Tasmaman Soldiers.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1916, Page 3

Tasmaman Soldiers.

CONDITIONS OF ENLISTMENT uWe clip the following from the North Eastern Advertiser (Tasmania) in reference to the Expeditionary 1 Forces' reinforcements.— Age, 18 to 45. Minimum height, sft 2in. Chest measurement, 33in. ■ RATES OF PAY. Lieutenant 21s per day. Sergeant 10s 6d per day Corporal 10s per day. Private 6s per day. Separation allowance is paid to married members receiving less than 8s per day, as folows: — (a) For wife living at home Is sd' per 'day"; (b) for each child under 10 years of age 4Jd per day. A similar alowance as in (a) is paid to the mother of a member < who is .solely dependent on him for support. «O»>MK9HHa«BMDMKfVn*

"We must go on crushing metal; ivo can't go back to the antiquated method of putting dirt and boulders <;i tie voarl.s." This remark fell From tho chairman lo the Horowhenua ■County Council (Or. Monk) at to-day's meeting - when advocating that during the coming year a small section of load should be treated with. Ibis was not a time, he said, to be buying road-making machinery, but the time must come soon. Meantime it was some satisfaction to be able to reflect 011 the Fact that approximately 5000 chains of read had been repaired during the year, compared wit! an average of about 800 yards in previous years. Cr. Monk next sjp(pke of the need of pcrseverence in collectin'g Native rates, and he concluddl with a reference to the able assistance that he had received from the county council staff and councillors ■during his term ol office that was expiring that day.—The council unanimously re-elected Cr Monk for a fecund term of office, Or Kebbell, whose term it was for election voicing his hearty appreciation of the manner in which Cr. Monk had filled the office during the twelve months just expired. Or. Kebbell believed the best man should be elected ; lie was against the office going round. Or 1 son, Venn, Ryder, Broadbelt and Catlev also spoke in appreciative phrase of Or. Monk's abilities. Or. Stephenson said it was a farce to compel council's to make the elections of chairman in November; the elections came at a time that did not allow a chairman to show the result of his work at the end of the financial year. —In returning thanks for his reelection. Councillor Monk said that from the time he bad first become a county councillor he had jjjeen against the practice of el-c'inT a new chairman every year. The faculty of foxglove weed foi propagating itself was mentioned by Councillor Catle.v at Saturday's meeting of the Horowhenua County Council. Fie said be hail a .patch on his that was there then he acquired the place nine years ago. He had "pulled it regularly twice a year for the last nine years, but it still was growing as plentifully as on the fi • day he saw it. The evergreen bank overdraft of the Horowhenua County Council was referred to Councillor G. Monk, the retiring chairman at to-day's meeting. It had averaged £5000 for three years past, he said, at times it had gone up to £10.0(H) tor a few weeks, but £5000 was the average. Since March last it had fluctuated between £3000 and £(5000, but money had been coming in satisfactorily, and he now had to announce that the overdraft stood at £4978. He wasspeci-" ally pleased about this, as the chief resolve with which he had taken office was that there should be a reduction made in the overdraft. To assist local farmers in case of need, the Horowhenua County Council has resolved "That the services of the county employe's be available bv farmers for harvesting purposes, eonsent of councillors to be obtained."