Expeditionary Force

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 70, 12 August 1914, Page 4

Expeditionary Force

HUltlilED PREPARATIONS. j STREAMS OF VOLUNTEERS. By Telegraph. —PreSs Association. Wellington, Last Night. All hough tlie date or time of departure of the first sfcetion of the New Zealand "advance guard" of the expeditionary force is not known, the work of preparation goes on in a hurried hut orderly manner, and the Buckle Street Drill Hall is one of the busiest spots within the city. The hall is constantly full of waiting contingent? and friends saying "good-bye," while many men continue to push forward for enlistment in succeeding troops. Quite apart from present Territorials, over a thousand excontingents and others who have seen service have volunteered here for the front, and there is no end yet ill sight of the stream of men offering. STATEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT. WAR .NEWS FOR COUNTRY DISTRICTS. CONTINGENTERS' WAGES FOR THEIR WIVES. Wellington, Last Night. In the HousV of Representatives tonight, in reply to Mr. Hunter, the Post-master-General stated that he had asked postmasters and postmistresses in charge of offices which close at 5 o'clock if they would voluntarily open their offices from 7 to 7.30 for the transmission of war news. He could not instruct them to keep open, but he felt certain there would be a ready response to the appeal he had made. > In reply to Mr. Jiuddo, the Premier stated that the Government was doing its best to,suppb; the country districts with war news. 1 .' In reply to Mr. Payne, 'the Minister of Defence said the Department would make arrangements for the payment of contingenters' wages to their wives if ■ instructions to that effect are left with the Department. In reply to Mr. Buick, the Minister of Defence said that for the next portion of the expeditionary force it .would be necessary for applicants to produce certificates of birth to prevent those under age being enrolled. The Premier read a letter from the Dalmations and Oroatians in North Auckland, in which thep stated tuey were not Austrians, and hoped they would not be regarded as enemies of Britain, whose colore they were ready toioin. The Postmaster-General stated that deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank exceeded withdrawals during tihe last few days, proving &at the slight run which had taken place bad come to an end. Sir Joseph Ward said that people Should be made fully aware of the fact that Qie country was behind the Post Office Savings Bank. Nothing in the world was safer than the deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank. HELP 'FOR BUSINESS MEN. AN EXCELLENT SCHEME. Wellington, Last Night. The Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce has established a bureau tbat will, it is hoped, be of considerable assistance to all business men at the .present time, when difficulties as to goods and payment for goods have to be considered. The secretary of the Chamber (Mr. A. J. Petherick) (has instituted a scheme 'by which any business man, whether he be a member of the Chamber or not; is invited to send any legitimate difficulty he experiences to the president of the Chamber, Mr. C. M. Luke. Mr. Luke will advise the enquirer as to the nest course to pursue in connection with'the particular matter rewired to him, and will arrange to obtain a legal opinion, 'an opinion from an insurance or banking expert, or from a committee of business men, if necessary, without cost to the enquirer. Germans were arrested in Wellington to-day and handed over to the defence authorities. These include ten men taken from the steamer Star or India. Mpst of them arc reservists. ARRIVAL OF AUCKLAND CONTINGENT 1 . , Wellington, Last Night. W ifch only a few police and railway officials and a handful of Territorial's and the public to meet it, the special troop tram from Auckland drew up at the volunteer siding at Lambton at 11.32 a.m. to-day. As tho train steamed in there was a good deal of singing and hurrahing by the men aboard, but there + was no demonstration by those on _ tho station. Shortly after the train came to a standstill, the men were n W U P on the roadway and the, platform m double file. After standing at ease for an hour, there wore marched to the MoeraJu at tin. King's Wharf, but were .later dismissed, and caane ashore. A GUILD OF SERVICE. mi „ T ... Wellington, Last Night. I.he Wellington Hospital Board is establishing a National Guild of Service' to help the families of those *n<»a»ed ii! military duties during the war." * AUCKLAND'S FUNDS. m „ 4 l J ckland > Night. tPurther Auckland contributions to the patriotic fund include: Auckland €ronn % a v Green antl IkwS'M.- -' nr WirCfl Ml '" MaSM >' ±SOOO this morning. w ?i e , Proprietors fo the Jlerald and Weekly News announced this morning the opening of a patriotic fund in con .junction with tho eifeens- f„„ t , £im. llSt With a of The citizens patriotic fund now amounts to about .-Cm,ooo. Contributions include tlie South British Insurance, Co. £IOOO ami the New Zealand Insurance Co. £1001). About 150 of the men selected for the expeditionary force have eone into tton !> of t t^ lfcXand - Park ' and ' ,the selec - ■ tran of the remainder is proceeding

CiriiTSTOH (TRCH CONTINGENT COMPLETE. p « i, Last Night. Both the Canterbury infantry and mounted imen are now up to strength. ,7® u!1 nu ™ )e r was not taken from the Territorials, an <l a ca u WM maJ on outside volunteers. There was practically no difficulty in getting sufficient numbers, and the officers volunteering were far an excess of the requirements Sment e r r S° f the lst «rv Kegiment, has been appointed to tb'n command of the battalion, with the rank of lieutenant L J °j aoh > of ISth Remroent, is second in command.

WANGANUI ITEMS. Wanganui, Last Night-. Money is still coming in freely, antl active work is being done 111 regard to providing comforts for the expeditionary force. < llhe Wanganui Presbytery to-day passed a resolution gladly owning the righteousness and merciful motive of Britain's resort to arms to vindicate the rights of a small and peaceful nation to have their territory secure from tho invasion of a ruthless military despotism. Tho Wanganui County Council's proposal to ask the Government to give power to devote one-twentieth of its revenue for the provision of food to the pboor in England was considered by the Borough Council to-night, and symp&thy with the proposal was expressed. ' The Mayor thought consideration should be given to local employment, and moved that the Government be asked to give municipalities power to levy an additional rate. It was decided to refer the matter to tlie finance committee. DUNEDIN DONATIONS. J Duncdin; Last Night. The following additional donations to the patriotic fund have bee'n National Insurance Co. of New Zealand £IOOO, Standard Insurance Co. £SOO, Herbert Haynes and Co. £SOO, Dunedin Jockey Club £SOO, Forbury Park Racing Club £250. WEST PORT. Westport, Last Night. At a large and enthusiastic public meeting to-night- arrangements were ■made for.the receipt of subscriptions for the expeditionary force, a good round sum being collected in addition to what had been collected during the day by Uhe ladies' committee. It was stated that some forty applications had beett received for enrolment in the expeditionany force, and many more are expected -• to be in by to-morrow. MONEY COMING IN £IO,OOO DAILY. £IOO,OOO FOR THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. • Wellington, Last Night. A great patriotic demonstration took place in the Town Hall, the Mayor presiding. Several Ministers and Sir J. O. Ward spoke. Mr. Massey announced that, money was coming in for the Empire Defence Fund at the rate of £ 10,000 , daily, and he expected £IOO,OOO will be raised in New Zealand for the equipment of the expeditionary force. ! HELP FROM PUBLIC SERVANTS. Wellington, Last Night. At a meeting to-night oi the executive committee of the New Zealand Pubi lie Service Association, it was decided ; that although it was regretted that per- ; manent heads of Departments should ' ha ve considered it desirable to proceed i with their proposals of collection* from public servants afteT the Association litid already moved in the same direction,-yet a order to secure unanimity of action the Association would use every endeavor to make tlhe appeal a success. The proposal is for voluntary contributions, the suggested basis of which is that the amount contributed by each officer «M; be equal to one day's salary, should be ' made. Each Department will have control of the collection in tlhat Department. .Section committees have been requested by telegram to act in accordance with the resolution of the executive. USEFUL DONATIONS, tu xt r, Wellington, Last Night. The New Zealand Foot-ball Association has donated an ammunition waggon to the expeditionary force and the Parliamentary Library gives 100 novels to each ship, TEACHERS AS VOLUNTEERS. The Taranaki Education Board has received the following telegraphic circuSecretary for Education: Ihe circular notice of the 10th instant, so far as applicable to teachers other than married teachers who are commissioned officers, is revoked, leachers who join the expeditionary force, or who are engaged in activa military service within New Zealand, will receive defence pay, and their places will be kept open for them> on their return. All teachers who have volunteered on the understanding that the circular notice was correct may withdraw their offer of service. If they continue their offer, it must be subject to the conditions herein —G. Hogben." . OKATO'S PATRIOTISM. A most enthusiastic meeting was held at the Hempton Hall, Okato, last night, and though the weather was very weft there was a muster of over 50 residents. Mr. W. J. Gray presided, and among the speakers were Messrs Booker, Hunter, Chas. Andrews and Gray. It was decided to raise a fund to augment tho New Plymouth War Fund. The list will remain open until Saturday next, when the amount subscribed will be remitted to New Plymouth. . The list was sent round at the meetaud the following donations wore made:--J. S. Vox £25, A. I, Hunter£lo, Eustace Bros. £6, S. A. Jury, C. An('Te^s ' J -Clark, B. T. Booker' £5 each, Corbett £3, W. Grant, W. G. Sheppard, J. Wooldridge, P. Corbett, J. L. Power and A. Ashley £2 each, C. Shaw a R Holben - John Putt tL u I"! ay ' A " D - Gra v and he Hotel staff £l, R. Andrews lbs, P. Pnslu ss. Mr. W. J. Gray donated a U P S J '' lac ' c > valued at £25. surw will' F ox ', wll ° appointed treadonTt'ion' P t0 rCCoive further T!KOR,\\r:PS QUOTA. ranoi noting of the Tikostens t! ; ■ w , as docit,cd to take to ii!w subscription toward# wliV f i" nd ' The au «i of £34 5s ' sub s«nlied m the -room. A committee. consisting of Messrs C ip.„ •nr r k^' T - w^^Vo^ vass f 0 ! a-nd" 1 * 1 H ?PP oint «l ti canmss fo, and control the local patriotic NEWS .AND NOTES. ni.M a at E '. aam on Monday Mr. E. Griffiths has presented the Gopo"™ el W a ' ,o r ß <" for military p?ir- . The local Stock Offio received advice that the authorities will be <»lad The P Xk l horße f ° raffe in J lie stock officer savs tlmt it is advisable for those, wishing to make "ifts of f Tent to New Plymouth, where thev can he ex- 1 arnned for their suitability an( j Boun^.