LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 June 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Privates J. Reardon, M, Kiely, of Ohutu, arrived in Taihape by tlie troop train this morning. Private J. Sinclair, of Mataroa, has also returned..

Another tram p- rt containing 684 sick and would ;d men, arrived fa Auckland yesterday morning, and a train with the southern portion of the men passed through Taihape this morning. There v/ere only five cot cases on board, tnd the men have improved in health drring the voyage.

At the King’s Theatre on" Monday night there will be shown a picture of exceptional interest entitled “The Mother of Dartmoor.” This picture has had a splendid reception - wherever exhibited and will doubtless be thoroughly appreciated by local pic-ture-lovers.

Since the bush fire the population of Eangataua has been increased by the people who came to occupy the empty houses until .arrangements were made for rehousing them, Although dwellings are in request, shops arc at a discount, and are being pulled down and carted away chiefly to Eaetihi,

It is stated on good authority (says a Masterton paper), that certain military deserters in the Wairarapa are armed with rifles and other weapons, and have intimated that they will not be taken alive for active service. The question of whether unarmed police or military ofiicers should attempt the capture of these men is under consideration.

In the hearing of the gaming case in Hamilton the other day', a bookmaker’s cipher was frequently evidence. One of the witnesses explained that this was - used, amongst other reasons, to enable a horseowner to get his money on without letting the postal officials into the secret. "To prevent leakage,” ventured his Worship.

In the natural wonder provoked by a gun which fires a shell 75 miles, we are apt to forget that the bombing laeroplano is, for all practical purposes, long-range artillery, says the Daily Chronicle. And all the advantage are with the airman gunner. The range is infinitely longer, to be counted in hundreds of miles; the projectile is larger and more deadly; the aim, especially in daylight, is more accurate, while there can be no comparison between the cost of a gun of this immensity and the cost of the HandlcyPage or Gotha

A silver filigree brooch, in the form of a rose, which has small intrinsic value, but has a great sentimental value, as it is a souvenir, lost in Taihape, is advertised for. Special attention is called towards the Anniversay Services to be held in the Methodist Church to-morrow. Preacher Rev W. H. Hockihg. Special singing at Doth services. Full particulars will be found in another column.