LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 3 September 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An aeroplane recently forced to land behind the British lines in France was piloted by a 17-ycar-oid German girl.

Companies, firms, and individual taxpayers who failed to subscribe to the last war loan are receiving a circular from the Commissioner ox Taxes calling upon each recipient to explain its or his reason for not subscribing

Some big prices were realised at an auction sale of fish in Wellington on Friday. A line of warehou was sold at the rate of 6/11 each, and a kerosene tin full of Westport whitebait brought £4 17s 6a.

Persons who are not of British nationality should take notice that w the domestic inconvenience of shifting house in the city is now added the duty of notifying the police, in order that the register of aliens within tim district may be kept accurate.

“I have had a letter from an officer who knows all about the Rarotongan soldiers,” said Sir James Allen, Acting Prime Minister, on Saturday. “Writing from ‘somewhere in Palestine/” he says: ‘From my experience I am more than ever convinced that, from a military point of'view, you have in' the Cook Islanders a splendid assbt i,r to the man power of' New Zealand. They are remarkably practical and quick to learn.”

Force of habit is often responsible for amusing incidents. One of these occurred in the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court on Friday afternoon during the hearing of a Defence case. A sergeant-major was giving evidence concerning the non-attendance at parades of a young delinquent, when he found his roll of papers had been disarranged. “As you were,” he commanded in a peremptory tone while he proceeded to straighten out Jhe documents. A “loud” smile went round the Court, as this was the second occasion upon which the same instructor has made this, “break,.”

la an outbreak of cholera In Belgium there were 36 deaths in a village in one week.

A contract for totara post splitting and for sledging and carting 10,000 to 50,000 posts is advertised by Mr. Otto Olsen, Hihitahi.

In the final serening of “Flames of Chance” to-night, Margery Wilson, who acts the godmother to three soldiers in France, is well worth seeing. The supporting subjects are of tile highest order. v j r; . v

ii The- grand opening summer show of-(millinery at White and Sons, Taihape establishment, is advertised to commence on Wednesday, (to-mbrrow.) There will also be a display of coat and silk frocks to be worn in the coming season.

The Hon, T. M. Wilford says that somewhere in France some New Zealand soldiers entered an inn where beer was Retailed in the smallest of measures. They each of them took a jug, which they had filled, and then consumed the contents. As they left the inn three Belgian boys, who were seated in the corner, asked the lady bar tender who were those strange fellows who had just departed. “Why, don’t you know ” she replied. “Those are the New Zealand tanks in action!”

Some patriotic societies have from time to time been imposed upon by returned soldiers seeking to obtain money easily by fraudulent statements. This subject was considered at a meeting of tbe executive of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association on Saturday. After discussion the executive passed tbe following resolution:—“That this association gives its bearty support to tbe prosecution oi any returned soldier wbo bas defrauded a patriotic society, or similar body, and urges this course- in tbe best interests of returned soldiers generally.”