New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 88, 20 March 1916, Page 3

New Zealand

INVALIDED SOLDIERS. THREE TARANAKI MEN. Of the officers and men who are expected to arrive shortly in New Zealand, all are invalids. The list includes the following Taranaki men:— Sheahan, Thomas .Jeremiah, hairdresser (Mrs .J. Sheahanj'Stratfoi'd;. West, Francis Victor Wintfoh,- dental mechanic (.Joseph West Devon ' (Street, 'New l?lynnultlh>.f« IMh'l Whyte, Arthur, farmer (George Whyte, Cardiff, Stratford).

NO SHORTAGE OF MONEY. .'••■- ' -■' •• f*v tf , AM APPEAL FOR MEN. Per Press Association. Rotorua, March 19. Sir Joseph Ward opened a new Post Office at Mamalui on Saturday. There was a large gathering of settlers. The Minister was welcomed by Mr R. A. Jackson, chairman of the Settlers and Ratepayers' Association, and Mr H. M. Martin, chairman of the Rotorua County Council. Sir Joseph Ward said the people who went into the backblocks and underwent the hardships, incidental to the. opening up of new country deserved every encouragement. State ownership of saw mills in £bpiv' was goinfc to hasten His b.yiiood's injjjlushlands that v '' d bytt|he sawmiller and were now hearing 'flourishing $ INvelve years ago he prfeoHctlcP that dairying would J>e the foremost industry in New Zealand, and it/'was now second only to the meat iindustry, i As the liush disappeared dairy farms would take its .place. As Minister of Railways he had authorised daily expresses ■ tor R of orua, and po'ssi nfiHts- '^aid they wWi'ld never last, but they had been woefully mistaken.' He had created the Tourist Department and strongly advocated the. development of Rotorua. He wanted 'to assure them that there was no shortage of money in New Zealand, but the question before them was"tj;e responsibility for liabilities- after the war was over. He urged the] need for economy. He was trying to (prevent Mu|h rate of [interest. ' th'" : Minister- unfile a. string appeal, on behalf of recruiting, [•raving if we were beaten not one man of those before him would.own his land for a month. .Everyone physically 1 capable must come forward to help to secure victory for England and her Allies. New Zealand was worth working and fighting for. They should not wait for the pressure of compulsion. bnt should come forward to defend their homes and families. There was no more nolde sacrifice than for a man to lay down his life for his friend. After the opening ceremony the Minister was entertained by the Settlers' Association at luncheon in the Mamaku Town Hall. Mr, W. Crooke, secretary of the Settlers' Association, re-

l ferring to Sir'Joseph Ward's recruitling appeal, said the whole of the m'ar- ■ tied men of the district we're ready to jcome forward if required. The remark ' was received with enthusiastic applause. THE LATEST CASUALTY LIST. Previously reported wounded now reported killed in action. (Results of Court of Enquiry.)— Wellington Mounteds. Trooper M. J. Bull. Died on Hoard transport:— Otago Motinteds. Trooper J. W. F. Simpton. Previously reported missing now ■ believed to lie dead. (Results of Court of Enquiry.)— Canterbury Ratialtion. Private B. Sutton.