CANADIAN LOYALTY.

Mataura Ensign, 28 August 1914, Page 4

CANADIAN LOYALTY.

CENSORSHIP ON LETTERS. TO GERMANY ANT) AI'STRIA. Received Au<rust 2-\ V-Vi a.m. ; OITAW'A, Auji. 27 ■ mommy.). ' The Government lias established a |censorship on all letters to Germany and !' "ONTARIO'S OUT OF FLOER. The Ontario Province has given 2.W.bajTs <,|' Hour to siipplcm.-ui the Do-*. '. minion's gift. ■Most of Canada's contributions are already en route to England. IN AUSTRALIA. "CATTLE KING'S" OFFER. ' 200 IIORSKS or riooo. Rece.ivid August 2S. o.4ft a.m. MELIiOVILNK, auk. '&■ Mr Sidney Kid man has offered Senator Milieu (Miniver for Defence) 200 horses or 141X10. AMERICANS VOLUNTEER. Received Autrust 2S, noon. | (VITAWA, Aug. 27. Hundreds of Americans are volunteering- i.) ioiu ilie Canadian Expeditionary For'v, inelndimr, expe.'t iiinneu and submarine engineer*. Colonel Sam Hu<*!ic-s (M'nKter Tor Militia) is obliwd t'i decline (lie offer* ovrnii to tho Tuited Suites' neutrality. j Orer 10 per cent, oi Canada'* Exnedi- | I'ontrv Force : « comp<»;rd of Canadians i who have retii'iied from ihe Fnjted J Stales to participate in ihe war. Tim I- one limn thould owji Scotland k an impossibility, and that one man 'should own nu en unity !ar ir o trad of territory .'ecins aji improbability. Yet M- Kidin.in, ihp Atnd":iVnn "Cattle K ; n" " Ir.ia runs whose joint a'fa total* 40 000 fiouaro miles, and Scotland contains but .10.000. It Ls when pipulnt'on is considered that the comparison with Scotland suffers. The Australian staCcim fiiipnorl nn'v 1000 i>eoi>!o; Scotland nearly 5.000:oo<). Greece has half tho a'ea of M." K'dmnn'H holding, fl.lid ' ove- 2000 l. ; iues ihe nou'ilafion ; H<dland one i|Uarler. ami 5000 times the population. A comparifAn >-o lav an live Kto-I; is r'onee-'ned wdmM be much tta ti'i'e; hut nearly 100.000 caU'e on one station alone, and Enumerable sheep, nol to me.iiiion several thoiiMUld horses. is -in enormous property to lw owned and cmirolb':] bv one ninn. It retiuireu an exceptional man to manage it. nnd Mr Kidman sny«i an Australian no per, is fill that and more. "They nay lie is a mil'ioii.i'm; 1)"'. was evev .1 niillionair* |,l.,v.vif>d with _ perfect health, i-p'elldid phvKHiue, a tine capicitv f.ir eJeep, fliid aileeii end 1 mts ia nd'nt!' r-o*iteutin«n( ?" Yet. hi.s has been no eji-y life. He be-e-.m ns a 'tntioi hand nt'five shillinßs a \vvk, and bv dim of hard labor, pwveveraiice, and cerlninlv errootion-sl business iaslinet. has atta ; ue(T bin »»resentmiiciie po" ; l : on. The bi\t-nauiod tmalilv did n>t tlfcu'-o verv nroni ; iMMitl<r ■n a trnimaclion which tnitjlit ha.vo altered his life ciree.r and cejta'iilv Hia bank balance. Years ntM ho t.nld ♦eejith ►hare ; n the BroV-en Hill myu»' for £l5O. nwkinjj Mime £4O profit. Ha» be waited Irs wvlit wou'd have b<wni a fortune. Mr Kidiinn do<« no', beliera in Ifttinu his 'and l : e undeveloped. To Ibis end l.e his v.pen! hu«e jiuuia of money on jcbeines, and o<i a mnrn d : rect means <,\ laying onen li«« land hn.s /mnoited a nuieber '-f emijrranis |-im England. Of these he taya, 'Tliev like the ; r wovl- ami their new country, and n'e do'nu; we'l—vre'l." wbicii besides beiiip an adverti»anicnt for Australia is a tribute la tho tact, and ifcnero* : ty of him who is wall termed "An-.uii'.Vs (VIUe King."

FUNDS MOUNTING UP. He-oived Auinmt '2S. !).4."> n.m SYDNEY, Aug. 28. Tim I/>.id Mayor'n Fund amount* to cr»o.noo. The (!>'.<i»il>er of t\w.w»ov War Food Fund ho* readied £iß,ooi>.«' PASS E N GERS^TLIG HT. llroeived AujriKt 9« <1.4.", n.m SYDNEY, .A nir. 2S. In :i lellw Mr .Mark Foy relate* that ''o left Sydnev by the (foliiiiui hienmar rv.i,i rM! , <,„ j„i v o- ~.,. h^,,,^^ M')ip.;i (V VC.-.M] -cirli-'d Ci-sniti New [JiiM...... ..1,,.., <... , '.» ; '..'.! V-l •],.,•■ war liid been drc'.inv!. T-'> C.'.Viik landed her »w«eiii;ei-K .Hid ! ( .|| hurriedly to- a neutral port. Til" IWM-Mlite-s y;.% ( , fllld diarlere-l a. , H'e- '„ . ,-,|.-- < . rcfldl i) iwt [Him wW)i ;lr.»' ~.ir.l a. steamer Ui ('hini. 'H,,, , w «g wrecked (ii a n-,.i -,11.1 :•• j enfter* Kt-vo nicked mi nii<| mln, |„ Vnp, iu tln> Caroline Ih1:uk1«, where they now ire. ISLAND SERvTcis"nF.SUMED. Received Aii£u«-i ■«?. 10°". .i hi rm « ■ , > ; YI>NKY. A.i. T . 28. Hie Hums, Pailp Rtiipontf ('onpaor K.tifv ilit« (l | |lk» Island l lomee*. j FURTHER CONTINGENTS. i IF THEY AUK ItF.ynRFD. Received .Aiufiuc; 'JA. HI *>."> (( m r *mAKWMSF.:~A\\.j. 28. 'W , toiiunpntiii}.- mi Karl Kitehenw'a speech, Senator Milieu aiini*ter for Defence) states that, ho has alreadr Mil). milted to Cabinet proposals for the organisation of furl her .■oniim/enis, if required. 7«liirl Kitchener in his opA'cli in t?» House- of Lord* said: "The Rmpiro* . wuh whom w« ar« warring bavo called to tho colons almost the entire, male population. Tho principle that Britain is obsorrinjj j K that while the enetme*' maximum lorce undergoes constant diiminution, the reinforcements Great I Britain is preparhi|r shall aire a ntead- ; i y-im-reafitiiK outflow until wo hnva in jtlio held, in numbers, an well as qual- | ity, an army which /.hall not bo ua- | worthy of the power and roNponMbiKtiea |of the Uritish F.mpire. \\ o cannot at ; this stage Kay what will ho tho limit* or the force* required, or what mcai<ur«a i may eventually be necessary to .supply intid imunUiin them. rf. the war lasted j out the term, of three year* for wliidt men had enlisted, others would taU | their paces and see the matter ; through."