PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 203, 12 August 1914, Page 6

PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM.

HASTINGS CONTRIBUTIONS MR. DONNELLY GIVES £5OO. His Worship the Mayor of Hastings has received from Mr. G. P. Donnelly a cheque of £5OO for the War Fund. The settlers of Akitio and Pongaroa have subscribed £5OO to the Pahiatua War Fund. The New Zealand Football Association has donated an ammunition waggbn to the expeditionary force, and the Parliamentary Library gives 100 novels to each ship. At an enthusiastic meeting of ladies held in the Foresters’ Hail, Havelock North, it was unanimously decided to undertake the supply of undershirts, socks, huswives, muf Hers, and helmets and to have a large consignment ready by Friday. The Hawke’s Bay Stock Agents are inviting entries of cattle, sheep, horses' and other stock or produce for the Waipukurau, Stortford Lodge and OngS- Onga sales taking place on the 18th, 19th and 20th inst :i e-1 spectivelv, the? proceeds of which‘will be devoted to the War hund. Ao charges will be deducted tor selling, i Mr W. Bridgman has promised to donate a horse to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. lhe cheque for £5O received by the secretary of the Hawke s Bay Farmers’ L mon towards the Expediticnarv Fund should have been Jack Nairn'not Eric Nation. The following subscriptions have b»m received by Miss Winnie Hart towards the war fund ‘Sympathiser” £259. Mr. W. J. Stratton £2l, Mr. itangi Kerehoma £lO, A. E. Westerman and Co £lO, ‘‘Friend £5, Sirs. Fourneau £2, Mrs. (Dr.) Wilson £2. Airs. Currie £l, Air. F. AV, Fitzpatrick £l, W, Everett £l, Airs J W. White £l, Airs. Horton £‘l. Miss es Little and Laurie £l. The Afisses Luckie and Hart have received the following contributions towaMls the equipment of the Ex-pediticrfW’-ry loree.—“A Sympathiser” W. J. Stratton £2l, The Mavor £ld, Rangi Kerehowa £lO, E. A. Westerman £lO, Airs. AL Alason £5, “A Friend” £5, Air. W. E. Hyslop £3 3 -. Airs. Fourneau, Airs. H* A. Wilson, Airs. Laoau/e £2 each, Mrs. Luckie £1 1.-. Airs. Cwne, W. F. Fitzpatrick. AV. Everett, Miss Scale, Mrs. Gore Alartin, Airs. J. V*. White, Airs. Horton £1 each, Misses Little and Laurie 10;- each, Airs. Danvers B'-. The following further donations ot horses and produce have been received bv Mr. John A. Fraser, secretary of the Hawke’s Bay branch of the N.Z.F. — Horses.—Maraekakaho Station (5), Olrig Station (1). Messrs. J. AV. Coleliourne (1). W. Biidgeumn (1). Vincent Cacciopoh <1 horse pota-

toes), J. A. Mackenzie and Langton, Clive, (1 cow each). Produce.—Chaff: Messrs. Douglas Bros. (25 tons), Mackenzie and Drinkall (5 tons), H. Campbell, Irongate, (2 tons), Jenson, Clive, (1 ton). Hay: Messrs. R. A. Trotter (1 truck), John Sweeney (1 ton), K. Cotterill (6 tons). Potatoes: Messrs. D. E. Elliott (2 tons), M. J. Cassidy (1 ton). Sundries. —Messrs. T. Nestor (10 sacks oats), AV. Ellison (12 sacks carrots), J. S. Orr (10 fat wethers) and Lowe Bros (2 fat wethers). i Mr. C. Gordon donated a cheque for £2O. i The Brondesbury School concert, I which was to have been held shortly in aid of the Children’s Countiy Holiday Fund (Miss Annie St. Hili) is postponed until a more appropriate time, as the pupils wish to devote their energies towards help-, ing for the Expeditionary Force. | Mr. J. Orr, of Hawkestone station, Patoka, has donated 10 fat sheep t. be sold by auction at the Stortford Lodge Saleyards on Wednesday next, the proceeds to be utilised to I purchase comforts for the men of the Expeditionary" Force. ; j Mr. G. Rowe, of Onga Onga, has given two fat sheep to be sold for tne same purpose. | I (Jar otane correspondent reports that a meeting of ladies was held in the Town Hall there on Monday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Davidson presided and there were about 30 ladies present. Mrs. E. G. Williams read Lady Liverpool’s letter and all present were formed into a commit-i tee to collect funds. Mrs, J. N. Barrie was appointed treasurer. Over £3O was subsenbed in the room. A working bee was held on Tuesday and a quantity of garments and useful articles were made, and it is hoped to forward a large parcel on Friday to headquarters. A public meeting is to be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday night to further this purpose. The Napier Frivolity Minstrels are giving a- concert on the 19th inst. in aid of the Cricket iClub and the committee intend to donate a substantial amount of the returns to the ladies’ fund. A similar meeting was held at Pukehou on ;Tuesday at which the Rev. A. Williams presided. A working bee was formed and it was hoped to forward 25 garments on Friday. NAPIER AND DISTRICT. At a meeting of Eskdale and Petane residents last night £l6O was subscribed in the room towards the war fund. Mr. T, Clark presided, and committees were set up to further the cause. The Napier Thirty-thousand Club is giving the proceeds of their forthcoming ball to the war fund. Next Saturday is to be observed as Contingent Saturday at Napier, when collections will be taken up over the surrounding district. The Napier War Fund had reached the sum of £4091 13 6 last evening. The following additional amounts have been received by Mrs. R. L. M. Kitto: —Mrs. Nat Kettle £lO, Dr. Leahy £5, Mrs. AV. Smith £4, Miss Alice Williams £3 3. . Miss Rosa AVilliams £3 3/-, Mrs. Lcndoun £3 3 '. St. Augustine’s G.F.S. £2, Mrs. J. D. Ormond £2, Mrs. Hay £1 U'-’ Mrs. Logan sen. £1 I/-, Mrs. Ivan Logan £1 1/-. Miss Sylph Dinwiddie £l 1/-, Miss May AVilliams £l, Mrs. James Black £l, Miss M. Black £l. Miss E. Black £l, Miss Keohler £l. Mrs. P. Dinwiddie £l. Miss Tonkin £l, Mrs. Hetley £l, Miss J. Buchanan 10'-, Miss Cochrane 10/ . Mrs. Bnrdekin 5 '-, Mrs. C. Chambers 1/ . The ladies of Napier are well advanced with their campaign for supplying all local men who are going with "the Expeditionary Force, and each man can rely on receiving a complete outfit of comforts taken from the following list: Strong pocket knife, card, matches and tobacco for smokers, waterproof sheet, one double or two single blankets, dubbin for boots, pillow slip, change of underclothing, and shirts, pair of sox, towel and soap, brush and comb, cleaning material for arms ,shaving material, needles, pins, strong . thread, fork, spoon, plate, pannikin, etc. Mrs. Kitto, assisted by a number of other ladies is working practically day and night, to try and complete 200 kits bv Saturday. . For the patriotic benefit conceit ir the Napier Municipal Theatre or Monday next, Mr. E. V. Hudson has secured a perfect galaxy of talent. Great interest will be aroused by th anpearance of Mr. Peter La Morte of Crissoge, who has kindly consent ed to give some of his ragtime artis tries. The programme will close with a monster tableau organised b; Mrs. Hudson, and entitled A /’. ilta ,V nia. Her Colonies, and Her Allies. Nurses wishing to volunteer musi register with Miss H. McLean matron-in-chief, Napier.

The following telegram was receiv cd by Captain Skelly last evening :— immediate steps to draft al remaining members of general train ing section into Territorir.l units ir respective of establishment.” r Captain C. A. Hawkins, of Napier late of the 11th Hussars, has beei appointed galloper to Major-Genera Godley, and is now at Palmerstoi North. COLLECTIONS ELSEWHERE. Further donations, totalling £2,751 have been received by the AV ar Fund at Dunedin. The Auckland Citizens’ Fund nov stands at £10 ; 000. i At a large and enthusiastic publi ! meeting at Westport arrangement: ' were made for the receipt of sub : criptions for the expeditionary fore a good round sum being collected in addition to what had been collect ed during the day by the ladies committees. Money is still coming in freely at Wanganui, and active work is being done in regard to providing comforts for the expeditionary force. The Wanganui County Council’s proposal to ask the Government tc give power to devote one twentietl of the revenue for the provision o food to the poor in England was considered by the Wanganui Borougl Council last night. Sympathy witt the proposal was expressed. The Mayor thought consideration should be given to local employment anc moved that the Government be ask ed to give municipalities sower tc levy an additional rate. It was de cided to refer the matter to the fi nance committee.

The Egmont Box Company Eltham, voted £lOO in aid of the Expeditionary- Force. A meeting at Makotuku cn Tues day- night subscribed over .£350 tc the patriotic fund, of which Mr. Jonathan Holden gave £250. The Dannevirke Racing Club have donated £5O. The Bank of New Zealand has contributed £lOOO towaids the Empire defence fund. Waitara has decided to institutf a system of collecting 6d. a wee! during the currency of the war ladies being appointed to canvas: for the various parts of the town and all houses to be visited. A letter is to be forwarded to Lady Liver-

pool, suggesting that such a scheme should be placed before other towns, as it is believed that by its adoption the league would gain a large and regular sum, and it would be better than special taxation. Up to yesterday Stratford donations to the War Fund were over £6OO. To-day the Cardiff Dairy Co., the oldest co-operative factory in Ne w’ Zealand, donated £lOO to the fund, and it was also decided to recommend the approaching annual ■ meeting to devote one day’s milk ' supply per month to the Patriotic i F und. | It is expected that the Hawera district will contribute £lOOO. A resolution was carried that the citizens offer their support to the Government in the common defence of the Empire. Syrians at Palmerston North subI scribed £l2 15/- in gratitude for the 'privileges enjoyed under the British ting and especially for the protection afforded their " country in the Lebanon incident in 1860. | Wm. Ross and Son, of Foxton! ropewerks, have offered half a ton of ,rope to the Defence. Department. ! The Foxton Borough Council donated an artillery horse. The Foxton j Racing Club gave £5O. I The New Zealand Educational Institute is taking steps to collect a joint contribution from all the teachers in the Dominion to the patriotic fund. Messrs. E. AV. Smyrk and H. Mole, members of the Railway Engineer I Corps, left this morning for Wellington, and were accorded an enthusiastic send-off. AVAIPUKURAU LOYALTY.

A public meeting was held on Tuesday in front of the Town Hall. The Mayor (Mr. J. Winlove) presided, and explained that the meeting was to consider the best means of assisting our forces. Patriotic speeches were made by Revs. Stare and N O. White, Messrs. P. Hunter, AV. A. Chambers, A. C. Russell, E. Gilbertson, and A. C. B. Munro. Mr. P. Hunter suggested that all bodies and sports clubs who have a surplus in hand should make a donation to the fund comprising a fair proportion of that surplus. (Applause).. The Mavor said he had a telegram from Mr. ‘A. Buchan, of Makoretu, stating that he would, send £lOO. (Applause). The Mayor also notified that he had received a cheque for £1 1/- from Father Bergen. (Applause). Mr. O. Monkton had also sent a cheque for £lOO. (Loud applause). The Bank of New Zealand had written stating that all drafts, etc., in connection with the home fund would be negotiated free of exchange. (Applause). Mr. Hunter, on behalf of the AVaipukurau Jockey Club, promised a cheque for £lOO. (Applause). He also stated the Porangahau Jockey Club had forwarded £25. (Renewed applause). He considered the A. and P. Association should make a donation.

The Mayor announced that Messrs J. C. Parker and J. E. Flood had offered a horse each. Mr. Hunter stated that if the occasion did come all his motor cars would be at the disposal of the authorities. (Applause). A motion to form a citizens’ and farmers’ committee was carried with acclamation, the members of the Waipuknrau Borough Council, Waipukurau County Council, Patangata County Council. AVaipawa County Council, and Messrs. Russell. Wall, Hobson, Paterson and Rood were were elected to act on same. On the motion of Mr. E. Gilbertson a branch of the New Zealand Local Defence League was formed, and over 100 names were immediately handed in to Air. P. E. Bollons, who was appointed secretary. The league provided their own uniforms and rifles at an estimated cost of £5 9/-, and the Government to provide ammunition. Mr. Gilbertoffered to join, and would pay the cost of two other men who perhaps could not afford the outlay. Mr. Gilbertson suggested that no uniforms would be necessary, and that members only wear a badge to denote their membership. A subscription was then taken by the ladies, and the Mayor announced amidst applause that the total received without including Mr. Buchon’s promise of £lOO or the Tockey Club’s offer of £lOO, was £271 14/4. A number of further subscriptions and promises were made, not included in the above total, owing o same being made after the count had been taken.

A very- strong ladies’ committee vas formed in connection with Lady ivcrpcol's request.

A resolution was passed expressing ppreciation of the action of the Government in preventing the raising of prices- of foodstuffs and of the flimination of party feeling from liscussions in Parliament.

On behalf of the Waipawa Footall Sub-union Mr. H. Monteith tated that the takings at the gate it to-morrow’s representative would le donated to the fund. (Applause). Mr. F. Donnelly- offered a horse to he authorities.

During the afternoon the band played ‘‘God Save the King,” ‘Rule Britannia,” etc. The meeting vas enthusiastic throughout. The following men left yesterday norning to join the Expeditionary ?orce:—H. Simpson, A. Houseman, A. Cooper, A. Bailey, A. J. Alonk, J. Knapp, L. Flood, G. Chambers, md J. Davey. GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC. A POLICY OF EXPANSION. THE SIMPSON-HAFEN BASE. For many years Germany has been deadily pursuing a policy of expansion in the Pacific. This is one phase of her ambitious dreams of a colonial Empire. To establish this empire Germany for many years has spent over two millions annually. . And, as the revenue from her colonies in Africa and the Pacific only amount to about half a million, the annual loss is roughlv £1,500,000. German colonisation in the Pacific is a thing of recent growth. Prior to 1870 German interests were practically confined to the Fatherland, in 18 79 a big firm of German merchants failed, and their interests in he Pacific were about to be taken jver by Baring Bros., of London. But Bismark saw that this would inevit ably mean that England would secure the German interests in Samoa and other islands. So the German Commercial and Plantation Association of the Southern Seas was formed, and the Iron Chancellor became the champion of colonial expansion.. Huge slices of territory were acquired tn Africa,’ and many islands in the Pacific. Alillions were ■pent by the German people, but so ’ar they have not reaped a pecuniary ■eward commensurate with the outlay. 21 glance at the map of the Pacific •xcluding the East Indies, shows that Great Britain - in spite of her apathy in recent tears—still has a

big share of the islands. But there is no gainsaying the dvances which I Germany has made. Starting from the Ladrones (or Marianne Islands), with the exception of Guam, which is American, Germany controls a tremendous area of Melanesia. The whole of the colonies are under the flag of the Fatherland ; their further south are New Britain, New Ireland, and hundreds of smaller islands round these two groups, and known as the Bismarck Archipelago. Then there is the north-east portion oi New Guinea; farther east are the Solomon Islands, the southern portion of which belong to Great Britain, but the two northern islands, Bougainville and Buka, with some oi the adjacent islets, belong to Germany, and a few isolated islands like Nauru (Pleasant Island). Southeast again in iaamoa, which mainly German, though America owns Tutuna (rago Bago).

To Australasians the chief point of interest m the German possessions is New Britain, for here the great naval base of oimpsonhaien was recently established at a cost of thousands of pounds. Quietly, under the guise of mercantile expension, Germany expeditiously and successfully a few years ago built up this naval base, Vight within striking distance of Torres Straits, where all lines between Australia and the East converge. Simpson-hafen is on a penin-' sula of Blanche Bay, at Malupi. It is commanded by highlands of volcanic origin, and is an ideal site for a naval base. The wharf is 1000 feet long, with spacious warehouses costing £40,000. The wharf is larger than any in Australia, and is equal to the needs of a city of 100,000 people. But there is no trade and few people at Simpson-hafen. The port of Herbertshohe is only 10 miles away. When operations first commenced the island traders were puzzled at the scheme. They wondered where the huge shipments of timber and stores were going. In the “Sydney Morning Herald” of November 11, 1904, there appeared the prophetic sentence: —“Australia will probably never know what is being stored in the gigantic warehouses of Simpsonhafen with any degree of certainty, unless at any time we should be at war with Germany.”