NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 21 August 1917, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

THE TURAKINA. .

REINFORCEMENTS SAFELY ELIDED. yP CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 20. Advices received here state that the Turakina was sunk last Monday 5H the voyage from London to New fork, -having safely landed her New Zealand reinforcements in Great Britain. The casualties were the loss of two trimmers and a baker, out of a total Jomplement of about one hundr*:! nen. , THE LIBERTY LOAN. BISHOP BRODIE’S APPEAL. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 20. At the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Bishop Brodie, in a sermon, said he !elt that Catholics would regard it as i duty to do w-hat they could to further the success of the liberty loan. :n placing the' claims of the War

lan before their people, the Catho-

lie clergy was only doing what the bishops and clergy had done in other courses. In . England the bishops took a most prominent part in similar work, while in France the bishops issued special pastoral letters to the towards providing the finances necessary for the war. Those who were blessed with money to spare should feel themselves called upon to help these movements as ah appreciation of the bravery and sacrifice of New Zealand soldiers b and as a mark ,of gratitude to God for the liberty and privileges enjoyed, for which these soldiers were fighting. NEW CABLE INSTALLATION i ALMOST FINISHED. WELLINGTON, August 20. - The final linking up of the Eastern Co’s with Tifjahi.Bay is now going on. Part of the company’s staff well reach Wellington this,: week, th e remainder staying on and working from Cable Bay till Saturday night, when that station be abandoned. If no hitch occurs the men will leave on Saturday night and take up work in the new office in Wellington on Sunday. THE POSTAL ENQUIRY. postal enquiry, Harry Seabr,coproduced correspondence with postal “officers in regard to the return of a letter addressed to “menace” an Amrican publication which letter was marked “Prohibited.” He also produced a letter from the Postmas-ter-General expressing regret that this letter had been returned, especially as there was no authority for that act. The Postmaster General assured Seabrook,. that the person who marked the letter as prohibited was an officer of whom the Department -had no. doubt that letter had been stopped through a misunderstanding. The Postmaster General was not aware of any organisation to stop the issue of “Menace,” and assured Seabrook that neither of the two officers concerned in the stopping of the letter in question was a Roman Caholic.

Mr Gray asked witness would he accept the asurance that neither of officers concernedj was, a Roman Cath.olic, After some hesitation he replied, “Yes, I do; but I want to know who is at the back of these officers.