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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 742, 9 December 1869, Page 2

Mr. John Stuart will hold a sale of general merchandise this day commencing at 11 o'clock. (See advertisements.) Napier Debating Club.— The next meeting of the above society will be held this evening at 8 o'clock, when the following subject will be debated :—"Whether New Zealand would be benefited by separation from the mother country."

The New Zealand War Medal. —The following notification and regulations appear in the New Zealand Gazette of November 6 :—Hot' Majesty the Queen having been graciously pleased to extend to the Colonial Forces the grant of the decoration conferred for the War in New Zealand, and the Government having taken steps to reeeive the Medals applications in accordance with the regulations hereafter set forth will be received at the Colonial Defence Office, Wellington, from persons entitled to receive the medal. Regulations :—The medal will be given to all persons, whether belonging to the local Forces or Loyal Native tribe.-*, who during the war in New Zealand, were actually under fire in any engagement with the enemy, or were otherwise spicous for distinguished sen ice in the field. It will also be given to the nearest relations of those who were killed in action or died from wounds. The applications must set forth the name and date of the action or service on which the claim is founded, and specify the names in full of the applicant, his regimental number and rank, and that of the corps Lo which he belonged, together with the name of his immediate commanding officer and that of the officer commanding in the engagement Applications from the relatives of persons killed in action, or who died from wounds, must be accompanied by a statutory declaration showing nature of relationship and claim. The medal will not be given to any person who, since the occurrence of the service on which a claim may be founded, has done anything unworthy of a soldier. All applications must be made through the officer who immediately commanded the applicant in the engagement referred to, or, in the absence of such officer, direct to the Under-Secretary for Colonial Defence,