In New Zealand.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 96, 18 September 1914, Page 5

In New Zealand.

WILL OUR BOYS BE IN TllESt THE Wellington, Last Nigltfc, 1 The PrenyeT read the followuur tia* > 5 Jll the House to-niglut:.— ; "Russian olliciaA sources state Uiat the rout of the Austrian army in tw»cia *> complete. details (have. not yet been received of the Austrian low since the taking of Lemberg but it i* '- 1 estimated t'hait 250,000 have been killed ' and and 100,000 taken priwaera, together with 400 guns, many col- ■' ors; and b, vast quantity of stores. xu* faermans mode dteperaie eliorts to save | the Austrian army, but failed completely. At one .point th© Gormana lost 39 pieces of lieavy artillery and at another . several dozen pieces of field artillery." • • Commenting on the telegram, Mr. Massey said lie did not think that New u or a ™y part of the Brit** -■ itf Empue -would 'be a German ipoaMit~> ■ sion yet. lie was beginning to wonder vuliethor out boys would be in time to Tesjeh the front before the .final eefatlotook place. . /Mr.. Witty said thtfre was no danwr •', a°iL ilr ? , waa » l"E %lit heiero ■! v. i ve Germans home* out he did not doubt that they would " i-ecomphsK it in due course.

THE PROPOSED MAORI FORCE. J ■' CONCEM RATION WOULD CAUSB ' ■ TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. j DR MA KG ILL INTERVIEWED. ■ j Auckland, last night ' Grave risks will be taken in forming l , a contingent of Maori volunteers, 1 cording to, a statement made in an interview bv- the District Health Officer, Dr Makgiil. lie declared that typhoid, fever has been so widespread among the native population this winter that the gathering of a large number of Maori* will almost certainly result in an epidemic of disease. Dr Makgijl statedthat during the present winter typhoid had been rife among the Maori people ' of the Auckland province and in parts at least, of the Wellington province. There are very few native settlement* m the Auckland province that have cs- i caped a visitation, and in Borne places the disease has been very severs.. InJuly forty cases of typhoid were notified, 30 of' thein being Maoris, and- in> : . August there were 43 Maori cases in a total of 03 notified. "The habits of tfc» Maoris are such," said Dr Makgiil, "that evcn witli the strict supervision of a- < military camp it would be very difficult. ' to prevent the spread of infection, evea* if the medical examinations were able to eliminate natives sickening for the • disease, there always remains the dan» " ger of 'carriers,' persons who have recovered from the disease, but in whose bodies the bacilli still persist, and are discharged from time to time. 'Car-

Hers' are known to have been the canso- -. of many epidemics. They are extremely difficult, to detect, as the infection is not always apparent to examination. It jb certain that a number of 'carrier*.' ■ would be included in any contingent- ' formed of Maoris. It would be extremely dangerous to collect a coupl* of hundred natives in ono camp oe in one ship." , Asked whether there was not a similar risk of "carriers" creating an epidemic in the main expedit ry force, Dr Makgill explained ihat a rery much larger proportion of Maoris had suffered from the disease than in the whit* population. Not only was the risk of "carriers" in white troops much less, but the latter were better protected by the fact that their habits were not '' , bo conducive to the spread of infection. Dr Makgill agreed that inoculation would probably protect the natives, but ■< it would not destroy danger of the

"carriers." GERMAN ,-,AMC*NSj OFFICIALS. , * OF WA.. AT AUCKLAND. • By Telegra^li.—Press Association. Auckland, Thursday. Dr Soliultz, vx-Govenuw of what was until recently Gorman Samoa, Ma secretary (Kerr Jlars), the wireless expert (Herr Hirsseli), and a merchant (Heic Hanfi>.., arrived by the Narua ithis morning, under the esoart of Majcr Francis and .Lieut. Maxwell, as prison- V crs-of-war. Hansen is a Ilongbong t trader and' was visiting Samoa, tout wa» . arrested as a possible Genuan spy. Dr Schultz naturadly is keenly disappointed at the fate of the erstwhile German .possession, 'but on t!hc voyage was cheerful and entered into the sociai life of the ship. ■ Practically no restriction, was placed on any .of the members of the Herman p.o'ty, of which treatment Dr Schultz expressed keen appreciation. He is, however, distressed to"learn .tluit . luS future resilience will be on the lonely quarantine island of Motuihi, as he was under the that parole would (have been oilVivd him. The authorities, are doing everything poj&iible to maki V.is quarters on the island thoroughly comfortable and tt» remove- the irksome- - leas of his May there.

SAMOANV NUT SURPRISED. -,' ; i NO CHANCE OF DEFENCE. Auckland, Last Night. According to a statement made by Dr Schultz, ex-Governor of Samoa, who landed in Auckland this morning aa & prisoner of war, the. taking wf Samo* was fiu- from being a surprise. The. capture 'had been expected for days when the troops acmaMy arrived. In tho eonr-e of 'an interview, Dr. Schultz smjlingly pointed out that .tlw ta.sk of i'ne' «ixpiediltionary force was not a hazardous one. ,He had been told tlwt in New Zealand reports had gained credence that there were a* thousand' White people in Samoa. Aa a matter of 'fact, the total white poptrlatiou of men, '. omen and cliildrcn, including Genua i. English, French, and Danish setll.; was not more tihansoo, while thciv a-,- some 30,000 natives. AsKCd wiiu'tliM itM visit of the expeditionary f«Vv.- ...as expected, Dr. Schults replied in !>■<• .iffiruMtive, and volunteered the 'i f 1 nwtion that the authorities in Samoa wore apprised of the coming of ii-,i New Zealanders 'by the simple mean of tapping wireless messages. Sam v. possessed a powerful wireless stati .a. Amd tfcey were thus able to inliv i.t, messages from tha troopships. 1 Vo realised from the very outset.. 5 ' continued Dr. Schultz, "flit stirrer..' • was inevitable, hcoausa of the priimi' defence of the place. Our forces »-<•: of twenty soldiers and special c: a tobies, and our fortifications one L- ni. This was religiously fired ev«*v vituirdliiy Aiiternoort, and toolc half mi hour to load. Our only other defen ; ' e weapons were 50 rifles of an 1871 pattern."