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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 1 August 1917, Page 4

The Postmaster-General for Now South Wales states that the mail which left Adelaide on June 14 was lost through enemy action

The Admiralty reports that the 28 men who lost their lives on the cruiser Ariadne which was torpedoed last week were all killed by the explosion of the torpedo which struck the vessel.

'An ingenious American lias invented a device to prevent such motoring accidents as happen from over-speeding. He describes his contrivance as follows: “While the car is running 15 miles an hour a white bulb shows on the radiator at 25 miles a green bulb appears, at 40 a red bulb and, when the driver begins to bat ’em out around GO per hour, a music-box under the seat begins to play, “Nearer, my God, to Thee.’’

There seems no limit to the rate which charterers are willing to pay for tonnage in the Eastern market (says a London paper) _ A steamer of 7000 tons (cargo) has been fixed from Bombay to Genoa at 450 s a ton on the deadweight This is a record for the voyage although it has been also paid from Rangoon on rice. Many years ago a steamer was chartered for the same voyage at about 7s a ton, or just enough to pay the canal dues

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A colossal gift of maize, potatoes, and beef is to be made to England by the people of Natal.

A South African soldier says in a letter home that the mail to a man on active service is lik e water in the thirsty desert. When no letters arrive “the colour of life gets faded” It is worth repeating such words as these lest we at home forget!

The Taihape Dairy Factory, which has been getting exceptionally good prices for its butter on the Home market, has just received account sales of a recent consignment, which fetched the record price of 228 s per cwt.

A large and fully representative meeting of the Taihape branch of the Farmers’ Union was held to-day, at which interesting rqpqrts ’were received and important matters discussed. A full report will appear in to-morrow’s issue.

The number of invalid soldiers at the beginning of last month interned in Switzerland is 29,000, of whom 16,500 are French, 8500 Germans, 1900 Belgians, 1809 British and 236 Austrians. They occupy between them, says the Tribune de Geneve, 600 hotels.

A fatal pea-rifle accident accurred at Masterton on Monday, the victim being a four-year-old child named Annie Davy. The peapon was in the hands of a small boy when it discharged. The bullet passed through the little girl’s body, killing her almost instantly and entered the leg of her brother Fred. Mr Davy is a soldier, and was recently wounded.

The Premier was questioned yesterday regarding a report that the Government was endeavouring to get the Imperial Government (to a quantity of butter still stored in New Zealand > He replied that the Government would probably be able to carry out its promise to get away 50,000 to 60,000 boxes before the opening of the season, but he could not promise anything definite. He knew that the authorities in England would do their best.

Regarding the question of whether or not men of the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force should be given an opportunity of returning to New Zealand on furlough, letters have been shown to the Wellington Post which indicates that some of the men at least would gladly welcome a holiday with their friends. An extract from one of these letters states; “I think it is up to the New Zealand Defence Department to give the Main Body leave to return to New Zealand after three years ’

“If I could take any more stock on my farm, I would buy ewes in lamb,” said a local farmer on Monday. ‘The prices for hoggets, compared with ewes, make the later easily the better proposition. It is no use being scared about the prospects of getting the carcases away. A way will be found all right.’ It was further said that the only farmer who will be in trouble during the coming season will be he who has be|f. running round year by year, from company to company to sell his stock. Each company will preserve the interests of his own regular clients first. The man who has been chasing after the last sixpence per head each season will not get what is coming to him. — “Fielding Star.”

Mr A. Fade, of Feilding, who has himself suffered grievously through the war in the loss of two sons, has a brother in Alberta, Canada, who is re-

presented at the front by three sons an adopted son, and a son-in-law. One of the sons, Charlie, writing to his mother in Hanna, Alberta, from France on April 5 last sai: “You will see by the date of this letter what has happened during the past week. The strongest front of the whole western theatre of war has fallen to us Canadians —Vimy Ridge. Tell the Hanna boys who failed to answer their Empire’s call that we bought their freedom with our blood, but, my God! with what a price! I was right there and saw the bill paid. Nothing can ever blot out fhe memory of that day. But victory wps ours and Fritz was hurled to the pit. ‘All’s well’ with me so far.

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