KAIMIRO.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144854, 4 December 1915, Page 3

KAIMIRO.

FROM OUK OWN t.OEESSPOND ENT. November 30.—The wsatlier Lejely. has not been very favourable to' the: dairy farmer; it has tried his temper severely and on top : of this oomes thiol ordeal of filling in the, land and ■ in-come-tax returns. " The details tetbe > furnished are varied and complicated. It will tax the keenest memory o£ iP oaiy man, and ha is bound to go under. J&> farmer minds paying! the taxation -required and would pay it blit when he is. asked to give a rutOyn of the value of meat and consumed twelve months ago and to state how much he got for,-,iflie,. hides of the calves that died while “on the bucket” or of those that ho did not think worth, rearing .lasiyean, 5t ia.iha! limit. Another point, how is ijjb; amount spent on patriotic objects eo he charged?" Has it to be chaxgcd as in-1 come taxable, or-is it to be -allowed fan • in the- reduction? The whole fhirg' seems to he absurd and impossible... r fhe imposition of a fine of £IOO in cnee ‘of: error will not improve matters -much. There is only one consolation and that is, if a farmer does noi remember i everything that happened last year on his farm, it is .not likely that any ■ other man can prove .him wrong.aaja liable for punishment. ' Every country has a number of “oki sayings'” that fit the occasion,/but tbs i origin of which is lost ill the dim past. ; There is-an “old saying" well Under-; stood all over the British Empira, viz., when a person has had a narrow j ■ escape from death or - has emerged i • from some other dire calamity, »' said that ho has only just “saved las ■' bacon.” A paper to hand, published ■ in Trondjem, Norway, has the ing:—“when the German patrol-boat got wrecked the other day and thfc : word was given, TSvery man for- him- j self,’ tbe crew jumped into the water, t each of them held on firmly to a junk : of German sausage, about six inches, long by say two inches in diameter. ; Even the commander, who was. picked ; up by a local, fishing boat,.-bad a big junk of sausage sticking out of his pocket. On inquiry, we found that the. three days’ allowance of sausage. -b©4- ! ter known as Kriegs-wurst, had been , served out only a few minutes before 1 the bottom was +orn out of their ship by a submerged .pinnacle Of rock. : Twenty-fire of ...in..officers and .crew . wore- rescued an each one bad saved ■ his sausage. We had the privilege of * inspecting this f usage and found that it, contained only' a small, portion of ; meat; tbe-rest of the stuffing was made ip from peas, broad and other nourishing but concentrated articles of diet. The taste is not disagreeable and it is snnoosed to be real good stuff to. fight There is - a rumour about that the King of Greece has asked his brother-in-law. for the loan of his fleet, urging, that instead of letting it rust in too Kiel Canal, it could be ranch better employed in his (Constantine's) immediate .neighbourhood- The Kaiser.-is supposed to have replied that he would bo' glad to comply with the suggestion, but he would have to send it .by rail, because tbe British would - interfere , with it if sent by sea and would probably damage it. • ' School-teachers often got the most unexpected answers to their question** from the children. Here’s a sampler—, Teacher; Why did your, brother not come to school; is ho ill? Gwy: No, miss he has to stoo home to keep the flio= off tho pig. Teacher: 1 Nonsense, Joe, the pig can do that Himself. Boy: No, miss, he can’t; father killed him this morning. - Weather.—Boisterous aud showery. Wind, strong S.W.