TERRITORIALS CALLED OUT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 75, 18 August 1914, Page 5

TERRITORIALS CALLED OUT

FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. ■Wellington, Last Niglit, A Gazette extraordinary issued today contains a -proclamation by the Governor that circuuistsuieos have arisen under which his Excellency deems it nee'essary to call out for active service the following parts of the Territorial force: —No. ,1' troop, A Squadron, 3rd (Auckland) Regiment; No. 2 Platoon. A Company, 15th ("North Auckland) Regiment; A Company s'th™ (Wellington) Regiment; No. 1 Platoon, A Company, Bth (Southland) Regiment; I Company, 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment, less the members actually engaged in coal-mining. IF FARMERS GROW MORE WHEAT TOWNSMEN" WILL HARVEST IT. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. J. G. Wilson. Dominion President of .the Farmers' Union, has sent the following telegram to the Canterbury executive:—"l hope the Farmers' Union will assist in Mr. Massey's appeal to farmers to grow more wheat. Jvery acre grown will .feed eight men for a year. Farmers are rallying everywhere in assisting to provide food, horses, men and money for the expeditionary force, but at the present moment, before it ia too ! late in the season, the most patriotic thing that farmers and their men can do is to get as much wheat in as possible. I have had an assurance, of plenty of assistance at harvest time from townsmen." WAR NEWS TO BE POSTED. Wellington, Last Night.. Tho Postmaster-General has announced that henceforth the Government war news will be telegraphed to every place in the Dominion, and posted up at every local telegraph otlice for general information. GERMAN RESERVIST ARRESTED. ChristchiU'eh, Last Night. The police arrested a young German reservist in Christehurcili to-day. tie will be sent -up to Wellington under military escort to-night. P'UTIATCA'.S FUND. Paliiatua, Last Night. To date Paiiiatna lias subscribed nearly £4OO .to the war fund. Pongaroa lias given .C3IH), and many horses and expeditionary requisites have been donated. WANGANI'I HACKS ABANDONED.Wangamii, Last Night. The Wangamii Jockey Cluh has decided to abandon the September race meeting, owing to tin- war. ;Money is still coining in well for the War Fund.

Greymoutli, Last Night. To-morrow morning sixty additional West Coasters leave to join the others in camp at. Aldington. Men are freely offering and are of excellent stamp. To-night Mr. Tom Pollard gave an j entertainment in aid of tile Patnioii;' Fund. Tlie Opera. House was crowded to the doors. Miss Lily Chapman gave "The Absent-minded Beggar" as a monologue, and lier appeal found a rcady response. The J.iedertafel sang a number of patriotic songs, the audience joining in heartily. Tho gross, proceeds amounting to £l<)S, were handed ownto the funds. Mr. l'ollard lias announced that 'he: will hand over the gross proceeds of the picture entertainment, on the second Monday ,in each month while the war lasts. Football team*-are almost depleted through ;tocftJjQr| gojag & tlje front,

- r I • 3 Eiglit West Coast representative footballers have been selected, and the Rugby T Union meets to-morrow night to consider the advisability of closing the competitions. , Each member of the Grey mouth Wa- ' terside Workers' Union gives sixpence - ; per week to the Patriotic B'und while > the war lasts. The War Fund totals, over £I3OO. . A WESTPORT FIVE HUNDRED. Westport, Last Night. The Westport Harbor Board lias voted • £3OO to the War Fund. AUCKLAND'S FINE RESPONSE. Auckland, Last Niglht. . The Auckland Citizens' Patriotic Fund now amounts to about £29,000. Several hundred more men were drafted into the local mobilisation camp at Epsom to-day, and by Wednesday it is : anticipated that the whole of the Auckland portion of the expeditionary force will have been mobilised. The camp will lie inspected by General Godley tomorrow. : THE JAPANESE (FLEET. formidable force of warships. A FACTOR IX THE struggle. Now that vtlie Japanese Government has practically decided to take a part m the great struggle must call attention to the fact that the .Japanese fleet is the dominating force in the Pacific. -Lite nations which have possessions in ■; or around the Pacific include Britain. Japan, the United Russia, France, Holland, Portugal, China, Chili, Peru. Some of these countries need not be reckoned seriously in any calculation of the naval strengths. The following table indicates the relative portions of the chief powers as far as ' the Pacific 13 concerned:— v < British ■' <,< Other battleships Z '' jj jq Apnored cruisera ? 0 15 ■* Ligtit cruisers 13' 13- » 1* •*> Torpedo craft la v l4 'i, ; . Submarines 6 ' 14 ■•, ~The Panama Canal possibly is cioiit.lv near completion to enable the American to move info ' ■ the Pacific in case of emeWeii™, 'and ■ hy strtpprng the , western coast,: tW'i United States coijld send a- superior,' ? 1 a > rai , nst Ja P an - But as witters ■ *•'"*>»» *«*£ STRATFORD NOTES. * W fi ; rst stal ' ted volunteer-' Ss™£H:l.- . J 1 fast-class gunner and gunIM'l, appointed second. Lieutenant Second (SouA CanterNpw Zealan i Infantry. , p^ a:m<>te ' l to Assistant Adjutant and machine-gun officer, Promoted Lieutenant September, 191" Joined' Fifth! (WcllimgUn) Dccemlber, 1912, nnd served to April! ",K. to Xlfch! Regiment (laranaki, iiifles) July, 1913,, and as- , sumed command of H. Company, Strat- " tord, 011 .unv organisation coming into foica and tiro Stratford and Eltham companies being amalgamjated and forming 'D company, was appointed Second lieutenant 111 command, which position h<! now holds. Lieut. Urqulvart commenced his mil : - torv ca.reer i„ 1891) by joining the sth Volunteer Battalion Highland Light 111MinJ t S S OW , H' 1 R l ' la nilOTs). Served . till 1901. Joined Ayr and Lanark Yeo- ! insinry as trooper 1901, and saw service m feourh Africa til 1 1302. Queen's medal, four clasps. From 1005 to 1911 served as sergeant in Stratford Mounted Rrfles. Joined XI (Taranaki Rifles) bs secooad lieutenant April, 1910, and, commands No. 16 Platoon D. Company. Lieut. Crawstaw has been placed '• charge of the local defence office, owin? to the departure of 'Sergeant-Major Bonar, and will attend to all matters °* enrolment and the usual training?.— Post. " Fifty men, exclusive of Territorial*, have l>een accepted from the Stratforl district.