LOCAL AND GENERAL
The secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department notifies that cable messages for Portugal may now be accepted in any of the authorised codes.
It was announced by His Excellency the Governor at the soldiers' dinner in Auckland on Tuesday night that the New Zealand hospital ship Marama had just arrived for the third time at Southampton with 580 wounded and invalided Imperial soldiers from Salonika. His Excellency added that our hospital ships were considered to be the most efficient in the Mediterranean.
A conference of returned soldiers will be held at 10 o'clock this morninr* at the studio above the Soldiers' Club, lambton Quay. The object is to form an association, to deal with matters affecting the interests of returned soldiers. Delegates are expected from various parts .of New Zealand.
Sixteen men from the Government Hillside Workshops leave for the front with the next Reinforcements. This brings the total hands who have left np to 100.
For the year endedi March 31 the rer eeipts at the Wellington Municipal Zod at Newtown Park amounted to £853 45., as compared with £848 7s. 3d. last year (1914-15). The receipts from April 1 to 26 were £101 los. 9d., as compared with. £120 13s. for the corresponding period of last year. A meeting of the War. League is to be held in the Mayor's room at the Town Hall at 4.30 p.m. on Monday next to discuss the recruiting campaign and other matters.
It f was reported at the annual conference of Roman Catholic Clubs, hold on Saturday last, that over 300 members of affiliated Catholic Clubs were at present serving with the colours, nie Wellington Club was alone responsible for the very creditable total of' 61.
Owing to the early session of Parliament, the annual conference of the Public Service Association will be held a month earlier than is usual. Remits must be submitted not later than May 13. " '
"The .condition of many of the patients who apply for admission to the Coronation Hospital is very depressing," said Dr. G. J. Blackmore, in a report presented to the North Canterbury Hospital Board. "They faiS to apply for treatment until nothing can be done for them. One patient who came to the dispensary had never before seen a medical man, although he was in the most- advanced stage of consumption, and obviously dying. He died two days later."
No fewer than 10,648 boys who have received their training in reformatory and industrial schools in Great Britain have served during the war in the naval or military forces. Three of them have won the Victoria Cross.
An election has been conducted by the Federated Journeymen Plumbers' and Gasfitters' Association for the position of journeymen's representative on the New Zealand Plumbers' Board'. Mr. J. Olark was elected. The Hon. J. T. Paul aote'd'as returning officer.
The steamer Dongarra, which arrived at Auckland from New York on Tuesday, afternoon, had on board two stowaways. Shortly after leaving NewYork the two young . men disclosed themselves, and stated that they were vaudeville artists. They were locked in a cabin and given two hours' exercise daily. At Durban the authorities would not allow them to' land, so they were brought on to Auckland and handed over to the police.
Speaking at Tisbury on Sunday night in connection with the Government's recruiting scheme, Mr. G. J. Anderson, M.P., said (reports the ''Southland Times") that in all probability one of the effects of the enforcement of conscription or compulsory military service would be tho necessity of -imposing a system.of passports. The military authorities would have to keep a, record 1 of every man so that he would be available at all times. If ho wanted to travel on business or pleasure he would have to give notice to the nearest military office and receive permission. If those liable to be called up were allowed to go anywhere at their own sweet will the military would, not bo able to find half of them when they were needed, and it would be very.easy to evade service unless a passport or some similar scheme were enforced'. He asked his hearers how they would like that sort of thing. ' Compulsion would entail many other and equally disagreeable restrictions ■ upon everyone liable to service. Under the circumstances it would probably, be wiser to bear the ills of voluntaryism, which'they knew, than to seek those of compulsion, which they would have to find out by bitter experience. But they must remember that men must' be forthcoming for the reinforcements under any circumstances.
' Among the most delighted of the audience at the King's Theatre yesterday afternoon, to witness tho Army and Navy pictures, "Britain Prepared," were four of the old veterans from tho Clifton Terrace Hospital. _ The old soldiers appreciated tho invitation of the management. Tho Patriotic Society provided tho motor-car for their convej'ance to and from the hospital.. A party of wounded soldiers from thWictoria Home, and several of the inmates of the Home for Aged Needy were also present as guests or the management.
How regimental associations run in families is illustrated by a Captain Wallingford mentioned at tha soldiers' dinner in Auckland on Tuesday evening—that members of his family for three generations had been connected with the Rifle Brigade. Moreover, he had a son 18 years of. age, and therefore too .young l to enlist in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, but the lad was starting for England very shortly to add another generation of Wallingfords to his progenitors'.. old regiment.
Tho South Island Rifle Shooting Championship was' concluded on Tuesday (says the "Sun"), tho Champion Grand Aggregate Match for the final JO seeing Sergeant T. W. Ching (R.N.Z.A., Wellington) rise the winner by one point ahead of Rifleman H. R. Hunt (Suburbs 8.C.), who made a brilliant, but unavailing, final effort to catch the champion. The. match was watched by a largo gathering, and tho winner was warmly applauded.
Tho cost of maintenance of the motor, ambulance kept by tho Auckland Waterside Workers' Union on t)a Queen's Wharf is estimated by tha union's secretary at £260 per annum. Why set wet and cold when we offer two good lines of British raincoats at 87s Gil. and 55s.?—George Fowhls, Ltd., Jlanu ncrs Street—Advt.
The 2/3-ton Truck now on show at the Dominion Motor Vehicles, Limited, Garage, G5 Conrteuay Place, is one of the best American vehicles that has been imported to this country. This lorry combines all the best features of the highgrade English' makes, and has .many accomplishments which are rarely seen on its best competitors. Inspection is invited, and it is really an excellent opportunity for buyers to secure a very highgrade lorry at mndßratn cost.—Advt.
It is a standing grievance of the Kan, bour boards of New Zealand that vesc scls employed as troopships frequent!? brmg ordinary merchandise on their r turn voyages to the Dominion, b. nevertheless escape the payment o. harbour dues in .respect of what a« really commercial trips. Recently such a steamer arrived at Auckland carrying 1526 tons of phosphates, and a .few invalided soldiers, and, though wharfage was charged upon the goods, the vessel' itself escaped port charges because of her charter by the Government foi military purposes. The board wrote to the Defence Department claiming tha payment of full dues, but the Ministe) of Defence has replied that as the So* licitor-General has ruled that Govern< ment transports are not liable for har< bour dues while carrying cargo, he re* grets that lie cannot see lis way id recognise the claim.
Arrangements have been made with an Auckland firm, states the Defence Department, to manufacture artificial logs according to the best models made at Home. • Those will be supplied t<r soldiers in New Zealand requiring them, Any of our men in Egypt needing, artificial limbs are being sent to England for attention and to be fitted. Those who have lost an arm are being provided with the Kahn arm, American made.
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