NEW ZEALAND

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 91, 7 August 1914, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND

APPEAL TO YHE'Wii'McN OF NEW ZEALAftZI. BY LADY LIVERPOOL. [Fbk Peebb Association.] Wellington, August G. The following, memorandum was issued froia., .Govcnuneufc House this morning:— r Appea.l ..frqm, llpr Excellency the Countess of Liverpool addressed to the women of New Zealand: “At this moment. of. our Empire’s needs I desire to appeal to the women of New Zealand to assist ,me in Irving to provide any necessaries winch may he required for those portions ol the citizen army which are now mobilising for any service which may ho required of them.. My suggestion would he to start a fund in every centre under a small committee of ladies in the larger towns. it might be possible that the mayoress would he able to see her way to get such a committee together, and in the smaller localities 1 feel convinced it will ho easy to And many who would willingly assist in such an jnddertaking. 'These committees should lie prepared to receive contributions, whether in money (however small the sums) hr in kind. Tv the latter, suggestions made by the Commandant of the. New. Zealand Forces in to-day’s papers, in which he mentions underclothing, flannel, shirts, socks, hold-alls (containing knife, fork and spoon) housewives (to contain needles, biittnißS’ etc.) or contributions of materials to make these, such as flannel, kuittihl* *w r ool, ndedles, American cloth, binding thread, and buttons. “After further .consultation I 'Will endeavor to find out in what manner a distribution would be most useful and practicable, and will through the medium of the press convey conclusions which may be arrived at on the subject. : f,. luvy.e,, tipkcn this early opportunity of appealing to the women of New Zealand on this matter, as to obtain the most beneficial results, it is essential that we should all be guided by any suggestions which the Defence Department may think desirable.” (Signed); Annette Liverpool. THE ENEMY’S SHIPPING.,-. vr ‘, 'Wellington, August 6. , A Gazette Extraordinary issued today contains an Qrdc.rriu-Council, ,for granting days of/grape to onr enemies’ merchant ships under the Hague Convention, 1907. It ..staves, that ,in the event of ,satisf iactory■ 07 idence, po-. mg received by midnight, on Friday that Britisih ships-in foreign ports will bo so treated, slips will he allowed till miijidglft; of j,tlio T! :h Lo load or unload, cargoes ; ;-pd depart. The privilege does not apply to vessels whose tonnage exceeds ,5000 tons, or to cable ships or shipswhose speed exceeds 14 knots, those belpg liable for adjudicatioin in the Prize Court. Enemy’s merchant ships allowed to depart will be provided t]l : a pass indicating-id lo port to which to proceed, and the rqj.Be they .are to follow., A merchant.. ship , witch, after the receipt of suc t b pass, do.es not follow the course indicated therein, will bo liable to capture. If u 1 information) reaches-, ope,, of his • Mar jcsy’fi principal Secretaries of State by the time aforeincnt'oncd' to the effect that the treatment will he accorded to the British merchant ships and their cargoes which wore in the ports of the enemy;at the date 6f the outbreak of hostilities, or which, hubsequontly entered them,'is in his opniorl not less favorable than that accorded the bnorny’s merchant ships Ivy the articles of this order, every enemy’s merchant ships which on t lie outbreak of hostilities was in any port to which the order applies, also every enemy’s merchant ship which cleared from the last post before the declaration of war hut which with no knowledge of war enters the porfc to which the order applies, shall, together with cargo, ho liable to capture, and shall be brought before the Prize Court forthwith for adjudication. PATRIOTIC FARMERS. Palmerston N., August (5; The executive’of the Wellington Provincial Farmers’ Union has asked the branches in the various portions of the province to obtain offers from' farmers as a donation to the Government of half and throo-qnarter draught horses for ‘artillery purposes. PRAYERS FOR PEACE. lx At a meeting of-fhg Taranaki Presbytery held in ITawera yesterday, it was resolved, on the motion of the Rev. T. H. Roseveare—That this presbytery resolves to recommend that ministers and missionaries within the bounds call upon congregations on the Sabbath, August 9, to pray that God may overrule the present conflict in Europe for good, and may .so guide rulers and nations that peace may soon bo established. . .-v/q ~ • TRAINING OUR HORSES. , , Hastings. August G. At the annual mooting of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club to-day, a telegram was received from the Defence Department at Wellington, asking for the use of the racecourse as a depot for 200 or 000 horses for training for the proposed 'expeditionary force. The committee decided to reply at once, granting the request. Several gentlemen in the room offered to supply horses for local volunteers.

' At a meeting of the North Taranaki Hunt Club yesterday it was decided that the members of the club -should offer their horses to the Defence Department as remounts if required.

LYTTELTON FIRES ANOTHER shot. Christchurch, August 6. [Pita Peksb Association. J Fort Jervois was called upon to tire another shot this morning on account of an incoming steamer failing to observe the regulations in connection with the defence of Lyttelton harbor. The offender on this occasion was the Canterbury Shipping Company’s steamer Breeze, from Wanganui. AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN RESERVISTS UNDER POLICE SURVEILLANCE. Wellington, August 7. The police have received, instructions that all Austrian and German reservist:; • must be prevented from leaving the country, and must notify to the nearest police station their, name, description, address, and occupation. Thin must not travel more than twenty miles from homo without tpermlh.sionp The police nndereujoins the police to keep all Austrians and Germans under- snrveilauco and see that -they report to the nearest police station daily. THE NEED FOR WHEAT. Carterton, August 7. A meeting of Dalefiold farmers last night decided it would he a help tc the Dominion' and the Empire if in the present crisis more wheat was grown, and it was decided to plani as large an area as possible this 'season. A U 2KLAND ENTHUSE A STIC. Auckland, August 7. There was an enthusiastic scene at die city council meeting last night, which culminated in enthusiastic cheers for the King and in the singing,, :df the- National Anthem and “Rule. Britannia!” A resolution was passed to convey .0 the Governor and the Government i, resolution of the earnest loyalty to the Crown and the Empire of the citizens of Auckland, who had revived to aid the Government in every oossible in the great world crisis.