LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 7 January 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. J H. McCormick announces that he is allowing one penny in the shilling on all cash purchases made at his boot store. At the Stratford races, Speedwell Mae paid over half a century in the Hurdles, and Polthoguc paid a doublefigure dividend for second. Taking no risks with the weather, the borough employees have been busily engaged during the last day or two harvesting the hay in the oval reserve. Already 25,000 bales of this season's wool has already been delivered into Auckland stores, the weather having been exceptionally favourable for shearing. Advice has been received from Bristol that several shipments of honey recently shipped by the New Zealand Co-operative Honey ProducersAssociation have been sold at £l4O a t 0B # •: Premier Massey says it should be clearly understood that the new arrangement for the supply of meat from the cold stores was of general application. Any centre that was within reach of stores where meat was being held for the Imperial authorities could receive supplies at the scheduled prices, subject to the Board of Trade approving of the prices that were to be charged the consumers by the retail butchers. One of the applications he had received was from a southern | township, where the only butcher had been called up for military "service. He told the people conccrri'cv that they could get (he meat on the terms already announced. Cool frocks for the children in pale blue, pink, and saxe Jap crepe neatly embroidered, size 18 to 36, 5/6 to 8/11.—ColLinson and Gifford, Ltd

Some amateur, photographers had their cameras confiscated for taking snaps of the wharves at Lyttelton on Monday, and they will be prosecuted for a breach of one of the War Regulations.

'Tis said that an owner not a hundred miles from Fielding was so disgusted with his horse's showing at the recent Marton meeting that after the event in which it started he gave it away.

The latest casualty list issued by the Defence Department contains the names of 53 killed, 11 believed dead, 95 wounded. Amongst those killed appears the name of Corporal Roy Hastedt, son of Mr F. Hastedt, of Taihape.

The wool season in Auckland is oire of the busiest for many years, up to the present no less than 27,000. bales of this season's wool -have come to hand. The quality of the wool is stated to be excellent, and a large percentage of the wool is quite 2 per cent heavier than that of last year.

To the firewood cutters who went to Era's Hotel in answer to advertisement last Wednesday. Mr. W. Lang apologies. It was next to impossible for him to reach Taihape on that day owing to unforeseen circumstances. He asks the applicants and others to call on him as early as possible from today.

Will the person who picked up a bleak bead bag on the Raukura Road please return it without delay as it contained the money that was all a poor woman possessed. The delay in returning the bag, it is understood, is not intentional, and would have caused little inconvenience to' a person better" off, but the owner and her children were left penniless for Christmas. Will the finder of the bag please leave it at this office as early as convenient?

A total of 740 men of all ranks, wounded and invalided, returned by a transport at Auckland on Saturdaj', some 40 or 50 men being minus a limb, but all these have been fitted by the artificial limb factories at Home, and their disability is not at all apparenr. A large number of the men were suffering from pulmonary complaints, the results of gas poisoning, but they have benefited considerably by the sea journey.

Twenty pretty young English girls, clad in the khaki of the women's army are in France, working on the purely sentimental alignment of keeping soldiers' graves green. They are the first batch of a much larger force to be sent over in time to see that the resting-places of England's sons are kept covered with a blanket of grass and flowers. Among the forces will bo sisters of soldiers, likely a scattering of girls whose brothers or sweethearts lie buried behind the battlefield.

Asked to explain the chivalrous understanding that exists between the airmen of the opposing forces a British flight commander replied: "I think, in the first place, that The immensity of space in which an airman operates has the effect of impressing him with his absolute self-dependence and individuality, and also that of his opponent. It is a straight fight, man to man, with only a practical equality of mechanical aid. Both suspended in mid-air, between life and death, instinctively, feel that the issue rests, not with any mean advantage, but with a clean and fair test of skill."

The luck of a Chinaman! A Chinese greengrocer at New Plymouth is reported to have won more than £4OO at the Stratford races on "Wednesday. Among his bets were three tickets on Speedwell Mac, which romped home in the hurdles and paid over half a century, A man who had observed this particular Chinaman collecting dividends after each race, followed him to the ticket window and asked the seller for "the same as the Chinaman got." It was the seventh race, and he was handed one ticket on No. 9 and one on No. .10. No. 9 (Lady Mylchreest) won, the dividend being nearly a double-figure one, and No. 10 ran second and also gave a substantial return.

Pittsburg, known as the world's workshop is a centre of war activity. It is said that the daily tonnage exceeds that of three great world capitals combined. In this district the Carnegie Armour Plate Mills are turning out a heavy percentage of the steel plate for the American and British navies. Among the American women there who are aiding the cause are Miss Helen Frick, who is giving liberally of her father's millions to military and ambulance work, and Miss Margaret Carnegie who is also helping from the funds of her father, Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. William' Thaw, whose efforts to save her son some years ago cost her some £200,000 is also among these patriots. Put this on your grocery list SHAELAND'S ' MALT VINEGAR Mellow and full flavoured without a trace of mineral acid. In bulk a;d I bottle. 4

A smart boy is wanted by Messrs Collinson and Gilford, drapers.

An Onoto fountain pen, lost in Taihape, is advertised for and a reward offered

A gold watcb and chain, lost on tbe Kaka Road, last Friday, is advertised for and a reward offered for its return to this office.

A full acre of land, in tbe borougb of Taihape, with a five-roomed bouse thereon, is to be given away with a pound of tea. Those wanting a house are invited to make a cash offer for the tea. The owner is going into camp, having passed all examinations.

Tenders are wanted for the right of grazing 375 acres of first-class bush land at Raketapaunia; lor a term of two years. Tenders close on 17th January next, wit.b Mr P. A. Quin, the sawmill, Hihitahi, or with Quin Bros., box 85, Hawera.

Since the outbreak of war the Overseas Club has raised over £250,000, and supplied over 4,000,000 parcels of cigarettes and tobacco to our brave fighting men. The need to-day is greater than ever it .has been before and, to keep up the spirits of our lads, it is absolutely essential that they should continue to enjoy the comfort of a smoke. Contribute a shilling to the Overseas Club Fund, at this office.