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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 2

liii' use of the Dreadnought offer to nilverti.se our frozen meat is an excellent beginning of the new policy of making New Zealand thoroughly wi'll knuwa to the people in Britain (writes a wag in the Wellington Dominion). When the ship is built its sides will lie used as lionrdinu's. barge paintings of our scenery will alternate with erisp announcements respecting our nutter. When (he ship goes into action in the eonii.'ig war between Britain and Germany, these advertisements will be of enormous value. Imagine the elVeet on the Cerinans when, stealing along at midnight, one of their ships suddenly turns on its .searchlight and a glaring warning to " Hat New Zealand butter •' blazes up in the darkness. Such an advertisement would never be forgotten. ■lt Is understood, however, that the High IC'ommissioner's Department has other srlicnics on hmid. llr Hall-Jones intends to disguise himself ns a Siill'ninctte, and drop handbills from the gallery of the House of Commons. When these are picked up, it will lie found that tliey are advertisements for New Zealand rugs. Mr Donne is having - ' large mode! of a Dreadnought const) ted. armed with 12-ineli air guns, fi;om which, as the vessel is drawn through London on a lorry, leaflets and statistics will be scattered far awl wide. Mr W. I'. Reeves lias written a play, in con-' junction with Major du Manricr. entitled "Where the Dreadnoughts come from." A bureau will be opened at the High Commissioner's Olfice, at which nnvnl uniforms) will he distributed free t0..i.1l visiting New Zcnlamlers who will undertake to wear them. Mr ~ already begun to do his eanv ed in a cocked tat irad wearing awoM;'