New Zealand

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 162, 15 December 1914, Page 5

New Zealand

AN EX-OFFICER'S GRIEVANCE. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association Wanganui, December 14. 11 Regarding the alleged dearth of. ea{ (1 able officers for the expeditionary for( a Wanganui ex-officer, who volunteere 18 liis services recently, was eonsiderabl disgusted at the reply received in a let t: r, not ironi the Defence Departmew but Trrm district headquarters at Pal mers-.ton. ITe was informed that ther wan no vacancy for him, but he'could i lie liked join as a sergeant, or on th other hand there was no objection t liis joining the Territorials on proba lion. The officer in question has liai considerable experience and is thorough ly competent. It is considered tlia when an officer who has volunteered fo active service abroad is told that In can stay at home 011 probation the Min j. ister of Defence might as well maki , some inquiry into the methods of liii subordinate officers. 1 The belief that wheat supplies an 1 being cornered by operatives has beei . strengthened hereby the fact that re I tailers are in some, cases asking 7s Oc . to Ss per bushel. One result of thesi , prices is that arc gettin< rid of their fowls in consequence of tin . cost of feed, and the poultry market i: threatened with a glut. On Saturday r last young roosters were sold here ai • low as fid per pair, owing to the markei being over-supplied. ' PROHIBITION OF EXPORTS. i Wellington, Last Night. A proclamation was gazetted to-day i prohibiting,the export of hides aru • sheepskins from New Zealand to othe; 1 than British or other specified ports. GERMAN SAILORS ARRESTED, Irivercargill, Last Night. Four German members of the barque Irene were arrested on arrival at the BlulT to-night. They proceed to Soames ; Island to-morrow. • > I 1 j 1