Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1917.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 17 August 1917, Page 4

Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, AUG. 17, 1917.

The Minister of Defence received advice that the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28 th Mounted Rifles have reached their destination "all well."

All on one wet, cold winter's day Three home-bound children, tired of play, With noses pressed to window-glass, Watched all the rain-soaked people

pass. And one among them they observed, Wbo passed and seemed unnerved — It made them sad, for they felt sure He needed Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.

Voluntary recruiting for the 34tb and 35th Reinforcements will be closed down on Saturday, and a ballot will be taken from among the remaining members of the First Division of the Expeditionary Force Reserve next week to fill up such vacancies as exist. As no ballot was taken last month, and as two drafts require to be> filled, the ballot will be a double one, and it is expected that between 14,000 and 15,000 men will ba called up under it. This will leave sonre 7000 men in the First Division, wbo will be called up by ballot a month later. The taking of the tenth ballot will probably be commenced on Tuesday. Sir Joseph Ward announced in the House of Representatives that during the war old-age pensions, widows' pensions, Maori war veterans' pensions, and the pensions of miners suffering from pneumoconiosis would be increased by 5s per week.

The Oddfellows are entitled to credit for the great success of a social held in their hall, Naseby, on Friday evening of last week. There was a record attendance, many visitors from all parts being present. Mrs Macdonald of Wedderburn contributed a song which added materially towardo the pleasure of the evening. The music for the dances, supplied by Messrs H. Moore (pianoV, R. L. Geddes (violin), C. Parker (mandoline), assisted by others, was as usual splendid, whilst the duties of M.C. were efficiently carried out by Mr M'K. Marshall.

The Naseby 2nd Division footballers visited Clyde on Saturday and played a match with a mixed team of that town. Naseby won by 11 to six. Tho referee showed a good deal of leniency at the start of the game, and the players got somewhat out of control, and used their tongues too freely for football etiquette.

No doubt the collectors appointed by the Farmers' Union will soon be waiting on settlers to solicit donations towardß the £IOO,OOO required by the Otago Patriotic and Welfare Association. It is to be hoped a good response will be made, as the funds in hand, although large, are not sufficient to meet the demands that will be made on them. The money is urgently required and will be expended economically and to the best purpose.