LOCAL AND GENERAL
His Excellency the Govomor has received tho. following telegram from tho General Officer Commanding the Forces at tho Dardanelles, in reply to His Excellency's message of June 4 asking that tho congratulations of- New Zealand may bo conveyed to the members of tho New Zealand Expeditionary Force to whom decorations had Uoeii awarded by liis Majesty tho King:— [ "On behalf of tho members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who have been awarded decorations by His Majesty the King, 1 beg to thank all in Now Zealand for their kind congratulations."
The Defenco Department acknowledge ]> the presentation of an excellent mount- y( ed riito horse each by Mr. 11. '1. Ell- p ingham, Horoika, Dannevirko, and Mr. j, It. E. Jefferson, Turiroa, Wairoa. 11.13. j, Mr. J. G. Brechin, Maungamutu, d Pahiatua, has allowed the Department ] t tho free use of his paddocks from time c j to time for the purpose of temporarily n holding horses bought for the Expedi- j) tionary Forces. Such patriotic actions are very highly appreciated by the Defence Department. b At the Wellington Presbytery on S Tuesday, fiomo took place s about appointing a committee to oonsider proposals ior increasing the retir- rj ing allowances of ministers. The Rev. j J. M'Craw proposed that the Rev. R. j Wood, who had a special knowledge of j, the subject, should be added to the j committee, but the Rev. W. Shirer a raised the objection that Mr. Wood was } not a member of Presbytery. It was T pointed out that it had been the custom in tho Presbytery to put on com- j mittees men who were not members of j the Presbytery. The Rev. Mr. Gumming J stated that the General Assembly had ruled that Presbyteries had the power to do what was proposed. The com- ? mittee then, as proposed, was appointed 1 unanimously. jThe general secretary of the Y.M..C.A. J, makes an appeal to those interested in c the "Fifth" troops for games (especially chess and draughts). Gifts will all be placed aboard the troopships. The association has an adequate supply of books a.nd magazines. A slight eleotripal fault in the generator at the City Lighting Station was responsible for a temporary inter- ] ruption in the lighting service of the City at 7.35 last night. The machine gradually lost voltage till tho lights went out, but in under fifteen minutes ' another machine had been started and 1 the current renewed. The trouble was < being investigated last night. The < tramway system, which is run by J separate power, was not affected. ? A peculiar mishap befell a farmer of ' Central Otago a few days ago (says the "Otago Daily Times"). A heifer ho was • milking managed to put his shoulder ! out of joint. He suffered great pain < during the day, but, in the evening, 1 the same cow, by another sudden plunge, bumped tho shoulder-blade back into place. This unconscious act of generosity on the part of the animal did not end the matter. As the result of 1 the wrench and the strain the farmer is now in Dunedin securing special treatment for his arm. The censor is a much-abused person [ these days, and apparently there is justification for tho abuse occasionally, saya the Auckland "Star." A case in point is now engaging the attention of the ' Auckland Chamber of Commerce, and ' will be brought by the chairman (Mr. ! Robert Burns) before the Government. ! In Auckland theTe is a big butter-ship- ■ ping firm which always cables to the 1 Home buyer the name of the steamer ■ by which a shipment is leaving, and also the size of the shipment. This is done I in order that the consignment may be insured by the Home buyer. Apparently the censor in England refused to allojv . any of the cables through, nndnoinfor- ' mation was sent to the Auckland firm to intimate that' their cable had ! been censored. Consequently the Auck- > land firm had as much as £6000 worth [ of butter on the water at the one time t uninsured. It was ascertained that the E cable had been passed by the New l Zealand censor without any bother, and b it is felt that the matter is one in which - the Government should take action, ! with a view to the protection of . shippers' interests. 1 At the Petone Court yesterday, before 2 Messrs. Wakeham and Coles, J.P.'s, - John Hutchinson, charged with reck--1 lessly driving a motor-cycle, was convicted and ordered to pay costs 7s. i Vincent Rutherford was convicted and a discharged for riding a bicycle without s a light. 1 At a meeting of 'the Workers' Edu- - cation Association in Christchurch a member of the audience asked Mr. . Birks if it were possible, by means of n ether waves, to ignite explosives at a j f distance. Mr. Birks disclaimed any definite knowledge of the matter, which " he thought was more a subject of imagination than of anything else. Doubt--3 less it would coine, but the difficulty in the way was to get the power from the s ether wave. Ho could put the power e into the ether, thus forming the wave, s- but so far all that science could draw i- out of the wave was just sufficient to 5 make the slight sound heard the .. wireless operator. When the 'spark was made tho waves spread out on all sides, over vast areas, and in view of that fact the diffioulty of getting from the waves power sufficient to ignite exn plosives was apparent. ■_ The ignition of a, film caused some excitement at the Empire . Theatre, Dominion Road, Auckland, shortly before ten o'clock on Thursday night. Owing to a stoppage occurring in connection , with the motor, the film jammed in tho " "gate" of the machine, and instantly a took fire. The flamos were soon sup- » pressed by the staff, and a few volunn tecrs from the audience, but not before 3, the wooden platform on which tho ,L kinematograpli machino stood was ifc burned. The machino was damaged g by the fire, and a- spool was also dams> ußcd. ;o Lieutenant Hollis, R.N.R., now of d tho 10th North Sea Squadron, and who' i- before the war was well known in shipping circles in Now Zealand, writing to , t a friend in Auckland, tells somo of the 'jj doings of this particular section of the ' Fleet (states the "Star"). Ho says; — , "I do not think I am telling secrets ,n when I say we travelled from, the North '° Sea, whero we kept a sharp look out, so far north that upon looking south Mount Heckla, in Iceland, with Its burning crest, was hardly visible. Here r- wo caught numbers of Norse ships, r- bringing contraband of war by way ot d the north of Iccland over to Norwegian i- waters, and down to the Baltic, always n then in neutral waters. Forged papers j. are numerous. In fine weather our ten j look-outs are at breaking strain lookiug for periscopes. For a solid month " a the Arctic poured its bitterest gales upon us, and we looked, in our duffel w suits, like Arctic explorers, whilst tho :l ' streaming, slanting decks mado gunie nory alniost impossible. Derelict it mines were frequently met with, and jfc we expondod 21 sis-pounder shelTs in an ;v effort to blow one mine up before we g accomplished tho deed, for what, with a tho roaring galo, tho 'bucking' ship, and tho dancing mine often hidden" completcly in a fold of the mountainous " soas, it is just as difficult to hit as a ■* swallow m flight. AYo ilr o having 48 , hours' respite, our ships having struck •'> a mine, and damaged her bows and s- windlass, so I ran over to Dublin to sco ro my son in camp there. On onr way iy back to Holyhead we wero chased bv b- two submarines. Our Ixxit, the Leiii)t ster, had to do her bast—-sho usually e . gets 26 knots. The noiso and vibras# tion were so groat that no one could remain below. The ladies were not. in,n formed of the danger, which wo finally ' loft behind to tho tender mercies of ' Home swift destroyers, which raced to 80 our wjroJos* call, That trip marks the '"■oard vims for Kington to Hoiyiioad.'f
The directors of the D.1.0. havo voted another substantial amount to the War Funds. The local contribution is £200, which will go to the Patriotic Society's Fund for Wounded Soldiers and their dependents.
Of the Fiji Contingent in Belgium, lighting with the Allies, six have been killed in action, threo have died of wounds, and 12 have boon wounded; out of a total of 43 in tho trenches.
The directors of tho Lyall Bay Bowling and Tenuis Club, Ltd., in their annual report state that tho past season in spite of many difficulties -was a fairly successful one. 'Lite groiuids had been kept in good order and the bowling green should be in firsfrelass condition for tho coming season. Tho club was represented in tho Pennant and Champion Matches and a largo number of inlcr-cltib games were played. Tho club hold the Hill Pins and Diamond Buckles during the season. Tho croquet lawn had been fully occupied, and many inter, club matches were played. The total membership of the club is at present Bowlers, 60; croquet members, 19; tennis members—ladies 31, men, 22. Total, 132. Tho subscriptions of members who volunteered for service ai Samoa, have been remitted for the past season.
At the Wellington Presbytery ofi Tuesday evening, it was reported that the work of church extension at Island Bay, under the Rev. It. Wood, whics had got a setrback through the burning of the church through an incendi-. ary had recovered, and progress was made. The old church had been reinstated, and would be reopened in two weeks. Tho new church scheme had received 6upport to the extent of £229, and tlie congregation and City had yet to be canvassed.
The Trentham boys gave a concert in the Wesley Chapel, Petone, last evening, in return for an entertainment civen at Trentham Camp by the Petono Methodists. The building was crowded and the various items were well received and enthusiastically applauded.
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