NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 May 1918, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

DENTAL WORE;. ALL DONE IN CAMP BIG SAYING EFFECTED. WELLINGTON, May 14. Lieut.-Col. T. . Hunter, Director oF Dental Services, was examined the Defence Expenditure Commission, to-day. He stated that dental members of medical- had been.# cut out on his recommendation, the idea being that the whole of the dental work, could be done in camp. He could not speak foe highly of the patriotism of the New' Zealand Dental Corps. Many of them had made very great sacrifices .and the success of the wdiole thing was due to their united efforts. Practically the whole Dental Association volunteered for dental service. He thought it quite justifiable to give them special pay, because they were doing special work for which they did not require training. The saving effected during the past six months through, dental w r ork inside the camps was: Featherston, £6294; Treutham, £3429. No fewer than 8000 operations ifere involved in the treatment, including 1275 members of the 39th Jteiforcemcnts. Lieut. A. McDonald, further examined stated that the travelling round with the Medical Corps could be considerably reduced.

BREAK IN COOK STRAIT CABLE. WELLINFTON, this day. Last week Number 1 cable"Ercross Cook Strait, which stretches from Oterangi Bay, near Terawhiti, to WhiteBay, parted. Tests have been made by Mr. Shrimpton, Telegraph Engineer, Wellington, which delected the break to be only some 300 yards from the shore in Oterangi Bay, in only five fathoms of water. ‘A suitable opportunity will be seized to repair the bro. ken cable, which chafed through on a. known ridge of rocks. By means of a surf boat it is not expected to be a difficult job in fair weather. SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE. PALMERSTON RESOLUTIONS': 1 ■ ■ - '■■-■'? - ■ U uoliiU: S PALMERSTON; MayvlS; A largely attended mcetingAigf the Second Division League ’ passed "a, - resolution, “That this meeting I'ojjjily ■and steadfastly determines to assist the Government to bring the war to a victorious ending, and we -aim to procure, if possible, by constitutional, methods, the conservation cf thp' wslfare of all soldiers to secure- adequate allowances to their.-depenSarits -"‘P

In answer to a- question, the Chairman said that'in many cases-in which applications ts thu Financial Assistance Board were made for assistance towards paying fire and life insurance premiums, had been turned down further representations, by the Central Executive had been successfuL wholly or in part, in securing reconsideration of claims made:

“This meeting urgently requests the Government to remit the sentences of Hunter. Langley and Flood, of Christchurch, on the ground that they were unduly severe, and, as such, calculated; to produce a feeling of resentment and lessen the public faith in the fairness of the authorities. A SENTENCE QUASHED. AUCKLAND, May 14. In the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Cooper quashed a sentence of two months’ imprisonment passerby Mr Frazer, 5.M.,. on Walter Preston, on February Sth, on a charge that, being a bookmaker, ho did bet on Takapuna course. The ground of appeal was that the conviction was against the weight of evidence.. His Honour said the case was highly suspicious, but the evidence had not established that degree of comparative certainty that would have enabled him. to hold that Preston actually did bet on the day in question.