GENERAL TELEGRAM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 125, 20 October 1914, Page 8

GENERAL TELEGRAM.

A REGEIVHK ARRESTED . By Tulegraph.—Per Press Association. GhristchuToll, lasti Night. The Assistant Rcoeiver of I.aroi lievenun for tho Canterbury district was wrested io-mgfMi, mul cluiTgecl with miao ptpropriak'ing £54.

AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE. '% Mr Herbert BawHon, of Wellington, who returned from England by the UUmaroft last week, gave a Dominion reporter an intere»ting story of the Toyage out from Home in the R.M.S. o*terley. Incidentally, it might be mentioned that the Osterley's pasaengera were most fortunate in witnessing tha passage of tha transports conveying the Indian troops through the Red Sea. THE O&TERLKY FIRED ON. "About U. 30 on the second night out from Gibraltar the passengers were startled by a gun being fired. The Osterley came to a Btandutill, and two tor-pedo-boats shot out from the darkness, passed closely under our stern and past our bows, read the name of the steamer, and then allowed ua to proceed. Early next morning a cruiser and two torpedoboats appeared, asked our name, and • then passed out of sight. lAt Port Said there was a British cruiser cleared for action. Three hearty cheers were given, and they woro returned from the man-o'-war with a perfect roar.

INDIAN TRANSPORTS AT SEA"Our first afternoon in the Red Sea was most exciting. We had heard about the Indian trooji#, and we were expecting to pick up the transports any time. At 4 o'clock in tho afternoon a faint cloud on tko horiion told ua that they were coming. Soon there were cries of 'There they are.' Down they came towards us, covering a front of one and a half miles. Leading was a graceful cruiser, cleared for action. Then came two lines of transports. Another cruiser, and then four more transports. Some of the transports came quite close. They .were crowded with troops and horses. The Osterley'a 1100 pass.engers cheered and cheered again, and they were answered rewuuily. The last cruisw was only lOOyds away, and she gave ua a rousing return chesr. I don't think that there waa a pulse on board tho Osterley that did not beat with renewed vigor at that wonderful Bight in the Red Sea. Next morning another cruiser and seven transports were passed. We were told that there wero sixty transports conveying the Indian troops, but we had got out of their course. Never will I forget the magnificent sight of the approach and passing of thoso transports. As they faded out of sight in tha burning Red Sea we all felt a wonderful pride in the unity of the Empire. NEWS Off THE EMDEN.

"On our arrival ut Colombo the disquieting news bf the Kmden having sunk five steamers in tho Bay of Bengal and being still at large, made us realise that we were not out of the wood yet. Tho Osterley left Colombo at midnight, and took quite a different course to the regular one. Eights were out for four nights, and we wero continually picking up wireless messages from German, Japanese, and English men-o'-war. We arrived at Fremantla without having sighted a steamer or a sail, but half-an-hour after we had made the port a British cruiser came in, and she wa» followed by a Japanese. We left Fremantle together, and kept company till next moTning. Tho warships then turned for Albany. From the last port wo have had the ordinary journey to New Zealand."

WWle t&o Oitorley wae ipassing through the Sues CUnal a large camel ooiipa waa observed to be drilling. Thore were fcundrads of camels feeding near 'by. Everywhere Britain seemed to 'bo ready. In every port since the Osterloy left London tfluyre wero German steamers detained or captured. It i» estimalt'od tint tj)e passengers counted between fifty and sixty.