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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tlip Minister of Dcfeiico received advice yesterday that the second portion of the Twenty-third Reinforcements, and the first portion of the. Twenty-fourth Reinforcements had arrived safely at their destination.

By Proclamation gazetted t' le '™° within which bauk notes are to he accepted as legal tender is extended to December 31, 1917.

A special general order issued from Defence Headquarters sets out the rates of pav and allowances in the New Zealand Expeditionary It makes no changes, but it brings the various rules and regulations on the subject together and makes some explanations on points where doubt has arisen.

Tho Pacific Cable Board notify the suspension of the system of a deferred cable service from tho United Kingdom. Messages at the deferred rate are still being accepted for the United Kingdom.

The purveyor of alarmist riimonrs recently circulated a report that mysterious lamp-signal messages were being exchanged between, the Somes Island German internment camp nnd tho mainland. Tho explanation is quito simplo and reassuring. The garrison on. tho Island i.s kept in training, and thero is a continual flow of enlistments for the front from Major Mathesou's command. Stnco the war began two hundred men havo enlisted, many of whom received positions before leaving New Zealand. Lately tho garrison, received an acquisition in tho person of an export army signaller, Corporal Johnston, and advantage is being takeu to instruct the ■ garrison in this very useful accomplishment in warfare. The instruction is given on the Wellington sido of tho parado ground on tho Island, under tho supervision of tho commandant. Tho knowledge thus gained by members of the garrison will be of great valuo in thoeventof any covert attempt by tho German prisoners to establish unauthorised communications by lamp or any other form of signalling.

Ways and means of retaining Athletic Park "for tho Rugby boys who aro at tlio front" were mentioned at; last evening's mooting of tho Wellington Rugby Union. A flub-comniittoe which had been set up to consider tho question of selling honorary membership tickets reported very favourably on tlio idcit, and the union adopted tho report, and decided that tho price of each ticket should bo hulf-u-sovereigu.

Tho question of funeral and burial expenses of members of tho Expeditionary li'orco who die prior to thoir dischargefrom such Force has recently been under consideration by tho Government, and tho Minister of Internal Affairs, being tho Minister in charge of Cemeteries, U sending out a circular to various local bodies and to cemetery trustees with » view of ascertaining whether the authorities in chargo of cemeteries would bo prepared, from ;i patriotic point of view, to supply burial plots for soldiers free of cost, and also whether they would later permit the erection by tho Government of suitable headstones or memorials.

The threepenny minimum faro for Sundays, which came into operation on Sunday last, enabled tho management to' run the service with fifteen cars loss than usual, and consequently dispensed with the services of fifteen motormou and tho same number of conductors (who, of course, are paid timo and a half). Tho receipts, notwithstanding the big reduction in the number of cars, were almost up to tho winter Sunday average, and would have been quite up to that standard had the weather been less inipropitious. On the whole it is anticipated that the experiment will provo quite successful, and in the summertime will help to build up the returns considerably without being a burden on the people, as it is really only those- who insist on riding over one section who are hit hard by the new arrangement.

It was mentioned by Councillor Fliinnagan at tho meeting of the ICaiori Borough Council last evening that a practice had grown up in the borough of certain owners of cattle opening neighbours' gates and allowing the animals to get in and destroy gardens and lawns. Tho Mayor suggested that those who suffered in this respect should impound the stock and assess the damage <lone as high as possible. Some people though that because the borough had a ranger the latter must do the impounding. Tho ranger, however; could not be everywhere. '

Autopeds have made tlieir appearance on Dunedin streets. An autoped bears some resemblance to the "scooter" beloved of youngsters, but is more elaborate (being motor driven) and moro practical. By its means message boys can "sooor' on their errands at a pace that will be a pleasant surpriso to heads of ofhees. Grown-\ips, too, may use the autoped for purposes of business or pleasure, for it will take them to -the other end of the city or out into the country .-with equal ease. Its maximum speed is something liko 25 miles an Tiour, and speed and direction are very simply controlled from the steering pillar—the driverpassenger being in a standing position. The autoped has been introduced to Dunedin by a firm who have imported four for tlie use of their staff.

A youth named Edward Sullivan deserted from an oversea vessel as long: ago as July 13 of last year, and w\s recently apprehended by the police. He appeared in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. h. G. Koid, S.M., on a charge of desertion, and was convicted and ordered to forfeit £a of hi 3 accrued wages.

The 'Wellington Racing Club has forwarded the snrn of .£2OO to tho New Zealand Catholic Federation for the purpose of providing military chaplains on. active service with money to relievo the necessities of thii men in the field and in the hospitals.

The conditions oE employment of temporary instructors attached to the New Zealand Permanent Staff are promulgated in a General Order. Men ivho aro members of the First Division and are medically lit for service abroad will not be eligible for appointment. Military experience will be an essential qualification and "reasonable preference will bo given to returned soldiers, providing they aro of good character and have not been returned for ineuicieney or misconduct." All first appointments will bo to the rank of staff sergeant and the men -will be placed in one of tho training cajnps for a, month on probation before their apnointinonts are confirmed.

A notice in Goneral Orders states that members of the Now Zealand Expeditionary Force who have been discharged in England since August i, 191-1, and iu-e ineligible for any I'lirthm- military service on account of wounds, sickness, or nxe. may be granted the Silver War Bnxlgo for Discharged Soldiers, provided that the claims are approved by the Commandant, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in the United Kingdom. These, badges will be issued by tho officer in Charge ltecords, Headquarters, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, London.

.'V Press Association message I'roiii Gisljorne states that a long sustained earthquake was felt there at -1.55 p.m. yesterday, the direction being from north to south.

Soldiors' Soeka—khaki colour—in light or heavy tvoo], Is. 6d. and 2a. fid., at Geo. liVirlde, Ltd., Manners Street.—Advt.

Common jurors are not required to attend at the Supreme Court till lfl a.m. to-morrow.

In order to give a little more time for the circulation of reports, the fortnightly meetings of the Tramways and Finance Committees of the City Council mo to bo held on Mondays instead of Tuesdays preceding Urn night of tho council meeting. In spite of the war, building operations are proceeding apaco in Mastcrton, says our correspondent, and the demand lor houses cannot be met. Building permits to tho value of JJitf.OSl were issued for the' year ending March 31 last, as against permits to the value of .£O3IO for tho year ending March. 31, 1914. The sports meeting which was to be held by the n.c.o.'s of the 30th Reinforcements at Trentham racecourse, to-day, have beeu postponed until Saturday owing to the bad weather. Tho first: ovenl; will start at 1.30 p.m., and trains for the camp will leave at 12.15, 12.H0, and l.!! 0 p.m., returning from Trentham at 4.17, 5.30, and ti.3l p.m. Tho gale which developed on Sunday night, has proved very expensive to the wlioio of the Haxmiller.s in tho Mauawatu. Tho hemp in the paddocks has been blown in all directions, and that deposited on the drying fences is twisted lightly in balls. It is estimated, says an exchange, that the damage will run inlo many hundreds Df pounds. A. resident of tho Hnwera district (the "Slur" reports) says that on December 27 last he sent a cable message askiug for information concerning his sou who had recently before that date been wo"unded. On May 31 ho received advice from his son, stating that the previous cablegram had just reached him. Tho passenger traffic on the Karort trams on Saturdays to as far as the cemetery has increased so greatly that tho ordinary time-table service has to be supplemented bv specials to cope with the business offering. Even on fine weekday afternoons the twenty minutes' service has been found inadequate. Tho tramway trnilic manager has intimated to the ivarori Borough Council that it is his intention at an early date to submit proposals for an increased service to Johnston Street. Having returned from active service to the position of Inspector-General of tho Commonwealth Forces, MajorGeneral Lcggo has recently been emphasising the need for reinforcements. "Every battalion, has to be used as a battalion," he said. "Army commanders have not time to worry whether a battalion ie xrp to its full strength. They employ it as a battalion of a thousand men. If it is only strong, then eacli of our boys in that battalion has to do £wo men's work, in circumstance* and under conditions unparalleled in our history. Here in Australia iro pride ourselves upon our democracy, our institutions, our Labour organisations, our unions. Above all things we despise the black-legger. Are we going to black-leg upon our boys in the fighting line? For that is what the refusal to enlist actually means." In the midst of a sea of flood water one would not expect to seo a cottage burned down, says a southern paper, yet that is what occurred at Otanomomo last week, when a two-roomed place belonging To Hγ. Thomas Dale, a settlor in the flooded area, was completely destroyed. Tho cottage was used as a storehouse, nnd in it were stored a ton of lime, four tons of ohnff, GO uage of oats, and threo sacks of grass seed, the wholo being burned. There is no doubt that the water getting into the lime caused the Hre.

Very satisfactory prorrrcss is being mode" by the 19-year-old . youth who was the siißjeet of an operation at the Mater Miseriiwdiao Hospital, at Auckland, about threo weeks ago for the removal of a pressure on the brain. The reports of the oncrntin? surgeon and tho nursing sisters stato that tho patient is rivnking :i perfect recovery, unmarred by any nntownrd event, that he is in full possession of all his mental faculties, and sh'owiug improvement in every respect.

Mr. C. Parata, M.P. for the Southern Worl electorate, telegraphs from tho Bluff to tho "Lyttelton Times":—"lt has been decided by a meeting held at Bluff this week that the Natives of tho South Island shall make n gift of mutton birds to our Maori soldiers at the front, each kainga to raise .£10." It is estimated that this sum raised from each kaingn, to the total of about .E250. would bur about SflOO birds for tho 100(1 Maori soldiers, and would be appreciated by them.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3109, 13 June 1917, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3109, 13 June 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3109, 13 June 1917, Page 4

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