THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907. THE SULTAN'S ARMY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8433, 3 May 1907, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907. THE SULTAN'S ARMY.

The predictions of trouble in Macedonia in the spring, lend an interest to Lieutenant-Colonel E. Lafargue's article, in Questions Diplomatiques et Colohiales, on the military organisation of Turkey. Of the twenty activie divisions of the Turkish army in times of peace, ten are stationed in Europe, nine in Asia, and one in Africa. Yet Turkey in Europe is many times smaller in extent than the Turkish territories in Asia and Africa. Moreover, the population of European Turkey is only six million!?, whereas the Turkish population of Asia is seventeen millions, and that of Africa one million. But the reason for the large number of active troops in, Turkey in Europe is easily explained by the Sultan's fears of his immediate neighbours. In the distribution of the active troops Turkey is divided into seven regions—Constantinople and neighbourhood, Thrace, Macedonia and Albania, Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia, and ( Yemen—and the two special territories of Hedjaz and Tripoli: The army is recruited from the faix firstnamed only, while the other three are occupied by troops recruited from the six regions. The recruiting generally is local. The entire population of the Turkish Empire, as we have seen, is estimated at 24 millions, of whom eight millions

are Christians. The Christians are excluded from the army, but in place of the blood tax they pay a military tax of 1\ francs. The Mussulmans enter the.army at 21, but military service is wot compulsory for all. The nomadic Kurds of Asia Minor and the Bedouins of Syria contribute to the cavalry portion, and: their organisation is analogous to that of the Russiafi' Cossacks. ' The inhabitants of Constantinople and others escape military service. The best of the possible recruits, about 50 per cent., are incorporated in the active army, and serve three to four years. Others serve only three to four months, and after this rudimentary training form a sort of reserve force. LCC4L AND GENERAL. Over £7,000 is in hand for building the new Anglican Cathedral in Duneain. A Masonic Lodge will shortly be established at Martinborough. Mr W. Hawkins has .decided to contest the Pahiatua seat at the next general election. The Tuapeka South School (Otago) has been closed "on account of ,ftn epidemic of whooping cough. . Mr Barclay, M.H.R., begins his Otago campaign in favour of the Land Bill at Kaitangata.

A pumpkin exlrbited at the Palmerston North P lower Show, on Wednesday last, weighed 1121bs. The Hastings Standard states that on the Te Aute Lake, on Wednesday last, a Maori shot sixty brace of, ducks.

The Horticultural Show at Greytown, yesterday, was a success so far as the exhibits, were concerned. The wet weather spoiled the attendance. ■

. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that a Lambton Quay property, having a frontage of 26 feet by a depth of 236 feet, has changed hands at £450 per foot. So far, the railways in the Wellington, district have suffered little damage by the heavy rains of the last few'days, and no interruption in the traffic is' anticipated.-, Association.

Sinc6 the beginning of the present year New Zealand has exported 144,088 ounces of gold, valued at £576,027. The export of gold last month was 25,969 ounces, valued at £102,555.

The . following candidates were nominated, yesterday, to fill the extraordinary vacancy on the ureytown Borough Council: —Messrs Herbert Haighj J. J. Kempton, Thos. E. Kempton, and James Jtfdd. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that private advice received in . Christchurch, yesterday morning, states that D. C. Mclntyre has been detained by the British Consul at Morste Video.

The Hon. ' W. Hall-Jones opened the new band room for the Battalion Band at Timaru, yesterday afternoon. It is a substantial building .with conorete wall's. Volunteer officers and a large number of people were present.—Association. At a meeting of the Ball Committee of the Masterton Mounted Rifles, held last evening, it was decided that the ball should be held in the. , second ,or third week in June; the exact date to be fixed later, i Other arrangements were left over to a future meeting.

Transactions in connection with the purchase of the Gtekike Estate at Duntroon by the Government have been completed, Mr R. 0. Campbell the Manager, having signed the necessary documents. The estate composes about 18,000 acres of freehold land.

When the Municipal Conference meets in Wellington, the Mayor of will endeavour to have the, law amended so that the whole of the councillors do not go out of office at one time. He may also propose that the retiring Mayor shall, ex-officio, hold a seat at the council table for the ensuing year. Messrs Levin and Co.. Ltd., have received the following cable from their London agents, dated London, April 30t'n, 1907:—"Sales opened today. The market is unchanged for 'merinos and the finest descriptions of crossbred, but for medium and coarse crossbred the market is weaker, and an average decline of per cent, was recorded." '

The Department of Industries and Commerce h&s received the following cable from the High Commissioner, dated London, Wednesday:— The wool sales have commenced. There is a large attendance of buyers and active competition. Prices for merinos and fine crossbreds of all grades are firm. Prices for medium and coarse crossbreds are slightly lower.

The farmers at Otahuhu ( Auckland) have resolved to form a Wholesale Milk Supply Association. It was stated at a . meeting that the price of milk had not risen in proportion to the advance • in the price of land, and the extra expense entailed by the dairy regulations. It was agreed not to accept less than 7d a gallon for six months of the year, nor less than 8d for the. other six months.

I The Native Land Court, yesterday, sanctioned the subdivision of Okurupatu A No. 3 into three tribal subdivisions. This matter had been before the Court for some considerable time. The Court also sanctioned the partition of Paehuia Block, but postponed further hearing of an application for partition of Mairirikapra Block. A number of leases were confirmed at yesterday's sitting of the Court. THE PREMISE SEPAIUTOR. The new principle eoveifrl by the Baltic " patents is rapidly establishing this machine as the Premier Cream Feparator. The Split wing system has been discarded, and a special and very simple arrangement feeds the whole milk to the separating planes without disturbing the cream layer. Result 3 achieved in actual practice with the •'Baltic" have astonished practical factorymen, and the really marvellous capacity and clean skimming have exceeded anything hitherto known. Practical, proof will be given on application to J, B, McEwan and Co., Ltd., U.S.S. Co's Buildings, Wellington.

Ducks are said to be plentiful on the Wairarapa Lake this season. An effort is being made to form a Literary and Debating Society in Marti nborough. Colonel Davies will pay an official visit to Pahiatua on May Bth for the purpose of inspecting the two local corps of volunteers. A golf match will be played at Dannevirke on May v 11th between the Dannevirke and Palmerston North Clubs. The Dorcas workers of the Wellington Ladies' Christian Association turned nearly 1,000 yards of material into garments for the poor of the city during last year. Mr A. C. Scrimgeour, late of the Club Hotel, has purchased .the lease of the Empire Hotel, Waipawa. It is understood that Mr Scrimgeour will take possession on. May 20th: L. C. McLachlan, of Napier, and B. R. Day, the Irish champion, have been matched to race on the Caledonian Ground, at Dunedin, on Saturday, May 25th. Master-Gunner Richardson, of the Permanent Force, has been promoted to captaincy and the position of Chief Instructor of Artillery for the Colony. The Taupiri Coal Company assert, says the Dunedin Star, that the output during the past year would have •been at least 10;000 tons more had there been sufficient trucks. Vaccination is very brisk in the Otago and Southland districts. The Health Office in ' Dunedin issued 640 1 vaccine tubes in the month of April —& record. The Rev. W. Fancourt, son of the Ven. Archdeacon Fancourt, is returning to New Zealand to take up the position of curate at St. Thomas' Church, Newtown, 1 Wellington, writes our Ldndon correspondent. Mr Massey addressed a large meeting at Stratford, on Tuesday night, when a resolution was passed expressing the opinion that no Land Bill can be considered satisfactory that does not provide for the option of the freehold system of land tenure. The running of the Dunedin electric cars by, Waipori power means a considerable saving to the corporation. The cost of the steam plant is about £B,OOO per annum, While the annual cost of the hydro4lectric' 'plant is about £5,500. The New Zealand* Court at the Irish International Exhibition will cover 3\ooo square feet,in the Palace of Industries writes our London correspondent. One half of the hall is entirely given over to British industries, and New Zealand takes the central position of the remainder. The Witwatersrand Trades , and Labour Councils of Johannesburg, has written to the Wellington Council 1 stating that the Labour party secured three seats in the Transvaal Parliament, and asking for particulars of New Zealand's labour legislation. The council passed a resolution congratulating the Transvaal body. A representative of the Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company is reported to be on his way to Australia to conduct experiments and report on the most desirable localities for the establishment of factories. It is stated as probable that the company will erect' two or three condensing factories in Australia and New Zealand.

' Speaking of the finances in connection with the Exhibition, Mr Scott, Commissioner for South Australia, states that the expenditure will probably pan out nearer £IOO,OOO than £50,000, but at the same time New Zealand has got oyer £IOO,OOO ofjbenefit in increa&ed Customs duties, railway revenue, post and telegraph and other items. There can be no doubt that the expenditure was amply justified by the benefit received. The Minister of Marine (Hon. J. A. Millar) stated in Auckland that he intended to introduce a Bill early next session readjusting the methods of the appointment of members of Harbour Boards, so as to give- a larger country representation on some harbour boards without unduly increasing the number of members. The government will retain representation, but it will be reduced, and districts outside the large centres will elect thf' v representatives. £ Some wag played a prac„ ical joke on His Worship the Mayor prior to the first sitting of the Eketahuna Borough! Council, on Tuesday night, says the Express. On the table opposite the Mayoral chair was placed a rusty dog chain and mace composed of a thin cane, on the end of which was a turnip and a small potato, and attached was the following:—"ln 'his. hand he carried a sceptre and round his neck was a chain of gold and the people cried with one accord, 'All hail to thee, O Caesar!' "

The Timaru. Herald says:— The turnip crop is reported to be damaged all over the district, in some places quite seriously. Most people seem to attribute this mischief to some kind of insect, but Mr George Lyall described to a Herald reporter what appears to be a more likely cause. Mr Ljrall says that "the drought gave the turnips a serious check, the roots became "hide-bound," and when the rains started them growing again the interior substance grew faster t*han the skin. The latter, therefore, split, and let in air and moisture, which paused the whole root to rot. The weak and damaged root became an easier prey to insects,' which, therefore, abound upon the damaged roots, and this has , given rise to the erroneous idea that the insects caused the damage. The Celebritx of Sander and Sons Pors Volatile Eucalypti Extract is universally acknowledged. Royalty honours it, and the entire medical profession has adopted its use. Imitations sprung up without number. The latest of them — as styled •' Extracts "—was oil foisted upon the trusting and unwary under the grossest misuse of Sander ahd Bona' reputation. Sander,and Sons instituted an action at the 'Supreme Court of Victoria, before His Honour Chief Justite Sir J. Madden, K.C.M.G., etc., and at the trial a sworn witness testified that he had to stop therse of counterfeits on account of the irritation produced. This Bhows what care is inquired to obtain an article that is scientifically tested and approved of. As such is surely endorsed and recommended tbe GENUINE SANDF.R AND SONS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

There were three marriages and eight births in Juketahuna during last month. '

The new Fendalton tramway will be opened -to-day, states a Christchurch Press Association telegram.

The rainfall registered in Eketahuna for the month of April was 7.48 inches. It rained on 14 days,, and the heaviest fall was on the 30th, when 2 : . 73 inches were registered.

Mr Massey, Leader of the Opposition, said at New Plymouth that he considered, before a man became Minister of Lands, he should have made a-living for three years on a bush -ectiori.

Owing to the road to Alfredton , ' being blocked by slips the Eketahuna Chamber of Commerce has been compelled to postpone indefinitely the meeting that was to have been held at Alfredton, yesterday, to discuss the amalgamation question. Says the Westport News:— Mr Pearce, one of the candidates at the recent Borough Council election, made proDably the shortest speech on record on such occasions. "Mr Chairman," he said-—there was no Chairman—and then the box on which he was standing toppled over, and candidate and voice were lost at the feet of the cheering crowd.

The Very Rev. Archdeacon Devoy, the Very Rev. Father Lewis, and the Rev. Father Hickson, of Wellington, are to leave for Europe by the Corinthic on the 23rd inst. They are to represent the Marist Fathers of New Zealand at a conference of the Order to be held in Belgium in June. Archdeacon T>evoy, is the present 1 Provincial of the Order in New Zealand, but his term has expired, and it will be the duty of the conference to appoint a Provincial for the ensuing'" seven-year term.

An absurd red-tape regulation exists which' prevents country people obtaining facilities for attending technical classes, says the Otago Daily Times. Any person who resides within sixty miles of Dunedin can have free railway travelling. But if any farmer or other person commits, the impropriety of living beyond that distance he is barred by the ! 'regulations not only, of i getting free travelling, but even of :> getting : pay his fare from his home to the sixty-mile limit. Replying' to an application for a subsidy on a loan raised by the country for bridges, the Minister for Marine, replying to a deputation at Tauranga, said that personally he was opposed to the subsidy system altogether, believing the Government should lend the money for public works to local bodies at 2J per cent., and make up the difference from the Consolidated Fund. Counties would rate themselves accordingly, and the money would be more carefully spent.

Arrangements to establish an all night 'police court in New York have practically concluded, and it is suggested that the fourteen magistrates now holding office shall share the work amongst them. They are not keen on nocturnal duty, but night 'courts are demanded as the only way of breaking up the disgraceful system of "professional bondsmen." New York already has all-night banks, all-night plumbers, all-night shoe shops, all-night cafes, all-night doctors, and the necessity; of an all-night police court is greater, it is urged, than all these combined. A young lady with four years' experience seeks position in: an office as shorthand-typist.

An advertiser- has for sale a five horse-power Campbell oil engine, in first-class condition.

A reward is offered for a lost cheque, and tradesmen are cautioned against cashing the same, as payment . has been stopped. < *

On account of the floods the sale of stock announced to take place a Matawhero, yesterday, has.jbeen postponed- till;, tp-morrow,(Saturday, . May 4th.) | On account of the gale of stock at . Matawhero on Saturday, the annual meeting of the Wairarapa and East , Coast P. ,abd A. Society has been postponed till Saturday, May j)Ltth. At the Masterton Auction Mart, tomorrow, Mr J. R. Nicol will sell" men's, .womenVknd children's iboots, eiderdown quilts, clothing,' Cttd a number of leading lines in furniture.

Tenders are invited by D. • Wilson, Deputy-Official Assignee, at Pahiatua,: to close on Wednesday, May Bth, 1907, for the stock-in-trade and lease of premises in the ' estate of E. C. Sparksman. Stock sheets and particulars can be seen it ~~ the office of Messrs Page and Page, Eketahuna.

Messrs G. Hyde and Co. are displaying in their furnishing windows a line of beautiful photo • frames in oak, surmounted with bronze and copper metal work, and the excellence of finish and design appeal to all lovers of a gdnuine article at a really moderate figure. The frames are made to hold various numbers of photos, the openings ranging from one to six, and can be hung upon the wall or made to stand on a table. A rapid sale is anticipated, and as the consignment is limited an early inspection should be made.

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