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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1916, Page 3

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i e!CL\. .J. ALLEYS REPLIES TO : ALLEGATIONS -ur Jb-AVOUIUTI&iJi. J Auckland, TJus Day. i.ieph mg 10 allegations re tavouritism in tiie ot certain interned aliens, i!ie lion. J. Allen says that it is tiu>< li;at Lieut. Flohr was an adjutant m I iie Tauiie-i eitLia.u camp lor some time "l statcu in die House last Session hat he was iiol a GermaJU and 1 have to-Jay aj reason 10 ihiuk thflt iie is a Ger nan His case uas been bet ore the Aliens iio.mi, nuicii sa.ya he is not a man io be interned. iio uas 111 the Britisn army as an oliice-i, but lie is not go'-i I iav ay Willi uiir iorccs. That is not 011 account 01 Jus nationality. Langgiiih was a Territorial officer, but lias net been 'accepied, and will nit be aci.ejtted us au oltieer of the New Ai alaiM Expeditii.nary i orce. The statement that wealthy Ger;uiv > iiave been allowed to go way is entirely tiuu-iie. Certain German officials win> were sent- irom isanioa to Somes Island were returned to Motuilii because tiie climate there is more suitable for tliem. Till', EX ['OKI' OF FROZEN MEAT.

Auckland, This Day. The ill. lion. \V. j< , . Massey says t'lere ivill not be so many steamers loiiiiing frozen meat this month us during ilu , coiiospondmo- mouth of last years. The ove.rse.ns shipowners' commiti.ee. liowovtM'. exjioote to lift over ' ,(h)O ; O0il c-iirfJiscs fi'oni the diffe/enfc freezing ivork.s AJaixih. KiRR at m: . "i ' Morrn. Tim ■ Hreakwdter tlotcl was completely destroyed by lire Inst night. Tlic oiriiii is unkiKiuii. The hotel was ii'sured for £1000. ;in<l the ftirnibiire IV. r £2100.