NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 245, 6 July 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

NEW LIQUOR LICENSES. I GRANTED IN GREYMOUTIL GREYMOUTH, July 5. At the adjourned annual meeting cf the Grey Licensing Committee two neu accommodation licenses were granted, and two old licenses were allowed to lapse, thus Causing vacancies. New I censes were granted in places where a license had not previously existed, and in districts where the population is larger than in the case of the lapsed licenses. Mr. Hewitt, S.M., dissented from the Committee’s decision. FIFTH REINFORCEMENTS. REACH FIRST PORT. A ROUGH TIME. _ ■ SIX UNFITS LANDED. WELLINGTON, This Day. The Minister for Defence has received advice that the Fifth Reinforcements have reached the first port of call. As evidence of tjh e rough weather experienced, thirteen horses were lost on the voyage. Six men have been landed as medically unfit, and one stowaway.

HOSPITAL SHIP MAHENO. ARRIVAL AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, July 5. I The Hospital Ship Maheno arrived in Wellington from Dunedin to-day. Her magnificent equipment as a floating hospital, and the completeness of her arrangements generally were greatly admired, and this afternoon she was thronged with crowds of interested visitors. THE DOMII'jjiON LOAN. NO DIFFICULTY EXPECTED. WELLINGTON, July 5: “We ar e in communication with the Home authorities about the raising of our loan,” said the Hon, James Allen this evening. “W e have no reason to anticipate that there will b e any difficulty, but they want us to get a cei’tain proportion here rather than that our people should invest in the Imperial War Loan. This would, of course, sav e exchange and brokerage. What we should like to do is to raise the money we need from time to time. Under the arrangement w© have had with the Home Government, we have had money as we needed it, month by month. The whole method is very convenient for us, because we are sarer charged ihtemst for money until We actually need it for TtsaT