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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 201, 26 September 1916, Page 4

The German system will directly owe its undoing to its infamies (says the London Observer). Posterity in all countries will look back upon that sequel of crime and punishment with as much awe as upon any moral lesson in history.

The late Sir William Ramsay held that "the best and only useful reprisal for the slow murder of our fellow-citi-zens imprisoned in Germany is to announce, with full Government authority, which will pledge the country to the fulfilment of the announcement, that every person in high authority "in Germany concerned in the murder or attempted murder will be put on trial for murder at the end of the war. As British Civil Courts have no jurisdiction in a foreign land, a court-martial in some form could be constituted.' >

Between the Bth and 11th German submarines sank eight Norwegian ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 19,733.

Russia's petroleum king recently paid his barber £4O to come from Paris to Evain les Bains, -Switzerland, and cut his hair.

The New York correspondent of the "Times" states that. Messrs Koosevelt and Taft have agreed to a public reconciliation in Mr Hughes' interests.

Attention is drawn to Luxford and Co.'s advertisement in another column. The prices quoted should appeal to all who can take advantage of offer to pay freight on £5 orders to Taihape.

"If the films showed-dishonest boys flogged, they might do some good," said Sir John Bell, remanding at the Mansion House a boy charged with stealing

A letter from Italy mentions an invasion of enormous numbers of rats in Apulia. They have been advancing like an army of Huns, destroying everything. Huge trenches are being dug to hold them up.

A West African paper announcer! that a public auction is to be held in London at the end of October for the sale of all the business premises, fixtures, trade marks, and goodwill owned by enemy firms in Nigeria.

Indiscretions of politicians are nothing compared to the indiscretions of their daughter*. There is one talkative young lady who is going about saying, "Father is dreadfully tired of the war, and we are so fearfully tired of father. >'

Described as " a lady of means,'' Mrs Beckitt, widow, aged 50, was sent to gaol for three months without the option of a fine, and ordered to pay the costs' of the prosecution, at Ormskirk, for giving intoxicating drink to wounded soldiers.

The factories erected by the late Sir William Perkin, the discoverer of aniline dyes, at Wembly, England, which, owing to German competition have been closed for over 20 years, have been re-opened by a manufacturing company.

The body of John William Wilklns, a resident of Petone, was discovered on the railway at Kaiwarra about 10.30 last night by the driver of an incoming train. The lower portion of the body was badly mangled. It is unknown how the man came to be there.

A corpulent labourer, "apparently 36,'' who could not read or write and did not know his age, was fined 40/and handed over to the military authority at East Ham Police Court as an absentee. He said he knew nothing about the Military Service Act.

The Utiku and Ohutu Patriotic and Social Club is to hold a Gent's. Ball on Friday evening, in Doole's Hall, in aid of patriotic funds. Particular pains are being taken to make this function the most enjoyable yet held. The gentlemen are on their mettle, and no stone is to be left unturned to make this ball a record success. Many Taihape visitors are expected.

Since the High Court decision that milk, though deficient in fat, might be in the same state as it was 1 obtained from the cow, it had become almost impossible, it was stated at a meeting of the Surrey County Council, to secure a conviction for adulteration. All farmers had to do to got a charge dismissed was to call evidence that nothing had been subtracted from or added to the milk.

Mr T. P. O'Connor, speaking at the London Working Men's Institute o« British ideals of government, said: "I will not say we are always consistent with those ideals, even with reference to my own native country, but the whole tendency and spirit of the British Constitution is to govern men in accordance with ideals of freedom. To the Prussian the machine gun is the instrument of government."

The closing chapter of the BaconShakespeare controversy in the courts of Chicago was entered on July 22nd, when Judge Frederick A. Smith dismissed the suit of Colonel George Fabyan and dismissed the injuncton granted him by Judge Tuthill, who decided that the works credited to Shakespeare were in reality written by Bacon. The result of this judgment, therefore, is that Shakespeare, in the opinion of the Appeal Court, was the author, of the plays aad not Bacon

At the beginning of May a group of Germans dining in San Francisco, having drunk the health of the Kaiser, decided to send a post card to the Crown Prince. "Forward, Fritz; we are with you," they wrote, and addressed their signatures. The card was asdressed "Kronprina Friedrich Wi!helni, Verdun, Germany. It duly arrived at Verdun, which is still French The French. Post Office returned the card to its authors, adding over tho name of the addressee the words. "Not yet arrived in Verdun/'

A furnished room, with use of conveniences, is advertised for, in a working man's home preferred.

It is stated that out of 17 predic tions Mr T. Wilford has made regard ing the war, 11 have come true.

Messrs W. J. White and Sons are offering real bargains in Tussore silk. They have some twenty pieces left, which are going at below cost, and as tussore silk is just the thing for summer wear, a speedy clearance is expected.

Georges Carpentier, the French soldier boxer, writes to the "Weekly Despatch: "I am anxious to meet Les. Darcy, the Australian wonder. I believe he is something of a terror. I am prepared to concede him weight after the war."

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mary Ann McHardy, which Avas to have been continued yesterday by the District Coroner, Mr J . P. Aldridge, J.P., has been adjourned until Monday next the 2nd October.

To-night is the last night on which the second series of "The Stingaree" will be screened, and all should mase a point of seeing it, as it is even better than the first series. Those who delight in comedies will be very pleased with "The Shabbies," a' Vita- comedy.

The Taihape Freezing Works are now completely empty, the last carcase having been taken away yesterday. All efforts are being concentrated on the work of building additional storage room, and when this is completed it is hoped there will be no cause for disappointment owing to inability to continue killing for want of storage capacity.

Brigadier-General E. W. C. Chaytor, of Palnierston, was personally responsible for the first discovery of the Turkish concentration for the new attack on Egypt. General Chaytor was up in an aeroplane as observer on a reconnaissance, and he discovered a great body of Turkish cavalry close to Katia. Thence onward the concentration steadily developed, leading up to the battle.

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,295,000 quarters, and for the Continent of Europe 3,160,000. Atlantic shipments, 606,000 quarters; Pacific, nil. The total shipments to Europe for the week were 1,375,000qr5, of which Eussian supplies 20,000, India 150,000, Argentine 106,000, and Australia and New Zealand 97,000.

Court gossip is busily linking the names of the beautiful Princess Yolanda of Italy and the Prince of Wales, and it is thought that an announcement of their betrothal may soon be forthcoming. The Princess is not yet 16, while the Prince is 21. Yolanda is reputed to be the most beautiful Princess in Europe. Her mother, also a beautiful woman, is the daughter of King Peter of Montenegro.

At an inquest held at Owhango by Mr A. S. Laird, Coroner, on a three months' old infant who had died suddenly of convulsions, it was stated that the child (a bottle baby) had been fed with a preparation of patent barley. The medical witness considered the food unsuitable for so young a child, and said it ought to be more generally known amongst mothers that milk was the natural food for a child.

The correspondent of the "Times" at headquarters on the Western front ■writes: "I have frequently pointed out the continuous accession of prisoners, which often exceed in number our total casualties in the same action. Occasionally it is not our fault that we don't get more. In one instance 45 prisoners were rounded up and sent to the rear. The enemy immediately observed what had been done, and turning their machine-guns upon the prisoners, with the result that only half a dozen got through/'

In a will ease just heard in the Supreme Court, Wellington, Mr A Blair, one of the counsel engaged, said that one of the children of deceased followed the occupation of c jockey. He succumbed to the environments in which he was brought up, and took to drink. His Honour (Mr Justice Chapman): "But jockeys do not drink. They may indulge in gambling, but do not drink!" Sir John Findlay, K.C., who was also engaged in the case, stated that jockeys were like bookmakers, and could not afford to drink.