TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1918, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

i — —■ — i [per PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYBIGHT.) RAILWAY GENERAL MANAGER, j WELLINGTON, May 9. • ! The term of office of Mr Hiley, General Manager of Railways, expires on August Bth, • \ i Mr Hiley desired to return to the ! Old Country at the conclusion of his i term, but in order to avoid a break jin the management in the\ absence ot t the Prim© Minister and. Finance Minister, and in order not to have a change of management during the session of Parliament, it has been arranged by the Minister that Mr Hiley shall continue in office till the end of the financial year. The question of a successor will be decided on the return of the prime Minister and the Minister of Finance. A MILITARY ORDER. ; " AUCKLAND May b An order has- been issued that all hotels in the city and vicinity will be out of bounds to-morrow for troops in uniform, and that civilians supplying any liquor to soldiers will be liable under the War Regulations.

RETURNING SOLDIERS.

526 ARRIVE AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND May y. A vessel conveying 526 soldiers under Lieut.-Colonel R. C. Allen arrived this evening. The men will not land until the morning. The southern men will leave by special train to-morrow.

A PLEASANT VOYAGE.

AUCKLAND, This. Day. Transport No 159 had a pleasanfj voyage except for the death of a woman passenger. Almost all the soldiers .weto talking teases. Many received their wounds at Passchendaele, some in Massines and other engagements. There did not appear to be many crippled men but the majority bore marks of active service.

The Minister of Dofenco and local officials visited the vessel after it was cleared and gave a general welcome to the draft. The work of the Medical Board commenced soon after 6 p.m., and was completed nt an early hour this morning. Apart from the -slight preliminary delay, the arrangements were quite satisfactory. The transport was berthed, at eight this morning and the tr ( oops disembarked^. A largo number of Main Body men who gained commissions and honours are included in the draft. \ /■ V “

SOLDIER’S ALLOWANCES

DUNEDIN May 1/

Th© Committee of the Dunedin Returned' Soldiers’ Association has passed a resolution demanding increases in th© allowances and pensions for soldiers, toy be made retrospective to the outbreak of war and pointing out that th© Minister by refusing to recognise the justice of the claim has placed a lower value on the services of moil who. joined the Expeditionary Forces early in the war than on those who are now going to the front.

SECOND DIVISION MEN

CHRISTCHURCH, May 7.

Defence statistics regardirffe results o{ the examination of’the Second Divisionion reservists in the 1 Christchurch area group as can be gathered the perbut- so far as can be gathered the perventage of fit men .obtained is .about 1 per cent.. That is approximately the same proportion of men medically classified “A” as was obtained from balloted men of the of the First Division in. the Christchurch district.

RELIGIOUS OBJECTORS. N AUCKLAND, May Bth

Sir James Allen to-day emphatically denied that-men exempted on religious grounds were benefiting at the expense of men going away. Wherever he had examined cases, he has generally found that the Military Service Boards had ample evidence to justify tHeir action. Tlie religious objector, had to leave his occupation and go to w</rk for the State. The assertion that religious and conscientious objectors could scoop another man’s business was untrue.

FINED FOR BETTING. DUNEDIN, This Day

For betting on licensed premises, Lindon Ruttledge was fined £SO and costs.

MCKINNON’S APPEAL

DISMISSED BY APPEAL COURT WELLINGTON, This Day. In re McKinnon’s appeal against the refusal of the Registrar General to register the applicant as a medical practitioner, the Appeal Court dismissed the appeal with costs ten guineas

REINFORCEMENTS. AUCKLAND, May Btli

Sir James Allen stated that no great difficulty was being-experienced in securing the additional number of men required by the Imperial Government. Unless circumstances involved an al. teration of the plans, Class B. men, who are now being medically examined, will probably be going into camp when the reinforcements fall back to their strength-prior to the recent request for an increase.

FATAL FALL.

WANGANUI, May 7

Daphne Mary Church, aged 19, was killed to-day. at Waverjey through falling out of a dray. Her father is a returned soldier and is believed to be in the Auckland district.

ZOO OWNER'S APPEAL

AUCKLAND May 7

An application for was made by J. J. Uo.fid in connection with the Onehunga Zoo case, which involves the right of Boyd, as owner of the Zoo, to vote as member of the council on questions affecting his own interests. Mr Justice Ilosking stated he would consult the other judges and given his decision l^ter.