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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 20 January 1917, Page 4

We understand that Miss F. Grant, head-teacher at Turangarere school, has resigned her position.

Leave of absence was granted to Mr .1. H. Thurston, headmaster of the Talhapo District High School, at the last meeting of the Education Hoard.

In a case at the Wellington Magistrate’s .Court on Wednesday it was stated that the claims for pillaged cargo during the past twelve months exceeded £IOOO.

A patriotic woman, living loss than 50 miles from Gore, was to he seen one day last, week looking round her husband ’s flock of sheep, and knitting socks for soldiers at the same time (states the ‘‘Wyndham Farmer").

On Thursday night the Education Board received a communication from an ex-teacher, claiming £IOOO damages for alleged loss of health while in the board’s employ. A foot note, stating that prompt settlement would oblige, moved the members to hilarity.

Representatives of several freezing

companies are operating in the districts of Taihape and Mangaweka at the present time, and some big stock sales arc reported. A Ruahine farmer recently disposed of a line of fat sheep at 40/ per head.

At the meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on Thursday a letter was received from Mr. R. T. Batley, of Moawhango, requesting the Board to secure a school premises. The matter was placed in the hands of Mr. Joblin to report upon.

A fine record was established by a lad in the Wanganui district in (he recent Junior National Scholarship. His name is Geoffrey W. do Montalk, of Mangaweka, and he attained 71.0 marks out of a possible 800. At the last meeting of the Wanganui Education Board congratulatory reference was made to th t . lad’s meritorious performance.

"I had just arrived from a no-license area and had a couple of drinks to case; my mind.” declared a first offender for drunkenness to Mr F. V. Fraser, S.M., at the Auckland Police Court. “Is your mind cased now?” asked the magis"trate. “Yes,” said the man. “Very well, the process will cost you five shillings,” said Mr Fraser.

A notification of the great summer ( sale of the D.1.C., Wellington, appears ( on page seven of to-day’s issue. The sale takes place on January 29.

One of the results of the recent elections in Kansas has been the election of 151 Avomen for county offices. There were 255 women running for, office in 92 out of 105 Kansas counties.

Alfred Wilson, camp cook, fifty years of age, fell on the signal rods at the Taunummui railway station on Wednesday evening, sustaining head injuries. He died the following night in hospital.

The Commissioner of Taxes draAvs attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of the Ordinary Income tax is on Monday, the 22nd day of January, 1917,

“ You haven’t got as much intelligence as I thought you had,” said tiro military counsel to a farmer witness at the Military 'Appeal Court at Palmerston on Friday. “You have every right to think that; I wouldn't he milking cows if I had much,” declared the witness amidst laughter.

On his transfer to Wellington as assistant loco foreman, Mr A. B. Feasor, of Taihapo, wag presented hy the members of th e locomotive staff, Taihape, Avith a valuable travelling bag. Mr Fcascy Avas located at Taihapo for three years.

At the meeting of tiie Wanganui Education Board on Thursday, it was decided that Miss McNair be stationed at Taihape, and take charge of classes in cooking and dressmaking at Marton, Taihapo, Ohakune and Huntcrville at a salary of £l5O per annum.

Lieutenant-General Slatin, the Austrian who did such good Avork Avith Kitchener in Egypt, and Avho resigned his position at the beginning of the Avar because he could not fight against the country of hig birth, ig devoting his time to Red Cross work, and aiding prisoners interned in Austria.

The local Salvation Army is iioav in charge of a male officer, Lieutenant Midland, late of WaipaAva, having taken the place of the tAvo lady officers who have laboured so hard and conscientiously during the past year or so. Owing to the shortage of men through enlistments only a single officer can be spared for Taihape.

Some time ago a motor-car, with a khaki-clad girl, a member of one of the women’s corps, at the wheel, was standing outside the British War Office, Avhile its occupant was making a call there, Avhcn a group of Cabinet Ministers emerged from the building. The fair ehaft'cur. sprang from the car and, to the astonishment of his companions. affectionately (embraced the leading Minister. It was his niece, who is using her skill at driving as her share towards the Avar effort.

A story has just come to hand of two first-class lady passengers who shared a state-room on an American liner. When the steamer started they were friendly enough, but afterwards they ‘wore very cool towards each other. Just off Queenstown the captain was confidentially told by one of the ladies that she was sure Mrs was a Gorman spy, and that he ought to warn the authorities. “ That’s strange, ’ said the captain, "Mrs ——■ says exactly the same thing about yon.”

King Nicholas of Montenegro has a ready wit. A well-known author on a visit to tiro front had the privilege of a talk with him on the occasion of his bestowing honours on Sir Douglas Haig and other officers. Referring to the future of Montenegro, the author lamented the fact that she had no exports. ‘‘ I beg your pardon, ’ ’ said the .King, smilingly. “You have forgotten my daughters.” Mho Montenegrin princesses, headed by the Queen of Italy have all found husbands of Royal blood.

In rightly condcmlning the Crown Prince of Germany as a common robber it must not be forgotten that he is only following in his father ’s footsteps. The Kaiser, at the time of the Boxer. Rebellion,, instructed} the gcnerpl in command of the German troops Count Waldorscc, to send on to him all the valuable loot he acquired during his journey to Pekin, and while in the Chinese capital. The value of this loot has never been divulged, but inasmuch as it included many historic relics of the Imperial Family it must amount to an enormous sum. ■

Among the criminal records lately have been the sentencing in New Turk of three “white slavers” to terms of from two and a half to nineteen and a half years, in addition to fines of from £2OO to £IOOO. In passing sentence the judge was very severe, characterising the culprits las --‘‘vipers* “serpents,” and “wreckers of hum a 1 bodies and souls.” The fust woman found guilty of running a bit th con trol” clinic, a Miss Ashley,. k as “ een fined £lO, which ah e paid « nder P ro * test. The judge said that she should have been sent to gaol for a month also. Other cases are coming up. the ~-bit very full evidence, ii o\v sp ape rs p* l ]ll v ' l j the tenor of which is that the poorer classes should not bo kept in ignorance of what the wealthier classes and the druggists practise every day.

A man named Edward Tingoy, aged G(i, of the firm of R. and E. Tingoy, of Wanganui, was killed on Thursday night as the result of a motor skidding on the road to Kapauui. Joseph Herbert Jones, a labourer, who was a member of the I.W.W. in Australia, was on Tuesday sentenced by the Wellington magistrate, Mr. a. M. McCarthy, to twelve months’ hard labour on a charge of publishing a seditious utterance. About midnight yesterday a fire occurred at Bluff in McKerras and Hazlett’s bulk store, and quickly spread to the premises of Nichol Bros., Thomson and Co., J. E. Watson, and the Council Chambers, all being completely destroyed. The area covered is nearly three acres. The buildinga were old, and mainly of wood, but contained valuable stocks of product-, wines and spirits.