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Hutt Valley Independent, Volume IV, Issue 202, 28 November 1914, Page 3

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DIRECTORY.

17 Auckram; Thos. (4 rings) 16 Barton, Mr&. John 12 Batesori, MrsV Chas. 18 Bonge and 1 Pratt 20 Edwards, W. H. 9 Emery, J, M. tO. Ferguso'n\ J. M. 8 Gean«;e, J. J. -I Gibbs, H. R. 27 Golf Links lo'Hajran, Mrs., JaU, 1 Ha&el\vood and Go. ■ll Independent (2 rings)' 5 Kemp, Dr. F. W. 30' Kemp, Dr. F. W. 21 Laboratory 11 McCurdy, A J. (3 rings) 26MansHl, G. E. -9 Maymorn Estates, Ltd. 17 Morpeth, C. D. (1 short and 1 long rinn) 23 Murphy, Folix 25 Postmaster, Upper-Hutt 13 Price. T. and Co. 14, Provincial Hotel 22 Racecourse, caretaker (2 rings) 22 Jiacpcourse, stewards (3 rings) 31 Railwav Station 8 Reid, Donald 7 Robertson, Petof 6 St. Joseph's Orphanage 24 Shaw. H. W. 32 Town Board. 10 Trentham Hotel 17 Trower, A. S. (2 rin^s) 2 Webb, R. H, 17 Whileman, V, (3 rings) 28 Wilkinson, W. . BUREAUX. AKATARAWA. HTIKINGA. KARAMATA. KARAPOTI. MANGAROA. SILVERSTREAM. TRENTHAM. Hours of attendance—9 a.m. to, 6 p.m. RECREATION GROUNDS. UPPER HUTT:— MAIDSTONE PARK-P. D. Davis, proprietor RIFLE RANGE-J. Hagan, cub todian. * , TRENTHAM. RACING CLUB-A. E. Whyte, secretary. HERETAUNCAiGOLF CLUB-Gencral Secretary, A. S. McShanc. Ladies' Secretary, Miss E. Stafford.

SCHOOLS. Anglican. BUNDAY SCHOOLBJ- . UPPER HUTT-St. Hilda'*,. 2.30 p.m. TRENTHAM-Bt. John's, 2.30 p.m. KAITOKE-Scheolroom, 2 p.m. ' f rosbyterlan. BUNDAY SCHOOLi—"UPPER HUTT-St. David's, fit 2.30 p.m. Gospel Hall. SUNDAY SCHOOLSip.m. EBDENTOWN-2.30 p.m. Roman Catholic. -SUNDAY BCHOOLI-

. UPPEUHUTT-St. Joatpd'i, at 2.30 p.ni. St. Joseph's Industrial School Biater-in-chargfr—Sister Mary Am* brose, Upper Hutt. Upper Hutt-Head-master, F. W. Connell; assistant master, J. Rodgers; assistants, Misses E. Pan}, ''\j, Brown, d. Printzen. , AkatarawaTeacher—Mies Bodell. Karapoti— Teacher—jsr. H. Banks. KaltokeTeaoher—Mi&s S. Gunn. MangaroaToacher—Mws Banks. Wallacevllle— Teacher—Miss E. M. Johnson. Whlteman's-Valley-Teaclier—MiK» A Uarriipq. HUTT VALLEY LEAGUE. President, G. I. Beniw. Secretary, A. J. McCurdy. UPPER HUTT AND DISTRICT HPRWLTUB'AI. SOCIETY. President, J. Webster; 'Secretary,

ated Numbers of defenceless men, romen and children have been hot, lanced or bayonetted in cold-blooded manner. Number of defenseless men, /omen and children have been oasted to death in their homes -hich they were forbidden to save. If driven out by the fires rtiich the'Jermans deliberate y .indled, they were at once shot. Numbers of Belgian soldiers, rho have been taken prisoners; iave been castrated or otherwise rendered sexually inetfeo-, ive. And numbers of inoffenive civilian men and youths iave been similarly treated. Men, women and children iave been tortured, mutilated tiid shot for no offence. Mottiers have been bayoneM" d or shot for protesting against heir daughters being raped. Middie-aged and old women iave been compelled to dig [raves for their relations and neighbours and have frequently >een shot and thrown into the [raves they had dug. Comely married and single vomen have been stripped starx laked and forced to wait on the j-erman soldiers or be shot. And these same women and jthers also have been raped by Jerman soldier after soldier .mtil they fainted or went crazy -and then to put a finishing touch to their brutality the Germans cut off the women's breasts and left them bleeding and violated. Children in their 'teens have been raped ana then mutilated. Boys who had not reached the age of puberty have had a portion of the sexual organ cut off so as to prevent'their ever becoming fathers. Hundreds of boys and girlstiny tots included—have had ears, noses and hands cut off and been.found bleeding alongside their murdered parents. Whole -district)? have been deliberately set fire to and not a building was left, unburnt. The arrival of the peace-loving and "cultured" German in Belgium and his actions thereafter do not inspire the average NewZealander with the belief that the myrmidons of the Kaiser's will are like]y to treat British men, women and children better than the Germans treated the town and country people of Belgium—a kingdom smaller in size than Southland. Recollect these were riot isolated cases. The massacres, fires, ijapes, mutilations, etc. were carried out wholesale in hundreds, of instances and on thousands of peaceful men, womer and children in Belgium anc France.'

> We make no apology for placing the awful atrocities before you in ""Straight-talk" words. Had we bad universal military training, every man in Upper Hutt would have had a rifle and known his place if a raid took place. The warships that sank the Cape of Good Hope and Monmouth and damaged the Glasgow have a clear run from the Chiliaa coast to New Zealandhave a look at the map for yourselves—and could cover the landing of a thousand .trained raiders of the same Mood as the: invaders of Belgium. We have one small-arms ammunition factory, no long-range field guns, no small-arms factory to make rifles, and no rifles for the National Defence Clubs and new Rifle Clubs. When your women-folk are outraged, mutilated, roasted or shot; your little ones maimed, mutilated or killed: the men of New Zealand shot, mutilated or carried off into captivity ;. and the towns pillaged and burned—the survivors will realise that jn the matter of providing an efficient system of National Defence, it is far too late to COUNT THE COST. — **~ — Say you road it In the' HUTT VALLEY INDEPENDENT,