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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 13 February 1917, Page 4

Sweden is now an armed camp with 300,000 men ready to take the field at a moment's notice.

"Our firm is paying £SO a week more for meat now than it did before the war," stated a witness before the Military Service Board recently.

Surgeon-General Henderson reports that the state of health of the troops in the military camps at Trentham and Featherston was more satisfactory at the present time than for a long time past. '■ -t '"•'" "* '""

A big batch of summonses is beingissued in Christchurch against youths for not attending drill. Over 1800 informations have already been sworn, and another lot of 200 is expected to be issued this week.

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Snow, of Raetihi, have received a cable message from East Africa informing them that their eldest son, Hastings, has been promoted to major and awarded the Military Cross. ■,....

Mr. Palmer, the famous American war correspondent, is of opinion that the British tanks prevented at least 25,000 casualties in the Sorame attacks. He also states that although he is convinced the Allies will win the conflict will last three or four years more unless Russia executes some grand coup next year. It would be hard to find a more pronounced case of hereditary imbecility than that of the new Emperor and Empress of Austria. The Emperor's father, was insane, and so also was his grandfather. The Empress is one of twenty children, seventeen of whom are of weak intellect and one hope/ ly mad. The Empress herself has "eccentric" moods. The American Consul at Client, Belgium, has been grossly insulted by the Germans. He was a witness of the brutal ill-treatment of Belgian workmen who were being deported, and protested very strongly. He was told co mind his own business, ana threatened with expulsion if he again protested. Americans in London are wondering what President Wilson will do in die matter. A correspondent writes to the Wanganui Herald:—During the recent local waterfront trouble, the splendid spirit of our womenfolk was emphasised when a certain well-known young lady rang up the Ouicials concerned and asked if it wore possible for her and some of her friends to obtain work. Her request, needless to say, was refused. the British spirit that prompted it cannot fail to be recognised, and should stand as a good example to all concerned.

Mr Hastings Moore, a well-known draper and chairman of the Gonville Town Board, dropped dead in his shop on Saturday night.

The Germans have taken another step in their methods of frightfulness, and now send over to the Allied trench es a new gas by means of shells. This is so destructive that, while the victims slioav little effects from the deadly vapour at the time of its visit, many of them die suddenly of heart failure in about twenty-four hours.

A boy in Sydney was fined for enlisting while under 18 years of age. He expressed his strong determination to get to the front. The police received over £2OO from anonymous admirers of the youthful patriot, but as the boy paid his own fine they are in a quandary, being unable to return the money to the donors.

"it is a. matter of congratulation to miners,' 'said the Hon. W. D. S. Macdonald last week, "that for the year ended December 31, 1916, the output of coal in the Dominion was a record, totalling about 2,337,000 tons, and this despite the fact that the number of men employed in the industry was slightly less than in the previous year."

Sir John Findlay will be the Liberal candidate for the Hawke's Bay seat, rendered vacant by the death of Dr. McNab, and under the arrangement made between the parties when t-he National Cabinet was formed, the Reformers will not contest the election. There is some talk of an Independent Liberal candidate, but it seems likely that Sir John will be allowed a walkover. " ■ :.■.-;,£ || " ; A tribute to the value of the New Zealand newspapers was made by a speaker at a meeting of the Christchurch branch of the Overseas Club. He had repeatedly received letters from the front stating that the writers anxiously awaited the Dominion papers, as they got better war news in them than those they received from across the Channel.

An Englishman, on a recent railway trip in the States, scored neatly over his travelling companion, an American. He handed the latter a newspaper containing an account of one of the great British victories in France. After reading it the American returned the paper with the remark, "Some fight!" Quick as a flas-h came back the Britisher's reply, "And some don't."

A story of a gourmet baronet is going the rounds of the clubs in London. The restaurant where he usually dines •has reformed its menus, and at the end of the dinner he sent for the manager and soundly rated him, complaining that he hadn't had a single thing worth looking at. "Then, Sir," said the manager, with dignity, "here is the bill!"

I.W.W. agitators made a lot of trouble among the workmen at Coff's harbour, Sydney, last week, 800 being idle fo ra time. Information received in Sydney shows that while the men resent I.W.W. interference, they appear to be powerles sto resit. The other day a member of the I.W.W. attempted to address the railway workers, but they refused to hear him. As he persisted, the crowd gave him a dip in the river. "Go Slow," and other I.W.W. posters have been liberally displayed at the works.

Mr. I. B. Missen, the local postmaster, has received the sad news that his brother was killed on January 7, whiel participating in a bayonet charge on German trenches iu France. The late Mr. Missen has been rejected as a member of the main body, even though he expressed big willingness to pay the whole of the expense involved in getting to the seat of war. He, however, was readily accepted for the 14th Reinforcements. While in England he was transferred to the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, being an excellent shot. It was after four months' fighting that lie died a soldier's death.

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