ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 8

ANGLO - COLONIAL NOTES

(FROM OUR OWN CORRISPOKDINl 1 .) LONDON, 13th February. The tooth-brush moustache, which is de rigueur in the British- Army, has actually to some extent been copied by German officers. To such an extent, indeed, that General yon Plettenburg, commanding the Guards Corps, has issued an order against it. Non-commis-sioned officers and men, he says, 1 are to bo informed that these appendages aro unsuitable for Prussian soldiers, and are not consonant with the German national character. The Psyche ha 3 been almost three years away from Home, and frienda of the crew are becoming anxious as to when they will see them again. Replying to a question in the Commons, Mr. Churchill said the reliefs would probably go out shortly. "Delay has been caused by particulars of the ratings required not being available until the arrangements for the organisation of a New Zealand naval force were settled.*' The Army Council notifieg that officers of the special reserve of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers who are temporarily resident in Now 'Zealand or Australia may perform their annual training with a permanent local unit of tlie same arm of the service. New Zealand is receiving an excellent advertisement at Messrs. Selfridges, the well-known Oxford-street establishment. Every February this enterprising firm devotes its Palm Court for exhibition purposes of a general educative character, And this year it has been transformed into a market place of the Empire. Most of the oversea Governments represented in London have sent exhibits of their country's produce and manufactures. The New Zealand display has been arranged in a very attractive manner by Mr. H. Challoner. and the many visitors can obtain a good idea of the manifold activities of the trade and commerce of the Dominion. There are butter and cheese, wool, flax (both in the natural and manufactured state), binding twine, ironsand, leather goods, rugs, blankets, kauri gum. tinned meats from Christ' church and Wanganui, honey from all parts of New Zealand, and a collection of wince and cordials. In addition there are sheaves of grain, typical views and photogra-phs, and deer heads. In order to show the timber of New Zealand in practical form, and to save valuable space. Mr. Challoner has framed thirty different kinds of wood (polished ana unpolished) like a picture, the frame being made of rewarewa and pahautea woods. It is understood that the High Commissioner has lately approached the War Office on the question of meat supplies for the Army. At present no frozen mutton or lamb is bought by the mili* tary, and Mr. Mackenzie is seeking to get the embargo removed. The meat contracts come up for revision in the near future.