The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 31 August 1916, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916 .

(With which ia incorporated The Tai hapw Post and Waimarjno. Newa.) ;

A general inquiiy.ampng ;; Wellington hotelkeeper discloses .thab.the effect ; of, the operation of the, antirshqutiiig...law o.n Monday was a reduction in,;,jj.bartakings, compared,with previous; MouV days, varying from 15 to 50 per cent, and probably averaging 25 per cent.

The Arbitration Court will sit in Wellington on Friday. The slaughtermens, butchers, painters, brewers,; and aerated water manufacturers and plasterers disputes have been set down for hearing.

At the annual meeting yestrday of the Wellington Meat Export Company the chairman.(Mr W. G. Foster) stated that th e war contribution of £SOO voted at the previous annual meeting for distribution at the discretion of directors had been applied as follows: Hospital at Trentham, £100; Aotea Convalescent Hospital,, £4OO, In addition during the past year further contributions had been disbursed aggregating £743 5s 4d.

"In eonsepuonce of the advance in the cost of the necessaries of life, etc.," said Mr Walter G. Foster chairman of the board of directors) at yesterday's annual meeting of the Wellington Meat Export Company, "your board decided to adopt the advice of th e Arbitration Court, to employers generally, and in a subsequent agreement with workers have since paid to wage-earners a war bonus of 10 per cent,'' He added that, in view of the same conditions, the shareholders would equally appreciate the bonus of 2 per cent per annum,, payment of which was recommended by the board.

"You,'' on t . of the star pictures., a recruiting production, shown last night at the Three Stars, it shows what a scrap of paper can do in the recruiting line. The whole thing is very nicely put together, and would appeal to all: The other star, "The Little .AngeP'of Canyon Creek/'' is well acted by. a child, and he, docs his part perfectly. And for a good laugh, "A 'Pair: of Queens," featuring Flora Finch -and Kate Price, concludes a very good programme. It will be shown ; for the last time to-night. Tomorrow night will be a programme that will bo hard to beat, as two 5000 feet istars will b e shown,, particulars in tojmorrow 'a ' ' Times."

Dr. Smith, District Health Officer, is a visitor to Taihape.

An advertiser wishes to sell a doubleseated buggy; he is willing to take a gig or dog-cart as part payment.

Th e Peninsular and Oriental Company has obtained the Treasury's permission to increase its deferred stock by £906,720, for the purchase of the New Zealand Shipping Company.

A freak lamb at the Ashburton saleyards recently caused considerable interest among farmers. The animal, which was born dead, had eight legs, on e head, four eyes, four ears, two top jaws, one lower jaw, and one tongue.

A well-known chc'ese buyer for a firm operating in the Dominion stated the other day that though the ruling price for cheese is now 9!}d, many of the factories are now disposing of their output on open consignment. He predicted that next year priees would be in the vieinity of 10id.

r The Marton Borough Council has received a legal opinion from Mr T. F. Martin, Municipal Solicitor to the effect that the Council had no power to charge annual sewerage fees for nonrateable property in the borough, but the Council can charge for water, it being a commodity supplied that must be paid for.

Some big prices for butter-fat for the ensuing dairying season are being spoken of (says the Palmerston Standard). Anew co-operative concern in on e 'of th e adjacent districts has disposed of its season's output to such advantage that suppliers will be paid Is 5d per lb for butter-fat during September and October, and Is 9d on November 1, when the company Avill commence the manufacture of cheese.

Our Minister of Defence, after denying that he knew the name of the traitor who deserted from the New Zealand into the German lines in Flanders, now says he cannot divulge the name of the traitor until he gets full particulars from London. And yet a troop from Featherston Camp on Saturday, plus a posse of police, put a picket round- the house 'of the parents of; the traitor'-'i-n' Carterton'!' ; It. is'time the Def oncfr 1 I*epa!rtmerit published 1 the !.<'l did not thirtk--that-what"! would say in Court «wouM ; be taken dnwii in black audi.white,"-remarked a witness at the • ELth'am- Magistrate's Court. In reply his] "Vgbrshipbsaid ('the 'Argus reports).: •';■' Perhaps: you are not also aware thafe what you say will appear in the G>i<eat > Book in which the ink never fades." This caused,the witness to glance round the Court for, the mysterious 'scribe, and apparently came to the' conclusion' that he. was secreted in the cushion'of the, Magistrate's chair.

An extraordinary accident happened to a !; well' known ecclesiastic one day ,las't' 'Wellington _ He was rid-, ng a : push'b'ike down Cuba Street, w.hen he'i'aii iri'roa train car'. The'machine was'smashed to' pieces, and he was thrfcMvn into the air; and landed, on the back seat of a tniotor car without a scratch. "Your cushions are nice and soft," he said, and, leaving the ruins of his machine on the road he cleared oiit from the scene while several persons were searching for mangled remains under th e tram car.

A letter received in Masterton from a soldier at. the front says;.—"Six of us were sent to clean up a. billet thatsome of our boys had been in. We found in the corner a couple of sacks of old mails. I had a look in them, and found three 1 bundles of papers for myself, and one for my mate. That shows you how they look after our mails. I would take it as a favour if you would not send anything in the futur e but letters. It is no game feeding thieves, and providing them witli reading material as well."

The Emden made the Launceston

(Tas # ) Marino Board a present of over £30,000 when it sank the dredge Poonrabbel somewhere in the Indian Ocean (says th e Bulletin). The board put the insurance money into a new dredge, for which the contract price on the Clyde was £32,7.17—equal to £40,907 delivered at Launccston. Now the Russian Government has offered £70,000 for the turnout. The board has decided to help a gallant ally by taking £70,000 net with delivery on the Clyde. As

for itself, it thinks it can worry along without a new dredge fr a while.

The power of observation was shown to be developed to an extaordinary degree in a girl of 12, who, in tiro Auckland Supremo Court described n

youth who appeared in the dock on ft certain charge. She said the accused was wearing a slate-grey hat a grey shirt, a grey coat, grey waistcoat, and brownish grey trousers. The grey <,f the waistcoat was lighter, she said, than that of the jacket, and the grey. of the shirt was different from either. Accused, she said, wore black stockings with red stripes, below the knees, his boots were black, and had a little mud on them. He wore two badges on his coat, and a tooth in the upper jasv was slightly decayed, and showed when he spoke*, ji^MilhlliJ