LOCAL AND GENERAL

Taihape Daily Times, 20 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A boy is wanted to deliver the Taihape Daily Times in Winiata.

The cost of the military occupation of Samoa to .March 31 this year was £357,982 12s ftOd.

'Messrs. Abrahams and Williams and Levin and Co., are holding a hogget sale at Mr Gray's yards on August 15th.

An appelant, at Thursday's sitting of the Appeal Court in Palmerston stated that he, could milk a hundred cows a. day easily.

The Thirty-seventh Reinforcements reached their destination oh the 30th ult., and have teen reported all well. The Thirty-ninths have reached a port of call all safe.

Mr. W. P. Dowling, merchant tailor, Taihape,, notifies ladies of the town and district that he will make full tailor-made costumes from ladies' own materials during the winter months at two pounds ten.

A heavy fall of snow fell at Raetihi yesterday morning and before daylight fully 4 inches of snow covered the whole country. During the morning the fall continued and a "whole day" was practically declared tyy the towns-people-to participate in snow balling, but was eventually quashed by the local administrator of law and order.

The prosecutions of Jugoslavs on the charges of having broken the War Regulations by abandoning their work at Okahukura without the permission of the enemy alien employment commissioner, will come before Mr Rawson, SJM, at Taumarunui ou Wednesday next Thirty-five summonses have been issued.

A grand social is being organised by the railway staff, to take place, on Thursday, August Bth, at the Three Stars Theatre. All the essentials for a most successful function will be presented, including the engagement of a first class orchestra. Admission has been fixed at gentlemen 2/6, ladies 1/6. The proceeds will be devoted to patriotic purposes.

A pretty wedding at St. Paul's proCathedral, on Wednesday last week was that of Miss 'Annie Bear, of Taihape, to Mr. Drayton, of Eltham. The ceremony \was performed by Rev. 'W. F. Stent, of Taihape, and the bride, who -was given away by her cousin, Mr. C. W. Bear, wore a "cream coat and skirt, and a small hat of cream panne, with a pink osprey. The bridesmaid, Miss E. W. Stewart, (niece of the bride) wore a pale grey frock, with touches of blue, and a hat to match. The .best man was Mr. F. W. Somerville, of Taihape.

Every time Charlie Chaplin collects payment for a film picture, according to evidence in a lawsuit in New York, he receives a cheque for £28,100.

Attention is directed to the services to be held in the Methodist Church tomorrow. In the evening the Rev. W. H. Hocking will be the preacher and the choir will render the anthem "Comfort O'Lord the Soul of Thy Servant." A very hearty welcome is extended to all.

The following tenders were received by the Borough Council for the purchase and removal of a stack of hay in the Oval Domain.—J. Prouse £l2 4s, W. L. Shergold £8 Is, J. Bellis £ll, S. S. Timbs £l2 10s, W. E. Theobald £lO, A. Moghan £l4 (accepted).

An informal group of Liberal members of the House of Commons has decided that Viscount Milner, the Secretary of State for War, .Sir Alfred Mond (First Commissioner of Works), Felix Cassel (Judge Advocate General), Major Goldman (Unionist member for Penryn and Falmouth), and a number of Government servants of alien origin must he summoned before the Home Secretary's Committee discussing the alien question.

In spite of the extremely unpleasant weather many turned out to the euchre party held la~s"t night under the auspices of St. Margaret's Guild. The winner of the ladies' prize (a silver photo frame) proved to he Mrs. O'Brien, while the gentlemen's prize a handsome case of pipes was won by Mr Garford. The prizes were kindly donated hy Mr and Mrs. F. Hintz. The arrangements were, as usual, excellent, and 21 tables were occupied.

If your young people;—your future citzens—are to successfully grapple with the extraordinary conditions and problems arising out of this war—this destructive upheaval; if you are anxious—really anxious —to ensure national recuperation and efficiency, it t& imperative, said the Hon. J. 'A. Hanan, at Newmarket yesterday, "that you actively promote and support those principles and measures made for efficient educational purposes. Today history is repeating itself by showing that war exposes the weaknesses of a country in economic and national efficiency, and as a consequence there generally follows a war an awakened public conscience to the need of educational progress and further efforts to bring ah out its required I ends."