NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 79, 22 August 1914, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND.

THE AWAPUNI OA-MP. A BIG FORCE. - rn, Palmerston X., Last Xight. liierc are sixty-one officers and 2308 , men in camp. Amongst the new ari'™, , were 4(i men from Aucklana lor tile ammunition column, and a section of the mounted ambulance from Clinstehureh. Twenty-three men also ariived from Hawera to join the 2nd' Mounted Rifles. Monday ll G ° dlo - y ins P eets the cainp ofi . The Mayor and a large number of . ladies presented parcels to the Manawatu troops this afternoon, in the pn--senee of a large crowd.' One .hundred and seventy-two officers and 53(i!) men Office re g istere <l at the Defence THE ADDING TON CAMP. Ohristchurch, Last Xight. The parade state at the Addington camp this morning showed that there was a total of 1529 in camp. Of mounted rifles there were 501 men and 458 horses; of infantry 988, and of mounted ambulance 40. DUXEDIX CONTINGENT INSPECTED. -Dunedin, Last Night. ) General Godley inspected" the Otago section of the expeditionary force encamped at Tahuna IPark to-day . He -was accompanied by- the- Mayor - and members of close inspection Sf the force, which numbered 130 officers and 580 men. The General appeared well satisfied with what he saw, and specially addressed the field ambulance force, which numbered eight, and left Dunedin to-day. : Thoy were farewelled -by a ilarge number of friends. / INSURANCE RATES REDUCED. 'Wellington, Last Night. ' - 'lnsurance rates on cargoes bound outward from New Zealand were to-day lowered from 8 per ccnt ( to '5 per cent. REMOVING RESTRICTIONS. Wellington, Last Night. As already announced, arrangements have been made, subject to the approval of the Imperial authorities, to permit the exportation from Australia to New Zealand of fuel oils and lubricating oils. The Hon. P. M. B. Fisher informed a reporter yesterday that it had also been decided tb allow normal supplies of foodstuffs and fuel oils to British and -French possessions In the South iPacifie. CIIRISTOITORCH HOTELKEETERS 1 . CONTRIBUTION. Christchurch, Last Night, ' Tim hotelkeepera have contributed £5:)!) !l!)s to tlie Mayor's Patriotic Fund. NOTES. ! The residents of Lepperton are doing their share to swell the Patriotic Fund. A committee, consisting of Messrs Open- . shaw, Brown and Roberts have been making a canvass, of the township and have already secured £26. and many I of the contributors have expressed their willingness to make a monthly donation ! if necessary. _ 1 A branch of the National Reserve for 1 Home Defence has been formed in 'l'atca. , It will join the battalion of the Taranaki 1 rifle elubs_ 1 Owing to the many calls that are. be- 1 ing made on the public in connection ' with the Patriotic Fund, it has been • decided to abandon the Waitara Plough-ing.-Match this year. . ' . A meeting of the dairy companies of j Taranaki is to be held at Hawera to- ( day to consider what should be done in connection -with contributions to the | Patriotic Fund. 1

At a general meeting of the M'angatoki Daily Co. on Thursday, the following motion was carried: —"That during the continuance of the war the directors ibe empowered to induct % P er cent; from monthly cheques in accord with other companies, the said money from this company to be funded for the present, and that it 'he left for-the directors to convene a meeting of shareholders, when the directors consider the time has come, and that the general meeting decide the method of spending the money accumulated." General Godley has forwarded . the Mayor (Mr. J. W. Wilson), the member for the district, the chairman of the local bodies apd the editors of the New Plymouth newspapers to ibe present at tlie inspection of the troops by the commanding officers at Palmeraton Xorth on Monday afternoon next. Major Bellringer and Ciptain Fletcher leave this morning to witness the inspection of the at Palmerston North on Monday.* tfnglewoodV (Patriotic Fund now runs into over £'4loo. To-day a special effort is to be made oti behalf of 'the fund. The target is £IOOO. Concerts in aid of the fund are being held at Kaimata on Tuesday and Ratapiko on Friday. meeting was held at \\ area on Thursday night, Mr. J. Burgess being in the chair There was a large crowd present. ' The following resolution was passed: "That the fund be donated to the Empire Fund, and the Government have the disposal of the same." A subscription list was opened in tlie room and the sum of £77 collected. A dance in aid of the fund will he held on September I.