CURRENT TOPICS

Southland Times, Issue 17663, 22 February 1916, Page 4

CURRENT TOPICS

OUTRAGES IN AMERICA. The German conspirators in America have scored their greatest success since the beginning of the war by the destruction -at New York of two steamers loading munitions for Vladivostock. The loss of life and the destruction of property which were incidental to this success will not cause any concern in Germany, and in the United States the only likely result will bo to increase the activities of the police. American detectives pride themselves «n their skill in unearthing crime, but in spite of their efforts (he Germans up to the end of last year ha/1 a record of damage to twentythree cargoes of supplies to the Allies. Ten of these were fires in New V ork Harbour. On December 31, eight men were under arrest, charged with being concerned in these plots, but odd arrests have no influence in reducing the criminal activities of the Gentian plotters, wl'.o can always rely upon being well paid for their work. One of the most interesting phases of the German plots in America, of which little has been heard here, is connected with an organisation known as the Labour National Peace Council. This innocent-looking body was formed of “peace-loving frienda of labour,” who were ambitious to "slop the war in Europe.” Their enthusiasm led them into various efforts to tie up munition plants, and it has been shown that they were financed by one Captain von Rintelen, a German naval officer. Tlie president and other six members of the council have now been indicted for conspiracy, but before an information could be laid against von Bintelcn ho

Itud escapM on a fraudulent Swiss passport issued in the n:uno of "M. Gasque. It is, however, easier to escape from 'America than to get to Germany, and von Rintelen had the misfortune to meet n British warship and to be taken as a prisoner of war to England. Another recent check to German plotting was given by the arrest in December of Paul Koenig," who holds the office of chief of police to the Hamburg-Amerlcan Steamship Company, and one Kichard Emil Lcydcndcckcr, a Fifth Avenue dealer in curios, on a charge of having planned on American territory “a military enterprise" against Canada, the object of which was the destruction of the Welland Canal, through which the Great Lakes traffic passes into the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic. Two of Koenig's former aids, both American citizens, have since turned State's evidence, and have [given the Government all the information in their possession. Koenig also stands indicted with Kdmund Justice, an Irishman, of having used the United States as a base from which to spy in Canada for the purpose of getting ’.n • formation to be used by Germany in Operations against Great Britain.

THE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF. The London Spectator expresses "the Utmost satisfaction that Sir V illiam Robertson has been appointed Chief of the Imperial Staff, in place of Sir Archibald Murray, ‘who is about to receive an Important command.’ We congratulate Sir W. Robertson, but still more do wo congratulate the Government, ilhey will row have at their elbow the wisest, sanest, and most courageous of warcounsellors. If we add the most singlejninded and also most plain-spoken, we shall not, we believe, bo in error. Ambition may be a generous fault, but ambitious soldiers, especially at Home, are apt to be restless—the worst of qualities in an adviser. Happily Sir William Robertson is not ambitious in this sense perhaps not in any sense except that of serving his country. Unless we are utterly mistaken in regard to Ids intellectual equipment, the Government will find that they can depend upon Sir William Robertson to steady the strategy Of the war, and to prevent the policy of little packets, forced upon us, we admit, by circumstances, from having disastrous consequences. That, in our opinion, is the need of the hour. We want supplied to us the missing keypiece of the puzzle —the piece which, when fitted in, will give form and substance to all our efforts, from the blockade in the North Sea to the Bagdad expedition. Cohesion, concentration, com. bination —that is what we want in our war policy during the coming year. If any man can give it us, it will be Sir William Robertson. Needless to say, miracles must not be expected of him, and, above ail things, not miracles while you wait. If, however, he is -allowed the fullest opportunities, and if the authorities really give him their confidence, he may prove of the greatest possible help. One thing must not be expected of him —smooth words and the willingness to try to evade difficulties rather than meet and overcome them. He is essentially a man who dares to look the facts full in the face. He is not one of those who instinctively turn their heads when there is trouble coming.”

DANISH NEUTRALITY. In a defence of the Danish attitude during the war, Mr Axel Gerfalk, a Danish journalist, resident in London, says: —“ When the war broke out, the Danish Farmers’ Co-operative Societies, which control the export of the greater part of our agricultural products, decided to keep allegiance with their old customer. Many temptations were put in the way of the Danish co-operative farmers. They were offered higher prices from Germany, they were guaranteed a fixed percentage above any price offered them from England, but they did not swerve from their decision to remain loyal to their old customer, England, and I often wonder in these disloyal times if the farmers in any other neutral country, given the same opportunity, ■would have resisted the temptation of selling their goods where higher prices were obtainable. It is no secret in Denmark that many British firms cancelled their Danish contracts or ordered their Copenhagen representatives to sell their butter or bacon or eggs in the open market. One need not be a Sherlock Holmes to guess where commodities of this kind, turned loose on the open market. are going to. The plainest of plain business men cannot be in . doubt of that. But are the Danes to blame The Danish neutrality may not be a very glorious attitude, but we are numerically too small a nation to afford a more heroic one. I am not going to say that we are too proud to fight. It would be true no more than saying that we are Towards. The truth is that the spirit of the Vikings is with us no longer. Our fighting days, I believe, are over. Our soldiers fought bravely when they attempted, in 1864, to bar the united forces of Germany and Austria from inundating all Denmark. They fought, however, with no joy in their hearts; even German historians admit that the Gorman losses were three times those of the Danish whenever it came to hand-to-hand fighting, and the stolid Danish peasants had the opportunity of using the bayonet or the butt-ond of their obsolete rifles. Wo Danes are neutral and wish to remain neutral, because we, singlebanded, fought the first act of this war drama- That is our official and national attitude, and nothing will make us swerve from that policy.”

Mr J. St. McPherson, secretary of the Invercargill Dairymen's Association, reports that owing to the excellent season that has been experienced in Southland, his Association lias decided not to make any alteration in the retail price of milk until April Ist. This is the first j»car that Invercargill has experienced such a thing. Red deer (stags only) may be taken or killed within the Southland Acclimati-' sation district, exclusive of all sanctuaries, from April 1 to May 3, both days inclusive. Incenses may bo issued by the Chief Postmaster on payment of a license fee of £5 ss. No licensee is allowed to take or kill more than two stags, and no stag shall, be killed carrying antlers with less than ten points. Any person committing a breach of the regulations shall bo liable to a fine not exceeding £2O. The following is an extract from a Homo I‘Hier received by a Wellington resident; —"We have just engaged a nurse, a charming Scotch lady, Miss the front, and is glad of a rest. ishe says that her superintendent nurse was shot by a German officer because she refused to turn out British and French wounded, and to nurse Cor them. This seems an even more cold-blooded murder than that of poor Nurse Cavoll, and [ hear that several IVonoh sisters were also shot! These horrors did not get into the papers.”

Potato blight has been prevalent in the Pahiatua district this year (says the Kew Zealand Times) but a number of crons that were threatened have escaped serious damage. The blight made Us appearance during the humid moist weather a few weeks ago, and some growers gave up hope, hut a cold snap followed and the ravages of the visitation wen: checked. .Many crops have now recovered and are showing good yields of tubers unaffected by blight.

The days of romance are not yet ended. A Westport resident now in Kngland mentions in a letter to a relative (says tiro Xewsi Ural an ex-resident of that town, a young soldier, invalided to England, white boating on the Thames, was casually taken in hand by some English people who were interested in the New Zealanders, and the serin el to the affair is tire engagement a nd marriage of the ex-Westporlian to a lady heiress to something in the vicinity of half a million sterling.- Boys who slay at home don't realise how much they are missing.

There is a prevalent impression (says the Herald) that the Auckland City Council is making an exceptionally large porfit on the sales of water at the rate of led per thousand gallons to those within the city area and 1/- per thousand gallons to others. A recent report made hy the waterworks engineer states that the cost of water supplied to the cits- by gravitation is over fid per thousand gallons. Tliis lakes into consideration the fact that interest is only charged on t lie original cost to the council of the properties from which ■water is obtained. If the interest were calculated on the present value of the properties the water would cost nearer <.,) in r thousand gallons. It is slated that* when Urn cost of supplying water to pul,lie conveniences, horse troughs and tires is i on - Ider.-d the council is actually receiving only a fraction above S< 1 per thousand gallons when it sells water tt K'u per thousand.

If is notified in the Gazette for public information that the Imperial Government will not permit the exportation of high-speed tools from the United Kingdom to New Zealand without the approval of the Minister of Customs, ‘Wellington. Any person or firm desirous of importing high-speed tools from the United Kingdom should make application to ascertain the conditions under which the necessary approval will be given. Approval will not be granted in cases where merchants desire to hold stocks for sale.

The depredations of a shark, by all accounts of no mean size, have been causing consternation to those local fishermen whose practice It is to use the groper fishing grounds, about an hour's sail from the harbour (says the Oamaru Times!. Jt is reported that this monster can he plainly observed swimming quite close to the surface, and, as the groper, which incidentally, are fairly plentiful at present, are being, as the fishermen thinks, safely landed, he turns over on his back, a lightninglike swish follows, and the head of the groper is all which remains for the fisherman. This clever ruse, on the part of the shark has met with much success, to the disgust of the men in the boats, but preparations are contemplated to curb his audacity.

The excellent curative value of the Morere springs has been demonstrated by the case of a returned trooper (says the Poverty Bay Herald. The man in question was invalided back to New Zealand, suffering from rheumatism. After being kept for some time at Wellington, where he appeared to make no improvement, lie was sent to his home at Napier. His parents, who were no little concerned at their son's condition, after some weeks sent him to Morere. Arriving at the springs, he had to be carried out of the coach into tire hotel, and to start off with he had to be daily assisted to the baths. The recovery which was effecte.d after ten days at Morere was so remarkable that lie was able to come on to Gisborne and immediately take up civilian employment as a blacksmith.

Canon Tuke, of Hawke’s Bay, had a miraculous escape from a bad mangling at Dannevirke railway station on Friday. A passenger on the express train from Napier, he got off at Dannevirke, being under the impression the train stayed ten minutes. When it started he was some distance away on the station platform. He made a dash and caught the handrail of the first of two vans on the rear of the train. He was whisked off his feet and dragged some distance with his legs between the footboard and the edge of the platform. Fortunately, when he let go his hold lie had got his feet out of their dangerous position, but the second van hit him a heavy blow on the left side of the face, inflicting two nasty wounds in the region of the eye. A doctor was summoned, and Canon Tuke's injuries were attended to.

A bull that had suddenly developed an antipathy to being converted into bovril made things exciting for a time, one day last week, in the vicinity of tiie Whangarei Freezing Works. While awaiting slaughter with other cattle in the paddock, it attacked a passing resident, who sought safety by shinning to the top of a convenient rock. Then things began to happen in quick sequence. A lady with a milk-pail on her 'arm came tripping down the track, and the bull charged again from the ambush of a gorse-bush. The lady screamed, and, throwing the bucket in the animal’s face, she gained the sanctuary of the rock, scrambled up, and sat herself beside the man. The next scene opened with the arrival of six butchers from the works, armed with cleavers and axes, bent on slaying the savage where it stood. But the bull was game. It joined battle with a joyous "whoop,” scattered its adversaries, and succeeded in forcing three units to seek refuge on the rock with Its first two prisoners. The animal then mounted guard over them. It had acquired by this time an aspect of monstrous comicality, by reason of the bucket. The utensil had become impaled on one long horn, and sat rakishly on the creature’s head like a disreputable bad hat. One eye was obscured, but ihe remaining optic still glared truculent hatred and cold murder. However, “all’s well that ends in a laugh.” A rifle was obtained, after an interval, and a wellaimed shot enabled the rock-dwellers to descend.

The following is a copy of a letter which has been received by LieutenantColonel Potter, Commandant of Trentham Camp, from the Mayoress of Albany;—“ Would you make it known among your men next leaving for the front that I have made arrangements to have the Town Hall open with tables placed for their convenience if wishing to write to their homes? We are deeply regretful that the small size of our town, and the necessarily meagre information we gel regarding the movements of the transports, makes it impossible for us to entertain your good fellows as we should do, had we longer purses and fewer calls upon them; as it is wc feel that our efforts in this direction must concentrate on the returned wounded and sick. In this I am sure you and your gallant men will agree. May I take this opportunity of expressing my admiration (from a woman’s standpoint) of the excellent behaviour of your men whilst in our town; though there may bo a few goats among the sheep, one does not look for perfection, but only for what we have now learned to expect from New Zealanders, decent courteous demeanour, whilst ashore. Greetings on behalf of the Mayor (Mr Ernest McKenzie) and myself.—Yours faithfully (signed) Belle McKenzie, Mayoress, Albany, February Ist, 1916." An Englishman attached to a submarine flotilla operating in the Mediterranean war zone writes of a recent experience during a gale as follows: — “Wc left ’on a mission,’ and stopped outside in a small bay, where many ships were moored awaiting instructions. A terrific gale sprang up from the north, and we had ships breaking up ail ronnd —dragging anchors and drifting on a lee shore. A torpedo-boat bore down on us and broke our securing wires. Wc had orders to ‘abandon ship,’ but we stuck to her, and worked for three and a-half hours in the driving snow, often in water up to our armpits. Finally we rescued her and managed to secure her, only to find both propellers damaged and one engine displaced, one of our Hood tanks badly holed, cleats pulled out, our tail twisted, and onr frames bent and seams opened. At 7 a.m. we broke adrift, and to save ourselves we had to risk it and submerge. There we sat on the bottom for six hours, then started dragging on a wreck and bumped away! We did tiie only thing—’blow tanks,’ and up in it all .again on the surface. The pressure was so great that when the air valve was opened my ear drums cracked and my feet went woolly, like walking on air! However, the wind had lulled, and wc tied up and finally got back to our depot. It was a bad experience for one's first ’sink,’ and 1 thought 1 had lost my eham-e of ‘doing a bit,' but I am now writing this hurried lino as 1 am off again for ’somewhere.’ ”

German methods of conducting warfare are brought out into a lurid light in a document (a copy of which has been sent to the Wellington Post) received by the Consular-Agent for Prance, Mr .lames Macintosh. It is the third and fourth report of a Commission instituted hy the French Government and consisting of Judges of the French High Courts and other persons accustomed to take evidence and to test the veracity ol witnesses. The charges made against the Germans include the use of women and children and old people as shields In German troops advancing against the French; the cold-blooded murder of non. combatants: the murder on the Held of wounded and of prisoners, not merely putting them oat of the way, but hor-

rildy mutilating them either alive or dead: tiring on ambulance workers and surgeons in defiance of the lied Cross, and burning down of t empora ry hospitals and dressing stations with their helpless inmates and the Rod Cross workers; the use of specially manufactured inti lets which ’ indict needlessly dread fnl wounds, in defiance of The Hague Convention. It is shown in the report. Unit wounded Gormans have again and again attacked the French who have gone to succour them, in many cases mortally, and sometimes have shot or stabbed them when they have been giving the wounded German himself a drink. The report concludes: —"We will stop here, M. he ITdesidcnt du Conseil, for wc fear we should only prolong it indefinitely if we recited all the. tacts brought under our notice, all of which have the same identity. The innumerable instances which we have taken from the voluminous evidence before ns are sufficient to show tin- manner in which our enemies me conducting the war, ami will enable yon to fully understand haw the German Army is barbarously treating noncomljalants, and soldier-prisoners falling into their hands in defiance of the most elementary rights ot mankind and the most aacred obligations of humanity.”

An Invercargill taxi motor met with an accident at Bluff on Sunday afternoon. tin trying to turn at. the pilot station llie car slipped over the edge of the roadway down a bank, and finished up on the beach. So far as can he ascertained there was very little damage done, hut the driver and passenger had a narrow escape.

In the latest issue of the N. Z. Gazette, in .summarising the conditions of the crops in the various provinces, Mr Malcolmn Fraser, Government Statistician, has the following to suy about Southland: Throughout an excellent season has been experienced. Wheat and oat crops are very good, and high yields are expected. Root crops are very fair, and pastures excellent.

One of the trades which has been hit badly by the war is the tailoring trade. Woollens have advanced from 25 to 50 per cent in price, and all the trimmings required in the production of a suit have, advanced similarly. In view of these increases Invercargill tailors are considering ways and means of meeting the situation, and probably it will be found necessary not only to increase prices, but to do away with the extended credit which has become the curse of the trade.

A largely attended meeting of the executive of the Southland Anglers’ Club was held last evening, Mr C. W. Wilson (president) in the chair. It was decided, among other business, to hold a competition open to members of the Club only on Sth March. The conditions are: Any legal bait, and any river or stream in the Southland Acclimatisation district. It was also decided to invite the honorary and other members to a field day at Oporo. The date chosen for this fixture is early in March. A subcommittee was appointed to make arrangements for the outing.

Naturally enough, some convalescent soldiers are not in an immediate hurry to return to the front, and it requires all the skill and humour of doctors to discover malingering (says the Manchester Guardian). An instance of this sort of detection by a doctor was told to a reporter recently. Two men at the base hospital who were apparently quite well strongly objected to joining a draft. One of them said that he could not sleep at nights. The doctor convinced him that he was Die very man for night sentry work. The other said that lie was deaf and withstood several tests. In the end the doctor said to the orderly: “Take this man away, orderly; lie is no use to us. He is as deaf ns a post. Poor fellow; give him a bottle of stout as lie goes out.” Not a word was said at the gates about the bottle of stout, and the deaf man turned to the orderly, and asked: "What about that bottle of stout the doctor said I was to have?” Result —next draft.

The secretary and treasurer of the Wellington Christmas Shilling Fund, organised by the Associated Amateur Sports Bodies, has issued a statement (duly audited) of receipts and payments. The amount collected in Wellington in donations and subscriptions (£BIO 16s sd), Commercial Travellers’ Club (£265 Os 10d), and Gallipoli Days (£965 8s 6d) amounted to £2041 5s 9d; Sports Associations’ and Clubs, £624 14s 2d; donations and subscriptions outside Wellington, £632 19s Od; total, £3299 19s Bd. Payments were as follow; —Tobacco and sweets, Gallipoli, £2600; tobacco and sweets, Samoa, £54 18s lOd; advertising, £54 2s 7d; Gallipoli surprise packets, £43 8s 3d; stationery and printing, £l9 10s 6d; Gallipoli badges (G. T. White), £80; sundries, £6O 15s 2d; petty cash in hand, 14s; balance in Commercial Bank of Australia, Ltd., £286 10s 4d. The balance has been placed on deposit in the names of Messrs C. G. Wilson and H. Amos, who have been appointed trustees by the committee.

Referring to war problems at a meeting of returned soldiers in Gisborne, Sir James Carroll declared himself a vigorous supporter of conscription as the best means of supplying the need for men at the front (says the Gisborne Times). “The British Empire,” he said, “is right up against it. We must realise that the war won’t be over in a day, nor perhaps a year, and that the Empire may have to fight—no struggle—to the last unit of its power, to triumph over wrong, to lead right to victory. England must have the leading voice in the coming great readjustment of human affairs, and New Zealanders should not relax her efforts on behalf of the Empire. It is time that the Government, instead of wasting time on the voluntary system, which, though excellent, has had its day, should boldly declare, ‘Bet us have conscription!’ and the country would answer the call. (Applause.) The willing are now doing the work of the unwilling, and it is time the burden was shared.” (Applause.)

Evidence in a case at the Supreme Court in Christchurch last week, in which a man was charged with presenting a spurious totalisator ticket at the Canterbury Jockey Club Cup meeting, showed that there most have been an organised and cleverly-arranged scheme to defraud the club. Mr Wanklyn, secretary of the Jockey Club, said six other “faked” tickets, purporting to be issued at windows 17, 20, and 22, were received at the same meeting, whicli indicated that somebody inside the totalisator was manipulating the stamps. The collection of "faked” tickets received at the meeting showed that somebody was holding a stock of tickets Nos. 3, 5, 13, which wore stamped improperly, and were presented for payment should those numbers happen to be winners. Chief-detec-tive Herbert said he was convinced, after tiie way he had to worm information out of the accused, that he was shielding somebody inside the totalisator. The case for the prosecution broke down, and accused was acquitted by direction of tiie judge.

“ Owing to the change of locality the mails have got a hit involved, but matters arc readjusting themselves,” says Captain Hall-Thompson, of H.M.S. Philomel, in the course of a letter to the Minister of Defence. “Half a ton of butter sent from New Zealand by the Tahiti arrived rapidly and in very good condition, and wo trust that the generous donors will realise with what great appreciation it was received. Before it came butter had been an unknown thing on the ship for some time; indeed, since the last lot was received from New Zealand. I am afraid that the Christmas gifts missed us, and have gone on to second time, but I think all enjoyed it. We had difficulty in securing Christmas fare, but when J went round the mess decks I til ink they were doing fairly well. Your telegram was appreciated by all; it was nice to feel that New Zealand was til inking of us at S a.m." Captain Hall-Thompson proceeds to speak most appreciatively of the work of the crew, which Includes a large proportion of Now Zealanders. He mentions tliaj. the Philomel has borne the strain of war wonderfully well. Ho thanks the Government for the prompt and favourable consideration given to the needs of the crew with regard to messing allowance, separation allowance, and other matters.

In a letter to a friend in Christchurch a Canterbury officer now at the front writes: "There left Devonport on December 19 a troopship crowded with British troops for the usual unknown destination. Among these these troops is a special draft of 00 Australian and .Vow Zealand officers, and 150 of their n.c.o.’s, who are being sent out for special service, also to an unknown destination. The usual secrecy prevails and the usual rumours are afloat, but we are glad to be away, as the delay inseparable from the transporting of troops had become very trying to those of us at Weymouth who were passed as tit for general service again. We had been held in readiness for nearly two months, and it is a relief to be now again facing the great uncertainty. Of the i;<> colonial officers on hoard IB are New Zealanders (Fanterhury men), amongst them being Lieutenant - colonel Peerless, Fa plain Talbot. Captain Hommond, Lieutenants Blackett, MacF.a.llum, and G. G. Harper (all of the Canterbury Mounted miles). Amongst the n.c.o. .s are Sergeant Qnurlly, Sergeant K. B. Davidson, Corporal Gillingham, and Corporal Rich (also of the C.M.TL), and Corporal 1,. 11. Bold (of the Engineers). We snspeet our destination to be Egypt for the time being, but this morning it was very nearly the bottom of the sea. Soon after breakfast the ship gave a great wheel to the right, and across the curve of her wake could be seen, not 20 yards astern, the streak of a torpedo’s wake. In the distance a periscope glinted for a few seconds in the sun, but it did not wait for the 1.7 in onr stern to swing level with it, ami she dived as our whistle brought every man, rifle in hand and life-belt on, to his boat station. A little prevention is worth a ton of cure. Before going out in cold, wet weather put a few drops of "NAZOt." on lump sugar and let it dissolve in the mouth. “NAZOL” will fortify you

At about seven o’clock last evening a little girl, aged about six years, a daughter of Mr Rask. a fisherman, had a very narrow escape from drowning. She with other children was playing on the end of the wharf, when she fell into the ostuarv. Mr Robert Miller, who happened "to be on the wharf, heard cries and promptly jumped over the wharf and rescued the little girl, who had a narrow escape, as the tide was carrying her into deeper water.

2/- to 5/- in the £ having on Underwear.—Undrill’s Sale, opp. Post Office. Miss Pvle, Amethyst Hall, has room for ladies" and girls. A beautiful home. Good table kept. Terms very moderate. Country people invited to inspect.— (Advt.)

Just received by post at THOMSON AND BEATTIE’S. The very latest in Neckwear, Lace Collars 1/11 to 3/3, Lace Vests 2/6 to 2/11, Lace Medici Collars in White, Cream and Black at 1/6. Cream Knitted Mufflers, style Polo Orto from 2/3 to 3/11 each. x A GOOD PLACE TO STAY: RAILWAY HOTEL, INVERCARGILL. Right opposite Railway Station. x Eczema is the most common and most annoying skin disease that flesh is heir to, and, as many have found, is extremely hard to eradicate. A portion of the skin becomes irritable, smarting, burning, red, inflamed, stiff, sometimes scaly, and the Intense itching is hard to put up with, giving rise to much suffering and broken rest. Obstinate cases of this complaint are really difficulty to cure unless experience shows the way. Mr R. Sommerville, chemist and optician, Bank Buildings, Dee street, Invercargill, has had the necessary experience, and now sells the medicine and ointment to effect a speedy cure, and at moderate cost. x

In order to make room for our New Season’s Goods, which will shortly be to hand, we are thoroughly overhauling our stocks in all departments, throwing out all Remnants and Oddments. So that these will sell quickly, they are being marked at extremely low prices. They comprise smart, up-to-date goods and materials, by viewing which the public will have an opportunity of securing some extraordinary bargains. Remnants of Tweeds and Dress Fabrics: Remnants of Silks; Remnants of Voiles, Muslins, Prints, Poplins, Linings, etc., etc., all to clear at half marked prices. We invite inspection. PRICE & BULLEID. x Buy for prompt cash and save your money. One of the most effective ways of saving your money is to buy for ready money from BAXTER’S —if you buy on credit you keep paying for other people’s bad debts. x The travelling public can obtain all Newspapers, Magazines, Latest Books. All brands of L'igatettes, Tobaccos and Confectionery. No half-holiday at the Bookstall. C. RODGERS. Proprietor, x The reason why the B.S.A. Company are able to give such good deliveries of the B.S.A. motor cycles is very largely due to the fact that the British Government have recognised the tremendous efforts of the B.S.A. Company to supply various forms of munitions and military equipment, which have been necessary for the successful carrying out of the present war. The B.S.A. Company are turning out such quantities of military rifles, machine guns, and other munitions, also a very large number of the special military folding bicycle, having spear something over half a million pounds in the erection of .special buildings and plant for this purpose since the outbreak of war. Their Daimler Works at Coventry have also been placed almost entirely at the disposal of the Government, and are turning out huge quantities of motor transport and aeroplane equipment. A large number of B.S.A. motor cycles have also been purchased by the British and the Allies for military purposes, anu in view of the tremendous output of other munitions by the B.S.A. Company, they have been allowed to retain a portion of the motor cycle output for the export trade, which is giving an opportunity for the New Zealand agents to obtain good deliveries of this machine, the sales of which have more than doubled throughout the dominion the past year. It is, of course, impossible to say for a certainty, that future deliveries will be as good, and intending purchasers will be wise to take out of rhe stocks which are due to arrive in Invercargill during the next few weeks. G. W. Woods and Co. are Southland Agents for the B.S.A. SYNOPSIS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

On page I—. Lost, puppy. Lost, brooch. Wanted, boy. Wanted, waitress. Wanted, trollyman. Wanted, engine and boiler. Wanted, board and residence. Wanted, small furnished flat. Latest farm news from J. Holloway, Ltd. Cheap crockery and jam jars at Noble’s Fruit farms for sale by Colin McDonald, Ltd. Wanted, manager and secretary for Southland and Otago Timber Co. On page 6 Grand Pictures at 2 and 6.45. Popular Pictures at 2 and 6.45. Dramas, Ltd., Municipal Theatre, Feb. 23 and 24. Workers vote for the Labour candidate, Mr J. Winders. Ratepayers of In’gill support Mr Smith at the coming elections. On page 7 Order your horsecovers now from Ritchie and Co., Dee street. On page 8— Special sale of surplus sheep at Wyndham saleyards on March 3 by N.M. and A. Co.