New Zealand and the War.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 91, 12 September 1914, Page 8

New Zealand and the War.

MAORI LAND REIN FORC'EM EN TS. Wellington Last Night. Although details irave not yet been |de>.(.-.lcd on, reinforcement drafts are certain bo follow the expeditionary, force to Europe. Men who desire to go on service should lose no xime in getting their names 'registered. Volunteers ior oversea service will be taKen from the units of the Territorial force, and applications for registration should therefore be made to 'the adjutant of a unit. Men who wish to serve in the mounted rifles should apply to the mounted rifles regiment, infantry to a regiment of infantry, and artillery to a battery of artillery, and so on. Applications made through the Defence Department headquarters at Wellington, ot through the district headquarters at Auckland, Palmerston North, Christchurch, or I Dmiedin will not lie considered. The age I limit has been raii*ed frctn 35 to 40, so | manv who have been disappointed will I now'have a chance.

sho:;t.u:k of wheat. ' Dtined.u, Last NigM. j Hour has advanced fl a ton, and is now £l3 10s. Millers say that this is necessary, as the majority were short] nf wheat when war broke out, and they cannot replo.uwh stocks at anything like a reasonable price. One local miller has closed down, and others are doing little-work, findm.™ it •impossiolc lo turn out flour at a profit.

FUIANS I'XDKII ARMS. Auckland, Last Night. News by tin- Waitomo,' from Fiji, says tliat complete, arraiigeiaif.'iits have been made for the defence of the town !H»i\inst possible German attacks. Prac(irally the whole nifile papulation is under arms. The Japanese steamer Fukokuiiiaru. which was turned away from Apia by Gorman ollicia's after she, aiaa coaled the German warships at Uiro-J line Islands, called for cost!, and was al'lowed thirty tons for the voyage toi '.\"Mvdi.stle. Leaving port she struck! twice on a coral reef, but sustained no serious damage, <ind was floated oil'. 'After consulting the authorities, Captain Ross, of the Khooner Ysabcl, leaves for Tonga, with food supplies without war risk, being satisfied that there is no risk of encountering the enemy's

PATRIOTIC COXGKRT AT OAKURA. A very successful patriotic concert and dance was held last night in the Oakura Hall, which had been tastefully decorated for the occasion. The chair was taken by Mr G. A. Adlam, who, in a few appropriate remarks, stated the reason for the gathering, and then called upon the audience to join in a verse of "Rule, P.ritannia." which was done with a good deal of enthusiasm. A very lengthy programme of musical and elocutionary items was then rendered, to which the following contributed:—Mr Barnett, pianoforte solo; Mr and Miss Morris, duet; Mr McClellan, recitations; Miss Penwai-dcn. song; Mr Goldsworthy, recitations; Mr Perry, song; Miss Cocker, songs; Miss Bishop, recitation; Messrs Smith and Kay, duet and songs; Mr Vinson, monologue; Mr Meyenberg, song; Mr Brown, songs; Mr Ainsworth, songs; Mrs Pope, pianoforte "solo; and a chorus and recitation by the school children, the programme concluding with the rendering of the XatiomU Anthem by performers and audience. .Mr Harnett played practically all the accompaniments. After the concert, which concluded about 11.20. the majority of the performers having to give two items, supper was handed round, and the Horn was cleared for dancing, which was kept going until the early hours of the morning.

A DIVERTED GERMAN TRAMP InvercargiU, Last Xiglit. The local branch of the National Mortgage -and Agency Co. received a cablegram yesterday from Messrs Maintz and Co., of Batavhi, agent for the Ger-man-Australian Shipping Co., which read: "Wismar stays Banjoewangi.'' The non-arrival here means fairly heavy losses to local mercantile firms and Southland fanners, as her cargo would have proved invaluable at the present juncture: Disappointment is also keen that the opportunity was missed of capturing the steamer at Bind'. (The Wismar was told at sea by a British captain of the out.br.ak of war. But for that, she would soon have been in harbor at Bind.)