Untitled

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 24 July 1916, Page 4

Men are advertised for to split 1500 totara posts and 10,000 battens. Particulars may be had from Mr H. Dashwood, stationer, Taihape. At the local Police Court this morning, before M. M. M. Carpenter, J.P... a man named Charles Glass pleaded guilty to a charge of being an idle and disorderly person. Sergeant Matthews stated that the accused had been warned to leave the town; but. had taken no notice of the warning, and had been "cadging" for drinks. Accused was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

A number of girls have just finished their year's course of training, in order to be able to take the place of German and Austrian hairdressers, at the Barrett Street Trade School, Oxford Street, London, W. The}; learn brushing, singeing, shampooing, and all the other things' of the trade, practising on one another- in the art of hairdressing (says the "Daily Mail"). A skilful hairdresser, and these i girls are learning the trade thoroughly, can earn 35s a week, apart from "tips." Never again should the Hun hairdressers be needed.

It is likely that provision will be made before the session ends for counting the time spent by solicitors on active service at the front towards the time required to qualify as barristers.

At a meeting at Wellington of the New Zealand Wyandotte Club (North Island) it was decided to hold the next Wyandotte Championship Show at Blenheim. Fifteen special prizes are being offered, including four silver cups.

Mr T. W. Rhodes (Thames) gave notice in the House on Friday to ask the Government whether they will frame regulations to enable commercial alcohol or motor-spirits to be manufactured in New Zealand, so as to reduce the cost of motive power for commercial purposes.

Messrs J. Staples and Co., Ltd., have placed forty tons of coal at the disposal of the> Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for distribution among those in need during the winter months. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the donors by the Board's Charitable Aid Committee.

The notice under the ,War Regulations declaring the firm of Jerusalem and Co., Ltd., jewellers, Wellington, to be an enemy, has been formally revoked by the Attorney-General he having been satisfied that no alien enemy now possesses or exercises any substantial interest or control in or over that company.

A youthful postal official in Taumarunui who was the other day convicted on a charge of stealing postal notes from a packet in the mail, said his reasons for thg act were that the Government pay was too small to keep him in the necessaries of life, and that he wanted the £2 to pay for some false teeth. He was dismissed from the service. The Eotorua arrived at Auckland recently with 5(5 invalided soldiers aboard. It was originally intended that soldiers outside the Auckland province would proceed to Wellington with the steamer, but as the vessel will be delayed some days in Auckland it has been decided to send all the soldiers for the Wellington district and South Island by train. Among the passengers on board the Paloona, which arrived at Dunedin on Tuesday, was a party of IS soldiers, under the chargo of Hergt.-Major Hesp. These men missed the troopship at an Australian port while en route for the front and have been returned to New Zealand for inclusion in the next reinforcement draft that will leave the Dominion. They will proceed to Wellington direct by the Paloona.

In Wellington: there is a woman with children "whom the War Relief Association is helping.' First of all, her husband went to the' war and left her to fight the world alone. She had to seek assistance .and this she received. The other day the Association's representative called to sec how she was faring. She found that a girl of 12 was laid up with a sprained ankle, that a boy of nine had contracted measles and pneumonia, and that a boy of seven had a poisoned ha.nd.

The Dunedin Magistrate (Mr Bartholomew) pointed out to a youth hi the City Police Court that riding a bicycle without placing one or bofe hands on the handle-bar vva s a dangerous habit. The defendant rode along Princes Street with both hands in -his pockets, and, when stopped by a constable, declared that he was "just as good a rider with his hands in his pocket as not." The constable pointed out that that was not the point, but that the particular mode of riding was an offence against the city by-laws. A fine of 2s 6d was imposed.

i '' The banking companies pay just ithe same taxation as all other tax- | payers, and no special concession is 'given to them" said the Minister for Finance (the Eight Hon. Sir J. G. Ward), replying in the House to the question asked by Mr J. Payne (Grey Lynn) —"Whether the banking companies pay the 33 1-3 per cent, provid ed fon in clause 4 and the 5 per cent, flat rate of tax provided for in clause 5 of the Finance Bill, in addition to the 2s Sd in the pound the companies engaged in banking pay on the assessable income as assessed in the peculiar manner banking companies' incomes. are assessed?"

'''The Prime Minister has already answered the question and I have, nothing to add," said Sir J. G. Ward in his printed reply present e d to the House on Friday to a question by Mr P. 0. Webb (Grey), as to whether the statement made by the Right Hon. Mr Massey to the effect that the Government had complete confidence in the administration of the Public Service Commissioner was the unanimous opinion of the National Cabinet or only or that portion of it responsbile for the establishment of the present system of Commissioner control. Mr Webb declared that the whoJe of the Givii Service had no confidence in the Public Service Commissioner.

A ploughman is advertised for by Mr H. D. Bennett. The wage is two pounds per week.

Arrivals in New Zealand from oversea during June totalled 1536. compared with 1921 in the corresponding month of 1915. The departures were 1825, as against 1446 a year ago. These figures do not include members of the Expeditionary Forces. Chinese arrivals were 40 and departures 14.

A man has beer, fined in Auckland for clipping horses on a recent Sunday within view of the public. Defendant, who said he clipped on an average twelve horses a week, was told by the Magistrate that he must find some means of doing the work where t-he public, could not see it going on.

A romantic wedding was celebrated at Walton on Thames, London, on May 24th, when an English girl married a

Maori who had fought at Gallipoli and who did not reach the district until 8

•weeks previous to his marriage, :is u patient in the Mount Felix Hospital. The bridegroom was Private Peter Poi Poi, a stalwart figure in the khaki and red uniform of tho Kith New Zealand Regiment and the bride was Miss Winifred Alderton, of Walton.

"It has amazed me to learn of the number of motor cars that are sold annually in New Zealand, and I expert many other persons will be amazed besides myself" remarked the Chief .Justice in the Supreme Court during the hearing of a.case in Wellington. To inform people that more money has been spent in the purchase of motor cars in Wellington than on tramway equipment would probably not bo believed, but such is the case.''

The "New York Times" Washington correspondent was informed some weeks ago that Alexandretta (in the extreme eastern corner of the Mediterranean) is the objective of the Russian army in Armenia, the idea being to divide the Turkish Empire into two parts, cutting off all the Turkish domains south of the Krzerum-Alexan-dretta line from Asia Minor proper and Turkey in Europe." There is nothing improbable in the above statement," says the London "Daily Mail." "A Russian army occupied Bitlis, in Southern Armenia a week, ago, and is thus within about 110 miles of Ncsabiri, on the Baghdad railway. From- Nesabiri' to Alexandret,ta by rail is-3(57 miles. Water along thjs section of the line' is fairly plentiful.

i A leading Church paper, published I in England, says:—"it it be true —and I there seems to be little reason tor doubt —that the German military au- | thorities are .beginning to talk about J melting church bells to provide materi ial for warlike purposes, the scarcity | of metal must be growing serious. The war has taught us that the Teuton has no exaggerated respect for churches, but he is naturally not anxious to destroy his own bells. Formerly wars were waged with lead and silver —the one for bullets, the other for money. Now we wage them mainly with steel. copper, brass, and gold. Of old a war would clear the beligerent countries of silver—nearly all the glorious silver vessels of earlier than the middle of the seventeenth century went into the melting-pot. Now the world makes a raid upon the baser metals, and the Army and Navy which can command unlimited supplies of them possess one of the first essentials of success. Hard put to it as Germany is to provide the material for munitions, the scarcity will be infinitely greater presently, and then perhaps the turn of fie church bells will come in earnest.