A TRAWLER SUNK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 199, 1 May 1915, Page 5

A TRAWLER SUNK.

SUBMARINE CHASED. (Rec. .10.5 am.) LONDON, April 30. A submarine sunk a trawler 75 miles off the Tyne. They gave the ere---time to quit. A patrol boat afterwards chased the submarine and fired several shots. BRITISH TAXATION PROPOSALS. OPPOSED IN IRELAND. (Reed. 1 20 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. Mr Redmond in t|he Housq cf Commons, said:. Mr Lloyd-George’s proposals were cruel and uncalled for. sc far as Ireland was concerned. They would be resented everywhere in Ire land. Mr O’Brien said the proposals struck an unjust, possibly fatal, blew at the only considerable manufacture left in the three Southern provinces of Ireland. The latter ought to be excluded, and he added; If Mr Lloyd George succeeded in tlbe new taxes, they would hav 8 results as horrible to f v Tr as if Cork had been bombarded and sacked by Gar mans.

THE BLOCKADE. TU j.AL LG......i F..-G APRIL. (Rcc.. 8.55- r.re) LONDON, April 3P. The Admiralty announces Grad submarines sank nine vessels in April, totalling 37,124 tons; and Up trawlers H 753 tons). MORE RECRUITS WANTED. BIZ- CALL ON NETT KUALATTLERt 3 7.-100 MUST EK! IST. DEFENCE MINISTER’S STATEMENT. At v recruiting ir.ecF.r.g in the (.' ni son Hall to-night the Mir.hdcr f< . Defence made a stirring speech, urging young men to enlist. In the course of his remarks he gave some Siteresting figures regarding recruiting and the number of men that would be required in the future. Considering the magnitude of the operations developing the Government had considered it its duty to offer t< the Mother Country an additional number of men, and had offered anothpr bevtery of artillery and another brigade of mounted men, or two battalions of infantry. On the previous night he had referred to thefact that Now Zealand had already sent 15,000 men tc the front, and over 1,400 men to occupy Samoa, in addition to which 25b Now Zealanders in London had enlisted and joined the main body, and 62 nurses had gone away, 50 to the order of the Army Council to proceed wherever they wore told, and 12 who had joined the Australian nursing contingent which was going to the front. That night he wished so say something about the requirements for the .future.

Before December 12 the authorities would require 10,600 men, and approximately 3700 horses. This was in ac cordanee with our engagements with the War OOice. Then between December 12th and April of next year, 530' men and approximately 1500 horses would be required. That was to say, between now and April next year, the authorities in New Zealand would require close on 16,000 men and almost 5200 horses. Under the new scheme of registration for enlistment which came into force on February 15th, 1915, the following numbers had been registered: In the Auckland district 3054, Wellhigton district 1972, in Canterbury Hstriet 2090, and in Otago district 344. or a total of 7960. He did not visli to‘make any adverse comment pen the figures relating to Otago, bur ■c belonged to the place, and it was erally the case that Otago was nor • v "' behind in any movement of great ■" -■■r.t. As-he had said. .10.610 me* ’ ‘ ' ‘ 1 Imf ' December 12th -n- a" skrtiUc-n c:"ki. L: bo consider-

i ably in excess of tit a t number, as they | had to allow for about 40 per cent. o r . medical rejects. In future this ej try would have to make provision t. t i there would never be -10 per cent, unfitted for enrolment again, should the necessity occur. it was our duty to 'make provison among the children to ! remove some of the defects, and an effort was being made to do litis now. iAs the figures he had given showed, between the present time and Decem- ■ ber 12th cad) of four districts ought Ito find, inclusive of the -JO per cent, i for medical reeds, aout 4.350 men, yn a total or 17,400 men. It had been suggested that the Government should provide a badge for those who hati registered, and had been turned down by tiie doctors, it; order that these might not have their loyalty or courage aspersed, but he did not know if tee Government could adopt a badge. Ire wished that he could devise a >•: heme by which one might know these

j who were serving and those who could ! serve and were not doing so. He also wished to refer to some other figures of interest, by way of reply to criticism which had appeared in the Manchester Guardian, in England. to the effect, as he understood it, that men. who were enlisting in New Zealand were not New Zealanders, but Britishj c.-s who had come out and settled in. j tliis country. In roily to that he had jto say that of the main bwly that 1 went away, a strength of S4J7. no less than (>241 were actually born in New Zealand. Others wore born in the British Isles or other parts of the Empire, but how long they had been in New Zealand he was not able to say. ’■'how fiay>rcy however, wore a complete answer to the Manchester Guardian. He thought it was unfair of a British paper to set itself to work to discredit New Zen land without having taken the trouble to eouvou:aicate ! vi ith the authorities in this Dominion | on the subject.