NEW ZEALAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 29, 21 September 1914, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

STEAMER NCAKUTA TWICE FIR ED UPON.

THE CAPTAIN’S PROTEST.

[Per Peru Abbooiation.l Wellington, September 21

At 12.30 this morning the steamer Ngakuta, on entering the harbour, was twice fired upon by the fort. The first shot was blank, but a shell from the second crossed her bows. The captain stated that in response to the signal he hoisted the proper lights, and he protested that a steamer was not R tramcar and cannot bo stopped immediately.

CORRESPONDENCE FOR MEN OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Correspondence for members of the Expeditionary Forces should be addressed in the following style:—

1. To a member of tbe Advance Detachment: No. 234 Private John Hy. Jones, *A Coy., sth Regiment, Advance Detachment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Samoa.

(The words “Advance Detachment” should ho written in larger letters than the rest °f the address).

No. 2. To a member of tho Main Hotly io a similar stylo. While the main body is in New Zealand, the addoss is to be that at which is stationed the unit to which the man is attachment ; and while it is absent from Non Zealand is to be- “Care of G.P.0., Wellington.” The present stations of the units are: Mounted Rides Brigade, Wellington ; Auckland Mounted Rifles, Alexandra Park, Auckland; Wellington Mounted Rifles, Awapuni, Palmerston North; Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Tahuna Park, Dunedin; Field Artillery, Awapuni, Palmerston North ; Divisional Ambulance Column, Horse Artillery, Field Troop and Signal Troop, Awapuni, Palmerston North ; Infantry Brigade, Palmerston North : Otago Infantry Battalion, Tahuna Park, Dunedin ; Auckland Infantry Battalion, Alexandra Park. Auckland ; Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Addington, Christchurch; Wellington Infantry Battalion, Awapuni, Palmerston North; Signal Coy., Awapuni, Palmerston North; Divisional Train, Auckland ; Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, Palmerston North; Field Ambulance, Auckland.