VOLUNTEERS FOR SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 6

VOLUNTEERS FOR SERVICE

CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEES. The 'Mayor i'alt. J. ±V Lute) issued a circular iecter to the 0t... tiie City ' Council yesterday i asking theui to sign' tiw same n tney approved ot grant jut; hall-pay to any or tue corporation stall wiio are employed on active service eitner in JNew Itamuid or abroad. At 4 p.m. til letter - had been signed by all. exoept two councillors, .who . could not be located, so that the proposal, is approved. Mr. Luke made it quue clear tnut the half-pay. would only extend: as far as to make up salaries corporation 'officers are in receipt of at present. Captain 11;. L. Evatt, of the sth (Wellington) Regiment, who was under transfer to the ■ hoa'd office of Messrs. Wnlker' and Hall at Sydney, cabled for instructions, and received the 'following reply, which enabled him to go with'his regiment- in'-'the Expeditionary Force:—"At; all hazards, servo your' King and country... A good billet will be held open for. you.! Good luck from your Sydney staff." Mr. Evatt was to' have left on Friday next to tako up his new post,. It was resolved at last evening's, meeting of <the Central Chamber of ' Commerce, ont the • motion of Mr. A. Leigh Hunt: "That the Government should' .he requested to provide facilities for the drilling and instructing of civilians throughout the Dominion (ait times not conflicting' with' work hours), and thus' afford the opportunity for 1 training/ necessary' to ' avoid the dangers- of. a disorganised force should their services be required." ' AUCKLAND TROOPS LEAVE FOB .'. WELLINGTON.' " ; (By Telegraph—Press Association.). , Auckland, August Ift. Amidst scenes of great, enthusiasm the fust portion of Auckland's section of the Expeditionary Force left by spccial train for Wellington this afternoon. The troopa comprised six officers and 215 men. .In addressing the men prior to.their, departure,' the- Mayor (Mr. Parr) said that Auckland would always be waiting •to hear a good account of them. • : ' FROM OTHER CENTRES. , ■ (By TelegraphrPrcas... Association.) . - Auckland, August JO; .Great enthusiasm >V'a& displayed' at a" meeting to-uay of members ol the Trained Nurses' 'Association.' Thirty nurses volunteered lor duty with the Expeditionary, Force, if their services 6houid bo required. 7 ' Hawera, August 10. A contingent of the Army Sorvice Corps and Field Ambulance men who have volunteered for service with the Expeditionary Force left.Hawera this morning for Wellington, amidst much enthusiasm. Pahiatua, August 10." - Dr. Qarter, P'ongaroa, who 1 volunteered for the medical service, has been accepted, and has been ordered to report himself .at district headquarters. Dr. Carter is a retired major of the Royal Army Medical Corps, India. Napier; August 10. An immense crowd at the station farewelled \tho local members of- the field ambulance corps who have been accepted for service. : < Wantjanui, August 10. Between 30 and 40 of the Railway . Transport Corps left at midday for Wellington. :■ Masterton, August 10. •Fourteen members of : the Ambulance Corps left for Wellington to-day. The whole'town turned out to bid them goodbye, and thousands were at the railway station, with bands playing and peoplecheering. • ' Dunedin, August 10. Twenty-four men from the Dunedin sec-, tion and sixteen men from the Invercargill section ,of the R-ailway Transport Corps, under Lieutenants Lucy and Short, left for the north by the second express •' to join' the Expeditionary Force. They were accorded an enthusiastic send-off The Rev. C. J. Bush King left also as chaplain' to the Expeditionary Force He has seen much service in Territorial camps, and is very popular with ' the troops. ■ ' ,■ \ " The camp at Tahuna Park will prob . ably start on' Thursday or Friday. Offers of horses, saddlery,, and equipment are coming in freely. Messrs. John Mill and Co. offered storage for all fodder going oversea at Bluff, Dunedin, Oamaru, and 1 Timaiu. Hokitika, August 10: A meeting of the Territorial forces of this district was heldin the Drill Shed'. 1 to-night, .when Captain Jeffries invited. 1 /applications from those willing to serve at the front.'. Fifty-six responded to the i.' call, including the captain and the whole; of the-A Company of the 13th. Regiment," : and alsoex-Gontingenters. 'As the men' : : carrie up to . sign on they wero greeted ' with prolonged cheers by the. large gatli--1 iering of-citizens. •