LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 80, 1 November 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. , * i The Press Association reports from Wellington: About 100 men arrived at camp to make good the shortages, leaving ; a deficiency of 750: The seriousness of the position is thus emphasised. In view of the probability of legislation being brought forward next se.ssie©.,fatr- imposing taxation upon m«fct>r„,ca«B. fox; the'-upkeep of highways, the New Zealand Automobile AsgoeSWon* is offering' a prize for the best essay on an improved system of ra-tiiijg'for the maintenance of main roads.—Press Association. . Regarding; tHe,los3 of j parcels sent to New Zealahders front, Col. R. Heaton Rhodes stated at Leestou on Thursday evening (says the Christchurch Press) that he had met a genV end who stated that he had had 14 Christmas'"puddings sent him, and the only sign of them he had found was an empty tiii. "So you see," said CdMtet: Rhodes,' M we have suffered from the highest to the lowest." In praising the work of the New Ze&ti&feP- chaplains:" in .Egypt and at Gallipoli, Colonel the Hon. R. Heaton i Rflodes stated'in his remarks at Lees- ' ton on Thursday night that without "comparisons ho could not help' mentioning- the work perf o^lt^n' a M ilion to his ordinary chaplain's duties by Captain Greene, of the": Army. He had charge of the gifts for New Zealanders arriving at .-.the hospitals in Egypt from .the 'frbnt. He' or a sergeant would go round to every man arriving, and.would say: "What do you want, my man?" and would accordingly hand-fifM s*ick or anything else- that was recurred. ■ v