Local and General.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4874, 21 May 1918, Page 4

Local and General.

Members of the City Band are requested to parade at. the Bandroom this evening at 7 o'clock, m fun uniform, for the purpose or f aie " welling reinforcements leaving ter Trcntham. The hon. treasurer (Mr. C. P. Davies) yesterday cabled home to the British Red Cross a further sum of £350, making a total of £11,850. realised by the Red Cross Shop since June, 1916. It is well known that Tommy Atkins is a prolific letter ..writer. He is always “in the pink' 5 while feeling intensely blue. A kind husband concluded a letter to Ins wife thus : c=z “I’ve no more news, and may God always protect you from your loving husband, Mick.’ 3 'ljhe following returned soldiers, who left Wellington on Saturday, are expected to-arrive by the Arahura from Napier Ill's ■ morning:—For Gisborne: Corporal .Curtis, Privates Gallop, Mclnms, Ratcliffe, Wilson, and Poliatu. .For Tokonxaru Bay: Private Mclntyre. For Manutuke: Private Wiekens. For Rangitukia : Private Warihaija. While in the American front line trenches, Mr. Baker, U. 3. War Secretary, had a very narrow escape. He was returning to headquarters (says Reuter) when a German Alin, shell hurst on- the roadside within forty yards of his motor car,- without injuring its occupants. Later Mr. Baker visited another American sector, where lie was again under fire. It’s as well to b e dead as to be cold. It’s impossible to sleep comfortably unless one is completely warm, and the best way to keep warm these nippy nights "is to visit Messrs. C. Rosie and Co.’s and buy a cosy Down Quilt. This firm has already sold! quite a big number of Down quilts and blankets, and a veiv important item is the very reasonable price.* In connection with the arrival of returned' soldiers on Sunday, splen- i did work done at the. wharf by I Mr. F. F. Gaddum in organising ! motor cars to convey the lads to their homes, and the gentlemen who lent cars speak most highly of the efficient manner in which* he went about the task. Among the cars placed at the disposal of the committee was that of Mr. Burke whose name was unfortunately omitted > from yesterday’s list. J A story is told of Sir John Lubbock that a countryman was assisting him in a field. Sir John Bub- I bock, who was always ready to quick- ! en the intelligence of. anyone who ! might be in his company, said to him pointing to a heap of stones:, “Do you know how these stones were made?” “Why sir, Fspect they growed, same as taturs.” “Well ” rejoined Lubbock, “if they lay there for 50 years they would not get any bigger.” “No, sir,” was the reply, “in course they wouldn’t—same as ’taturs. Take ’taturs out- o’ the ground and they stops growin’!” In view of tlie aerial activity so marked at present on the West front, the following excerpt from a letter received by Constable Nash, of Gisborne, from his brother at tlie*trout, will prove of interest:— “There are many ’planes buzzing over here, on their way to bomb Fritz. I had a. good! look, at one of ours yesterday. It came down' near here—a wonderful little machine. The pilot was a Jap.—the only ono in the air service here, it is said. He came down the day before with a Fritz machine captive, went up again yesterday, and when lo.OOOft up over the German lines his engine stopped, and lie had to volplane to our lines. When he landed he struck ploughed ground and turned! a head- ; or. There lie stood, face p 1 astered up, wearing three ribbons—M.M., ; D.F.M., and a Belgian decoration, with an addition; of six gold bars on ] his sleeve. He . was through Mons i and all the great fights, being woun- j ded time and again; Great little j chap! Wonder if his countrymen j < will come in on the East soon and ’ < take an active part?” J.,

.Nominations in connection will, +i Gisborne Racing Clubs’ winter ln( M e ing close with the secretary m.ii E. Dodd), tomorrow (Wcdnesdavi evening at- 0 o clock. Mr K. L. Worth, Met, lp l, Tsici v wishes to notify the public that residence in future is No 405 Pahw stou Road. Phone 1230. saltation hours will still !, e f, om a .in. till S pun daily* ’ Frank J. Ooldsall. an ex-p r i v ., t in the French army, lias been arrest ed and charged with the theft more than £700,000 from tin- French Government in connection with truck and motor-car contracts. ' ‘ Six hundred Sinn Fein Volunt e g r mobilised near Kiltnmagh U : <>. Jj aV(J , and took possession of toe town, fix’ its and entrances were thereafter effected only with Sinn Fein permits All the men earned hurleys. Kital niagh has a population of about 1,000 arid efforts have been mark- t 0 make jt a centre of local iiid^npay. “If ever a man died of a broken heart/’ said Father Vaughan, was Mr John Redmond, the. leader of the Nationalist party. One of the last utterances from his lips was this: 'Father, 1 am a broken-hearted man.’ How could It be otherwise when, in sight oi the promised Imd, he seemed driven hack into the land of Egypt and the house of bond. ageF’ “Tin •re are only three things I ] want to make me r«-:iliy happy, 5 ’ wrote a Tommy in Mesopotamia to a Midland depot which supplies soldiers’ comforts. "'I hey are a hit of soap, a fly net and a mouth-organ/’ They were sent, and the soldier, in replv. says: —"1 feel like a new man. I’m as happy as a native sand-boy. The soap has given me a fresh start in life and, as the net is effective. ] . get many a ‘musical evening’ peace.” ~ Such is the Jim-, unmercenary spirit of many of our soldiers. An Alpine guide who has had many vears’ experience in mountaineering thus describes the behavior oi different nationalities, when they get to the top of a peak. A German (he saws), as soon as lie arrives at the top,' wants to know th- exact height of the mountain he is on and of every peak around him. A Frenchman goes into rapture.- over the .wildness of the scenery and the beauties of Nature, and sometimes accompanies his remarks by an attempt to embrace his guide. The Englishman, when lie has “done Ins pea.-:, plunges his ice axe into the .-now, looks around him, and then says. T say open the baskets and let » Lav-- something to eat-” These are the days oi camouflage and nothing looks like what it g. or i s what it looks like. Carrots and beetroot are the latent tilings to. be “camouflaged” out of ail recognition, and they are .lapsing as substitutes for sultanas, raisins, . currants, catuned peel, and glace jellies! An tliese fruits are difficult to get at present, says the “Scotsman,” and some are quite -unobtainable, so the r.umo-e carrot and beetroot- have beer: pressed into the service to take their place and several big firms are maxing quite a feature or tnem. . ” Dei J they are boiled, cut in c-iiunxs and daced. it is difficult to oist.nguish them from glace cherries or. candiea peel and they certainly mase an agreeable and ornamental adu;t:on to the war cake. Winter is coming on apace and the acquisition of suit-awe '-lotting for cold weather is r&ceivmg. attefi tion from most ladies. _ p-t - <-w multifarious calls upon aii tor money or its equivalent to sustain mstitutions which owe tlieir exst-nce to the exigencies -of the war. personal requirements have to oe tztufted with a stricter regard to economy than in the past- arm. in-:/ this. Miss 31. Neill, lus k« to cut down the price or fi*r lul tailor-made costumes, only rate stocked, by 2s. in the ill. means that a £o costume c„n m.w - obtained for £4 10s. Tiiougu -v o* ing this. Miss Neill is v.nu.. n_ u 0» the profits almost to yanisiung poine she will further establish uer c-a.ra that her goods are the caeapest in Gisborne, and hopes :t wa; a=>uin sustaining and enlarging ner custom. At ‘the., old corner ana at Everybody’s Buildings *