LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 18 December 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following motion was given notice of at the last meeting of the Executive of the Second Division League: That the time has arrived for the League to consider political action. .

Mr G. E. Little, clotheir, mercer, and boot and shoe merchant, has announcements in the for sale column on 1 of this issue, which will repay investigation. His stocks ,of articles mentioned were never better or more comprehensive.

Mr Ellis Robinson has a very fine display of fancy goods in his shopwindow, comprising leather goods, fancy goods, silver and electro-ware, pipes, pouches, etc. The articles displayed are eminently suitable , for Christmas and New Year gifts. There should be no trouble in pleasing the most fastidious from this varied assortment.

The "will of Lieut. Joseph A. Child, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed at Ypres on June 7th last, was fnade on April 14 on the back of a photograph of a lady. It read as follows: “In the event of my death I leave all my effects, including all moneys lying to my credit to this young lady. Miss Mary Pickles, Shirley Villa ,Clockhcaton, Yorkshire, England. Probatee has now been granted to Miss Pickels.

I met lately (says a writer In the Pall Mall Gazette) an English lady who had just succeeded in reaching this country from Russia. She was present during the whole of the revolution, and the description she gave me of the conditions in Russia throws a light on the present conditions. London, with its little sugar and grocery queues, knows nothing whatever about war, I was assured. In Petrograd the housewives wait all night long on the snow covered pavements in order to get their meat in the morning. Passports have to be produced when one wishes to buy a loaf of bread. 'At a time when boots are advertised to be sold people wait outside the shops for days, and then often discover that only small sizes are to be had.

To reciprocate the season’s greetings I have secured for this year a beautiful assortment of Christmas and New Year cards; single cards, boxed cards, post cards. In autograph stationery there are many beautiful designs to choose from at Sherwin’s Shop, on the corner of Station and Main Streets,' Taihape.—Advt

A fire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary, was discovered at the Petane Hotel, near Napier, on Friday. Fortunately it was discovered before any great headway was made and it was confindo to an unoccupied tworoomcd structure.

A dainty calendar for 1918 that is just the .-thing for any lady’s boudoir has come to hand from Messrs Collinson and Gifford, drapers and milliners, for which we thank them. It is rarely such genuine works of art are distributed by any business firm, even in large cities.

The Copts, who are referred to as estendin a welcome to the British in extending a welcome to the British incient Eyptian race, and profess Christianity. Their language was an ancient Hamitic tongue spoken in Egypt until superseded as o living language by Arabic.

The French Foriegn Legion has secured more distinctions than any other regiment in the service, and General Detain a few weeks ago, pinned the Cross of the Legion of Honour to its flag. While the Legion is a stubborn fact, it has proved a godsend to fiction ever since “Ouida” delighted a sentimental world with “Under Two Flags.’

The attendance of children at St Margaret’s Parish Hall is rapidly increasing, and many parents in the country are desirous of sending their children to this school next year, if suitable board and residence for them is available. An advertisement appears -in another* column inviting those householders who are prepared to board such children, to communicate with the Rev W. F. Stent.

Our readers are again reminded of the Convent School Concert, which takes place in the Town Hall to-mor-row (Wednesday) evening, commencing at 8 o’clock. As was anticipated the programme is fairly crowded with novelties, with new vocal solos, quartettes and choruses. “The Magic Wood” operetta and excerpts from pantomime are • among new items. Then there are songs and dances, songs and marches, clown drills, military dances, and other interesting items, which have been practiced to a stage of perfection. To-morrow evening the Town Hall should not contain a vacant seat, considering the low price of admission.

The United States is making wonderful progress in building destroyers. Before tho war the shortest time in which a torpedo boat could be built was 22 months. ; Now, says the Morning Post, they arc being turned out in eight months, and Congress has given the Naval Department all the money it can use for building these vessels. It is felt that with the increased building of these vessels the submarines wil be eventually rendered powerless, but naval officers insist that there must be no cessation of mercantile shipping construction to compensate for losses already incurred, and, while the navy is pushing on the building of destroyers, the Shipping Board is employing all the yards and men if can secure to turn out cargo carriers.