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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 121, 15 October 1914, Page 3

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ROUGH JUDJ3RS IN TIUIWKX}. FARMERS ACTIVrJ. Whil&t Wellington and some of the other centres have borne the appearance of garrison towns during tlie past few \rasku through tihe presence of khakiclad troops, Lhe farmers in at least one district npv a 'hundred' miliß irom Wellington, have atken upon themselves iW ie work of making themselves efficient as mounted troops (says tlic JDominion). Once a wc. k, some fiity or sixty husky sons of the soil, splendidly rtomrtpd, assemble at a central point, and undergo a course of instruction tliat (should make an exceedingly useful l)ody of men should tho occasion ever arise when their services migliti !je inquired. A food many of the fanner* nave rifles, and take them to dtill, whilst those Who are not thus equipped' aire armed ■with manuka sapEngfl, which liandle a st hough they were rifles. Each man w naturally a good horseman, out it is one t.Linir heing a, good horseman, and nnotlu-r being an efficient mounted trooper, with a knowledge of company movements, drill orders:, bugle calls, etel, and it w such knowledge, that these fine fellows aire now acquiring in a rough and readV; manner near their own farms. The iden of becoming efficient as mourned corps \wu taken u,p quite voluntarily by tho farm.;rs of the district referred t».

A SWISS JOKE. SHARPSHOOTERS' REPLY TO CER--UAN EMPEROR. A picturo pcst-caTd ha« arrived in Paria from Switzerland which is said to be all the rage in tlie land of William Tell, and which shows the spirit at present animating line land-locked republic. The postcard bears the legend: '•The Kaiser in the country f the best ffifleri&ota." It shows a conventional caricature of the terrible Emperor, helmeted, spurred, and high-booted, with a hand on the hilts of (hi* big sword. He is looking with stupefaction ati a simple Swiis soldier, J a bia piain Federal uniform, carrying a rifle. I n the background is a musketry target, showing, a full hit in the centre, of 'ilhe bull'seye. "And so my «on," «ivs tho terrible William, "there are lOd',W!) shots like you in Switzerland. Hut eupposo T with, 200,000 Prussians?' "In 'that -case, your Majesty," replies Ihe Swiss, %■,. shall each of us fire two shote."

TIIE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

Some day, gays tlie Melbourne correspondent of the S'dnev Sun, the fine story of the Australian Navv's par, in the war drania wiiil be written. We shall have to wait till .il is over before w c hear of the exploits of our Seamen—their fine b Jiaviour in the greatest advanture and most exhileratmg task -tflia-t. Australians have en jo--' There is only one fate for " JC i T'' horst, Gncisenau. Nu- • •*? Bctaothe smaller «r \ rS°° rS ' Ll 'T'%' T r A equadro- . ~" ■***■ of the enemy's Pacific it a -4—lf t:hc Australian Navy getu Way. Wo are stronger than they « are in every Hiurticular-strongor in guafcre, stronger in armour, and stronger, 7)1 i I 7*' m ""ffonnel. No doubt hoUr&t •"d-Onetacßau are row erf ui stops-no doubt the speed of ™ ,k * ( ? Ival speeds, is oxtraordinary. But m power and d we , them, and ualcss they have vanished irom tlhe occan-cougiht temporary Bl v get them in our own time, and at little or no expense. Meanwhile, our naval men , n the l> ac ifie, delisting in the war ia*A? .isigned Uiem are showing qualities of seamanship and fighting that niako- for alj time & great tradiOon for tine Au3lraia.n Navy.

THE ENGLISH ISHERMEN. LIVING UP TO THEIR REPUTATIONS. The fishermen of England are in (his emergency living ut, to the reputation. 1 1 < :U , leC f o ?' *** the Undon IW . ro,p. ndent of the Sydiuy Daily Telegraph. Th c Admiralty called for volunteers ;Jo trawl the North Sea for "»n«. la„i by the Germans. The E,«I U>ast fchermen respond..l to a ~vm ln,.y for die honor of ™.M-i'ipat-.7Kr m tlie lm;fl! , dangerous work in ,^t now r ~o *- , ' renot »« i «™ n.owi-d their B corn for the Cmm.,. by insisting on going afi.shinT, clfMo : [e 'he warnings, and cv ,. n , lve ' he Admualtv. They are f w h: n „ 1,,,-,, »"S«mg at the Gt-xniau fl e t * ui „ ! t.enmui n ln r«, amf| w ,,,, t . u '"»*"■*», Uic ri,,k of being mauled at >'„"" o.V units of the ritis.li Nnvr Kxraordmary precautions are bdng tak'<n !u we know that it -ha, absolute «,„. trol of the North Sea rrom shore to a fil '""*' 1 fcllil * '"at ' t A r° 11<; a " l ' n '™^ s ba^-.i-Hliin uie steamer by wmeh lie .travelled was ""(I a. destrovr.r would be ,m M„ .;,,.,„., Hiss. Hie saw a desdMver lal.-,. 4 V <»™-» out of some nrrniaii fis* , ~ and Warn U,e boa:, and S , " d ', e:;n la.-, a mine t .fro, l af,-iendi„tCF 1 Ao location w given I(, ,-„.,,,<,. ..,.,; thing rnwe." ( am given » leite of " *« abhabet a mlm ber, and a „,„,' „r

»EAK WIUiVT IN BERLIN

•lxvy by j a p ovulenco hn. 3 a.:cmmih,.k>d l"„'T aR I°. Virtu,t ° f m,ViI ™pr,.in a< .y. l>attl ( , ha« y„t boon fmii'ht at sea Tl„> ,1" o soim-lW i ikc normal condf r wondw u navy. Far from our supI'"•» bo.no- 1,01,1 „[, by <!,«r™n warship, Vl.ft, il7t reMl ? U '™ l in m ' uill ' lJ ™ 8 : ™ UuWi .porta Of couwe, U.e «iu 1(S not yet at an end, and it, would t L, C i * llalx l,e * 1,1( " to " «rfliticnt oviT.ua sirppliM throughout <fih c pneo of wheat «n Berlin, was as much iw r» J*r contal. If fc| lis f(!Uo(atio w]lieh w univalent, to about ISO, per quarter bo correct, dt will he SMn that German oonsumcrg ]*ve now to pay four times •18 much for fhoir wheat as wo, in *»,« cotmtry! Who can say a/ter. Ifliis that our miijns anything bllt a ma?nifi( , mt «-U«n e of insurance at a very low pre-

'Germany, with practically ail our immediate and prospective imports eiit o.ft in a fortnight.'' "SIX OF MY CHILDREN AT TUB WAR." A remarkable letter, received from an old friend, aged about 70, in Paris, in reply to an invitation to go to England during the war, ha.i been sent to The Times. v "It was with profound gratitude that f read your affectionate invitation to go to you/' - it run?, "I thank you with all my heart. But lam an aid daughter of Alsace. My daughter A. was born (it will be 44 years ago in a few days) in the midst of 35,(KW .Bavarians who were surrounding my house, while refugees from Bitsche, bombarded, were sheltered by us. You cannot think seriously dear friend, that 1 would leave our France at the moment of danger. "Six of my children are at the war! My mother's heart is broken with anguish, but the heart of an Alsatian and a Frenchwoman beats moro ardently 'than ever, and the thought of leaving our country in this sorrowful hour, which our people have not sought, that thought can never be mine! What comfort your noble England gives us, dear friends, and what courage it gives us to feel you so loyally at our side! To describe our sufferings and our poignant emotions at this time is impossible. "Our valiant soldiers are in Alsace, and our brothers, our nephews, who reremained there, faithful to the old Alsatian home, are being shot or armed against us! Pray for us, very dear friends, that God may save France and the valiant men who are fighting to save our hearths! Ah! may it not be a long war, a long carnage; may our God have pity! Tlie Belgians are heroic and have perhaps saved us by stopping the first wave ot the invasion."