NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 119, 21 January 1915, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

A ivi f jvi OR A Bi.£ PARA D £ TROOPS AT TRENTHAM. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) . WELLINGTON, Jau. 21. The march past °-f the expeditionary forces, encamped at Trentham, at the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting today, was a memorable scene, and will long he remembered by those who witnessed it. Between 3,000 and 4,000 men took pan, comprising the whole of the Third. Fourth, and Fifth r e info roe merits. and Dio Samoan relief forces The men are a likely-looking lot, well tanned by the open air life, and spring along with an ease which demonstrated that, the military training they had undergone was beginning to tell its tale; and as they paraded ptast the stands and enclosures a good deal of cheering was heard and commendaton was generally expressed at their businesslike bearing. They were headed by the camp band, playing martial music, and at the rear of the procession was the army service corps, and other units. This is the first and only opportunity afforded for seeing the men altogether. The troops were the guests of tho Wellington RacingClub, and at the luncheon, whose hospitality was much appreciated. SLY GROG SELLING. FISHMONGER FINED. DUNEDIN, Jan. 21. At the Dunedin Police Court this morning, Albert Payne, keeper of a fish shop, was fined £4O, or two months, on a charge of selling liquor without a license. RESTRICTIONS IRKSOME TO WHEAT GROWERS. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 20. At a meeting ot wheat growers held to-day under the auspices of the Farmers’ Union, the following motion was carried: “That the Government be asked to remove the restrictions in Hie price of wheat as far as the farmers of New Zaland ar concerned, this meeting considering that the Government has full control of the situation by having power to import wheat.” A MAN MISSING. WANGANUI, Jan. 21, Word, is received that a man has been missing three days in the bush district, in the Upper Ahu, Search is so .far unsuccessful and no details are to hand, A VINEGAR-MAKER FINED, At the Magistrate’s Court, to-day, D. R. Walker, manufacturer of a local brand of vinegar was fined £5 and costs, four pounds, on a charge of selling liquor not up to the requirements of tl? x “Sale f't Foods and Drugs Act, 1908” There was a deficiency of acetic acid, which the defence attributed to defective testing.