LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 February 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The vital statistics for Taihape for the month of January 'were; Births 23, marriages 3, deaths 3.

The Defence Expenditure Commission formally opens its sittings at Auckland next Monday.

A draft of sick and wounded soldiers arrived in Wellington on Wednesday. They are from- Palestine and Lieut. Percy North, of Raetihi, was amongst the number.

Sir Joseph Ward, Minister of Finance, states that the revenue for the month of January has come up very well indeed, and shows an increase of £555,541 over the revenue for January, 1917. Practically every branch of the revenue shows an increase.

In the police court at Stratford yesterday John Benjamin Clark, a travelling auctioneer, was charged with having set fire to premises in Broad way on January 12_ He pleaded nor guilty 'Accused was committed to the Supreme Court at Wanganui for trial. Bail was allowed, himself in £2OO, and one security of £2OO.

To-morrow morning, commencing at II o’clock, Messrs. Ward and Co., will hold a sale of ladies’ high-class silk coats, dresses and costumes. These goods arc direct from the manufacturers, and comprise the latest models, therefore they should' command \ a ready sale. The representative can only spare one day for Taihape, so ladies ought not to miss paying a visit of inspection.

Phonographs, Edison Machines and Records Machines repaired and all parts stocked. Large assortment of records Just to hand. Instrumental and songs to suit all lovers of music. Razors ground and set; all brands of Tobaccos stocked; pipes a specialty. Try our prices before purchasing else-

where.—H. GREEN. Station Street

Entries for the Mangaweka ewe fair, which will be held on February 14, will be found in another column.

Lieut. H. jomuston, of Taihape, has been awarded the Military Cross. Lieut. Johnston, before enlistng, was in the employ of Messrs H.,D. Bennett, Ltd., and always took a keen interest in military matters.

Owing to being called up and having to go into camp, Mr. M. L. Gavey is advertising his carrying business for sale. Mr. Gavey has a good connection and this sale offers an advantageous opportunity for a mau to procure a paying, ready-made business.

In the window of Mrs. Gav/jy is an exhibition of some cf the finest Gladiolus blooms in cultivation, among them being some of the new blue shades, which a fenv years ago, were selling at several pounds per bulb. Orders are now being taken for the varieties displayed as well as for other catalogued varieties

The annual general meeting of the Taihape Tradesmen’s Association is to be held on Monday, evening, ISth inst. After the close of business a smoke concert and social gathering, will follow", at which all businessmen in towm and district arc invited to be present and to sign on in the good work this Association is undeniably performing.

We all know the comfort and pleas ure in wearing a “made right” boot or shoe. They are our companions for ai least twelve hours a day, and if they are not quite all right we know all about it. How to procure a “maderight” boot or shoe at a “quite right” price will be made clear by a perusal of the advertisement from Murray’s Cash Boot Store in another column.

A peculiar accident happened to Mr. John Clements, sen., of Kaiwera

(writes the correspondent of Mataura Ensign). He was pricked in the eye with a Canadian thistle, but did not think it was anything serious at the time. Serious complication however, set in, and after consultation with a Gore doctor he was removed to Invercargill to be under the care of a specialist. The case was so serious, however, that the eye had to be removed, as blood-poisoning had set in.

Owing to the reduction in the percentage of the Reinforcement drafts at the end of last year), it has been found that with the number of men in camp it is possible to form the 36th Reinforcements. The men now concentrating, who were to have constituted the 36th draft, will thus be formed into the 37ths, and will be known by that designation accordingly. The 57th draft, which will complete its mobilisation this week, will receive the normal four months’ training.

A small attendance, though representative of the business life of the town, gathered at the supper-room of the Town Hall last night to hear Mr. Deer, of Sydney, lecture on “The Science of Building a Business or Profession” The lecturer, who has a very clear and lucid style of speaking, was listened to with close attention as he unfolded the principles underlying the building up of a business or profession. His illustrations were always apt and to the point He was accorded a hearty vote of thanks at the conclusion of his lecture.

Replying to a deputation on the subject of the heavy expense which parents of large families bear in the matter of the purchase of school books and material ,the Minister for Education stated on Wednesday that he had been gathering information from different countries with the view of submitting to the Cabinet a practical scheme to reduce the cost. In secondary schools there was a multiplicity, and a variety of text books, the cost of which was serious. He haft asked the director of education to go into the matter and report.

A Colonel of the Black Watch, after seeing the work done by the Y M.C.A. in lessening .the sufferings of the wounded on the Tigris River, writes; “I can tell you this—that whoever gives in money or in kind toward the Young Men’s Christian Association may give in the sure knowledge that he is doing something to lessen the sufferings of the soldiers’ 7 And the same thing has been said over and over again by officers and men of our own forces i n reference to the work of the New Zealand Y.M.C.A., to Camp, on Transports, in England, and along the far-flung battle lines, right up to the front trenches whore the Field (Secretaries share danger and hardships with the boys. The Red Triangle Day appeal now being made is for funds to keep this service for the men going; an amount equal to £1 per soldier per year is asked