LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 June 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Friday was the anniversary of the Battle of Messines. The Auckland "Star" contained no fewer than eight columns of In Memoriam notices of Aucklanders who fell in the battle.

During the Rev. Howard Elliott"s three-wsek's visit to the South Island in the interests of the Protestant Political Association, the average enrolment of- members was 150 I daily, ~,

An announcement has been made that Sir Robert Borden (Prime Minister of Canada) and the Right Hon. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand) have arrived in England io attend the Imperial War Conference.

The official monthly summary of the New Zealand' Division's work at the front, un.lrv date June 4, states that the division remained in the Hebu-

terne sector. Several small rak's were carried out, resulting in the capture of .prisoners'; There was nothingfurther to report.

An impudent theft was perpetrated on Lambton Quay, Wellington, on Wednesday. A party had come in by motor-car from the country, and while they were at dinner a thief took a portmanteau from the car containing articles to the value of £3O, and got away with the booty.

The Petit Journal reports that tha companions of Major Luffberry, the American airman who was recently killed, promptly avenged his death by bringing down two German aeroplanes, while a French aviator, after a chase of 25 miles brought down the aeroplane whose occupants killed Lufberry.

Mr. R. J. Mason, Mr. G. D. Greenwood's private trainer, left for Sydney by the last boat with Biplane and two maiden horses—Gloaming (The Welkin-Light), and Molineaux (Dan-ube-Perle d'Or). During the past 40 years Mr. Mason has made many trips to Australia. He states that the. present trip would probably be the last.

Referring to the grave disadvantages under which many settlers in the far North lived on account of the absence of passable roads, the vice-pre-sident of the Kaipara Chamber of Commerce stated last week that he knew of a family, the members of which nad not been near civilisation, meaning a township, for nine years. The woman had not seen one of her own sex for 14 months.

Paris, like London, has its gambling traps for the unwary. A young officer, playing one night noticed that the clock in the room had a very peculiar and irregular tick, Listening carefully, he discovered that it was sounding Morse telegraphic 'messages, to his opponent, giving particulars of his hand. Seizing the money on the table, he rushed at the clock and seized that also, only to find that it was connected by wire to something in the room. A vigorous tug brought down a panel secreting the telegraphist. Being in a military sense "out of bounds," he could do nothing more than warn the police anonymously.

A black sheep dog answering to name of "Darkie," lost from Bennett's Siding, is advertised for by Mr .E. Prime.

Largo tracts of land in the Midlands and "West of Ireland have been seized by tho Board of Agriculture as the owners have not complied with the tillage order. The lands have been let to small farmers and cotters for tilling.

Intending exhibitors are reminded that tho entries for the Taihape Show wiljl close (on Wjedneis&ay next, |thp, 12th inst. Schedules may be had from the Secretaries of the various A. and P. Associations or by writing to the Secretary, x\.. M. Ryan, Box SI, Taihape.

It is well known that Tommy Atkins is a prolific letter-writer. He is always "in the pink," while feeling intensely blue. A kind husband concluded & letter to his wife thus: "Ive no more news, and may God always protect you from your loving husband Mick,''

A regulation gazetted on Saturday makes it an offence for anyone to sell or supply liquor to any member of the Expeditionary force, or to any person who has been discharged from the Expeditionary Force who is undergoing medical or curative treatment as a patient or out patient of any hospital or other institution. The supply of liquor by or under the direction of a medical officer or practitioner hadving the care of a patient is excepted.

An English correspondent 'States much of the good work done by our gallant airmen is never made known to the general public. Quite by chance it was disclosed the other day to a few intimate .friends' 'that a young aviator had succeeded in rescuing the crew of a fishing smack, which had been torpedoed in mid-Channel, and the men left stranded on the wreckage. Passing shortly afterwards in a hydroplane!, the airman dived down to water level, picked up the shipwrecked men, an/I conveyed them safclv to shore