LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 13 May 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The estates of 218 deceased persons were placed under the charge of the Public Trustee last month.

The firebeli rang out an alrm shortly after six o'clock last night, the cause being a chimney on fire in Tui Street. The brigade turned out sn case of eventualities.

, "Magistrates are only fifth, sixth, or seventh-rate lawyers—they would not be magistrates otherwise," said Professor Hunter, of Victoria Cbllege, in a lecture at Palmerston on Friday night.

: ' Sir James Allen informed a Eeturned Soldiers' deputation that there was no ground for the fear that if a man re-enlisted and Was turned down his pension would be If- ho were passed as fit his pension would of course' ceaso. !( - -'

As showing the effect of. the increased prices ox. horse feed it was 'stated 'at 'the liaat- n*e,eting of the Feilding Borough Council that the seven draughts used by the Borough maintenance men are estimated to cost £340 for fodder for the year, equal to about £1 a week.

A shipment of over 1300 sacks of potatoes from Melbourne was condemned by the Government inspector at Dunedin owing to the prevalence of blight, and scab. The tubers were accompanied by a certificate from a grader in Melbourne that they were free from disease. The value of the shipment was about £450. '

Dr. de Lisle writes to the Hawke's Bay Tribune: —"By the English mail I received a letter from my cousin, Major-General Sir H. de Beauvoir de Lisle, K.C.8., D. 5.0., in which the following criticism of our boys occurs, and will be of interest to. your readers: T often come across the New Zealand division under Russell. They are fine troops, and I think the best we have. You have certainly reason to be proud of them.' "

Martha Hutebins.. -?r-e!erk tfo She Woodville County Council, was charged at the Magistrate's Court, Woodville on Friday, before Mr.iL. G. Eeid, S.M. with stealing certain sums of money of a total of £565 4s 2d the property of the Council. By the evidence it appeared that her books were in a great muddle and it was difficult to ascertain who had 'and who had not paid rates. She pleaded guilty, but said she did not- benefit by the thefts, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.

A Palmerston North dentist had an unenviable experience one night last week, says the Times. He was roused from his slumbers by a man who said his wife was suffering from her teetb and asked the dentist to go with him to extract them. The dentist suggested it would be better if she came to the surgery in the morning, and in the meantime gave the man some instruments and a drug, with instructions what to do to relieve her pain. The visitor thanked him profusely and left,- and up till now the obliging dentist has heard nothing of either hi visitor or the instruments.

The French Socialist leader, M. Albert Thomas, speaking at Cardiff, retold the story of France's remarkable industrial ronaissance, and declared that, ultimately, they might have to erect a statue to the Kaiser a<3 the restorer of industry in France. He paid a tribute to the mighty effort of Britain, and said no one knew better than himself what France owed to th" great industrial creations of Britain

A pair of piuce-nez lost in the Taihape Post Office, are advertised for.

The expected return at an early date of another draft of returned soldiers is announced. The rooll comprises 46 officers, 787 non-commissioned officers and men and eight nurses, making a total of 7841.

'A meeting of those interested in reforming the Old Girls' Hockey CTud will be held in the Fire Brigade Hall to-night at 7.30. All members of tlie old club and others wishing to join are cordially invited to be present.

•We were informed by a passenger on a Main Trunk train to-day that the railway yards at Okahukura present the appearance of a big timber yard owing to thousands of feet of white pine awaiting trucks for conveyance to a port for "shipment to Australia.

On the troopship which recently arrived in Auckland were the English wives of ninety New Zealand soldiers. Many of the ladies accompanied their husbands on the troop train whicn passed through Taihape on the way to Wellington on Saturday morning.

Newspaper publishers in New York passed a resolution urging the War Trade Board to prohibit the export of news printing paper.- Leading paper merchants have protested, pointing out that this would be a hardship for Australia and other Allied and neutral nations.

Sir Edward Nicholl, commander, fi.NE„ president of the Seamen's League, speaking at Newport, referred to the suggestion that British seamen should not salute the German flag. Germany, he declared should not have a flag to fly, unless it was a black flag. There were spj.es in every port in the Bristol Channel, and no vessel left any of the ports unknown to the submarines at the mouth of the Channel. As examination officer for the Bristol Channel, many thousands of vessels having passed through his hands, he knew what he-was talking about

Says the Wanganui "Chronicle": An unusual incident occurred during tfte Garrison Band's ,concqrt at. Queen's Park yesterday afternoon,'.. i One of the audience was a. - young, girl who was. suddenly seized .with,, illness,,and a correct diagnosis of her ,case was speedily made by severE? of the matronly onlookers, who proffered assistance. Help was also givert by aa embarrassed policeman, who had the misfortune to be on duty there.- Although the hapDening was new in his experience he acted with tact and celerity, and had the girl removed t>y motor to the Hospital. The latest,report from the institution is that the mother and her child are progressing favourably.