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Taihape Daily Times, 19 November 1917, Page 4

I Two partners in a drapery establishment at Carterton wmre among those called up in the recent Second , Division ballot. f . The Natives are holding a large meeting at Parihaka on Monday, the 19th to consider the question of recruiting more men for active serI vice. { Infantile paralysis has again made its appearance in Hawke’s Bay, the first victim this year being a child. The disease terminated fatally, the sufferer never rallying. I A butchery business in a good district, no opposition, is advertised for sale. The owner is called up.

Misses Slight and Holland, dressmakers and costumieros, Mataroa Eoud have an announcement in another column.

The work of distributing the fry and yearling trout by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society has now been completed. Taihape has benefited by the distribution of 20,000 rainbowfry, and 200 brown yearlings. Mangaweka has also had 10,000 rainbow 7 fry.

The first ballot for the Second Db vision has hit Wellington hard (says the Examiner.) Our band manager, the secretary of tw r o of our dairy companies, the manager of one of our cheese factories, one of our business men, and quite a little bunch of farmers were all roped in by the first cast of the military net.

The lopping off of the lower branches of the belt of trees on the western side of the Oval, Domain, has made a decided improvement to the reserve. 1 It has disclosed ah avenue between the rows of trees which only requires provision of a few seats to become a very popular resort during the summer months.

An amusing story of the C2 (Glaxo) camp is being related by Chaplin Peat. It would seem that the men are divided into three groups, (X) those who w-ill need little effort to make them fit, (Y) those who will want nursing and (Z) those who are considered to be nearly useless for military purposes > A wag of the latter class has put the matter definitely in front of his hut in the following words: “Z.Z.Z. w-e’ll soon he bloomin’ well dead.”

Mr T. E, Wilson, of Taihape, who has been in indifferent health for some time, acting in the advice of his medical attendant here, w T ent to Wellington last wrnek to get expert' medical attention. It was feared that a serious operation would be necessary, but after very exhaustive X rays examinations this was fortunately found to be unnecessary, and a course of treatment has been commenced which it is anticipated will enable Mr. Wilson to return home in a w r eek or ten days.

The estate of the late Hon. J. D. Ormond is valued for probate purposes at £450,000", and there does not seem to be a single charitable bequest in it. The bulk of the estate is devised to his sons—G. C. Ormond, J. D. Ormond, and Frank Ormond. His widow is to receive £ISOO a year the use of the house. at Napier, horses motor-ears, and the Kamaru estate of 136 acres for life. ‘A peculiar clause of tate for life. A peculiar clause of the will is one requiring his grand-son Alexander Ormond (who is aT ine war) to return to New Zealand within six months and resume the management of the Akahukura property at Auckland and retain the position for five years, or to forfeit his share of the property!

The taking of the next ballot, the 12th to be hold under the Military Service Act, has been fixed for Monday, November 26. It is intended to draw 5000 names from Class A of the Second Division (married men without children) leaving 5300 still remaining. In addition, about 1000 men, accretions to the First Division (men come of age, etc.), will be callea up at the same time. The Gazette containing both lists will be published on Tuesday, December 4. There will be no ballot in December. The balance of Class A, Second Division, will be called up en bloc without ballot in the second week in January, being given three months’ notice, after medical examination, of the date on which they will be required to go into camp

Potato blight is reported to have made its appearance in some parts of Palmerston.

A good laundress is wanted at the Gretna Hotel; good wages will be paid to suitable person.

A Ford motor car that has only travelled 600 miles, with electric light, and which is in good order, is for sale very cheap by Mr S. Peyton.

Owing to the non-arrival of the films for the Saturday night programme at the Three Stars, the pictures advertised were not shown. However, it came to hand this morning and will be exhibited to-night. The star picture is “The Sin Ye Do,” and the seventh episode of “Gloria’s Romance’ ’is included.

An advertisement with regard to the registration of aliens within the Dominion of New Zealand, appears in to-day’s issue, on page 1 Forms of application are obtainable at all police stations throughout the Dominion and all police officers in charge of police stations are Registration officers. The penalty for failure to register is £2O.

The first appearance in a Christchurch Court of a woman reporter led to a brief but humorous interlude at the Supreme Court. The case was a civil one, but during the hearing of evidence it was necessary for one of the witnesses to repeat some bad language alleged to have been used by the defendant. Defendant, in denying the allegation said he would ask witness to again repeat the language but for the presence in the Court of a lady. “Then the lady must be asked to leave the Court when bad language is being repeated.” declared his Honour, Mr Justice Denniston, who presided. ' Mr. Raymond, K.C., thereupon explained that the lady was present in her capacity as a Press reporter. “Then if the lady is a Press reporter she is probably used to hearing bad responded his Honour. The case proceeded.