ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14188, 11 October 1909, Page 6

ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

SWIFT BEEF COMPANY. •, [FKOal OtTlt OWlf COKBESPONDENT.'J '"; London - ,- September 3.' , Tire Swift Beef Company is trying to . direct shipments to Newcastle, the Elstree Grange - having \ landed 3000;. quarters Xof , chilled beef and 6000 quarters of frozen i beef from Argentina at the northern port > quite recently. The Newcastle Chronicle >■ understands that this is the beginning ' of a larger scheme. "Some little time '> ago it was reported that specially- ■ designed vessels were to be built for the carrying of meat for -the Swift Company, and it is stated that the . company intends making Newcastle a discharging centre for the north of England. If this project materialises it will represent considerable increase in the imports at th« quay. -The Grange Line have been bring- ' ing chilled meat to Newcastle for sonii years, but /this is the first steamer U bring frozen meat direct to Newcastle foi the Swift' Company." NIMROD IN THE THAMES. As unobtrusively as she left the Lon don Docks, just 25 months ago, j.jflu Nimrod returned on Monday and took her moorings in the basin facing thi Poplar entrance to the East India Dock At present 'she will remain there, but 'i: is expected that later on she will conn higher up the Thames. The dogs 'thai have survived from the expedition :re main for the present on board. Possum the mother of a litter of seven pups which were born at the equator, on th< Homeward voyage, is the most interest ing passenger, but there is another dog of quite a different kind, which has in way created a canine record. This; if Lassie, a black Pomeranian, which mad* the voyage out and Home, and whicl was accounted the mascot of the ship an,the expedition. ■ Mr: Shackleton wehffl down to Torquay to meet the Nimrod ■ he boarded her and came up Channel afl far as Eastbourne, where he landed. ■

! NEW STEAMER LAUNCHED. si There has recently been launched at Bell fast a large : twin-screw steamer, named th<R Star of Canada, arid built to the; order 69 Messrs. J. P. Corry and Co., of London* She has a gross tonnage of about.73oo tons, She has been specially designed for the con veyance of frozen • meat - and fruit from ;;thj Australian and New Zealand colonies. The cargo space is divided : into five large hold? three of which j are insulated and prepare? for the reception of chilled and frozen nvm cargoes. . A ; steel deckhouse amidships con tains a number of staterooms and a com modious dining saloon provided with • every convenience to ensure the comfort of pas sengers. F. C. GOULD'S CARTOON. -.; In Tuesday's' 'Westminster : Gazette "P.C.G.," the celebrated cartoonist, draws his inspiration from New ; Zealand. 'Untlei the heading "A Very Different-Colour,"!; is the picture of a Maori chief and a Britisb duke in conversation. The Maori chief « saying to the British duke: "We are both landowners— it really true that to be turned : '' into a '. rent : receiver and to live without labour" is the road to ruin?" Bj The picture is founded upon a cable message from the Standard, correspondent ! ai Auckland, who states that a New Zealand MP. declares that on no account must the Maori landowners ;be turned into "rentreceiving class," The road to ruin, he says, is to provide them with a living without labour," and their salvation "lies in their having work to do for their living, as our settlers do." The chief is portrayed in his native dress, with tatooing and huia feathers complete. , ; -.. THE PACIFIC FLEET. Colonel J. F. Foxto.i, delegate of tie Commonwealth of Australia at the Imperial Defence Conference, has given the following opinion concerning the Pacific fleet "The composition of the fleet unit will be such ■as to afford Australia what, in the opinion of the best naval experts, will the most effective local protection, both as regards' our own shores and our ; great* coastal';' and ; other; trading routes,:: while, at the same; time it will be of- such; a character as to enable it, if J the .{necessity":s should arise, to contribute in a manner entirely in conformity with the views, of -a the i: Admiralty towards the maintenance of the Empire's supremacy at sea in '•■ any part of the .'.world. 'Kit: will, in fact, together with two similar units of the Royal navy ; in this China and East India stations respectively, form the Pacific fleet of . the Empire, In peace time it will be under "the exclusive control and administration of the Commonwealth - Government, while in war time 'itH will undoubtedly ;be placed at ■ the : - disposal!! of : the : Admiralty, 'i for it is now generally! recognised that;•.,. for purposes of war theSl whole naval strength of the Empire musfcl be wielded by one authority. This posi-H tion of affairs is, if I am able to; gauge theM feelings' of jmy ) countrymen, entirely in :; ac-H cord with Australian sentiment." . _ ?, ; $ THE WHITE CITY. ' The New Zealand Pavilion continues tfl be; a great attraction at the White City and: there' is no doubt that it 'has proved a good advertisement for the Dominion, Those who have visited the exhibition will be interested to learn that the flip-flap has met with an accident. Yesterday afternoon, when the two arms had all but met in the air, there came a sudden stoppage, and the 15 passengers in theftwo• cars;remained in the t air for an j hour- and -1C minutes before they were';set; free. The mishap was due to some fault* in the,electrical machinery by which the arms aW worked. The arms had to be dragged back to the stations from which '•'■'. they ascend, and this proved to be a. slow and laborious; process. ".-■ ; ; .; *Y ; I MR. WILL CROOKS* TOUR. Final arrangements for Mr. Will f Crook* tour in Australia and New :• Zealand were made this week. The Labour ALP. is due at Brisbane, on October 28 or 29 he, will stay there until November 3, when he. will leave for Sydney; on the 17th of ,'that month he will ; sail for Auckland, where two days are to be spent, followed by two days in Rotorua and three days in Wellington. . Christchurch is allotted practically only one -J day, and thence the tour will be continued to Dunedin. There the member for - Woolwich will \ stay from December 2 to the 6th, visiting Invercargill and the Bluff in one day, and sailing for Hobart in the evening. Mr. Crooks will spend December in Australia, and he ill due to arrive Home about a month, later. >?w\