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Taihape Daily Times, 25 October 1917, Page 4

A five-roomed house and about two acres ,of land, within ten minutes walk of the Post Office is advertised for sale by Mr A. M. Ryan, accountant;

Statistics just published show that prior to the war Australasia imported not less than £147,000 worth of wirenetting, gauze, and iron {wire from Germany.

The Cologne Volkezeitung recently published an angry leading article on King George’s adoption of an English family name. The German paper threatened that in future * ‘G'ermpn princes will refuse to marry foreign princesses.” Will they get the chance? This has disclosed the fact that there are no gentlemen loft in Hunland.

A Scottish soldier has been operated on four times in an endeavour to extract a bullet from the vicinity of the lower ribs. On the last occasion he stated that he had a request to make before going under chloroform. “It's naething much. I just want to suggest that if you are unsuccessful this time, and think you will have to try again, don’t sew me up—just put buttons on me.”

The following are the latest additions to the local telephone exchange list: 196 M—H. RowWng, 196S —0. Rowling, I96R—S. Parsons, 196“ —11. O’Callaghan 196 W—P. Hintz, 196D —J. Hurley. 193 D—F. Mickelson, 193R —J. Gilchrist, 193 M—J. McCarthy, 193K —B. Grice, 1935. Field, 193 S Feild, i93W— C. Bousted, 195D —R. McNeill, 195M — E. Peed, 195 K—P. Munro, 195 S.—J. Devane, 195 R—E. Batt, I9SW—H. Connolly. 8R I —J. Buckley.

An accident of a peculiar kind happened near Avondale, Auckland. A young man, Donald Cattanach, of Parnell, was riding in the side-car of a motor-cycle and carrying a loaded rifle when the jolting of the car caused the rifle to explode The bullet went through the toe of one of the young man’s boots, injuring several toes-;, so severely that he had to go to the Hospital to get the injuries attended to.

A boy'for the printing'lmsiness is advertised for by W. J. Bashford and Co,

An improver,. and an apprentice to the dressmaking is advertised for by Mrs Palmersdh.

A pair of pince-nez glasses, lost last night between the Town Hall and Kaka Road, are advertised for.

We regret to hear that Mrs. Thomson, of Birch Road has lost her son Private Allan Spencer, who has been killed in action.

A rough-haired, black; collie pup, lost in Taihape last Monday, is advertised for ? and a rew r ard of ten shillings offered to the finder.

Men of classes A and B of the Second Division will be accepted as voluntary recruits up to the 31st of this month for any draft up to and including that which proceeds to camp during the first week m March, 1918.

Owing to force of circumstances the management of Everybody’s Pictures has decided -,to show only twice & week for the present. To compensate for this a double programme will be screened on these two nights. There will be no pictures to-morrow night, but a matinee will held every Saturday afternoon as usual.

The “Our Day” Red Cross Art Union will be drawn at the Three Stars Theatre to-night during the in, terval. There will be a distribution of free tickets to lucky scat-holders in the dress circle of the theatre. One of these tickets may be the winning ticket, so patrons arc given a double chance for their money. The number of the seats, are taken and the lucky holders will receive their tickets' l about half-past eight o’clock.

New Zealand “Baby Week” commences in Taihape on the 28th of this month, when funds will be raised in aid of the Royal Society for the Health of Women and Children. Mr Nicholls has secured the special Baby Week picture, and it will be screened at the Three Stars Theatre on” Monday evening. As nothing can" be of much more importance to the British Empire at this time, it is hoped } and believed, the public will be present to see this picture and so help on the good cause.

“Is the bank rate of interest going up, or likely to go up, in consequence of the War Loans?” An answer to this question was sought for in banking circles in the Dunedin “Star,” and the reply was direct and assuring. “The effect of the War Loan on fhe bank rates is not at present appreciable. What it may be in the future no one can tell. The tendency, of course, is to rise, but the rate has not risen. It really has not varied for years. About six years ago there was a slight upward tendency, caused by a little temporary stringency, but it came down again almost at oilee, ”