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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 June 1917, Page 4

The results of the k drawing., of the;

eighth ballot, Military Service 'Act Fill be

The Napier'dT:t th¥-?<'th• reinforcements' iSHiud'tfl'*'sev4*.iJ»a<;tyviicd soldiers and.also the f-ith-;r of two ?nvs who are ' nojw J -figiti:ig.Jn ]i)"'i),Cp, „ .;'

1 "Great, strategists,'" ; 'say3 Hiridenburg, ''are especially"lacking now on the British side;'' yet he 'somehow fails to score against our feeble■ generals.

u lt ,|a .alleged, that novelist recentlyn wrote""to" her London publisher for a cheque in advancb'of royaft'ies, as she. wanted'to new hat'" The accommbllaTmg rnlblisner j 'remitted 'by dignantty! sakl,--' u W\ J ro l fe-<the lady, <'<fh:it' ; I 'Wanted - •a'Tiat>, not -a ...pair of gloves." ' - Spurious; half-crowns, the ;i major portion ,ct\ the alloy of. which is evidently lead, are being|. circulated in Auckland city, and several shopkeepers have found them in their tills. The stamping is so perfect that in a first handling the difference would not be noticed. pf course, the ring of the coins is not true, and with a little cane the circulation will be arrested.

A young married couple were in a West End milliner's the other day, and the husband, jokingly inclined, slyly changed the tickets of two hats The lady, bent On doing herself well, selected the cheap hat with the high-priced ticket upon it The milliner either did not, or would not, see the substitution, and the husband, suddenly realising what his wife's wrath, would be if she discovered how bad a judge she was of fashionable : ' hats, paid up without a word

on the submarines, the Wellington Tost says: One thing has been notable throughout the campaign, even at its crisis; and that is the really small number of vessels attacked per week. The highest weekly number of attacks was 96, a month if we assume that only forty or fifty submarines were " out'' at that, time, it is evident that most of them spent a dull week, as far as catching shipping went The wonder is, with so many vessels to attack, the weekly toll, serious as it is. is not far greater.

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Colonel F. B. Frcyburg has been appointed commander with the temporary rank of brigadier.

According to meteorological returns the month of May was the wettest on record in Auckland, there being only six days on which rain did not fall. The total rainfall for the twelve months ending May 31st was 56.43, as against 47.91 for the preceding twelve months.

King George was fifty-two years of age yesterday. The Prince of Wales will complete his twenty-third year on June 23rd. Queen Mary was fifty years of age on Saturday last. The King succeeded to the throne on May fi, 1910. and was crowned on June 22nd, 1911.

The Berlin newspapers state that a large number of petitions have been lodged at the Reichstag demanding that the Reichstag shall giv e the Kaiser the name of "The Faithful,' 1 ' so that the surname may go down the ages The Reichstag Petition Committee will discuss this suggestion

At Viguennes., to the east of Nesle on the Sunday preceding the general retreat (says the Paris Matin) a group of Bavarians attended Mass and displayed their customary piety. Two hours after vespers the same Bavarians callously set fire to the edifice in which they had previously worshipped. Following is a list of the sums of prize money won by Mr. J. J. Ijryee 's hunting mare, Twilight, during tha past, season, all of which has been handed to th e Fcilding Patriotic Society "or the Wounded Soldiers' Fund: Manaw.-vtu A. and P Association, £l4 10s; Waug.iuui Association, £25; Hawera Association, £S ss; Feilding, £7; Dauncvirke, £ls ss; Marton, £lO 7s; Masterton, £3O; Taihape, £l9; Hawke's Bay, £5; Woodville, £4 12s Gd; Cheltenham Sports, £7. Total, £145 19s 6d.

The suspension of the West Coast Times recalls memories of the prosperous days of the West Coast, when money was plentiful and living costly, when the population of Hokitika ran to some 15.000, when hotels numbered some 180, and th e West Coast Times' pay-roll was one of the largest in New Zealand. In fact it was such a paying proposition that the first owner used to run a racehorse.named Brown Sto.it —a luxury present day newspaper proprietors cannot afford to indulge in

A pathetic story of a brave young Bri tish soldier is being told in Church circles. The lad, whose eyes had been burned out by the liquid fire of the fiendish Huns, was being led into hospital by a stalwart Irish orderly. Although in great pain he bore himself bravely, and all at once, in a fine tenor voice, he began singing that meautiful hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom." All who heard him, including his guide, completely, broke down. It was more than they could bear

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