TELEGRAMS.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 22 February 1917, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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| NO LIMIT TO RECRUITING. | Dnsedin, Feb. 20. i Regarding the Dunedin movement j .respecting the establishment in ]S T ow • Zealand of the Second Division League j and the consequent demand for in- ■ creased pay, pensions, and allowances : to. married men and their dependents, ! Sir James Allen said the Government | would welcome all the facts as to i grievances and difficulties and give ! the.ni car of 111 consideration. Respectj ing the demands, however, it was nec- | essary to start with a standard which must be that of the working class. There could be no grading of pay apart from commissioned rank. It I was a matter for the country to conI eider whether the existing allowances

were sufficient. In regard to the common inference that 100,000 men would be the Dominion's limit, Sir James Allerf said no Ministerial encouragement of such an idea, had been given. So. long as the country was behind the Government, and he felt certain it - always would be, the Dominion's pledge to send monthly reinforcements of about 2500 wo(tld be maintained till victorywas ours. Regarding the exemption of the clergy, Sir James Allen points out that final exemption is by no means granted. Ministers have no power to grant an exemption, which was a mat, tor purely for the Boards.

SUGAR. SUPPLIES. Auckland, February 21. In reference to rumors in the south of the shortage of sugar supplies, the Colonial Sugar Company states that full supplies are available, but delivery has been delayed owing to the shortage of (steamer 'communication. About 1700 tons will be despatched for southern ports before Saturday.

The Grey River Argus states that the result of the Medical Board's sitting at Kuniara last week was not very satisfactory. Out of 14 men who presented themselves, 13 proved unfit The one who passed was the oldest one of the hunch.

BUR Is ED TO DEATH. p Auckland. This Day. •Miss .Bridget O'Connor, age ! 82, was severely burned in a lire on the Carlton-Gore road. She died in t-lio hospital this morning. OLD IDENTITY DEAD. Ohristclmrch, This Day. Obituary.—Hugh Percy Murray Aynsley, who arrived ill Lyttelton ill 18-58. He formerly was a member of the Provincial Council and also of the House of Representative; also he was ex-chairman of the New Zealand Shipping Cbmpany. . Has age was 39.

WANG A NUT JOCKEY CLUB'S MEETING. The anganui Jockey Club's meeting opened to-day in oppressive and threatening weather. Results: Stewards' Handicap.—Cleft 1. Goldeb Grafton 2, Lady Middleton 3. All started. Won by a neck; three-quar. ers of length separating second and third horses. Time, Irriin. 48 4-5 sec. Petre Hack.—Moutoa Queen. 1 Revocation 2, Starengo 3. Scratched: The Waif. Won by a length and a half, head between second and third. Tims, lmin 14 3-ssec.