THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 196, 27 January 1915, Page 8

THE WAR.

New Zealand NEW ZEALAND TROOPERS MURDERED. OUTCOME OF TROUBLE WITH NATIVES. SENSATIONAL NEWS FROM EGYPT. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The troopship Orari, which arrived hero from Alexandria to-day, brought confirmatory news of the statement published this morning of the murder of one of the New Zealanders in Egypt. This, however, was the second case of its kind to bo reported, as another New Zealand trooper met his death in a similar way a week before. It appears that the first case was that of a New Zealander (name unknown), who was found in a house in the low quarter of Cairo with his throat cut. This occurred about December lltli last. Those on the Orari knew no details of the afl'air, only that the man's body I has been discovered. • | The second case, however, is reported l in more detail. The trooper concerned was from Christchurcli, but his name is | unknown. It appears that a group of New Zealanders were making merry in Cairo, when one of them approached a Turkish woman, and jokingly tore away her yashmak—the white covering for the face worn by some of the women in Egypt. Apparently the husband of the woman was informed of the incident. That night the trooper was attacked on his way to the camp, and stabbed to death before any interference could be attempted. His companions found his body, and a brawl ensued between them and the natives upon whom suspicion rested, but the matter ended there.

"NO CONSIDERATION." NEW ZEALANDERS FAIL AS SOLDIERS Auckland, January 26. When a number of men, wfro have returned from Egypt, applied at the Defence Offiee for their pay, inquiry was made of the Defence Department, Wellington. A reply was received as folloks: —"These 45 discharged men can receive no consideration. They have failed in their duty as soldiers. Cabled information from General Godlcy states that they have been discharged. You may pay up to the day of their leaving Egypt. If dissatisfied they can claim individually on : tlui paymaster, Wellington." The military authorities state that ten of the men were discharged for misconduct and were punished for such tfTences as drunkenness, disobedience to officers and threatening behaviouf to officers. Refusing inoculation was tantamout to disobeying orders.

HIGHER WAGES WANTED. DUE TO INCREASED COST OF LIVING. Wellington, Yesterday. Referring to the cabled statement of Mr Justice Heydon in reference to the relaxing of the war rule concerning claims by unions for increases of wages, Mr Reardon, a prominent labor official in Wellington, states that the local unions will shortly move the New Zealand Arbitration Court to make a similar ruling. At the outset of the war the unions agreed not to ask for new awards, and wages had remained stationary, but prices had not remained stationary. Since August, he says, iustead of depression we have seen many employers reaping substantial profits. On the other hand the prices of primary products have boon going up all round and household expenditure has a decidedly upward trend. Tlie representatives of unions are therefore of opinion that the position should be "reviewed, and the court will be asked to reconsider whether applications for new awards should proceed.

j THE GISBORNE RIOT. Gishorne, Yesterday. A further batch of cases in connection with tile New & r ear's Eve riot, when a German pork butcher's shop was raided, were heard to-day. Several convictions and fines up to £lO were recorded. The magistrate said defendants could consider themselves lucky not to have been 'charged with manslaughter, seeing there had been women and children on the premises.

RECRUITING AT DUNEDIN. LORD KITCHENER REDUCER HIS REQUIREMENTS.

Dunedin, Yesterday. At an 'enthusiastic recruiting meeting at Port Chalmers last niglit, the Hon. James Allen, referring to the fact that New Zealand had done even more than asked by the Imperial Government said the brightest gleam of hope lay in the fact that the demand for 25 per cent, reinforcements bad been reduced by the man who knew more about it than any man on earth—Lord Kitchener. Nevertheless in artillery at least New Zealand was going to send 100 per cent, with tile next two or three reinforce-

| ments. The reductions proposed by Lord j Kitchener in the percentages of reinl foreements were 15 per cent, infantry , and 10 per cent, mounted, j _ Mr Allen continued: "We want you j m New Zealand to supply us every two , months with 1800 men. 'We have' sufficient in camp now for the next two lots of reinforcements and for the offlceis and non-commissioned officers of the third lot, but we want to enrol and register every young man willing to make a sacrifice for the Empire and Hag. We want to have tlicin registeied; but wc want them to continue their work. The greatest service a young man can render to the. Empire till called upon to sacrifice his life, is to keep up the industries of the country and maintain the finances, and to keen working." 1