NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 3 September 1915, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

SOLDIERS' PENSIONS. i j TILE FIRST GRANTED. WELLINGTON, This Day j The War Pensions Board Lst j-.ijht j granted the first pension under the let .passed on August sth. The amount of the pension-was £T6 j per annum, and it was to partially dis- | abled soldiers. ' _. GciiTING AWAY WITH GOLD. CHINAMAN'S HOARp SEIZED. .\ c ->,, 11 , ij v_^.\, t , li3 Day. The po:ice yesterday seized £260 in gold which a Chinaman was attempting to smuggle out of the country aboard the Moeraki.

INFORMATION BUREAU AT ALEXANDRIA. WELLINGTON, Sspt 2. The Defence Minister has received sc telegram from Alexandria to the effect that it is intended to establish there an information bureau in order that inquiries about members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force may receive more satisfactory attention. CARE OF M.2. WOUNDED. WELLINGTON, Sept 2. The High Commissioner has advised th e Defence Minister that the NewZealand War Contingent Association has decided to provide accommodation for 200 more patients at the Felixstowe Military Hospital at Waltham on the Thames. He also reports that a great number of wounded ar e arriving. Every man is seen and their wants attended to, and in the hospital the men are contented and happy.