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Taihape Daily Times, 3 November 1917, Page 4

Mrs Treadwell, dressmaker is advertising for apprentices.

'A house built of kauri timber in Carver Street is advertised for sale.

The War Certificates issued in the Dominion up to September 30 total £2,798,765—an average of £2 lis 6d per head.

The Prime Minister has been advised that the Paparoa coal miners are out on strike, demanding more wages.

Slaughtering will commence at the Feilding Freezing Works, Aorangi, in about three weeks' time. Indications throughout the district are that the works will have a busy season.

The Rev. J. R. Burgin, Chaplain to the New Zealand Forces, just returned from the front will give a lecture on his experiences with the N.Z. Division in the Parish Hall, Taihape, on Tuesday, November 6th.

The Wellington Education Board is askingthe City Council to amend the by-laws in the direction of moderating the speed of motor-cars and motor bicycles, on account of the danger to children by fast driving.

During the absence of her -husband at the railway station on Friday, Mrs Henry Gorrie, of Mungaroa while en. deavouring to get water out of a barrel only partly filled, overbalanced herself and fell into the barrel and was drowned. , '.-, ,

In another column Messrs. W. J. White & Sons give particulars of some of their latest bargains. The goods listed -were bought at pre-war prices, which advantage is being passed on to their numerous customers. A perusal of their new advertisement will prove both instructive and profitable.

The timber traffic in prospect for the Raetihi branch line is likely to keep the Railway Department somewhat busy in this As a modest beginning there is already equal to at least one mill for every mile of railway between Raetihi and Ohakune, . ;..■.v - .--■■■. A daring safe' robbery was perpetuated in Auckland on Thursday at about midnight. The safe in the paymaster's office in the railway outward goods shed was blown open with gelignite, and between £2OO and £3OO extracted. The burglar made good his escape.

An indication of the activity of the United States Government in respect to shipbuilding is shown by the fact that a trade circular to hand 'by mail states that large requisitions of lumber have been made by the authorities, and railroads and steamboats are busy transporting the timber to the yards. The railroads maintain an embargo on lumber of all kinds for export

Dr. Thacker lighted up a fresh aspect of the case in the House, saying: "General Godley has been at the bottom of the whole trouble about the over-soldiering of the country and of the sending of too many men to the front. It was -his almost brutal ambition that led to this. It was to keep him In his high position that more soldiers were sent. It was through Colonel Gibbon—who should go to the front —that General Godley was pampered."

The soldiers of the Kaiser are very superstitious, from, the man in the ranks to the Crown Prince. The Huns' eldest son carries a horseshoe with him on all his motor trips. The horseshoe is attached to one of the doors of the car. The soldiers of Wurtemburg pin their faith upon a little bag containing the dry pollen of flowers, which they believe, has the power. of warding off the bullets. The Saxons sew into the lining of their waistcoats the wings of a bat, and think themselves to be invincible, while the Bavarians hold on tenaciously to a still more bizarre custom. Before going into battle each soldier gets a birch tree, cuts his skin, and lets a few drops of blood fall upon the tree. This ceremony, they assert, assures rcevery, no matter what the natu-e of the wounds, when the leaves begin to grow again.

A capable help can find a good home in a country house on applying to this office. Sergeant Matthews has awaiting its owner a wristlet watch in leather strap —found in Taihape. Mrs E. Batt collected the small amount, of £3 17s 6d for the .wounded soldiers' Christmas tree at the Battenhall Hospital Worcestershire, England. The money was forwarded by her to England last Saturday, free of any deductions for expenses. Thursday, November Ist, was the day fixed by the Government for the imposition of the Amusements Tax on 1 ictures and entertainments. The proprietros of picture theatres throughout the Dominion have decided to pass the tax on to their patrons. The amount is one penny for every shilling and over paid for admission; the 6d tickets do not carry any tax. The local picture theatres are failing into line with the general practice

Owing to the shortage of tonnage for petrol the Government has propounded a scheme for economy in home transport (says a London cable of 21st inst. } appearing in the Australian papers) A Road Transport Board is to be formed. Butchers, bakers, and grocers will be compelled to use the same vans, and tradesmen will be restricted to appointed ..areas, exchanging some customers with others in order to prevent overlapping of deliveries. Pleasure motoring will be made punishable.

Several returns were submitted to Parliament showing the position of the butter levy, but the Premier stated that they were for a period prior to June 30, and a'later return could be secured. The return to June 30 shows that the levy collected totalled £253,781. It was impossible to make an estimate of outstanding levies owing to t.he absence of returns from fac tcries. The, total amount refunded to local settlers for butter to June 30 was £72,103, and the total amount

due to them was £114,000 approxi mately.

Pilfering appears to be a habit in the Prussian Royal family. The latest story centres around the notorious and dissolute Prince EiteT A young Parisienne .lately escaped from occupied territory relates how, standr ing in the window of .her" own house", she watched him enter a neighbouring chateau, accompanied py his Staff officers and make free. with its belongings. .On leaving, he helped himself to the owner's car, and, in order that his Royal back migEt repose more comfortably, supported himself with an elegantly embroidered cradle cushion, which he picked out from among a pile of lingerie collected by his companions of industry. ;; .