NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 263, 29 July 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

THE FIFTH REJNFORCEMEN73. . J ARRIVED AT DESTINATION. WELLINGTON, This Day. . I Word is received that th e Mauag; nui. one of the transports taking tfc fifth reinforcements, has arrived z 'its destination. The other ship ha called at an Indian port to disembar horses there, and probably has nc arrived in Egypt yet. _______ I TARANAKI STEEPLECHASE. • , TO-DAY'S RUNNING. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. Th e weather is fine and the course in good order for North Taranaki Hun' Steeplechase meeting. The results are as follows. I Hunters' Flat: Warea 1, Formosus |2,GoOn 3. Scr: Otaoroa, Hydraulic, , and Captain Die. Won comfortablv. [ Time, 2.27. Sitratford Handicap: Flying Camp 1, Zion 2. Iceberg 3. Scratched: Be,lle Paul, Red Coral and Laura. Wen by helf-a-length. Time, 1.5 2-5. FARMERS' CONFERENCE. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

WANTED

WELLINGTON, This Day

At the- Farmers' Union Conference to-day a remit from Auckland in favour jof estab/jphing- ,anj agricultural college in the North Island was agreed to. Another Auckland remit urging the provision of mere accommodation for cadets at experimental farms was also adopted. A proposal that Government agricutural experts be available to farmers to give practical adfice at farms wag discussed at som e length. The conference finally passed a resolution expressing satisfaction with toe .work of the Department of Agriculture, and asked it to extend the work j now being done. j

BOXING. MIDDLE-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP NO CONTEST DECLARED. MEN NOT TRYING. HAMILTON. This Day. A match took plac e last night between Syd. Mitchell, the present holder, and Denny Murphy, ex-cham-p'.on for the middle-weight championship of New Zealand. »Both men were remf<"ksbly fresh. At the commencement of the final bout the referee stepped into the ring and spoke! to the combatants. As a result the final encounter was very willing, the sounding of the gong saving Murphy from a knock-out. The refot'ee announced no contest, rem poking that neither of the men were 'trying;.- : ••• ■ ,• . ■

THE TUSN'TKAM COMMISSION. IMPOB TA NT EVIDENCE. WELLINGTON, Jay 2S. The Trentham Inquiry was continued to-day. Nurse Vera Tveith, who was at Berhampore Hospital from 19th May to sth July, said that Sister Jameson was in charge for the first two weeks. Then she herself took charge. Private PoDlard was admitted on 25th June suffering from influena rather badly. He had a temperature from the start, and on the 29th June it rose to 105. Pollard and Fordkam both had temperature charts, the temperature being taken every four hours. Major Elliott came in the evening and saw the patients. They could be well looked after at Berhampore as there were only eight patients in the ward. They had only 20 patients altogether and three trained nurses and three orderlies, so witness considered they were able to deal' with the cases there. When Pollard's relatives came they .made no complaints, but thanked the nurses. Witness remembered Pollard's sister saying that his feet were cold. On witness's suggestion he was kept as warm as possible, but it was impossible to keep a man warm when he was dying. Fordham's case was much the same as Pollard's except that his temperature did not rise to the same extent. When he became seriously ill, witness telegraphed to his relatives. They came and xpressed their gratitude for the treatment of the patient.

Brigadier-General A. W. Robin, Temporary Commandant of N.Z. Forces, aad Quartermaster-General, gave the history of the camp in its early stages. The Chairman: Is it the practice to change the site of a camp at intervals? General Robin: Oh, yes. Was it done at Trentham ?—No. it wouM ,not be done, because there would not have been space to do it; There was one shift of a portion of the tents to some ground opposite them which had not been occupied by tents. It was customary in camps to shift..the tents as a whole from time; to time. ' The Chairman: Do you think the Quartermaster had an adequate stalff for the requirements of the camp?— No.

I lie should have had more? —We were j all i:i the same position. | Did he have an adequate staff when j the camp was at 3.ooo?—Yes: I But after the numbers increased the staff was not sufficient?—X<>.' I Why was that not remedied?—Be- ; cause we hud no qualified staff to put 'there. I don't mean anything detrimental to those who were working. We were short of staff throughout New Zealand. Dr. Mai'tin: Don't you think you could get wounded-cefners out from England to undertake the training?—We asked there for officers, and also asked India, but they said they couHd not supply us. The Chairman asked the Commandant if he had experienced any difficulty in the way of effect being given to his

recommendations to the Minister in regard to requirements.—No, except that I have had to explain the reasons sometimes. There has been no difficulty. We have got what wo wanted. General Robin added that the authorities had been Warned because nothinghad been thought out about the measles epidemic. It was pretty hard for them to fight every visitation of trouble that came suddenly and unexpectedly. Because everything was not running in'24 hours there had been much criticism put on to the arrangements without people knowing he difficulties that exised. The Chairman: That was after the 2,500 extra men were decided on some

time in February. General Robin: Each month there have been units coming in which have been gradually growing.

There, it is suggested, was to.-) many for the camp out there?—There were too many for the plans we had. The sanitary arrangements ' had to be enlarged and so on?—Tes. There was undue pressure?—There was for a time undue pressure. f. More than you could accommodate ?V Yes, but not more than we were able to. deal with—that it, to keep in comfort and feed them. Could the position have been met by putting the men elsewhere?—The position woul'J never have arisen if that wet weather had not come on, then this measles trouble. You think that without this wet weather 3-011 would have come through? —I feel quite sure we would have. Notwithstanding the 7,000 men th ere ?—Yes.