GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 232, 29 March 1912, Page 3

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

"USELESS EXCRESCENCES." Bj Telegrfcpk—Press Association. Aucklana, Thursday. In an official memo, issued: to military chaplains, Colonel Allan Bell, officer com- | manding the Waikato Regiment, asserts that, with a few notable exceptions, the chaplains have been a useless excrescence on the various regiments. He suggests that the chaplain should not hold any military rank whatever, but be organised and trained in the work of running regimental institutes, camp entertainments,, and amusements of various kinds. #HE TOXICAL HILLS BALLOT. Dunedin, Thursday. The Fallot for the Conical Hills sections took place at Tapanui last night. Twenty-three sections were disposed of. AX AUDIT QUESTION. Napier, Thursday. In connection with the Auckand wire to the effect that the payment of 15 guineas by the Harbor Board to the Empovers' Association was passed by the Audit Department, it is worthy of note that the following tag appears on the Ilawko's Bay County Council balancesheet, 1908: "Payment of £3 3s to Employers' Association is without the au- I thority of the law." XAPIER'S VALUATION.Hapier, Thursday. The rateable value of the borough of Xapier for the year ending March, 1913, is set down at £121,207, an increase of £3571 on this year. The capital value of property in the borough is roughly estimated at £1,000,000. A WILL CASE. Wellington, Thursday. During the hearing of a will case at the Appeal Court to-day it appeared that the will was drawn by the Public Trust Office. The Bench criticised the form of the document and the practice of drawing wills without adequate knowledge of the testator's circumstances. The Public Trust Office solicitor explained that wills sent to the office were redrafted if anything seemed irregular. i Mr. Justice Edwards said a personal interview was advisable, if not' absolutely | necessary, in all cases.