LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 17 April 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Prime Minister says lie regards picture shows ;as "non-essential." It might be necessary to reduce the labour employed or to close them altogether.

'At a meeting of the committee of the Awarua Gun Club it was decided that the first of .three, monthly shoots for the cup presented by Messrs McLennan Bros., should be hen! bn tne Club ground on Thursday, 25th insr.

The Church of England Military Affairs Committee has cabled to Headquarters in London another £IOOO for Church Army Huts, to help to replace some of those destroyed in the recent German offensive.

From a private letter received by Taihape Ave learn that Priate J. Orford ("Pelorous Jack"), who left with the 31st Beinforcements, is at present in Hospital -in England, and that his chance of getting to France are rather remote.

In the Wanted colums on page 1 of this issue the Campbell Limited Motor Garage, of Wanganui, advertise some exceptionally good bargains in second-hand motor cars. Almost every modern popular make of car is represented, including the latest Perrys and Buicks, Hupps and Overlands.

Coincident with the apparent initial success of the Germans there is a remarkable and significant recrudescence of Republican propaganda In South Africa. Nationalist speakers are going about -preaching indepett dence. In Johannesburg the Nationalist Club was raided by an indignant crowd owing to the British flag being removed from the Town Hall platform during the Nationalist meeting.

Says a London writer: Whatever the Teason—and I should." be sorry to say that the suggestion as to the conscription of capital has anything to do with it —the fact remains that during the last few weeks the purchase of precious stones and jewels has been excessive. 'A Bond Street jeweller informed me the other day that he had sold to an unknown person three tiaras at an enormous price. I have heard, too, of a well-known millionaire who is buying up rubies and emeralds wholesale. -.

Better than ; mixtures or syrups is NAZOL —the money saving remedy for coughs and colds. Ready for use when bought. No cold is NAZOLproof.

Firewood-getters are advised that tenders are called for the supply of fifty cords of four feet barrel wood, delivery freight paid to Ashurst.

The respective Governments have given General Foch the widest powers. His action will be unquestioned, thus an absolutely united Anglo-French-American army has been constituted.

The annual general meeting of the Taihapc Golf Club will be held in the Fire Brigade Hall to-morrow evening, at 8 o 'clock. A full attendance of members is requested, while a cordial invitation is extended to all intending members.

The annual general meeting of the Taihape Women's Working Club is advertised to take pleae in the Gymnasium Hall, on Tuesday evening next, at 8 o'clock. The chief business is to receive report and balance sheet and to elect officers for the ensuing year.

Omitted from the reference to Mr. Eobert Boyne 's death in yesterday's issue was the fact that the deceased had two sons, both at the front; One, —Norman—is on the wireless staff in Mesopotamia, and Bert Boyne is in the conflict in France, to whom the loss of a good father will prove a great shock. Mrs. Stanley Peyton, of Taihape, is also a daughter of the late Mr. Boyne,

Speaking in the House on Monday in reference to the request of the Home Government for more men, Sir James Allen said during April, May and June we should be able to increase our reinforcements by 1700 infantry. The increase asked for was only respecting infantry, the pcrccntgac of reinforcements for other units rcmaining as it was at present. In order to achieve this the Government proposed to utilise all men now in camp, and immediate transfers could be expected from one camp of nearly 400 men and 350 from another in a very short time.

'A curious incident occurred at Brest recently. American Admiral Wilson, learning that a certain important hotel was charging exorbitant prices to American officers staying there, - lodged a' complaint with the Mayor, who, however, expressed his inability to interfere. The . Admiral thereupon had sentries placed round the hotel, ordered his officers to remove from it at once, and declared the hotel out, of bounds. -The proprietor protested against this drastic action, but the Admiral refused to alter his decision.

During the journey of a mob of cattie from tha local saleyards yesterday afternoon a very exciting incident occurred. As the cattle were being driven along the road by the tennis court a couple of milk cows met them, and the former turned ' off' into the tennis court, followed by a portion of the mob. In endeavouring to return them to the road the cattle, harassea by the dogs, became very excited, and rushed to the edge of the cliff whicn leads directly to the Hautapu Stream, and at this spot has a sheer drop of nearly 200 feet. The result was that a bull belonging to Mr. Fannin, a bullock and heifer owned by Mr. D. Scots and a bullock" the property of Mr. Wilkie, went over the cliff. One of the animals went head-first into tne stream, while the others negotiated various stages of the journey "->wnwards. One bulock was hung up by a tree about half-way down, the other two animals reaching the path immediately above the river. It seemed as almost foregone conclusion that some of the animals would have been killed, but to the surprise of the owners they were alive and uninjured.