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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ihe cables state that there is a prospect of a paper famine in London. The same 18 the ease with many of the 'New Zealand papers. Most of the paper ZT!f° m A ontr ,™ 1 ' Cana<la > whic '' been closed to trade. Several ships carrying paper supplies are slhelterin-* m American and Australian ports, and the delay m the arrivals is causing newspapers some anxiety. At present ere is an enormous p/blic demand fo newspapers to satisfy which reserves are being deeply cut into. The "News" is endeavoring to supply fche great de mand existing'for it throughout the province but in case ot a o, I«l*r, winch is likely, we natu ally w,l subscribers first consfderaBelgium has an area „f 11 coo soon-, , miles as compared wiu JZT*« district ,™ ICS iD ,a "'t«'b U ry land distnet. Belgium, Holland and rW mark would all go into \„ v ' Island. c Norch There will be no despatch of San Z- i z:: v T ! ,courermaii^-ttimt laojL dates. It ISI probttl) , . , There is reason to believe that th . metalling of the road over V ounflW m this.year's Estimates. The outbreak M war however, will probably dos pone this much-needed wor, aVwi 1 also necessitate the cessation ofotlr ' work already in progress, 1,,n Zl'y being now difficult to owlin.-wSK One of the German. reservists wub' ww arrested in Otago on ,',-nday U Tta.S th l ( t « llaVeßia,ed C'TorJthe J. line,) that the present war was contemplated by Germany in 19lf Z that was why he left Germ:n, v - m order to avoid taking part. His opinion is that Germany has sue!, immenso lesources that the war may last for

As military science has advanced in tile direction of more powerful explosives and more accurate Weapons, so has medical science with tlie object of inimmisiiii; as much us po-s.Me their ellect To-day the care of tin. sic-k and grounded ih rightly co„sid-r ; ~l „f tlie first inmortoiiee and two rV,I ambulances, fully equipped with th:- best and latest necessary appliances known to modem medical science fo- the relief ol suffering, will aceompa v the expedition now leaving our F or „> <&£ fV"?* of theM U " H'l>'« in Mate 'Schools League of Now Zealand lias made itself responsible, and subscriptions towards this prais"u-o-|.b v () bj„. r are elicited bv the local bramh of the ally New Plymouth people, gnotild take a special-.merest in this fund, men (?/ £ Ur host-known medical men (Dr. Geo. Home) will-be so closely aviated with its adminirt-ition and The German colony of To S o. in WeU Africa whose chief port and capital of Lome has been seized by i.ii e Britis, Gold Coast troops, is not a place -,f gioat importance. Its coas'-.line is no more than 32 miles, but inland thterritory widens to three or four tim,s thai breadth. It has a notation of one million negroes ami ;!20 German, some railroad coraraunicafio is, and exports cocoa, palm oil, cotlon. and rubber to tlie annual amount of half - ■million pounds. The capture of i.ome draws attention to tlie position of Ger■many'd colonies in the Pacific Ei«lit islands in the Samoan Group, m'.Q •miles from Auckland, belomr to Germany, and are important fro-n a straf£ic point of view. There are few Europeans in the group. Tn other parts of the Pacific, Germany has tie northeastern part of New G-uinwi—reputed to contain oil—the Bismarck Archipelago, the Caroline, Pelew, and Mariana Islands, the Solomon Islands, sni the Marshall Islands. In China sli.i has the treaty port of Kiao-ehao,

English and American mails, ex Tahi.i at Wellington, will arrive here this (Friday) afternoon. Several stowaways were found among the Auckland eontiugenters when the special train reached Palmerston the other day. When the roll was called, several were found to have accompanied the party unknown to the officers, and appeared very eager to get to the tront. They were put off the train for re-con-signment to Auckland. The palm for brevity in speech should be awarded to a marine, who testified to the explosion of a gun on a wa* vessel —an explosion that has sent him to the hospital for some months. "Please give your version of the explosion," he was asked. "Well," he said, "I 'was standing beside the gun; there was an awful racket, and the doctor said, 'Sit up and take this.'" "Are you sober enough to understand the charge," asked the Clerk of the Napier Court to a first offender who appeared in a state of intoxication. "I am sober enough to understand that France and Germany have a little altercation," answered the accused. "I met a frie»d and had a little drink. We've got to be men and we will be men," he added, on being convicted. "The best speech I have ever read,' stated one of the Wanganui Education Board members at a meeting on Tuesday, when referring to the speech delivered in the House of Commons bvthe English' Prime Minister (Rt. Bon. H. H. Asquith) during the present crisis. 'The Board decided to re<*mmend to the Department that the speech, be printed posted up in the schoob of the Dofcinion. The Anglican vicarage at Port Oha.mers was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. The building, si very large wooden structure, was l occupied by the Rev. H. B. Goertz, but boci lie and Mrs Coertz were absent when the fire broke out. The adjoining hous? was only saved with difficulty. Tlij vicarage was insured in the Standard Office for £250, and the furniture was insured for a similar amount. A curious choir strike has occurred at Ge'besse, in Thuringia (Germany). By an old custom, the town supplied the choir with 400 bottles of beer every year. The authorities thought that the time had come to abolish the custom and the beer was stopped. The members of the choir immediately came out on strike. The congregation missed the choir and complained. The Town Clerk and the Church authorities met in conference, and as a result of their/deliberations, it was decided to give the choir their 400 bottles of beer. Swiss banks are suffering from an embarrassment of riches, and do not know how to place their clients, money profitably on the local and European markets. A leading bankeT in Geneva says that between £40,000,000 and £50,000,000 in money, titles, and scrips, especially the last, have entered Switzerland from Germany and France within the last six; months. ' The flow of wealth is the result of the new supertaxes in Germany for the army and navy, and the recent uncertain political situation in France. "Are you a German?" "I am" "Well, take that you German -—'.' The ".aking that"' process led to t'ie appearance in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington on Wednesday of Jose-jh Ravenscroft, charged with assaultiv." Charles Henry Thielemann, a Germiaj to whomi he had addressed the query recorded at the beginning of this paragraph. Evidence wa s given by Thielemann that accused, whom he had nev. r seen before, had come up tj him, interrogated him, and then proceeded tobelabor 'him. The assault, however, was witnessed by Constable Chapman, who arrested Ravenscroft. The accused also called him insulting names. R*v•enscroft denied using any insulting language, and said that the German had attacked him first. As this did not ngreo with the testimony of Constable Chapman, who said the Gennaai had only acted in self-defence, Mr W. C. Riddel], S.M. (who was on tVbenc'A intimared that he did not believe tluaccused. "You have no right to interfere with a German, or a Britisher, or liny person of any other nationality, - ' lie said. "You will he fined 20s. jr seven days' imprisonment." An exciting adventure with a mob of bullocks occurred at Olmarra, New South Wales, recently, when seventy animals owned by Campbell Elhvorthv, of Grafton, were being driven to the shipping depot for shipment on the Tiritebar for Sydney. The cattle, whilst proceeding down the main street, suddenly became frightened, dashing off towards the public wharf. Before they could be stopped, thirty had plunged over the wharf into the rivet, setting out for the southern bank three quarters of a mile distant. Boats wore launched and assisted by the passenger steamer Tolanthe, repeated efforts were made to turn the stock back, the animals having by that time reached the middle of the river, and were in danger of being drowned.' Despite all efforts, the .bullocks swam in various directions, eventually reaching the opposite bank in an exhausted condition. The cattle had to be left behind. It is remarkable that none of them were drowned, as they had been in the- water for nearly an hour Several persons were on the wharf when the stampede occurred, and had a, narrow escape from serious injury by the maddened cattle

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 72, 14 August 1914, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 72, 14 August 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 72, 14 August 1914, Page 4

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