IN NEW ZEALAND

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 25 August 1914, Page 3

IN NEW ZEALAND

CAMP A'i I 'i■! ERSTON NORTH. REVIEW Hi !VERAL GODLEY. Bj Telegraph. -Press Association. l'al/ii:«rfton N., August 24. A big crowd attended the concentration camp fur liu- inspection of the forces by General Sir Alexander Godlev. Other prominent ofliceis were present. After the inspection General Godley complimented t'lie e'en on their appearance, and said «<e artillery was the finest body lie Si*.: seen in lii,s thirty years' experience. He counselled all to uphold the honor of their country and Empire. THE TAIIUNA CAMI>. Dumedin, Anpa»t 24. The men in camp at Tahuna number 1442. The mounted men are now over hill strength. TIIE TEN TROOPSHIPS. COM MODIOIAS STEA MKRS. The following will be the f rooj^Jiito convey the Expeditionary Force to England:—Arawa, A'tbenie, llawke's liav, ! Limerick, Maungamii. Orari, Uuapehu, Star of India, Tahiti, Waimana. j f The list include Uvo of the finest VCS- ( eels in the Union C'ttnpany's fleet, three of the Shaw, Savill and' Albion Line, two of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, two of the New Zealand Shipping Company's fleot, and one, the Limerici, which was formerly owned by the Feder-al-Shire Line, but now flies the house flag of the Union Steam Ship Company. The captains of the vessels are all well known at Auckland, and the Hawkc'a Bay is at present in port. The two Union liners which have been chartered, the Tahiti and Maungamii, have not vet visited the port. The Tahiti is a vessel of 7585 gToss tons, and was formerly known as the Kingston. She was at one time engaged in the passenger and mail service ' between South Africa and England, an.l ' was purchased by the Union Company ( about two years ago for the San Francisco service. Oivii',' to the d. : M.rgani«i- c tion of shipping a result of the war, c the Tahiti ias b;-ci: put out of com- a mission. She arrived at Wellington on f Thursday last f:o:n San Franeis.'O and i: Islands ports. t The Muungnnui is one. of the latest I vessels built for the Union Company, a and until recently wan engaged in the ( Sydney-Cook Strait-Bluff-Melbourne pas- f Benger service. She is a steamer cf „ 7527 gross ton.", and was oiiilt in lflll t at Glasgow by the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company Ltd. I The Arawa, Atffirnk-, and Wainiana be- (, long to the Shaw, Savill and Albion Com- s pany, Ltd., the two first-named vessels be- ;i ill#" engaged in the mail and passenger a service between London and Wellington, n while the Waimana is one of the coin- f pany's latest cargo steamers. 'iheW.ii- Joiana visited Auckland a few weeks ago, t when she came frosn London with explosives and general cargo. SV has just f completed her discharge at southern [ ports. The Arawa is of 9372 torn gross, ' I and was built at Newcastle in ltn>7. The Aithenic is of 12,234 tons, and wu built at Belfast in l'JOl, by Harlaml and r WoJff, Ltd. The Waimana was built in ' mil, at Belfast, by Messrs Workman, ; ClaTk, aiul Co.. Ltd.. and is of 'i tens gross. The Star of India and ' llawke's liav belong to the recently- s formed Commonwealth and Dominion a l.ine. the forni-r vessel having :i g ; 'o-s i tonnage of 7'll'in.l being buill in I '.'lD :i.t Belfast, by Messrs Workman, Clark, and Co.. Ltd. The Ilawke's llay is one of the latest additions to the fS-'et. Sir: ' i.. of 10,1)41 tons gioss, and was built ' in P>l2 at lSelfast. The Jli;:i j>i lui and ■ Orari are well-known steamer?, of 'a.' 1 New Zealand Shipping Company'» H"" 1 : 1 the first, having a gross tonnage of ' 7885. She was built in 1001 at Dumbar- i ton by Messrs \V. Denny and J;:<>s. The c Orari was built in l!IOti at D.uub-.irton by i the same (inn, and is of 7i>7 t»i.s gro-s ; The Limerick is the oldest ve- el of the , fleet (imrtered. She was built in 1 Stt's at Relfast by Messrs Workman, t lark, and Co., Ltd., and is of (5827 tons gross. The Limerick v.'.1l at one tim • cug iged in the passenger and cargo :i-jult- b>tween Liverpool and New y,':i!:>n.i poi i~. FOR ETON BOOKS AXO PAPERS WANTED. TROUKS TO STUDY LANGUAGES. The Dominion has been askeil to announce that any gift, of l-'i<-neh. German. or even Russian bocks. panels, text-books, mid grammars will be welcomed by the Defence authorities f.sr the, purpose of cne.yoraging fhe rt:i-!y of those languages bv the iroops on their long voyage to the Continent. In the six weeks thev m:iv be at s, a 111■ • V might not jo nWe to yva.-p a I 1 irfci' of any of tlu* but it is lliat tiu-i'" may It l]io;-c <nt ijoar.l wiio liavi- a lv of on" or other of tlif \\a-> mi«nt a-'.siyt in a ni' oiu 1 of tin' Uijil-im^i;u- !■•;»-t. enough, pprlmp'?. to as'-c »;n ;iir '•v;-r, - , day •»\vcrs. cva'ulv lu'ljK ; <l i»' ?-iK'h iv.iok- a - i'f inciitionpil. (•-.• di;i.iuitarifs vhi.-h a - proNinia•«'!>' Uu» Crnoau nIi«I -.a fr|iiivak'iit iov :l»'j r.nvl:.->h urn-«i.