WITHIN THE DOMINION

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 189, 19 April 1915, Page 7

WITHIN THE DOMINION

FOUND DROWNED IN WANGANUI RIVER ,-•* I. (By P«s»- Association.) 'Wanganui; April -Vf ** The body of a man found in the Wanganui River yesterday haa been identified os Edward Chaljloaer, His previous movements are unknown DISGRACED. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT TRENTHAM. DESERTERS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS’ GAOL. WELLINGTON, April 16. An unusual impresiv© ceremony was performed at the Trentham camp at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, when four members of 3rd Reinforcements who missed their boat at Albany and had been brought back to New Zealand, were paraded for punishment. After having been duly tried and convicted by district court-martial. The whole of the ofrces in camp, comprising some four thousand men, were drawn up on the parade ground and formed a hollow square, with the officers in front. The offenders, when the signal was given, were marched out from the camp detention enclosure, each of the prisoners being bareheaded and accompanied by an armed guard of military police. As each man was brought up, his sentence of six months’ imprisonment with hard labour in the common gaol, and dismissal from the New Zealand military forces, was read out by Major Ne,il, Staff Officer of the 4th Reinforcements. Each man, as he received his punishment, was then led away under armed guard before the whole force. The men so sentenced were Privates Walter Walsh, Edward Crawford, William Doyle and James McCutcheon.

THE PRICE OF BUTTER. ! UP TO EIGHTEENPENCE. | FURTHER INCREASE PROBABLE, j WELLINGTON, April 16. The price of butter in the city will ■ bo raised to 18d to-morrow, the second rise of a penny within the week. Already the demand for the best brands is reported to be declining A local wholesale merchant declared: Butter is bound to advance beyond Is od per lb. The merchant is not responsible for the increase, nor is lie benefiting by it. The •■'farmers and factories are, and I do not see how they are to be blamed, either. I venture to j state that not one of the distributors | in Wellington has a box cf butter of ; big. own. Th e v.hcl,-. of the baiter is r-'dd on consignment. If the Austra- ! lira demand increases, then hr Aor will certainly bo dearer. It has already been sold at Is 3;.f[ per pound free on board steamer for Auslra'ii. and no , doubt sales will be made s! Is Id. It • will be a very lifficult question for fat tt-ry directors -o ai swer wh >thsr . they will keep their butter here in i New Zealand for tecir own trade or whether they will export it tr Australia. To keep butter'here for the winter market will cost, one penny per pound for freeing and storage and j packing for three months. They are getting Is 3tcl for Austiakan to-day, but they would have to get Is 4fd to Is 5d in New Zealand to induce them to keep the butter here for June, July and August.