LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 16 August 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A woman told a London clergyman that she likes air raids because they take your mind off the war.

A contingent of 60 Fijians, under Lieutenant A. E. Howard, arrived from Suva by the Niagara on Wednesday. They have gone iuto the Narrow Neck camp for training.

Advice hsa been received that the draft of one officer, one nurse and 144 men returning to New Zealand by transport No. 172 will arrive at its destination six days later than the date previously advised to next of kin.

Now Zealand Society of Accountants advise intending candidates that entries for the 1918 examinations close with the Registrar of the University of New Zealand, Wellington, on 2nd drawn to the altered Syllabus for 1919 examinations. See advertisement elsewhere in this issue.

Mr F. J. Nathan, who returned to Palmerston on Wednesday from Australia, says that the price of practically everything is controlled even down to Petrol and kerosene tins. One man was heavily fined for merely asking for petrol tins than the price fixed.

There was a good competition for the fat stock yarded at Wcsfield on Wednesday. Values were firm at last week’s rates. Prime ox beef sold up to £2 13s per 1001 b., and cow and heifer beef to £2 10s per 1001 b. Steers ranged in price from £ll 10s to £2B, and cows and heifers from £6 10s to £l6 os. Heavy prime wethers realised up to £2 10s 3d. Lambs were in short supply, best quality making up to £1 11s. Heavy baconers sold up to £9.

A scarcity of many paints generally in use for the painting of railway carriages and tramcars is being experienced by the New South Wales Railway Department. The tramcars are now being painted a neutral tint because the customary bright colours are unobtainable'. Now, owing to red paint ’having become scarce, the railway signals are being painted yellow. The' new colour stands out well, and drivers have no difficulty in picking up the signals.

A Hastings soldier, writing home to his parents some time ago, describes a frog supper to which himself and three other New Zealanders sat down in a Paris restaurant. "We started off with soup.” he said, “and then had the froggies and they were tiptop. You eat them with your fingers instead of a fork, and there is not much waste .about them. I accounted for six, and could have eaten more if they had been there. They taste just like chicken, and you wouldn’t know any difference if you were not told.”

The Minister for Internal Affairs, referred to the employment of returned soldiers in the Public Service, said that sail departments have been notified specially that preference in all cases is to be given to returned soldiers. The Public Service Commissioner also consider first claimfe of returned men for any position for which they are suitable in preference to' other applicants. In all 993 returned soldiers have been found employment in the Public Service, but only 590 of them have remained in the service.

A remarkable record of Wellington College old boys in war service is mentioned in a circular issued by the Old Boys’ Association to members in an appeal for contributions for * the Memorial Hall. Nearly 1600 old boys have joined the colours, 138 have killed in action and 253 others wmunded, whilst 101 have received decorations or have been mentioned in despatches. In other words one out’ of every four has been killed or wounded, and one out of every 16 has been singled out for distinction.

A correspondent of the Pail Mall Gazette writes: "I was a witness yesterday of the burial of the Hun murderers who wore killed by the bringing down of their machine last Sunday night. What astonished me most was the tremendous fuss made by our military authorities; and I may say the comments of the spectators, of whom there were hundreds, were the reverse of complimentary. Not only ■were men provided as bearers, but there were actually a firing party, and, to crown all, a band, the big drum of which was covered in crepe! To say the least of it, the authorities should have eschewed all 'military pomp.”

The Eev. (Howard had a big meeting and a good hearing at Wanganui on Wednesday night. The P.P.A. organiser attacked the Herald for refusing to publish an advertisement sent in by Protestants. Editor Webb-Jones replied that he refused advertisement to save sectarian trouble. Mr Elliott then said: “Wo are now as well organised as the Eoman Catholic Church, and we arc going to have fair play from the press. We only want them to bo fair to us. If they do that, even though they speak against us, we shall have nothing to say. But if a paper is not fair to us, we shall ask our people to cut that paper off. ’ ’ ’

Highest wages is offered to a competent sawmill henchman by an advertiser.

“The Month," an addition to thi» Country’s newspaper proas, has just commenced publication in Auckland.

The Military Affairs Committee have received from the Manawatu Racing Club a donation of £SOO for the erection of a Church Army Hut.

Our readers are reminded of th® sale of a Tour-roomed house of furniture at Ward’s auction mart; Tui St, to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock.

The amount realised by the social and dance at Mataroa on Friday was £B. The social -vvas a Auos’t enjdyablo one, and the money raised will be a welcome addition- to the Soldiers’ Christmas parcels fund.

At the Tui Street mart to-morrow Messrs. Ward and Co., will sell the furniture and effects of a four-roomed house which have been removed to the mart for convenience of sale. This is a good opportunity for those who intend furnishing or adding to their present possessions.

Last night the street had quite a busy appearance at the Bank of N.Z. corner, giving one the impression that a suffragette meeting was to be held; but on enquiry is was found to be the Huia girls’ hockey team celebrating their win by having a “night out” at the pictures.