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

As a result of the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society's Spring Flower Show, the secretary was able to-day to hand over to the^ Consul for Belgium a cheque for £70 15s 7d, being the net proceeds. The amount is to be forwarded for the relief of distressed Belgians in Belgium! Included in tho cum mentioned are Ihe cash prizes won by several of the exhitors who very generously refunded the money for the benefit of the fund. Track telephones have lately been abolished on the Wellington tramways, and the wives for the service are being removed over the greater portion of the hues. The Karon Borough Council, which has. for some time past been considering the question of establishing telephone communication between ' Karori Park and the Council Chambers, has arranged to take over the track telephone' on that portion of the line, and by means of slight alterations, will have the communication it desires. A letter has been received in Australia from a German resident &X Yap Island, near the Carolines,' who states that Mr. Mark Foy, a well-known Sydney business man, had requested him to write and say that while at Yap he and the British Consul there had been cap1 tured by Germans and made prisoners* of war. They were taken from Yap and placed on* a small island in the Caroline group, but the writer does not' say which one. It is also stated in the letter that Mr. Foy was quite well, and had been treated with consideration. The third Sunday in October is al1 ways observed as a special day of prayer for Sunday schools. Throughout the whole worRT special meetings are held for the purpose of united prayer. In Wellington .this year no meetings are to be held outside the ordinary sessions of the schools, But the local Sunday School TJnion has asked each superintendent to observe the day by special meetings of his own teachers. It is also expected ttiat Ministers will take the opportunity of dealing with some phase of the training of the young people. A correspondent signing himself "Common Sense" writes complaining that while walking in the neighbourhood of Fort Dorset with two companions the other day, they were fired at three times, and after gaining cover were informed, much to their surprise, that they were trespassing on prohibited ground of tha fortress. _ He suggests that the military authorities might overcome any such unpleasantness in the future by erecting a notice board or barbed wire fence, or by placing a sentry there to inform 'the general pubKc what is prohibited ground. Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, Coast Defence Commander, when seen by a Post reporter o.n the subject,, stated that, sentries had already been posted at various points to notify the public when they were trespassing on the prohibited area. One of the effects of the recent eajfthquake hasi been to disturb the mud springs on Mr. Twistleton's property at Waimata Valley, Poverty Bay. These springs have always been very quiet, but now are bubbling up furiously, and i the ground has opened, up for five chains ' around, some of the cracks being a foot jto eighteen inches wide. Large quantities of gas are escaping, which although orderless, burns brilliantly. "There is enough gas escaping to light up the whole of Gisborne," stated a neighbouring settler to a Poverty Bay Herald reporter. When a match is- applied to small cracks an eighth of an inch wid» the flames shoot up. about two feet high, whilst from the larger holes the flames go up as high as four feet. These springs are not of tlie blow-out kind, bat have aever been seen in theiir present active condition before. • France has long specialised in toilet requisites and many lines of a similar nature have their source of origin in Germany. Evidence that English manufacturers are availing themselves of the opportunity of pushing trade afforded by the cutting-off of Continental supplies is given in a letter received by a local chemist from one of the largest films of toilet specialists in the Old Lajid. The communication states : " Industrial production on the Continent of Europe L jias practically ceased, but the posit-ioa In this country is a comparatively happy one." After offering to supply toilet wares from the original recipe, the writers add : " We know your sympathy :is with us. May we ask you to give it practical expression. We shall be i pleased to- quota you for any special lines, which you can order in quantities |if you will send us samples." The chemist, mentioning the name, of a wideworld known Parisian firm of perfumers, remarked that those people who favoured its productions would hava to revert to. those of English manufacture. ! Tho following extracts are. taken from an interesting letter received by the Very Rev. Dean M'Keana, V G\, of , Masterton, from Archbishop Redwood, concerning the present war. Writing from Bayonne, France, under date of ' 9th August, His Lordship says :-r-My plans for a tour of France fell through for suddenly all the trains were, seized by the French army authorities } and passenger traffic suspended sine die, in order to make the general mobilisation of the army. So- 1 had to stay here as. a sort of prisoner, not of war, but be» cause of war. Having at last got, by means of an English Conanl here, a passport for Spain. I am ge-ing thet6 shortly, and I shallj please God. visit the principal cities, including Madrid., s Seville, and Barcelona. At Barcelonafas the Marist Fathers have several L , homes there) I shall be at homo. I shall get to England later on, either by sea. or land. WcUj. the tremendous general European conflict has begun,, ana I am glad England is thoroughly in. for her share, and it i» the general opinioa that (►her three, France, England, and Russia, will defeat Germany-,, and give heir un« bearable pride and arrogance, a salutary lesson. Germany has made herself hated by most of Europe, and by wellnigh all the world. She is into it at last. France this, time as quite ready, and you will hear of her achievements, I or lam wonderfully mistaken. Already the. German merchant trade is paralysed, not to say destroyed, on sea> and I expect that, if it fights, her fleet will be ruined. Belgiunvs defence of. Liege is heroic, and has completely upset the German plan of a surprise to France by rushing at her through the Belgian temtoryi Now France has all the time reqnirep to meet her in or near Belgium, and British troop* will be at hand to help. The battle for supremacy is always going on. Against all others we are first for quick, safe delivery of parcels. We send to any address. N.Z. Express, Co., Ltd., 87-91, Customhouse-quay.— 1 Advt. Nowhere else in Wellington, can you behold such a lavish display of summer Frockings aa are on yiew m C. Smith* new Drees Department, and with that department being the best lighted in New Zealand you can see the. goods to real advantage better than anywhere else we know «t. The silk section, the robe section_, the costume section, tha woollon section, the cotton section are a revel of novelty material and colour. Their new costtimiore will certainly interest you too. Miss Harper is a lady of. experience, discernment, koc4 taste, and her advice and h&lp will be app*e»i,%fc(Kl by those 1 desiring to be well frocked out. Miss Harper can execute smart frocks at two, three, and four guineas, and stylish costumes at three, four, and five guineas. A visit to- C. Smith's on our recomwuwidation will redfty you.-~Advt. Mr. Donald Fraser., of Bulls, is to deliver an address on the pioneer day* at the meeting- of the Early Settlors' AssoctaAiott to b« held in Ocdber 1 * Rooms, Courtenay-plaoe, thU. evening.