TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1919, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

11-mi I'ltiOSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYBIGOT.] .MEDICAL ORDERLIES. WELLINGTON, Jan. 25. Owing to the necessity of having a. fully qualified staff of medical orderlies to deal with many thousands of returning sick and wounded returning sick and wounded returning, and yet to return to New Zealand, the medical Department Officers cannot grant discharges to men at present in military hospitals, and employers are urged to remember these men’s valuable and selfsacrificing work, and reserve places for them, when the times conies for their discharge which the Department will expedite as much as circumstances will permit. The call of invalids can only be carried and efficiency by men especially trained for the work. LOSS BY EIRE. WELLINGTON, Jan. 25. A firo on the property of Charles Blake at Waingapa destroyed two hundred sheets and did other damage.

MOR MONISM. WELLINGTON, Jan. 22. Writing from England in November, the Mayor of Palmerston North (Mr Chaplain Wenton), recorded an alarming development in connection with Merman activities at home. He declared he was horrified to see that twelve thousand British girls were to he shipped to Utah as soon as the war was over, for Mormons. The Mormons had a fund of eight millions sterling behind them to push their cause. ] .KAG UE FOOTBALL. AUCKLAND, Jan. 25. Tito New Zealand Rugby League team will play a series of matches in Australia, and a .team will visit New Zealand during the coming N 1 AG AR A QU AR ANTI NED. AUCKLAND, Jan. 25. The Niagara' arrived from Sydney early this morning and anchored in the Channel. The Health Officer visited here, but did not go aboard, owing to sickness, and he lias communicated with Wellington. LATER. AUCKLAND, Jan, 25. The Niagara iias been quarantined. There is one ease of influenza aboard. LOSS OF A LAUNCH. NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan 21. The oil launch Mahoc, owned by Mr C. A. Ogle, of Wajtara, in approaching Waitara between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.. struck the bar, turned turtle and drifted on to the reef.

Captain Roberts is missing and the engineer (Jamieson) is beli.cved to be en tombed in the hull.

The two passengers—one a son of the owner and the other a youth name! Jury—got; ashore in the 'boat with George Millar, the third member of tile crew.

At attempt was made at low tide 1 1 released the engineer, but 4 f nines prevented operations. There was a- fairly heavy sea running at the .time .of the disaster. The Mahoe Is a vessel of about 20 tons. She was on her way back from Marokopa and was carrying a load of wool and a heavy deck cargo.

FURTHER PARTICULARS. AVATARA. January 25. The oil launch Mahon was washed up 0:1 the reef. Capt." Roberts was drowned while essaying to swim ashore. The engineer, Jamieson, was shut in the engine room where he was presumably suffocated.. The Ihhlv was recovered in the morning and the captain s was washed ashore.

SOLDIERS AND CIVILIAN LIFE. WELLINGTON, January 21. The desire of the Government that soldiers should return to -the conditions of civil life as soon as possible, was mentioned by the Hon. G. AV. Russell when presenting the I’lunket Shield to the Canterbury cricket team. He referred to the fact tahfc the Wellington team contained three, returned soldiers—,T. W. Coiulliffe, AV. Baker, and IT. _AL MeGirr, and in the Canterbury team ],'. R. Brunton and D. Meßeth, had also “done their bit.’ “What; tlie Government jyislies,• said Mr Russell, “is that our soldiers shall as rapidly as they are able and as soon as their heath permits get hack to. their ol<| occupations and their old sport and regard the war as something that has passed.”

LIEUT. CRAMPTON'H CASE. AVELLINGTON, January 2.‘b Several Returned Soldiers’ Associations have urged the AVellington committee of the Dominion executive t<> engage counsel on behalf of Lieutenant Crumpton, who is to appear before a conrtmartinl on January 29th to answer charges in connection with the treatment of conscientious objectors at, the AVaiigaimi detention barracks. Lieutenant Crnniption had active setvice with the Alain Body. The subcommittee has decided to engage counsel.