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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 2 March 1917, Page 4

Two Chicago firms alone shipped 5,000,000 pounds of poultry, valued at £200,000, to England during the winter of 1915. ’ ; j « At the London wool sales, the offering was entirely Government-owned. There was animated competition. Merinos wore harder all round, and crossbreds were not offered. Lieut.-Colonel Freyburg, V.C., D.S.O of Wellington, lias made a good recovery from his wounds received in the recent Ancre fighting. He has left the Park Lane Hospital, London, and will recuperate in the country. About 40 officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces returned to Wellington by the Manuka. They were met and welcomed by Mayor Luke on behalf of the citizens.

An elderly man wants any kind of light work.

The police have a handbag and purse that were picked up on the Show ground on Wednesday. The owner should interview Sergeant Matthews.

Mr Joseph S. Ainsworth, A.M.1.E.E., who was recently appointed Electrical Engineer to the town of Mangaweka commenced his duties on Tuesday last.

We would draw our readers’ attention to the advertisement of the Dunlop Rubber Company appearing on page 2 of this issue. It is a striking and welltimed appeal to the motorists of New Zealand.

The Matron of the Taihape Hospital acklowleges with thanks the following gifts; Flowers, Mr Capill; Plums, Mrs A. Williams; Flowers, Miss M. Stringer; Old Linen, Mrs Dunbar; Papers, Salvation Army; Flowers, Mrs Fynes.

A typographical error in the report of the A. and P. Show, published yesterday made Mrs Foster the winner of the prize for butter. It should have stated that the prize was won by Mrs C. E. Laidley. Mrs Laidley also won first prize for Chutney.

Says the Patea Press: A story is current that a young farmer who has recently gone to the front was compelled to sell his farm before leaving. The purchaser, it is alleged, was an unnaturalised German. There must be something radically wrong with the law if such a state of affairs is allowable.

At the entertainment tendered by the Committee of th e A. and P. Association to Judges and Visiting Exhibitors on Wednesday evening, very highly appreciated assistance was rendered by Mr Wahm, Mr E. Stevens, and Mr Heard, all of whom sang excellently, and very generously responded to encores. The success of the whole eutertainmnt was a good deal the. result of their contribution.

Anglers in search of a thrill (says the Oamru Mail) should visit the Waitaki, where, if the trout are scarce at times, the salmon are now beginning to put in an appearance. Four were caught on Saturday, and these ranged from 161 b to 131 b. One, whicn was not caught, was described in the heat of the moment by the angler to whom he was insecurely attached for a matter of seconds, as being “two yards long.” The line snapped at the first rush.

Angry scenes were witnessed on Wednesday night at Hamilton at a lecture on “Who caused the War?” by Rev. Howard Elliott. The lecturer sought to show that Catholics throughout the world were in league against Britain, and he was subjected to a tirade of bitter interpections throughout. His declaration that the Pope was responsible for the present European conflict, in his anxiety to secure world domination, caused a tremendous outburst of invective, and the lecturer, who had difficulty in proceeding, ordered the police to remove several interrupters. At the conclusion a crowd waited for and followed the lecturer, who had to be escorted by the police. Eventually he escaped in a motor.

Voluntary recruiting for the Twenty ninth Reinforcements, mobilising in May, will be closed down throughout the Dominion on Saturday next, and any shortage then existing will be made up by ballot from among the members of the First Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve. The necessity for taking a ballot is regarded as certain, and arrangements have been made for holding it on Monday next. Members of the First Division wishing to have their names excluded from the operations of the Government Statistician’s machine, should, accordingly, lose no time in enlisting, as with each successive ballot there is a growing certainty of their being caught. By enlisting now they still have the opportunity of going as volunteers.

Questioned on Wednesday as to the possibility of a second War Loan being floated in the Dominion, the Hon. Myers remarked that authority would certainly be asked for that purpose on the meeting of Parliament. “It is, of course, the obvious responsibility of the Government,” said Mr. Myers, “to raise sufficient funds for the financing of our share of the war costs, which, as is well known, now approximates one million sterling per month. The country, despite the withdrawal for military purposes of so many of our best men, is an unexampled state of prosperity, and I venture to say that the people of the Dominion are only awaiting an opportunity of further proving their readiness to meet all the demands made upon them in support of the Empire’s war against militarism and frightfulness. Such an opportunity will be afforded when the time comes for too Government to ask for subscriptions to a second Now Zealand War Loan.” Quality de Luxe. Lotus Brand Sauces.

A girl to assist in housework is advertised for by Mrs. D. Addis.

At the Wanganui Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Edwards sentenced Richard Patrick Pollard, guilty of the illegal use of an instrument to procure miscarriage, to seven years’ hard labour in the Wellington gaol.

A housemaid at the Excelsior Hotel Dunedin, had the misfortune to fall on Friday afternoon the whole height of the building into Messrs Kerr and Mann’s shop underneath, where she dropped on to a show case. She was picked up unconscious and taken to the Hospital, where she had partially regained consciousness in the evening.