SWISS IN NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 73, 15 August 1914, Page 4

SWISS IN NEW ZEALAND.

A NATIONAL APPEAL. MONEY TO BUY AX AIRSHIP. Mr, G. A. Stricff, Swiss Consul in New Zealand, has issued the following appeal to the Swiss in Now Zealand: land is in danger of becoming the battlefield of Europe unless we can compel the contending parties to respect our neutrality. Our brave and well-drilled army is at the frontiers. Landwe.hr and Landsturm, comprising every able-bodied man from 17 to 60, and older volunteers up to 70, are in readiness to defend the defenceless. '■' "Our ladies of all classes are working under the Geneva Cross/ Let us then help as best we can. "Airships above all tlhings are needed, being one of the means to watch the movements of the intending invaders. Let us contribute towards the purchase of a first-class airship, to be named New Zealand, thus very properly advertising the country in Which we have found a safe and peaceful existence. The leading newspapers of every New Zealand province will receive subscriptions, which can be paid in gradually, and the final result will be published by the Swiss Consulate in Auckland, whose bankers will guarantee the sn ■ ment to the Swiss Goveri—■ M. Strciff ihas <■• list with a dr.has deposited with South Wales at Ar