New Zealand.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 44, 23 February 1915, Page 5

New Zealand.

WAR CORRESPONDENCE.

Pee Press .Association,

Wellington, February 22

Having received many complaints of non-delivery of correspondence, including parcels, addressed to the expeditionary force, Hon. E. Her.ton-Rhodes, Postmaster-General, last week addressed a telegraphic inquiry to General Godley in Egypt, asking whether mails were received regularly. General Godley’s reply is as follows: “All fully addressed correspondence is delivered within a few hours of receipt. Up to end of January mails were received weekly, but this month, fortnightly. Parcels are received usually over a month after the addressee receives advice of despatch from New Zealand. Probably complaints refer to the latter.”

GERMANS IN MASTERTON.

Masterton, February 23,

As it is meeting with general approval, the petition asking that certain Germans at Masterton be interned is being freely signed.

BELGIUM’S DISTRESS.

Auckland, February 23

The Mayor (Mr Parr) wired the Premier (Mr Massey), as follows: “There is strong public opinion here that the*'Government should provide a monthly contribution, of say, £15,000 to Belgium. Auckland has contributed nearly £50,000 in cash and £25,000 in clothing already, and they state that action is now necessary to'cope adequately and systematically’ with the magnitude of Belgium’s distress.”

HUTS INSTEAD OF TENTS FOR

TRENTHAM.

Wellington, February 23

If the scheme proposed by the Minister of Defence is fully carried out, the tents in camp at Trentham will bo superseded by hutments—semi-per-manent habitations constructed of wood and corrupgated iron for the use of members of the Expeditionary Force, and any military forces that may come after them. The Minister informed a “Post” reporter that on his recommendation the Cabinet had agreed to the erection of one hut for the officers and another for the men to contain 100 men as a sample before they called for tenders for the erection of the whole design. “We are going to put them up,” he said, “as quickly as we can, so as to see if any improvements should be made before the contract is let for the larger number. It is difficult for the Department to keep up the supply of tents. If carried out in its entirety, the cost of the new scheme will be bet wen £14,000 and £15,000.

HEALTH REPORT FROM SAMOA.

Wllington, February 22

Colonel Logan, commanding at Samoa, advises the Defence Department as follows regarding the health of the troops

Wellington Regiment*—Privates W. Dixon (pneumonia)p St. Grout (dengue fever and septic bursitis of the left elbow). Lance-Corporal S. G. Murrell (dengue fever). Privates C. A. McCombie (septic ankle), F. -S. Rogers (dysentery), H. Stubbs (rheumatism), T. Vivian (tonsilitis). Auckland Regiment.—Privates F. K. Bell (dysentery), G. Griffiths (tonsilitis), T. Hartley (dysentery), H. C. Leckren (general debility), E. Wells (septic knee), T. E. Peek (enteric fever), R. J. Massicks (dengue fever). Railway Engineers—Sapper ,T. B. Elliott (dysentery), Field-Engineers R. C. Johnson (slight dysentery), R. H. Rose (electric burns on feet and back). Machine gun section. —Private E. E. Rivers (dysentery). Army service corps.—Priva to R. D. Elgar (septic knee'. Signallers G. W. Pearce (dengue fever). All doing well.