LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 21 June 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A report from Montevideo states that Spanish ships are being held up on the ground that Germans have been 'smuggled on board.

According to a writer in the San Francisco Argonaut, Bishop Weldon is of the opinion that marriage to a German or an Austrian ought to be sufficient grounds for divorce.

A late cable states that twenty-one German torpedo boats, in addition to several destroyers and are hemmed in the port of Zoobrugge as a result of the recent operations by the British "bottling’ 7 squadron.

A reminder is given of the St. Margaret’s Guild euchre party, which Is to be held at the Three Stars to-night. Provision has been made for a large attendance, and nothing has (been left undone to make the evening a thoroughly enjoyable one;

Burial and marriage fees have been advanced by 10 per cent, in the Sheffield district. A local clergyman in his parish magazine stated that a wife will now cost more, and advises his parishioners to stay single "and save money.’ 7 A demonstration reminiscent of the days of the early contingents marked the march of "Carmichael’s Thousand 77 through the streets of Sydney a Thucsday prior to embarkation. Great and enthusiastic crowds compelled the breaking of the fours into a straggling single file. A Hastings business man j who formerly resided at Feilding (says the Tribune), received a pleasant surprise the other morning. On opening a registered letter he found the contents contained £IOO, made up of a £SO, two £2O and a £lO note. On .a piece of paper was written the words "Conscience money. 77 There was no indication whatever of the sender.