The Oamaru Mail.OAMAHU THURSDAY,./JPIEMBEIL 29. 1917. PRICE: ONE PENNYVOI/ XIiIXII. NO. 13,310

WAR NOTES.tf M. Trotsky,, who is Leuin's partner

in the misgoveriiment of Petrograd,represents the voice and mind of theBolsheviks, Germany can obtain _noseparate peace from Russia. A NewYork cable (not always reliable as toactual facts) says that as the outcon:,?of an interview M. Trotsky repudiatedthe idea of a separate peaces The peacethat M. Trotsky aims at is a. /'demo-cratic peace," That may be assumedto be n peace confirmed by the repre-sentatives of two democratic countries,of which Germany cannot be one, asshe is autocratic from the crown of herhead to the soles of her feet. If thatpeace cannot be obtained from Ger-many the Russian Government will de-pend on the German army- and work-ing men to end the war, and if theyalso fail them Russia will declare a.revolutionary war against German im-perialism, mobilise all her forces, andprosecute the war with -relentless/energy.-. Russia's proposed peace istherefore not with the Kaiser, who canno more hope to 'Consummate a separatepeace with Russia en the terms out-lined in the interview with M. Trotskythan he can hope to break through onthe West front, or bring Britain to herknees by means of his submarines. Ifthe New York story bears any sem-blance to the truth', then the storyo! General Ludendorff's visit to the'Russian front, ostensibly to arrange, thepreliminaries of the proposed l peace, isdevoid of any foundation, for M. Trot-sky's proposed pence is an affront tothe dignity of the Kaiser, whom he in-

vites the. German people to depose. TheRussian Revolutionary Government isout to democratise, if not to demoralise.,thfe world, and one of its first objec-tives is the destruction of the Kaiserand all his brood. This, of course,is not what we were led to believe was 1the aim of the Bolsheviks: that wasa withdrawal train, the war, irrespec-tive of whether Germany was governedby a gorgon or a President Wilson. On.the terms of M. 'Trotsky's utterancesit would not be outside the bounds.ofpossibility for Russia to be in the warwith all her strength before long. Butis the story true, and did M. Trotskygive expression to the words attributedto him ?

The recovery of Italy from tlie dis-aster that overtook her is more thanthe civilised world expected, and 1 hadher array fought with the same grimdetermination when attacked by a fewGerman divisions, the great rout thattook place a month ago would neverhave been recorded 1. Now, however, ifher armies can hold' firm until the Al-lies come into the battle line the Cen-tral Powers will batter themselves par-tially to pieces against her defences.General Byng's smashing of the Hin-denburg line makes it imperative that.Germany should' rush every available:man to the West front, leaving theAustrians to do the best they can forthemselves, for a disaster on'the Westfront carries with it more stupendousconsequences than a similar event onthe, Italian front. The American troopsare gathering on the West front, anda hold up of the Austro-German armies'on the Italian front and a smashingblow on tlie West front will suspendall bell-ringing and' flag-waving in Ger-many till peace comes. The Allies havethe fact to console them for the Ita-lian disaster that no separate peace canbe ma.de with Paissia- for two reasons—

first, that the Government of Russiacannot make a peace that is binding onanyone outside the rabble that is "try-ing to misgovern Petrograd, and,second, if that Government could con-solidate itself it would' not dare tomake a peace with an autocracy that.may turn and rend it when occasion,suits it to do so. A section of the.Russian people are democracv-mad, notthe- sane democracy of a civilised peo-but the so-called democracy ofsemi-savages, who would rob Peter topay Paul, and when Peter had beendenuded of all. his possessions wouldcontinue the orgy of robbing Paul fortlie benefit of Peter. Germany marhave drafted some of her troops fromthe Russian front, but she knows the.danger, and takes the risk. Her posi-tion js desperate, and under the cir-cumstances she may bring about dis-aster on the slender hope that the stepmay avert it.

Wo can understand the reason whvthe Germans eschew duties aboard asubmarine if the storv told: bv theboatswain of the. Kroiiprinz is believ-able. This sailor participated in themutiny in -the German fleet, and wassentenced fo a term of imprisonment,but escaped to Holland, and there saidthat the mutiny was caused by compul-sory recruiting in the Navy

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for sub-marine duty. The men objected to fillplaces on submarines, and resolved tomutiny rather than subject themselvesto the risks they would incur aboardunder-the-water craft. Mr LloydGeorge mentioned in one of his recentspeeches that they had stink "five ofthese pests on Saturday." The Bri-tish Admiralty will not niake public thedetails of the submarine captures orsir.king.s_, but the fact that tlie victimsor the IJ-boats have decreased so large-ly and that German sailors decline"toact as members of the crews needs nofurther illustration of the danger at-tached to the occupation. The Germansailors will bo aware of the. U-boatsthat do'not return, and they 'wouldrather perioral duties aboard an in-dolent fleet than be drowned caged upin a submarine. The story of theboatswain of the K-ronprinz is enlight-ening. It lets us know that those whogo under the water in German sub-marines do so in fear and trembling,well-grounded fear that they will neversee the Fatherland again. \Vc may de-duce from this that the loss of sub-marines is about as great as that oftheir victims, and that while there isa charfge for the crews of the vesselstorpedoed there is none for those whotorpedo their ships.

How ranch of the news that comesfrom Now York is reliable and liowmuch that may lie consigned to themental waste-paper baskets of itsleaders is only realisable by results. TheNew York newspapers have taken Romeami Petrograd under theiu especialcare, and one of them says that therapid recovery of the Italians will ob-viate the necessity of the British andFrench troops assisting them, 'but theywill take part in the decisive hattle."Wo may read from this that the Ita-lians are more than able to hold theirown, and in stemming the onrush olthe Austro-Germans they need no as-sistance. That a few weeks ago wasnot the opinion of their own generals or<>;' the correspondents, but still it might\>: correct. The Italians have recover-ed from the panic that caused them toevacuate strong positions, and if theyhave a sufficiency of guns and ammu-nition they may hold the enemy till thetime is ripe for the. British and Frenchto move in to administer the knock-outblow. But if that is so, why not ad-minister it now? Both sides arc be-coming stronger—the Austro-Germansbv bringing up .additional artillery andthe Italians by reinforcing themselveswith men and guns. If the enemy-fails to break the Italian lines his posi-tion will be worse than it was on theCarso Plateau.

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The news from Russia respecting thealleged peace proposals seems to he asnebulous as the Milkv Way. Amongstthose who control Petrograd ..thereseems to he a ;divisioii.of opinion as tothe character of the, .peace, possibly asto whether there should'be a peace, at.all, and as to the conditions attachingto it if one should .'he.; entered into.Some-members'of the. Soviet thatthe Executive was not consulted, andif that is so :Lenin decided' : ;'tor makepeace on his own behaJf, but;whether-heconsulted Trotsky on. ..the- subject we .a.renet informed. ' On.the. o.thej/.'side■ jVe

have a" variety "of stories concerning theattitude that Germany is talking up on

the subject. Germany would makepeace on very favorable terms with anysingle Entente Power for the purpose,of weakening the others, but her diffi-culty in respect to Russia, is that thereis no one firm enough in his"" seat toride the horse he has mounted, and atany moment he may be thrown. Theindividual who follows may not feelhimself bound to endorse his predeces-sor's act; and Germany would be laugh-ed at in her failure, and Germany can-not afford to suffer ridicule at the pre-sent time.

COMMERCIAL.AUCKLAND MARKETS.

By Telegraph.

(Special to Oaniaru Mail.)Auckland, November 28.

Since last report ideal weather hasbeen experienced everywhere and thecountry is looking well" with an abund-ance- of feed. The crops coming onsplendidly.

'Hie oversea importing business isquiet, except for the arrival of a largequantity of guano, but as a larger quan-tity of produce has arrived! from•the south merchants report that thedistributing business is brisker. Amore settled feeling exists now after'the recent statements made by tlu>Prime Minister regarding the disposalof dairy produce.

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Oats—The market is flat, there beingample supplies on spot. Inquiries forA Gartons have stiffened tlic marketsomewhat, find these are being sold at4s Old, f.0.b.5.i., while B's are nowquoted at from 3s IOVd to 3s lid. Aquantity of the To -Allan's shipment isstill unsold, and has now been takeninto stove. It is reported that thequotation for new season's early de-livery of 3s '/"Id has now been 'with-drawn. Only a fair quantity has beensold, .as the local merchants are still ofopinion that the prices will be lower inabout a month's time, when they willbe in a better position to sum up themarket.

Clin.ft"—The stocks ol' prime qualityare light. Sales were made to-day ofnrimc quality Canterbury nt 1:7 •">.-

f.o.b.s.i. The recent .shipments in themain have been very satisfactory. Blen-heim merchants are now only able tooffer very small quantities of any qua-lity as supplies are now becomingshort. The quotations for forward do-In ery of the new season's chaff haveall been withdrawn, presumably as aresult of reports from Canterbury u<the appearance of rust and blight.

"Wheat—There is none offering fromthe South Island. Merchants have ob-tained permission to import a verylimited quantity from Australia, which,must be free of weevils.

Bran and pollard are still in shortsupply, but the consumption is decreas-ing.

flour—There is no alteration in theSouthern quotations.

Maize—The market is firmer. Smallquantities arriving from the Coast arebeing sold at from os 4d to os (id, exwharf.

Barley is still in fair inquiry, nowprincipallv for feed, in the vicinity of4s f.o.'b. '

Ryecorn meets with a slight inquiryfor seed purposes.

Linseed —There is fair inquiry hut of-ferings are light.

Straw is in good demand, suppliesworking off quickly.

Potatoes—Supplies on spot are light,and it is getting difficult now to placethe small surplus stocks. Merchantswill not now handle further quantitiesof old tubers, as new season's in goodquantity are now offering freely. To-day's price is 12s' per cwt. on rail.Auckland, but quotations will soon be

lower.Seed Potatoes —The market' is still

glutted, and it is extremely difficult todispose of the surplus stocks, as plant-ing is now practically finished.

'Soeds-~P.epori.s from the SouthUcipntc a large crop both of Italianand perennial. A quantity has alreadybeen sold for February-March delivery,but merchants are inclined to wait lotanother month before buying further.]> is anticipated that there will be alarge yield of cocksfoot than last sea-son, but much will depend on the wea-ther during December also the laboravailable for harvesting. The demandfor other grasses, also clover, is quiet,but, if the" Vnt weather continues it

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ADDIXGTON MARKETS.

(Per Press Association.}Christchtireh, November 28.

At Addington market to-day therewere good entries in store cattle. Theyarding was of moderate dimensions,and the bulk was composed of wethers.The general demand was good. .lwoand four-tooth ewes to 2Ss 2d s.m.woolly ewes and lambs 20s 9d (all

conntod), two-tooth wethers 24s .d to235, two and I'our-tooth wethers 24s 2dto 29s 7d, woolly to 29s 9d. I'our andsix-tooth wethers 26s to 32s 6d, s.m.woolly merino wethers 20s to 25s lOd.

Tlii' yarding of l'at lambs was muchsmaller', and a- very good sale eventu-ated, the prices hardening Is to Is (3dover late rates. Extra prime to .31s.Id, prime 26s Gd to 295, lighter 21s (3d

to 25s 9d.There was a rather larger yarding ol

fat- sheep, but the demand was poor.There was an approximate drop of Is6d! to 2s per Load. Woolly wethers 40sto 435, extra prime to 37s 3d, prime31s to 35s Gd, lighter 28s 4d to 29s Id,extra prime ewes 37s to 39s Gd, prime29s lOd to 3.3s 3d, lighter 24s to 28s4d.

There was a. large entry ol tat cattle.The demand for steer and heifer beef

was good, but for other classes the mar-ket was slacker. Extra prime steers to£24 17s Gd, prime £lB to £2l, ordinaryto £IS, extra, prime heifers to £l.B,prime £l3 to £l7, ordinary £lO to £l210s, extra prime cows to £.19 10s. prime£l3 to £l6, ordinary £lO to £l2 10s.There was a fair demand for vealers,and best sorts made £0 10s to £7 7sGd, smaller £2 to £6.

There was a large entry of storecattle of very mixed quality. The de-mand 1 was distinctly .easier, passingsbeing numerous. Yearling heifers to£6, yearling steers £7 ] Is, two-year-old steers £9 15s, three anil four-vearsteers £l4, dry cows £8 10s to £l2.There was a good inquiry for goodquality dr.iry cows, which made up to£ls, medium sorts £lO to £l4, and oldcows from £B.

Piss.—Choppers-. £5 to £O. Extraheavy bacuners £5 16s. heaw bnconers£4 10s to £5. lighter haconors £2 Lis'to £4 5s (price per lb T.ltl to ~r,'d),heavy porkers 57s to 05s, lighter pork-ers 50s to ook (price, per 11) 9d to Okl).

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INDIA AND AUSTRALIA.Lord Carniichael, who was Governor

of Victoria from 1908 to 1911, and whohas > also had Indian experience, in anaddress at the Colonial Institute, en-titled "Empire Partnership," said:—

"The most essential Imperial aim isthe effective union of the self-govern-ing States rather than the development,and' retention within the- Empire of de-pendent portions.- No Empire partner-

-.ship is worth having which does notstrengthen the union. Nevertheless,the loss of India, which is the most-important of the dependent portions,would be a calamity which would sore-ly weaken the power for good of theself-governing communities. When Idiscussed India with Australians Ifound that they knew little and! caredlittle about India. Generally, theythought it well that Australia shouldnot have a share in Indian affairs asthey had a vague suspicion that Indiamust be dealt with ou lines inconsist-ent with Australian ideals.

"When I got to India I found! therea universal contention that it wouldbe calamitous to give Australian® anyvoice in Indian matters. This attitudeof Indians and Australians may erelong change. Some Australians arealready claiming consulted' treatment.for certain parts of the world not em-braced in their territory. We mustlook forward to the colonies moreclea-rlv appreciating the value of In-dia. 'Many well-informed Indians arecuriously similar in their attitude to-wards public problems to the typicalAustralians. Any success- I hadl in un-derstanding the leaders of Bengalthought was largely ■ due to what Ilearned in Melbourne. I often wish-ed that the more thoughtful Indianscould discuss matters with the membersof the Australian Natives' Association.

"I do not helieve that it is possibleto form an Empire partnership whichprofesses to -treat the self-governingand' non-self-governing .partners equal-ly, but India deserves to attain self-government within the Empire. Itmay be a long time but it should beaimed at. The spirit of discontent isgrowing in India daily among allclasses. What is most needed is thewise guidance of that spirit of discon-tent, otherwise it will lead to disaster:bnt it will lead to triumph if it _reachesthe Indians to share in Imperial partnership.

"For a, long time the self-governingDominions must he expected to watchIndia with a jealous eye, but a aue re-cognition of India's claims will lead togranting India her opportunitcs. _ TheDominions on the other hand-, will heconvinced that India appreciates thevalue of Empire partnership , and is de-servitnr of a. share of it."

Sir "Gerald Strickland, erstwhile Go-vernor in several Australian States, inparticipating in the discussion, saidthat it ill became him to touch on poli-tics unless authorised by his Minis-ters; but ho believed that the mandate

received when he was bidding good-live in Australia justified him in say-ing that the White Australia polievwas stronger than a mere policy andmight almost be described as a re-ligion.

A DAY OF PRAYER.

Feu Press Association.Wellington, November 28.

The Governor-General has been com-manded to publish the following mes-sage, from the King:—

To My Peoples,—The world-wide struggle for the tri-

umph of right and liberty, is enteringupon its last and most difficult phase.The enemy is striving by desperate as-sault and subtle intrigue to perpetuate■kha wrongs already committed' andstem,the tide of a free civilisation. A\ ehave vet to complete the great task towhich—more than three years ago—we

dedicated ourselves. • At such a time,I would call upon you to devote aspecial day of prayer, that we may havethe clear-sightedness and strength ne-cessary to "the victory of our cause.This victory will be g"aincd only if westeadfastly'remember the responsibilitywhich rests upon us, and in the spiritof reverent obedience, .ask the blessingof Almighty God upon our endeavors.With hearts grateful for the divine,guidance, which has led us so far to-wards our goal, let us seek to be en-lightened in our understanding, andfortified in our courage- in facing thesaerifici- we may yet have to make be-fore our work is done. I thereforehereby appoint January Gth—the firstSunday in the New Year—to be setaside as a special day of prayer andthanksgiving in all churches through-out my dominions, and require that thisproclamation be read at the serviceheld on that day.

(Signed) GEORGE R.I.November ith, 1917.

PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

(I'ek Press Association.)

Duiiediu, November 28.Presbyterian Assembly tc-day fip-

a committee to receive amentT-inHfs or suggestions tlirough the Pres-byteries, with power to issue :i newbook or orders. It was decided to in-clude the international uniform lessonsernrse, in addition to the Australasiangraded lessons course, for the ensuingye;;r\s Sunday S.'-hcol examination.

Tlie Presbyteries were recommendedduring the year to do what they could,to raise, all ministers' stipends- ti aminimum of £250.

The Board of Governors of Columbaand John M'Glashan Golileges appointeda committee to j>repare a' scheme ofsuperannuation Tor teachers in thechurch colleges, and that the Gover-nors of St. Andrew's Church Collegebe a committee, to 'prepare a. scheme.

Regarding Bible Sunday, the motioncarried last year was again adopted,the collection to be devoted to the Bri-tish and Foreign Bible Society and theNational Bible Society of Scotland.

The Assembly will meet in Christ--church next year.

CORRESPONDENCE.RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

To the Editor.Sir, —I was pleased' to see that your

correspondent '"Disgusted" had venti-lated, his ideas on the present pecu-liar train regulations to which the pub-lic have to submit, and I was also gladto see. that- you touched forcibly onthis subject in your leader in to-night'sissue. There are certainly numerousgrievances; but in my opinion one ofthe worst is the knocking off of thetwo through express trains, one fromDuned'in to Christchurch, and the otherfrom Christchurch to luvercargil-1.Had these trains been continued, andthe other two expresses discontinued,it would have been more convenientto the public, and more in accordancewith common sense.—l am, etc.,

DISGUSTED No. 2.Oamaru, Nov. 28th, 1917.

A BRAVE LAD KILLED.(Per. Press Association.)

Wanganui, November 28.Douglas Combes, aged ten years, the

only son of a widow, was killed atlngestre street railway crossing thisafternoon while returning from school.Tiie child.' went to save a little girl inthe roadway from the. danger of an ap-proaching horse and cart, and in doingm) stepped on to the railway crossingand was run over by a passing train.

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the Funeral, which will leave his lateresidence for the Oamaru Cemetery at12.30 p.m. on Saturday, Ist December.

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The Oamaru MailTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1917.

THE ITALIAN RESISTANCE.The remarkable defence offered by theItalians shows no sign of failure; in-deed, latest reports go to show that ithas grown in strength, for we reactthat the Italian factories have re-placed the. guns that were previouslyJest in retreat, apart from Allied1,artillery, that the Italian reserves havebeen reorganised, enabling fresh troopsto 'be continually launched against theenemy, and "that the numericalstrength of the Italian troops has beenrestored. There is here some justifica-tion for the prediction of the New YorkSun's Rome correspondent a couple ofdays ago, that the rapid recovery ofthe Italians would render unnecessarythe use of Anglo-French troops. Butthe British and French will be there,and, as the correspondent foresees,"they will participate in the decisivebattle." In the meantime the Italianshave an efficient and valuable ally inthe snow, which .is covering the moun-tains with "whirling blizzards andsnowflakes that will soon become drifts,making the further movement of Ger-man artillery difficult." But theAustro-Germans continue to deliverheavy attacks in the hope of piercingthe Italian lines of defence, andthreaten Venice. Their costly effortshave, however, proved in vain, and acable message to-day reports a Britishofficial in America as having said thatItaly will be no further invaded. Thatstatement certainly appears to havefull warrant by past results. Theenemy's successes have been small, andof fleeting character, lrat such as toencourage them to persevere, and lurethem on to further losses. Thus weare told to-day that at one point, aid-ed by crushingly superior fire and num-bers, thev succeeded in penetrating theItalian lines and reaching a mountainbattery, but it was only a passing gain,for a fierce counter-attack resulted inthe rout of the enemy. Thus thestruggle of the Austro-Germans to forcea passage through the Italians receivesencouragement, for each partial successrenews the hope of final achievement ofthe end aimed at, and fresh troops arebrought forward ,to renew the attack,and meet with the same fate. Thecables state that the Italian losses havebeen heavy, but that those of theenemy have been enormous. The dif-ference can readily be understood andthe reason for it readily conceived. Anattacking force must always suffermuch more severely than the force onthe defensive, and it is quite withinreason to conclude that the casualtiessuffered by the Austro-Germans will atleast treble those of the Italians if thelatter are at all entrenched. It willthus be seen that the Central Powersmust already have paid an enormousprice for their defeat of some weeks'ago over the Italians, and in the end, itis safe to predict, it will, bring them110 nearer to victory, hut. cn the con-trary, render their defeat the more cer-tain.

Mr George Cos, of Caledonian Road,Oamaru, has received word that hissecond son, John, has been killed inaction in France. John served inSouth Africa with the 10th Contin-gent, and left for the present war withone of the later Eemforcements. Hewas first reported wounded, then wound-ed and 'missing, and is now reportedkilled in action.. Private John Coxwas well known in the district, hayingbeen engaged in various occupations,and for a considerable time was em-ployed with Mr Ledingham's threshingmill and chaffcutter. He was 37 yearsof age. Two other brothers are at thefronts-Harry, who left with the 14th,and Robert, who left with the 17th.Both brothers have 'been wounded dur-ing the war.

Some of the employees of the Wool-len Mills yesterday made a very hancL-some presentation to Miss Bella Kil-gour on the occasion of her approach-ing marriage, and leaving the factoryafter many gears' service. The pre-

sentation. was in the form of a Doultonsalad bowl and servers. Miss Kilgourreturned thanks for the present andgood wishes.

Seemingly we do not hear much ofthe damage done by the air-raids overEngland. The following extract is from,a letter received by the mail from alady living in the North-west of 'Lon-don, a one-time resident of Dunedan:—"We are greatly worried at present.Every night for a week the enemyaeroplanes h&ve been giving us a ter-rible time. Shrapnel fell through a flata. few doors from here, and in the ad-joining street' there was a big pieceblown out of the street by fallingshells. Down West the damage is cruel.We all have to take shelter down ina cellar for hours sometimes. Childrenand babies are so frightened theyscream and cry, and goodness knows ftmakes us all feel very dreadful whenthe bombs are making the thrillingnoises. For nights we cannot sleep."Another writer says: "Business in Lon-don has gone off a lot on account of

, .the terrible air naid last Tuesdaynight, September 11. The people arefrightened to go out at nights. Thetheatres, especially, are suffering."

A contributor to the London DailyNews of September 14th, in describinghis impressions of the crowds in thestreets of London, writes:—"But therewas one type that began to emergemore distinct, more definite, than anyother. It was the New Zealander. Iwas struck alike by the constancy ofthat type and by its attractiveness.It seemed to me the pick of the basket.Tile neat, trim figure, rather on theshort side, the aquiline nose, firmmouth, small chin, wide-set eyes fullof intelligence, were such unvaryingcharacters of the New Zealandors thatI began to get excited. Here, Ithought, is the most thoroughly andunvaryingly English type I have seen,and it comes from the remotest habi-table spot on the globe. If ever the warends and I have £2OO to spare (whichis extremely unlikely) I'll spend it noton that pearl, wonderful though it is,font on a visit to the land that is raisingthese clean-limbed, civilised, gallant-featured young Englishmen on theother side of the world."

Another old identity of NorthOta go in the person of Mr J. Rapson,of Kakanui, passed away at his resi-dence at Kakanui this morning. MrRapson was born in the West of Eng-land and came out to New Zealandover half a century ago, and took uphis residence in Oamaru. He was fora number of years working on the surf-boats here, but later on went down toKakanui to manage the surf-boatsthere. About 1880 he took up the farmat Allday Bay, where he remained un-til a few years ago, when he retired, andhis son Robert took over the farm. MrEapson made many friends in NorthOtago, for beneath a rough exteriortheir beat a soft and sympathetic heart.He -was, indeed, of a genial and happynature, hospitable and generous—quali-ties that are always certain of creatingabiding friendships. His family con-.sisted of five sons and three daughters,of whom the youngest son, Thomas (thoonly unmarried one), i 9 at the front,Robert 19 farming at Allday Bay, Alexis farming at Windsor, and James is ablacksmith in Dunedin. John, the*eldest son, died in Chicago, U.S.A.,some time ago, where he was workingfor an electrical firm. The threedaughters are Mrs W. Watson (Ma-heno), Mrs M'Leodl (Maheno), and MrsM'Lemian (Bortons).

Our Waimate correspondent writes:At the Waimate County Council meet-ing yesterday, on the motion of Coun-cilor Hart, seconded by Councillor Bit-chener, Mr R. H. Rhodes was unani-mously re-eleoted as chairman for theensuing term. Mr Rhodes thanked theCouncil for the honor done him in re-electing him as chairman, and said heconsidered it was very gratifying thatthe old Councillors were all returned,in fact, this Council was in the uniqueposition of being the only County Coun-cil in South Canterbury which had beenreturned intact in personnel. Council-lor Bitchener was re-elected as theCouncil's representative on the HighSchool Board. Mr Bitchener returned'thanks. •

Mr Arthur Varney, late supervisingsecretary to the New Zealand Y.M.C.A.in London and France, and who recent-ly returned to the Dominion, will visitOamaru on Tuesday nest. Mr Vameywill give a lecture on the work of theY.M.C.A in London, France and Flan-ders on Behalf of New Zealand soldiers,which will be profusely illustrated withlantern slides. Work at the convales-cent and training camps will be featur-ed in the lecture as well as that beingdone in the trenches. The slides aremade from original photographs fromMr Varney's own camera, and includefine views of Broekenhurst, Codfordi,Sling, Hornchurch, and Walton-on-Thames. This lecture, graphically ilhvs-trated as it is, will give the public asplendid idea of what is being done tobetter the conditions under which oursoldiers serve King and Empire.

Speaking at Canterbury College on"Some Poisonous Gasses," Dr. W. P.Evans said that be honestly thought!that the Germans were now very sorrythat they had initiated the use of gasin warfare. English chemists mightbe slow, but they were very thoroughonce they got to work, and the Ger-mans, so far as poisonous gas was con-cerned, were now getting as good as,if not better than, they gave.

It is understood, states the Christ-church Press that, as a result of therecent ballot of Second Division(Class A) men, some hundreds of menin Canterbury are appealing, probablyabout half of the total number drawn.The ratio of Class A men being passedas fit for active service is believed tobe,a little under 1 in 3, so it is veryprobable that the greater number ofthose classed fit are appealing.

Commissioner and Mrs Hodder, Chiefof the New Zealand 1 Salvation Army,accompanied by Brigadier Gist, MajorColvin, and a party of local Salvation-ists, motored to Livingstone last even-ing, where Commissioner Hodder gavean address on the Salvation Army warwork to a large audience in the PublicHall. Mr Adams, of Livingstone, brief-ly welcomedl the visitors, especially theCommissioner, who .had never beforepaid them a visit. Brigadier Gist in-troduced the Commissioner to the audi-ence, who listened attentively to Ills'interesting talk on the Army war work.After the Commissioner's address MrsHodder spoke a few words. The Oam-arn Salvationists assisted with a num-ber of musical items at intervals dur-ing the evening. At the conclusion ofthe address Brigadier Gist movedhearty votes of thanks to Mr Adamsifor his hearty welcome, and! to theOamaru party for their assistance.

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HEAVY FIGHTING.(Australian and N.Z. Cablo Assn.)

Received November 26, at 0.15 a.m.London, November 28.

The United Press correspondent atBritish Headquarters says: Followingthe futile attack against the Britishposition at Tadpole Copse, southward•of Inchy, the enemy all night shelledBourlon Wood, Anneux, Graincourt,and Denicourt, but the position haslittle changed. Some 'posts have beenestablished north-west of Bulleeourt inthe Hindenburg advance line. Ourline is apparently westward of Fon-taine, but Bourlon Wood is secure.

BOLSHEVIK CONGRATULATIONS.(A. and N.. Cahle Assn. and Reuter.)Received November 29, at 0.15 p.m.

London, November 28.A wireless Russian message says :

Baritoncff, secretary of the Bolsheviks,has sent a proclamation to the Com-mander-in-Chief (Krylenko) as follows:—The Bolshevik fraction cf the All-Russian Extraordinary Congress ofPeasants and Delegates, numbering 64,and five delegates from other fractions,congratulate you on your resolute steptowards the realisation of the wishes ofthe whole of the Russian workers forthe conclusion of a general and justdemocratic peace. We also congratu-late all the army corps and other com-mittees for helping you in this greatand difficult taslc.

RAILWAY TROUBLES.(Router's Telegrams.)

Received November 29, at 0.15 p.m.London, November 28.

The negotiations between the Govern-ment and Railwaymen's Union havebroken down. Tho railwaymen de-manded ten shillings a week increase,and the Government offer five shillings.In the House of Commons Mr Thomasstated that the Government refused toopen negotiations while the men atLiverpool are deliberately workingslow.

INTERVIEWS ON THE WAR.(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received November 29, at 0.25 p.m.New York, November 28.

The World's London correspondenthas received some striking war inter-views.

Lord Sydenham said tho recentevents on the Italian front wouldfalsify the calculations as to the dura-tion of the war. No doubt Austrialongs for peace, but events iu Italyhad revived Germany's ambitions.Nothing but dissillusiomiient. whichfailure by land and sea alone can bring,will force Germany and her subservientvassals to propose a basis for a. peace1 which the Allies can accept. Russiahad temporarily ceased to be a factorin the war, but what we can hepo fovis that the Italian line on the Piavewill be held, otherwise the Italiansmust fall back to the Adige. It is theAllies' duty to save Italy. It is avast world-issue, and mainly de-pends on America's efforts. LordSydenham added that Germany's eco-nomic position is bad, and Berlin re-gards the winter anxiously. There isa heavy mortality among German civi-lians from malnutrition, but we mustnot ahato our efforts. America repre-sents reserves of tremendous poten-tiality in the closing phase of the war.When a thousand American aeroplanesreinforce the West front and a similarnumber the Italian front the end willbo in sight.

Viscount French was of opinion thatit is essential that the Allies shouldforego all thought cf peace, and conccn-trae on a more vigorous prosecution ofthe war.

Admiral Cyprian Bridge could see noprospect of the war ending in less thantwo years.

Admiral Henderson said: In my opi-nion no hopes of peace can be enter-tained prior to December 1918.PREPARING FOR A GREAT

BLOW.(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received November 29, at 0.25 p.m.New York, November 29.

The World's correspondent at ItalianHeadquarters states that the Allies arepreparing for a, great blow. The Ger-mans realise that they under-estimatedthe ability of Britain, and France tosend reinforcements.NOT CONFIRMED. BUT PROBABLY

TRUE.(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received November 29, at 0.2-3 p.m.London, November 28.

Mr Hosier's statement is unofficial,and is not confirmed.

(This refers to the sinking «T sub-marines.)

ITALIAN CRISIS HAS PASSED.(Australian and N.Z. Cable Aa=n.)

Received November 29, at 1.40 p.m.London, November 28.

A high military authority has art-nounced definitely that the Italian crisislias passed 1.

KIRGHIZ REBELLION.(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received November 29, at 1.40 p.m.London, November 28.

Mr Philip Price, the war corres-pondent, reveals from Potrograd thatthe Kirghiz Tartars, residents of thecountry near the Chinese frontier, re-belled in the summer of 191G when theTsar's Government, after the gradualconfiscation of their lands in the pastdecade, called them to the colors formilitary service. Half ,a million Kirg-hiz were killed during the rebellion anda. million fled to China.

AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

(Australian and! N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 2.45 p.m.

Copenhagen, November 28.Haparanda messages state that Gene-

ral Kaledin is not marching on Petro-grad. He intends remaining at Novot-cherkisk, in the Don Country.

The Military Revolutionary Commit-tee has dissolved the Petrograd TownCouncil.

It is reported that Caucasia has form-ed an independent Parliament with 40members, all being Socialists exceptone (a Bolshevik).

SERIOUS LOSSES TO THE ENEMY.

i"A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.)Received November 29, at 2.25 p.m.

London, November 28.A French communique confirms the

statement that our attack on November21st south of Wuvincourt cost theenemy very serious losses.

ITALIAN ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

(A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.)

Received November 29, at 2.45 p.m.London, November 28.

An Italian official message says :In co-operation with a bombardment ofthe heights, our batteries concentratedtheir fire on the enemy troops massedand moving on Asiago Plateau, Prim-malano Basin, northward of tho Co!della Berrette, and in the Middle Pinw.

GERMAN WIRELESS.(A and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Rentor.)

Received November 29, at 2.45 p.m.London, November 28.

A wireless German official message

says: English tanks and infantry, at-tacking westward of Bourlon, collapsed.We temporarily lost Bourlon and Fon-taine Notre Dame, but recaptured thevillages and threw the enemy back intoBourlon Wood.

EAST AFRICAN FORCE SUR-RENDERS.

(Reuter's Telegrams.)Received November 29. at 2.25 p.m.

London, November 28.A special message from Adanda states

that General Tafel (the German com-mander) and the remainder of ms forcehave surrendered.

DUNEDIN SHOW.FIRST DAY.

(By Our Special Reporter.)The Association was most unfortu-

nate tin's year in the manner in whichexhibitors—and those the presence ofwhose stock would have increased com-petition and, in many cases, possiblyhave altered the decisions given—wereunavoidably prevented from forwardingtheir animals. When it is mentionedthat the Nnr Zealand and AustralianLand Company did not enter any sheepior exhibit this year, and that MessrsC E. Allen, of Masterton, and D. M.Sutherland, of Waimate, were also ab-sent in the sheep sections, that MessrsA. Gillies and Cowan Bros, were notable to present their exhibits in cattle,and that there were several ponderablehorses not forward, including that ofMr J. O'Brien, it will be seen that the.-•how was but a shadow of what it

have been this year. The liighnorth-east wind continued all day yes-terday to the discomfort of everyonelon the grounds, but dropped slightlytowards sunset. Judging was speedilyconducted. All arrangements at theshow wore, as usual, well forward, andthe courtesy and readiness to obligeof all officials did much to nullify theunpleasant weather and the meagre en-tries.

One of the most satisfactory featuresof the show, and one that occasionedgeneral comment, was the strong ex-hibit of Shorthorns, adjudged by some,that had seen exhibits in both Islandsto be equal to that of Hastings this-year and superior to that- at Christ-church. Mr John Nixon, of Killinchy,carried off the championship with a finethree-year-oldred bull, true to the bestcharacteristics of the beef-producingtype, in excellent condition. His roanyearling bull, an animal of promise,was awarded reserve championship. Theadvantages of Jerseys as a milkingstrain were well brought out by* MrF. 13. Hellyer's fine exhibit, which lack-ed only competition to further empha-sise its quality. Ayrshires, as wo havealready stated, suffered greatly by theunavoidable, exclusion of North Otagoexhibits, but there were sufficient ofthe breed present to give visitors tothe .show a good idea of the value of•these excellent dairy cows. MessrsWeir Bros. 5 well-known Hinswnrd Jim-my and his progeny, together with MrPeter Ireland's Percy of Glenariff andhis perfectly uddcrcd and fine-pointedcows, were much admired. In thissection Mr .Tas. Frew, of Ardgowan.secured second prizes in two-year-oldbull audi four-year-old cow in mill;.Friesians were not numerously entered.the chief exhibitor, Mr A. S. Ehvorthy,of Pareora, winning the championshipwith his yearling bull Pareora Garan-ger, a virile animal with those stronglydeveloped male characteristic-; whichshould, contribute to the good milkingqualities of. a herd. There were noentries from North Olago in. fat cattle,a fairly numerous lot of prime quality.Mr T. S. Little had a highly deservedwin in Border Loicesters, though seve-ral of his entries were not exhibited.Ho was awarded the championship withhj9 ram over 30 months, bred by J.Kercher, which was first and championat Dunedin last year, two years agofirst and reserve champion in the four-tooth class and winner of the Sheep-breeders' Association's silver cup, amifirst and champion at Christeliurch,Oamaru, and H'unedm this year. Hischampionship ewe was champion atChristeliurch this year and championtwo years'ago at Oamaru and Dnnedin.Mr Little was winner of the prize formost points this year. The reservechampionship was awarded to Alr.Jas.Ross' (Palmerston) 18-months-old ram.bred by the exhibitor. The contestwas shorn of much of its interest thisyear from the fact that Mr 1). M.Sutherland, Waimate, was unabje toget his stock forwarded. In RomueysMr D. Murray, of Clydevale, defeatedMr Little, who as one who is but com-mencing to breed this difficult strain,is to he commended upon a very fairshowing. Air Wm. Gardiner, juu'r., re-newed his successes of previous years inShropshires, and repeated his Christ-eliurch and Oamaru wins in the cham-pionship of owe above 30 months withlamb*at foot, securing the second prizeand reserve championship also. Hisfirst-prize hogget shows every promiseof winning championship honors wheneligible. He was congratulated by thejudge upon his excellent choice ofstock, owes from Mr Seth-Smith,of Ngapara, having been crossed withrams from Mr Parry, of Timaru. Heroagain competition would have but en-hanced Mr Gardiner's exhibits. In fatsheep Mr Gardiner and Mr A. M. Alac-donald (of YTarepa) had a good tussle,lienors in lambs going to Mr Gardiner.He was first and second in all classes,of fat lambs, the condition of whichwas energetically referred to by the,judge, and was. well up beside his for-midable competitor in wethers andewes, shorn or longwooi. In the twoabove classes Mr Gardiner will takesome beating. The Clydesdale breed-ing horses were sparsely represented,but none of the Oamaru competitorswhom we mentioned yesterday securedprizes. The champion mare Peggvtfonald (Air 11. E. B. Watson, TaiTapu), by Black Knight from Rowena,was a powerful clean-legged mare witha. big barrel. Air Watson also scoredwitfi his yearling colt Elegance byDumire Fabric, dam Alona Ronald, amagnificent full-sized animal whichwon the breeders' cup.

The first day competitions includedpony trots, of diverting interest. Themaiden hunters' competition for horsesthat have never won a first prize at anagricultural show, brought out somegood riding, notably that of Aliss JeanHay ward, of Dunedin,> who won withher Niger. Aliss Hay ward is a bornhorsewoman, who has evidently become.a perfect rider through many enjoyable-tussles with favorite mounts. She hasa firm seat and easy hands. Air S. M.Dixon, of Alorven, gained second prizewith Redwing, who will be well remem-bered at Oamaru. Aliss Alowat, ofKaikorai Valley, who rode the winnerin hunting competition open to ladiesonly, has little to learn in horseman-ship, and the covtost between her andMiss Hayward, who rode the second,third, and fourth horses, was one thatneeded a careful decision. The trotonce round the course (supposed to hehalf a mile!) agaiinst time resultedin some very fair Koing, the winnerhaving it all to himself.

Following are the concluding resultsof the first dav:—

HORSES.—Draughts.—

Judges: E. Hall (Brookside) and J.Rendull (Te Houka).

Entire horse, 4 years old or over.—First prize, £3; second, £2; third, £l.—T. and A. Carruthers (Middlcmarch),Knockinlaw Favorite, 1; John Callan-der (Allanton), Scotland's Viceroy, 2;John Callander, Bonnie Breastknot, 3.

Entire horse, 3 years old.—Firstprize, £3; second £2; third, £l.John Wilson (Lauder), 1.Colt, 2 years old.—First prize, £3;second, £2; third, £l.—James Patrick(Outram), .Napoleon, 1; E. E. Jenkins(Waddingfcon), Bold Record, 2; JamesW. Blair (Outram), High Degree, 3.

Colt, yearling—H. E. B. Watson's(Tai Tapu) Elegance 1, James Patrick(Outram) 2,John Callander's (AJlanton)Ochtertyie Searchlight 3.

Breeders' Cup (yearling or 2-year-oldcolts)—H. E. B. Watson's Elegance 1.Mare, to foal this season or with foalat foot—M. Carruthers' (Maungatua)Darling 1.

Dry mare, any age—H. E. B. Wat-son's Peggy Ronald 1 and champion,James Patrick's Twylight 2, E. E. Jen-kins' (Waddington) Bonny Jean 3.

Filly, 3 years old—James Patrick'sMaggie 1 and champion, E. E. Jenkins'Lady Lonsdale 2, Jaraes Carruthers'Waterside Pride 3.

Filly, 2 years old—James Patrick'sKeynote 1, James Curruthers' Water-side Ruby 2, W .J. J. Charters (Mos-giel) 3.

Filly, yearling—James Patrick 1,Hannah Bros. (Outram) 2, Mrs PeterFord's (Allanton) Bonnie Mary 3.

Pair of mares, 3 years old or over—James Patrick 1, E. E. Jenkins 2.

Marej with two of her progeny—E.E Jenkin's Bonny Jean 1, Jas. Car-ruthers 2.

Group of 3 yearling colts or fillies, byone sire, not necessarily the property ofone owner—James Patrick 1.

Group of 4 mares or fillies—JamesPatrick 1.

Watsons' Challenge Cup—W. J. J.Charters (Mosgiel) 1.

Ainge's Challenge Cup—James Hftt-rick 1.

Wughoß and Cossar's Cup James***tnek 1.COMPETITIONS.

Judges: Messrs J. H. MnoNivon andW. F. M. Bucklov.Pony trot (half-railc), for ponies 14hands and under, against time; to be

,-.jn singly—Thos. Fogg's (Duncdin)Little Patchen 1, A. Kelly's (Ander-son's Bay) Tommy 2.

Pony trot (14 hands or undor), to boridden by boys not over 16 years of age—Thos Fogg's Littlo Patchen 1, J.Kennedy's ([Anderson's Hay) Topsy 2,W. Hastio (Woodhaugh) 3.

Trot, against time, in Hnddlo, forMraight-out trotters only, previous win-nors not eligible—T. T. Ritchio (Dun-odin), 68 2-sscc, 1 ; D. Wilkonson's(Green Island) Ruth, lmiii G 2-sscc, 2;A. Kelly's Tommy, Imin 8 2-Gsee, 3.

Maiden hunters' competition, openonly to horses that have never won nfirst prizo at any agricultural show—-Miss Jean Hnyward's (l)unedin) Niger1, S. M. Dixon's (Morven) Redwing 2,J. Conn's (South Dunedin) Maggie 3,E. J. Dochorty (Sutton) 4.Hunting competition, open to ladyriders only—A. Aitchison (Hampdon) 1.Mrs John Miller's (Burnsido) Lady Bell'J. Miss Joan Hayward's Niger 3, \Vllastio (Woodhaugh) 4.

SECOND DAY.Dunedin, November 20.

A glorious summer's day tempered bya light breeze from tho sea attracted alargo attendance of tho public to theshow on the second day. Tho conve-nience of patrons was well catered for.The judging of working draughts, har-ness horses, and ponies was gone onwith in the morning, and in tho after-n< on a number of competitions wero de-cided. Tho working draughts sectionwas tho largest, and some fine animalswore shown. Mr J. T. Johnston, ofWindsor, who had entered, did notcompete. The- geldings wero as goodas have boon seen competing in Dun-edin for some years. Tho two-year-oldgelding class gave the judges sometrouble, tho choice between Mr P. Mar-tin's Premier Prido gelding, winner atOamaru, Tinia-ru, and Christchurch tin'syear, and tho Now Zealand ExpressCompany's Baron Bold gelding being indoubt even in the final walk round. Itwas claimed that each judge favoredone of the animals, and in the end theprize was awarded to the New Zea-land Express Company. Mir Martin'sgelding is ;i well-furnished, geutlo-tiianncred beast of tho real cart-horsetypo, and it found many friends amongconnoisseurs. A strong ring of towncarriers' horses was shown. Draughthorses shown in harness, and trades-men's turnouts formed a very fine ex-hibit, but there was littlo of interestto our readers. Mr G. L. Bruce, junr..of Maheno, in the cob class,' securedsecond in marc or gelding up to 14-jhands in the saddle. Tho hackneyclass was well filled, and somo keencompetition was witnessed. It washero that northern competitors metwith good fortune, as will bo seen fromtho list. Mr Hobbs' Kawa was notplaced in Ibo 15 stone roadster as notbeing up lo the weight. Tho cham-pion ribbon for tho best saddle horse,ridden, 'vent to Miss Rhodes' MajorWebb. The championship for best har-ness horse, driven, was gained by Mr J.Walker. Willi hor champion MissA. K. Rhodes wen in hunter to qualifyover hurdles, Otago Hunt Club hunter,hack in saddle, and lady's hack. MrA. Aitchison, of Hampden, obtainedthird in the hunter class and second inlady's hack. Maheno got anotherprize through Mr J. M. Smith's GingerMick, placed third in hacks.

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

f H\- Electric Telegraph—CoPTßionT.]

U'er Press Association.)

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Asan.)Received November 29, at 10.40 a.m.

Melboumo, November 28.The State Ministry has been selected

as follows:—Premier, Air John Biusen;Attorney-General, Mr Agar Wynne;Treasurer Air W. M. M'Phorson; Min-ister of Alines, Air A. Downward;Minister of Lands, Air Frank Clarke;Minister of Pu'blic Works, Mr JohnAl'Nell; Alinistcr of Education, MajorBird.

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ANDTAXATION.

Per Press Association.Wellington, November 21).

The Chambers of Commerce Confer-ence to-day -discussed the question oftaxation, and baa urged that the- pre-sent system of treating companies asindividual taxpayers ana of taxing thoincomes of companies on a graduated)scale is inflicting injustice on manyshareholders, and if continued must re-strict the investment of capital in com-mercial and industrial enterprises;that it the graduated or progressive-taxation on incomes is continued tinstax should be levied on income?) fromall sources of taxpayers as individualti,including their interests as shareholdersin the profits of companies; that theGovernment be requested' to consent tothe association with tho officers of the-Land and income Tax Dopartmont oftwo or three business men who are ex-pert in financial matters nnd in tho af-fairs of companies, with tho object in.view of tho Commission so constitutedinvestigating the system of land andincome taxation in New Zealand and'recommending a more equitable system.This and other remits on tho same mib-jcei were adopted by the Conference.

AMUSEMENTS.

11A VW A RIXS-F I;LLEfiS PICTURES.•■'Hi.! Girl Wlio Did Not Caro," tlui

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WEATHER FORECAST.The Government Meteorologist tele-

graphed at noon to-duy as follows:'—The indications are for northerlywinds, moderate to strong, and freshen-

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EUROPEAN WAR.Germany Reported to Have Ac-

cepted Russia's Armistice.

Italy Cm Hold the.Piave...Lines,

Italy"Nuro.eric.ally Superior in Men: ;

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- and; Guns;

Fierce Fighting, .on .West Front[Br Elzotbio Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.)

r^he'cable news in- this issue accredited to The Times, London, has ap-peared in ,that journal,but only where espressly stated is such news, theeditorial opinion of The Times.]

ITALIAN THEATRE.(Australian and N.Z.. Cable Assn.

Received November 28, at 7.25 p.m.. .- . ■ Rome, November 27.

The. Austro-Germahs are bringing upa vast concentration of artillery inorder' to; overcome the mountainousbarriers, protecting the Venetian Plain.During "the last twenty-four hours theeneiny •-.constantly attacked, but wasmet hV determined Italian resistance.A passed German attack was also cutto pieces in two attempts to capturethe.ltalians' shore positions along thelower, Piaye-.Received November 29, at 0.5 a.m.

- - :• • London, November 28.A wireless Itaffian semi-official report-

says :t The renowned Austrian ThirdEidelweiss-Division. composed of troopsof German extraction and.ether enemy-forces,' 'Were severely 'beaten at Collor-etta4.-i-They made massed attacks afterheavy-.di-iim-fire. Cr.uship.gly superiorfire-and numbers enabled the assailantsto penetrate the Italians* advanced lineandsreaoli the mountain battery, but afierce, counter-attack in the face of aviolent .barrageresulted in the enemy'srout^.-^Thus, the .attempted advancealong-the Val.Sugana was frustrated.Received November 29, at 1.35 a.m.

- ..:-• .-- Rome, November 2S.Tne war correspondent of the Mes-

sage™-states that the Italian reserveshave been completely reorganised, en-abling afresh troops'to be continuallylaunched against the enemy. The Ita-lian factories have replaced the wholeof the number of guns lost, apart fromAllied.":artillery. The numerical su-periority is iiow restored.ReceivedI 'November 29 at 11.25 a.m.

.'--" Rome, November 28.The" Idea Nazionale states that the

Germans, fearing Italian counter-offensives on the Piave, aa-e forcing allthe civilians to' dig trenches.

AMERICA'S REPLY TO HOLLAND.

(Australian and;'N.Z. Cable Asm.)

Iteeeiv'ed November 29, at 8.35 a.m.■.-...",''.-• New-. York, November 28.

The officials,- replying to Dr Van derLinden's cable of the 25th, emphasisethat the-United States-has not relaxedits of the rights of neu-trals, and ...small nations, but theyshould appreciate the common goodinvolved.-in the war by not hamperingthefAllies, whose food needs were moreimperative than those of neutrals. Theleakage:.to Germany must end. TheAllies do not desire to starve neutrals,but in return- for food they must lend-some shipping. ~ A settlement is soonexpected! on the basis of nationalisingan«tfili&. reciprocal use of ships.

SWEDEN WANTS A SHARE OF THESPOILS.

(Australian and.N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 8.55 a.m.

~:■ '■■■■■■■ Stockholm, November 28.The local newspapers suggest joint

Scandinavian intervention in Finland onhumanitarian grounds.. g

DESTRUCTION OF SUBMARINES.

(Australian and. N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29/ at 9.55 a.m.

••-. " "New York. November .27.Mr Hosier, Counsellor to the British

Embassv, in a speech, said the Alliessank'-or captured 39 submarines duringthe "fortnight ended-the loth Novem-ber,*" -Italy, .he said, is now safe fromfurther: invasion.GERMANY AGREES TO GENERAL

ARMISTICE.(Australian And N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received; November 29, at 8.35 a.m.New York, November 28.

The Germans have agreed to the Bol-sheviks' overtures for a general armis-tice.-v.,' •■- •

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF TOR-PEDOED CREW.

(Australian and' N.Z; Cable Assn.)Received! November 29, at 8.35 a.m.

New. York, November 28.The survivors of . the torpedoed

Rochester have arrived. They experi-enced> and were fivedaysriin:an open boat. There was in-

tense.-cold and little food, and theywere.waterless for two days. Threedieii-rwithin sight- of land.

PUBLISHING GERMAN COM-MUNIQUES.

(Australian and N.Z. Cablo Assn.)Received ISic-vember 28. at 5.45 p.m.

-.-.'.: . Paris, JVovember'27.M. Clemenceau, for the first time,

allowed the publication of the uncen-soreiil-German communiques.

SIX U-BOATS IN FOUR DAYS.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)Deceived; November 2S, at 5.5 p.m._

,■/-..■ ..-•:- -.- ■_•• -Paris, November 27.M. Jusserand ' announced-- in the

Chamber of Deputies- that the AllieshadVsani.,six-"U-boatsvin four days.

EXPORT OF COAL PROHIBITED.;"'(Reuters Telegram.)

Received November 29, at 11.25 a.m..I.i -London, November 28.An, drder-in-Councit prohibits the ex-

port of coal from the 7th December toall British-destinations abroad except.tinder license.

KING CONSTANTINE AGAIN.

(Australian and ■'N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 11.25 a.m.

•'';';.." -; London, November 28.The Central' News' Rome correspon-

dent/says .that King Constantine hasordered the : conim'ahder of the Greekdivision interned" in Germany to placehis::trdqps at the disposal,of'Germany,anitthey are now embodied in the Ger-maS.-iarmy.

PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS INGERMANY.

(Australian ariiL'N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 1L25 a.m.

Amsterdam, November 28.' The-Socialists held peace demonstra-tions-in Berlin on Sunday and! Mon-day,- and also at Budapest (Hungary)-There'-were many :arrest9.

THE KAISER'S PALACE BURGLED

(Australian 1and N;Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 11.25 a.m.

~'•..'• .. Beyite;, November 28.A* 'burglar entered" the Kaiser's Pal-

ace at Wilhelmshaven and stole nume-' rous urns, Portland vases, and ancient

weapons of great artistic and historicvalue.

DISORGANISED RUSSIA.

(Au.straSian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 28, at 7.25 p.m.

Stockholm, November 27.All the non-Socialist parties in Fin-

land asked the commander of the Balticfleet for assistance in repressing thebloodshed by armed bands.

The commander replied that the ap-plication must be made to the Soldiers'Council.Received November 23, at 8.45 p.m.

Loudon, November 28.* The Petrograd correspondent of the

Daily -Chronicle states that the situa-tion' in Finland is critical. The newDiet, with a small anti-Socialist ma-jority, refused the Socialist ..demand forthe Immediate confirmation of the Bi/ilsadopted by the previous Socialist Diet,includinc the Independence Bill, whichled to the Socialist Diet's dissolutionbv the Russian Government in Au-gust. The Socialists decided to apply.force, and declared a general strike.Theyorganised the Red. Guard of Work-men and secured arms from the Rus-sian garrison and fleet. The strike hasbecome a revolution. The middle classorganised the White Guard of Studentsand others to support the police. TheRed Guard seized the Governmentbuildings and arrested a large numberof officials, .police, and prominent citi-zens, and, under the pretence .of search,broke open the houses and robbedand murdered. Throughout the coun-try skirmishes between the Red and theWhite Guards resufited in many beingkilled and wounded. After four days'fighting the Diet yielded and adoptedthe Independence Bill, giving the Dietsupreme.power instead of. the Russian

i authorities. The Government resigned,and the Governor-General left Helsing-fors. During the Bolshevik disurb-.ances the Assistant Governor-Generalalso resigned. The garrison and fleetelected a sailor as Governor-General.A number of the imprisoned citizenshave been released, but the Red Guardcontinues its robbing, and murdering.Received November '2B, at 9.30 p.m.

London, November 27.It is officially stated in London that a

number of German staff officers arenow in Petrograd.

Paris, November 28..The Paris correspondent of the Daily

Chronicle understands that the first-meeting of the Allied Conference, willmake a declaration warning Russia ofthe dangers resulting from the actionsof the men. usurping the governmentalpower. . The Aillies will pretest againstnegotiations with Germany with a viewto an armistice and the violation. ofRussia's agrement with the Allies.They will also protest against the pub-lication of documents without the con-sent of the signatories.

The Petrograd correspondent of theDaily Chronicle states that the Cadetson Sunday resolved upon acclaimingthe British victory,, and expressingtheir firm confidence in all the Allins.They realise,how criminal the Bolshe-vik "adventure is. and regard with con-tempt the usurper's pretensions tospeak in the name of Russia.Received November 29, at 0.5 a.m.

London, November 28.The Haparanda correspondent of tlie

Daily Chronicle states that the non-Bolshevik Socialists and Moderates ofthe Committee of Safety have issued aproclamation that in view of the Alliesrepudiation or the Bolsheviks a. peacedecree means-the definite destruction ofRussia, -which, will he forced to pay theKaiser a peace grant of whatever terri-tory or money he claims. Accordingto the Novce Yashiza, General Alexieffhas summoned M. Theretelli, M. Tcher-noff, M. AuskentiefF, and AdmiralVemliovsky to Headquarters for thepurpose of forming a new Government.3f. Lenin and M. Trotskj- appealed' tothe Army Committees to arrest themunless they leave Headquarters.Received November 29. at 0.20 a.m.

Petrograd, November 28.Polling in the Constituent Assembly

election is proceeding without excite-ment. The various parties are appeal-ing to the .citizens to bring the women-folk to the polf.

The Bolsheviks have re-staffed thetelegraphs and telephones with unedu-cated assistants. The result is the■wildest contusion. Lenin has an-nounced that the city is insured againstfamine by the arrival of grain shipsnow in the Neva,Received:November 29, at 8.35 a.m.

London, November 28.The Morning Post's Petrograd corre-

spondent says the Bolsheviks alone en-joy facilities for a propaganda in con-nection with the elections, and havevigorously suppressed the literature ofother- parties.

A Bolshevik pronouncement threatensthe better classes with terrible re-prisals, including the deprivation oftheir food allowance, because of theirpassive resistance to the new Govern-ment.Received November 29, at 8.55 a.m.,

Petrograd, November 28.M. Trotsky has written to the Bri-

tish Ambassador demanding the releaseoi' two Russians arrested by Britainnnd apparently interned. He hints atreprisals.

About one-half of the Petrogradvoters have polled in the ConstituentAssembly elections, which close to-day.Undoubtedly an overwhelming majorityof the Petrograd garrison sides withthe Bolsheviks. The latter seized theCustoms.

General Balueff, commanding on theWestern front, lias been superseded forrefusing to negotiate a.n armistice.

The Bolsheviks announce that theycontrol Tashkent after four days'fighting.

M. Trotsky has dismissed, ■ withoutpensions, two Assistant Foreign Minis-ters and- thirty officials for -refusingto submit to Bolshevik authority.

AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 28, at 9-30 p.m.

Madrid, November 27.Twenty-one survivors of the Ameri-

can steamer Actaeou have been landedat Corunna. Tho vessel was torpedoedon Sunday. Three boats have arrived.The. remainder of the crew are miss-ing.'

SUPREME WAR COUNCIL.

(Australian and N.Z', Cable Assn.)Received November 28, at 8.45 p.m.

London, November 28.It is officially announced that mem-

bers of the Government have gone toParis to attend the Supreme War Coun-»Cil. ',.:•■•

Paris, November 28.The Petit Parisien-says: Russia will

not bo officially represented at the in-ter-Allied Conference, but M? Makla-koff, whom the Kerensky Governmentnominated as Ambassador, will be semi-officially invited.

WEST FRONT.(Australian andi,N.Z. Cable Assn.)

Received November 28, at 5.5 p.m.Washington.,, November 27.'

Mr S D. Baker, American Secretaryfor War, states ;that -.a communiquefrom the Allies shows that the relent-less sapping of the Germanic power onthe West front transcends territorialsains. Germany attacked Italy in thehope of diverting enough Anglo-Frenentroops to prevent further offensives. Itwas recognised that continued attackswould eventually result in the-softening

of the enemy's West front line. .Thecommuniaue characterises the -.uritisnstrategy, at Cambrai as daringly con-ceived arid brilliantly executed. Italy ssteady resistance is intimately connect-ed with "the Cambrai victory. HieItalianmoraie is u l"tv\" . ,

&\

Captain Haig, of the British Army,announces that the British are perfeot-inov a new tank, which will radicallyalter the situation in 1918.

A Super-War Council has been form-ed to'unify and co-ordinate the UnitedStates governmental branches for themore efficient.prosecution of the warThe Council includes the members orne Cabinet, -Mr Henry Hoover (FoodController), Professor Garfield, Mr Hw-lev and Sir Willard (Chairman of the

meets cverv week. : • _m " Tokio, November 2/.Baron ' Ishii's mission has i^rncd.Baron Ishii highly praises the tre-

mendous war preparations ot the

United States.Received November 28, at 8.45 p.m.

London, November 2i.•Renter's Headquarters correspondentreports: There are furious attacks and

11 Cambrai Attacking from the

fflfraid SS Bourlon village succeeded m res-

our machine-gun fire.„,os<!<i<Te

V wireless German official messagen,„. The most violent artillery activity

Samogneux and Beaumont and astridethe Ornes.Received November 28, at 9.80 p.m.

London, November Zi.

Renter's Headquarters corespondentreuorts that a written German oi delkTbtn found stating that it sojche,are found lurking m the hig dug-outsand do not come up immedaitely, andTX\ the lurking-place would be blownSit and further directing that the orderhi read) aloud to .the whole battalion.

Received November 28, at 0.35 a,mIIM London, November 28.

1 Sir Douglas Haig reports: Local at-,tacts at dawn in the neighborhood otFontaine Notre Dame and Bourlon v 1-•,™. led to severe fighting. i"«

Sy, who has been strongly reii-

foiled contested the advance witho-reat stubbornness. The fight sj aj eafaefcrds and forwards, but wefinelyndvinced our line and captmea oyei

?00 prttoners. This afternoon we droveoff an attempted attack on our position

on the Hindenburg line on a spur tvest-- wards of Moeuvres. There, is great ac-

tivity by the enemy artilleiyand north-east of Ypres. Our lmr-fly-f, machines on Monday constantly at-

■ ["Sthe enemy.troops, batteries, and■ transport Over three tons or tombs

were dropped on the crossings of the

San?^^:SHaSomain stations. We brougiw uu»»

enemy machines. . o f.,+n =. ThereA French communique states . ium

i, vigorous artillery activity; in Jmmcourt district, and .on the Bois le

Ohaume front. ffi ial messageA wireless keiman °roc between

■savs: Strong English attacKS uLT.:tter

Bourlon and Fontaine faded. Bitterlocal engagements are .in P"Eies-

Received November 29. at S.do a.m.•"eOW ■ London, November 28.

Ah- Phillip Gibbs w?'ltes ; 1lhl

S5S&£ga\,d ordinary comforts have been left

There is a whole stietcn 01

£ Somme battlefield where the vil-lages are rubbish heaps Only grave-vards and signboards indicate the posi-

tions of Pozieres, Combles and GuiHe-mont, otherwise the country is a, wildwaste of desolation, haunted by hiddenhorrors.(A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Renter.)

Received November 29 at 8.65 a.m.London, November 2.6.

Sir Deraslas Haig reports.: There washostile artillery action last night in theneighborhood of Bourlon Wood and iui-thel- infantry action and hostile artil-lery fire eastward and north-east*ai dof 'Ypres. •

(Renter's Telegrams.)Received November 29 at 8.55 a.m. '

London, November /».,

A Headquarters correspondent, writ-ing on Tuesday, says there has beenthe bitterest fighting near Fontainesince the morning. The attack wascovered bv a heavy bombardment,which was maintained during the wholeforenoon. The British fought their wayri°-ht through the village in the faceof the heaviest rifle and machine-gunfire, sending back over five hundred pri-soners they had- captured! in the torti-,fied houses and strong points. -llieGermans later in the morning counter-attacked with two new divisions, andunder the weight ,of overwhelmingnumbers we. slowly relinquished ourfooting in Fontaine. It is not clearwhether we retain any portion of theruins. It is now certain the Germanshave their defences withfresh . troops. We still hold the highground and have a great' tactical ad-vantage, although the enemy's stifferresistance means desperate fighting.The weather remains abominable.

A BLATANT GERMAN.(Australian and N.. Cable Assn.)

Received November 28, at 8.45 P-Rotterdam, November 27.

Br Stresemann, chairman of the Na-tional Liberals in.tlie Reichstag, in -themanifesto on -the. eve of the Reichstagre-assembling, says:—The final militaryand diplomatic struggle is approaching.We, the Germans, are the conquerors,We have the right and duty to see thatvictory ensures our future. The de-creased submarine losses was due to thefact that as the ships are sunk the tar-gets decreased.. .. Poland must not bebuilt-up on.: German development and',power.

PURCHASE OF STEAMSHIPLINE.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.)

(Australian 'and N.Z; Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 8.55 a.m.

L.ndon, November 28.The Peninstiiar and Oriental Com-

pany has purchased the Nourse line ofsteamers, trading between Calcutta andthe Pacific Islands.

INDUCEMENT TO MARRY.[.By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.)

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 29, at 8.55 a.m. j

■London, November 28.An amendment to the; National In-

surance Act provides for a. State dowryof £4O to girl workers on marrying.

THE DANGER OF A COLD.

A simple cough,or-cold.may. be. theforerunner of something more serious.It may easily develop onto bronchitis,pneumonia, pleurisy, or. even consumprtion; Protect yourself, and your:children, by regularhvw.uEiJ.ng 'BaxtersLung Preserver. This "splendid re-medy is recommended by thousands oftie public.

SIR L. S. JAMESON'S TOMB.

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•(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.)Received November 2S, at 7.25 p.m.

London,' November 27.Sir Leander' S. Jameson will beburied

in the Matoppo Hills, alongside of MrCecil Rhodes' tomb:

SPORTING.WOODVILLE RACES.

(Per Press Association.)

Woodville, November 28*.The following.are.the."acceptances for

the Woodville races:—Maiden Handicap.—Torchlight, Tap-

para, , Penury Rose, Puipa, Antler,Kuaalitza, War March, Pennon, Zela,Thebes, Bra, Provocation. Makarangi,Renounce, Matilda, Willy's. Knight,Rakamaomao, Will Queen. Mentmore,Tinsel, Killowan, Killhopc, Staccato,Master Inez, Simbright, Sabine, Tare-tell. Goldrush.

Hack Hurdles, cf 100 sovs; 1J mile.—Sir-Solo 10.13, Portland Lady 10.9,Tatimi 10.8, Want 10.5, Otter 10.4,'Sensitive 10.2, Black Heart 10.1, Foe-man 10.1 Kohinahina 10.0, Zeus 9.13,Atuatoro 9.13, Paparess 9.12, Tornea9.11 Veto 9.9, Ascalon 9.5, Ormesby9.5, Calais 9.3, Carbiness 9.2, 'Holy-head 9.1 Sartoline 9.0, Reparation 9.0,Sir Thomas 9.0, Sail Home 9.0, Squad-ron 9.0,. Stroller 9.0.

Grand Stand Hack- Handicap, of100 sovs; 7 furlongs.—Polynesian 8.11,Hexton 8.11," Paddington Green 8.7,Cello 8.1. Altercation 7.13. Hastie 7.11,Lord Laddo 7.10, Lady Edith 7.9, TheGolfer 7.8, Waiaka 7.7, Compel 7.6,Vlad.ineau 7.5, Ohoreka 7.4, Clavis 7.4.Matilda 7.4. Amity 7.3, Mystified 7.2,Pervolo 7.1, Headache 6.13, Oreore6.1-2. Zela 6.12 War Scot 6.11, Vacuum6.11.

Woodville Cup, of 350 sovs; li mile—

Chortle 10.0, Square Deal 8.9, Snub8.8,' Rangitero B.S, Gold Sonlt 8.2, RedRibbon 8.1, Maniarca 7.13. Multiply7.13, Cleft 7.13, Lads? Louisa 7.12,Dribble 7.9, Perfidy 7.4, Midnight Star7.3, Devotion'7.o, Arrow-field 7.0. FlashLady 6.13, Bradainaute 6.12, Botanist6.7, Eheipa 6.7..

Flying Handicap, of 100 sovs; 6 fur-longs.—King's Armour 9.0. Rude 8.4,Volo 8.0, Kakumanga 8.0, Cooing 8.0,Vermillion 7.1S Hupana 7.9, The WhiteRanger 7.9. Bloomine 7.9, Braemore7.8, Perrier'7.6, King Slrimose 7.5, Na-mur 7.5. Rewarewa 7.5, Tinkler 7.3,Pennon 7.3, Queen Lizzie 7.3, Sabine7.3, Mulatto 6.13, Petard 6.12, Stac-cato 6.12, Dasher Boy 6.12, Multaine6.12.

Electric Handicap, of 200 sovs; 6 fur-longs.—Croesus 9.13, Lady General8.10, Waimatoa 5.5, Hushman 8.4,Crowhurst 8.4, Carlysian 8.3, Inah 7.12,Marimba 7.11. Lightning 7.9, Ayah7.9, Nanna 7.8, Interlude 7.7, Star-

■ engo 7.7, Madame Ristori 7.5, Aster7.4, Astrophel 7.4 Sheila 7.1, Trent-ham Rose 6.12, Blairfuide 6.9, Glorify6.8, Birkenetta 6.7, Bivouac 6.7.

Welter Handicap, of 100 sovs; 1 mileand about 170 yards.—Blackall 10:2,Maraetctara 9.11, Fore 9.9, Miss Sa-tion 9.9, Paddington Green 9.5, LordLaddo 9.4, Crown Green 9.1, Silenus

■9.1, Foeman 9.0, Compel 9.0. Clavis8.13, Ohoreka 8.12. Amity 8.12, FirstLine 8.9, Paparess B.S, Quin's Post 8.7,War Loan 8.7. Canadian Turf 8./,Grand Duchv 8.7, Malancourt 8-7, TeOpai 8.7, Torchlight 5,7,. Elevate 8.7,Oreore 8.7. Belgian Maid 5.7.

Borough' Handicap, of 200 sovs: 7furlongs.—Hushman 9.12, Trials 9.5.Goldstream 9.3, Ohiwia 9.2. Probation9.2, Multaine 9.0, Black' Ada 8.13,Botanist 8.12, Sweet Tipperary S.ll,

; Undecided 8.9, Sir Agnes 5.9, ,The1 Summit-8.8, Haumakaka 8.5, Thought-

: fnl 5.5, -Waiaka 8.5, Mysterial 5.5.

THROUGH GERMAN SPEC-TACLES.

THE KAISER'S BUNGLING CON-SPIRATORS.

HOW STATE SECRETS ARE GIVENAWAY.

The German, for all his cunning, isonly a- bungling sort of conspirator, andthat is why most of his plans go wrong.The revelation in the Daily Express ofthe share of Prince Bulow, Mgv.Szeptycki. Archbishop of Lemberg, andthe two Kaisers in bringing about thePope's Peace Note is a- case in point.

The plot was so clumsily managedthat half Europe knew all about itbeforehand, and' what knowledge waslacking was ;kindly supplied by Profes-sor Kuckhoff, the Reichstag deputy,who foreshadowed the Pope's proposalsten days before they were published.

KUCKHOFF OFF AGAIN.This same Kuckhoff has now upset

another of the Kaiser's applecarts by.admitting in Der Tag, in the middleof the now peace conspiracy, that Ger-many's siim in setting out on the warwas world-conquest, or in his ownword?, "the . imposition of the sove-reignty of our empire on other na-tions," a phrase for which the Krupporgan, the Bheinisch-Westfaliscbe Zeit-ung attacks him furiously:—

"Would' it be deemed possible thatsuch a phrase as this could be printedin a, German newspaper? The Rus-sians and the English will in the spirit:grasp the hand of Professor Kuckhoff,for at last a German has admitted thatthe Germans really intended to conquerthe world, a conquest that was onlyaverted' by the wisdom of- a Erzber-ger and a Kuckhoff.

"Therefore, down into the depths ofhell with Germany! May the enemydrive the worldl-conquest plans out ofthe. brain of the damuedl Germans atthe point of the bayonet!

"Truly it almost makes one despairof one's own people "when we. find a.German -Reichstag deputy so far for-getting his dignity and the dignity ofGermany as to hold out to the enemythe prospect of disarmament if only hewould accept peace.

"Much as we, too, long for peace wewill fling our defiance into the face ofMessrs Kuckhoff and Erzberger, andassure them that we and millions of.Germans with us -would rather gothrough a decade more of war, endour days amid war and misery of allkind, than that the empire should dis-arm and lay herself prostrate at thefeet of our. envious foes."BERLIN" THE STUMBLING BLOCK.

All Germany, according to tho Brc-s----lau Tolkswacht is. sick to death of theiiorrars_ and miseries of war and thestarvation it has brought in its train.Why, it asks, does not Berlin speak theword that will brrng immediato peace?

"The impression refuses to be dis-pelled that a strong, manly, sincereword spoken, in Berlin would, aill theenemy's resistance .notwithstanding,have stopped the insane massacreAll those half-admissions, of "which partis again •withdrawn in the next sen-tence uttered, do more harm than good.In Berlin they still regard peace bvunderstanding as an evil which is farremoved from the' objects which arereally being striven for. The methodstill _ being fotllowed! of indulging inplatitudes that can bear any interpreta-tion, and -which, are chiefly intended asa soothing syrup for the annexation-ists, is not calculated to dispel thedense fog that separates the warringnations as with a helLmade curtain.We cannot help feeling, however, thatpeace might still be secured even -atthis moment if only it were sincerelydesired, above all else in BerCin. Itis therefore, to Berlin that wo addressthe question: How much longer is theslaughter to go on?"

WHY GERMANY HAS WON.The Hamburg Echo takes the Allies

severely toi task for their pig-headed-ness in failing to see that they arehopelessly beaten. The logic of thething is as simple as A B C:—:

"If the Entente Powers are not vic-torious, they have lost the war; if Ger-many is not vanquished, she has "wonit. The party that is desirous of con-quest has won only when he has Laid hisopponent so low that he can force hispeace terms on him. On the otherhand, he who.conducts a war of defencehas already won if he succeeds in beat-ing ,cfF the enemy's onaCaughts and inmaintaining his position. This muchGermany and her allies have thus farcontrived to do, despite the Ententeformidable superiority in men and warmaterial. , ■ If the new English offensive,in Flanders fails; like all its predeces-sors, -will England and; France waituntil the American-'million- army', hasarrived in Europe? One would havethought that even in England! andPrance they would aj< last come to the

conclusion that it is not superiority ofnumbers' merely that commands successin war, but that the first essential tovictory is the potent patriotic fervorthat flows in a glowing stream throughthe veins of every individual soldier ofan army such as ours."TOTTERING- U-BOAT HYPOTHESIS.

The text of ex-Captain Persius' pessi-mistic note en the submarine campaignis doleful. Writing in the Berlin Tage-blatfc, ho says :

"It is imperative that the somewhattoo highly rising waves of hope of aspeedy success of the U-boat work bedriven back. "Wo must have patience.In heaven's name let us not arousehopes which later fail to realise, or weshall induce consequences the reverseof those which were intended. Bear-ing in view the mercantile tonnage ofthe whole world, which, after all, islargely at the disposal of our enemies,and considering also the constructivepossibilities, especially oi tho Americanand Japanese shipyards, apart alto-gether from tho English and others,the task which our U-moats still haveto carry out must not be under-esti-mated. Meanwhile we can but hopethat our High Sea Fleet, in conjunction•with our coast fart guns, U-boats,mines, and so forth, may succeed inrepelling every enemy attack. What-ever we do, however, let us not. dreamof taking the risk of an offensive by ourHigh Sea Fleet that is based on nothingmore substantial than a mere totteringhypothesis."

NO NEED TO HURRY.An example of Social Democracy

under military auspices is to be Xonni!in an article in tho Sozial-demokra-tischeFeldpost, a journal published forthe troops at tho front:—

"One must be an incurable optimistto believe that the Entente Powerswoiild, out of respect for a Germandemocracy, immediately stop the waron the event of asdemocratic Govern-ment. Tho war parties in England,France, and America allege, it is true,that they are conducting a crusade ofdemocracy againsb the Imperial CentralPowers, but it is precisely those warparties who are chuckling slyly behindthe signboard of democracy, "in reality■they aro fighting for material aims.A German democracy that did not sub-ject itself 'blindly to them, but con-tinued the war With equal or evengreater energy would be abused bvtiem just as shamefully as tho formerregime. They iwoulkl probably hit ontho fine excuse: "'Only tho 'form hasbeen changed in Germany, the spiritof militarism remains, and this mustbe finally uprooted by ns.' Thereforethe democratising process need not beundertaken in any hurry whatever. Wehave time to wait, at least until Eng-land's complete defeat." "

There is more militarism than Social-ism in that outpuring.

"THE SUBMARINE IS DEFEATED."SUCCESSFUL NEW METHODS DUR

ING THE PAST MONTH.On high naval authority it is learned

that the now defensive measures againstsubmarine, attacks; are meeting " withsuccess, and that a further reductionin losses may be expected.

The results of the methods adoptedduring the past month give cause forgrowing confidence. "No Sensationalinventions are being used, ~iud no sen-sational results may be expected," saida naval officer recently. "The sinkingswill continue, but the submarine is de-feated. If the public knew what v.eknow they would not have the slightestanxiety, and the criticisms of navalmethods would stop at once."

Good results are being secured fromthe smoke-cloud defence system, and iti? stated that dozens of ships have beensaved by its adoption. It was officiallystated at the British Admiralty recent-ly that the system has been in use forsome months on British ships, and thegreat majority of British merchant-men have hcen supplied by the Ad-miralty with smoke boxes. -J-

Theso boxes, with the smoke funnel,are for the production of smoke onboard the vessel attacked. The smokefunnel requires only fuel for its con-tinual use. The smoke boxes are forthrowing overboard, and once used can-not be recovered. They produce densevolumes of smoke, and, skilfully used,completely baffle submarines.

The Bureau of Ordnance of the UnitedStates Navy Department is having hugequantities manufactured, and the NavyDepartment, in view of the reports ofBritish and American captains, statesthat smoke-producing apparatus shouldbe available for every vessel. It isregarded in naval circles -as of greatimportance for the protection of mer-chant vessels.

A form of smoke-bnx was used in theBattle of Jutland.

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"Eternal Peace,"' "Into ThyHands," "Come Ya Weary," "HoWipes the- Tear," "Shadow of theCross," "A Beam of Heaven,""Lirrht Beyond," "Gift of Life,""City of Light," "I Heard theVoice of Jesus Say," "Parting ofthe Ways," "God Bless Daddy atthe War," "Gentle Voices," "OnlyTired," -"Pardoned," "Shep-herd of Love," "Shepherd Di-vine," "Star of Mercy."

ONLY NINEPENCE PER COPY.IOJd Each Posted.

TERRY'S MUSIC STORES,174-178 George Street.

DTJNEDIN.

�AKRELS for SALE. Apply Mail> Office. 39

jIOR SALE, Drophead Singer SEW--l ING MACHINE; DuchessesWardrobe, Bedsteads; Furniture of AllDescriptions. E. A. FOX, Thames St.

WE ARE SPECIALISTS in Readyto Wear Tailor-cut SUITS,—H.

GRENFELL.

OPERA HOUSE PICTURETTAYWARDS pUU

TO-NIGHT. At 8. TO-NIO.IA Trotnonilons Diaiiui of KnmilvTHE CIRL WHO DID NOT cTHE CIRL WHO DID NOT C

A Slorv which deals with u (|

Problem—THE BEX LURK. |

An Exceptionally Strong C.isiDONALD KAJili—Tho Fntlic,

left nil for n. worthless [nil.LOUISA VALE—Tim Wife vj

her husband tlmnißh molanelio],.TAMES MORRISON—IV

Son, who rot urns to vmito his pn'

V HANK IE MANN Tin- (iichose tho Evil Path for RoycncJ

Srrconoil in Tolling I'nslijj■ nr>ii i c i nvr. i

PRICES—Circle In, StJiils i\void Disappointment! Bool; '

TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLOReserves at The Bristol.

FOR. ONE NIGHT ONIA

MH, ARTHUR VARNKIJill, ARTHUR. VARNKI

Late Supervising; Soeretaiy,Y.M.C.A.. Direct from Loin

—Gives fin—

1 LLUSTKATEI) LECTURE,| entitled—-

' \ Z SOLDIERS IN LONDl);FRANCE.

\ /, SOLDIERS IN LONIKi;FRANCE.

Limelight Views Showing. On—At the Front.--

—ln TrainiiiK-—Com-.'uVsf

Fine Views of Brookenhnist,Cod ford, Oatlands Park,on-Thniws, Hornchurcli. c.

HAYWARD'S PICTURE PALITUESDAY, 4th DECI

At 8 o'clock.The. Mayor will preside

Admission: FREE. CollirTrench Comforts Fund.

TEST tlio Truth of OurWo havo tlio pick ol ll,v

Product ions in Jewcllory.Silverware, etc. TCverytlnniably priced and cash discountof 20<* and over. V. G. }Jewellery Kstablislimenl.

BEAUTIFUL PINGS -

Half Hoops, Latest SotChoicest Stones. No Wnr Piexceptionally pood value tit, £

Ids, niul £lO upwards. Cashon every »i»K- F. "• "IAIIst .leweller i'rom railway si

11110 Delights of Aftenwo:jL enhanced by n, Dam!Afternoon Tea Spoons. Si?o■' doz. in ease at 7s C<l, !)s (

upwards. F. fl. MARSHAL]li-rv Establishment, Jhium-s

THE Active Service Watchi vou want. We have

Steele' both Ladies and Gciwatch guaranteed and a guarmeans satisfaction. I l '. (

SHALL, Specialist in Goo J

WK RECOMMENDto insure with I

NEW ZEALANDINSURANCE CO,

The Premier and Populai

ALL CLASSES OF JNSIEFFECTED (except 1WOOL COVERED FR

SHEEP'S HACK,

D. H. THOMSOManager Oaniani B

Sub-Agents:N.O. FARMERS' CO-OP

LTD.

lITUNCY GOODS-y Call and inspect our.

of FANCY OOODS, T.ivnPurses, and Bass.—J. M.Booksellers.

BUYEUS-Will i15 Will find one of (lie LBest Selection of CIIP.ISTMAPostcards, niul Views 01 Noin Oamaiii nt .1. M. IBooksellers.

DIAPJES—Wo iiiiv.\J Wo have a liirno wlorl.DIAPJES, Pocket Wallets,Diaries, and Pocket Writi,J .M. BPOWN'S, Bookseller

KODAKS-Your 130-8.3 l Your BOY wiints aK'have a Splendid Selection, fi(id, 2ls, :10s, 40s, GOs. Wo ithe 30s one for Boys. Call'J. M. BROWN. Bookseller.

BOOKS-You want ;i BOOK. WfStocks of All School BookBaps, etc. : also Books onBooks on Horses, Sheep, Jand Special Account Dootamors.—J. JI. IMOWNVHook

I7IASHI.ON .TOUUNALS-* We Post FASHION J

Weekly Papers, Monthly MAny Address. Leave youryou come to town.—J, M.lBookseller. ITROYS' OWN ANNUAL-* * Own Annual; New VfERASER. Bookseller." /"MOD, THE JNVJSIDI.IV* by H. G. Wells, <i

ERASER, Bookseller.

GRAVES OF WRATH,Cable, />.«. A. ERAS,

sellor.

i~M ALT/IPOLI, bv .lolm illV*" A. ERASE]?, Hciokse

FRO FROM FRANCE; 2"A. ERASER, Bookseller.rnilE DARK STAR, byJ. Chambers—A TlirilliDJ. Chambers—A 'JTirillmRomance, Adventure, MjIntrigue brought about bypoan War, 4s. A. ERA?

DIARIES FOR IMS-P?Office Sizes: mill 'IDiary. A. ERASER, Bool;

111-IE CHRONICLES OF. OHAJ'LIN, the Kx '

the Inimitable Chnilie,ERASER, Bookseller.

»IVAL BICYCLES li»«test, mul thoy still si

Call or Write <o-day.Rival Cycle Works, Thnmot

(YRES-nnd TUBES, /jl and Repairs. Bicycle

and Repairing; all done if

171OR. FOLDING GO-CAB. Slock is Unequalled

Colors and Models. I'>i«9Call on M'Kcnzie, Rival WThames street.

OUR FOLDING GOCAKSturgis in Three Model

and Governors, in nil Color'French Greys. M'Kcnzio, '

JOST Stakes and lf»jl SALE.—W. Johnston,Moikle's Butchery.

E don'fc wont to cic»'V poly, but wo're pl<*

that, almost every resideiipatronises our f*'°

sequence of the. cxrcllrtj'give. QUEEN'S SALOO\

"ONEY TO LENP <»

J-T-i. Pianos. Sewing M«ch'"cios, Hills of Lading, ProiWjStock, Serin; ensy repay" 1'

dents please oncloeo «"

.....

-dingo Finance nno '

Ltd.. 15 ttmj&iro Buildmfl*.

THE OAMARU MAIL. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1917.

m ■ i ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ iuAmxu.MJ^wj7mLi,

THE

Cost of Living.We hear a great deal about the high cost of liv-

ing, and in most instances it is very trtie that theprices have increased enormously.

We have much pleasure in announcing that we

have been fotrunate in securing 5000 Yards of Fast

Colour Indigo Print, which we now offer at a price

much under what it would cost us to land them here

to-day, thereby reducing the Cos of Living to our

5000 yards Prints, 7^dOR

6s lid dozen yardsFOR CASH ONLY.

Splendid range of MILLINERYnow showing at

VERY MODERATE PRICES.

"THE CORNER"n,vvMU%vvvv^vvsrvvvu

DURING THE CREAT WAR, WHEN AVAILABLE,

ightcaps(TRADE MASK).

7s Coal, oROSSKET RATE ON CART, AND RAILWAY TRUCK AT NIGHTCAPS,

TO ANT SIDING ON SOUTHLAND RAILWAYS.

SEND ORDERS TO

Heaps Goal Co., Ltd., Box 18. Invercarglll.&STAILED BY GOAL MKRCHANW.

■EAUTY'3 OELICHTI

Raven

ALWAYS APPRECIATED.

MORNING,

fir NIGHT.

FOR EASING THE MID-DATLABOR, or

CHEESING THE EVENING

REPAST.

1s Sd, 18 ltd, 2s.

ALL CROGERS. -

(GENUINE and ORIGINAL S.S.B.H SHIRTS and MECHANIC'S

CLOTHING at H. GRENPELL'S.

r E ARE MAKING A FEATURE

RE-UPHOLSTERINCAT VERY MODERATE PRICES.

There is no time like the MIEBENTfor having your CHAIRS & COUCHESmade like NEW again for the SummerSeason.

RE-COVERING

Works a Marvellous Change,And we can do this for you

VERY EFFICIENTLY & CHEAPLY

D. SIMPSON,FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,

THAMES STREET. Phone 178.

rE ARE CASH BUYERS 01

WHEATOATSPOTATOES.

Agents for

inorley's Horse and GattltFood.

IRELAND AND CO.,

SEVERN STREET.

% ./ANTED KNOWN New Coat\ � Frocks, New Pictie Costumes,

New Tussore Costumes, New Silk Cos-tumes, New Floral Dresses, New Pop-lin Sport Coats, New Silk Jerseys justarrived for FARMERS' CO-OP.

O Worcester Saucs SarpasaeaI "MELEUIBHW7 '

STYLES ARE AUTHORITATIVE.WHETHER ITS

COAT FROCKDRESS, COSTUME |

HAT, or BLOUSEEvery Coat Frock, Dress, Costume, Hat, or Blouse on display In

our Magnificent Showroom is an accepted favorite of Fashion for

this Summer, and the range is so comprehensive that choosing a

Suitable Outfit to your liking is really a very pleasant pastime.

BEAUTIFUL SUMMER MODEL HATS

SMART and PRACTICAL READY-TO-WEARS

UHTRIMMED STRAWS and PANAMAS

CHILDREN'S HATB OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

CHARMING COAT FROCKSSMART COSTUMES

STYLISH DRESSES

PRETTY BLOUSES.

ine

I!»K2S»»SK

EVERYONE AN ACCEPTED FAVOURITE OF FASHION.

Our Values and Stylesthe lead.

FARMERS' CO-OPAT^/WV-WVWiV^WWVWA

HAVE YOUR CYCLEMADE LIKE NEW.

A DISTINCT SPECIALTYIn Our Repairing Department isthe THOROUGH and COMPLETEOVERHAULING, Re-Enamelling,and Re-plating of Cycles.

WIJ GUARANTEE ABSOLUTESATISFACTION.

J. MARTYN AND CO.(Late H. Brown and Co.)

33 THAMES STREET, OAMARU.

mRY Hayward's FLAG BRAND_L PICKLES for Flagging Appe-tites—the condiment of the period.Pure, Fresh, Economical. Ask youiGrocer.

"ANY a beautiful razor has been. cursed up hill and down dale

simply because it required re-setting,and consequently would not take a de-cent edge. CHAS. HERBERT,Queen's Saloon, employs expert razor-setters.

LFRED OUDAILLE, Consulting. Chemist, Dunedin. Specialist inSkin Diseases, may be consulted per-

sonally or by letter. Advice free.

Vv Motorist's Delight. Users onDominion Roads have PROVED themthe Best Long-Distance, Tyre Obtain-able. Buy Service by Insisting onClincher Cross. Leading Garages.

V> makers are not afraid to guaran-tee for 9, 12 or 15 months THENORTH BRITISH" CLINCHERS, withthe Extra Air Space that makes forEasy Riding. Ask your Dealer.

P'INTYRE'S EXTRA STRONG-

REGULATING PILLS. Re-commended by ladies. ObtainableChemists and Stores uvirywhere.

!HE OAMARU MAIL CO., LTD;,can Supply the Latest Pattern of

EGG STAMP Complete. Eggs pro-perly stamped fetch 2d per dozen morethan unstamped Eggs.

[LANXELLA SHIRTS, 5s 6d,only, procurable at H. GREN-

FELL'S.

TT Hats for Ladies and Children,Hat Bands—the correct Band forand 100 doeen Latest Stripe ElasticPanama Hats, Ready-to-wear Hats,Panamas.—FAßMEßS' CO-OP., Oam-ara.

(A Card.)

SUGGESTIVE THERAPEUTISTMR FRANCIS HELPS, of Dunedin,

during his professional visit toOamaru. may be consulted at the resi-

Hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 2 p.m. to4 p.m. 473

'INTYRE'S EXTRA STRONGl REGULATING PILLS, 4s 6d.

Obtainable Chemists and Storekeeperstfcronghotti - the .Dominion.

•T T ,

BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,KUROW.

ESTIMATES givenFree of all kindsof Building, Plumbing, Painting,and Paperhanging.ALL WORK GUARANTEED, andonly EFFICIENT Workmen Em-ployed.

TELEPHONE 18 KUROW.662

A Chemist, Dunediu, Specialist inSkin Diseases; may be consulted per-sonally or by letter. Advice free.

ERNEST ARMSTRONU.. _. TOWNSHEND, L.8.5., OD.B

DENTISTS.N'Drth. Otagoi Times' New BuildingsCorner of E'den and Thames strata

GREAT WHITE SALE"VTOW ON! NOW ON

EVERYTHING WHITE REDUCEDW. AIKENHEAD,

Cash Draper.

WESTPORT-COALBROOKDALE

FOR THE HARVEST!

NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER.

"~\WING to the difficulty of regulatJ ing Coal Supplies, and obtainingone large shipment at harvest time,

FARMERS and MILLOWNERSARE STRONGLY ADVISED

TO SEND US THEIR ORDERS ATONCE.

TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT:DO NOT DELAY,

When we know your requirements,arrangements will be made to deliveithe goods as the shipments come tohand.WESTPORT COAL COMPANY, LTD.

CHAS. MANLEY,Depot Manager.

P.O. Bos 76, Oamaru. Phone 12*Yards: Next Meek's Elevator.

T'INTYBE'S EXTRA STRONG.

REGULATING PILLS. Re-commended by women. ObtainableOhomists and Stores everywhere.

GREAT WHITE SALE

EVERYTHING WHITE. REDUCEDW. AIKENHEAO,

Cash Draper.

TOMATO PLANTS.TOMATO PLANTS.

■OW IS THE TIME to plant Out-_ . door Tomatoes. We have Thou-sands of good, strong, hardy Plants.There are several varieties of Toma-toes on the market. We only grow one,to obtain the very Best Results. Get"MAIN'S SUNRISE," excellent crop-per, smooth, and the Best Flavor.

MAIN,The Grower,

Shop: Tees Street. 'Phone 185.Gaiden: Waiareka. 'Phone 215.

E. R. BPEID,GENERAL CARRIER, CUSTOMS

AND FOP.WARDING AGENT.

"N order to better cope with thegrowing business-and at the same

time to afford better facilities and con-veniences for the public, I HAVETAKEN OVER THOSE PREMISES inWEAR STREET lately occupied byW. Jardiue, Auctioneer.

ALL KINDS OF CARRYING, CUS-TOMS, and FORWARDING WORKwill be undertaken, and the GeneralPublic may rest assured that their in-structions will be carried out faith-fully and satisfactorily.

1 take this opportunity of tenderingSINCERE THANKS for past supportand trust t6 merit a continuance ofmany favors

The Office will be open daily from8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Telephones: Private residence, 363;Office, 183.

B. R. SPEID,75 Wear Street.

JOHN MOORE,

The Word"Tobralco"means nothing,but it has cometo represent theFinest Wash Fabricknown.

S "TOBRALCO" is a coinedword and registered by themakers of this beautiful WashFabric to distinguish it fromother makers' goods of inferior

-' quality.y we-'tmtnt,■■-*

, "TORHALCO" is the bestknown Wash Fabric in theworld to-day, tinned not only

"TOBRALCO" COLOURS ARE for its launder! llg and washingr-tiAOAMTiBn itac-t- qualities, but for beautiful tex-GUARANTEED FAST.

Postage or Carriage Paulby the D.I.C. on all SoftGoods and Drapery to any

home in New Zealand.

ture, colourings, and designs aswell. Then auain, "Tobralco"is remarkably serviceable andgives perfect satisfaction inwear."TOtmAU'O"* is for Men's,

and may he had in shades ofTussore, Khaki, Urown, t-lrey,Pink. Sky, Snxc, Xavy. Whiteand I'dad:. ako in Stripes,»('.hecks. Spots, and in I'rettv

Fill in this Coupon, cut outand Post to-day :

Manager D.T.C., Duuedin.Please send me by rehir

set of "Todkalco" Patterm

DUNEDIN.

UNDERTAKER, THAMES STREET.

TS Prepared to CONDUCT FUNE-RALS to TOWN and COUNTRY

All Sizes of Polished Oak, Elm, andRimu Coffins Ready in One Hour after

receiving ordeT.Personal Attendance.

Established Over 20 Yean.CHARGES REASONABLE. 056

SPECTACLES.

"s~T U R M E R,G.A.0.0., D.5.0.1.

, of the Octagon,Dunedin, may. be CONSULTED at theGLOBE HOTEL, Oamaru, on TUEBDAY. 4tb DECEMBER. 1917.

W Frocks, New Pique Costumes,New Tussore Costumes, New Silk Cos-tumes, New Floral Dresses, New Pop-lin Sport Coats, New Silk Jerseys justarrived for FARMERS' CO-OP.

rOW ONI NOW ON!

GREAT WHITE SALEEVERYTHING WHITE REDUCED.

W. AIKENHEAD,Cash Draper.

VWWiV.WWAVV ■JWiW.Wi'AwywM

ECLIPSE FERTILISERS. ITHE HIGHEST GRADE MANURES EVER

OFFERED TO THE FARMERS OF THEDOMINION.

INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVE QUALITY OF YOURLAND BY USING ECLIPSE FERTILISERS.

MANUFACTURED BY

I Ni. Refrigerating Co.LTD.

I OFFICE: THAMES-STREET, j:% WORKS: PUKEURI.VA/VVVV%^-%^UVVA%%H/VV

IT'B AN AWFUL BOTHER-This carrying of luggage with youwhenever you go away from home. Butdoesn't it seem ridiculous to laden your-self with portmanteaus, travelling bas-kets, and bags, and other sundry packages when for a few pence W. MOOREwill call at your house, take them tothe station, check them if desired, andarrange'for their delivery at your des-tination. Ring him up. His 'phonenumber is 392.

GREAT WHITE SALE

EVERYTHING WHITE REDUCEDW. AIKENHEAD,

Cash Draper.

OR Reliable CYCLE REPAIRS tij; MARTYN'S I eadei Qycle Workß,

iflianies street.ST ANTED KNOWN—New Millinery

VV Hats for Ladies and Children,Panama Hats, Ready-to-wear Hats,and 100 dozen Latest Stripe ElasticHat Bands—the correct Band forPanamas.—FAßMEßS' CO-OP., Oam-arn.

HE Ideal Appetiser is MILITARYJL FICKLE, an Oriental Combina-

tion of Choice Vegetables and Fruits,combined in the way that sets theGastric Juics flowing, thus aiding di-gestion. All Live Grocers.

FOR SALE.

UNTER RIVER LUCERNE SEED- at 2s per lb. Cash with Order.

Apply toThoß. Perrv. Tntaratnbi 37

A&&.TJOE IOU'LL EN JO*"MELHT7ISPf8 ::

OUR MILLINERYIs satisfying in every respect, Style

Quality, and Price are right.The above illustration is a model inViolet Areaphane, trimmed with pretty

ribbon, finished with spray,29s 6d.

BULLEID'S. LTD.

HEADQUARTERS FOR VALUEIN GARDEN TOOLB OF EVERY KIND.

CALL and INSPECT our huge stock of GARDEN RAKES,GARDEN FORKS AND HOES, PRUNING SHEARS,HEDGE SHEARS, LAWN MOWERS. RUI33ER HOSE(all sines and lengths), SPRAY PUMPS, and SPRAYINGMIXTURE.

ALL AT LOWEST PRICES.

JAS. CRAIG & CO., Ltd.

NEW ZEALAND HONORSROLL.

;; fi ir ' AGTiGN:Private !\V: Moftdiii . i 'Private'J;. P. Thomson.

—Previously reported missiugy believed-"

: '■':-■■ ; ; killed.—• Private ;W. J. Maker.Private G. D. White.

- -Previously reported wounded and! ; missing.—

Private iJ; G6S.

—Previously reported wtiMhttea.-'" Trooper|A. F. Hewison.

*

*•

SICK, (admitted to hospital).—Previously reported wounded.—

Rifleman A. H. : Yates.INJURED ACCIDENTALLY.

—t?renouslv reported wounded.—Private:J.' W, Ktiru,

WOUNDED;fAiJ tiriVaife'B;, except Miierwjse stated.)' CorHorai :A. L. Bachelor,. I; G.M'Kenzie,! J; W. Milne, F. T. Woodley,Corporal'lT: F. Watson, Lance-Cor-poral J. t>a-gg, W. Crichtoit, i'Lance-Corp.- W.T Edwards, Coy.-Sergt.>M>jaitH. Allan', (Military Medial),- ':Guim.epR. T."rßeveridge (accidentally, previous-ly reported-wounded).

..T-r-Admitted to hospital.—T;'Morrow, R. I. Brake (Military

Medal), Gunner R. L. Turner, 6«nherJ. L. CiOttibiei Guhlier W. J, U;Km-1ftV, T. MwroW, GtinherH.Gi-Mttdfoßd,, Gunner K, Perry, GunnerR !>, Anderson, Guniiet G; Gt Lovett;Gutltter A(.-& ,Wjhg<sr; .;••- . -; •

;,fbr England;—..

.Corporal F. G. Blake. _ --.-,- •

—Slightly', remaining with unit.—-Major W. H. Johnston, Capt. S. u.

Rogers. /■"."... HOSPITAL REPORT.

'." isEVERB, CASES.Gapfe. 3j. -:H. Hall. % Sr : B»*t»!

Corpdrsl X m Biddick.A. .AV, firtw.4,

¥?6; Berfti'stoh. A. 1. i%e, B: So*,Lanee-Corporal A. J. Duifoll, J. Dwyer,T W. Elcock, Lance-Corporal H. i aw-cett- P. W.'Finnin, P. G. Foreman, J.'Genet, Sej-gt. C. S. Gimson. CorpcralJ. Greenwood, J. S. Hamngan, I. 1.Hansen, R. H. Hardie, C. Harvey, H.Hiil, H. Hert, C. D. Ingram, CorporalD. G. Johnston, J. Kendricky. J. C.KeTr, : A J ' Kilmister. "Lance-Corp. L-Knidit.rH. W, Lamb ; 1". P, Lear H.L. fees, |ergi. J. D( ; M'feF. Miirtagh, }V J, Nor-ton G> J.jjWieV A;„Perfeet.A; T.Prinee, A-. ft Raiiisev, P. J. R^ ts9".G. Rogers; ft-. J.SWJttj A. S: SinimSndfe,E. "&.- Smith, Corporal R. Smith, L.0. R. Ray, J. Tennant, H. F. Trovrern,Sergt. H.( G. Wilson. B. E. Windle,

■ ]STOT SEVERE CASES. ~ ""

"~-i'.Captain' A. Bernstein, Capt. E. A.Edie/.'Lieu't.vE.'J.'Fraser. Lieut. A. M.Hannah',' Lieut. H. -'M'lntyre,. Lieut,P'"J"Shea, "2nd Lieut. R. E. Bibby,2nd Liout.lE; Clarke, 2nd Lieut. -T. J.Efiriisy" s?nd Lieut,' E. H. Pikot; T. A.Adams, As AV. Algar. L. AAV Allnght.J. Andrew, L. C. Anderson, AV. Ander-son,' A. Armstrong, t: Arnold, A; S.Avliug. -Sj AV. Bagnail, AV, Beai<4 %

Beck; J. H,.. Beck, J. Befriie. L: Boul-ter, H. A.ißower. J. Brown, T..Brown,J. L. Canieron. J. Carling,;. A'.; Garter,.H. AV. Cartwright, A. W. Chadwaek,F. 0. Clark, 8, Cole, G. Coliett, AV. T..Corbett, AY. H. Cormack, H. P. Court.C. H. Cowan, J. G. Crohin, 10, AV.Croucher, J.- R, Cullen, & Curtis; $.

Day, J. Daly. R. H. Davies, AV. B.Dean, ! T. D. Douglas, H. Dowman, A.li.' Duffell, = Lauce-Ccrporal AV. P.Dunphy,:J. Drver, Sergt. J. J. Eissen-hut.G. Elliott, J. B. Ferriman, Sergt.:J. D. Finlayson, E. J. Finn, Lancc-Corp.L.-B. Fisher, L. K. Fitzpatrick,,,E. -AV.'. Fordyce, T. F. Forest, F,= JiForster, D. XV. Fraser, V. ..Eraser, AY.Eraser. H. Fry, R, F. Gibbs, L. AV.Gillespie, AV. E. Griffith, AV. C, Guy,'A. Hall, P. J. Hafil, H. R. Hammond,,,J. Hantcu/J-.'.AV. Harper, Sergt, F. E;Harvey, AL F."- Hayes, E.- Heath. J,-Hendr!ck,;L. : 'W. Herbert. J. A. Hill,Corp. G. F'.->Hiii, AV. f. Hodge, Sergt:-R, A. Holdgate, 0. R. Hull, N. E.Hunter, AV. I. James, J. S. King, J.0 Kirkness. A. E. Lang, A. H.Larsen,A. Lewis,'AV. M. Lukey,' AV.-Lumley,.C. R. M'Allinder '.Sergeant A. G.Milline.- C. C. MacDonald, M.M'Donald,; A. M'Dougall, Sergeant G.B. M'Farlane, J. Macfie, Lance-Cor-poral R. M'llwraith,-, D. R, M'KajySergt. AV.!E. M'Eanlay;- J. M'Lennan,J. G. M'Millari.-AVivJ. MJNally, Lance-Sergt. Al "B.'••'■'Macintosh, ' H.- L,M'Neill, R. Ei'Mabby,; A. Mad'dbck,N. S. Marrott. Hi-H. Martin,'Sergt:;'0. Martin. AV.'H.'-Marsli..H. AV. Marshall/'L.:. H.-Mason, N.;G.:Mason, B. iMasony.H. .H. Masricks v Cor-poral M. B. Mater,,'G„ T:V. Maurice, J." Maxwell, Q. H: Meliliuish, D. Messent, .AV. H.": [Milne; Corr:poral A. G. Misson, S. Moody, W>>Gi"Moon, C: A. 'Moore, H: Moore, H. V-Morris, S. MoTrison, .<V.;;>Naylor, "H.Neill, C. Nilson,-M, G;E. Page, A. Parsons, M.' ~E.- Paul, AAV.E. Pointon, AV. Potts, H. G. Prem,AV. I. Randle, G. T. Reed, C. H.Rennie, H. J. Richardson, R. D;dell, J. A. Robertson, F.. XV. Robin-son, A. T; Rogerfe,!. B. Rooney, G,S. Ross, M. J. R-oyds, "J. Ruddle,' A:E. Scantlebury,; E. ,E. Scott, H. R.Scott, L. .AV. Shaw-, V... Shea, -A. E.Signal], AV. H. Simpson, L. H. Sin-clair, H. Smallbono, T. AV. Smith, J.H. Smith, J. H. Smith, .AV.-T. Smith,C. Boar, E. C. Somerville, H. G.Southey, L. E. -Spedding, A. Spice,R, A. Stanley,' Corporal G."Steel- 'J.E. Steele, A. D. Stewart; A. E. Storey,A. Stretton, A. D. Summerton, J. C.E. Summer, L. L. Taylor-Cannon, L.F. Taylor. J. A. Teague, AV. Teddy, G.Thomas, H. T. Thomas, F. E: Thomp-vsofi, C. P.! Thompson, I.'R. Thomson;N. M. M. Tierney, L. A..Tim-son, C. D. Tod, J, B, Turley.T. Tua-hina, W. iF. Turner, AAr . Vinicombe,J. AV. Walter, R, , M.. AVardell; G.AVatennan,! M. AVa'ters, B. H. Watkins,AV. AVar-son, I. T. Webster, C...A. AVhit-combe, H. iG. .jAVhitehegd',- ,T. AViggins,T. J. AVilHarns,'L/R. Wiljisi, Sergt. HiG: Wilson. J:: A. AVilsonv'H. O.nie, F. AV. AVoo'ds, B: AVpbd, T. F.'Yeo, J. Young'. W. Youngman, R,Youngson, L. M. Yule.

.FFRTHER HOSPITAL' REPORT.(All Privates unless otherwise stated.)

■ ■ ;• SEVERE CASES'.■ Lieut., M, A. Arthur, Lt. B. C. Has-ted, Lieut: H. H. Parkinson,' Lieut.F, A. Roche, Lieut W. R. Setter, T.R. Atkinson, F. J. Bartosh, J- Ben-nett, CoF. .Bennington, H. R. Best,-5.- Brandford, C. F. Bremner, P. K.ChilweM, C; L Collins. F W. Collins, W,T. Cooper, D. B. Coppin, G. Deyell, H.P. Dodsoh; L: J. -Douglas, E.■« A"; Dow-j----ling. W. .R. Dunkett, LaiiceUDorp. RiDryden, W. A. Edge, :T.V Elliott, J;Plavel, C. G. Flood, F;" W.-Gardner,; T:G-; Geach, ;P.. H. Grant, J. V. GreyT,v;Harding, A. :K. iHedlund, -j. A. 1:Helms;-:W. Henderson,- Av H;h '.Hurley, G. Etch-ing,' T.~Leopard,, E. Lilley, iA. F. Mac-'M'Donalld.'W.. Marshall,-A. iMarks, ;Gv C. Me'cgeft. ■LauceiCori■poralJ.wMeston, J..;Miller; S: A. Miles ■ .-iC. T.:-Morrow, S. J. NorriSv J. -G:OrmanyiF ,W. Palmer, G. Prince P.E. ::Pnngle, J. Richardson,- S. ' H,'Roberts, J.'Ross, J. Scott, W. D. Sim-'liiin's, T. W. Smith. V. H. Smith, W.■'J. Steere, H. F. Stewart, H, C. Sum-;i,mister.".C. R. Taylor, W-S.-Ferry, A; IW. Thqmpspn,- A. -V. Timms; C. H. Toll •lan,-a, J. Wattsr W. O. Williams, C;D. Wilsons ■ -, ■ .:<•••■•: ••■•: .. i.-

NOT SEViERE'CASES.. ', ,-.;

..Lieut. G.'H. Allen,-Lieut. T.'Brown,; Lieut. - A.: Stanley,,Lieut ,L.•; E. ■ TisdaJil,.Lieut. Li J-Armstrong,-Lieut S. -.£>..Beasley, Lieut." G.";R. Jackson, A. Abra-ham , • H, TV. Adams, H.. J, Allison,•' J.

TV. Arnold, W. L. Atkiii-.ijpn,"W.-iW- Avery, Baillbn.tBair4.'T.Vj.': Beare iJ'.'/B.Bell, '&,,.Blackliam',, A. D.BJair, LancerCorp6ral;H. o.;Jßfeke,, js.;Bc..rthwick;. jOV.Cßpudiei;, A.J," Breeri-

?•"£ A::J3. 4*,..BrQwn, TV. Brown. TV. Bryce. G. S.Jpctenani ;A, TV—Burns.- A. Butter-.jwprjh-SvCahiU, .T. C. C»fdiwell, G TV;Canipbell;i<!!. C. Capill, :TV. Chambers,u^fiHsna Jlj J. Chis'

J Dale-Taylor,: .TC.'TV- %lry»up!o, LV. Danvcrs. G.q., TV, Dawes, TV.'Daw-D,vv. K-: Dcftji, ' H. Denyer, P. 0.Downos;, -fJ.. Bryden, ;.E., J.. Eagle, J■JMgleyv M.;. J,- Enwrighfc,-Ikr Fafthinc.

'&,:•&: Fitzer.G:Ferry,: L..J. M. Fowko, A; C. Frear,G.: 11. Fredrick, J, H. ; W. Gallop, 'S. I

m- J Sr'W/Corp. G. E". Gibbs, J. Gibsoft, 1/ J-

H. &&s&£, J- L. Haley,' rr.-Han-'lod. Wv, K: J. Harris,Sergt; A.-Hay'. 'E;..'Sfcyesi L. A. Hen-

Horton-, A.Ireland, LaoceAJorp. R. B. Jaimes,- J.iJeffares, Lance-Corporal S. J. Jenkins,R. Joslin, G. Jones, R. Kane, J. H*

E Kelfr,- : vTf*Kenip, -xW. Kenny, J. O. jfiKenf. A'aKiiinisterSJ. Kinn,; J.,Leach,\Him'r- fceaingnarnVf HAV E.|HAbfi)'■■&■• f

WAITAKI BOYS' HIGHSCHOOL.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.The annual prize-giving ceremony at

the Waitaki Boys' High School tookplace lasi evening in the Gym-,nasiuitf.- ,! ,X- - ' It' V'Mr Ja9; Mitchell (memtet-af ;vth;eBoard of Governors) occupied the chairin -stheiiiunavoidlatrte Absence. <rf theChairman Mf.-land, .-and them'were on the:'platformMrs Mifcheli; the Mayor (Mr R'. Milli-gan), Mr Walter Sumpter (Presidentof the Old Boys' Association), the Rec- jtor ..(Mr-F.,: Wiper), and. .the, .-members,,of the teaching'"staff. • Apologies werereceived ,frata Messrs D. Sutherland, J.M." BWwrij' 'nhs 'Dr'-'Hafgreaves.

Proeeedings opened with the Na-tioiial.tAilthemand a. selection by .the,-orchefffera,' which gave several items dur-ing • <•■.-,'... T ,.s : *■-'<, ...

then delive*sß'a short'address' to ■ thg boys and) friends pfe-Sent. He' said that.the war had 1changed,many" tilings, iii fs6t the history of theworld. Turn where ihfcy would, the.influence of war was felt to a greateror lesser degree.., Ha' 4 it notits baneful influence the. prjze-gwngi:fUfletien wouldl have, been held in-the

i its, usual,grand ecale.,About -lialf tfe jßtipilsj>however, - hadalready gone out to help W gather the

fleefeah&do'other worn, fcfl. that,the cerehioify w"ai itfueh modified.-' Htf'hoped that' the function 1 would feeniembered by many, of the yoiirigwith pleasiir© "and piide, as they wbiilclreceive the reward for their year'slabor. Some of them would be leavingschool andy going out into the.worltf;;to these he-would!-offer a little advice.When they left school they were notfto imagine they had learned all thereiwas tB be known; 'thai was the great-'est possible: mistake', as there; was aninfinity of things to be learned wjiichremained untouched) ifij l Bt'ho'bi life.-Great as r their school was .they were,going into' a still'greater school, the'school of the worldl, where there was agreater iiislster than the Rector,the great teacufef of experienceWherever they were if they h'opt theireyes open and used- their powers Ofobservation they could 1 gather informa-tion which- in -the future would.be, ofinestimable value to them. ■"'--' '

In Tegard'to. the.school year.it hadbeen an eventful one in many respects.There had been changes in staff, asstated in the Rector's report. -Someprogress had been made with buildings,but unfortunately the hand) of flicBoard -of Governors had been tiedth'jfougl! lack of funds,;, They.had,: how-ever, endeavored to :d'o aii<lhoped'' to do a. great 'deal ~fnofs whWthe war ended for the School whichhad' done so much'-for- the Dominion.It had sent meni .into - the world 1 whowere able to fill high places, and' whohad won many distinctions, and it alsohad sent 600 men t<J light for libertyand humanity, many or -ftlitiiii would 1never return, having paid' a part ofthe price being paid' for the world'sfuture and the future, of mankind 1.

AVhen the war wasoveiphehoped, to seewithin the;walls, or- the-grounds; of,the)School, .i fitting-rnemorial to that nobleiband, which would' remind the futureages of the services rendered 1 by AVai-taki in the great struggle for the pre-servation of humanity and' liberty.

- In conclusion.; he < theRector And .staff on, ike .valitabJc*Tesult3obtained during tke year, as was shownby the examination reports. He hopedthe young people would spend) a mostenjoyable vacation, and return toschool with renewed'.vigor and' a- deter-mination to succeed.

Mrs Mitchell then presented the- cer-tificates, Mr Milner mentioning that itwas the fourth year in succession in

i which the boys had! taken certificatesand handed' the value- of their .prizesto the British Rod Cross. .' 'v ; i

After the distribution, Mr Milner of-fered his thariKs to all,-those- withinland" without the School who had b'e'eiiof assistance during the year. He could'honestly say that so far as the staff was;poncer/ied there had been no whiningand rip grudging 'service-. In,, regardl to-the senior school' pupils he considered

: thayt thej7 were as public-spirited- crowdof hoys as he had ever seen -in•■the*.School. During the year ,they had exrperiehced strenuous times through theloss -of old masters and the advent ofnew ones. He was not going to saythrough the advent of femininity-, asfemininity had fully justified itselfwithin the walls of Waitaki. Therehad1 also been a hig inrush of new boys;Since the extension of the dormitory ac-commodation the influx had been'phe-nomenal, but thanks to the assistanceof- the housemaster, Mr H. D. Tait,in keeping house discipline and liishouse organisation, they hadl been ableto copo with it. He 'was exceedinglysorry to loose Church, the head boyof the house,- as:he .couldn't wish fora finer boy, being well developed men-tally, morally, and physically. ~

He wanted the bovs of the presentSchool to .understand that when theyleft school they were not forgotten. He.desired to see how they fared in the■world, where he wanted! to see themstanding for righteousness and charac-ter which reveal the ideals of a nation.When, they scanned! that list .of 600names cf Waitakians who had goneforth in defence of the Empire he want-ted them, •without bragging in anyway, to: take a pride in the. fact thatin proportion to the roll-number oivarious..schools, Waitaki's representa-tion at.-the front was -equal to any.He-looked forward to the time whensome architectural structure aboutwhich; there was something dignifiedand a-., suggestion of higher thingscould be built as a memorial to thosesons of. Waitaki who had fought forthe Empire. The School woilld neverbe complete without such a fabric, inwhich thei School functions could- beheldh and which would forni a fittingcasing for their Roll of Honor.', ' As General Sir . William Robertson.Chief or tho; British ' Staff, hadsaid, the • secondary schools' in Eng-land had provided the officers for Kit-

..chenfer's Ai;my. The same could be said

..Qf: the secondary schools of New Zea-and TVaitaki had supplied her

quota. Tlie secondary schools through-out the. Empire were working wonders,tho spirit of which made for leadershipand-iloyal Britishers. Many peoplesneered; .at secondary .schools, and

.jlQok'edupoh them as seminaries for theTrcajlihy.. .Not so. Any boy of.averageintelligence, and ability was able to en-'ter ; TVaitaki at practically no ccst to,hiV-parents by passing a very simpleexamhiatioii. He iwisheii the (boys..to; understand that people valued' theprivilege of sending their boys to Wai-

. taki, and tliat every minute spent therewas valuable in. the moulding of. the.character' <which was to carry themthrough:]ife. Finally, La thanked .thoprefects,' the masters, and! the' stafffor- their | energetic an-d enthusiasticsupport throughout the year, and

.-\yished aOl 4 pleasant holiday.'.Mr. R. Milligan, on behalf of the

. Board: of Governors, thankedTill* MiJhcrand staff for their efficient services, the

' thorpjiigh'ness of which was greatly ap-.preciated by the Board.At this, juncture a letter from Mrs

-.Forrester, Secretary of tho North OkagoBranch, of itho British Red; Cross,, was

, Handed,to,' the Chairman, containingjof tho S«ciety for tlio assist-ance;,rendered at different times; also

for" their generosity in donating theirto the funds. Their spe-

cial; t'h'ahksj wero due to the boys - who.had given ,up their day's enjoyment Wattend to the ice-cream stall at theAgricultural and Pastoral: Association's?Shoiy.'; i.also' to Miss Young 'and staff,whohad/charge,of the.afternc<on..tea atthe:Scho6l:sports. It waspo-.pjeasurevto asU'tnera toworjUn a'gtod Came. 1'tJian|t« ,to?¥r ■ajd 1 MrsWit«fp|;fo}i,was.: carried by? fhrco IjeaAy;clie.ors aao^'the >' .Schottf :; haka':' '

., ;.',■' : \:\'~ ;':. Ji"Si '??■ it■Mr Mitchell'briefly ret'urn'ea thajikfjon '.beJiaLf of. jhimself. and; Mrs Mitchell.

A'selection-by the orchestra, aiut tho

si^iß'e'W"^t con- 1?eluded the function. "

'

"(tipper)A- \,General Excellence: J- S. Church 1,

H/K. Sumpter.,2._

•

>,j*j ■Uv*£es&aor A.-S-: ;, ,tt&ne&iiEs&Uelce: p,IL. Aidgohl,lE. 8. W. Smyth £ v

. T _

Special Prizes: Arithmetic, J. B.ißglis. ..French, R. A-Lochore. Latin,

:F.%; JJprrah.'l Mathematjcs,' M. poag-iasi?- r'-?-' 'IS "» "r-• rr'

Lp3lie^B*»HWf o>P Me&onafcßureary:R*A. BbcbWo. L. : Ridgeh, E. B.W. Smyth (equal).

• ot a.; a-nForm-.T'V-" Gen*al§3Scellenco:,S.;Hunter 1, J.

J: Broft»2. ~

>**;. = ■'*

Special Prizes: English and Science,£, H. Taylor. Mathematics, D. E.Thomson. Commercial and Arithmetic,W. J. Tonkin.

—Form IV A.—v- General Excellence: ,;L. H., Sumpter

s; v ' it ' >' ,«*» ~;.- j. •:> ■Special Prizes; !Matljematioe, P. B.Sangster. FrencK' antf Latin, A. A.Jackson. Latin and 1 Arithmetic, H. J.V. James.

—Form IV B.— tt

General Excellence: P. C. Holmes 1.Special Prize: History and Geogra-

phy, H. SI. Blundell.*.•?< :v7 lII'A. •>••.

General Excellence: 0. J. Howclls 1,M: Cv Campbell -2. v

„, '

Special Prize:'Englisli, T. D. Matho-. son. ~ * :

...

<*■■*-: >

General Excellence; L. D. Hudson 1,E.'B. J. Young 3.

Special Prizes: English, V. C. Ward.Arithmetic, T. F. Djreen.

—Form 111CGeneral Excellence: J.. G. Darragh!Special Prizes: English, D. W. HalJ.

French :*C. Robinson. Science, A.H. Stewart. •■''■-•■■•H!

—Form 11.-GeneralExcellence: It. Walker 1, L

Davidson '2.'' , : ; '

Special Prizes: Progress, G. Wickon.den, ; \ ' . ■ .

—Form I.— ; •■

Standard V: - General Excellence,B\- .'A, Duncan and J. M'L. Rcid,(eojtiai}, -•,'•' I1 Standard IV: General Escellen.ee, B.'Withers 1. ;t '„. \

Special ..Prizes; Progress, H. I«ncVmarsh. "■'■ '•

.Standard III: General Excellence, N..•NewcombJ ' ' ' •

Standard II: General Excellence, L.iScajfe.

—Agricultural Department.-r-Senior Class.

(Principles of Agriculture: W. A. tDarragh,Botany-. W, A. Darragh. ;Wool-classing: W. A. Darragh.' ;>Special ..Prize: Douglas Memorial

Prize, W. A. Darragh.Junior Class.

Principles of Agriculture: A. C.Raynov ..

,* ;'.- t.Botany: G. A, N. Davidson":'Wool-classing: G. A.' Davidson.'

—Special Prizes.—,... \ r '

Drawing: Senior Class,,. A'. ;Jj«dr-mouth; Junior Class, A. C. 'Mac-Donald. Hon. Mention: F. H. Hayes,J.._B. Inglis, A. W. Joughin. E. B. W.Snivel, Cj A. N. yot(ng, G. W. Witte.'Speaking Prizes*: Form VI, H„ K.Sumpter'/ V"-A, M. S. Myers;Form V B, J. S. Hunt; Form IV A,L. H. Sumpter; Form IV B, T. 0. L.Armstrong; Form 111 A, O. J.Howells; Form 111 B, G. K. Binney;Form 111 C, A. H. Stewart; B\)rn> 11,C. E. Stewart; Preparatory, C. E. W.Levin.

Otago Navy League Speech Medal:H. K. Sumpter.Carpentry: A. A. B. Smith and C.W./Witta (equal). ; . : ,4; •;

-r-Navy- League Essay 1 Prizeß.:FoFnnVl A—J. S. fihurch 1, H. K,

Sumpter 2. '■'•' ''

' •■Form VI B: J. Hubbard 1, R. H.Howells 2.

Form V A: A. E. King 1.■ Form V B: J. S. Hazlett 1....Form.IV.A:C. D. Costello 1, W. M.Tavlor 2.' /

'"•"•": ■>■Form IV B: F. P. AVriglit 1, F. H.Frazer 2.Form 111 A: D. K. Kerr 1, K. Gro-

cott 2. -..

Form 111 B:, C. Barker 1, A. C.Ravne 2.

Form 111 C:.H. G. Lamb 1,,W. DlHall 2. ■ ''

•■ !Form II: C. E. Stewart 1, K. Kj

Kirk 2. ■•'•"!Preparatory: J. M. Rcid 1, B, Dun!

can '2. ■•" ' '■' !

.Herbert'Webb Encouragement Prize:K." G. Inhes.

Miss Dawson's Progress' Prizes: lr .H. Frazer and'-W. Hunter.

Honorable Mention: J. G. Gibbs, B.M. Reid, and T. E. J. Young.

Nelson Memorial Essay Prize: H. KtSumpter.

—Macmillan Brown Prizes. —

;

Form I:, B. Duncan. [Form II: A. G. M'Phail. :

Form 111 C: A. H. Stewart. 3Form 111 B:'W. I. Wright.Form IH A: 0. J. Howclls.Form IV B: J. 0. M'Ghie.Form IV A: S. D. Jenkins.Form V B: J. S. Hazlett and J. S.

Hunt (equal). ,'.''■■

Form V! A: J. G. M.'Donald.Form VI: J.'B. Jackson.

—Johii Reid Memorial Cup.—H. K Sumpter and J. S. Church

(equal).' , •"'

—Wardcll Rowing Cup, 1911.—

A. P.irragb. (stroke). "J. B.'Hazlett(3). I. Foßter (2j. F. D. Mill (bow).

—Senior Championships.—Golf: G. A. Hargreaves.Tennis: H. K" Sumpter.Fives: E. B. 'Smyth.Gymnastics:,!). H. Hall.Boxing: J. S. Church.Shooting: J..S. Church.Redcastle Cup: J. S. Church.

—Music (Honorable Mention).—Mr Burfv's Class: Senior, G. Cook

1 R. H. Howells 2. Intermediate, F.13. Morrah' 1, J. H. Fulton 2. ,

Mr Fcrgiissoii's Class: Senior. Is.Adams; intermediate, G. L. Wicken-den; lunior, C. 1.. Ridgon; elementary,W: B'. Clarkson ; first steps, G. H. Fcr-

Class: J. W. Anderson,A AV. .fouchiin I. R. Parkes, B. M.Reid, V. T. Sutherland, T. E. G.Young. .

THE BUTTER PURCHASE.FINAL ARRANGEMENTS COM-

PLETED.By.Telegraph. .

(Special to the Oamarii Mail:)''(Wellipgton, November 28.

The butter producers' representativesinterviewed thehPrimo Minister to-d'ay,when final arrangements were made re-garding the Imperial Government'sbutter purchase/ An important point*which had becfr outstanding was ;tho>amount to be advanced against the pro-duct before, shipment. This has been'satisfactorily settled on tho basis of 90per eeMt. advahco~against tho butterafter 28 days in store. Tho contractprice works out; at Is sdl per lb, or' alittle more,than was stated! by Mr Mas-sey to your correspondetft. There may*"fie .a, ■ slightly greater return, as anysurplus will bo retailed in England andthe difference go to tho New Z<6a-jland jircKjucora. Local prices will apt,be ■ affected',•.asSit is possible to retrial'butter at Is 7d and Is 8d without thenecessity of of thoscheme. The conditions have also beenarranged in connefttVn, >lhß'cTYe#Wpurchase by the Imperial Government.Tho price is lOd per lb, and advanceswill be made at tho same rate andunder the same conditions, as for but-ter. .'••,-.

GET RID OF THAT COUGH.

} .Baxter's Lung Preserver has noequal for coughs, colds, sore throata,chest and bronchial troubles. lissoothing, relieving effects stops thecough, allays soreness and* inflamma-tion, and improrea breathing. It also

,«J£ara a cold from tjheiff^d.T'Baxter'sr offers the'surest, and) eihorUitkay toregain health, strength, and jtroteetion,froro further illness. Thousands gate*fully testify to .its, exceptional roarit*.-Don.t ba deceived! into*T>uying;>a'\sub-,|stjjte.; sJnsist on Baxter's Bung iYeVMPfftSPfi »:W* l 8 10d little «f thisWSflmflU'Jpnio and remedy to-day. Allstores.

CHARGE OF MURDER.

Wauganui, November 28.After a retirement of three- hours,

the jury returned a verdict of guiltyt*«» thVcas«v>©J Frank Edward 1 Bonnier,I'wargedisaflQie Supremo Court to-dtoy•before hisyHonor Mr Justrico Edwards

"with'tho niuriler of his wife, Ethel.Ben-nier, at Kauangaroa, on September

The defencei sot up was that priaonwocmihiitteedntl*(crime. d'u'ritJg a fit ofiritpulsrro insanity. £ ..<";

The :f pij|6nehi madb lirf (teply whenaskexHf he'liacPanything'tb- eay beforesontonco was passed upon him. His.Honor then put on the black cap, andpronounced tho 6outonco of dteath.

EARLY CLOSING.•<>■. ~.., ~..'.UJti.,t '■■>■ H 1 |»| 1.1 ■■ ,"<■.)iv Nowiithdt.ithe";early olopinMdf jrijppß>m InJWfifcr it i» n«ctosfc!ft'\#!fc^htnue-replenish their supplies

of "FJFuenzol" during the daytime. Abottle should bo kept iti cvory house-hold for emergencies. JkaifF up forcolds, garglo for Ihroata. and swallowfor feverish chills. Is (kf, 2s 6d.

tm^immm«MM^.^!mm^m,i-smmmm,M^,m.,-^

' phtJluihed by Geomt/on*a, Neo street, Oamaru,' for'to*

gtaV, Tyao ttreet, Oatni.ru, «•»

Zealand.NVombiT '.'o. 1017

A e *m

yWhy Yoii Should; UstDr. Casseil's Tablets.

PROSTRATION CLACK OF ENERGY

{BRAIN FAGPAINS IN THE BACKSTOMACH CATARRH

SLEEPLESSNESSi fJEPRKSIOMNERVEIXHAUSTIO«

FOOD-SICKNESSLOSS OF FLESH

|oEßltfiy ;

1. Merit has won for Dr. CasseU's Tablets the largest sale of their daSs>|h the whole'worM,"They are the most popular restorative medicine among all classesv the family remedy:;in homes unnumbered. .-■■'-. ; ': i-V :

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;2. Dr. CasseU's Tablets are -guaranteedabsolutely pure in compositiony they contain '.op.-; drastic

or dangerous drugs, so that the most delicate may take them with every confidence thatbenefit and nothing but benefit must follow. ■ f'S3' '

3. Dr." CasseU's Tablets are equally suitable for old or young. From infancy to extreme agethey are the great health builders. ;•-/..; , ;■>

4. The test of time and world-wide success has proved Dr. CasseU's Tabletsjto be the supreme i;remedy for all nm-down-conditions of nerve or body, the surest restorative for worn-put *;

—' men and women. .-.-■- ■--: ''■'■' , i■.?*' ' *»•''•'"£~

5. Last of all Dr. CasseU's Tablets are a British remedy, made: in.F.Britain, by BritishPharmacists, financed by British capital, and soldthroughout Bntish Empire.

Dr. CasseU's Tablets are Nutritive, Restorative, Alterative): and pf great sTherapeutic value in-aU derangements of the NerVe and Functional sysfi&s in old or ybtmg\ ~

They are the recognised modern remedy for : Breakdown,? itNerve and rgpjnajiParalysis, Infantile Paralysis, Rickets, St. Vitus' Dance, Arianua, Sleeplessness,:Kidney Disease, Dy»£esaij*,_Stomach Caterrh, Brain Fag, Headache, Palpitation, Wasting Diseases, VitalExSaus^n,: loss of Flesh, andPrematureDecay. Specially valnable»for NursingMothers and during the Criufcal 'Periods of Life.

Dr. CasseU's Tablets are solcbby Chemists and StorekeepersthrorighbutNew 2sottd;/&o\it<d stack t

economical. Three 4/- boxes for/ 11/-. _ J Ifj :

Sole Proprietors:—■Dr. Cacstil's Co., Ltd., Manchester, Eng.ij '' ' - "'"

DrCasJifCtREPAIR WEAR & TEAR

OF SERVES & BODY.Britain's Greatest Remedy

Make Your Choice Early!1000 PAIRS 1000

15s 6d, 18s 6d, 22s 6d.

Practically Pre-war Priisas

CITY BOOT PALACE0AMARU.

SPECIAL TO NORTH OfMdFARM£i&

E HAVE NOW TAKEN OVER THE SOLE AGENCY INNORTH OTACO

BOOTH, MACDONALD ANDWINDMILLS, MACHINERY, IMPLEMENTS, Etc.

Tlieir Self-oiler Windmill is patented, and supplies a long-felt want in theFanning Community in tfafe surrounding districts, having one great advan-tage over other mills—namely, .IT ONLTT REQUIRES OILING ONCE AYEAR, whereas other mills demand "constant attention.

WE SUPPLY SPARE PARTS FOR -MACHINERY and IMPLEMENTS,also we have Large Stocks of Waterpipo, and can give you a cheap quotefor installing any water supply system.

W TE STOCK: Tanks, Spouting, Downpipe, Ridging, Baths, Brass Goods,Sinks, etc., and all necessary Plumbing Fittings which we can quote at veryreasonable prices.-

OUR SUPREME PETROL LIGHTING SYSTEMHAS NOW BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED, -.

GIVING COMPLETE SATISFACTION AND COMPARING MOST FAVOR-ABLY WITH ANY OTHER LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THE MARKET.

We also supply Mantles and-Globes for any other Petrol Lighting System atCHEAPEST RATES.

CALL ON US AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY, IF: YOU ARE DESIROUS OFOBTAINING A FIRST CLASS LIGHT.

FAMiLTON AND SLATER,SANITARY PLUMBERS;

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THAMES STREET : • ; ; OAMART7,

QTOLES tod MOTORS for SALEGbesp atFederal Oycle Company.

OistottUaako a pint of flneit family wn*B :**iea3&i*m*dr. CntoZA. tmtW-

Uubes7 For Sore Throats:

Try these soothing ,anti- -' septic Tubes

' .all ha~„„™ Aflidtii. T,

manv or the valnaWe curative/;* pronortiesoi ;hsto|s.'■_.Large tin 1/3 at jour cherjiist p*-po«r

~

SsSi.

II I1ae §

You'll likeiUoo!!

Delicious'WMMEMMM

UNIVERSAL CAR.

OANK THE BALANCE—the-'-' Difference 'between Ford'Cost and Heavy Car Cost—is "Vel-vet" for the Prudent Buyer. Heknows the FORD NOT ONLYSAVES HIM MONEY BUTSERVES HIM BEST. It's a Bet-ter Car Sold at a Lower Price.

MAUDE BROS.,

10-NIGHT is Hoseing Time—lf youwant to keep your Garden look-„

Fresh, Green, Attractive. Ask forthe L. or G. qualities of NORTH BRI-TISH HOSE—the qualities for LongWear, and Trade Imperially.

CREAT WHITE SALE

■VfOW ON!

EVERYTHING WHITE REDUCED.W. AIKENHEAD,

]■. . Cash Draper.

IVI •INTYRE'S EXTRA STRONGlti REGULATING TILLS, 4s 6dRecommended by women.. Obtai&AbJiChamm** ' .

GREAT WHITE SALE

,TOW ON! NOW ONI

EVERYTHING WHITE DEDUCED.'W. AIKENHEAO,

Cash Draper.

>OUGH ROADS don't worry theI JLt- users of CLINCHER TYRES, be-| cause they'are composed of the Best| Quality Rubber made by Honest BritishLabor. Trade Imperially, aud bmv theBritish Article.

POTATOES.

J. & TV MEEK.

i' ' FOR:,BA| r E.-~ENGLISH-GROWN Broad-leaf ESSEX

!■ RAPE.ENGLISH-GRO\VN MANGEL SEEDB

—Long, Redi-jYellbw, Globe., andColossal Ye"iWvvGl#b& Seed:•.'.. "-•■' v,F Best'on the *

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in 251b| and-r oiolb^sgs."MIKI" FOR'HORSES.-? u; u l: ;.

RICE MEAL foY and PIGS.ALL AT LOHEST" PRICES . .

AND IN GtfATSTTITIES TO !sun all;bbyers. ,

BRUCE CHRISTIE AND CO,;f SHELL: GRITl ': ', :

,.,r J .;..

7E are prepared to SUPPLYi.y. OYSTER SHELL GRIT,in any

-quantity at 6s''6dpper' or '4s : psr'|oVt. Also- -Chicken :-. Grit -at 3s per?51b. ' i: •■■■ ■■■•.■•■'■ ■?•■■■ ■•■

E. WIIISON &L. V. COUCH, •888 . Poultry Farmers, Herbert.'

NEW SONGS

LOVE'S DAWNING—-(By Clifton Bonnatt).

* ■'■;.■,' ' ,f •«fWHEN a?JIE GREAT RED DAWNIS SHINING—-

(By Evolyn Sharpe).

LOVE'S GOLDEN HOUR—-(By Dorothy Foster).

THE BIRD OFMORN—-(By Evelyn Sharp?)-

ONE LITTLE HOUR-r----(By Evolyn Sharpo).

THE STRING OP PEARLS—-(By H. Lyall' Phillips).

WHY?— (By Kathloon Thorn),

YOU CAN'T LOVE,AS I DO—-(By Paul Rubens).

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—All the Above can be Prooured in

Several Keys.-

CHAS. BECC AND CO., LTD.,n :• ■!THAMES STREET, OAMARU.

CHEAT-IRONMONGERY SALEW » AT OCILVIE't.

PHENOMENAL REDACTIONS1 \ IN

! /KITCHEN UTENSILS.I fjLTS.AND PANS.

HOUSEHOLD REQUIREMENTS.KITCHEN REQUIREMENTS.

CARDEN TOOLB.LAMPWARE. ETC., ETC.

EVERYTHING in the huge assortmentheavily reduced—in many lines we are>CUTTING the ORDINARY RATES inHALF.

THIS IS EVERYONE'S OPPORTU-TUNITY. Never before has such •

golden opportunity occurred.

JAMES OCILVIE AND SON.THAMES STREET.

SEWELL'BPULMONIC COUCH MIXTURE.

One dose of pulmoniccoughCOUGH CURE will relieve.:; the

; Worn Cold—a Fow Doses will Cureit.

THE MIXTURE is known all ov<>rthe Oaniaru district for the eurosit has effected. It relieves uickly—it cures promptly. The youngestchild can take it readily. In everyway thi* mixture is « splendidhousehold remedy. jYouvshouldhave it at hand all the time.

PRICE.. .It 0d and 4* ori ■ lottl*.

J. R. SEWELL,RELIABLE CHEMIST,

THAMES STREET; OAMARU. -

FOR SALE.

10 POULTRY FARMERS AND

B A.R.L .„

GOOD PLUMP SAMPLE.

In Lots of Singlo .Bags or More.

BRUCE CHRISTIE AND CO.,AUCTIONEERS.

i EMEMBER~Tho R«oojlectf.on ;!.«(•

Quality ' rcmains'long? after"'thv>Price is forgotten. That. is.why it paysto Buv a QUALITY NORTHBRITISH CLINCHER TYRES for Scr-vico and Satisfaction." " V

Saving theTot Ta*!

from' a -t>fckrffc. fh»'tax you pjfcy on each cupful. {

It's a marar of plain simplearithmetic.On' oach ' packet of Tea ill©!,amount of tho tax is the!,jsume. jYou pay tho namo tax on apacket of Tea that {pokes only

ups

gh 200 clips to thouackot. In oiher words, tuotax on each cup of Tea

- is,a quarter less than it is on <a cup of inferior Tea. 1

ttio fnmona Cold and Con«h Ouro, oofltsonly Is fid per bottle of.fiO tfos<s».