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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 16 April 1917, Page 4

Nominations for the position tof Mayor, and for membership of the Taihape Borough Council close at 12 o’clock, noon, to-morroAV (Tuesday). Nominations also close at the same hour for a representative on the Wanganui Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, for the combined districts of Bulls, Marton, Hunterville, MaugaAveka and Taihape. At present there is only one nomination for the Borough Council.

Messrs A. W. Gardner and Co. have a neAv advt. on page I of interest to ladies.

Very beneficial rains have fallen during the week in the Otaki district, where pastures Avere bare OAving to a continued spell of hot, dry Aveather,

It was stated at the Appeal Board sitting in Palmerston that the new regulations issued provided that proceedings could not be taken against a soldier for the recovery of a debt.

The arrivals in New Zealand during the month of March numbered 2115 and the departures 2581. In March, 1916, th e arrivals numbered 1505 and the departures 1868.

“We desir e to place on record that our clubs have been almost entirely depleted of players of military age,” states the annual report of th e Wellington Rugby Union, “and of these, we regret to report, a large number have made their last appearance on our playing fields.” I • i' i , ■

A prohibited man somewhere in theWairarapa handed £1 to a soldier, and asked him to procure liquor to that value. The soldier did as he was told. But he procured forty drinks for himself at sixpence apiece. The prohibited man is not confiding in soldiers in the future.

When a recent nor’-west gale Avas at its height a large window in a store at Rakaia Avas bloAvn in (says the Christchurch Press). The shop Avas thronged Avith • customers, many of Avhom had narroAv escapes from flying splinters, Avhich Avere driven with force rig-ht across the shop. What about Wellington uoav?

A number of an(ti-shouting cases were heard in Wellington on Friday, and the following bar attendants were convicted: George Boseley (Te Aro Hotel), Doris Carter (Grand), Kate McEnrae' (Britannia). Sentences were deferred till Monday. Charges against the licensees of the hotels mentioned were dismissed.

“I have heard it said that the backblocks were not doing their duty in regard to enlistments,” said Mr. O. Monrad before the Military Service Appeal Board in Palmerston on Friday, "but, so far as bushmeu are concerned, the whole district (Tokirima, Wanganui river) was practically clean cd out in the first rush of enlistments.” When a dairy farmer’s appeal was being heard at the Military Appeal Board in Palmerston on Friday, the appellant said that if he went into camp his raidy herd would have to be sold nad his place stocked with sheep, as his relatives would unable to manage the milking. Captain W alker stated that he might be subject to correction, but he thought that it one dairy farm was closed down and was devoted to the production of fat sheep, the country would not suffer 11 nnecessarily. lie also stated Fiat he understood tire BVitish forces and tne Allies were not purchasing butter at the present time, although cheese was being purchased in the ordinary way.

Wrillng from France to his brother in Australiu, an An/.ac says: The reason why the boys over hero voted “No,” was that they volunteered on their own. and did not want to dragin a ny follows who had not courage enough to come on their own. Another reason was that they say. One volunteer is worth three conscripts.” If they knew what the hoys said about them they'- would never hold up their •heads again. To think that they have not' sense enough to know that they are playing right into the Germans’ hands. All the chaps who were called up and let out of camp, and did not come over here and do their bit, ought to b e ashamed to call themselves Australians. They 7 seem to think that we can win this scrap ourselves. They are making the biggest mistake they 7 ever made in their lives.

For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. 1/6, 2/6

Private Wall Street advices state that Lloyd’s is wagering ten to one that the war will end in three months.

Upwards of twenty cases of diphtheria are reported $1 Palmerston N. Owing to the outTlreak it has bevm found necessary to close the Terrace End School.

Two new houses on Kaka Road are advertised for sale' with the option of taking a few acres of land. For special reasons they are being offered at below their real value.

It is interesting to know, in view of Brazil’s action in seizing German ships in her territory, that the total tonnage of enemy vessels in Brazilian ports amounts to 240,000.

The officer commanding the district has granted permission for all returned soldiers to wear uniform on the 23rd and 25th April, in connection with any celebration being held on those dates.

Malcolm Ross writes of Sling Camp that it bears the reputation of being one of the cleanest and healthiest camps in England, and the various British generals who have inspected it have expressed their satisfaction with the conditions that obtain.

The Greymouth Borough Council has decided to take a referendum on the question of allowing picture shows to open on Sundays. There has been a controversy for some years past as to whether the majority of the people of Greymouth favoured Sunday pictures or not,- and feeling has at times been high.

At the Caledonian sports at Ohakune on Easter Saturday, Master Gordon McCombie, son of Mr. W. McCone hie, of Raukura, w T as awarded Mr. w. H. Kilgour’s special prize of £1 for boy scoring most points in Highland dancing. Master McCombie’s win is a most meritorious one, as Mr. Kiigour, the donor of the prize, is himself one of the best Highland dancers in New Zealand.

A milk supplier named . Harry Jar- 1 vis was charged. -at the .Wellington Magistrate’s Court ..on Friday informations of having sold , milk containing biron compound. The Crown Prosecutor asked that a heavy penalty be imposed. , The use of biron compound was very injurious to little children and babies. The magistrate took a serious view of the case, and im- . posd a penalty of £2O with costs. An I order was also made that the conviction be advertised.

A few prosecutions of men who attempted to evade the result of being selected in the ballot show that the military authorities ar e not going to let shirkers oil because there is some trouble involved in finding them. The prosecutions have had a salutary;effect, for nearly a hundred men \yko failed to answer the first call to caimp have since thought better of the ppsi-' tion, and gon e into camp, leaving but a small number who, by going into re : mote parts of the country, hope to evade the long arm of the law.

The following extract from a letter recently received in Auckland affords some idea of the plague of mice which is so seriously affecting the wheat crops of Australia, as per the cable in our Friday’s issue: “Th e Minister of Agriculture visited Minyip, and was impressed with tire work done bv

some- of the sub-agents to suppress the mice plague, especially with the

work done by the manager for Thomas and Sons, lu the millyard there are several large stacks of wheat, and corrugated iron has been placed round the stacks. Kerosene tins have been sunk in the ground about ten yards away, half-filled with water. By this means during the past few weeks 100,000 mice have been killed. During the past few nights 15,000 mice have been destroyed.”

The April issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal contains the following paragraph: "As for the gambling craze, the Government of New Zealand have even added 111 to the number of days on which the totalisator is licensed in this dreadful third year of war. la the year oT Verdun, of the Irish rebellion, and of General Townsfiend's surrender, the year of intensified submarine ruthlossuess—in this fateful year we are on the edge of a strike —-we crowd our places of amusement, throng our pleasure resorts more than ever, [tile up a huge drink bill, create a record in gambling figures, and behave generally as if the war were on another planet. Behold the war zone: Our men live in misery and fight in cesspits, die in shambles, but as they thus buy safety for us all they joke at their foul environment, meet agony with courage, death with a gay heart, and wounds with lighthumoured philosophy.”

For pickling, there's no Petter vine gar on the market than SHARLAND’S Brewed from Malt and Sugar. Free from mineral acid. Sold in hulk and bottle. All grocers 4

Messrs Dalgcty and Co. Ltd. will open their new stock sale at Tq Kuiti on Tuesday, Ist May. Special arrangements hav e been made by this;' popular firm for a good representative; attendance buyers, and no doubt* many farmers and breeders in our large district will decide that Efis in. their interests to be present. Entries are specially invited early so that they may be thoroughly advertised and so obtain best results. A capital story is going the rounds in Blastings regarding a dashing young Hawke’s Bay sheepfarmer, with plenty of pluck and a shrewd eye who was sent out by his commanding officer in Mesopotamia to get information regarding the nature of the ground at the rear of the Turkish lines. After an absence of some days he returned and duly reported to the general that “the country if properly handled, would carry about three sheep to the acre!”