THE UNSPEAKABLE HUN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 212, 16 October 1916, Page 6

THE UNSPEAKABLE HUN.

The unscrupulous manner in which‘ the preparation of various articles ,of food is being carried on has again been strikingly exemplified in Leipsig. A master bziker, C. A. Rabitz, the, owner of one of the foremost fashionable establishments in Leipsig, has! been found guilty of the most shame- l ful transgression of all existing laws andregulations. His worst practice of all was to bake live maggots in his cakes; ,On an assistant showing him that‘ the dough was full of these verlnin_,, Rabitz contented himself with cove:--5 ing them up with a layer of dough. ‘ “No need to remove the maggots,” he observed, “people will eat the cakes‘ all the same.” The maggot paste was thereupon duly baked into caxes. Rabitz had also prepared another kind of confection, styled “desser: cake,” from ground wood and potato flour, in which quantities of ants and even bugs were present. ‘ 'This infamous specimen of tne baker tribe received five months’ imprisoninciit, besides being condemnedi to pay a fine of £3l. : ‘ 1 :The taking of the census of the, Maui-is has is difficulties. The Waimarino County enumerator had an en- Q counter with a sturdy wahine wlii-ch,‘ nearly ca-::i.e to an assault on him be-1 cause she suspected he was a cull scription officer. He managed to me’.lify her with the soft answer xvhich turneth away wrath, but her name and that of lit.-‘s iamily are on his lists at the-‘same time. A . Parents ‘LIIO have had sons wound-% ed in action will be interested to kn WV M that they are permitted to dispatch three cables of inquiry at intervals to the Base Records Office in London, free oricharge. Replies usually occupy a. Week in transmission, but they also come free, and contain progress zeports. Parents will be directed as to the form of cable that should be dispatched on application to the iiearest post office. ~.__.____..__..____..__.