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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2588, 9 October 1915, Page 6

In a paragraph published in The Dominion relating to a petition for the remission of . tho sentence of twelve months' imprisonment, imposed upon Captain' J. R. Henderson for theft of Departmental funds, it was stated in «rror that he was arrested and brought .back from Egypt to New Zealand. In actual fact he was' never arrested, but in consequence of the discovery of irregularities by the Audit Department, in New Zealand, orders were sent to Egypt that Captain Henderson should be sent back to Now Zealand. . He was ordered back, and he'came back, but ho was not actually charged with the theft of which he has since been convicted until some time after his arrival,

] A horse famine in the United States is'-predicted by Western breeders if the European: war continues another year. 111 Western Nebraska and in South Dakota. Wyoming, Mont-ana, and Colorado aro hundreds of ranches where horses have been raised for years. The ranch animals form the lower stratum of the ' horse; world. Although they are hardy and of fairly average heights anil weight, they lack tho breeding of the general purpose farm animals and the draught horses. A year ago they brought less, on the average, than £20. It was this source of supply that the horse buyorn for the European .belligerents, the Allies mostly, first reached. The demand speedily sent the price up to £25 for cavalry and £30 for horses suitable for haul guns, or "gunners," in the vernacular.. To-day they ' are ' bringing £35 and £40 each, and thoro isn't enough to supply the demand.

The Singer Machine Company, 8 Willis Street, insert an advertisement of special interest to purchasers o£ Singer sewing .machines.

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