CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 December 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

! Hl.koi'HK; r KLEO it A fO—COP y in'J UT ; [l'BLl I'IIKSS ASSOCIATION.] . (.Received This l>ay U.lO a.m.) " iuSTIULIAiN OTYS. . Sydney, This I)ay. The new military. ponce system 'utt 'been established in caunp whereby privates (for one mouth's satisfactory duty) arc a laiice-corpoialcy. In luture, third.' offence drunkenness and. absence without leave ittr a third time will entail being discharged from the forces and offenders names will "be advertised. Stringent arrangements are -being made for clearing the city streets of drunken anleaveless importuning soldiers. 'ila -commiandant strongly 'appeals to citizens to refrain from shouting lor sodiers. He declare fchat 90 per ccnot those so tempted are unused .tn drink. The Ozomtt Proprietary has bern lined one shilling- for having sold ozdiiia as a drug,, being a false description. The prosecution gave evidence that ozonia was sold at is o<l a bottle,.the value of tlie contents be-

ing one penny. The Government Antily.vt reported that 90$ per cent n t'Wa( 'i&mteala waa water. Colonel Foster, of the Sydney University, has been appointed chief of •the Australian General Staff. Obituary,—W. \Y. loung, ex-miem-her of the Legislative Assembly for Batliurst. Formerly he resided on the West Coast of NW Zealand. * fi.<w - -zT-tssltaH**