IN NEW ZEALAND

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 78, 21 August 1914, Page 3

IN NEW ZEALAND

THE CAMP AT AWAPUNL DISTRICT DETAIL. Per Press Association. IPalmerston N„ Last Sight. Tie men at Awapuni are undergoing a thorough course of training. The infantry arc taken daily to the rifle range at Hokowhitu for musketry instruction. Additional men arrived to-day from Hawera, Mastcrton, Auckland and New Plymouth, and the total number in camp to-day was 51 officers and 2043 men, comRegiment. Officers. Men Regimental headquarters 4 5 2nd Mounted Rifles, Hawera .. 6 180 6th Mounted Rifles, Manawatu 7 203 9th Mounted Rifles, Napier ..6 IS!) Regimental Headquarters .... 3 t 7th. Regiment, Wanganui 3 253 &bh Regiment, Napier .4 143 lllth Regiment, Taranaki ~.. 5 241 17th Regiment, Mastcrton .... 3 245 Signal Company 2 72 Reservists 0 68 Batteries .' 2 104 Ammunition Column 1 105 Field Engineers 2 120 I Army Service Corps 1 38 (Signal Troop 0 10 j The whole of the engineers and artillery will be concentrated at Palnierston, while army service corps will go to Auckland to assist in the transportation. Part of the ammunition column, a signal troop, engineers and mounted ambulance will also be concentrated at Awapuni. • THE rALMKESTON CAMP. Palmerston, N., Thursday. Tha various sections of the concentration caimp mareh; through Palmers•ton daily to the- Hokowhitm rifle range for musketry training. They prcseri .in inspiring spectacle. This morning nearly a (thousand infantry, accompanied by a" mountain battery, passed through the square. The camp ia rapidly swelling. A big contingent arrived yesterday and another to-day. The 18-poamder guns, comprising the artillery section, have not yet arrived, but meantime tte horse ttftins are rwularly exercised. This Is one of the most important section* <i i the local camp. r Major Potter Offfcer-in-Ctenmand, says' that the general health, lias so far been excellent. Recreation is well catered for 1 I," the Y.M.OA., C.E.M.S., and the Presbvtcrians. MYSTERIOUS WIRELESS MESSAGES. Auckland, Thursday. The Talune arrived from En roton*™ tl.is morning. Two days ago she interceoted wireless, calls in code fr< m a long distance, believed to be (jeiman, but this appears to be pure conjecture. j MEETING OF MASTER BUTCHERS INTENDED ADVANCE IN PRICES. Wellington, 'J i ursday. ' The Master Butchers' Association has informed wholesalers that it intcnfls liaising the price of beef t. Ms pi-i I ICOlb., equivalent to a 10 tier cent, increase, front Monday nexi. The advance will b; handed on to the consumers. A treeting of master butcheris to be held on Saturday nignt to urge '■he Government to prohibit tin l exportation of beef. v LADY LIVERPOOL FUND. Gartertoii, August 20. , The Lady Liverpool Fund iere has ; now reached £147 17b (id. In audition to money a very large quantity .if clothing 'lias been sent in. The ladies are working enthusiastically, and the fund increases daily. The expeditionary force fund has reached £684 lfe (id. A quantity of fodder has been given, besides horses, A FIXE SPIRIT. A LETTER FROM THE CONCENTRATION. CAMP. Says a New PP, mouth Territorial, in a ' letter to his people from PulmeTston N. concentration camp: — "There is the most motley crowd 1 imaginable in camp. Territorial, Imperial [ reservists and civilians all drilling, drill, ing, drilling! The Regiment lias about !C0 men here, some practically civilians 'rung in.' and more civilians arc ■ expected next week. There are clerks wielding axes, spad.'s and rifles; newspaper men handling turf; farmers, drapers' assistants, barbers, blacksmiths. Civil servants, every description of men and all—despite the usual percentage of growling—working with a will and hoping to get away soon. It is really a most inspiring sight, for the camp is rough and the winter not the best time for camping, yet all these men are slogging it in. There are noncommissioned otliccr.s. and other experienced men who could not get i" any other way, wielding a rille in the ran!,-, with the hesi grace in the world. One really want?, to he here to realise the feeling which is sweeping over the cwuntry. Of course, t'ticre is the usual percentage of immature youths thrashing Germany with their tongues, but there are also Territorials in earnest, and civilians painfully laboring in the 'awkward squad.' There must be life in the old dog yet! As to our movements, they are quite uncertain.'' PRISON!-:lib OF WAil. CONDITION.-- OF RELEA>E. Following ;ii'e the condition- .under wiiich .prisoner.-, of war who c.-e satisfr.eto.'ily votiel.ed for by British i-übject.-will be nllovcd to retvru to t'.icir homes v.micr uarolc -• (i) No prUoncr of w:ir relea--.-:: on pi.roie >\v.\\\ liv woiii or Jee.l connm i-:;r.v "no-tile j-i-1 agjinst Hi- Majesty the | Kill". The tc.nnj ""hostile a-.-!" .-hall ■; ii terprcted in iu wide.-t s-n-e. ! (2) lie >.h;ill conline. Ihimself .strictly to his own ornate ull'airs, and -h-il! no! attend any ni(etiiisjs or gatherings without the consent of the police. ('■;) He shall Min-'iiiler do tin police all firearm's, ammunition, and cxpliioivc.ir his no-sscssiou. .(4) He shall not leave the h.alitv in which his .-cs-dence is or where he usually reside-, mid is u-.1l known withou! the iKTiui-siun of ;!(• police. (5) He isinll leiii.rt hinisc 1 ;' lo Ihe jolice at siuh place <ii..fi a: such times as the iimliee. may ilireet. The last ilau-. of the conil.tion- of parole read-: !"[ thoroughly •understand the conditions under which- 1 am released on parole, and also 'thait. anv breach of them will 1.-inl-e-,- am- Fable lo re-.in-s! aim to he dealt with summarily under military law.''

NOTES. In the list of troopers who left New Plymouth on Wednesday for I'almcvsUm NoHh, the name of G. V; Bui-sill, jun (Inglewood), was omitted. 'Mrs F. A. Bremer has offered tJie Eifenee, authorities a valuable troop horse for the use of a member of the Taranaki coiutSngent of the Expeditionary Force, or its monetary equivalent. The local officials of the Stock Department have received instructions that no farther horses for artillery purposes will be required at present. Ten thousand men will probably be the number required from 'New Zealand to help fight the Empire's battles. This number, it is- not inappropriate to remind New Zcalanders, is just equivalent to the total force of British troopa sent out to this country in the 'sixties to fight the Maori rebels in Taranaki and the Waikato. Half a century ago New Zealand sorely needed these Imperial soldiers, for she was hard-pressed for her very existence. Sow she is able to return the compliment and spare her ten thousand for the Empire's needs, and there are more behind those ten thousand if the call comes.