The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 1 October 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1915. LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS.

(With which is incorpprated The TaJhape Post 'iaa Waimarinu Newa.)

There will be no sale at the Tui Street Mart to-morrow (Saturday), owing to Mr D. J. McLennan heving to conduct a clearing sale .t Mr Hall's farm at Managaweka. •

The Premier has received advice from the chairman of the New Zealand Oversea Shipowners' Committee that the freight on butter has been increased from 3s to 3s 9d per box.

From the proceeds of a Rifle Club social held in Morrinsville .recently two-thirds of the takings were set aside for purchasing an artificial limb for one of th e members of the club, who has lost a leg in action.

The Anglo-French loan has been fixed at £100,000,000 at 5 per cent. A syndicate, headed by Mr Pierpont Morgan has taken up the Anglo-French loan at 96, and offered it to the public at 98. *

Lance-Corporal Bert Fear, son of Mr F. J. W. Fear, the well-known sewing machine and cycle man, of Willis St., Wellington, who was admitted to King George's Hospital, London, about a fortnight ago, ha s six wounds ia his leg. He is improving.

At Johannesbnrgh, South Africa, there has been some alarming earth tremors due to the slipping of the strata at a depth of 1100 yards. Three people have heen killed and 27 injured in one of the mines. Geologists fear that the town will-sink and many skyscrapers collapse.

There is nothing suggestive n. pi gilistie tendencies about the member for Lyttelton; Mr. J. McCombs, whose lines are more those of ihe student (says the Post), yet there, was tremendous menace in his voice when, in reply to an interjection cfaouteil .it him, he glared round the House, with the demand: "Who shouted 'Order' just then?" Members laughed Loaitily, and no one ."owned up.'"

A letter written by CCaaplain Henery Wepiha Wainohu, of the Mm ri Contingent, well known in lis fid surrounding districts as a and a footballer (says the Povei-ty May Herald), describes the Maoris under fire. He says they go '-\to action laughing and singing com. wing this great game to a game of football, where everyone must strive to win success Tbiy obeying the captain's orders and bring down bis man.

His Excellency the Governor has received information by cable announcing that since the last report, 2,719 sick and wounded men have been dealt with on board the hospital ship Maheno. Messrs. G. Bosher and W. Gregory,-in thanking their customers for past liberal patronage, notify, in another column, that the price of milk will be reduced from to-day, Ist October, to fourpence per quart and one shilling per gal Don. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, Wellington, advise having received the following cable from their London house under date of the 27th hist: The market for good wool is firm, whilst it is irregular for other sorts. Faulty, pieces, bellies and locks, are in poor demand. •■'.■■• ■ Defence headquarters lias approved tiiat acting or temporary commission* may be given to- those who have at some time had experience as officers in any part of the British dominions, and there is a movement to facilitate the passage of a larger num- ; ber of non-commissioned officers in camp into commissioned rank. At the end of the Balkan struggle, Bulgaria abandoned 2,07 square mites of territory to Roumania, with a population of 286,000. Roumania is the more populous and richer country of the two; it contains over 7,000,000 inhabitants to Bulgaria's 4,000,000. Rouniana enjoys a public revenue of a little over £21,000,000 a year; that of Bulgaria has never been much over £7,000,000.

An exchange says that a gentleman, anxious for information on the sv.bjct of snding Christmas gifts to men at the front, communicated with the Minister for Defence, who replied as follows: —"In reply to your telegram, I have to state that parcels may he sent by the next transport. . . . Sue* parcels should be addressed to the ej.rc oil the Under-Secretary fov Internal Affairs, No. 3 shed, Glasgow Wharf, Wellington, and should arrive at that' address-- not later than OcVjlim- 4."

Of the Westland men who returned by the Tahiti, Walter Smith had a marvellous escape fron cetrata death, and a no less wonderful recovery (says the Greymoutfh. Star.) A Turkish bullet entered, his head close to 'he left temple, and, passing through, the roof of his mouth, made its exit below the right ear. When he fell his c«.mr?des took him for dead, and he »wn carried to the rear; but as he showed signs of life, the ambulance t X)k him in charge, and the doctors *. •! <• ireful nursing did* the; rest.

The good folk of Milton arc indignant with the frank opinions of their stipendiary' magistrate as expressed during a recent visit to the township. He is reported to have said: "I have been in a good many country towns in New Zealand, and I can safely say Milton is the least progressive of any; the people seem to be asleep. To think that in a place of this size there is neither drainage nor water supply is a positive disgrace, and as there is not even a water cart for the protection of shop windows one is- forced to the eonelusion that the population is composed entirely of Rip Van Winkles."

It has ben ascertained by an ardent member of the Patriotic Society that men in camp at Trentham are not supplied with pilows, so that they have to use their knapsacks or something of the sort as a head-rest at night. The provision of pilloAvs has therefore been taken in hand by Mr. C. H. Osmond, of the society's executive, who has'written to the Camp Comandant on the subject and received an intimation from Colonel Potter that his suggestion is much appreciated. Colonel Potter assures Mr. Osmond that a contribution of pilloAvs such as he proposed tOAvards the comfort of the men in camp woulC )be very acceptable. The Society has already sent a couple of hundred out to- the camp, and has set out to supply one such article to every man under canvas.

It is generally understood that the next body., of reinforcements to leave the Dominion will embark it Wellington on a Saturday. On the assumption that this will be the case a largo nu;n bcr of parents and relatives of the men who are to leave, and who are naturally anxious to see them off, are concerned as to the railway arrangements. To many people the cost of the ;j»u.'-nc.r is a grave consideration, and if they were enabled to make use of the s'Suk] week-end ticket their anxiety would be greatly relieved. Usually wei>k-end tickets are onJy issued on the Saturday. This would, of course, be of no benefit to those w ; ho desired to be in Wellington in time to see the men embark. But if a special concession wertmnde in the case of. relatives nnc? friends to the,extent of allowing them to take out week-end tickets on the Friday. We commend the suggestion to the railway authorities, in the hop?that they will be able to see their way to give effect to it.

There's no tea like "Desert Gold'Tea for refreshing flavour and real economy. Get the 2/ Hend —best quality end -value obtainable.

The Yeddo, disabled in mid-ocean, has been towed to, Adelaide, states a cable received this morning. Many other than Catholic friends will be glad to learn that Bishop Cleary has so far recovered from his illness as to be able to leave Sydney 'to-day by the Makura. A cable message states that he is accompanied by Father Keogh. ' The representations made by the >. and P. Association and Chamber < T Commerce to the Railway Department. with regard to the inadequate nature of the trucking facilities for stock, has borne fruit. A gang of men are noat work carrying on the alterations which were suggested to the railway authorities.

An interesting sequel to a case of desertion of some years' standing took 'place in Taihape this morning at th« socnl Defence Office. A man named John McLachlan, who was a member of the Grenadier Guards when they came out to the colonies at the time of the opening of the Commonwealth .Parliament, deserted from the Grenadiers whn they were in New Zealand. After a span of many years he han now given himself up to the Defence authorities in Taihape. The man, will be taken down to Palmerston North.

An accident happened to a gig this morning when it. was being driven down the slight incline from O'Brien's Stables on to the main road, but fortunately no damage was done. When approaching the junction of the two roads, the horse gave a swerve and went up a step drain at the side. The driver secured assistance < and the horse was freed from the vehicle, but it was some little time before the horse could be induced to get out of the drain in which it was lying. Eventually, it was got out, but on examination it was found that the animal had suffered no injury.

'•The 'no encumbrances' advertisement is once more creeping into the New Zealand papers in connection with farm and station employment for married couples (remarks the Waikato Times). There is too much reason to fear that the 'no encumbrances' spirit is widely held in this connection apart from the It is a wicked and pernicious spirit. Over and over again the 'no encumbrance' advertisement has been pilloried till In some of the colonies and States it 1? much, more rarely seen than it used to be. Yet the' spirit remains. Tt should be'regarded as an offensive against the Empire. There is no place where children can fit in better than on a farm or station, and the married couple with children, provided they are given decent accommodation ,are much more likely to settle down to their work and give useful/ Avork than those compulsorily sterilised by the 'no encumbrances' methods. The world, after the war, will 'require to be replenished. The .colonies particularly require population. It is to the farm and station that we Should look for the best human stock. It is for the farmer and pastoralist we should look for its supply. And day by day we are met by 'no encumbrance.' It would not be at all out of the way if such advertisements were made penal, except that so as the spirit remained the mere suppression of its outward manifestation would not avail much. What might be more effective would be for the various farmers' organisations to take ..the matter up and completely repudiate it on behalf of the farming community. A valuable reformative public opinion would thus be created."