The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE MONDAY, MAY 3, 1915. WAR NEWS WANTED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 201, 3 May 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE

MONDAY, MAY 3, 1915. WAR NEWS WANTED.

(With Svhich is ' incorporated The Tajnape Rost uaa Wuimarinu News.)

■lt is Several days .since New: Zeaalnd Ireceived congratulations from th© ; Motherland in connection* with the bravery displayed "By .her sons at the Dardanelles. 'Varibus'litems of news >of that action have filtered j through; ; flittle by little, and last smg"ht>i am \' extraordinary *' cable reached office which furnished details of Jesses-byd , emh'- xg'iistained by the! ■Jjp&tf^Wff^~ffiWp%' .but up to thef tfme of writing no news .whatever has come $p hand respecting our own people, those with whom w|> lire most concerned and about whom we are most anxious. The longed-for news has been given to f Australia,' and it is not quite understandable why it ;should be withheld from New many ;miothcr% | and fathers are nowv sisfering'slfould be quite unnecessary, and;, |if not avoidable sal&ogether, itsi duration might be appreciably shortened if news, which there seems no reason for w'iifliholding, more promptly youehlafed ty tisj For while New Zeaianders Will most deeply with Australia in Tier-loss, ■tlney m>fi not loss anxiously waiting for-;thctrutii than Australia wasj now- that details of looses ja're being n t ade known, the withholding of the.m from New Zealancl e;an have zss> military inifport, and therefore „seems inexcusable. • } ;

-, Considering the magmtu'de' and importance oi ?the fig&t - thai. >would>:be necessary to effect a isafe and pe?man£nt footing practically on tae shares of the Dardanelles thje .;;lsjsse§ strike us as J>em| tsss than imght nave l secn expected, and if diirs are not greater we : slial-l hate fafise to belhankful/;' leaving oiftihe omeeH, AW" t-ralia"'s" losses jjri|men average a little 7 over "wcr for each State. This; seems sbrr|-i|ingly light and teases little waftige to be" made ? mwk*Mf our :» ;'s'':' €pAva¥d*s' df | scj£ajtcen tlidusaVr mclfc | a*»d over five

sary measure; bnt whichever it may be it cest&inly indicates that a considerable period of carnage. it to lapse before anything" in the shape of permanent peace is definitely reached.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. TliO annual the Chamber of Commerce was adjourned a fortnight ago till to-night, and as no public intimation has been given 'of further adjournment it may be presumed that the meeting will take place. From what transpired at last meeting it is very apparent that the Chamber of Commerce has been a useful institution and that it has been'the medium by which many convenience's have been furnished to the townspeople of an important character., In most towns," as 'in Taihape, a. Cham-, be.r of Commerce is the only organisation whose deliberations can include anything and everything touching the progress of the town ;uid its surrounding territory. The past of the Taihape Chamber has demonstrated that fact, for questions affecting roads, railway cattle yards, travelling conveniences/ postal,and telephone facilities, matters of trade, and numerous minor "matters have successfully been dealt with, any one of which, would justify the existence of the Chamber and the most loyal support of .every business-man in the tow.m J\Ve'wish particularly to draw the.attention of our business community to the importance of some unfmish-' ed work the Chamber has-still in hand, and to point out how desirable it is that continuous effort should be kept up until success, is reached. As the town becomes larger-and its business relationships become more complete and far-reaching, it seems- that the need for. an •: organisation?- such/ as a Chamber of -Commerce is much more extreme, if not quite absolutely necessary. It is the ■■: only institution ' busi-ness-men now i have for ventilating their wants and. wishes, -'.and which .should furnish the ..collective ' strength in securing' reform An matters 'not 'coming under the jurisdiction"- of loeaS governing bodies... In.the best interests of Taihape we trust that every shopkeeper and trader, mercantile man and banker, who can make it convenient, will.be present at to-night's moating, as the other alternative is disbandmen*. It is. not .a costly-matter as'the annual subscription is merely nominal.