THE TOURIST and TRAVELLER

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1333, 11 November 1915, Page 40

THE TOURIST and TRAVELLER

HERE AND THERE. The Rev. Father Buckley, of Otahuhu, intends to make a trip to America in the early part of the New Year.

Mr. R. B. McDuff, of Epsom, is at present on a visit to Christchurch. * *

Mr. Colin Campbell, of Auckland, lef'-i by the Niagara last week for London.

Messrs. W. E. Moore and Norman Hanna, two well-known members of the legal fraternity of Auckland, leave by the P. and O. Malwa this month for London to offer for service.

The Rev. Jaspar Calder, in charge of St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland, has offered his services to the m litary authorities as a chaplain for the reinforcements.

Mr. and Mrs. John Blythe, two wellknown visitors to New Zealand, left by the Riverina on their return f o Sydney.

Mr. and Mrs. Metcalfe, of Te Araroa, Auckland, left by the Riverina for Sydney.

Mr. C. D. Kennedy, of Napier, left Auckland last week en route to Fiji.

A party of Napier residents, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. L. McHardy and the Misses McHardy (2), sailed from Auckland last week upon a trip to the Islands.

Dr. P. M. Kellar, of Auckland, sailed last week by the Niagara, on a short visit to Vancouver and San Francisco.

Mr. T. E. Crosse, of Napier, left Auckland by the Niagara for a trip to Suva.

Professor J. C. Johnson, of Auckland, lef'-i last week for a trip to Suva, and from there he will travel round the Pacific Islands.

Half a million trout fry have been liberated in the streams in the Waimarino Acclimatisation District.

Mr. Colin Campbell, formerly of ■Otago, mining engineer, is on his way from Rhodesia to offer his services + o the War Office.

Mr. George Birch, a well-known member of Blenheim musical circles, has been appointed to the hospital ship Marama.

Mr. W. M. Durrant, A.0.5.M., for some years head surveyor for the Consolidoted Goldfields, Reefton, and lately an assistant engineer to the Dunedin Council, has been granted a commission as lieutenant; in the Tunnelling Engineering Corps of the Expeditionary Force.

Generals von Hindenburg and von Mackensen are sixty-eight and sixtysix; von Kluck is sixty-nine, and of the same age are Prince Leopold of Bavaria and the Generals von Bulow and von Hausen. Von Bissing and von Falkenhausen are each seventyone.

The South Canterbury Savage Club, Timaru, has just completed a concert tour of the towns of South Canterbury, which has resulted in the splend'd sum of £5840 being raised for patriotic purposes.

Dr. Coker is leaving Gisborne shortly to + ake up his residence in Auckland.

According to Mr. Asquith’s announcement nearly 3,000,000 men have offered themselves for.service, at. the front since the beginning of the war.

Dr. McLean, who was a member of the Mawson Polar Expedition, is now attached to a British regiment.

Holland could put 260,000 men in the field —just twice the number Belgium had ready when the G'ermans crossed her frontier on August 3rd, 1914.

Switzerland is supplying food to the principality of Lichtenstein, which has been abandoned by Austria. Lichtenstein is a neutral principality between Switzerland and Austria, with an area of 65 square miles and a population of 11,000. It is technically at war with Germany, owing to an unsettled quarrel wiTi Pruss'a many years ago.

Passengers! on the Moana. which brought the men from Rarotonga to New Zealand, were very much impressed with the picturesque goodbyes of the men, whose relations came down to the boat to see them off, and, in native fashion, they 'ook their farewells by kissing each other’s feet. Feet are as important to soldiers as lips, which has nothing to do wi'h the argument, of course.

Extraordinary as it may seem to may people, there is fairly good ground for saying that Britain, without conscription, has pul under arms at least as many men as Germany with conscription, in proportion to the populations of the two countries. Taking as a basis the latest and apparently mst reliable figures available, it will be found that each country has mobilised a little over 7 per cent, of its population.

The German Emperor is a great user of the telephone. A peculiar etiquette is observed in Germany in talking to him over the wire. In the first place, the Kaiser never gives his name. He begins with the Imperial phrase, “I command that.” The officials all over Germany know that “I command that” thundered over the telephone means their Sovereign is talking to them. When the Emperor has ended his conversation he doesn’t say “Good-bye” or “That’s all.” He simply puts down the receiver. So the official at the other end of the

wire, no matter how important he may be, has to stand with the receiver to his ear for five or six minutes longer, to make sure whether the Emperor has finished.

“During an armistice we granted the Turks,” related Captain R. W. Everett, “our officers and men freely mixed with the enemy. During the day one of the German officers came up to an Australian officer and said, ‘You are not wearing shorts now.’ Shorts are knickers that we used during the hot weather in Egypt. The Australian looked at his questioner in great surprise, but he understood when the German added, ‘You were wearing them when I saw you at Mena.’ It was evident that this German had been acting as a spy in Egypt.”

The guests at the Grand Hotel last week included the following: Dr. J. Miller, Gisborne; Mr. F. G. Marshall, London; Mr. H. B. Tipling, Sydney; Mr. Chas. B. Mathews, Wellington; Mr C. W. Broderick, Wellington; Mr. Vernon Reed. Wellington; Dr. C. P. Knight, Wellington; Mr. Wm. Hannay,

Wellington; Corporal O. R. Sutton, Russell; Dr. Maurice Earle, Wanganui; Mr. G. F. McKellar, Chr stchurch; Mr. Colin Eraser, Melbourne; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carney, Christchurch; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bull, Coromandel; Mr. F. Saunders, Wanganui; Mr. P. S. Macassey, Wellington; Mr. Pontey, Sydney; Mr. and Mrs. Grocott, Mr. Charlesworth, Inspector Ma thews, Miss McEwing, Mr. L. Lowney, Mr. E. W. Relph, all of Sydney; Mr., Mrs. and Misses McHardy, Havelock North; Mr. W. J. Prouse, Wellington; Mr. D. Colins, Christchurch; Mr. and Mrs. Shields, Hawke’s Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Cape Runnaway; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gillies, Hamilton; and Mr. Wilfred G. Stead, Hastings.

Amongst the guests at the Central Ho'el last week were : Miss AlacKenzie, Queensland; Mr. R. Keene, Wellington; Mr. L. Keene, Cambridge; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Cobbett, Gisborne; Mr. V. S. James, Melbourne; Mr. B. Hall, Sydney; Mr. G. C. Evans, Syd-

ney; Mr. W. A. Paul, Melbourne; Professor M stowski, London; Mr. and Mrs. Shipman, America; Mr. L. W. St. George, Sydney; Mr. H. Fisher, Sydney; Miss B. Egan, Queensland; Mrs. G. Harns, Victoria; Miss E. Will's, Sydney; Mr. and Mrs. R. Jones, Dunedin; Captain Rogers, Hamilton; Mrs. Col. Porrit'i, Paeroa; Mrs. Hanna> Paeroa; Mr. M. Wells, Cambridge; Mr. MacMillan, Hamilton; Dr. and Mrs.. Stewart Mdore, Raglan; Mrs. and Miss Hyde, Central Otago; Mr. A. L. Noble, Sydney; Mr. J. Philips, Sydney; Mr. and Mrs. Page, Whangarei; and Miss Toohill, Whangarei.

The guests at the Royal Ho'el last week included: Mr. and Mrs. Urquhart, Rotorua; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wilson, Rockhampton; Miss E. H. Evans, Sydney; Miss W. Stephens, Sydney; Mr. F. G. Mannering, Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. Levitt, Hamilton; Mrs. Alford, Orini; Miss Maysmore, Wellington; Miss Brewer, Waverley; Mr. Kime, Christchurch; Mr. Seifert, Morrinsville; Mr. and Mrs. J. Tonks, Wellington; Mr. E. J. Stewart, Hamilton; Mr. E. P. Cavanagh, Hamilton; Mr. Gilfillan, HamiTon; Mr. J. Ormond, Gsborne; Mr. W. Jones, Sydney; Mr. J. Easter brook, Sydney; and Mesdames Davidson, Sydney. * * * * The guests who were staying at the Star H otel las* week were: Mr and Mrs W. K. Lamzed, West Australia; Mr. C. L. Knight, Dunedin; Mr. J. Coye, Waitekauri; Mr. and Mrs. L. Harden, Waitekauri; Mr. A. Mayes, Auckland, Air. H. Lat mer, Palmerston North; Mr. S. Al. Vaughan, Whangarei; Mr. N. M. Turnwold, Wellington; Mr. G‘. Van-der-Velden, Christchurch; Mr. G. Plimmer, Wellington; Miss Aladge Macdonald, Perth; Air. and Mrs. E. A. Graham, Capetown; Mr. AlacCarthy, Hamilton; Mr C. Horton, Auckland; Air. W. Endean, Auckland; Air. and Airs. J. Blythe, Melbourne; Mr. Walkley, Sydney; Captain AlcLaglan, England; Air. MacDonald, Christchurch; Air. Honey, Sydney; Mr. and Airs. Hard’ng, Sydney; Mr. AlacDougal, HamiTon: Air. ATorse, Wanganui; Airs. T. Coverdale. Kaiwaka; Mr. Coverdale, Kaiwaka; Air. Studderd, Wellington; Aliss Alurray, Kawhia; Air. Balmavis, Wellington; Air. and Mrs. Coe, G sborne; and Mr. J. Al. McKay,

The Cossacks are better educated than any other peasant classes in Russia, and they enjoy many political privileges in return for the services they render the Empire.

Miss Muriel Little, L.R.C.M., a wellknown London singer, has sailed from England on a twelve months’ visit +o Christchurch.

Miss Ada H. Pughe, of Christchurch, who went to England by the last trip of the Remuera, was staying with her sister, Mrs. Philip Carter, in North Wales, and later intended offering her services for war work.

Mr. Rudolph Friedlander, of Ashburton, has been advised that his son, Sergt.-Major Otto Albert Friedlander, who was recently reported sick at Alexandria, has recovered, and is leaving again for the front. Sergt.-Major Friedlander is in the British Section of the New Zealand Engineers. He joined the Forces in England.

Mr. A. Harcourt, late third officer of the Mokoia, has resigned from the Union Company’s service, having been appointed tO’ a position in the Navy, and has left for England. He is an ex-cadet from the Aparima, and has just passed his examination for a chief officer’s certificate.

The engagement is announced of Dr. Eleanor Baker, Medical Inspector of Schools in Canterbury and Westland, and Captain MacLagen, the wellknown bayonet and jiu-jitsu expert, who is giving exhibitions in New Zealand, and who spent some time in Dunedin.

A cable message has been received from London from Father Segrief, who reported that he had seen Father Dore in the Plymouth Military Hospital. Father Dore, who was well known in the Manawatu district, was badly wounded in the hip by shrapnel on August 16. The cable received stated that he was recovering slowly, and would probably return to New Zealand shortly.

Founded n 1259, Lemberg was an important Polish city from 1340. It fell to Austria at the first partition of Poland. At one time the city was fortified, but over a century ago- the fortifications were converted into pleasure grounds.

Japanese files state that negotiations are completed for a new line of steamers from Japan to New Zealand. It is proposed to utilise three vessels of four to five thousand tons, starting at an early date. The chief idea is to catch the Dominion’s wool season and the summer trade.

Dr. Ada McLaren, a New Zealander, and a daughter of the late Mr. T. W. Wilkinson, of Higham, Chertsey, is amongst the doctors at present working under the Red Cross in Serbia. Dr. McLaren took her medical degree at, Edinburgh in 1902, and since then has held various public positions. For several years she was medical inspector of schools for the corporation of Birmingham. In May last she joined the Berry Relief Unit (London), and went to Serbia. By last mail letters were received from her from a hospital near Nish, where there was still a great deal of sickness among the peasantry. At the time of writing all was peaceful, but momentous decisions were then being made, and the wildest rumours reached the hospitals.

Doctors are still badly needed for service with the Australian Expeditionary Forces, and 29 medical men and 422 non-commissioned officers and men are wanted as special reinforcements to be sent forward to the No. 1 and No. 2 General Hospitals in Egypt. The Acting Director of Medical Services (Colonel Shepherd) has sent out orders to the different States, empowering them to raise these reinforcements.

“Germany has been able to feed her people up to now, and so long as she can do so she can continue the struggle,” says “The Times.” “She has been enabled tO’ do it by the organ-

isation and development of agriculture, purposefully planned and methodically pursued. Agriculture has been fostered, in the face of shortsighted urban opposition; and the German writers on the war are now pointing with justifiable pride to the strength it gives them. Yet Germany has undergone an industrial and commercial development second only to our own, and much more rapid. There was at one time the same tendency to neglect agr.culture as in our own country; but the danger was perceived in time—perhaps through the example furnished by ourselves —and averted. Now that our eyes are opened to the reality of the danger involved in the one-sided development of national activities followed for so many years, we shall surely profit by the lesson.”

Chanak-Kalesi, the straggling town near the “Narrows” of the Dardanelles, which figures frequently in the operations, means “Earthenware Castle” in Turkish, and is so called from a celebrated pottery on the Asiatic side of the Strait. An agent from this pottery used to be always on th© look-out for a wandering European, and hook on to every passing shipu His boatload of gaudy crockery was generally more remarkable for gilding and tawdry colour than for taste. But the forms of the vessels were often graceful, even classical; and specimens of the tall water jugs he sells, or once sold, can be seen throughout the Levant, though seldom in London.

Gallipoli, now shaking with the thunder of the guns of the Allies, is the door through which, in 1358, the Turks first entered into their European possessions. And the entrance came about, in a surprising manner. In that year an earthquake shattered all the cities of Thrace and overthrew the walls of Gallipoli. The inhabitants fled, while the Turks, for whom earthquakes had no terror, crossed to Hellespont and marched upon the deserted city. Emperor Cantacuzenus

protested, but; Sultan Orkhan calmly replied that “Providence had opened a way to his troops, and he could not disregard so clear an indication of divine interposition.” Thus was taken the first plunge that has kept the Near East bathed in blood for cenuries.

The shipbuilding yards of Japan, says a Japanese contemporary, are now besieged with orders for the construction of vessels. To start, with, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha has ordered from the Osaka Iron Works the construction of six vessels, each of 10,000 measured tons, for delivery at, the end of 1917. The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha has placed orders with the same works for two vessels, each having measurement tonnage of 5000, for delivery by the end of 1916. One vessel of 3500 tons class has also been ordered from the Uraga Dock by the Hokkaido Colliery Steamship Company, Muroran. The number of vessels ordered since the beginning of this year from the four large shipbuilding yards of Japan totalled 35, having a total measurement tonnage of 244,500.

During the present war an experiment has been made by introducing the Turkoman cavalry, and it has proved a splendid success. This drew die attention of the Russian military authorities to another tribe, the Kalmucks. it Is probable that these also will be called for the defence of the common country, the more so as they are very anxious to take part in the war, and lately sent a petition to the Czar demanding to be enlisted. These Kalmucks begin to ride on horseback when other babies begin to creep. Their chief occupation is hunting, so that they are good shots. It is almost impossible to introduce discipline among them so as to make them regular troops. But as irregulars they might excel even the Cossacks. The Cossack, when he does no: serve, is an agriculturist. The Kalmuck is a nomad, a hunter, sometimes a robber and also horse breeder.

A curious coincidence is pointed out in the letter of a Napier boy home. He says that they are endeavouring to take Achi Baba (the big hill which commands Ch-anak). It is going to be a difficult job for this reason. Some years ago Sir lan Hamilton himself planned the fortifications of the hill for the Turks—and lie did it thoroughly. Now he sees himself set the task of undoing what he once built. It will be done, but the opinion is expressed that it will be a long process.

Mr H. H. Hanna, wk'o was on the staff of the Standard Insurance Company for many years, and who has lately been practising as a barrister and solicitor in has placed his business in the hand's of another legal firm in the city, and will offer himself for active service.

An English paper states that both Bulgaria and Roumania have universal service, and the Balkan war proved the Bulgarian army to be very well organised . Its field strength a year ago amounted to about 28,000 men, and the field artillery had German 75 mm. guns. Over 300 gnus were available on mobilisation —27 divisions of 12 guns each. The Roumanian field army at the same time was given a strength of 290,000, made up of five army corps and two cavalry divisions. The field artillery comprised 20 regiments, with a total of 480 guns. The field gun is a Krupp “seventy-five.” Each army has some equipment of howitzer, mountain, and fortress artillery.

By the indemnity of £200,000,000 paid by Erance after the Eranco-German war in 1870 and the following years, Germany made a profit of £85,000,000 over and above the German expenses of the war, which were £115,000,000. The complete (amount, including interest on instalments, was £212,645,000. The Germans devoted £40,000,000 to their pension fund, and seem to have been quite comfortable on the proceeds, though the rumour spread abroad that the indemnity did more harm than good. A Home paper remarks that the fact that France paid so large a sum in three years suggests that Germany, in a generation, could

manage £3,000,000,000 without undue disturbance of the world’s finance, and greatly to the benefit of the more peaceful communities.

Belgrade, Servia’s -capital, which has fallen into the hands of the Germans, is a Serb city with civic beauty and attractiveness and with adequate sanitation. It has suffered much from the Austrian guns located on the opposite side of the jDam.be. Writes Mr Stanley Naylor:— The initial mistake the Serbians made, of course, was to build their capital on 1a site which the enemy can shell with the utmost ease from his own doorstep. Apparently, they overlooked the fact that across the river—at the junction of the Danube and the Save—nestles the picturesque little Austrian town of Semlin, where all the trouble lias since arisen. The result during the past few months has been tragi-comical in its effect. It has been as much as if Westminster were at war with Brixton, or—better still—as if the city of Liverpool were engaged in deadly conflict with her friendly neighbour -across the Mersey, Birkenhead. It is comforting for the Serbians to reflect that, for every -shot fired by the Austrians into their city, they have fired two in return. Yet nothing can ever compensate for the irreparable damage done to Belgrade. Nearly all the city’s most beautiful buildings are now in ruins, including the Royal Palace, the Museum, and above all,' the University. The total destruction of the University—and -with it half a century of research work, to say nothing or •a world of thought—is, -perhaps the greatest loss of all, -for it was the one important education centre not only nf Serbia, but of the entire Serbian race.

The Milan Corriere della Sera states that the Roumanian Minister of War has called up the remaining classes not not yet mobilised— namely, ten contingents of reserves, or three more than were mobilised during the Balkan War. The Rome Tribuna of Saturday last says, in a message from Bucharest;— “Information from a reliable source states that after the departure from here of Prince Hohenlohe, the new German

Ambassador at Constantinople, a. rep-pre-sentative -of Krupp’s came to Bucharest to offer the Roumanian Government 36 batteries of artillery (about 200 guns), with ammunition, and approximately 1000 tons of barbed wire, in exchange for permission to transport ammunition to Turkey. The Roumanian Government refused the offer. Despite the vigilance of the Roumanian authorities it appears that a truckload of ammunition has .managed to find its way through to Turkey in every twenty-four hours. The Roumanian Government recently ordered several million francs’ worth of -ammunition in the United States. • * * • The American food is always well cooked, and in the hotels -and cafes it is beautifully served, though’ again We prices are high. The menus, however, are Chinese puzzles to visitors from other countries, and it is a difficult task to order -from -a lengthy card the dishes one would like to eat. So many of the terms are quite foreign. For instance, it was some time before I discovered, says a southern visitor, that a ‘squab’ was -a pigeon, and that a ‘chicken squab’ was a young chicken. The word ‘steak’ hardly ever appears, but instead there are ‘porterhouse’ and ‘tenderloin.’ Americans are heavy eaters. It is not unusual to see ladies sitting down to a great steak, about the size of -a plate and fully half an inch thick, cooked red. The men smoke through their meals in both' hotel diningrooms and cafes; and usually the cigai. The manner in which an American can manipulate his cigar is astounding to one not blessed with the same facility. And, the accurate expectoration for which' his forbears were famous, is still well marked. At a distance of ten yards an American smoker seems to be able to find the cuspidor without difficulty and without fail. Great glass windows are installed and guests in the dining-rooms and sitting-rooms can see everyone passing along the thoroughfares and everying can see into the rooms. The tarriif for rooms in American hotels increases in direct ratio to the distance from the

street. The higher you go the more you pay, the idea being that the higher storeys have purer air and more air, and have less noise.

Major Bernard Head (killed in action at the Dardanelles) had many friends throughout New Zealand. A man of independant means he was a sleeping partner in a leading firm of underwriters and a thorough! sportsman. He took up exploration as a hobby. He came to New Zealand originally for fishing at Taupo, and a visit to Mount Cook gave him: a taste for mountain climbing. After putting in a season here, learning the practical work of ice craft and rock climbing, he returned the following year, and, engaging Jack Clark and another guide, he boldly attacked Mount Aspiring, which several experienced climbers bad been keeping steadily in view, and he achieved the honour of making the first ascent of this imposing peak, He also accompanied Mr L. M. Earle, A.C., when the latter made his first ascent of Sefton from the West Coast. About a couple of years ago he made tentative arrangements to explore the unsurveyed portions of Orange River, South Africa, but abandoned the idea, and returning to New Zealand, of which he was very fond, he did some valuable work in exploiing country at the head of the Dart River, in Lake Wakatipu district. Major Head was an ardent Imperialist and’a thorough soldier in his instincts. He distinguished himself in the South African war, and afterwards took an active part in the territorial movement in England. When in New Zealand he offered his services gratuitously to the Defence Department, and did excellent work in the big Kowai camp, on the occasion of Sir Tan Hamilton’s visit. His unfailing cheeriness and bonhomie made him a great favourite with' the men. He accompanied the advanced expeditionary force to Samoa, and when matters were put on a settled footing there he hurried Home to rejoin his old regiment, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was station-fo-r some time on the East Coast of England, and was then sent to the Dardanelles.