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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 91, 14 October 1914, Page 6

The Postmaster-General announces, in regard to tho suspension of the use of telegraphic code ' addresses registered with the Post and Telegraph Department, that holders of such addresses will ■ be allowed, free of charge, upon re-^stab-lishmenfc of the system, the use of the code addresses for a period equal to that during which they have been cfepriyed. The suggestion is made by " Fair Play," in a letter to the Editor, that a " British Empire League he formed to boycott all German goods in future, and so protect our own trade. While the matter is fresh in Our minds and the object lessons are presented daily before us, would it not be well for English and colonial traders to unite and agree upon some common plan of action 1" j The number of clubs affiliated to th« ' New _ Zealand Amateur Rowing Associa- ! tion is fifty-one, with a total active pay* ing memborship of, approximately, 2730. j There are nine local associations. The financial position of the association is satisfactory. The credit balance at tho bank is £80 9s 7d. the balance of assets over liabilities is £84 15s 10d, whilst'the net receipt* for the year over expenditure are £10 5s 10d. It is stated by a Wairarapa paper that as a, number of men who usually undertook shearing work in the Masterton district _ and other parts oi Wairarapa, have joined the Expeditionary Force, it is feared that some difficulty will be experienced by farmers and stationholders in obtaining full complements of men this season. For the .same reason it is probable that there will be a scarcity of harvest hands throughout the MasAefton district, in the coming 6eason. The. Manawatn Standard says, tha.t although the spring came in earlier this year than usual in the Pohangina, there is at the present time a decided scarcity of feed, and the grass is not so luxuriant as it should be for the time of year. On, the high lands, such as in the Apiti district, where as a rule there is rather much rain, the conditions this year are quite exceptional. The frosts at night and the high winds are having a detrimental, effect to a very noticeable degree. Enquiries in pharmaceutical oircles show that there has. beeri a considerable movement in camphor, owing to the rise in price in London, and also' to the fact that Japan, which is the chief source, of supply,, has been draw,n into the war.t Citric and tartaric acida have increased "in price during the last week or t,w,o, no doubt owing, says a local chemist, to the disturbed state of France, the 'home of the grape, from- which all tartrates are manufactured. The chemist states that tfhe' chief shortages here, at present are tincture of opium (laudanum) and pre* parations, citrates of potash, and salicilates. The last mentioned are almost exclusively- produced in Germany, the Germans holding the secret rights. The process erf manufacture will, probably be discovered by Brittsh, chemists, but it will take' a period of experimenting to reach the standard of purity achieved on the Continent. A conviction was- recorded against William Young, of 'Young's. Private Hotel, Lambton-quay, in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, on each of three charges, that he employed girls for longer than the prescribed hours (ten per day), and failed to pay overtime. Mr W. Slaughter prosecuted for the Labour Department, and Mr. A. H. Hindmarsh | appeared for the defence. After evidence had been given to the effect that at least one day in. each' week the girls worked for fifteen hours and a-half, with brief spells for meals, Mr. Hindmarsh was willing to admit a technical breach, but Mr. Slaughter s&d ijb was something more serious. Among hotel proprietors there was far too much slackness in the employment of girls. They would not employ a sufficient number to do the work, and, although the girls might be off duty, the work was nevertheless there to be done, and had to be done. In this particular case the employees had been . victimised. His. Worship (Mr. D-. G. A. Cooper, S.M.) said there was no need to review the evidence ; it was conclusive. The breach was more than technical, and he would impose a fine of £2 in each case. Costs, amounting to £8 3s 6d, wer.e also allowed. An interesting letter upon the subject of the Dominion brand upon New Zea-land-made goods was read from Mr. P. Hudson, of Franklin, at the meeting of the executive of the Wellington Industrial Association last evening. The writer stated j that the question of a Dominion brand" was a very debatable one. " From my experience at the time I was manufacturing," he pro* ceeded, " it was folly to have your goods marked with your firm's name, but times have changed somewhat, especially now the war is on. The manufacturers, ia the- past, have had: to- contend more against foreign importations than British. Now and, oaward things will be different. The manufacturers, of this Dominion now have the greatest opportunity of their live 3in producing and making goods that were largely im- , ported. Now. they will have to bo made '. here, or the public will have to do withont them. Now is the time to .manufacture every class ol goods possible. Makers should do their utmost to tarn ont high-class goods, and not ■ be afraid to stamp their name . on and ' f Made in New Zealand.' The ptfblic • will then have the chance oi comparing one make against another, without . having a lot of cheap trash of the foreign, makers competing. The manufacturer that can turn out first-class ■ goods and sell at reasonable prices will reap a rich harvest." The letter was received. The grim Field Marshal at the War Office was nearly guilty of a very bad bseak yesterday afternoon (wrote the London correspondent of the Sydney Sun on 28th August). Word came through that the gallant little Belgian army, overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, had been compelled to fall back upon Antwerp. * This retreat was not unexpected— three days before a friend at the French Embassy told me that Brussels was certain to be occupied by the Germans, and that this apparent triumph would be nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory. The first part of his forecast has come true ; for the second i we still wait. "K. of K.", apparently fearing that even a theatrical success for the Germans might start a panic in England, directed in the afternoon that the censor should close down upon all reference to the position of the Belgians and to the advance of the Germans upon Uie capital of Belgium. That is ■ to jay, t!\e English- press were to be precluded from publishing any accounts of tho Getnia-n occupation or the Belgian retirement after heroic resistance. The great newspapers were astounded when ! they heard of the War Office directions. | Having an absolute knowledge of the I temper of. the Ekiglish people, they knew that it would be gravely unsafe to attempt to delude them by suppression. They nude representations to K. of X., and he, being a maJL open lo conviction, withdrew the inhibition which he had mistakenly issued. That the editors were right has been abundantly, attested to-day f>y the calm with which, the German forward march has been received. The taking of Brussels, so far from creating any unrest or alarm,- has only i served to fill the average Britisher wilh a greater determination to rid the world j once and for all of the mad Kaiser and his mad policy. Landed tlxis week stiff cuff coloured shirts in such a variety ol designs as to. make youe buying a, pleasure. — 3s lid to 7* 6d, Georga FowWs, Ltd., Manners•trwt,— Advbt