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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 6 November 1916, Page 4

The Christchurch Cup was won by Ardenvohr, the placed horses being Snub and Mullingar. Loud and frequent thunder booms and rumbles prevailed over Taihapc for about an hour on Sunday morning, but no rain fell till the afternoon, and then only a mere sprinkling. Mr B. P. Evans,, assistant to the Rev. Doull, Palmerston North, will occupy the pulpit at the Taihapc Church, vacated by the Rev. Catherwood, until some permanent arrangement is made. It is a peculiar coincidence that Private Colin Stewart was twenty-two years of age when he made the supreme sacrifice in the cause of his country and Empire, and he was killed on September 15, the 22nd anniversary of the arrival of his father in Taihapc. , ~

A man arrested for drunkenness appeared at the Taihape Police Court on Saturday in answer to the charge, and was fined 10s, in default, 48 hours’ imprisonment. The young men’s senior Bible class at the Mornington (Dunedin) Presbyterian Church has put up a great record. Of its 32 members, all have enlisted (and passed) but one, the leader, who is .held back by home duties. The wholesale soft goods and woollen houses in Auckland and Wellington have adopted a daylight-saving scheme, starting at 8.30 instead of 9 a.m., and closing at 4.30 instead of 5 p.m. The gang ,of Maoris who assist to load the Home boats in Waitara no very well financially by the work (states the Mail). Fifteen of them drew about £l2 each for a fortnight’s work. In connection with the Supreme Court decision in Auckland, that a letter from a soldier killed in action indicating the contents of a will that was missing was sufficient on which to grant letters of administration, it now transpires that the missing will has been found.

The Tenth Maori Reinforcement Draft, consisting of one officer and 70 men, will be farcwclled on Thursday next. The draft will parade in Queen street, and will probably be briefly addressed by Colonel G. W, S. Patterson, 0.C.D., and the Mayor, following the custom that has obtained in the case of previous drafts. \

“Notwithstanding all we hear about the Germans having so many old men and boys in their army, I am bound to say that the 6000 German prisoners we saw in a French camp on our way to Paris were the most vigorous, strong, and healthy men I have ever seen,” said Mr. C. J. Parr, M.P., speaking in Auckland.

The Hon. A. L. Herdman states in regard to the anti-shouting legislation that his information from the Police Department was to the effect that in Wellington the amount of drunkenness had diminished since the Act came into force. The, same state of affairs was to be found in the other centres of the Dominion.

; An old man named Christopher "Wilson" w’as charged at the Police Court this morning with indecently assaulting a little girl agen 10. After hearing the evidence the Bench considered it w r as not sufficient to send the man for trial, and dismissed the case. Accused was further charged with a similar offence, and remanded, bail being allowed accused in £IOO and two sureties of £IOO each.

That Constantinople has been actually signed and contracted for by the Allied Governments as the prize which is to fall to Russia should the Central Powers be defeated —and who doubts that they will not be beaten? —was the, statement made at San Francisco by M. M. Itchas, member of the Duma, and a member of the Russian Parliamentary: deputation, ; - • which‘ was sent by the Czar to England, France and Italy to confer with those Governments.

Those Dunedin millers who were charging £l2 10s a ton for flour on Tuesday last advanced their price to £l3, and those millers whose price was £l2 have increased their charge to £l2 10s. Another miller names £l3 10s as his price. The advance has been brought about (says the Otago Daily Times) by the increased cost of milling w’heat, which was advanced fully 3d per bushel during the last fort night. Prime velvet wheat is now r very difficult to obtain.

High-heeled, footwear is much in fashion again, the result of the very short skirts in vogue, which tempts women to reduce the apparent length of the foot, which the high heel does more or less effectively. “The high heel,” writes a medical correspondent of the Daily Mail, “forces the spmc out of alignment, and is one of the commonest causes of backache. It throws the weight of the body on the front part of the foot, thus cramping the toes and giving rise to bunions and corns. A wonjan suffering from these troubles cannot escape nerve irritation, nor can she walk with her natural grace.

The women munition-makers who work in the “Danger section” at the different arsenals in England, are known as the “Golden Girls,” for after three months their bodies and faces become the colour of gold dust. These brave women daily undermine their constitutions, ruin their health ana looks, and think nothing of it as long as the men in the trenches are kept supplied with ammunition—for them they will sacrifice anything. These girls are also called “Canaries,” and “The Wounded "Women Tommies of the Munition Factories.” It says much for the spirit of the Englishwoman when one realises that as one body of women leave the works broken in health, hundreds of others are ready waiting To take their place.

There are said to he 17 flaxmills within three miles of Foxton, all busily at work. The annual Dominion bowling tournament is fixed to take place at Wellington from Monday, January 8. The land tax, leviable under tne Finance Act, 1916, was payable on November 1, but 21 days’ grace has been allowed. The system of recruiting t-'iat has been adopted in the military group areas of the Dominion is proving successful, as far as the Wellington district is concerned. Mr. A. J. Clark, The Terrace, Taihape, who left New Zealand with the 10th Reinforcements on March 4, returned to New Zealand on September 29, and Is now back home again in Taihape.