AMERICAN MAILS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 September 1916, Page 3

AMERICAN MAILS.

San Francisco. Sept. 6. It is reported tTiat instructions have been issued from Washington that

American 'army transports in future will carry American mails to Manila and China. Previously much njiiil was carried on British ami Japanese lj'o;its via Vancouver. It- is believe:! the ject Js to a Void the censorship, hut t Washington officials are reticent. MILITARY ft Eli vice act. Wellington, This Oiy. Tt 'us still evident from reports . in the press and from communications th ; ;it hiivei reached tlio .Br-a:d, t-hafc there is a widespmwl a.nxieiv rn iii part of reservists for some evidence ol their enrolment in the reserve. I'eiscling the issue of certificutes of ciini 1 - lnent it lias therefore been decided liy the Government Statistician to acknowledge the receipt of each application and that such acknowlrdgenien i will Ik* a tempomry proof of en rol mem until it is .replaced in due course by the certificate 'itself. It miust be dearly understood, of course, that one:; the certificate is issued the temporary acknowledgment card will 'entire!.-. eeia.se to have any value as proof ,i enrolment. Arrangements have been made to, overtake the accumulations of applications already received, onrl it iis hoped that r within the next week or ten d'ays every reservist who hn« applied for a certificate of enrolment will have received an a.oknowledgenient card. Any reservist therefore who has .-applied for his corti.fioa.te of enrolment and does not get an acknowledgment card within the time state above should at once renew his application. W. F. MAPBEY. Chairman.