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

A correspondent to an English newspaper says: A cake was sent to a prisoner of war and was returned by the German authorities with a message enclosed saying the said prisoner had died. The cake was given to the fowls (which numbered thirty in all), and after eating it every one of them died. The cake had been poisoned. Tapestry Drapings, 30 inches wide, in the newest floral designs, lid per yard—Coilinson & Gifford.

“The matter of filthy bank-notes has already been brought to the notice of the banks, to whom further tations are being made.” This is the reply given by the Finance Minister to ■a, question asked in Parliament by Dr. Thacker.

A telegram received by the Marine Department from Mr. Fraser, the lighthouse expert who went to Castlepoint to repair the damaged light, reports that certain published accounts of the damage wrought there by the recent earthquake were considerably exaggerated. Only one chimney was damaged there, and a few prisms connected with the light were cracked. It will not be necessary to replace the prisms. The light is working quite satisfactorily.

Replying to a question asked by Mr. Hunter (Waipawa) in the House of Representatives, the Minister for Agriculture states that the present instructions from the Imperial Government regarding the shipment of meat are that preference of shipment must be given to beef and wether mutton. When companies cannot fill their allotments of space with such meat, ewe mutton and lamb may be shipped. These instructions are being carried out.

The war has been on three years, and it seems that those who go last will get the best treatment,” observed Colonel J. . Hughes, at the War Relief Association in Wellington. “When a man goes to fight for his country, he cannot make conditions. It makes me cross to see them putting up expensive buildings for the men, and so does all this leave and special trains Every minute should be spent in training, not in feeding and dancing, especially with men who should have gone long ago Other men went away without these things. ’ ’

Invalided from Salonica through malaria and dysentery, a formerly wellknown London tradesman has received his discharge, broken in health, to find his once prosperous business ruined. At a last resource he took a waiter’s jost in a cheap dining-room. A few days ago

a man entered with whom in pre-war days he had done business. This man had always given himself airs about his dining, but he also had come down in the world. He looked uncomfortable when he recognised the waite.r, but said patronisingly, "My dear , I’m awfully sorry to see you in a place like this. ’’ “It’s alright, ’’ was the retort, "I don’t ‘dine’ here, you know. I only wait.”

The football match on the Eccrcation Ground resulted in £9 being obtained for the Eed Cross Fund through the Golfers Effort # The local footballers per favour of Mr. J. Eyan allowed the proceeds of the match to the Golfers w;ho are very thankful to their fellowsports for the assistance.. During the afterneon a ped event over 150 yards between a back and forward of the Pirates team was run and created a fair amount of interest. Mr. C. McDonell got the long and short one away with a good start, The contestants ran neck aiM neck for 120 yards, when the Eailway representative drew out and won a good race by a yard and a half. Messrs. A. James and S. Dunbar judged matters at the business end of the transaction.

A soldier at the front who has a wife and children in Dunedin writes: 1 ‘Again let me emphasise the fact that the argument that married men arc selfish and shirking their home duties by coming to the war is rotten. Excuse the word, but no other will express what I ' think on the subject. Every married man I know here would give anything to be able to go back to his home duties and be away from the hellish life here, but this war must first be fought to a victorious finish.

It is hard—very hard—for our wdves and families, but war is hard. Wives give their husbands, mothers their sons, and children their fathers, and fathers, husbands, and sous give their lives. Greater love hath no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friend. 5;

I The Golfers Red Cross Effort is well under way. The bottle gathering ' campaign promises to bring in a good sum and some hundreds of bottles have already been given or promised. One of the scouts laid the caddies on to the trail of sixty dozen in the dis- ■ trict. Any person in the town or country willing to give their beer, whisky, cold tea, medicine, or lemonade bottles will oblige by communicating with any member of the golf club who will convey the information to the official bottle gatherers, The meat hawkers are , also getting busy, one of the meat, j hawkers approached a prominent sheep I owning golfer, and bottle gatherer, for a sheep. The owner of the golden fleeces made the sporting offer that if the meat hawker got him a 100 bottles he would give a sheep. The meat hawker “upped him” with an offer to | supply 200 bottles if 2 sheep were I forthcoming. As a result the “Effort” 1 will benefit it is hoped by 200 bottles .and two sheep. Genuine List Curl Table Covers, in green, red, and brown, 8x 10, 63/, 8 x 12, 75/ —Coilinson and Gifford.

By Order-in-Council recently the sale and purchase of wool save by the consent in writing of the Controller of Imperial Supplies Department are prohibited.

The Ladies' Committee of the "Returned Soldiers' Ball” will meet at S o’clock this evening, in the Town Hall supper room. A full attendance is requested.

At the Returned Soldiers' Ball on Thursday next, during the intervals between the dances, Miss Kathleen Blomfield, of Auckland, will give an ex--1 hibition of fancy dancing. Miss Blomfield, who has won numerous medals at competitions in Auckland, is an admirable exponent of the terpisiehorean act. She will also appear in the piece "Miss ' Tommy Atkins. ’ ’

The case of a New Zealand nurse, who w r as in the Marquette disaster, and who had lost tw r o brothers at the front, while a third had just been invalided home wmunded, was referred to in the House of Representatives recently’by Dr. Thacker, member for Christchurch East. The nurse had hoped to get a pension until she w r as strong enough to go back to her w T ork. But she had not received one; and now, as she felt that her nerves were not steady enough for night-nursing and for looking after very sick people, she was trying to get outside work on the land. He thought that proper provision should have been made for such a ease. (Hear, hear.)

Thus a Christchurch newspaper:— The Efficiency Board suggests the shutting up of picture shows! But it does not propose compensation at any stage as in the case of the liquor trade. And yet capital is sunk in pictures, and picture theatres are licensed by public authorities. Why the differentiation? England, despite the cutting down of exports, never talked seriously of closig picture houses, even the National War (Service campaign showed Kihat amusements were essential in war time. This reference to picture shows in the Efficiency Board’s report shows lack of consideration and severe indigestion of the facts of the case, as well as a lack of fair play. Compensation in one trade thal is an amusement means compensation in all.