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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 27 April 1917, Page 4

A smart young lady is wanted for the shop by Mr. E. Loader.

Mr. A. J. Joblin has been appointed a member of the Waimarino Licensing Committee, in pla'ce of Mr. Kiely.

Two first offending drunks were convicted and fined 5/ each at the Taihape Courthouse this morning."

A man of unsound mind was taken in charge at Utiku yesterday, and has been committed to the Porirua Asylum. . .

Everything is pretty well cleared up in the wool stores of the larger centres of the Dominion, but there is still a considerable amount of wool to be dealt with at th e smaller ports.

Regarding the new regulations as to work for religious objectors, the Minister of Defence stated recently that it had been decided that such objectors shall be employed on State farms.

A meeting of householders for the election of a Technical School Committee for the. ensuing year will be held on Monday in the Taihape District High School, at the conclusion of the meeting for th e election of a school committee.

It is reported that a number of stcck have died in th e Wairarapa this year as a result of eating ergot, which is found on fescue grasses. The local inspector of Stock states that the disease should give no ground for alarm, as it can easily be combated.

'At the Tui Street Mart on Saturday, Mi' D. J. McLennan will sell a consignment of apples, potatoes, melons, onions, boots and shoes, purebred poultry, a quantity or' household furniture, etc. The fruit this firm has been selling lately lias been of quite superior quality andflavour, and is worth the immediate attention oi' housewives, as the season is drawing to a close.

Piv e Maori weddings were celebrated on Thursday last in Mr. Hari Heniera's grounds at Otorohanga. About •"00 natives assembled and a similar number of pakehas. After the cere-

mony the guests wer e invited to the wedding feast in a large marquee. The menu included pork, shark, and eels cooked Maori fashion.

The Government Statistician, Mr Malcolm Fraser, points oat how unavoidable certain mistakes are in connection with th e military ballots. He had, for instance on his reserve roll no fewer than 75 "John McDonalds," 68 "John.

Smiths'' 70 "William Smiths," 64

"James Smiths," 5.'! "James Wilsons" 54 "William Wilsons," 47 "William Browns," 40 "John Campbells," 45 "John McKenzies," etc.

The retirement, owing to ill-liealth,

of Mr. R. H. Pope, Inspector of Industrial schools, is announced by the Public Service Journal, which states that he is another of the long-service officers who, on account of their integrity and standing the Service, can ill be spared.

Messrs. A. W. Gardner and Co. have decided to make to-morrow a genuine "Bargain Day" at their well-known drapery establishment. The bargains will embrace blouses, skirts, costumes, winter coats, millinery, underwear, dress goods, etc. It will doubtless be fresh in the minds of our readers the "Saturday Bargain Day" initiated by this progressive firm some little time ago, and which achieved such wide popularity, but the ''Bargain Day" to-mor-row will eclipse all previous efforts. A selection of the goods will be displayed in the windows, and the bargains will be sold over the counter at 9 a.m. sharp.

A chopping and sawing carnival is to be held at Rangataua on Saturday afternoon, May 5, when a good programme is to be submitted, the gross proceeds of which are to be devoted to patriotic funds. The bill of fare will include four chopping competitions, a railwaymen's chop (9in block) and a tug-o'-war. On e decided novelty will be a ladies' sawing competition —probably the first of its kind in New Zealand. ' The Rangataua Axemen's Association is providing the blocks and all the necessary requisites, so that th e expenses in connection with the carnival will be practically nil.