AS. NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 138, 4 November 1914, Page 6

AS. NOTES.

FOOD i Jli NOX-CUaiiAiAiViJj. New tfork, Xovuu.bur i. The ltocivelei.er Foundation is despatcn»ijg iniir thousaiiu tuns of foodstuffs i,u Ketttcruam lor tue a.-,e of noncombatant;.'! no Foundation are prepared to sp>.ini a uii.uon uoi.uia i u r 1,1. e relief of nori . oiiw.'.tants of ail o/UuUla.

KiiW ZLULANUEK iaLUiiX Auckland, No.embir A. Advice receive V this morning of the ueatii in a. tion on October 23 of Captain Oiivi.r of the Royal Berkshire Piegimuu, t son of .\lr 'l. J. otee.e; oi Awioa.i. iieinuera. The intimation from liie War Office inciuUii: a message iro-i Zarl Kitchener, expressing the deepest sv.upat.hy with the relatives of Captain Steele. While still in his teens, Captain Ktcoie first saw service as a member oi the sth New Zealand Coin... He left Am

.throughout the war, bemg promoted to tho rank of corporal. When peace was restored lie joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment, having secured one oi the subalterns' commissions wttU'.- offered to Colonials. A.i r is. >n .M----his regimen;, .Lieutc:;. 1..

■ ~ u-.. ■• is statici. >• <r vi;fitt years, lie received in I ;; lough, dur.ng which h. ■ ' sland. Shorty after r , , ■■ ■n lie received the coin.":;: ■ .'ivi. Some time ago Capiu';. it t-■ England to continue l:i; J. and was engaged in h. ■ i animation when war Ui. ■ if. . ••••- immediately ordered to ■ to uudertake special dutie\ ' v; ago Cantain St e':- ■./. . 1 . i . : froiit, the last letter received frorv iiim having bi'rn written short!; b-ler Hiding in France. Captain .vtc;-!■. s years old. Two other son., c: 'r . >. el; arc on active service a; ; :• .• •• tinNew Zealand Kspcil'.twnary I'., .•

' A VTAUN OF TUB X.'JU'.M SKA. 'Twas the English Admiral Jeliicoir. »lio said to Kaiser Bill: "What's the matter with your navy, are all the beggars ill? Are t'hey suffering from the iru*.!--: -!u-r that they cannot sleep at ni'ilit? Ta that the reason, th' old chap, why they don't come out and light?

"Why, you're like a boy with a toy ship, of which lie's .very fond, He'll sail it in a wash-tub, but afraid to on a pond, Maybe, you think you'll lose it; weil "if that's the way you fee'. No wander that on keep it. safe inside that blooming Kiel,

"There's been an awful lot of skite, they've had a lot to sa.T, They've mopped up heaps of liquor, ever toasting to 'the day'. Why don't you put your U« down and make the. beggar light, Or put thi m out of misery, and tuck 'em in at night?

"You've such an awful lot of gas ''bout what you're going' to do. So give us a sight of vour .''oomiug fleet and prove that it is true. For my s.ieti are making we:;, rs, and, by the Lord. I tVni; the. re ivmiv,. That you'll eive the 'ot to Turkey and don't intend to fight." H. J. F.NGLEFIEU), Kcru, November •>.

TURKEY'S FOIiTo ASD SHIPS,

iiiXVUKi. Oi>' (J..L) ~j.).i L;,'. The principal JU iI i\ ill lll'ivjy is ULi.! (. t;Uiij) oi Au-naiiopie. ... ai'ita-ied by Hie i!no -j of Uuu.ujui. Yto (iosphorus and Dardanelles are sirongiy ior.iifiud, although tiie i n. : ; are —or were before the Germans came—out of date. Tile entrance r.y :• in> rua is defended by a /or,, wlndl, uxe t1:0.,e of i!i« Jio-'piioiiis and Ihtrd.iwlk-.i, h of

;v.l typu. and .i.e I'Milt p»-:iiut. JirjtiNiw. i:i .AnmV ' -urr««:i k(! !.y f«eU ra>* wh:eii however, r!, -re-i. s:i work J;:,s ?,.-i d nut.

navy, la v.:. Ix r of :.h,' Stal'Mi! mi's Year -J!„ok. eoii- *!*'•« pf tw iinwcJaoaglilH, the Omuob O" 11 ■ . iii. 'i 11'JI.I : iii i . vi'.'i; LOUS, lillliL hi J!'ll'. ipeed !;i:i>i:-, fou:"i.ee:i IH-ineh fjiiiis. a:i.' t'.'.'inty o-ineh ;runs; the lies'.; s .liieli, -.1 : .i: tons, 1 kiiots, built in 1 !>!;;. «irry:np; teu kUinKi ami sixteen li-ineli gHas. A -tliir ; the J'auh, was ordertil in Emriand last, A'l.'i!

There are also thrie old foUiksiiipa. !4ie .Messondiyel, iiiOOO tons, built in 1874, Hi knot-, itv.o !i.2-iiieh' and 1 tweiv. (1-inch Jfnns; the Tliorgliout, Keiss, lialrre line, and l!iirbarons-i (the his;, two are exfiorman battleships). 10 ; Ci« tons;, built in ]'Si)l, six 11-ineli and eight 4.1-ii:e!i jruns. 17 knots. Turkey lias two ei ei' v-i - lipt h built in 1903, the Mcdjidii-h, :>;?(>;> :i:-iis, carrying two O-ineli "ens and eii'lit 4.7, and the Hiunidiych. 3800 ions. '-.:iii:i----lavlv armed. There are ■'•so two torpedo Ruii'lioats of 22-knot .spee;!' riiiil one of VO. kisota and a Variul.y of isisiil <;'.'.;iboala, 8 deatrojvrs. knd 4! torpedo 1h».:1s. • In tile early days of the 'presiiil war the Turkish Navy Yeeeived ;> notablf accession of strenglih by the "piu'ehnse" of the battle-elHi-ur (loe'.ien and the cruiser Breslau, two ■German ship-; wnieli were chased through the Mediterrar.ean by the Anglo-'Kreneli «|uadrous and sought refuge in ihe Dardaiielle-;. The (iloeben is a line ■batt < ie,enris; i', of tons, completed in 1!112, with a speed of 28.15 lino Is. She mounts tin U-ine?! {Jims, twelve 5.0-ineli, - anil tv.'elve tinch. The il.tr;siiv.i is an armoured trui.sei- of 450'} Jions, complei rd in IW2, andl ariiieil with twelve 4.1-inch and two Maxims. She 'lus a. s-p;ed o 1 137 knots. Tho Ottoman Navy iias 'he. n in the course of reoiganisatinn. Mace nndev a British Admiral and a Drithh stalT of ntwigalling. torpedo puriieiy oflieers, but tlii: 'Br-itUli Aiinaral and stall' have now hcen siip.'rswled li.v German officers.