TELEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 June 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[PER PKEBB ASSOCIATION.I

OROUA FREEZING WOUKS

Feilding, This Day

The directors of the Orona freezing works have accepted the tender of J. L. McMillan (Auckland) lor flio erection of buildings and for works. The price- is .£35,138. Tenders tor tne maiiiiifhiticry nlready have been accepted. INTERNMENT OF ALIENS. Auckland, This Day. The lit. Hon. W. l< , . Massey states that the Government lias decided to appoint an advisory board of a judicial character fa deal with exceptional cases in regard to the internment of enemy subjects. The Hon. Sir H. D. Bell is now making the necessary arrangements. A well-known Auckland citizen has consented to take a position on the .board which •would be of a semi-judicial character and consist ot t)ire<> members. WHAT'S IN A NAME? Ghristchurdi, Tin's Day. A man named iSandston who recently changed his name from Sandsteiu, applied Lo the Government for passports, as he contemplated going home and oll'oring his services to the War Office. On June Ist he received tlie following message from the Undersecretary of .Internal Affairs: "Your letter has been placed before {lie Minister, who, under the circumstances, agrees to the i«sue of passports In your original name." In repsonse to objections he received next day the following telegram: "The Government is unable to recognise your change of name during the -war and therefore will only issue passports in your original name."

Amongst the latest offers to go on active service is that of Henry A. Dean, agent, Levin. The Maori prophet Una has been sent to prison for having taken alcohol into a Maori pa. Amongst the King's Birthday honors is a K.C.M.G.-ship for Sir Henry Dillon Bell, and an imperial Service Order for the Under-Seeretary for Lauds, Mr James Mackenzie, who is a brother to the High Commissioner for .New Zealand (Hon. T. Mackenzie). The extra Iα per day to tie paid by the Defence Department to married men and non-commissioned officers in the Expeditionary Forces will Le paid from the Ist June. The Department still ie accepting the services of nurses with the Expeditionary I , orces, and women willing to give their services as nurses should communicate with Major Elliot. -13 Kent Terrace. "Wellington. Is a man responsible for his wile's debts contracted before marriage? This was the question raised at a meeting of creditors in Pahiatua on Monday, at a bankruptcy meeting, says the Herald. Bankrupt said he had been advised by a solicitor that he would be liaole. A , creditor said he had also obtained legaL advice in a similar case, and the reverse opinion had been given. The DeputyOfficial Assignee said he thought bank nipt was liable for the nvifp's debt contracted before marriage. Another creditor remarked that when bankrupt got married he took his wife for "better or worse."

Many accounts of Lieut-General Birdwood's work with the Australian and Xew Zealand Forces are coming iroin Egypt by mail. A Melbourne journalist states that when the General reached £<tvpt t lie re were many complaints. Something was wrong. Men -were getting sulky, were falling out. were acquiring all sorts ol mysterious ills. General Birdwood soon 'loimd out the remedy—more food, less work. .He luidct.stood better than most of our officers that men Bathed in perspiration from arduous work in unaccustomed circumstances needed plenty of food and plenty of rest, and he saw to it that the troops got both. He is a leader after Australia's own heart.

At the formal opening or the new factory of the Hastings I , rait Canning Co. last night, Dr. MeNab remarked upon the difficulties of i'arliamentary work at a time like the present, •when tho -whole of the attention ol tlie Governments in tho various States oi the Empire had to 'bo concentrated on matters connected with the war. Whatever leader was found ultimately to have a majority, however sma'l, there was no fear of another general election in Sew Zealand until peace was de-clared.-—Manawatu Standard.

The full program of the patriotic concert to be given in the Century Hayy on Monday evening will appear in to-morrow's issue.

The Civil tierviee Journal states that not a few public servants have taken advantage of the fact that they arc .now allowed to seek election as niein"bers of city councils and other bodies. Among the last list of elected councillors, it states., are quite a number of Service people. Mr V. J. Stewart (of the Magistrate's Cfoim't. Auckland), and Mi- J. IJeenan (Internal Affairs, Wellington) who were elected to the Borough Councils of BirKeuliead and Kastboiirno respectively, are olfered the congratulations of the Journal.

On Monday evening the staff of the Levin I'ost Office assembled for the purpose ol taking- "official" farewell of Mr J. W. Wintenngnam. who has resigned from the Department for health reasons, and presented him with a leather combination pocket-book as a memento jf his association with the local office. Mr Cork, postmaster, made the presentation and in doing so regretted the circumstances necessitating Mr Wintei-ingham severing his connection with the Department. He was much esteemed by those he had worked with and one and all trusted the step he was taking would lead to speedy .restoration of his health. Mi "Wintoringham suitably replied, thanking all for their kind expressions of goodwill. added that no tangible reminder was necessary to recall to him his pleasant stay in Levin. It is Mr Winteringham's intention to seek outdoor occupation for a wliile and possibly in the near future proceeding to Australia with a vieiw to entering tho Telegraph Department there.

A pofnt for good housewives. Always use Sharland'e Baking Powder. Ooste least; gree farthest; gives best results.