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

,tion of the Minister of Marine; that

Cabinet has decided that Charles Butler, murderer of the girl Foster at Oxford, Canterbury, is to be imprisoned for life.

On March 17, Captain, Guynemer brought down his 35th aeroplane. He is the champion aviator of the war, a Frenchman.

Business hours for Show Week are advertised by Collinson and Cunninghame of Palmerston on page 6. They also advertise their slogan competition again, closing 15th inst.

“Out of our present staff of 70 odd in Wellington, 40 odd has been taken on since April 1, 1914, and they mostly boys and girls,” stated the Commissioner of Taxes (Mr. J. J. Clark) in giving evidence before the Military Service Board in Wellington yesterday.

Ihe Roll of British Baronetage for 1917 states that eight baronets have fallen in action or died of wounds since the last number was published, while at least three others are mlsslllg - The two previous issues of the Roll announced the death of 20 soldier-baronets.

Advices received from Tokyo state that a prize of war, the German patrol boat Planet, 800 tons, has reached Osaka. The boat was on duty near the Marshall Islands early in the war, and was scuttled by her crew when the Japanese warship appeared on the scene, the crew escaping. A Japanese firm raised and refloated the boat.

Mr. A. W. B'ennett, Dominion general manager of the New Zealand Shipping Co., stated recently that this month would be a very poor one as far as freight-carrying was concerned. Ho understood that future shipments wer'e also very indefinite. To clear away the congestion of frozen meat, wool, hemp, tow, dairy produce, etc., would involve the nse of 40 steamers of average capacity, so that it was possible to draw one’s own conclusions as to the extent of the congestion.

Ladies’ Umbrellas, short or long handles, 3/3, 4/11, 6/11, 7/6 to 18/6. Children’s Umbrellas 2/11 to 3/3. Collinson and Gifford. Ltd.

At a public meeting in Feilding on 1 Sunday evening, a resolution in favour of six o’clock closing of hoTel bars was carried without dissent.

When a dairyman was called as a juryman at the Wellington Supreme Court he applied to be excused from service on account of his calling His Honour (Mr. Justice Hosking), in dismissing him, said: “Dairymen are not fit to serve on juries—with all due respect to them—as they get up too ®arly 1 ,,

Emil Lohmann, a German naval sub-lieutenant, who escaped from escort at Manchester, and was rearrested a Jew days later, was charged with sacrilege. It was alleged that he broke the window of a Primitive Methodist chapel, entered the building, and made a fire of some Bibles. The case was remanded.

Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P. for Eltham, has received cabled advice that ■his son, Lieutenant Harold Wilkinson has been aAvarded the Military Cross. Lieutenant Wilkinson was studying for the medical profession at the commencement of the war, and while there he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, and later gaining a commission. He is not yet 20 years old.

Everybody’s Picture Theatre has made arrangements for screening a series of the world-famous William Fox photo-plays, the first picture of which will be shown on Thursday night. It is an 8000 feet production, with over 1000 people in action. The William Fox photo-plays are shewn in some of the biggest theatres tin the Dominion, and are always received with enthusiasm.

There is every reason to anticipate an acceptance of the proposal for fusion of shipping interests represented by the Union and P. and O. Companies. The memorandum issued to,, share sholders must be finally returned to-

day. It is understood that slightly over 50 per cent, of ordinary shares in the Union Company are held in Australasia, and the balance at Home principally.

Owing to coal scarcity there has been a shortage of hot water for cooking and bathing purposes throughout Germany. In Hamburg the hot-water famine has become so acute that the municipal authorities _are now doling it out gratis to the .people from one of the public institutions. Citizens are notified that they may fetch hot water at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. The quantity obtainable is not stated in the Press.

What apple trees may produce when in full bearing is indicated by the fact that Mr H. B. Fverett, of Umukuri, near Motueka, has gathered no. fewer than 173 bushel cases of Sturmers from six trees, ranging from 124 cases to 40 cases per tree. The apples were not packed for marketing and would probably be reduced by 15 per cent, but even 150 export cases from six trees would be a yield that would give a great return per acre from an orchard.

In our Red Cross notes yesterday, by a printer’s error, the name of Mr. Do Luen appeared instead of that of Mr. Luers. In mentioning the amount raised by the efforts of the residents of Hihitahi at the Red Cross Shop, the sentence should have read: “This totalled £49 4s. Mr. Luers, in order to clear £SO, offered a few hundred feet of timber, which Mr. McLennan bought for £4 10s.’ 7 The mistake was an unfortunate one, as Mr Luers has been very generous in the matter of contributing to ■patriotic funds.

A cable message has been received in. Nelson stating that Flight-Com-mander Hugh Hamilton is a prisoner in Germany, and is well. With three others, he went out on April 6, but none of the four returned to. the British lines. When last seen the four were fighting six German machines. Later on the same day there was a great fight between British and German airmen. Twenty-eight of the British pilots failed to get back to their aerodromes, hut no fewer than 46 German machines were brought down.

The war regulation forbidding porous to obtain liquor for soldiers is apparently not so well known as it should be. At the Wellington Magistrate 's Court a man sixty-three years of ago, named Samuel Croft, was charged with a breach of the regulation, in that, he “supplied a member of the Defence Forces while in uniform with intoxicating liquor for consumption elsewhere than in the promises where it was obtained.” Sub-Inspector Dew explained that the defendant had merely acted in a good-hearted mid friendly spirit at the request of the soldier, and the case was brought to impress on the public the, existence of this particular regulation. Croft, who pleaded guilty, was fined 40s, in default fourteen days’ imprisonment.

Smart Raincoats in latest styles, inLadies’ 29/6 to £6 19s 6d. Maids’ 25s eluding the well-known. Jambrene to 355. Collinson and Gifford, Ltd.

A final reminder is given to intending exhibitors at the Rangitikei A. and P. Association’s Winter Show that entries close with the Secretary, Mr. A. M. Ryan, at 9 o’clock to-night.

The Council of Birmingham University as late as March last accepted the resignation of Dr. Karl Wichman, professor of German. The City Council recently passed an adverse vote on the retention of Dr. Wichman’s services. There are between 22,000 and 23,000 women of enemy nationality now in England. Lord Galway wants them all deported “with a view to reserving the food supplies of the country for British use,” as he explained In the House of Lords recently. The potato crop in the North Canterbury district has been very bountiful. In the Marshlands district some growers have obtained 15 tons to the acre. Diggers have been paid at the rate of Is d a bag, and some good cheques have been made. One man is credited with having filled 27 bags one day last week.

Waterspouts are uncommon things on the New Zealand coast, but on tho last trip of the steamer Tasman from Whakatane to Tauranga one was seen by the passengers. The sea at tho base of the column was violently agitated, and the water was whirling in a remarkable manner. ,but the vessel did not come within range of the movement.