GENERAL CABLEGRAMS
By. Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht -fr— STEAMERS IN COLLISION BARON INNERDALE SUNK. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" services.) London, November 4. The British steamers Baron Innerdale and the African Monarch collided in the Red Sea. The former was'sunk, but tho crow w»3 saved. Tho Baron Innerdale was owned by ths Hogarth Shipping Company- She was a steel screw steamer of 8341 tons, and was 1 built' in 1896. The African Monarch, was built in 1898, is of 1003 tons, nnd owned by C. S. Swan and Hunter, Ltd., Newcastle. ABOLITION OF TEN-LETTER WORD CABLEGRAMS. ; . London, November 4. ■ Many merchants are complaining to tho post office. at- tho abolition of tho ten-letter word system for cable messages. ' THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE .- . a;. • . CAPTAIN BELL'S APPOINTMENT. Prior .to the adjournment of the Legislative Council yesterday morning, tho Hon. H., D. Bell said that he wished to refer ,to a matter that was personal to himself and to another member of bis family,-because be should have the right to free himself and his colleague •from any suggestion of having used influence in a particular matter, within the knowledge of tho Council. His eldest son. was a member of another place, and he had another sou. in New Zealand, and both, volunteered as privates iu l the Expeditionary Force, without reference to himself, and without any other sense than that of the duty they owed to the' country. The' second son was' now serving as a private in the .Expeditionary /Force. The eldest son,' who was a member of another' place, possessed qualifications which induced the General Officer Commanding to offer him. a commission. He had served as an officer in a regiment in. the First Reserve in England, and was qualified by his services for a commission in the Imperial Army. In the second place it was known to the General that the first expedition was to go to Samoa; and his son was a lawyer, who had a knowledge of constitutional law and practice, and he was qualified for the special service on thei staff which was required. He had the civil knowledge: in which the military officer's were necessarily deficient, and the cdnimission was offered him without his (the Hon. Mr. Bell's) knowledge, and, so far as he knew, without any recommendation from the Minister of Finance, .who did nofc, as; a. matter of fact, interfere in the appointment: of any of the officers. His only remaining son was a sergeant-major ifi the- same regiment in which his eldest sou had'been serving, and he was offered'a commission by the Imperial War. Office in England, without any reference to the present Government, or to any official of the Government, and he was satisfied the War Office did not know that he was in any way related to a membor.'of the New Zealand Government. He believed also that the commission offered to Captain Bell was without tho- recommendation or know-, ledge of any member of the Government. "Sir, I, am obliged to the Council," concluded Mr. Bell, "for having, in the last days of Parliament, while my son\is serving in Sainoa, given' me the opportunity of defending ' Trim and the Government from the imputation that he an advantage. . more than did hu brother, who is serving as a privato." •'<
Tlie -'Hon. Sir Wm'. Hall-Jones'" said that he was satisfied that no thinking man would say. that the Hon. Mr. Bell had used wrong influence in connection with the appointment. A knowledge of the family was sufficient to know that that was impossible. (Hear, hear.) "The Hon. G. Carson said that it would be a sorry day when a man qualified for a position was-barred owing to tlie fact that ho was a member of Parliament, or the son of a member of tho Government. Anyone knowing the Bell family would know that personal influence .would never have been used. ■The, Hon. W. Earnshaw Baid that he did not believe for a moment that Labour would give countenance to the sugi gestion made in another place. lie ox- | pressed every contempt for anyone mak- | lng such . a suggestion. | Other members spoke in a 'similar I strain. . ..• . k; ,;. : -===== ■■
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2300, 6 November 1914, Page 7
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691GENERAL CABLEGRAMS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2300, 6 November 1914, Page 7
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