New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 47, 31 January 1916, Page 6

New Zealand

THE WILLOCHRA AT DUNEDIN. ,' NORTHERN CONTINGENT LEAVE ) FOR HOME. Peh Pbebb association. Dunedin, January 31. | The Willochra has arrived. The northern contingent, comprising 107 men and six nurses, including Xurse Sinclair, who was in the Marquette ' disaster, went north by the second ex- ' press to-day. The Minister of Defence accompanied them. LATEST CASUALTY LIST. Killed in Action : Wellington .Mounted Rifles. Sergeant T. Fawcett Canterbury Battalion. Found dead in room, Dunedin: Private Joyce Otago Battalion. Killed in Action : Private A., Mercer Auckland Mounted Rifles. Wounded. Trooper Aitken Engineers. Admitted Public Health Hospital, Guidatown, Cairo: Sapper Guinness

Auckland Battalion. Private R. -Robertson Rifle Brigade. Slightly wounded : Captain R. Brydon Second-Lieutenant J. Holland Admitted Pont de Koubbeb Hospi tal, Cairo: Auckland Battalion. Private Austen Private Macnamara Private I. Whitfield Canterbury Battalion. Private J. Bradley Lance-Corporal A. Morris Otago Battalion. Private Marks Medical Corps. • Sergeant S. Gould Private T, Williams' Captain J. Beedie Wellington Mounted. Trooper Budge Otago Mounted Rifles. Sergeant J. Little Trooper R. Travis Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Trooper R. Lynn Wellington Battalion. Private Mallia Rifle Brigade. Rifleman J. Hamilton Rifleman A. Clarke Rifleman F. Power STRATFORD ASSOCIATED AUCTIONEERS GIFT AUCTION SALE. SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS’,

Olu l\ nil uTI V/ UIIW U M XIIV FUND. ! At, a meeting held on Saturday’ I afternoon, final arrangements ' were completed for the sale , which takes, , place on Saturday next. The commit-j i tee regret to report that owfng to ill-/ ness, which necessitates an operation, Mr F. W. Webster is unable to con- ( tinue as secretary, and Mr D. J. Malone was appointed to fill the vacancy. Donations of cash and stock are coming forward very well, and as all canvassers are requested to make aj final effort during the week to secure '■ further support, it is fully expect' ( that the sale will reach an amount worthy of the cause and district. The committee wish it to be clearly understood that the sale will be conducted on strictly business lines, and that buyers and donors can attend with the full knowledge that they will not be expected to further increase their donations by having stock re-auction-ed. Messrs G. and V. Smith were elected a sub-committee to arrange for delivery of stock. The latest donations are:—E. Hine £lO, A Friend £5, E. Bennett £l, C. R. Abbott £2 2s, J. McFadgen £5 ss, C. Watchorn £lO, G. Kaspar £2 2s, E. Walters £5 os, Con. Griffon £5 ss, D. J. Malone £5, A. Huggett £2 2s, J. Jackson £5, A. Burner £5 ss, F. O’Connor £3 3s; D. Yandle, pedigree Jersey bull; G. C. Bain, 2 weaner steers; Hugh Good, 2 weaners; H. X. Silk, 1 heifer, 1 pig ; Mrs E. Dymond, 1 store cow; J. W. Hinton, 2 steers; E. O’Sullivan, 1 Jersey bull, W. A. Dingle, 1 weaner heifer; A, J. Smith, 1 Jersey cow; McMnllian Bros., 1 fat cow; T. Lyford. 1 weaner Holstein bull ; C. Goodwin, 2 rams, 1 aged mare; J. G. Eichstadt, 1 bacon pig; R. Mounsey, 1 pig. <