WAR NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 29 October 1914, Page 7

WAR NOTES.

THE SILENT FLEET. Jn the North Sea she's waiting, silent, grim, and grey, Wailing and ready for the foe to name the day; Relaxing not for a moment that mighty band of slcel, That's holding there with" bulldog grip the closed gated of KJcl. C great, grey fleet of England, our prayers go out to thee, There in the silent watches of the dark, tumultuous sea; C guardian of our freedom, with your mighty wall of steel, With your guns all trimmed and ready, before the gates of Kiel. There in the midnight watches your patrols come and go, Watching, ever watching, for the coming of the foe; So that when you see them coming, as came at last they must, You'll fight as in the days of old, fight on until.they're crushed. Oh England, Mother England, our hearts go out to thee, Though your great, grey fleet is silent you're still Mistress o' the Sea; For they're waiting, grim and eager, behind their walls of steel, Till the foe sends forth his challenge, from the -,pcn gates of Kiel. —H. J. EnglefieldKoru, October 28. ANTI-GERMAN FE CLING IN SYDNEY.

lA deep and growing resentment againat Germans is becoming evident among tli» usuallj easy-going people of Sydney; and occasionally this feeling finds expression in a way which, shows what vdf-resiraint is being exercised by many Australians. Last week, a big, healthy-looking r.lin.iie man, who gave his calliiij;' in ;liat of an engineer, and who spoke we!' and with an nish brogue, was cliaiy.d a. the. CcnU'al I'olice Oui't wi.h ihavny a-i-iuilt-.'d a number of a Bavarian Band and siii-ished Mis tiuni'pet. Th j Bavarian said ihe Irishman ijheratclv assaulted him ami other members of "the band. The J Ashman body declared that the bandsman, asked him tor money, an.!, when told to get out, made faces at the Irishman. "So 1 jus'; slapped his face, your Wor- , sdiip," th« Irishman said, "and, with, hnt, lie and his friends attacked me with their trumpets and sang out 'Hoch der Kaiser.' That's how the 'uTunrpet 2 01 iro'ken." "I couldn't swear that he said it. I know they' all said it, but I couldn't pick his voice on; of the noise they made.'' The magistrate ruled that, as be could iiot prove that the prosecuting Bavarian used the words, lie would have to tine 1 ihe Irishman £1 and order him to. pay £J for the damaged instrument.

WILLING SKRVIGi The spirit jf willing service in the Kmpire's need is strikingly illustrated in a letter received in Auckland' a few nays ago. The letter was written from an English home by a lady eighty years of age, and concluded with a, remark: "When I have written another letter or ■two I must get on with Red Croso work." In the course of her letter, the writer mentions appreciatively the measures taken to check any tendency towards panic. Everything in this country is well looked after, and works smoothly," (she states. "Traders are not permitted to put up .prices of commodities, and all are at the prices before the war. Prices are published in the papers every week, so that all may guard against imposition. Until 'the Government took ifi in hand, things went up with a bound, and people began to lay in- stores, but they soon found out their mistake."