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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 14 July 1917, Page 4

The British are taking over not only part of the French line, but part of the German line in their absnt-minded way.--Wall street Journal (New York.) Several Mormon elders who are 'Americans, are to leave Auckland shortly for their home in Salt Lake City but four others who were to come from America to take their place have been detained at Honolulu. Edward De Valera, the newly-elect-ed Sinn Feiner member for East Clare, was born in Galway, of Spanish parentage, and was educated at Carysfoot College, Blackrock, Ireland. He is a B'ac-helor of Arts and a Professor of Mathematics. He was "commandant" of a section of rebels in the ftingend district of Dublin during the Easter revolt, and surrendered with 100 men on Sunday, April 30. Oil May 11 he was sentenced to penal servitude for life, but was subsequently liberated under the amnesty. He is young and strikingly handsome. Horrocks, 32 and 36 inch white' Calico, sale price 6/11 dozen yards at. The Great Winter Sale (see window display.) Collinson and Gifford, Ltd.

The London Times states that the British Red Cross "Fund has reached £7,000,000.

Word was received in Taihape today that Mr. R. T. Tj'atley, of Moawhango, died at an early hour this morning.

The funeral of the late P. W. Hekenui is advertised to take place to-mor-row, Sunday. The cortege will leave the Moawhango Pa at 12 noon, sharp, and all friends are asked to accept this notification.

Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that the German Reichsbank has issued a statement, in which it explains that the great decrease in its gold reserve is connected with the necessary importation of goods.

/ Summonses have been issued by the ! Justice Department against. 17 men who left the employment of the Gas Company, charged with taking part | in a seditious strike having a tendency .to interfere with the manufacture of coal gas, an industry essential to the public welfare.

The Postmaster-General, replying in the House on Thursday to a question, said: 'lt is at the direct request of the Admiralty, made in the interests of overseas vessels of the British Empire that information regarding the departure of mails is rigoriously withheld from publication. "

The question whether some provision should be made whereby German and Austrian residents in New Zealand should be called upon to make a contribution in proportion to their means for each year during the period of the war, is under discussion by the Government.

Replying to a suggestion that the 1 alien enemies at present interned at I Somes Island should be repatriated at the close of the war, the Minister of Defence said that the policy regarding treatment of alien enemy civilians residing in the British Empire on the conclusion of the war would undoubtedly be considered by the Imperial Government in consultation with the Governments of the overseas Dominions. The effect of the war on the price of roofing material in Auckland was shown at the City Council on Thursday evening, when specifications were submitted by the Engineer for the proposed waterworks building in Karangahape Road. In the course of his report he stated that the contract price would in all probability exceed the estimated cost of £IOOO, as there had been an increase of over 300 per cent in the price of roofing material since the estimates was made.

"Dr. Leopold Kleimen Hagen, M.D., of Wurzberg University, Germany," stated Mr. Vernon H. Reed, M.P. for the Bay of Islands, in the House, "was recently appointed medical superintendent at the Bay of Islands Hospital, and Dr. Valintine, Inspector-Gen-eral of Hospitals, after an official inquiry held locally, supported the appointment during the period of the war, stating in his report that the rerecently appointed medical superintendent of the Bay of Islands Hospital was of British birth and the son of German parents who had been naturalised in Britain."

A reporter at Auckland, when paying his fare on a tramcar on Saturday, was asked by the conductor if he had any pennies of 1914 —that he would give 3d each for all the reporter had. The question was naturally asked what was causing this demand, and the reply was given that it had been discoverered that a quantity of geld had got into the copper by mistake when minting took place, that the banks were eagerly picking up all the 1914 pennies they could, and were keeping very quiet about it. The banks have unofficially, heard all about the wonderful assertion, regarding these gold-cop-per pennies .Officially they have heard nothing, and are continuing to serve out 1914 pennies to their customers just the same as the makes of any other years.

It is not generally known that Mr. Lloyd George is reported to have Flemish blood in his veins. In his lecture at the Leys Institute last evening Professor Maxwell Walker remarked it is stated on authentic grounds that the Prime Ministers' ancestors belonged to Flanders before settling in Wales. The admixture of the characteristics of. the people of the Flemish Plains and those of the Welsh mountains had developed, said the lecturer, a most interesting per' sonality. The mountains of Wales had given Mr. Lloyd George his great breadth of imagination and gift of oratory, whilst to his Flemish forbears he owed the great power of patient and successful organisation that he Ead displayed. White Blankets, Colonial ajU wool. Double bed size, sale price 28/6, 34/1.1, 39/6, (See window display) at The Great Winter Sale! Collinson and Gifford Ltd.

It is with great regret we have to record the death of Mrs. Fraser, wife of Mr. Fraser, 6T this town, which took place early this morning. Mrs. Fraser underwent an operation recently, but complications setting in, she died as above stated. She leaves a husband and five cullaren to mourn her loss.

A party of the pupils of the Mataroa School, under Mrs. Carr, visited the Taihape "Times'* "Office this morning, and were shown through the different departments. Th« children exhibited a keen and iivte{ligentrmterest as the (various operations of turning out a daily paper was explained to them, and each child left the office with his or her name on a lijjofype slug as a ' souvenir of the visit.