TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13701, 3 June 1915, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

ft took Germany forty -five years to pare for tliis war. How long will it c her to get over it?

The handsome team of four greys "which conveyed the carriage containing the Carnival queen to and front His Majesty's Theatre to-day, were from the stables of Messrs Francis and Lougher. Tljie.s.s. Kahu, which was expected this morning from Tokomaru Bay, had not been sighted at Tuahine up to 4 p.m. The vessel was supposed to leave Tokomaru wharf at 6 p.m. yesterday. "Amid great amusement, the German •Hymn of Hate' was recently sung at the Royal College of Music, London, juist to see what it would sound like as anr anthem. Everybody enjoyed- it. The Ijondoners are certainly good sports !" says the Winnipeg Telegram. ' In the Marton district the Lutheran Church has conducted its services iii German, and since the war broke out this has been a bone of contention among the residents, but at a meeting held at Marton the other /night m connection witli recruiting, the Mayor intimated that Rev. Hoffman had told him that they had now abandoned sei Ivices m German. It has been decided that 1 no more medical studHiits are to be allowed to enlist with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. This decision has been adopted following: on the rule now being enforced at Home, as a measure .to counteract a possible shortage m doctors. A? a matter of fact, British students are now being sent home from the front m France m order to enable them to complete their studies.

With the large number of ]>eople m town m connection with the Coronation ceremonies, there is sure ~to be a record attendance at the Scottish hall to-night, on the occasion of the monster patr otic social being given, by the Drums' "AlllligliV Night committee m aid of the local ' wounded soldiers. An excellent orchestra, consisting of piano, cornet, piccolo, and clarionet, will furnish the dance music, and this m itself should prove a. big draw. Everyone is cordially invited to be present, a-nd thus assist m helping the good cause for which the function, is being held..

In the 'course of. a cablegram to his Excellency the Governor respecting the requirements m connection with the litting up of the Maheno as a hospital ship, . the i Imperial authorities stale that the ship should be painted white, with a green ribbon five feet broad 'and one two inches broad, on each boat, band to be broken and red Geneva crosses to be painted- forward, amidships and. aft on each side. A continuous line of electric lights, to be carried m boxes, must be fitted at the hea<l of the rail about live feet part, three sides of the boxes to have green ulass, . the inboard , side being blaiiK. These will form an illuminated green band at night. Additional lights ace also to be provided by illuminating the amidship and aft crosses. Ou the occasion of a war demonstration at Wellington the Rev. Archibald Hunt made a stirring appeal, to all. "Never m the history of the world before," he said, "was Nelson's great signal 'England expects every man to do dis duty' i. ore insistent, more imperative, in* its appeal to the Empire. Our hearts w^re thrilled with tiie story of how our men have faced their baptism of fire. We are proud of the men to whom we entrusted the honor of our Dominion, and, we have come to realise that we need have no fear that our gallant sons representing us at the iront will not do their duty. Many uf them have made great sacrifices, some have shed their blood, some have even laid down, their lives, and we are here to-day to remind ourselves of the fact that all our self-sacrifice is not exhausted with the going of our sons to, the front. I am glad to recognise that there is a wealth of loyalty arid patriotism amongst those who are left behind. . . . I have not many eons. I have only one, • and. I have given him, and only a» hour or two ago I received a telegram to say that he was wounded. Citizens, I aim as proud of that telegram as I would have been if he had told me he had won a gold medal. I shall treasure that telegram as a. memento of the gallant spirit of the boy I love,, and whom 1 have given, rejoicing m the consciousness that' I posjjjesseu a son worthy of the heritage of \ the great heroes of the past."

The glooni of conversation round the ravages of the war is (Sir Henry Lucy writes ;in the Sydney Morning Herald) temporarily lifted by a story told by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of a night adventure. As he was returning to his home by a well-known Surrey golf links, night fell. He gave instructions to the -cliauffeur to light up. As the process took some time, he got" out of the car and went round to the back to see if all was right with the rear lamp. At the same moment,, the chauffeur, concluding that his fare was inside, started' off at .full speed,\^with intent to make up for lost time. In. vain the Chancellor followed, shouting 'at the top of his voice. It was a windy night, and, unfortunately, the w)ind was m the wrong, direction for his purpose. The unheeding chauffeur ami the car disappeared m the distance. It was an awkward situation, the Chancellor's home being five miles distant. Evidently the only wjiy to reach it was on foot. Plodding along ho was cheered by t£e sight of a building fairly well lit up 'm front. He recognised it as the country lunatic asylum. Sorely, here he would get a lift. In response to his summons at the front door the hall porter made his. appearance, and sharply inquired the object of his call. Mr Lloyd George explained, and asked for assistance to complete his journey home. The porter shook his head, ttud prepared to 7 close the door. "But." daid the wayfarer, "I am the Chancellor of the Exchequer." "Yes, yes," said the porter, giuitHy ; "we've got six of 'em inside. You go out of the gate, turn.. to the left, and you'll get home before morning.' There being no visible appeal from this judgment, \\\e Chancellou .commenced his journeyv and had not gone very far when,' to his delight he | saw liiscar returning. The chauffeur, reaching home and opening the car door. /found he had lost his passenger, and. m a state of amazed trepidation, went back m search of him. <