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Free Lance, Volume XV, Issue 792, 3 September 1915, Page 13

The programme for the Professional Orchestra's concert at His Majesty's on Sunday next is very tempting. A special attraction is the ballet suite from Goldmark's "Queen of Sheba." For the rest, gems by Weber, Tschaikowsky, and L/iszt are promised.

Our forces at Gallipoli lost a first-class rifle shot when" Trooper William James Neal was killed in action. Though he had no previous military training:, he responded to the first call for men, and left with the Main Body. But what he lacked in military experience he has probably made up as a marksman, and, in fact, was selected on account of accurate shooting to beat the Turk at his own came —sniping. Such was ms re-' cord in rifle-shooting matches in Marlborough that without doubt he has done his share at Gallipoli in the Empire's cause. Besides, as a rifleman, he was well known as a cricketer, footballer and hockey p'ayer. He was the eldest son of Mr. Charles Neal, of Timatanga, Marlborough. A younger brother. Trooper Percy Neal, has recently been, reported wounded. Acting-Corporal Godfrey Clive Miller, wounded in the arm at Gallipoli, is a son of the manager of the Bank of Australasia at Dunedin, and a grandson of the .Hon. John Duthie, M.L.C., of Wellington. Lance-Corporal N. A. Robieson, reported to have died at sea on the hospital ship ,was well known in the' Wairarapa aJad Wellington. He was the son of Mr. James Robieson, of Masterton, and a younger brother of Mr. C. R. C. Bobieson, manager of the State Fire Insurance. He enlisted with the First Reinforcements, and such was his ill-luck that he v was severely wounded by a shrapnel- shot soon, after reaching the firing-line. Private Donald William. Rutledge, reported in a recent casualty list to be suffering from a nervous breakdown, is the eldest son of Senior-Sergeant B. Rutledge. formerly stationed at Mount Cook, Wellington, and "now at Auckland. Private Rutledge is 23 -"ears of age, and is well known in Wellington athletic circles. * * * # Dear Free liance, —Referring to the Professor Von "Zedlitz's conge, may I ask, as one of the people, why he should be singled out from the many Germans employed l in other Government departments', notably Public Works? Wjiy have members of the staffs in other branches to be daily subject to orders given them by Germans or Austrians? If mutinied, would the public be with thr~n? An alien who is a public servant ii.as greater facilities for acquiring; information of value to the enemy than the Professor. Should we not ask foil the immediate dismissal of all public servants of. enemy birth? The more educated .they are, the more dangerous and no distinction should be shown. Turn them all out as the Pahiatua Borough Council said in a resolution passed by them at a- recent meeting. Sir, the Government has to realise that this .'.s a war to the knife, and it has also *x> remember that Vox Populi is Vox Dei. Therefore, it must be loyal to its people by turning out of office all enemy aliens employed in the public service.—Yours, etc., Vekite-sans-peur. • The Wellington Licensed Milk Vendors' Association notifies the public ;n this issue that the retail prices of milk as from the Ist inst. will be 4d per quart. Tenders for inland mail services are invited in our advertising columns.