LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 29 May 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The subscription list to the Red Triangle Fund has now definitely closed with a total of £750 15s Sd for Taihape and district. The adjourned annual meeting of the Taihape B'ranch of the Red Cross Society will be held in the Supper Boom of 'the Town Hall this evening at 8 o’clock. A Wairarapa reservist with one child, who was called up in the ballot on Tuesday last was presented by his wife in Masterton 21 hours later with twins! An employee at the Cromwell Canning Works last week undertook to remove hides from 500 rabbits in an hour and amidst an interesting audience acomplished the feat in 50 minutes. The Taihape Returned Soldiers intend holding a social and dance in the Town Hall on Wednesday June sth. Arrangements are well in hand for the function, and there is every probability of the next social being even more enjoyable than the last E. Langley, J. Flood, and H. Hunter, who were imprisoned in connection with sedition charges, were released on Monday,' as the result of Cabinet’s decision. Prior to their release each man had to find two sureties of £SO each, approved by the Government, that he would be of good behaviour for twelve months and abstain from seditious acts and utterances.

The Otaki Mail says that a man who was turned down by the Medical Board for heart trouble boasted that on the morning of his examination he had had no breakfast, "but smoked three packets of cigarettes and drank three whiskies.” We know a better story than that, It is of a young patriot of a northern town who had a heart with a leaky valve. Yet he hid that leak from the doctor, underwent those gruelling nine months ’ training with our Main Body in Egypt and actually fought for three weeks on Gallipoli before his heart collapsed He dropped dead in the middle of a fierce fight—was not_ touched by a bullet.

The woollen petticoat made by Miss Violet Bason, which w r as the subject

of a Red Cross competition, was won by Mr. Chapman.

Mr. W, Spence has a special announcement in another column regarding tasty and up-todate millinery, to which we refer our readers.

A match will be played to-morrow T afternoon on the Recreation Ground between teams from the Old Girls’ Hockey Club and the Huias. Play will commence at 3 o’clock.

Information is wanted regarding B. Bennington,, wdio has mysteriously disappeared. Apply to * ‘lnsurance,” at the King’s Theatre, at 8 o’clock this evening.

The increases in the salaries of pupil teachers and probationers vary from £5 per year to those w’ho are living at home, £ls a year to those who are. compelled to live aw-ay from home, to £2O a year for probationers.

“We want to collar you!” is not the exclamation of a policeman, but the inJune 6th is now open at the theatre. The whole of the dress circle has been reserved at 4s adn 3s and as seating eapactity is limited prompt application is necessary.

“We want to collar you!” is not exclamation of a policeman, but the invitation extended to all by Mr. G* E. Little in a new advertisement in another part of this issue, to which we refer those interested iii learning how it is done*

Messrs. A. W. Gardner and Co., drapers well known in Taihape, have a notice in this issue, the subject of which is “Winter Shopping.” There is no doubt that winter is here and there is just as little doubt that Gardner and Co. can clothe the public in such a manner as to minimise its effects.

Mr. Swedlund notifies that he has now on sale at his music warehouse, five most popular songs by Mr. Mar. shal Palmer, the famous baritone ac-tor-vocalist of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The titles of the songs are given in the notification on page 1 of this issue.

Somewhat a of record has been established by Mr. P. Gillon, of Greenpark who sent 20 fat lambs to the Belfast freezing works in the South Island. The carcases of these averaged 61_31b., the highest weight being 76 lb., and the lowest 52Iib. The total weight of the 20 carcases was 12271 b.

An Amsterdam message states that Max Harden, in an article in Die Kukunft, ridicules the dream of a ’ Central European Empire. Pie particularly flouts the idea of eternal AustroGerman friendship, and denounces the proposed eastern treaties as being against human nature and reason. The writer declares that the so-called Ukranian bread peace is so much humbug.

Saturday next will see Taoroa’s “B‘ig Effort” in the Red Cross Shop, and judging by the variety of w r ays in which they have set out to attract the public it should be a most successful one. There will be guessing competitions, poultry, home-made! cakes', broad, and sweets and all kinds of dairy produce. For the children there will be a very special attraction in the shape of a bran-tub, in which are hidden many pleasant surprises. We refer our readers to the advertisement on page I.

Senator Kenyon, who, before a visit to the front, was a pacifist and could not believe in the German atrocities, addressed a large meeting at Baltimore, U.S.A., recently. Applogising to the Rev. Dr. Wroth, who presided at the meeting, lowa Senator" declared that if Hell were turned upside down ‘‘Made in Germany” would be found stamped on the bottom of it. He urged the people not to purchase goods made in Germany, and said he was positive no good American would buy goods made by murderers under the direction of a ruler 'who ordered defenceless women and children to be slain. “Let the Gormans take their goods and go to Hell with them,” he shouted, “Do not do your bit; do your damnedest.”

The probability that, after the war, America would be a competitor with England for New Zealand butter was mentioned at a meeting of dairymen at Levin last week. The speaker said that when peace came again America would be a purchaser, and those factories which catered for American tastes would be able to command a high price. He complained that while butter equal to any that ever came out of Denmark was sent Home in the pre-war days, it was never given a value equal to that of the Danish'product. New Zealand had all the natural advantages—virgin soil, and purest grasses and the finest climate—and when these were combined with highest scientific processes of manufacture, the result could only be a butter that was equal to, if it did not excel, the product of any other country.