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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 2 December 1916, Page 4

Letter mails for the Expeditionary Forces will close at Wellington on Wed nesday, December 6,»at 8 pm. The London sales have been postponed one week owing to Government action in commandeering wool. The Hon J. T. Paid, who lias been prominently before the public of late in connection with the question of compulsory military service, submitted himself for examination with a view to enlistment but was rejected. "I have been greatly struck with the motives that have sent men to the front," said Mr J. T. Troup at the Presbyterian Assembly. Ho believed that practically all had a hatred of the war. and went, not becauc they wanted the experience—not because they were eeckers of adventure—but out of a high sense of duty. Lieut.-Col. E. .T. Dalton, A.S.C., is probably the only man now doing his bit in the British service who was engaged in the Crimean war. He had a medal for that and for the Turkish War —is over SO yeas old, and retired from the army in 1002. When the call came lie offered and was given an important place in the Army Service Corps.

Taranaki's exports in the last prewar season were valued at £GoT>,,OOO. In the year ended .September last the figure had risen to £1,638,000 —an increase of 140 per cent.

The Alton (Taranaki) Dairy Company has paid out an additional 2d per lb on butter fat supplied during last season, making the magnificent total of 1/9 per lb for the season. This must surely be a record for the Dominion. The Auckland City Council has decided to honour Admiral Jellicoe by naming a street after him. The street lately known as Jermyn Street will, in future, bear the name of the distinguished British Admiral. Alexander Allison, age G2, a resident of Milton, was thrown from his horse in the city on Thursday, and died at the hospital. He was a well-known Clydesdale breeder, and also had acted as a judge at various shows.

It has been arranged that a deputation representing the different dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church will wait upon the Government, headed by Archbishop Redwood and Bishop Brodie,. to protest against calling up priests for service.

About 20 wool graders passed through Dannevirke on Wednesday evening by special train on their way to Napier, where they intend staying for a week. They are to examine, wool clips for the Government under the new commandeering order.

The Ngawaka Sawmilling Company will start cutting timber in the course of a few days, and in another column of this paper invite tenders for carting. The mill and tramways have been thoroughly renovated and brought up to date, and about 20 hands will be employed.

Flour is reported by some South Island mills to have advanced to £ls per ton, a rise of 10s since Wednseday and £1 since Monday. Stocks of wheat and flour are reported to be very short. Feilding bakers to-day report that they have increased th e price of bread by a halfpenny per loaf.

The Auckland taxi-driver, George George, whose conduct towards young girls was the subject of unfavourable comment last week, has had his license cancelled by the Auckland City Council. Two other Auckland taxidrivers Avhose conduct had been oper* to question were dealt with similarly.

, In the event of the coal strike causing a shortage of coal in the Dominion Christchurch, according to a local paper, would be least affected, owing to the fact that Lake Coleridge electricity is available It has been estimated that owing to the increased use of electricity in that city the amount of coal used in Christchurch this year showed a decrease of 27,000 tons as compared with the amount of coal normally used.

A considerable amount of dissatisfaction exists among the wool-buyers resident in Wellington. Now that the wool clip has been commandeered by the Government it becomes necessary for the wool to be valued as it goes into store. Despite the fact that there are wool-buyers resident in New Zealand who have spent their lives in the business, not one of them was chosen by the Government to go to Napier, Bradford men being picked, with, so a buyer alleges, far less varied experience. Amongst those who were on board the hospital ship Braemar Castle when she Avas torpedoed in the Mediterranean recently was an ex-resident of Wellington, Mr Eoy Cable, younger son of Mr William Cable, the wel-known foundryowner, of Wellington, who occupied the position of fourth engineer on the vessel. In a cablegram to his people Mr Cable reports "all we 11,," and states that all the crew of the Braemar Castle were saved. Letters received from him last week state that his ship was carrying sick' and wounded from Alexandria and Salonika to Mudros Bay, where they wore transferred to the Britannic and Aquitania.

A somewhat unusual case came before Mr. Justice Stringer at the Supreme Court on Friday, when a man named Robert Henry Stevenson was charged with having written a letter about a certain case that was to come before his Honour. On finding that he had been guilty of an improper ac» Mr. Stevenson appeared at the Court, and handed in a written apology. Hfs Honour, after perusing the apology, said: To address a letter to a judge

in connection with a case which is coming before him is a very grave impropriety. You apparently thought, from something that had been told you, that this man's case was not being properly presented. Your proper place, if you believed that to be the case, was in the witness box, where you could have been cross-examined. I am satisfied now with the apology you have addressed to me, therefore nothing more will be done in the matter. It is just as well for you and other people to know that writing such a letter is not merely impertinence but contempt of Court, for which they are liable to a very heavy penalty. - • ;;:,? i

Counting the names in the first list of Tarankai men drawn in the conscription ballot, I find that out of 166, no fewer than 95 are engaged on the land or in the dairy factories (says a correspondent of a Taranaki exchange) It sets one wondering whether the Government is taking thought on the position that is going to arise.

Shortly before the Supreme Court opened on Tuesday at Invercargill. close on 100 girls, pupils of the Southland High School, marched into the building and were accommodated with seats. This is not the first occasion on which the court has been invaded by a troupe of bright young girls in search of education in civics, a subject that is now

given an important place in the se condary school.