New Zealand.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 292, 19 May 1915, Page 5

New Zealand.

.!> I..:;-: (,:.vr:,i,iX',s son killed. i:i:.-'i:;!,-::..C:: :\ auxi.axd court. Ly j'i :--;;i'.i;.h. l'i'c,;s A.-;»ociatioii. A'.ieiihmd, l,ast Night. \.'(..-il en; u-.-vivcl in Auckland this morning hy his ll.iimr Mr. .Justice Chapman that hi.s son, Lieutenant Ooorgc .Martin Chapman, had been killed at .the front. LiiMiteimnt Chapman held his commission in the Royal Army .Medical Corps. At the outbreak of toe war, jie was a house-surgeon at the London Hospital, and he volunteered for teri'.'ee and was accepted, Reference to the blow that has fallen lijion his colleague, Mr. Justice Chapman, was made hy .Mr. Justice Cooper this afternoon. .Mr. Justice Chapman had been presiding at the criminal sittings, and i.Mr, Justice Cooper at the civil sittings, hut the latter took over the criminal work this afternoon until other arrangements could be made. Mr. Justice Cooper made the announcement regard in}? the death of Lieutenant Chapman. On behalf of the Bench and the liar, and the community, he wished to express the deepest feelings of sympathy with Mr. Justice Chapman. " Lieutenant Chapman," he said, " was n doctor and held a commission in the Royal A rmy Medical Corps. He has fallen as a non-combatant while doing his duty nobly in tending the sick and wounded, in the firing'line. I am sure that tho sympathy of the whole community will go cut to my brother Judge nt this time." The Hon. J. A. Tola, K.C., and Mr. •T. 0. Martin expressed the deep sympathy of the legal profession in Auckland to his Honor in his alfliction.

. STOIC MEX IN* EGYPT. NOT XCRSED :RY ARAiBS. • Wellington, Last Night. % In the course of a letter to the Minister for Defence, Major-General GocTley refers to the outrageous stories that have been circulated of our men being treated by Tcrritrials and nursed by -Arabs. "As ;•. matter of fact," he says, '■they "er-e l>c;n better treated and looked after than anyone else in Cairo, Clank., to the care of those at the Egyptian Army Hospital here. The fiohlic.s could never be too grateful to the Sirdar and the Egyptian Armv Service for the kindness and attention tliev have shewn them." General Cndley eii- ■ josrd a report of the Egyptian Armv I'r.suital and some figures in order that the stories could be refuted. . The Minister stated that the Imperial Government had asked for nurses to ; be sent for service in the Mediterranean. .The request was 'being complied with, .and the 25 nurses who have been chosen will leave on Friday for Sydney and will proceed to their distillation from there. The waiting list or nurses from which the number has been chosen is not .yet exhausted, but the Government is prepared to accept applications from others who desire to go. as it is likely that more will be required later. Preference will he given to members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service, and it is understood that most of the nurses have already joined this seryiee who desire to serve abroad. Altogether over ninety nurses have left the Dominion or are about to leave for service at the front. There are four or five nurses at Samoa, twelve went with the Australian force?, fifty have gone to Europe, and twenty-five will leave immediately for the Mediterranean.

TRADE WITH GERMANY. THE WISH OF CHRISTCHURCII. Christelmrch, May 17. A crowded meeting was held at the City Council Chambers to-night, when it was decided to urge the Government to prohibit absolutely importations of any goods from Germany, Austria and Turkey; also that if Germans are to bo admitted in New Zealand in future, thev should only come in under a heavy polTtax, say £.".00. The meeting was of a most patriotic character, and the resolutions were carried unanimously. A deputation was appointed to place the resolutions before the Hon. W. 11. Herries, as the representative of the Government, who will be in town tomorrow.

A NATIONAL PROBLEM, j Christchureli, May 18. A deputation consisting of the'mayor and others waited on the Hon. Mr. lierries to-day and brought under his notice the resolution passed at last evening's meeting, that the importation of goods produced in Germany, Amlr-ia, and Turkey be absolutely prohibited, and that a poll-tax of £SOO be imposed on all Germans admitted to the Dominion. The Minister said he realised tha't the Government must look to tho citizens to lead in these matters. Steps nuist he taken to show the world that all God-fearing people will have nothing to do with the Ocrnian nation. The resolutions, however, were so far-reaching that they touched on international questions, and it' would be hardly possible for the New Zealand Government to adopt the suggestions without consulting with the Imperial Government. In the meantime he would place the matters before the. Cabinet. He thought something in the direction indicated would have, to be done by the Empire . GERMAN STOPPED AT AUCKLAND. Auckland, May 18.

Before the Niagara left for Vancouver to-day the local manager of the Union Company! was presented by eighteen sec-ond-class passengers with a letter protesting against a foreigner in their quarters being allowed to continue the voyage. It was alleged that tnc man they objected to was a German, and that be had given utterance to highly objectionable, opinions in regard to the war and the sinking of the Lusitania. _ Three police officials searched his cabin and baggage ,nnd ,as far as <■ >uld be ascertained, found nothing of importance. The passenger came ashore with the police, and remains under observation while the Defence, authorities are. being communicated with . lie did not, however, continue the voyage, though booked from Sydney to Vancouver . His wife also remained behind. A MISTAKEN 1 ENEMY. Wellington, Last Might. Arc. W. J. Brookes, manager of the Bristol Piano Company, writes to the Press, stating: I was much pained To I read of the regrettable disturbances nt 1 Wanganui, by' which two windows of the Bristol Piano Company's show rooms' were smashed. Why, T cannot tor the life of me, understand. Shareholders of my company, with which I have been associated for thirty-two years', are British born and bred, and, thougb I hate to sing praises where I am concerned, T am proud to say no company in the Dominion could have shown more practical sympathy in ablinsr the Empire and its Allies. The Bristol has ten employees i" the Expeditionary Force, all of whom are on half-pay with a promise of reinstatement in their positions on their return. Again, all our direct"ix have relatives fighting with the Allies. What more could any firm do to hcli) to maintain civilisatinn against barbarism and militarism?

FOR THE FRONT. TARANAKJ ENLISTMENTS. Tlio following T',u,'.umki iwm have volunteered for itctive service:— Wm. <;. An»tis, Oinatii. V. A. I.!iirgo«, Okuto. J. X. Dlyde, Now Plymouth. 1a L. I', lirahant, New Plymouth. .Matthew Brewer, Now Plymouth. ' ' .1. 11. llmviii', Okau. v. 11. linker, Kahotu. KalpU Cassie, OkaU. F. J'". C'ulluglinn, Now Plymouth. All'. Backer, Okuto. Wm. Dolman, 'Waituiu. llarolil (lush, New Plymouth. <>. J. Tart, Xew Plvmotitli. 11. .1. .Miiukie, Okaii. K, (i. Mellon, Lower Mangorci. I'. J. .Mason, New Plvinoum. J'". M. Mc'lregur, Okau. B. L. O'lSrien, Xew Plymouth. \ C. K. Robertson, i.Mokan. ' W. I''. Roebuck, New Plymouth. ' , 11. N. Rowc, Hell Block. .1. E. Shore, Puniho, J. K. Southam, Tututawa. T. Syme, Tataraimaka. I!. Thomas, Lower Maiigorei. Ronald \V. (White, Xew Plymouth. Harry Wilson, Xew I'lymouth, James Watson, Oaonui,