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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13803, 1 October 1915, Page 6

"I hnve been nearer the scene of action than you have, and I can assure you the moment has now arrived when every able-bodied unmarried man between 20 and 40 years of ngc, must offer himself," said the Rev. G. . H. Gaviu, late chaplain with the second reinforcements, preaching at St. Paul's pro-Cathedral, Wellington, on Sunday. "The men already there expect it of you, and for Jack of you, unless you respond quickly, many valuablo lives may be lost." Mr Harold Beauchamp, chairman o£ the Bank of N,ew Zealand, who has returned from Sydney, said, when seen by a .Dominion reporter,' that a. groat deal of adverse comment was being nadc on the State (Labor) Government's attempt to regulate the prices of commodities, and there was much talk about the big losses that had been made by the State m its attempt to act as supplier to the people. On the purchase md sale of hay, butter, etc., it was anticipated tha.t there would be a Joss to tho State (the people) of not less than 6300.000. The butter imported from America was so inferior m quality that the Australians would not look at it, y\d it had to be re-shipped to London 'or sain on hohnir nt f.lio Sfnfn ~