TAIHAPE MILITARY BUILDING.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 154, 3 July 1916, Page 4

TAIHAPE MILITARY BUILDING.

In the House on Wednesday, Mr. R. W. Smith, member for this ponstituoncy, asked the Minister for Defence whether he. will make provision to erect at the curliest possible date a military hall and offices at Taihape. The Dipartment has been notified tha'r' the hall now being used will not be available after .Inly 10. The Taihape Borough OouiiH! has granted a section on which to erect a new hall, and it is understood thai a grant -of £IOOO, which amount it is estimated will be sufficient to erect a new building, including offices and furniture, was some time ago placed on the Defence estimates. There are ninety-two cad its, thirty-wne infantry, and forty-two mounted men being trained in Taihape. The amount now being paid as rent by the Department for very unsuitable premises is £92 (is per annum. If the new hall is erected it will, in addition to giving better faci'Xties, result in a considerable monetary saving each yea--. The Minister informed Mr. Smith that full consideration will be giv.Mi to the matter of provision of a drill-hall and necessary office and store-room accommodation at Taihape, The Taihape Domain Board some little time back granted an area of 1 rood -1 perches from the domain, which was duly reserved as a (IriU-haH site to meet future requirements. No amount for the erection of buildings on this site has been specially allocated en previous parliamentary estimates. Owing to the early conversion of the hall now fen ted \\-,r drill and other purposes, the officer commanding district has obtained a preliminary plan and estimate for a now building., which, with his report (hereon. is expected to reach the Department today, and will have due attention.

A girl for general housework is required by Mrs. Nathan, Taihape. Applicants should ring up telephone 10. The remains of the late wife of Mr. William Johnson, who died at the Taihape Hospital on Saturday, are to be buried at the Hutt to-day. A married man, to milk, kill, and make himself useful, is advertised for by Mr. F. Gorringe, "Manston," Mangaweka. A lost military badge brooch, of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Corps, a keepsake, is advertised for. The finder will be rewarded on reurning to this office. James Binns, a resident of Matiere, was charged at Taumarunui with cattlestealing. The evidence for the prosecution was that two steers, owned by A. S. Baker, of Matiere, had been stolen and the ear-marks altered. Accused, who pleaded not guilty, and reserved his defence, was committed for trial at Hamilton. Bail! of £2OO was allowed. Attention is drawn to the clearing sale on account of Mr. Frank Fullerton Smith, at Upper Tutaenui. Some first-class young dairy cows, all tested, will be offer hl. They are Shorthorn and Holstein and Ayrshire cross, being mostly third ealvers. The auctioneers, Messrs Abraham and Williams, - Ltd., can thoroughly recommend them as being an extra choice herd. Several lines of good store cattle wiifl also be offered, also the milking plant, as Mr. Smith has definitely decided to go right out of dairying. •>

Dr. Gibbs, says the Times, does not lack a sense of humou;', which is, popular superstition '.notwithstanding, a leading featuie of the Scottish mind. He was referring the other night to the fact that although soldiers could not get drink in camp they could get as full as they like in town. He related a true story of a potential hero who got back to camp in a mellow condition and fell foul of a puddle near the entrance. He was. rescued from the slough of despond by the military police, and was heard to mutter, as he was conducted to his tent: "The end of a perfect day! ''

A deputation from the Commercial Travellers' Association waited on the Minister for Justice with a request that travellers in the country should be absolved from the obligation of serving on juries. Allusion was made to the great inconvenience and loss which arose from travellers being taken off their rounds, and to the fact that special legislation in the matter had been made in New South Wales. The Hon. Dr. McNab expressed his sympathy with the travelers, and promised to see whether any relief was practicable. The total quantity of butter held at the various gazetted grading ports throughout the Dominion on June 30 was 47,763 boxes'; total in store at June 30, 1915, 27,(5-18 boxes; and on the same date of the previous year b'7 ; S72 bo>xes.