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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 202, 2 October 1916, Page 4

A French ship recently steamed into an American harbour with £8,000,000 in gold. The incident, says the San Francisco Chronicle, occasioned no widespread comment, though it was equal to six years' production of the whole world a hundred years ago.

A Press Association special message received at 11 o’clock this morning states that a further casualty list containing 1100 names is being issued today.

An advertiser has two unfurnished rooms to let, with use of kitchen.

The Main Trunk Brewery, Taihape, is advertising for a man to do bottlewashing,

A waitress or general is required by an advertiser, and applicants should apply at this office.

The Niagara, W'hich arrives in Auckland to-day from Sydney, is bringing 115 bags of mails, 39 of them being from beyond Australia.

A boy twelve years of age, at Devonport, who got money from a lady on a note he said was written by the lady’s son, has been commited to the Weraroa Training Farm.

The Wanganui Education B’oard has paid out £1930 as war bonuses to teachers. The payment involved considerable work for the members of the office staff but they get no war bonus. If the Germans get pushed back much further they will find themselves out of the Somme and in the consomme. —Philadelphia North American. A Masterton resident who has just returned from Sydney states that grear difficulty is experienced in obtaining passports. Even females are debarred from travelling abroad unless they can show good reason. Four little girls, of ages ranging from six years to ten months, who had been temporarily motherless by the imprisonment of their mother for keeping 'a house of ill-fame, have been committed by the Auckland S. M. to the care of St Mary’s Industrial School at Onehunga.

Pita Thomas, well known in New Zealand and Australian boxing circles, who went away from Taihape with reinforcements about a year ago, returned to Taihape last night, having distinguished himself in Egypt and In France. He has the rank of sergeantmajor.

Messrs T. P. Ransom and Son, bakers, pastrycooks, and confectioners, Station Street, notify that highest quality wedding cakes, aritstically decorated, are made on the shortest notice, and that wedding parties and socials are catered for. A specialty is now being made of Soldiers’ Christmas Cakes, for which orders are now being taken.

The grand annual show of the Wanganui Agricultural and Pastoral Association is advertised to take place Wednesday and Thursday, 15th and 16th November next. There will tie the usual hunters and jumping competitions, maiden/leaping and steeplechasing, besides many other popular competitions. There will also be the usual homework, art and needlework classes.

The Government Statistician states that he believes the enrolments under the National Register would be verycomplete. Very few would be missed who ought to be on, but against this there Avould be many physically unfits, but the Register could not be purged of these till sufficient time had elapsed to enable all cases to be thoroughly investigated. To date 181,577 applications for certificates of enrolment had been acknowledged.

Dr Von Be.thmannHollweg, German Chancellor, said: —“Great Britain is fighting for world supremacy with an expenditure of strength unexampled in history. She is breaking one international law after another. Great Britain is a most fierce and obstinate enemy. German statesmen who are hesitating to use against this enemy every available instrument to shorten the war should be hanged.” The Chancellor expressed disgust and contempt for the allegations that all means of fighting were not being employed to the fullest posible extent.

The Lord Mayor of Bristol welcomed Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, Sir James Carroll, M.P. for Gisborne, New Zealand, and Mr F. W. Young, AgentGeneral for South Australia, on their arrival in the city. The visitors inspected the docks and the cold storage accommodation. They were afterwards entertained at a reception py merchants and manufacturers and presidents of the local trading associations. Sir Thomas Mackenzie described New Zealand’s proposals for increasing her trade with Britain after the war.

“Tiki” Stout differs from other stouts in this respect: It is not allowed to leave the brewery before it is properly matured. No matter how pressing business may be, the manufacturers of ‘ ‘ Tiki ’ ’ Stout will not allow any but fully matured Stout to go on the market. The result is that when you drink “Tiki” you need not fear aftereffects.