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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 145045, 22 July 1916, Page 2

On account of the dislocation caused by to-day’s firo, Mr. D. J. Hughes has asked us to state that he will not take, up his usual Saturday street collection for funds for purchasing tobacco for tho boys at tho front.

It is expected that, after paying small incidental expenses amounting to about £6, about £l-J0 will remain for the Red Crass from the two days’ bazaar bold in the Good Templar Hall this week.

The following figures refer to past and present students'of the four- affiliat-, ed colleges in the University of New Zealand: —Serving at the front' or in camp, 1133;. killed in action, 93; wounded, 63 (number from one college not given); holding commissions, 349; members of teaching staffs, 16. Included in the above are eight Now Zealand Rhodes Scholar's, two of whom, Sergt. Alan Wallace and Lieut. Athol Hudson, have been killed in action.—Hress Association.

Contributions from a groat many novel sources have reached tho treasurer of tho Auckland Navy- League Fund during the last few weeks, but perhaps the most novel was that of £7 10s forwarded from a, country district, with the following letter ;—“This sura represents the amount of damages paid me recently by a man I was compelled to sue for continued trespass of his pigs upon my property. 1 have great pleasure in handing the amount over to your fund.”

Beforp the war started you couldn’t have bought boots at.these prices: Just road those few lines for stunning footwear value:—Men’s good heavy chrome shooters, 14a. lid; . men’s light chrome bals., 12s 3d; men’s strong whole-back shooters, nailed, 13s lid; women’s strong C.H. bals., 12s 6d, suitable for school wear. Only one place to -procure thenv and that’s. the Regal Shoe Store. . ’Phono 465. V. "

Mails whk;h loft Now Zealand on Jane 'l3 arrived in London on the 18th inst.

It is reported that an enthusiastic resident of a district near Eketahuna wont to Wellington and offered his services for the_ front. He passed tho medical examination as far as physical fitness was concerned, hut the bar was his age—something over 70 years.

Other times, other manners. A few years ago the funeral of a Chinaman was rendered spectacular by tho explosion of thousands of crackers, allegedly calculated to drive off tho spirits of evil ones, who otherwise would molest tho soul of tho departed. But nowadays crackers have apparently lost their potency. A Chinese funeral at Sydney the other day was headed by a brass band playing the “Dead March” in

Air. Reid, Chief Inspector of Alines, and Mr. Paul, inspector at Thames, visited White Island, in the Bay of Plenty, on Tuesday. They found that the whole floor of an old lake was raised up at tho time of the last explosion, and is now dry land. It is believed that the explosion caused an overhanging cliff to fall, choking tho blow hole, and causing a now outlet in the steam bed of the lake, which rose up, the water running into the sea. It is thought that the inspectors’ report will not be unfavourable to proposals to again work the sulphur deposits on the island.

The circumstances of the arrest in Wales in. Alay last of Mr, Shepherd, private .secretary to Mr. Hughes, the Commonwealth Prime Alinisler, are recorded in the Daily Chronicle. Mr. Shepherd was returning from an overflow meeting hold by Air. Hughes at Conway, and alighted from a motor-car upon entering the Conway suspension bridge. Hero ho produced a pocket camera and took a snapshot of the bridge. The military regulations"prohibit photographing in the neighbourhood, ami the quick eye of a sentry detected the offence. The camera was confiscated, and Mr. Shepherd was marched under arrest to the guard-room. Subsequently Mr. Hughes appeared, explanations were given, and the secretary was released.’ hut the negatives taken were destroyed.

The serial held in the Bell Block Hall on Tuesday evening for the purpose of farewellLng Ihrve more young men of the district who are homo from camp on final leave, was largely attended. During tho evening Mr. J. S. C.’onnett, on behalf of the settlers of the district, presented each of tho departing men—Privates R. Andrews. E. Giddy, and 0. Hook—with a wristlet iratoli, the recipients briefly responding. Messrs. Giddy and Kilpatrick, as MVC., kept things moving briskly, excellent music being provided by Miss Brewer, assisted by Misses Pole and Giddy, Mesdames Andrews. N. Bundle and Cooper. At intervals songs were rendered by Misses Birch and Beech, Mrs. Robertson, and Mr. ft ana, and a. recitation by Miss H. Bishop added to the evening’s enjoyment. Supper was dispenser! by the ladies and greatly appreciated. While motor-cycling along Norfolk Road on Thursday evening Mr. S. Parker, of the Simplex Milking Machine Company, Stratford, met with a very painful accident. It Is understood Mr. Parker struck one of tho horses drawing a very heavy wagon and tho force of the impact rendered him unconscious. Ho was conveyed to his home at Inglewood and this moui<ig was reported to be progressing as well ns could be expected. The horse was out about tho body and tho motor-cycle was Iwdly damaged. A number of accidents a*vo been reported lately and the attention of the should bo called to the fact that a large number of drivers of Oarts and motors omit to light their lamps. If police prosecutions followed collisions accidents of this nature would soon Ins practically a thing ol the past. —Stratford Post.

it has been customary for the Mayor's Patriotic Committee to place a supply uf apples on each troopship leaving Wellington. How this is upprwiatcd is evidenced in a letter which the Mayor (Mr. J. I*. Luke) has received from Captain A. Mao Diarmid, in charge of a draft which left these shores recently. "Will you please accept from me.” he says, "on behalf of the oflicers and men under my command, our very sincere thanks for the fine gift of apples placed on hoard the transport for our use.” At any time apples are appreciated. ho continues, but much more so when the sea is rough, such as had been the ease since leaving Wellington, and the men were utterly unable to look at ordinary ship's fare. They, had subsisted on apples, ‘‘As to the sacrifices soldiers make,” says Captain MacDiarmid, "believe mo, most of us realise that .they uro small compared with those made’by our women lolk, who can only sit behind and wait.” Mr. A. B. Dickie, who spent a summer in Napier two years ago, writing from Aberdeen to his niece, in Napier, speaks as follows concerning the Daylight Saving Act in Britain“Wo arc now in the full enjoyment of tho results of the new Daylight Saving Act. 1 shall bo very much surprised if that does not become a permanent arrangement in future years. The thing was introduced last Sunday morning without tho smallest difficulty and is nonworking with absolute smoothness—indeed,- wo are unconscious of tiny change until evening, when wo reveHn tho iholonged sunshine. Our 9.45 supper is now eaten in broad daylight, and all next month wo may go to bed at eleven and never have tho gas lit. And think of golf going on after ton! Indeed, the marvel to mo is that a change so simple, sensible ami bcneficicnt wasn’t adopted long ago. The war has brought unspeakable evils in its tram, but tins change, should it prove permanent, will certainly be one small item on tho credit side of the account.

The Standard Insurance Company, Ltd., notify their clients and the public generally that owing to tho firo destroying their offices, business will bo transacted as usual in Baker’s Building, opposite the site of the fire.

The best advertisers of “No llubbing Laundiy Help” arc the many thousands of delighted housewives using it. Is carton sufficient for seven weekly washings. 1

The evening service in TVhiteley Memorial Church to-morrow will be a musical one, and the hymns to ho used will all be sung to favourite old Method; ist tunes, specially prepared by the choir. To-morrow’s services mark the beginning of -a week’s evangelistic mission/

Members of the Equitable Building Society of New Plymouth (Second Group) are notified that subscriptions will to due and payable on Monday, July' 24, ■ at the Secretary’s Office, Currie Street, from 9 a.m. Ho 1*2.30, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.nv., aud t p.m, to 8 p.m.- —Advt. It is here—the event you have been waiting for, at the New Zealand Clothing Factory—the Big Sale of Bargains is booming,, and is, the chief topic of conversation wherever men and women congregate together; Good H.B. values at sale prices is the inducement, and thrifty -eoplo all over tho Sow ■Ply- , mouth district are taking advantage, of jt»*

All hotels in Now South Males wore closed, at six. o’clock on Friday night. A further influx of American boxers into Sydney has resulted in an agitation to close tile Stadium. A deputation, including Archbishop Wright, asked the Chief Secretary to curtail the fixtures. Air, Black promised that the Cabinet would consider the matter.

In tho last verse of tho National Anthem printed in the programme lor the meeting of the Church of England Waifs and Strays’ Society, hold in London last week, the lines occurred;— “'Lord, make the nations see That mon should knavish bo." Tho Bishop of Chichester explained that tho word “'knavish” should, of course, bo “brothers,” and ho characterised tho mistake as a Gorman mistake. “Of trees useful for their timber ajone it would take too long to enter into a discussion hero,” said Mr. D. E. Hutchins, a South African export, in an address before the Council of Agriculture. “The insignia pine is a godsend to a country. It has got a had name as a coarse, timber, mainly through >ad forestry. A forester could grow the limber as fine as wanted, though at some slight extra expense lor closer planting and thinning. Insignis timber is happily absorptive, and can be rendered durable by only tank treatment. Californian redwood is the most valuable tree yet planted in Now Zealand. There aro a whole range of valuable trees awaiting introduction when forestry in New Zealand gets on a level with other civilised countries.

Considerable doubt has existed in commercial circles regarding the classes of taxpayer to whom clause 10 of tho new Finance Bill is applicable. Iho clause, as amended, runs as follows; “For the purpose of this part of tho Art. the term ‘stated income of the taxpayer’ means in the discretion of the taxpayer first (a) the average yearly assessable income for tho three years ended Alarch 31. 1911. or (hj his average yearly ‘ assessable income for any two years of the said three years, (e) his assessable income for any one of the three years, (d) a sum equal to Tj per font, of the amount of the capital employed by the taxpayer in the production of his income as at April 1. 1915. together with such additional sum (not exceeding £600) ns the Commissioner deems just and reasonable as remuneration of the personal exertion of the taxpayer (luring the income year in the production of his income, provided that in all cases where in the opinion of the Commissioner the standard income cannot bo ascertained in the manner referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), it. shall be ascertained in the manner referred to in paragraph ((]).’’ The question has been whether (he clause is applicable to private limited liability companies as well as te private, traders. Inquiry has elicited a reply from Sir Joseph Ward to the effect that “clause 10 of the Finance Bill applies to private limited liability companies just as to other taxpayers.” j

One who has braved the battle on the western front (and who is at present in Wellington) pays a very high tribute to tho bravery and wonderful spirit of humour that is shown by the British “Tommy ’’ under tho most tragic circumstances. To Continental people the British are considered stodgy and a trifle dour, but this war bus brought .out tho singular fact that the Britisher has tho liveliest, sense of humour of any ol tho nations engaged in the war. Ho loathes anything in tho nature of morbidity, and avoids dwelling on tho tragic side of things. And, strange to say, said our informant, it was always when things looked blackest that the humour of “Tommy” was at its best. Ho relates a story—which he vouches to ho true —where a '‘Tommy” who had been captured said to his captor; “Well, old pa). I’m nabbed, but tho British did give vou blokes 'ell yesterday.” Tho Gorman soldier (who understood English) reported this to.his superior officer, who resolved to tost the loyalty of tho prisoner, by ordering him, either to be shot or swear allegiance to the Kaiser. Tho “Tommy” at once decided that it was host to “take on the Kaiser.” After having done so, he said; "Well, wot am 1 now. that’s wot I’d like to know?” "Oh, you’re a German now!” said the officer. “Ho. is that so,” replied Tommy. Then, with a glint of humour in his oyc, added; “Sav. the British did give us Germans 'ell yesterday, didn’t they?” At Tho Melbourne. Ltd.’s, Sale: Men’s strong whipcord trousers, & 11(1; men's all-wool Koslyn saddle-tweed trousers. 12s ild; men's merino pants and shirt*, Is lid; men’s Samson braces with double leathers, Is pair; police braces. Is tkl pair: cashmere, socks, Is, Is tkl and Is 9d ; men’s Pctonc and Uoslyn flannels. Is fid.*