kaitangata coal mine as a miner in order to let an “eligible” away to the front. This (says the Free Press) is practical patriotism with a vengeance, and an exemplification of the spirit needed to win •wars.

At Gardner & Co.’s half-price sale there is still a fine display of useful, fashionable and serviceable goods waiting to fall into new hands. In view -of the continuing rise in prices of everything, ladies cannot go wrong in laying in stocks for use for a long time to come. Prices in London are going up and recent advices indicate that there is no likelihood of any cessation in the rise. Freights are still mounting, in some cases running into as much as the original cost of goods. The goods of Messrs Gardner wore bought well by their London buyer, and customers arc to have the full advantage.

At the drapery and mililinery cstabliahment -of W. J.-White & Sons a winter clearing is proceeding, in collection with which an inset is being distributed with this issue. The firm’s advertisement on page 7 also gives details of other goods that are to be cleared at almost any price. All stocks are being submitted to the most drastic cutting down, and it is doubtful whether at any other season of the year can such extraordinarily good values be obtained.

Mr. A. Spence is advertising his winter clearing sale of drapery, millinery, costumes, men’s and boys’ clothing, all of which he i& offering at unquestionable reductions, rendering every article a bargain of bargains. When Mr. Spence holds a clearing sale and notifies low prices it is certain that excellent value for money laid out is being obtained. During this time of drapery bargains ladies should not miss seeing those Mr. Spence lias to offer cheni, and parents needing boys’ clothng should inspect the stock in his shop. The stock is all good and now—no old shelf .encumbrances, as Mr. Sp.-iee has on A put in the new goods within the last cl 8 months.