LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 August 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A wireless:message received by the American Consul in Melbourne says that official dispatches, have revealed efforts to hide from the .German public and the of submarines the extent of the submarine losses. - The Gorman High Naval Command forbids the statement in death notices submarine crews unless the loss of the submarine is officially announced.

Six young women were among the German Independent Socialists condemned to long prison terms by the military tribunal at Dresden recently on charges of conducting “defeatist” and pacifist propaganda among German soldiers.' The prison terms imposed ranged from eight to eighteen years.

The fourth of August (Sunday) is the fourth aniversary of the declaration of war. There is to be a military parade at St. Margaret’s Church in the morning at 11 a.m. The Mayor and Councillors and the band have ben asked to attend in addition to the military, the veterans and all returned soldiers.

As a sequel of the recent agitation among Jugoslavs employed on national service work on the Waiuku railway, two of the men, Ante Radojkovich (35), and Jack Cvitanovich (30), were arrested by the Pukekohe police this week, and were handed over to the hiilitary authorities, who sent the prisoners to'Wclll-Agton, for internment on Somes Island.

The picture to You,” to be shown at the King’s on Saturday night, is singular in many respects. It is considered by competent critics to be the finest scenic drama ever screened, the photographic marvels that occur throughout the story are worth a visit alone. The scenes on a mountain railway, the lumber-jacks who spring from. one swaying jog to another were very cam-era-shy when the film was being taken, and one of them, in looking up, falls headlong into the foaming water. A lumber drive is another very extraordinary sight, as the huge masses of tree trunks race and toss down the mighty stream. Interwoven with these scenes of majestic grandeur is" the sweetest love story ever told.

tho Presbyterian-Hall on Wednesday next to augment the Presbyterian Church Bazaar funds. The organisers have had the matter-in hand for some time, and a bright and interesting programme has been arranged. There will be some excellent musicial items and a supper will be provided,.' Tickets, one shilling each, may now be obtained from the organisers. There will be a church parade of territorials, senior cadets and returned soldiers on Sunday next, in commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the war. To our returned soldiers this parade has a special significance, as they have taken an active part in the war, and it is only fitting that they should roll up in force to commemorate an event which is fraught with such fearful possibilities to civilisation as we understand it. We hope to see every returned soldier in the district present. The men will assemble at the Drill Hall (Three Stars Theatre) at 10.30 o’clock.

Instancing how profiteering is being carried on in New' Zealand at the present day. Captain Colbcck, Morrinsvillo, delegate to the Farmers’ Union Conference in Wellington, spoke of a cargo of benzine which arrived in Auckland, valued at, say, : £IO,OOO. A small syndicate of Auckland business men went to the owners and said: "Wo will give you £12,000 for the cargo right out,” The offer was accepted, and tho benzine was passed on to the public at about £20,000. This was tho sort of thing the union should be out to stop, and it was quite a different thing from controlling prices in the Ordinary sense.

Advice has been received that tho Shipping Controller of Australia has refused a permit for the HuddartParker to replace steamer Wimmera by a cargo boat. Consequently the New Zealand Government |has communicated with the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth upon the matter. In the meantime,, after consultation with the general traffic manager of the Union Steam Ship 'Company, who is at present in Wellington, arrangements have boon made to run the Tarawera for several trips between Sydney and Auckland. In addition, special arrangements have been made, for the Atua to call at Auckland in August and September, enroute from to Sydney thus relieving the immediate congestion, after which the matter will be further reviewed.

At the conclusion of the Fisk Jubilee Singers’ Concert on Wednesday night, Professor White thanked the public for their patronage under sucn adverse weather conditions. He also tendered the Singers’ thanks to the Town Hall custodian for his organisation of the concert, and complimented him on the able manner in which all arrangements had been carried our. Incidentally we migh’t mention that it was duo solely to Mr. Duncan’s efforts that the Fisks came here at all, and this gentleman only requires his efforts to be heartily seconded by Talhape residents in the- way of patronage for him to secure the visits of the best companies that tour New Zealand. In response to Mr. Duncan’s reiterated requests the English Pierrots will give a performance' in the Town Hall on the 24th inst. This combination is the best that ever visited New Zealand, and is now showing to capacity houses in Auckland,